Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu helplessly, "Since you know he is a talented man, why do you care about his appearance?"

Lu Baozhu pursed her lips and whispered, "You have to care about your appearance too."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said slowly, "Remember to get up early tomorrow and dress up properly."

Lu Baozhu pulled Qi Yuning aside and said, "First, help me pick out the right color of rouge. And which jewelry would be the best match? Help me find it quickly."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Those literati don't like women wearing heavy makeup. They only like girls with light makeup and pure beauty."

Lu Baozhu asked, "If that's the case, why did you ask me to dress up?"

Qi Yuning said, "Light makeup is much more difficult than heavy makeup. I used to have a makeup artist by my side, but unfortunately she is now in the Prince Jin's Mansion."

Lu Baozhu said, "Frost Descent? Then I'll go look for her tomorrow morning."

Seeing Lu Baozhu's anxious look, Qi Yuning smiled faintly, "Then you must sleep well today, or you will get sick from not sleeping well."

Lu Baozhu touched her forehead, hoping that she wouldn't get any red pimples.

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Lu Ze returned at dusk.

Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze and said, "If you are really busy, you can deal with your official business after returning home tomorrow. There is no need to rush back."

Lu Ze gently hugged Qi Yuning and said, "No matter how busy I am, I won't be so busy that I won't have time to spend with you."

Qi Yuning hit Lu Ze's hand that was across her waist and said, "He's outside!"

After all, this was not her palace. Even after two days of marriage, she was still a little unfamiliar with the princess's mansion.

Lu Ze hugged her tighter, "We're in our own yard, what are you afraid of?"

Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and walked into the room. Seeing Lingling practicing calligraphy in the room, he walked over and looked at her: "Lingling's calligraphy is so good."

Lingling looked up at Lu Ze and Qi Yuning and said, "Lingling already knows a lot of words. Where are the brothers and sisters that mother promised to give birth to?"

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said with a smile, "Then I'll try my best tonight?"

Qi Yuning twisted Lu Ze's waist fiercely.

Qi Yuning saw that Lingling's handwriting had improved tremendously. Although Lingling hadn't grown taller over the past year, she felt like she had grown a lot.

Qi Yuning looked at the jade pendant hanging around Lingling's neck, picked it up and stroked it, and it seemed that she would soon be able to hold Lingling in her arms.

Thinking about Lingling gradually growing bigger in her belly, Qi Yuning was full of anticipation.

Lingling looked at Qi Yuning stroking her jade pendant and said, "Mother, do you like this pendant? Can I give it to you?"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Just keep Lingling."

At night, Qi Yuning thought Lingling would insist on sleeping with them today, but she didn't expect that after finishing her meal, she obediently went to sleep in the small side room.

Qi Yuning sat beside the bed, reluctantly accompanying Lingling to sleep, "Lingling, why don't you want to sleep with your mother?"

"Lingling is a big kid now. Daddy says only big kids can ride horses if they sleep on their own!"

Qi Yuning touched Lingling's head and kissed her on the forehead.

After coaxing Lingling to sleep, Qi Yuning returned to the room and saw Lu Ze who had just come out of the shower. His short hair was covered with water droplets. Qi Yuning couldn't help blushing.

It’s a good thing that outsiders rarely see Lu Ze with short hair, otherwise who knows how he would attract so many attention!

Lu Ze asked softly, "Is Lingling asleep?"

Qi Yuning said, "Sleep. You promised her to go horseback riding, but don't be too busy to take her there. Tomorrow afternoon I have some business matters to attend to, so you should take Lingling to the stables to go horseback riding. Otherwise, she will remember it for a long time."

Lu Ze said, "Alright."

Considering that she would be returning home tomorrow, Qi Yuning ordered some water tonight and said that she would not let Lu Ze continue to act recklessly no matter what.

Have a good night's sleep.

Early in the morning, Qi Yuning got up and put on her makeup. After waiting for Lingling to wake up, she couldn't wait to go back to her home.

Although they are adjacent mansions next door, for Qi Yuning, they are different after all.

Qi Yu'an and Zhao Shu were also looking forward to Qi Yuning's return early in the morning. It was a rare occasion for Qi Yuning to go through the main gate of the palace. The main gate of the Qi Palace was not often open, and the days when Qi Yuning went home through the main gate were very few.

When Zhao Shu saw Qi Yuning come in, she came forward holding the child and said, "Brother Yuan, look, auntie is back."

Qi Yuning took Yuan Ge'er in his arms and said with a faint smile, "I haven't seen Yuan Ge'er for three days. He seems to have grown up a little."

"Mom!" Lingling came forward.

Qi Yuning knew that Lingling was easily jealous, so he didn't hold Yuanger for long and returned Yuanger to Zhao Shu.

Qi Yu'an and Lu Ze were chatting about court affairs.

Seeing this, Zhao Shu said, "Sister is back. Why didn't you ask how she's been these past two days? Why are you asking about court affairs?"

Qi Yu'an said, "How can my sister be the type to be wronged?"

Zhao Shu listened to Qi Yu'an's words and thought about it. After all, Qi Yuning had never been the type to suffer injustice since she was a child. She was unnecessarily worried that Qi Yuning would not have a good life in the princess's mansion.

Qi Yu'an said, "It's not that I'm too busy with official duties to care about my sister, but your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. There are so many different opinions in the court right now, so I have to worry. If the court is really in turmoil, it will be detrimental to the safety of the country and the people."

Qi Yuning whispered in Qi Yu'an's ear: "His Majesty has issued an edict to pass on the throne. Brother, you don't need to worry."

Qi Yu'an asked, "Who is it among Prince Xu, Prince Jin, or Prince Shou?"

Qi Yuning said: "It's not any of the three of them."

Qi Yu'an looked at Qi Yuning and asked, "Who else could it be?"

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