Qi Yuning mentioned that she wanted to take the little emperor out to see the lotus leaves among the people, and she actually did what she said. It happened that during the Qixi Festival, which was a holiday, she took little Zhao Jie to her farm in the countryside of Shengjing.

The village was quite lively. It just so happened that Aunt Li in the village had just given birth to a son safely today, and they happened to be there.

This Aunt Li was not very old, only twenty-five. She was originally a maidservant beside Qi Yuan. After Qi Yuan went to the military camp, she did not follow him. After looking after the yard for Qi Yuan in Prince Qi's Mansion for two years, she married the head of the Qi family farm.

Although she is only 25 years old, she already has three children, and the one born today is her fourth.

Aunt Li also had a miserable life. Her husband died not long after she became pregnant.

Qi Yuning had heard about this before, and considering that she would have a hard time raising several children alone, he let her continue to stay in the manor and take care of it.

The child was born today without a father.

Qi Yuning was pregnant and it was not convenient for her to go to the delivery room to see Aunt Li. She just asked Lichun to bring the newborn baby to her yard to show her.

Little Zhao Jie came forward and looked at the newborn baby and said, "He's so small!"

Qi Yuning looked at the rosy-cheeked little baby and felt as if she had been kicked in the stomach. She thought that if Lingling were here, she would definitely want to see the baby too.

Qi Yuning smiled faintly at the soft little baby boy and said to Lu Ze, "Sister Ali used to be my brother's personal maid. Her parents are both loyal servants of the Qi family. I think, how about letting her be Lingling's wet nurse?"

Qi Yuning has already found several wet nurses for Lingling, and Princess Pingrou has also found several for Qi Yuning.

But Qi Yuning was mostly dissatisfied.

She was relieved about Ali, and now that Ali had lost her husband, it would be difficult for a woman to take care of four young children in the farm. It would be better for her to go to the princess's mansion to be a wet nurse, which could also provide shelter for the four young children.

Lu Ze also knew that Qi Yuning and his mother had put a lot of thought into finding Lingling's wet nurse. They had been selecting her many times since Qi Yuning became pregnant. "Since she's a loyal servant of the Qi family, that's perfect."

Qi Yuning didn't know that a child would be born today, so she didn't prepare any gifts in advance. She only gave the newborn baby boy a small dagger inlaid with rubies that she carried with her for self-defense.

Zhao Jie gave her a gold locket that he always carried with him.

Qi Yuning saw this and said, "Your Majesty, this is your golden locket, you can't give it away casually."

Zhao Jie said, "I like this little brother. When he grows up, I'll let him come and play with me."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "When he grows up, Your Majesty will also be old enough and may not want to play with him anymore. However, he has an older brother who is the same age as Your Majesty, so they can play together."

Zhao Jie smiled faintly and said, "I'm going to go play with him."

Qi Yuning asked Chunfen to take Zhao Jie to play with Ali's second son Chu Qing, and asked Lichun to ask Ali if she wanted to be Lingling's wet nurse.

Qi Yuning held the newborn baby in her arms and was reluctant to let go.

Lu Ze couldn't help but feel a little jealous and said, "You're holding someone else's child, little Xinling, come out and get jealous."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "It's not Lingling who's jealous, it's Lingling's father who's jealous. Don't tell me, I really like this child. This child and I have a connection, so it wouldn't hurt to adopt him as my godson."

"Ouch!"

Qi Yuning felt a sharp kick in her stomach, took a deep breath, and even gave the child in her arms to Guyu.

Qi Yuning touched her belly and said, "I don't recognize him as my godson anymore. Little ancestor, please don't kick me!"

Lu Ze walked over to Qi Yuning and saw that her belly was moving through her thin clothes. Lu Ze smiled faintly and said, "They say Lingling is jealous, but you still don't believe it. She's jealous when you hold Yuan Ge'er, and you want to adopt a godson. Will Lingling be happy with that?"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "What a jealous little guy!"

Lichun returned almost half an hour later and said to Qi Yuning, "Princess, Ali has agreed to be the little princess's wet nurse, but she has a concern. After all, this baby is a posthumous one, and she's afraid it might be unlucky..."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I only want someone who is loyal to Lingling and capable. Everything else doesn't matter. Why should I be so cautious?"

Lichun smiled and said, "That's what I told her. Sister Ali will definitely be loyal to the little princess."

It was not until the afternoon that Qi Yuning came out of the manor and heard laughter from afar.

I saw Zhao Jie on a small wooden boat in the lotus pond. A little girl of eight or nine was rowing the boat with a bamboo pole. A little boy of five or six was picking lotus leaves and lotus seeds with a three-year-old child. Zhao Jie was also on the small wooden boat, picking lotus seeds and playing in the water. He was having a lot of fun and was laughing happily.

There were several boats on both sides carrying guards and palace maids.

Qi Yuning felt another movement in her abdomen. She touched her belly and said, "Even if you want to play, you have to wait a little longer. Don't kick me anymore."

Lu Ze asked Qi Yuning, "Did Lingling kick you again?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "How could Lingling not be moved by such a lively atmosphere?"

After the group of children rowed ashore, a little girl of eight or nine walked up to Qi Yuning, knelt down and saluted, saying, "Princess."

Qi Yuning looked at the little girl and asked, "Do you know me?"

"Well, thank you for taking care of us, my mother always reminds us to remember your kindness."

Qi Yuning was very satisfied with this graceful girl. "What's your name?"

"Chuchi, it's not the 'Ci' of goodbye, it's the 'Chi' of pond."

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