The weather in August becomes cool in the evening. Although Qi Yuning is not very mobile now, she will take a walk before and after meals to make the delivery easier.

It took a while for Lu Ze and Qi Yuning to arrive at the dining hall before Lu Yun finally arrived.

Duke Lu had been waiting for a long time, his face grimacing. As soon as Lu Yun entered, he started to scold him, "How many times do you need to be invited to a meal? You're almost nineteen, and it won't be long before you reach the age of twenty. Your elder brother was already a Junior Official at the Dali Temple when he reached the age of twenty, and what about you? You've done nothing!"

Lu Yun frowned and said, "I'm only eighteen years old, how can I be considered a young adult? Why don't you say I'm thirty years old?"

"You dare to talk back to daddy?!" Duke Lu said angrily.

Lu Yun said, "That's right. Even if I count the full years, I'm still only eighteen. How come I'm already nineteen? Dad, if you're not good at math, there's still time to learn it now!"

Lu Baozhu chuckled softly, causing Princess Pingrou to complain, "How dare you laugh? You really are already twenty!"

Lu Baozhu said, "Dad and Mom, don't teach your son before dinner!"

Princess Pingrou was choked and turned around to lecture Lu Yun. After all, Lu Yun loved to eat and would not stop eating just because of a few words from his parents.

"Lu Yun, what have you been doing these days? Have you been hanging out with your scoundrel friends again? You've been missing all day, and you need to be treated to meals!"

Lu Yun looked at Qi Yuning complainingly and said, "Isn't it all her fault? Why does she let Chen Nian come to our house every day? Doesn't Chen Nian have a home? She comes to our house every day."

Qi Yuning frowned and said, "I'm about to give birth. Chen Nian just gave birth last year and has more experience. If she can come over, I can ask her for more advice on childbirth and raising children. Why can't she come to the princess's mansion every day?"

Princess Pingrou said: "What Yuning said is right, it would be good for Chen Nian to come to the princess's mansion every day."

After taking two bites of the food, Lu Yun felt it was tasteless.

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yun and said, "Why are you so reluctant to see Shen Nian? When you see her, you run away like a mouse seeing a cat? If you hadn't done anything wrong to her, why wouldn't you even say hello when you see her?"

Lu Yun said: "Nothing, I just don't want to see her."

Qi Yuning didn't ask any more questions. After all, it was her brother-in-law's business, so it wasn't appropriate for her to interfere.

After the meal, Lu Ze accompanied Qi Yuning for a stroll in the garden. As Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, the garden was already filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

Qi Yuning loved the fragrance of osmanthus and said to Lu Ze, "Pick a few branches of osmanthus for me to put in the room to add fragrance."

Lu Ze plucked a few branches and even a small branch with more osmanthus flowers and pinned it on Qi Yuning's bun as a hairpin. "It's so beautiful."

Qi Yuning touched her face and said, "I've gained weight, and I'm still beautiful?"

"You're prettier when you're fatter." Lu Ze pinched Qi Yuning's face. "You look more like your childhood when you're fatter. You were chubby and very cute when you were little."

Qi Yuning opened Lu Ze's hand and said, "I actually forgot. There was a time when we were little that you loved pinching my face. You would pinch me even when I hit you. I was young then, but now I have to pinch you back!"

Qi Yuning reached out and pinched Lu Ze's face, "Not as good as Lingling's face."

Lu Ze smiled faintly and said, "Lingling will be out in thirty-two days. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear to pinch her then."

Qi Yuning touched her big belly and said, "Thirty-two days, how can it still be so long? Lingling has been gone for a long time."

Lu Ze said, "It actually went by very quickly. Two years have already passed in the blink of an eye."

Qi Yuning knew what Lu Ze meant by the two years. Two years ago, Lu Yun ruined her reputation. It had indeed been two years since Lingling came to Prince Qi's Mansion.

"So much has happened in the past two years. Two years ago today, I was still looking forward to marrying into your princess's mansion."

"Looking forward to it?" Lu Ze frowned when he heard these two words.

Qi Yuning said, "I look forward to marrying into the princess's mansion, where I can bicker with Lu Baozhu about jewelry and clothes every day. After all, she can never compare to me in bickering about jewelry and clothes."

Lu Ze: "I thought you were looking forward to marrying Lu Yun..."

Qi Yuning said, "Lingling is a little jealous, and you are the big jealous one. Lingling learned this love of jealousy from you!"

Lu Ze put his arm around Qi Yuning's waist and helped her walk. Lu Ze was once again glad that Lu Yun had become a monk. If Qi Yuning and Lu Yun had really gotten married, with his knowledge and upbringing since childhood, he would not have been able to do such a thing as snatching his brother's wife.

I'm afraid I'll regret it for the rest of my life then.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was no palace banquet due to national mourning, but the family could still reunite.

Singing to the moon was also a lot of fun. Lu Baohua also brought Zhong Ming home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Duke's Mansion was bustling with activity.

Even Old Madam Lu was not noisy today, watching the two little actors singing in a low voice.

Young people gathered together to play pot-throwing, write poems, guess riddles, and make lanterns.

Qi Yuning has never had such a lively Mid-Autumn Festival since she was four years old. This year's lively Mid-Autumn Festival banquet with the whole family is a rare occasion for her.

It was not until late at night, with the full moon high in the sky, that Qi Yuning and Lu Ze strolled back to their room.

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Mid-Autumn Festival is so lively in your family."

Lu Ze said, "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is already delayed due to the national mourning period. In previous years, it was even more lively. The opera troupes alone would sing from afternoon to night."

Qi Yuning said, "Next year's Mid-Autumn Festival will probably be even more lively. By next year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Lingling should be able to call her mother, and she might even be able to walk with support."

Qi Yuning was looking forward to Lingling babbling and taking her first steps.

Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "Well, next year's Mid-Autumn Festival will be very lively with Lingling here."

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