Shen Jialin held Lingling in his arms and touched the small tuft of hair on Lingling's head very familiarly. He bowed to Qi Yuning and said, "Princess."

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling in Shen Jialin's arms, then looked at Shen Jialin and said, "When did you become so familiar with my Lingling?"

Although Lingling is a child who is not afraid of strangers, she is not so familiar with strangers. It doesn't seem like these two people have just met.

Shen Jialin chuckled as he looked at Lingling in his arms and said, "Lingling is so adorable, it's natural that we hit it off right away."

Lingling smiled at Shen Jialin, hugged Shen Jialin's neck with both hands, and rubbed her little head against Shen Jialin's face.

Qi Yuning felt that something was wrong. You should know that whether Lu Ze asked Lingling to do this action depended on Lingling's mood, but Lingling was so familiar with Shen Jialin.

Qi Yuning thought of Lingling when she was three years old. At that time, Lingling was also very familiar with Shen Jialin. As soon as she saw Shen Jialin, she called him Uncle Linlin.

Shen Nian came out of the house, handed a box to Shen Jialin and said, “Here, my stepmother asked me to give it to you.”

Shen Jialin smiled faintly and said, "Thank you, sister. I'll be leaving first."

When Shen Jialin was about to let Lingling go, Lingling was reluctant to leave Shen Jialin, "Uncle Linlin!"

Qi Yuning took Lingling from Shen Jialin's arms, hugged Lingling and said, "Uncle has to leave. Say goodbye to uncle."

Lingling waved to Shen Jialin and said, "Goodbye, Uncle Lingling."

After Shen Jialin left, Qi Yuning asked Shen Nian: "Does Shen Jialin come to your place often?"

Shen Nian said, "It's not that he comes here often. This time, Shen Jialin asked my adoptive mother and adoptive father to buy a set of red coral headwear. He didn't want my aunt to know about it, so he left it with me first and came to pick it up later."

Qi Yuning asked, "A red coral headpiece?"

"Yes, my adoptive mother and adoptive father happened to be in the Ryukyu Kingdom. They were all made of freshly dug red coral. I took a look at them and saw that the colors were vibrant. They are rare and exquisite red coral headpieces, and are top-notch in Shengjing City."

Qi Yuning asked, "What does Shen Jialin want the red coral headpiece for? He can't be giving it to Madam Shen, right?"

Shen Nian shook his head and said, “I don’t know what it’s for, but judging by the style, it’s meant to be given to young girls.”

Qi Yuning sighed for Lu Baozhu and carried Lingling back to the courtyard. Lu Ze returned early today, which was a rare occasion.

Lingling saw Lu Ze and went over to him to hold her, "Daddy."

Lu Ze picked up Lingling and said, "You're so good."

Lingling rested her head on Lu Ze's shoulder and said, "Lingling and mother will sleep together."

"No!" Lu Ze said, imitating Lingling's tone.

Lingling pouted: "I want to sleep with my mother."

"Lingling sleeps with the wet nurse."

Lingling refused to let Lu Ze hold her and snorted, "Lingling doesn't like Daddy anymore."

Lu Ze put Lingling down and held Qi Yuning in his arms. "Why is Lingling getting more and more clingy as she gets older?"

Lingling saw Lu Ze holding Qi Yuning and pushed him, saying, "Mommy, Lingling holds you, Daddy doesn't want you to hold me."

Lu Ze deliberately angered Lingling and kissed Qi Yuning on the cheek, "Daddy can not only hug Mommy, but also kiss Mommy."

Lingling was almost crying because of Lu Ze. Qi Yuning pushed Lu Ze away angrily and hugged Lingling, who was about to cry. "Ignore your father. He is becoming more and more childish. He doesn't know how to be the regent and manage the affairs of the entire Dasheng Kingdom."

Lu Ze smiled softly.

Lingling looked at Lu Ze with tears in her eyes and said, "Daddy is bad."

Lu Ze walked over, picked up Lingling, and said, "Daddy will take you to play with your uncle? Is Daddy still a bad guy?"

"Not bad, Daddy is the best."

Qi Yuning was not happy to hear the word "best", but she remembered that Lingling had cried when she asked her to choose between her father and mother. She forced herself not to ask who was better, mother or father.

Except for not being able to accommodate Lingling at night, Lu Ze fulfilled his fatherly responsibilities on weekdays. Whenever he was not busy with state affairs, he would bring Lingling into the palace.

Zhao Jie was busy with his studies and also had to learn the rules of being an emperor. The soft, sweet and innocent little Lingling brought Zhao Jie a lot of comfort.

Zhao Jie indulged Lingling and took Lingling to play on the dragon throne. Lingling was interested in the imperial seal, so Zhao Jie even took a piece of white paper and asked Lingling to stamp it.

After Lu Ze found out, he taught Lingling a lesson.

Zhao Jie chuckled and said, "Cousin, I like Lingling, please don't scold her."

Lu Ze looked at Zhao Jie and said, "Your Majesty, the rules between the monarch and his subjects must be observed. The imperial seal is not a toy. How can you play with it so casually?"

Zhao Jie said, "I am happy to let Lingling play with the jade seal as she pleases."

Lu Ze didn't say anything more. After two years, Zhao Jie had grown into a young boy, and sometimes he was no longer so cowardly as to obey Lu Ze's words.

Lu Ze was quite pleased that Zhao Jie was able to stand on his own.

Lingling discovered that with Zhao Jie's support, even her father had to listen to her uncle. It could be said that no one in the palace could stop her from playing as she pleased.

When she was in the palace, she only listened to her uncle. She sat on the dragon throne, played with the jade seal, and even cut out the dragons on the imperial edicts and played with them as toys. Although the dragons Lingling cut herself were crooked, no one else dared to cut the imperial edicts except Lingling.

Qi Yuning was worried when she heard Lu Ze talk about Lingling's rebellion in the palace.

"Will Lingling be accused of contempt for imperial authority in the future for doing this?"

Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze, "It seems we still have to be prepared for any eventuality."

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Lingling is only a little over two years old. I don't think anyone would be so nosy. But I think the little emperor is really good to Lingling. He likes Lingling very much. It's a pity that he is of a different generation than Lingling..."

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