Qi Yuning, Lu Ze, Lingling, and Zhao Jie flew kites in the mountains for half an hour. They came down the mountain in the evening when the wind was strong.

After sending Zhao Jie back to the palace, Lingling fell asleep on Lu Ze's shoulder in the carriage on the way back to the princess's residence.

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Are you really going to let Lu Baozhu act like this?"

Lu Ze said, "We can't force her to marry someone she doesn't like, so just let her be."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly while she was sleeping. "That's right, I can only let her be."

As spring turned to summer, Lingling, who was over two and a half years old, spoke more and more fluently, and looked a bit like the three-year-old Lingling in Qi Yuning's memory.

However, after she turned two and a half, Lingling, who could speak fluently, loved to go out and play more and more. On weekdays, she either followed Lu Ze to the palace to play with her uncle, or played with Lu Baozhu and Han Ge'er. After all, what little Lingling hated most was staying at home.

On the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, Chen Nian would take Han Ge'er to Xianglin Temple to burn incense.

On the first day of May, Lingling went to find Han Ge'er. When she learned that Chen Nian was going to take Han Ge'er to Xianglin Temple to burn incense, she also came to ask Qi Yuning to go to Xianglin Temple together.

Qi Yuning agreed after thinking about it. She had not been to the temple this year, so she took Lu Baozhu with her.

Today Qi Yuning prayed to Buddha for a marriage for Lu Baozhu. Lingling was still young and didn't know how to worship Buddha. She just knelt down and then went to play with Han Ge'er.

Han Ge'er is over four years old and very sensible, but he is very weak. He has been in poor health since he was a child. Now that the weather is getting hotter, Han Ge'er sweated and caught a cold.

Shen Nian picked up Han Ge'er and said to Lingling, "Lingling, Auntie will take brother to change clothes. You wait here for us."

Lingling shook her head and said, "No, I want to be with my brother."

Ah Li held Ling Ling in his arms and said, "Brother is changing clothes, Ling Ling, you are not allowed to watch."

Seeing that A Li was holding Ling Ling, Shen Nian took Han Ge'er to the backyard of the temple. After Ling Ling saw Han Ge'er leave, she cried, "Brother, Brother Han, wuwuwu."

Qi Yuning heard Lingling crying, came over and held Lingling in his arms, gently wiped the tears from Lingling's eyes and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, what's wrong?"

Ali said, "The little princess wanted to play with Master Han, but the princess took Master Han to change clothes."

Lu Baozhu took Xiao Lingling from Qi Yuning's arms and hugged her, saying, "What's there to cry about? Auntie will take you to find them."

Qi Yuning saw a familiar figure, so she gave Lingling to Lu Baozhu, walked forward and saw that it was Song Heqing. She herself did not expect to see Song Heqing here.

The last time Qi Yuning saw Song Heqing was when she got married, which was almost four years ago.

Qi Yuning walked up to Song Heqing and asked, "Heqing? Why are you here?"

Song Heqing raised her eyes and looked at Qi Yuning. She saluted Qi Yuning, who was still as noble as ever. Qi Yuning held Song Heqing's hand and said, "No need to salute. Why are you here?"

Song Heqing touched her belly and said, "I haven't been pregnant for many years. I heard that the fertility-giving Guanyin here is very effective..."

Qi Yuning took a deep breath and said, "Song Heqing, I gave you access to the courtyard so that you could leave one day when you figured it out. I didn't want you to continue to be so stupid! Qin Chong is really not worth it. After all these years, why don't you understand? Can't you see his true face?"

Song Heqing lowered his eyes and said, "Yu Ning, I really like him... He has always been in my heart since I was twelve years old. I can't leave him. Now in that small courtyard, although I have no freedom and can only live a dark life, I am very satisfied to be with him."

Qi Yuning closed her eyes and sighed deeply. She suppressed the anger in her heart and said, "Whatever you want!"

Qi Yuning walked away angrily. She really didn't understand why Song Heqing was so stupid.

Qi Yuning returned to the room angrily and drank some cold tea to cool down. Unexpectedly, the door was kicked open and Lu Baozhu also walked in angrily.

Behind Lu Baozhu was Ali holding Lingling.

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu and asked, "Why are you so angry?"

Lu Baozhu said to Qi Yuning, "How have we wronged Chen Nian? She actually placed her ex-husband's spirit tablet in the temple. No wonder she comes to Xianglin Temple every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. It turns out she comes to visit her ex-husband."

Qi Yuning said, "Young General Huang also died because of the Qin family. You don't need to be so angry. Lu Ze and I already knew that there was a memorial tablet for Huang Rui here. It's almost Huang Rui's death anniversary, so let's go and pay our respects together."

"What are you worshipping?" Lu Baozhu asked angrily, "There are no good people in the Shen family!"

Qi Yuning listened to Lu Baozhu's words and asked, "Did you have a fight with Shen Jialin?"

Lu Baozhu said, "Not really."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "It is reasonable for us to go and burn three incense sticks. Let's go."

Lu Baozhu said, "I'm not going."

Qi Yuning said, "Then I'll take Lingling with me."

Qi Yuning brought Lingling into the resting hall where the memorial tablets were placed. Shen Nian, who was inside, was obviously startled when she saw Qi Yuning coming. Her hands that were burning paper money paused, and she kept saying, "Sister-in-law, I..."

Qi Yuning stepped forward and took three incense sticks and said, "I brought Lingling to burn incense for General Huang."

Qi Yuning lit three incense sticks for Lingling and asked Lingling to bow a few times with the incense. He also used three incense sticks to worship himself and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Chen Nian looked at Qi Yuning, whose hand was still gripping her sleeve. "Sister-in-law, could you please not tell Lu Yun about what happened today? He hates Xianglin Temple so much that I think he won't set foot in Xianglin Temple again. Please don't tell him about this, okay? If he knew that I was here to pay tribute to Huang Rui, he would definitely be angry..."

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