Qi Yuning glared at Lu Ze. They had clearly agreed to just say that Lingling was her daughter.

Princess Duan saw the child in Lu Ze's arms and said, "You've dressed the child too thickly. Even though the temperature has dropped, the child isn't afraid of the cold. Especially this afternoon, there's no need to wear a coat. Spring is warm, autumn is cold. The child should be freezing right now. Look at the child, he's almost wilting."

Qi Yuning knew nothing about raising children. After hearing what Princess Duan said, she felt that she, as a mother, was too irresponsible.

After taking off her coat, Lingling was like a fish out of water that suddenly came back to life in a pond.

"Mother, where's my uncle? Lingling misses him so much. It's been a long time since I played with him!"

Princess Duan asked in surprise, "Uncle?"

Qi Yuning was already good at lying, "Little Prince Duan, Lingling played with Little Prince Duan twice before."

Princess Duan was surprised that she didn't know that her son had played with Lingling, but she didn't suspect anything and asked the maid to bring Zhao Jie over.

Little Zhao Jie was almost four years old, but he looked even smaller than Lingling. He walked up to Princess Duan and saluted politely, saying, "Mother."

Princess Duan took little Zhao Jie's hand and said, "This is my eldest cousin, and this is Princess Qi. Please pay your respects."

Little Zhao Jie bowed and said, "Cousin, Princess Qi."

Lu Ze and Qi Yuning also returned the gift to Xiao Zhaojie.

Lingling, who was standing next to Qi Yuning, walked up to the child and looked at him. Her small peach blossom eyes were full of confusion, and she scratched her head with her little hand.

Lingling raised her eyes to look at Qi Yuning and said, "He is not a little uncle. There are no little uncles this young."

Qi Yuning smiled at Lingling: "Little uncles nowadays are this small."

Zhao Jie had never seen a playmate here before. Now, a little girl of the same age appeared, showing her white teeth and saying, "My name is Zhao Jie. What's your name?"

Lingling said, "My name is Lu Yiling. You look like my uncle, but why did my uncle become so small?"

Zhao Jie looked at his mother, Princess Duan, and was also puzzled as to why Lingling said that.

Qi Yuning chuckled, "Princess, Lingling and the young prince are close in age, why not let them go and play aside? Lingling is my first daughter, I'm young and don't know anything, I hope Princess can teach me."

Zhao Jie is not Princess Duan's first child. Princess Duan is 32 years old this year and she already has a daughter. Princess Shan is only three years younger than Qi Yuning.

Actually, that princess is your Majesty's eldest granddaughter. She is also a smart and lovely person. Unfortunately, she fell into the river at the age of ten and her body was never found. If she were still alive, she would have reached the age of marriage by now.

Princess Duan chuckled and said, "Just be more careful when raising children. If the princess doesn't mind, we can talk while drinking tea."

Princess Duan is usually gentle and weak, but when it comes to raising children, she is very talkative and considerate.

Qi Yuning was very educated.

In the garden of the other courtyard nearby.

Watching the two children playing, Lu Ze asked Lingling, "Is he the uncle in the palace?"

Lingling said, "He looks like my uncle, but he's much younger than him. But the lady who just undressed Lingling is my uncle's mother."

Lu Ze smiled when he heard this. The little uncle in Lingling's mind was the one five or six years from now. Naturally, the little uncle now was five or six years younger than the little uncle in her mind.

However, it is now certain that Zhao Jie is the young emperor who will succeed him in the future.

But he fell into deep thought. What happened that led to a little grandson of the emperor, whose father had died and whose mother was weak, to become emperor?

In addition to the eighth prince whose leg was broken by Qi Yuning, he also has eight uncles. Which of these eight uncles is willing to let Zhao Jie take the throne?