Qi Yuning entered the hut and changed into clean clothes from head to toe. Lichun wiped Qi Yuning's wet long hair with a handkerchief and tied her hair into a neat bun again.

Lu Ze waited at the door for about a quarter of an hour before he saw Qi Yuning come out. The makeup on her face was gone, and her gorgeous bun had become plain. She was wearing a light pink dress, like a fairy in the mountains who was oblivious to the worldly affairs.

Qi Yuning asked, "Why are you looking at me again, Prince?"

Lu Ze smiled softly and said, "It's time to go back. I'll carry you."

Qi Yuning got on Lu Ze's back and went to the lake. Lingling was having fun playing in the water.

Lu Baozhu saw Lu Ze carrying Qi Yuning on his back. Qi Yuning had changed her clothes and smiled ambiguously, "What are you doing?"

Qi Yuning said, "I fell while picking persimmons."

Lingling came out of the lake and ran to Qi Yuning without wearing shoes.

Qi Yuning glared at Lu Baozhu and said, "In autumn, you let her go into the water barefoot?"

Lu Baozhu touched her nose while Lichun held Lingling and put on her shoes and socks.

Qi Yuning picked a ripe persimmon, peeled it and handed it to Lingling, "Lingling, try this persimmon. It's delicious."

"Lingling, don't eat Daddy, and Mommy can't eat Daddy either."

Qi Yuning said blankly: "I didn't eat your father."

Lingling said, "But isn't Persimmon my father? And my father is the prince!"

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "This fruit is also called persimmon. Come and have a taste."

Lingling came forward and took a bite, her eyes curved into little crescents as she said, "So sweet! Daddy, it's so delicious!"

After Lingling finished eating the whole persimmon, although she was still not satisfied, she agreed to go down the mountain.

Qi Yuning sprained her ankle, so going down the mountain became a hassle.

We didn't bring any maids with us when we climbed the mountain today. Lichun and the other five maids were all sixteen or seventeen years old. They usually acted like the daughters of wealthy families when they were around her, and they didn't have the strength to carry her down the mountain.

Lu Ze said, "Let me carry Princess Qi down the mountain."

Qi Yuning got on Lu Ze's back. Qingyan Mountain was not very high, but it was easy to climb up but difficult to go down. It was a sparsely populated area, and the mountain road was winding. It would take half an hour to go down the mountain.

Qi Yuning was on Lu Ze's back and could clearly see a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and a faint breathing sound.

After going down the mountain, Qi Yuning got into the carriage. There was a faint orchid fragrance at the tip of her nose mixed with the fragrance of the inn on her body. She couldn't help blushing.