Qi Yuning withdrew her disdainful gaze towards the young master of the Lu family and looked at Xiao Lingling who was concentrating on solving the Nine Rings Link.

There were traces of tears hanging around Lingling's peach blossom eyes, which made me feel pity for her. Thinking back to when she and Lu Ze refused to acknowledge Lingling just now, this little girl must have felt extremely wronged.

Qi Yuning held little Lingling in his arms and said, "Lingling."

Xiao Lingling put down the Nine Links in her hand, threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms, and called out sweetly, "Mommy, darling."

Qi Yuning hugged Lingling tightly, raised her eyes and asked Lu Ze, "Will Lingling return to the Xinwei Year?"

Lu Ze shook his head. "I don't know, but it would be a good thing if Lingling could return to Xinwei Year soon. After all, in Shengjing City in Yichou Year, I don't know how to explain Lingling's identity to the outside world."

Qi Yuning said, "Tell everyone that Lingling is my daughter, Qi Yuning. If you're worried that Lingling will interfere with your marriage to the Guan family's daughter, then just disown her. Lingling is my daughter only."

Lu Ze said, "I will break off the engagement with the Guan family's daughter. Now that I have Lingling, I won't waste the good girl from the Guan family."

When Qi Yuning heard the good girl from the Guan family, he laughed sarcastically.

Lu Ze noticed yesterday that Qi Yuning seemed hostile towards the girl from the Guan family: "Did the girl from the Guan family offend the princess in some way?"

Qi Yuning didn't want to say more about Guan's daughter.

Seeing Qi Yuning didn't answer, Lu Ze explained his concerns and said, "Princess, the fact that Lingling came six years ago is really strange, and we can't tell outsiders, so as not to cause Lingling more trouble.

But the princess is still unmarried. If we rashly acknowledge Lingling, people will just think we're pregnant before we're married. I'm afraid the rumors about the princess's reputation in Shengjing will only intensify..."

Qi Yuning said, "Rumors aside, Lingling is my daughter. Why should I be afraid of outsiders' gossip? I won't let anyone know that Lingling was born six years later. I'll just say that I gave birth to her secretly when I was fourteen."

Since Lingling is her own blood, Qi Yuning will take on the responsibility of being her mother.

Lu Ze looked at the bright and beautiful woman in front of him and thought that he was worrying too much. How could the always proud Princess Qi be afraid of rumors?

Qi Yuning held little Lingling in his arms and said, "Lingling, let's go back to the palace."

After Qi Yuning and her daughter left, Lu Ze was in the study room and couldn't recover for a while. Qi Yuning couldn't believe that she had a daughter with him, and Lu Ze couldn't believe it either.

Princess Pingrou entered the study room carrying a bowl of bird's nest and said, "Ze'er, where is my darling granddaughter? I even stewed bird's nest for her."

"The princess took Lingling back to the palace." Lu Ze said slowly.

Princess Pingrou put down the bird's nest and asked, "Is Lingling really your daughter?"

Lu Ze nodded. Even though Lingling came six years later, she was indeed his child.

Princess Pingrou was extremely surprised and said, "It's a good thing Yun'er became a nun, otherwise your child's mother would have to become your sister-in-law, right?

Calculating her age, Yuning was already pregnant at fourteen. Tsk tsk, Lu Ze! How could you be such a beast?

Lu Ze let Princess Pingrou scold him without making any excuses. After all, there was no way to make any excuses.

Lingling came six years later, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better. He could only let Princess Pingrou scold him.

Princess Pingrou became increasingly angry as she scolded him: "You have always been sensible, how could you do such a thing as making a girl pregnant before marriage? Without the Qi family, your mother and I would not be as wealthy as we are today. You must not let Yuning down. The marriage that was verbally agreed upon by the Guan family..."

Lu Ze said, "I will go to the Guan family to cancel the agreement."

Fortunately, the marriage was only a verbal agreement, and only a few people knew about it, so it would not damage the reputation of Guan's daughter.

Princess Pingrou said, "Then you should cancel the engagement immediately so that I can go to the Qi family to propose marriage for you and Yuning."

Lu Ze frowned slightly and said, "Mother, Princess Qi probably doesn't want to be engaged to the Lu family anymore."

Just now, when Qi Yuning learned that they would have a child in the future, she did not hide the disgust for him in her eyes at all.

Princess Pingrou said, "Alas, your brother did what he did yesterday. No wonder the Qi family dislikes the Lu family's sons. I have prepared a generous gift. You will go to the Qi family later to apologize and first resolve the trouble your brother caused yesterday."

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Qi Yuning brought Xiao Lingling back to Prince Qi's Mansion.

After lunch, Qi Yuning looked at Lingling's peaceful sleeping face for a long time without feeling bored.

After learning that Lingling was indeed her daughter, Qi Yuning felt that Lingling was adorable in every way. Upon closer inspection, she found that Lingling's little mouth actually looked more like her own.

Qi Yuning instructed Guyu and Lichun, "From today on, Lingling is my daughter, the daughter of the Qi family."

Lichun and Guyu responded, "Yes."

Xiaoman entered the room and said, "My Lady, Prince Lu from Princess Pingrou's residence brought a lot of gifts. He said he came to apologize for what happened yesterday."

Qi Yuning looked at the soft and cute little baby in front of him, asked Lichun and Guyu to look after Lingling, and went to the gate of Prince Qi's mansion with Jingzhe and Xiaoman, two maids.

The princess's mansion was sincere, and the treasures they presented as an apology were extremely expensive.

At the door, Qi Yuning saw the elegant and noble young man of the Lu family, who was wearing a green robe. Although he hated the Lu family, Qi Yuning had to admit that the children of the Lu family were all more beautiful than the other.

Lu Ze bowed and said, "Lu Yun has brought shame upon the princess. Although he was young and confused, it is indeed the fault of my Lu family's poor parenting. I have come here today on the orders of my parents to apologize to the princess."

Outside the palace, many people had gathered to watch the fun, and they were all amazed at the apology sent by the princess's mansion.

"I didn't expect that there are so many rare treasures in the princess's mansion?"

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