Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze with her phoenix eyes and said, "By the way, you just said that I don't have any scars on my abdomen. How did you know that I don't have any scars on my abdomen? Did you peek at me while I was asleep?"

Lu Ze smiled and said, "I'm not being reckless. I just think that since you dare to ask like that, you must be afraid that the Death Guard will guess it right. The probability of guessing right out of two options is too high. You have always been very particular about even the ends of your hair. Why would you spread the fact that you have a scar?"

Qi Yuning smiled knowingly and said, "Lu Shaoqing really can see the big picture from the small details."

Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes. His peach blossom eyes were always full of affection. Being stared at by Lu Ze, Qi Yuning actually felt the temperature in the carriage gradually rising.

Lu Ze lowered his head and looked at Qi Yuning's red lips. His mind was distracted and his lips kept moving towards her red lips.

Just when their lips were about to touch.

The carriage paused, and Lingling's voice came, "Daddy, Mommy!"

Lichun, who was sitting outside, lifted the curtain and carried Lingling into the carriage.

The moment the carriage curtain opened, Qi Yuning even removed Lu Ze's hand from her waist, "Lingling!"

Lingling threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms, "Lingling is scared."

Qi Yuning looked out from behind the opened curtain and saw the Crown Prince riding on a large horse, talking to Princess Pingrou.

Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and said, "Daddy and Mommy are here, don't be afraid."

The Crown Prince did not exchange pleasantries with Princess Pingrou. He rode over to the carriage at Prince Qi's mansion and said, "Princess."

Qi Yuning saluted and said, "Your Highness."

Lingling was so frightened that she used Qi Yuning's shoulder to cover her eyes, "I'm so scared."

Zhao Chong smiled and said, "Why is Lingling so afraid of me? I am his great-uncle after all..."

When Zhao Chong said the word "grandfather", he couldn't help but chuckle.

Lu Ze said, "Your Highness is majestic."

Zhao Chong chuckled and said to Qi Yuning, "The princess has been wronged by what happened today. I am here to apologize to her on behalf of the Qin family."

"Your Highness is too polite. Qin Yuli has already gotten what she deserved."

Seeing Lingling in his arms was really scared, Qi Yuning said, "Your Highness, it's getting late. Let's go back to the palace first."

Zhao Chong said, "Yeah."

The carriage started slowly, and Lingling whispered in Qi Yuning's arms: "Daddy, Mommy, Lingling wants to sleep in the middle today!"

"No!" Lu Ze said.

Qi Yuning: “???”

Lingling pouted and said, "Why can't Lingling sleep on the outermost side, and now can't sleep back in the middle either? Lingling is scared!"

Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and chuckled, "Your father's words don't count. Lingling can sleep in the middle, and mother also likes to hold Lingling when she sleeps!"

Lingling smiled sweetly in Qi Yuning's arms and said, "Mother's kiss is the best!"

The prince returned to the East Palace, where Uncle Qin was already waiting for him in the study.

Uncle Qin saw Zhao Chong and said, "Your Highness, why didn't you plead for Lily just now?"

Zhao Chong said, "Uncle, what Yu Li did today was really excessive. The Qin family has only twenty death guards, and each of them cost countless silver and energy. Yu Li, on the other hand, used such a stupid method to deal with Qi Yuning. She deserves to be imprisoned!"

Uncle Qin frowned and said, "Your Highness!"

Zhao Chong waved his hand and said, "Uncle, please leave. There is no room for negotiation regarding Yu Li!"

Uncle Qin looked at Zhao Chong deeply, angrily waved his sleeves and left the East Palace and returned to Uncle Qin's Mansion.

The Qin family's uncle-in-law and the Qin family's eldest wife both cried non-stop.

"Yu Li has been loved and pampered since she was a child. How could she endure the pain of imprisonment?"

"Uncle of the King, what did His Highness say? Is it possible to rescue Yu Li?"

Qin Han also hurriedly asked, "Dad, can His Highness save Lily?"

Uncle Qin said angrily, "It seems that His Highness has grown up. Now he doesn't listen to anything I say."

Qin Zhen, the Fifth Master of Qin, said coldly, "Is it up to him not to listen to the Qin family's words?"

Uncle Qin glared at Qin Zhen and said, "Keep your voice down."

Uncle Qin waved his hands, letting the servants go down and said, "It's all because of you who pampered Lily on a daily basis that she dared to use even the Death Guards. But Qi Yuning is really as arrogant as her grandfather who died long ago. Sooner or later, I will make Qi Yuning go to jail and let her suffer the same pain that Lily suffered!"

Qin Han said, "But the Qi family has hundreds of thousands of troops, and North City is as strong as a fortress. Our people can't get into the North City Palace at all..."

Uncle Qin said, "After the old emperor dies, the Qi family will have no one to protect them. If they are unwilling to hand over their military power, it will be a rebellion. By then, even Qi Yang's reputation for early death will be wiped out!"

Qin Zhen said: "Brother, you don't have to be afraid of the Qi family. Our Qin family has the military power in the capital.

Once the old emperor dies, the military power of the Qi family will be in our pockets. If that kid Qi Yu'an dares to rebel and refuses to hand over the military power, I will kill him without a single trace of him left!

But Qi Yuning must be kept for me when the time comes. Princess Qi is always so high and mighty, so I think the taste should be pretty good..."

Uncle Qin smiled when he saw his youngest son and said, "Now we just wait for the old emperor to pass away soon! The great empire is within our Qin family's grasp.

When the time comes, the grievances Lily suffered today will only be repaid doubly to Qi Yuning. You two don't have to cry anymore. Lily has a bright future ahead of her."

…

In Prince Qi's mansion.

Although Lingling said she was afraid, she didn't find it scary at all when she asked Lu Ze to tell her the story of the Dali Temple solving an unsolved case before going to bed.

Although Qi Yuning was crying fake tears today, she still shed a lot of tears. The tears were the result of her hard work. She closed her eyes and took a nap.

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