With her wedding day approaching, her fiancé, Lu Yun, preferred to shave his head and become a monk rather than marry Qi Yuning. Princess Qi instantly became the laughingstock of Shengjing.
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Lu Yun said: "What's the point of playing Huarong Road? Uncle will take you to play cockfighting!"
"Cockfighting?" Lingling's eyes lit up. "What is cockfighting?"
Qi Yuning glared at Lu Yun, "Lu Yun!"
Lu Yunlian coughed and said, "That's it. Put a finger in front of your nose and look towards the finger with both eyes. That's cross-eyes."
Seeing Lu Yun's cross-eyed look, Lingling smiled softly, "Uncle, this is so silly. Lingling doesn't want to play like this!"
Qi Yuning chuckled, "My Lingling is so smart."
Seeing Qi Yuning's smile, Lu Yun was confused. "You are quite pretty, and your smile is also very beautiful. Why did I do such a fool before? If I had married you, I wonder how Lu Ze would regret it now!"
Qi Yuning said: "I tell you, brother, you should call him by his first name."
Lu Yun said, "You two are really going too far. You already have a daughter, and you're still planning to marry me! If you really marry me, will Lingling call me uncle or daddy? If Lingling calls me daddy, it would be great if she could take advantage of me, her eldest brother."
Lu Yun smiled to himself, picked up Lingling and said, "Lingling, be good and call me daddy."
Lu Ze opened the carriage curtain and stepped inside. He just happened to hear Lu Yun's words. He glared at Lu Yun and said, "A real man, why don't you go riding? What's the point of staying in the carriage all day?"
Lu Yun: “!!!”
How did he get caught red-handed when he was just teasing Lingling?
Lu Yun got off the carriage sadly.
Lu Ze entered the carriage and saw Qi Yuning smiling slightly. He asked, "Is Yun'er trying to make you happy like this?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and smiled, "Are you jealous?"
Lu Ze said, "Yeah."
Qi Yuning said: "I just treat Lu Yun as my younger brother."
Lu Ze said, "From now on, you shouldn't let Lu Yun call you Ningning."
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "How long will it take to get to North City?"
Lu Ze said, "It's almost there. It will be here in three days."
Qi Yuning had been away from North City for a long time. As soon as she arrived in North City, she got out of the carriage and rode a horse.
Even though Qi Yuning covered her face with a headscarf, the strong wind from the north city with yellow sand still made her face hurt.
All the way to the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion in the north city.
When Qi Yuning saw the white banners and white lanterns with the inscription "葬葬" (die inscription) hanging above Prince Qi's mansion, she froze on her horse.
"Yuning, Ningning?"
Qi Yuning slowly came back to her senses when she heard Lu Ze's shout from the side.
Qi Yuning hurriedly dismounted, only to find his legs felt like they were filled with lead. White banners, white lanterns, there was only one master in the North City Palace...
Qi Yuning said hoarsely, "Brother."
Lu Ze stepped forward and supported Qi Yuning, saying, "It's not that Prince Qi is in trouble. Lingling knows about her uncle."
Qi Yuning's hand gradually warmed up as Lu Ze held it tightly. Yes, Lingling knew her uncle, Qi Yuanding was alive and well.
Qi Yuning said slowly: "But why would the palace hang white banners and white lanterns?"
"The prince must be crazy, actually wanting to marry a woman in a coffin as his princess."
"General Wen has already sent an urgent letter to the Shengjing Palace. I wonder if the princess can come and persuade Prince Qi?"
Qi Yuning heard the voices of the passing soldiers and went straight into the palace.