Lu Ze saw the old Taoist priest standing before him and said, "Master, please excuse me for a moment."

Lu Ze and Qi Yuning found a private room in a nearby teahouse and invited the old Taoist priest to sit down.

When Lingling saw the old Taoist priest in front of her, her eyes were fixed on the whisk in the old Taoist priest's hand. The old Taoist priest then gave the whisk to Lingling.

Lingling took it and swept the table with the whisk, giggling.

The old Taoist priest chuckled and said, "How lovely, but you shouldn't play around here too much. You should go back as soon as possible."

Qi Yuning poured a cup of tea for the old Taoist priest and said, "Master, will Lingling go back?"

The old Taoist priest said, "She is not a child of this time and space. No matter how much time passes, she will never grow taller or bigger. She should return to her own time and space to grow up as a human being."

Qi Yuning was reluctant to let Lingling go, but he also hoped that Lingling could grow up healthy and safe. "Then, Taoist priest, do you know when Lingling will return?"

The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

Lu Ze said respectfully, "Master, the imprisonment you just mentioned is real."

The old Taoist nodded and said, "I tell fortunes once a year. Today, I met someone who is destined to be with me, so I will give you an extra fortune. Your imprisonment is inevitable. Besides imprisonment, what else do you want to know?"

Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning and said, "Master, please calculate which date this year is suitable for me to marry the princess?"

The old Taoist priest laughed and said, "Buddhism has the saying of six auspicious times. As long as it is a happy event, any time is an auspicious time. The hexagram has been sent, and I will take my leave."

Qi Yuning asked: "Master, I have other things to settle..."

"I only read fortunes once a year. Since it is an auspicious time for marriage, I will not read fortunes again. Please come back next year, Princess."

The old Taoist took the whisk back from Lingling's hand with a smile, "Little girl, go back early."

Lingling shook her head and said, "Lingling likes to play outside and doesn't want to go home!"

The old Taoist smiled and turned away.

Qi Yuning noticed the Taoist's light steps and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Why didn't you ask the Taoist to do other fortune-telling just now? Anyone can tell the auspicious time for the wedding."

Lu Ze said, "I think this Taoist priest has some abilities, but this prison calamity... is really difficult to resolve."

As long as Your Majesty is here, as long as Duke Lu's family does not plot treason, how could he be thrown into prison?

Qi Yuning said, "It's easy to get out of jail. After returning to Shengjing, you can lock yourself up in jail for two days and then come out. That will be considered as getting out of jail."

Lu Ze chuckled, "That's right."

"I asked you to sing a song, and you dared to ask me for money? Did you think I was broke? I touched your hand, and you dared to give me a cold shoulder?"

Qi Yuning heard the noise outside and looked over to see a thin man in his forties with a goatee holding some silver and looking lustfully at the girl singing in the teahouse.

"Master, our little Liu'er won't sing today."

"Sing if I ask you to. In Beicheng, there is nothing the Qi Family Army can't do!"

Qi Yuning was furious when she heard this. She walked out of the room and said, "Article 9 of the Qi Family Army's military order prohibits bullying and oppressing the people. Which general in the Qi Family Army do you serve under?"

"Who do you think you are? I'm going to be General Wen's son-in-law soon. I have the final say in North City!"

Qi Yuning saw the lean, goateed man in front of him and said, "The Qi family army has strict discipline. Are you Wen Ban's subordinate?"

The goateed man saw Qi Yuning calling Wen Ban by his name and realized something was wrong. "Who are you?"

"Princess!" Zhong Ming came over and saluted, "Prince Lu, the little princess."

Lingling smiled sweetly and said, "Second Aunt...Uncle!"

Qi Yuning asked Zhong Ming, "Do you know who this person who calls himself the Qi Family Army is?"

Zhong Ming said: "He is Wu Xiong, the deputy general beside General Wen. He was promoted just before the New Year..."

Qi Yuning looked at Wu Xiong with cold eyes and said, "As a deputy general, you are bullying the people and violating the military law. I will report to my brother and punish you severely. Get out of here!"

Wu Xionglian left the teahouse.

Zhong Ming said, "I don't know what Uncle Wen is thinking. He actually wants to marry Sister Yalan to this Deputy General Wu. Deputy General Wu is the same age as Uncle Zhu, only a few years younger than Uncle Wen. He actually abandoned so many young heroes in the Qi family army and chose such an old man as his son-in-law."

Qi Yuning asked curiously, "Wen Yalan said a few days ago that she would not marry anyone other than my brother, but she has already arranged another marriage so soon?"

Zhong Ming said, "I don't know the details, but I heard that Wu Xiong made great contributions in the battle of Beimo fourteen years ago and saved Uncle Wen... Uncle Wen thought Wu Xiong had died, but he was still alive. When he saw him this time, he promoted Wu Xiong to deputy general and betrothed his daughter to him."

Qi Yuning frowned and said, "Look at the way Wu Xiong teased me just now. Even if I admire him, I can't just marry my daughter off."

Although Qi Yuning didn't like the stupid things Wen Yalan did for love, they were sisters when they were young, and she hoped that she could marry a good husband. Wu Xiong was indeed not a good man.

Zhong Ming sighed and said, "Who says it's not true? But Uncle Wen seems to have made up his mind. I heard that he's even rushing the wedding date, and they're going to get married on the fourth day of the New Year."

Qi Yuning asked, "Are you in such a hurry?"

Zhong Ming nodded and said, "Yes."

Qi Yuning said, "We will be leaving for Shengjing on the fifth day of the New Year, so I'm afraid we won't be able to attend the wedding."

Qi Yuning returned to the palace and told Qi Yu'an about Wu Xiong.

Qi Yu'an said, "I just learned that Wen Yalan is going to marry Wu Xiong. I didn't expect Wu Xiong to be such a bad person. However, it is really not appropriate for us to interfere in Wen Yalan's marriage. If we intervene rashly, we will destroy Wen Yalan's hopes."

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