After Qi Yuning returned to the palace, he immediately asked Chunfen to invite a matchmaker and inquired about the marriage arrangements.

She almost married Lu Yun half a year ago, so she had some knowledge of the wedding etiquette. After asking, she learned that the etiquette for welcoming the bride was more complicated than that for getting married.

The most urgent thing was Aping's new wedding dress. Qi Yuning found the most outstanding tailor in Yunyi Pavilion to sew a wedding dress for Aping to wear during the wedding ceremony. As for Qi Yu'an's dress, Qi Yuning felt that it didn't matter if it was a little less exquisite, as long as it looked good on the bride.

After working for an entire afternoon, Qi Yuning was still planning a wedding banquet. Time was tight and many of the Qi family's old subordinates in North City could not make it in time.

Qi Yuning thought about asking Qi Yu'an and A Ping to go to Beicheng again to hold a wedding banquet.

Nightfall.

Lu Ze had just returned from the Dali Temple. The fact that he had taken two days off had resulted in a lot of work piled up in the Dali Temple today. He was busy until dark, and there was still a lot of work that was not finished.

Lingling saw Lu Ze enter the room and walked up to him and said, "Daddy, my uncle and aunt are getting married!"

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning who was busy at the side in surprise.

After Qi Yuning had explained all the matters to the maid, he wrote down on a piece of paper who was responsible for what, and then looked carefully to see if there was anything he had missed.

After all, this is the biggest happy event in the Qi Mansion in the past fourteen years.

"Your Majesty actually agreed to grant Ah Ping the title of Princess Qi?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Ze said, "I heard His Majesty mention this morning that Ping is of low status. Why did you agree to it?"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I mentioned that although Ah Ping's status is low, it would be great if His Majesty recognized Ah Ping as his adopted daughter. I just said it casually, but I didn't expect His Majesty to really agree."

Lu Ze asked, "Your Majesty has recognized Ah Ping as your adopted daughter?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Your Majesty agreed without much thought. This is better. Ah Ping is his daughter. But now Ah Ping is pregnant, and it is not appropriate to take risks with her body to expose the prince.

Being able to marry as the daughter of His Majesty is what Ah Ping deserves. No, now we shouldn't call her Ah Ping anymore, we should call her Princess Nianxia."

"Princess Nianxia..." Lu Ze said slowly, "The name Nianxia seems familiar to me."

Qi Yuning said, "It's a good thing that Your Majesty agreed. This way, cousin Lingling will be the legitimate eldest son of our Qi family. The wedding date will be set in ten days. I will definitely be very busy these days, and you will be busy too. Lingling can only trouble the princess to help take care of her."

"My mother would love this." Lu Ze said, "But is it possible to prepare for the wedding in ten days?"

Qi Yuning said: "It's still in time. My maids are all capable."

Lu Ze said, "If you need my mother's help, just go and ask her. After all, she just arranged Yun'er's wedding."

Qi Yuning nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

…

After a few busy days, Qi Yuning managed to stay calm with the help of Princess Pingrou.

On the evening of February 11, Qi Yuning ordered the tea, wine, wedding cakes, and other necessary dishes for the wedding banquet. But he was still worried, so he found a matchmaker and two matchmakers to confirm the procedures with Qi Yuan and A Ping.

Wait until 15:30.

Qi Yuning had already lain down but stood up again, walked to the window and looked at the starry sky. It should be a sunny day tomorrow.

Lu Ze walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "You should go to sleep quickly. You will be busy early tomorrow morning."

Qi Yuning said: "I can't sleep."

Qi Yuning looked up at the half-moon in the sky and said, "My parents will be able to see it from heaven, right?"

Qi Yuning lowered his head again and said, "When other families pay respect to their parents, their parents are all there in a happy atmosphere. In our Qi family, there are only tablets for our ancestors..."

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning in his arms and said, "General Qi and General Liu will be happy to see their children marrying happily in heaven. Go to sleep."

Qi Yuning returned to the bedside. She really couldn't sleep. Lingling, who was beside her, rubbed her eyes and woke up. Lingling ran into Qi Yuning's arms, half crying.

"Mom and Dad! Dad and Mom can't find Lingling."

"Wow, wow, mother is crying so sadly."

Qi Yuning touched Lingling's head and said, "Lingling, did you have a nightmare? You are in mother's arms. Mother will not let Lingling get lost."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "By the way, there will be a lot of people in Prince Qi's mansion tomorrow, and I have to be busy receiving guests, so I'll leave Lingling to you."

Qi Yuning whispered to Lingling: "Don't leave Daddy for a moment tomorrow."

Lu Ze responded: "Yes."

Since Lingling had this nightmare, Lu Ze would definitely accompany Lingling well.

Qi Yuning had not slept well all night. When the auspicious hour of Mao arrived, he should go and inform his ancestors of the Qi family's great joy and worship various Bodhisattvas. Fireworks were set off in the sky above the Qi Palace early in the morning.

Lingling woke up early today, which was rare. Lu Ze held her in his arms and said, "Huahua, fireworks."

Qi Yuning said to Lingling: "Lingling, come to the Eight Immortals Table and pay respect to the ancestors of the Qi family."

Lingling got down from Lu Ze's arms, walked to the eight-immortal table, clasped her hands together and bowed respectfully, "Grandpa and grandma, come and enjoy the wedding feast of uncle and aunt."

Qi Yuning listened to Lingling's words and patted Lingling's little head, "So good."

Qi Yu'an listened to Lingling's words and looked at the candle burning in the dark, which seemed to be burning a little brighter.

After everyone finished their worship, the ritual and music group from the Jiaofang came in.

Although Ah Ping was in the Qi family, she was not exempt from the custom of picking up the bride. It was a big event for Prince Qi to marry a concubine, so they had to go around Shengjing City.

Go out from the side door of the Qi family, and go through the main door when you come back to pick up the bride.

The guests of Prince Qi's Mansion arrived early, and Qi Yuning went to entertain them. After half a day, Qi Yuning was so busy that his feet hurt.

After lunch, I finally had some free time to wait for the wedding ceremony in the afternoon.

Qi Yuning was resting in the room. Lingling tapped Qi Yuning's legs with great vigilance, "Mom, are you comfortable?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "It's comfortable. Thank you Lingling. I didn't expect getting married to be so tiring. I don't even want to get married..."

Lu Ze said from the side: "You are tired because of the wedding. You won't be so tired when you become a bride."

Qi Yuning leaned on Lu Ze's shoulder and closed her eyes to take a nap. "Wait a minute, my brother will come back from the city. Wake me up. I'm too tired. I want to sleep for a while."

Qi Yuning didn't sleep much last night. She had been busy from morning to noon, and she wanted to take a half-hour break to relax and recuperate.

Lu Ze put Qi Yuning, who had fallen asleep leaning on his shoulder, on the bed, and carried Lingling outside, wanting Qi Yuning to sleep peacefully for half an hour.

"Zer."

As soon as Lu Ze carried Lingling out of the backyard of the palace, he met Zhao Chong and Song Heqing.

When Lu Ze saw Zhao Chong, he bowed and said, "Your Highness, Miss Song."

When Lingling saw Zhao Chong, she hid her little head in Lu Ze's arms and only dared to look at Zhao Chong secretly.

Zhao Chong looked at Lu Ze and said, "You and the princess haven't been engaged yet. There are so many people here today. It's bad for both of your reputations for you to openly enter and leave the princess's courtyard like this."

"Your Highness is right." Lu Ze agreed. Seeing that Lingling in his arms was afraid of Zhao Chong, he said, "Lingling wants to go see her grandmother. Your Highness, I will leave first."

After seeing Lu Ze leave, Zhao Chong said to Song Heqing, "We are now in the backyard of the palace. I cannot stay here for long. I will not disturb you from talking to the princess. I will leave now."

Song Heqing turned to Zhao Chongfu and said, "Yes."

As soon as Song Heqing entered the courtyard, he heard Lichun say that Qi Yuning was catching up on her sleep, so he did not disturb her and had to leave Chunjiang Courtyard.

She originally wanted to find Zhao Chong, but unexpectedly Zhao Chong's pace was so fast that she could no longer see his shadow.

After Zhao Chong watched Song Heqing's back as he left, he came out from a corner and walked to Chunjiang Courtyard in a dignified manner.

When Lichun saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Highness."

Zhao Chong said: "I am thirsty, go get me a cup of Lu'an tea."

Lichun saw that there was no one following Zhao Chong, so he had to obey the order and said, "Your Highness, please sit outside the courtyard and wait for a moment."

Neither the princess nor Prince Lu liked Lu'an tea, and there was no Lu'an tea in Chunjiang Courtyard, so Lichun had to go to the front yard to get some Lu'an tea to make.

However, Zhao Chong did not wait outside the yard, but walked into the yard. He saw that the door of the main house was not closed, leaving a small gap. He pushed the door open and smelled a faint fragrance of food.

Walking further into the house, the scarlet official robe hanging on the hanger deeply hurt his eyes. In Qi Yuning's boudoir, there were already many men's things, men's shoes and socks, leather belts, jade pendants...

This place doesn't look like an unmarried girl's boudoir, but more like the room of a newlywed couple.

Zhao Chong walked closer to the bed, slowly opened the curtains, and saw a beautiful sleeping face. In terms of beauty, Princess Qi has always been recognized as a great beauty in Shengjing.

Zhao Chong gently stroked Qi Yuning's face. It was this face that made him, my brother, willing to give up the throne.