It was getting dark, and after Qi Yuning and Lu Ze finished their dinner, they both felt empty in their hearts.

Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze's clothes in the room and whispered, "You can pack your clothes and go back to the princess's mansion. Lingling is gone, so there's no need for her to make a fuss to see you at night anymore."

Lu Ze really had no reason to stay in the palace any longer, so he said, "Pack up your things and leave tomorrow."

Qi Yuning shook her head and said, "Today, when I see you I will think of Lingling, you should hurry back to the Princess's Mansion."

Lu Ze chuckled helplessly and said, "Princess Qi, I really am a daughter because of my father? You chased me away when Lingling is not here?"

Qi Yuning raised her eyes and said, "I asked you to live here because of Lingling. Now that Lingling is gone, you naturally can't stay here with me."

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's wrist, lowered his eyes to look at Qi Yuning and said, "You and I will be married in a month, so what if we stay here for one night?"

Qi Yuning sighed and said, "According to the current situation, it is hard to say whether you and I can get married successfully in a month. Your Majesty, please do not... collapse within this month..."

Lu Ze said: "You can rest assured about this."

Qi Yuning hummed in confusion.

Lu Ze leaned close to Qi Yuning's ear and said, "Lingling was conceived by us in the twelfth lunar month. Before Lingling was conceived, His Majesty would be fine. Otherwise, with the country mourning, the noble family would never have a child openly."

Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief. "Then we can go to Persia and find the Persian envoy to identify the sweet grass fragrance as Persian opium."

Lu Ze nodded lightly and said, "Yes, so, Princess, can I stay here one more night tonight?"

Qi Yuning looked outside and saw that it was indeed getting late. He chuckled and said, "You can stay, but I have to remind you that the day after tomorrow is the Qingming Festival. We will go to the Imperial Mausoleum Palace tomorrow afternoon. If you take a cold bath today, it will not be good for you to catch a cold or cough."

Lu Ze said: "I know."

Without the little head rubbing against her neck, Qi Yuning couldn't fall asleep even when she lay down. Every time she closed her eyes, she missed her little Lingling.

After dark, I wonder if Lingling will cry out for her parents, or if she will sleep well.

Qi Yuning tossed and turned. Lu Ze opened his eyes and hugged Qi Yuning's waist. "Do you miss Lingling?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "In the past six months, she has never been away from me for such a long time. I am afraid that she will cry at night. Baoshuang and Baoxue are still unmarried after all, and Chunfen and Jingzhe may not be able to take good care of Lingling..."

Lu Ze advised: "Baoshuang and Baoxue are always considerate and will take good care of Lingling. Go to sleep first."

Qi Yuning opened her eyes and looked at Lu Ze's face. She stroked his eyes with her slender fingers and said, "Will Lingling look like you when she grows up? Lu Ze, can you put on women's clothes and show me what Lingling will look like when she grows up?"

Lu Ze loosened his grip on Qi Yuning's waist and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Go to sleep first."

Qi Yuning said: "I miss Lingling and can't sleep. Why don't you pretend to be Lingling when she grows up and show her to me?"

Lu Ze said: "Twenty years later, you will be able to see Lingling grow up."

Qi Yuning blinked and said, "Please. This princess has asked for help from others only a few times in her life..."

Lu Ze regretted staying, so he simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

"Lu Ze."

Qi Yuning said softly, and when Lu Ze didn't respond, she asked again, "Master Lu?"

There was no response from Lu Ze.

Qi Yuning leaned close to Lu Ze's ear and said, "Brother Ze?"

Lu Ze still kept his eyes closed. Qi Yuning whispered in Lu Ze's ear: "Uncle..."

Lu Ze opened his eyes, grabbed Qi Yuning's wrist and asked, "What did you call me?"

Qi Yuning said: "It turns out that Master Lu likes to hear me call you uncle..."

When Lu Ze heard the word "big uncle", he thought of how Qi Yuning almost became his brother's wife, "Don't call her that."

Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Who told you to ignore me? That's why I call you uncle..."

Before the word "brother" came out of his mouth, Qi Yuning felt a warmth on his lips, and their breaths gradually intertwined.

The spring breeze blew in through the window that was never closed.

Qi Yuning only felt that her face was full of red, and her whole body was soft as if she was in a hot spring pool.

"Hmm~"

Qi Yuning's heart was distracted when she saw Lu Ze, whose eyes turned red.

Although she knew that they were not married yet, she felt that if she had the wedding night today, she would not regret it...

Lu Ze asked in a mellow voice, seductively: "Yu Ning, is it okay?"

Qi Yuning pursed her lips and said weakly: "Hmm..."

When Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning's weak response, he didn't intend to endure it any longer. He hugged Qi Yuning tighter and kissed her more fiercely, as if he wanted to swallow the beauty in front of him into his stomach.

"pain……"

When Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning cry out in pain, he saw that both of them were still wearing their clothes, and whispered, "I haven't..."

Qi Yuning covered her lower abdomen and said, "It's a stomachache. I'm afraid my period has come."

Qi Yuning pushed Lu Ze away again and again and rang the bed bell to let the maid in.

After the two maids Xiaoman and Guyu came in, they looked at the two people between the bed curtains, feeling a little shy.

Qi Yuning coughed and said, "I think my menstrual period has come. You guys go and get ready."

Seeing the blood stains on Qi Yuning's skirt, Lu Ze smiled helplessly and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Qi Yuning said: "It's not that painful, so I'll let you go back to the Princess's Mansion today."

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "If I go back to the princess's residence today, I'm afraid you'll cry alone."

"I'm not Lingling, why would I cry?"

Lu Ze chuckled softly.

After Qi Yuning washed up, she returned to the bed and fell asleep quickly. However, she had many dreams that night, and she dreamed that her marriage with Lu Ze seemed to be failing.

I dreamed of the decadent me and Lu Ze calling out Lingling again.

I dreamed of the bloody battlefield again.

When she woke up, Lu Ze was still beside her: "You're not going to the morning court today?"

Lu Ze said, "Today is the Cold Food Festival and tomorrow is Qingming Festival. The court will have two days off. I have an appointment with Lin Jiang and Qin Feng to go to the mountains for an outing. Do you want to join us?"

"You guys go, I won't go." Qi Yuning said, "I have a lot of things to do these days."

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Well, I'll go first."

Lu Ze had just washed up when he heard Lu Baozhu's voice from outside.

"Qi Yuning!"

"Get out of the way, why are you stopping me?"

"Lingling, your aunt will take you to the kite festival today!"

When Qi Yuning heard Lu Baozhu's voice, she repeatedly said to Lu Ze, "Hide quickly!"

In a hurry, Lu Ze had no choice but to hide behind the bed curtains.

Lu Baozhu rushed into the house and said, "Lingling!"

Lichun stopped in front of Lu Baozhu and said, "Princess Lu, my princess is still sleeping."

"It's almost noon? Why is she still sleeping? She's too lazy. Today is the Cold Food Festival, I'm taking Lingling out to play."

“Lingling!”

Lu Baozhu wanted to go forward and lift the bed curtain, but was stopped by Lichun.

Lu Baozhu chuckled, "Why don't you let me see? Could it be that Qi Yuning has a hidden man?"

Qi Yuning said helplessly in the bed curtains: "Lu Baozhu, if you dare to trespass into my palace again in the future, I will never forgive you! I will punish you according to the rules of beating to death for trespassing into the palace."

Lu Baozhu snorted: "She is my sister-in-law, but you are acting like one? I came here to look for Lingling. You are so angry, are you really hiding a man?"

Princess Qi: Yes, there is a wild man hiding!

Wild man Lu Ze: ...