Although Lingling didn't know what bastard meant, she saw Madam Lu pointing at her and said in a baby voice, "Don't point your finger at others!"

When Qi Yuning heard the word "bastard", she glared at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze walked forward and picked up little Lingling, gently stroking the back of her head and said, "Grandma, Lingling is the princess appointed by His Majesty himself, you can't call her a bastard."

Madam Lu said angrily: "How dare this little beast say he came to beat me up? What kind of county magistrate's upbringing is this? If she wants to be my Lu family's granddaughter, she must abide by my Lu family's rules!

She is committing treason. She is so young and yet she dares to attack her elders. She has no manners like a lady from a noble family. The Lu family already has a daughter who cannot get married. We cannot let this little beast ruin the reputation of the next generation of the Lu family. We should teach her a lesson!"

Lingling asked in a soft and sweet voice: "Daddy, did Lingling do anything wrong?"

Lu Ze looked at Lingling in his arms with heartache and said, "Lingling did the right thing. It was Zuzu who was wrong."

Madam Lu was so angry that she was out of breath. "Lu Ze! Are you going to disobey Grandmother to the end? Have you forgotten how Grandmother took care of you when you were a child? Do you want to piss Grandmother off to death? You are now the regent, but you can ignore the word filial piety?"

Lu Ze said, "Baozhu is right. Every time I see grandma now, she gets so angry with us. For your health, your grandson, Princess Qi, and Lingling will not come to you to upset you anymore. This is also considered filial piety."

After Lu Ze finished speaking, he left with Lingling in his arms and walked over to hold Qi Yuning's hand.

Qi Yuning did not take Lu Ze's hand, but walked up to Madam Lu and said, "Madam Lu, you saw the consequences for the Guan family when Guan Zhiyi called Lingling a bastard. Today, for Lu Baohua's sake, I will forgive you this time.

Although I cannot deal with the Lu family, I am more than capable of dealing with your family. You don’t want to live a glorious life in your family and still be blamed by your family before you die, right? "

Although Madam Lu often pretended to be sick and wanted to die, who doesn't feel taboo about death when they are old?

Qi Yuning's words "dying" made Old Madam Lu cough in anger, but considering her natal family, she had to swallow her anger.

After Qi Yuning finished speaking, she left Madam Lu's residence without even looking at Lu Ze.

Lu Baozhu chased after him: "Qi Yuning, you are so great! Why didn't I think you spoke so nicely before? Did you see the face of that old woman just now? It was so funny."

Qi Yuning glanced at Lu Baozhu and said, "Speak properly, what's so great?"

"Aren't you used to talking to Lingling?" Lu Baozhu said, "I just said I won't come to see her. My brother insists on being a filial grandson. You are right to ignore my brother."

Lu Ze was holding Lingling and walking behind Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu. When he heard Lu Baozhu's words, he said, "Lu Baozhu, you should go back to the princess's mansion."

Lu Baozhu said: "Qi Yuning and I haven't seen each other for a long time, can't we catch up?"

"Do you two have any old memories to reminisce about?"

If he remembered correctly, the two had been arguing for eight years.

Lu Baozhu snorted, "She hates that old woman as much as I do."

Lu Ze glanced at Lu Baozhu, and Lu Baozhu had no choice but to go back to the princess's mansion obediently.

After returning to the palace.

Lingling didn't want to let go of Qi Yuning's hand even when taking a bath, so Qi Yuning took Lingling to take a bath.

Lingling was extremely happy to be able to play in the water, "Mom, honey, aren't you happy?"

"No, mother is very happy, and even happier to see Lingling!"

Lingling said: "Lingling misses mother so much, and she doesn't want to be separated from mother anymore!"

Qi Yuning dried Lingling's body, picked her up and said, "Well, mother and Lingling will never be separated again."

Qi Yuning put a light yellow middle-length coat on Lingling and carried Lingling into the room. Lingling saw Lu Ze sitting on the desk and stretched out her hands for Lu Ze to hold her.

Lu Ze took Lingling and said to Qi Yuning, "I'm sorry, I didn't know grandma would say this in front of Lingling. I will never let Lingling go to grandma again in the future."

Qi Yuning thought that what Lu Ze did just now was not bad, so she didn't get too angry. She asked, "Just now Lu Baohua said that your grandmother and her parents wanted her to marry Prince Xu? What do you think?"

Lu Ze said, "Prince Xu is my uncle, and Lu Baohua is my sister. It doesn't fit in anyway. Besides, didn't Lingling say that my second uncle is Zhong Ming?"

Lingling blinked and said, "Oh, by the way, if Second Aunt is bullied, Second Uncle can help her beat the bad guys who bully her. Lingling is going to find Second Uncle!"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lingling is really smart!"

Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze: "The position of crown prince is vacant now, there is only one woman in the Prince of Jin's mansion, and it is unclear whether she will be punished for bringing opium to Dasheng.

The most promising candidates for the crown prince are only Prince Xu and Prince Shou. No wonder Prince Xu has set his sights on Lu Baohua."

Although Lu Baohua is the daughter of the second branch of the Lu family, she is still the daughter of the Lu family after all. It will be of great benefit to Prince Xu to marry Lu Baohua.

Lu Ze carried Lingling to the bed, put her down, and sighed, "If grandma and uncle and aunt are determined, Baohua's marriage will be really difficult."

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling's cute little face and said, "Baohua has helped take care of Lingling for many days. In just a few months, Lingling can already write well. We still have to help her."

Lingling nodded and said, "Yes, I have to help my second aunt!"

Qi Yuning kissed Lingling's chubby face, "Why do I feel like Lingling has gotten a little fatter?"

Lingling said: "Aunt fed me a lot of delicious food on the way."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "A fatter Lingling is even cuter. Mother loves Lingling very much."

"Lingling also loves mother very much." Lingling said as she snuggled into Qi Yuning's arms.

Lingling heard Lu Ze's chuckle, and she said, "And Daddy, Lingling likes you very much too."

Seeing that it was getting dark outside, Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning and Lingling, "I have to go."

Lingling took Lu Ze's hand and said, "Why is Daddy leaving? Daddy, please stay here!"

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Don't leave. If she cries at night, I will have to carry her to you."

Lingling hugged Lu Ze's arm tightly and said, "Daddy, let's sleep together!"

Lu Ze said: "Okay."

Lingling contentedly slept between Qi Yuning and Lu Ze. She looked at Qi Yuning and then at Lu Ze, unwilling to fall asleep, fearing that if she fell asleep, the two of them would be gone.

Seeing Lingling's little appearance, Qi Yuning said to Lingling: "Don't worry, Daddy and Mommy won't leave."

Only then did Lingling close her eyes obediently.

Have a good night's sleep.

It was not until the early morning that Qi Yuning was awakened by the noise beside him.

She glanced outside and saw that it was still dark. She softly asked Lu Ze, who was about to leave after raising her hand, "Where's Lingling?"

Lu Ze said: "Next to you."

Qi Yuning glanced at Lingling who was sleeping soundly beside him, and listened to the night watchman's knock outside. "It's only Yin time, and you're up already?"

Lu Ze said, "There are a lot of things to do in the court. I haven't been staying at the palace for a while because I'm afraid I'll wake you up if I come back."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Lu."

Lu Ze kissed Qi Yuning on the corner of her lips and said, "Do you want to wake up Lingling and tell her that I'm leaving?"

Qi Yuning said: "No need, she is sleeping so soundly, you can go first."

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning reluctantly before leaving.

After Lu Ze left, Qi Yuning stopped sleeping and got up to wash up. She took advantage of Lingling's sleep to deal with some accounts so that she could take Lingling out to play when she woke up.

At noon, Lingling had just woken up and the maid was helping her dress when Lu Baozhu came in, looking extremely angry.

"I didn't expect that the old woman really wanted Lu Baohua to be Uncle Xu Wang's concubine. My second uncle and second aunt are foolishly filial. If they really want to watch Lu Baohua become Uncle Xu Wang's concubine, you accompany me to Xu Wang's mansion and we will go to find Uncle Xu Wang."

Qi Yuning asked: "Why do you want to go to see Prince Xu?"

Lu Baozhu said: "Tell Uncle Xu Wang not to marry Baohua as a concubine."

Qi Yuning smiled, "You are so naive. Think about it, if Prince Xu didn't have this intention, would Old Lady Lu and Second Master Lu have the intention to marry their daughter to him?"

Lu Baozhu said: "So we have to persuade Uncle Xu Wang not to be an old cow eating young grass!"