Lu Baozhu was displeased when she heard what Duke Lu said: "How can Shen Jialin be considered a good husband? He is a few years younger than me, about the same age as Lu Yun. If I want to find a husband, I have to find one who is older than me and more considerate to me."

Princess Pingrou said, "Marriage is a matter of parents' decision. Do you think you can be so picky? Aren't you afraid of shame?"

Lu Baozhu snorted and said, "I won't marry Shen Jialin. If Daddy likes me, Daddy can marry me by himself!"

Qi Yuning chuckled.

Duke Lu also knew that he had little deterrent power in front of his daughter and younger son, so he gave orders to Lu Ze.

"Ze'er, don't be too busy with work. Try to persuade your sister. Women are not as good as men after all. If your sister gets married before her elder sister, she will be laughed at. Shen Jialin has a top-notch family background, character and talent. It will be a good thing for Baozhu to get engaged to him."

Lu Baozhu said: "It's a big deal in life. It's useless for you to ask my brother to discipline me. I don't like Shen Jialin, so I just won't marry him."

Lingling walked up to Lu Baozhu, hugged her and said, "Lingling likes auntie, auntie can marry Lingling."

"Lingling will marry my aunt when she grows up."

Zhong You said at the side: "You are a little girl, you can't marry your aunt."

Lingling said: "Then Lingling will be the young master and marry my aunt."

Lu Baozhu chuckled and said, "Lingling is still the best."

At dinner, the men drank, and the women left early.

Qi Yuning saw Lu Baozhu throwing stones by the lake in the palace, walked up to her and asked, "Why do you hate Shen Jialin so much?"

Lu Baozhu said: "He is too unruly and conceited. He likes to show off because of his knowledge. My brother's knowledge is not inferior to his, but I don't see him showing off like him."

Qi Yuning said: "However, I think he will ask you to marry him soon. If you don't like him, you should go and talk to him clearly as soon as possible."

Lu Baozhu said: "I ignored him. If he had a little self-awareness, he wouldn't have come to propose marriage."

Qi Yuning thought about what Lingling said, Lu Baozhu didn't get married until the Xinwei year, so it seemed that Shen Jialin was not the right match for her.

Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning and said, "I didn't expect that we could still talk here calmly."

Qi Yuning said, "It was just a minor quarrel between us. It was because you were used by Qin Yuli. Now that Qin Yuli has been beheaded, naturally you and I can calm down. The reason I argued with you in the past was just because I didn't want Qin Yuli to be proud."

Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Actually, I have someone I like."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu in surprise, "Who?"

Lu Baozhu said: "Mr. Qingqi."

"Hmm?" Qi Yuning had never seen this person before, "Who is he?"

Lu Baozhu said: "He writes storybooks. My favorite are the storybooks he wrote about traveling in the martial arts world, where he takes pleasure in taking revenge.

Unlike other novels where the daughters of princesses and prime ministers fall in love with poor scholars, the women in his novels are not restricted by the harem and can do whatever they want in the world. They will never be attracted by me. I like him very much, but his books are all banned by the court, so I can't find out who he is. "

Qi Yuning: "...Maybe you just like the book he wrote, not him as a person."

Lu Baozhu said: "I like him. I have been corresponding with him for a long time. I have kept every letter of his. I also wrote to him when I left the capital before, and I wrote to him again after I came back, but I haven't received any letters from him anymore..."

Qi Yuning never thought that Lu Baozhu had such a secret in her heart.

Lu Baozhu also realized that she had said too much and said, "Don't tell my brother!"

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Yeah."

Lu Baozhu said: "You swear."

Qi Yuning held up two fingers and said, "I swear."

…

In a large mansion in the south of Shengjing City.

The head lady of the Shen family held a string of Buddhist beads in her hand and asked Shen Jialin, "Do you really want to marry Lu Baozhu?"

Shen Jialin nodded and said, "Mom, I just like Lu Baozhu."

The head lady of the Shen family said, "Lu Baozhu's family background is a little inferior, but it can be regarded as a newly-risen family. It is not as long-standing as the Shen family, but it is barely acceptable. If you want to enter the court, it would be beneficial to marry her."

Shen Jialin smiled faintly and said, "I have already received the promise from Prince Consort Lu. You can pick an auspicious day to come and propose marriage."

After Shen Jialin returned to his room, the servant brought a few letters to him and said, "Young Master, you have been away from Lingzhou for many days, and Miss Qian has sent you a lot of letters."

Shen Jialin opened the letter from Miss Qian and saw the crooked words that looked like they were written by insects crawling on them. Shen Jialin felt that it was an insult to his eyes.

Shen Jialin started writing storybooks at the age of fifteen. Writing storybooks was the most looked down upon by the literati of the time, so Shen Jialin wrote storybooks for Qingqi anonymously.

When he was still unknown, he once thought that no one read his novels.

Unexpectedly, a woman far away in Shengjing City sent a letter to the bookstore, praising his good writing skills. She was afraid that he was short of money and gave him 1,000 taels of silver and a jade pendant.

Because of the encouragement of Miss Qian, Shen Jialin never gave up. Now Mr. Qingqi is considered the most famous storybook writer on the black market, and his books are hard to come by.

Miss Qian's handwriting was as bad as ever. Shen Jialin opened a letter, which was written before the Dragon Boat Festival. Miss Qian said that something happened in her grandparents' home and she had to leave Shengjing City for some time.

Then came the letter in September, saying that she had returned to Shengjing City.

Shengjing...

Shen Jialin then had the idea of ​​meeting Miss Qian, with whom he had been corresponding for two years.

Since we are both in Shengjing City, it would be a pity not to see each other.

Shen Jialin was indeed very curious about what the girl who could write such ugly handwriting looked like.

Shen Jialin picked up a pen to write a letter and asked a servant to deliver the letter to the bookstore.

…

After the banquet, the wedding date was approaching, and Qi Yu'an finally felt sorry for his sister's busyness, so he helped Qi Yuning deal with business matters.

Qi Yuning now has some free time to focus on her marriage.

When she left Shengjing during the Dragon Boat Festival, she asked Jiangnan to make her a piece of bright red Phoenix brocade material. Several embroiderers worked day and night to weave the cloth, and it was finally delivered in October.

This wedding dress is her third one.

Compared to the first and second bright red wedding dresses, this one was even more exquisitely made, and the golden phoenix woven on the back was very lively under the sun.

When Qi Yuning tried on her wedding dress, Lingling stared at her with wide eyes, "Mom, you are so beautiful. Lingling likes you to wear such beautiful clothes!"

Qi Yuning put on the golden crown with a light smile, and let the palace maid who was best at makeup put on her makeup. She had long willow-shaped eyebrows, slightly upturned phoenix eyes, and cherry red lips.

Qi Yuning looked at herself in the bronze mirror and wondered what Lu Ze would think when he saw her dressed like this? Would he be as stunned as Xiao Lingling?

As the wedding date was approaching, she could no longer see Lu Ze. After having dinner together three days ago, she had not seen Lu Ze again.

"Mom is so beautiful!" Lingling climbed onto Qi Yuning's body, "Lingling likes mom so much."

Lichunlian, who was standing by, hugged Lingling and said, "My little princess, the wedding dress you are wearing is very precious and cannot have even a wrinkle. Get down first. I will hug you after I change my clothes."

Lingling was obedient and got off Qi Yuning obediently.

"Qi Yuning, Qi Yuning!"

Lu Baozhu hurried into Qi Yuning's room.

Qi Yuning recalled that more than a year ago, when she was trying on her wedding dress, Lu Baozhu also barged in. She always felt that something bad was going on.

Seeing Qi Yuning trying on the wedding dress in front of her, Lu Baozhu said, "This wedding dress is absolutely beautiful."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Am I not beautiful?"

"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful."

Lu Baozhu said three beautiful words in a row, put the letter in front of Qi Yuning and said, "Qingqi said he wants to see me, do you think I should go see him?"