After the banquet, Queen Mother Zhou looked at her niece's lost expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Jiamin forced a smile at Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "Nothing, aunt, I'll go back first. I'll hunt a tiger for you tomorrow!"

Queen Mother Zhou said worriedly, "You are not allowed to hunt tigers. Tigers are very dangerous. Even though they are kept in hunting grounds, they are still fierce. You have been in poor health since you were young, so you should not take risks."

"Aunt, I am in good health now. I have already made an agreement with Baozhu..."

Queen Mother Zhou smiled faintly and said, "I didn't expect that you would meet a good sister when you came to Shengjing City."

Zhou Jiamin said: "Princess Baozhu and Master Qi are getting along well."

Zhou Jiayun came over slowly and said, "Sister, you really can't judge a person by his appearance. If it weren't for Princess Qi, how could your uncle be so miserable?"

Zhou Jiamin had never been so fond of this cousin. When Zhou Jiayun was in Jiangnan, she always thought she was beautiful and believed that all men liked her. However, she didn't know that although she was beautiful, she was empty and superficial, and her brain was not very good.

Zhou Jiamin said to Zhou Jiayun, "My uncle was demoted to Yangzhou not because of Princess Qi, but because of you. If you hadn't insisted on marrying the Prince Regent as a concubine and asked the Queen Mother to grant the marriage, would this have happened?"

Zhou Jiamin continued, "The Qi family is protecting the Northern Dynasty for your Majesty's cousin. If we try to seize the husband of their daughter, it will disappoint the Qi family."

"What do you know?" Zhou Jiayun said coldly, "I want to marry the Regent so that Your Majesty can sit more firmly on the throne."

Zhou Jiamin laughed sarcastically and said, "You have offended the Qi family and the regent, and you still say that your majesty's throne will be secure. Why don't you listen to what you are saying?"

Zhou Jiayun couldn't win the argument with Zhou Jiamin, so she looked at Queen Mother Zhou, "Aunt, look at her..."

Queen Mother Zhou tried to mediate between the two of them and said, "It's inevitable that sisters from the same mansion will be laughed at for quarreling. You should all go and have a rest."

Zhou Jiayun left angrily.

Zhou Jiamin supported Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "Aunt, do you know what kind of person Princess Lu is?"

Queen Mother Zhou said, "I have met her twice. The daughter of the Ning family was brought up to be quiet and dignified. She is quite a beauty. Why are you asking about her?"

Zhou Jiamin said calmly: "She must be very outstanding to marry Prince Lu, right?"

"Don't think that Lu Ze is a good brother just because he is the regent. This young Prince Lu is always fooling around with a bunch of bad friends and is undisciplined. The Princess is a widow with a burden..."

Zhou Jiamin was stunned. "So Prince Lu's son is not his biological son?"

Queen Mother Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, why do you keep asking about Prince Lu?"

Zhou Jiamin said: "It's okay."

Queen Mother Zhou looked at Zhou Jiamin and said, "You must not be like your cousin. Stay as far away from the men of the Lu family as possible."

…

After Princess Pingrou and Qi Yuning returned to the Lu Mansion, they went to Shen Nian’s room to visit Han Ge’er.

Two-year-old Han Ge'er is really weak. Qi Yuning knows that Han Ge'er has been sick many times.

Shen Nian described himself as a little embarrassed, and when he saw Princess Pingrou and Qi Yuning holding up Han Ge'er and bowing, "Mother, sister-in-law."

Princess Pingrou stepped forward and took the child from Shen Nian's hands and said, "Why is Han'er always sick? It's pitiful."

Shen Nian sighed lightly and said, "It's all my fault. I knew Han'er was weak, so I shouldn't have brought him to Chang'an. If we were in Shengjing City, where the road wasn't bumpy, he might not get sick."

Shen Nian gently stroked the thin layer of sweat on Han'er's forehead, full of heartache.

Lu Yun said: "If you are weak, you should go out for a walk more often. It is easier to get sick if you stay in the yard all day long. He is a man with military blood. How can he be locked up in the backyard all his life?

When I was young, I met a little sister with my grandfather. She was always weak and sickly. My grandfather introduced her to a martial arts school and asked her to learn martial arts. I heard that after only three months of martial arts training, she felt much better when she was sick. When Han Ge'er was three years old, he was also sent to the martial arts school to practice martial arts. "

Qi Yuning felt very familiar when she heard what Lu Yun said. Wasn't it Zhou Jiamin?

Princess Pingrou looked at Lu Yun with appreciation and said, "You finally look like a father."

Qi Yuning advised Shen Nian, "Don't worry too much. It's inevitable that children will get sick. It won't be a big deal with the imperial physician here."

Shen Nian gently touched Han Ge'er's pale little face and nodded, "Yeah."

After Princess Pingrou left, Qi Yuning did not stay long. Although she knew it was inevitable for children to get sick, she was also afraid that the disease would pass on to Lingling. She only dared to hold Lingling in her arms after bathing her and changing her clothes.

Looking at the healthy Lingling, Qi Yuning was filled with relief. For a mother, the child's safety and health were much more important than intelligence and good looks.

Qi Yuning smiled at Lingling and said, "It doesn't matter if you get darker. Even if you get tanned like a charcoal, as long as you are healthy and safe, that's fine."

Although Han'er is pale, his face is so lifeless and pale that which mother wouldn't feel distressed?

Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning's words and smiled softly, "Aren't you afraid that Lingling will get tanned and become ugly?"

"It's okay to be ugly. It's nothing to be ugly in front of Ping An Kang Jian."

Qi Yuning kissed Lingling's little face and said, "Besides, my Lingling is so cute, how could she become ugly?"

Lingling giggled at Qi Yuning, kissing her face with her little mouth. Qi Yuning was full of satisfaction as she held the little meat ball, "Mother, as long as you are safe and sound in this life, that's enough."

…

In Lu Yun's room.

Shen Nian finally coaxed Han Ge'er to sleep and breathed a sigh of relief. She walked to Lu Yun and said, "Why are you still wearing this outfit? It's summer, not winter. Even if it's winter, you can't stay out of clothes for so long."

Lu Yun hugged Shen Nian and said, “This is the dress you made for me. I can’t bear to change it. Can you make a few more for me?”

Shen Nian said, “Let’s wait until Brother Han recovers.”

Lu Yun chuckled and said, "Make a few more so that I can show off in front of my brother. Qi Yuning also said that she would let him wear the clothes she made in this life. I'm afraid my brother won't be able to wear them when he is seventy or eighty years old."

Shen Nian smiled faintly: “If you don’t compare your future with your elder brother, then you compare these?”

Lu Yun said: "How can I compare with him in terms of future prospects? I have known since I was a child that I cannot compare with him, and I have long wanted to stop competing with him. Whether I am studying literature or martial arts, I am far behind my elder brother. I felt very disappointed when I was young, but later I felt that this was a good thing.

I am my eldest brother's only younger brother. If I have no ability, can he still ignore me? I don't need to study hard. Anyway, my eldest brother will support me no matter what I do. He will support me for the rest of my life.

My elder brother's future is also my future!"

Shen Nian smiled indifferently. Lu Yun was also very insightful. Compared with Lu Ze who worked hard for state affairs, wasn't Lu Yun just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor?

Lu Yun reached out to untie the knot at Shen Nian's waist and said, "We haven't been intimate for a long time during the five days of traveling..."

Shen Nian held Lu Yun's hand, looked at Lu Yun seriously and said, "Husband, I have something to discuss with you."

Lu Yun said, "Let's talk about it later when we wash up."

Chen Nian looked at Lu Yun and said, "My husband, you have seen that Han Ge'er is in such a poor condition. I really don't have the energy to have another child before Han Ge'er is five years old. Han Ge'er is so pitiful. He lost his father shortly after he was born. I don't want his mother to give up half of him."

Lu Yun asked: "Don't you want to have a child with us?"

Shen Nian said, "It's not that I don't want to, but Brother Han has always been weak, and I don't have the energy to take care of two children. If you really can't wait to have a child, I can give you a concubine? If you want a concubine, that's fine too..."