As the sky gradually darkened, Qi Yuning saw that Lu Ze had no intention of leaving the room and said, "You should go to the study."

Lu Ze bent over the desk and wrote on a piece of paper, "A confession letter, I still need a few hundred words."

Qi Yuning watched Lu Ze writing from the side. "You actually like Guan Zhiyi. You're afraid that she'll be wronged as a concubine, and you worry so much about her. I snatched you away. Do you hate me in your heart? But I can tell you that your hatred for me is not even one tenth of my hatred for your Lu family."

Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning indifferently without saying anything, but in his heart he recalled what Lu Baozhu had said to him this afternoon.

Guan Zhiyi had risen to fame by stepping on Qi Yuning's reputation a long time ago, so it was natural for Qi Yuning to hate her.

Lu Ze didn't have any feelings for Guan Zhiyi in the first place, but now, in order to calm Qi Yuning down, he just let her think whatever she wanted.

After all, he is not like Qi Yuning, who is heading for peace and separation. Since he married Qi Yuning, he hopes to grow old with Qi Yuning.

By the time Lu Ze finished writing the confession, Qi Yuning had already fallen asleep leaning against the bed. Lu Ze walked up to Qi Yuning and looked down at her. It was rare to see Qi Yuning look so obedient and gentle when she was asleep.

When Lu Ze was about to pick up Qi Yuning and let her lie down, Qi Yuning opened her eyes and glared at Lu Ze and said, "Don't even think about touching me. Go to sleep in the study."

"Um."

Lu Ze covered Qi Yuning with a blanket and went to the study.

Time flies, and Qi Yuning's daily life in the princess's mansion is all about Qi Lu Ze and Qi Lu Baozhu.

Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu were quite nice to her, and Qi Yuning showed some mercy and didn't anger them.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and Lu Ze came home less and less often for meals. Qi Yuning then realized that the Dali Temple Minister was going to abdicate, and Lu Ze wanted to get promoted, so he had to work hard.

Without the pleasure of irritating Lu Ze, Qi Yuning could only look at the culprit Lu Yun. The weather was getting colder, and she wanted to see how Lu Yun, the little prince who lived in luxury, could survive in the temple.

Just after returning from Xianglin Temple, Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze who had returned to his room.

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Why are you in my room?"

Lu Ze coughed and said, "The study is too cold. It's almost the New Year and the Dali Temple is busy with official business. I can't catch a cold."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Is the princess's mansion so poor that it doesn't even have money to buy charcoal?"

Lu Ze said: "The study room has many leaky windows. It is not a place to live."

Qi Yuning said: "Isn't the little bald donkey in the temple? Go sleep in his courtyard."

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning deeply and said, "Princess Qi is not afraid of losing her reputation if she sleeps in another courtyard after marriage, and I am also afraid of losing my reputation."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Forget it. Since I'm in a good mood today, I'll give you half of my bed."

Qi Yuning has been married into the Lu family for more than three months. Although she had the intention of making the Lu family miserable from the beginning, she no longer wants to divorce. Although she and Lu Ze do not have a loving relationship as husband and wife, Lu Ze has a bright future after all, and there are few men in Shengjing City who can compare to him.

What’s more important is that every time she saw Qin Yuli these times, the look in her eyes that seemed to want to kill her really pleased Qi Yuning.

Qi Yuning's hands and feet became cold as soon as winter came, and even a hot water bottle was of little use, so she just used Lu Ze as the hot water bottle.

When Lu Ze saw Qi Yuning putting her feet against his calves, he felt cold at first, and then an indescribable feeling came over him.

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Do you want to have a wedding night?"

Qi Yuning spat at Lu Ze: "You are probably daydreaming!"

Lu Ze laughed, "It's night time now."

Qi Yuning was quite far away from Lu Ze. She was lying on her side with her heart beating very fast. If they really wanted to continue living together, she would have to spend her wedding night with Lu Ze.

This year, the Chinese New Year holiday starts on New Year’s Eve and lasts until the 18th day of the first lunar month.

Qi Yuning did receive an urgent letter from Beicheng, saying that his brother's concubine had died and his brother was heartbroken. Qi Yuning sighed after receiving the letter.

She wanted to rush to North City, but North City was too far away.

Lu Baozhu found that Qi Yuning didn't make her angry these days. As the New Year was approaching, Princess Pingrou was very partial to Qi Yuning and let her choose the materials given by the palace first. Lu Baozhu thought Qi Yuning would come to show off in front of her.

However, Qi Yuning was not happy at all. Instead, she looked worried. So she asked Lu Ze, "Did you make Qi Yuning unhappy?"

After asking around, Lu Ze found out that something happened in North City.

At night, Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning: "Do you want to go to North City?"

Qi Yuning turned around and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Yeah."

Lu Ze said: "I can take you to North City during my vacation, but after we come back from North City, we have to be real husband and wife and live a good life."

Qi Yuning frowned and didn't agree. Lu Ze said, "Get ready. I'll take you there tomorrow morning."

After rushing to North City, Qi Yuning felt distressed when he saw Qi Yu'an who was extremely depressed. When he learned that the girl A Ping had died, Qi Yuning sighed even more.

Qi Yuning took good care of Qi Yu'an for two days. When she heard Qi Yu'an said he wanted to have a ghost marriage with A Ping, she could only help arrange the ghost marriage and A Ping's funeral. Only when she saw that Qi Yu'an could eat again did she leave with peace of mind.

It was already two months when they returned to Shengjing City. Lu Ze missed the promotion at Dali Temple because he accompanied her to North City.

The Dali Temple Minister is Qin Yuli's uncle.

Qi Yuning was naturally filled with guilt. As for Lu Ze's proposal to become a real couple, Qi Yuning thought that there was nothing she could refuse.

When Qi Yuning was planning to spend the wedding night with Lu Ze on his birthday, she suddenly heard the rumor that Lu Ze risked his life to save the girl from the Guan family who fell into the water.

Rumors were rife in Shengjing City that Lu Ze and Guan Zhiyi were once engaged, but Qi Yuning used the power of the Qi family to ask His Majesty to snatch her away.

Qi Yuning seldom attends banquets, but she has to attend some important wedding events. At Lin Jiang and Wang Zhiyu's wedding banquet, Qi Yuning heard a lot of whispers about her stealing someone else's love.

Qi Yuning kept frowning.

Lu Baozhu said to Qi Yuning, "I really don't know how people outside could make up such nonsense. They even spread rumors that Guan Zhiyi wanted to be my brother's concubine..."

Qi Yuning took a sip of tea and said, "Lu Ze loves Guan Zhiyi so much. Indeed, if I hadn't interfered, they would have been husband and wife long ago."

"Who told you that my brother likes Guan Zhiyi? Can you please stop talking nonsense?"

Qi Yuning drank a glass of wine and went to the backyard to get some fresh air when he suddenly saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Zhao Chong looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Are you bothered by the rumors from the outside world? You can rest assured, Ze'er..."

Qi Yuning looked at Zhao Chong in front of him and said, "Your Highness, there is no need for you to say anything for him."

Zhao Chong said: "I have already decided on the candidate for the Crown Princess, it is Song Heqing."

Qi Yuning raised an eyebrow and said, "It's He Qing. I haven't even heard her mention it."

Zhao Chong fixed his eyes on Qi Yuning's face and said, "It was just decided not long ago."

Qi Yuning hated Zhao Chong's look. After she bowed and left, she happened to run into Lu Ze and Guan Zhiyi. The two were talking together, but no one knew what they were talking about. She only saw Lu Ze with a smile on his face.

Qi Yuning stepped forward and said to Guan Zhiyi: "You used the same trick twice. Do you think this princess will tolerate it again? You trampled on my reputation to make a name for your sisters and yourself. This princess felt that it was too dirty to argue with you. This time you are using public opinion to make me a concubine. You are dreaming!"

Guan Zhiyi said aggrievedly: "I, I didn't..."

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand and said, "Yuning, it was us who were wronged by Miss Guan Liu, so please stop talking!"

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Why do you feel sad? I'm going to say it anyway, Guan Zhiyi, do you know the saying that you should marry a daughter-in-law other than Princess Qi?"

Guan Zhiyi was stunned.

Qi Yuning said, "Also, you deliberately caused Madam Lu to fall ill, and thus became Madam Lu's lifesaver. Do you think no one knows about this? The evidence is all there, you should go to jail right away. I feel sick when people talk about my name and yours together!"

Qi Yuning instructed Lichun behind him, "Send the collected evidence to the Shengjing government office."

Qi Yuning glared at Lu Ze fiercely again, then left the Lin Residence in a huff, not even watching the wedding ceremony.

Lu Ze wanted to catch up, but because it was the wedding banquet of one of his best friends, and he also had to help Lin Jiang block the wine, he did not catch up.

When Lu Ze returned to the princess' bedroom, he did not see Qi Yuning. After asking, he found out that Qi Yuning had not returned. (End of this chapter)