Chapter 41: What is the relationship between Princess Qi's daughter and you?

Lu Ze didn't say anything, and Qin Yuli clenched her fists and asked, "Cousin Ze, what is your relationship with Princess Qi's daughter?"

"It has nothing to do with me or Cousin Qin."

After Lu Ze finished speaking, he bowed to Princess Pingrou and said, "I will take my leave now."

Princess Pingrou smiled and nodded: "You have lost a lot of weight after walking for half a month. Go and have a rest soon."

Qin Yuli unwillingly caught up with Lu Ze. She had never thought about when Lu Ze would have anything to do with Qi Yuning. "Cousin Ze, what is your relationship with Princess Qi?"

Lu Ze frowned and said to Qin Yuli, "Why are you asking this, cousin Qin?"

"Qi Yuning is a fickle and impure woman. Don't be fooled by her!" Qin Yuli said while clenching her hands.

Lu Ze asked, "What's wrong with Princess Qi?"

"She is unmarried and has a daughter..."

Thinking of the fact that Qi Yuning's daughter looked exactly like Lu Ze, Qin Yuli said, "Qi Yuning broke the Eighth Prince's leg because she wanted to be his consort. She drugged him so that she could devote herself to him, but he still didn't want to marry her, so she broke his leg in anger!"

Lu Ze clenched his fists. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Qin Yuli said: "A year ago, Qi Yuning drugged the Eighth Prince and has long been his woman. Qi Yuning is a dirty and cheap woman who can be slept with by anyone!"

Lu Ze frowned and said in a cold voice: "The sister Qi I know is an honest and innocent person, but you, who gossips about others behind their backs and slanders others, is so dirty and mean. Who in Shengjing City can compare to you, Miss Qin?"

Qin Yuli said with red eyes: "Cousin Ze."

Lu Ze turned and left, while Qin Yuli's eyes were red and she kept crying.

…

After the morning hour, Qi Yuning summoned Butler He again.

When Butler He came in, Xiao Lingling jumped into Qi Yuning's study and said, "Mom, Dad is here. He said he wants to take me hiking!"

Jingzhe, who was following Lingling, said, "The prince is at the side door. He asked me to ask the princess if she wants to take Miss Lingling to climb the mountain."

I missed it last time because of the rain on Double Ninth Festival, and then we went to the imperial mausoleum for the birthday banquet, and I was also out investigating a case, so I really haven't taken Lingling out to climb the mountain.

Seeing Lingling's excited and smiling face, Qi Yuning naturally didn't want to let her down, "Jingzhe, go prepare two sets of clothes for Lingling, prepare a set for me as well, and prepare some more cakes."

"yes."

Lingling raised her arms and said to Butler He, "Uncle He, Lingling is going to climb the mountain!"

There is a new little master in Prince Qi's mansion, and the entire mansion is much more lively than before.

Housekeeper He looked at Lingling and chuckled, "If Miss Ping's child hadn't been lost a year ago, the North City Palace would have been so lively."

Qi Yuning asked: "Didn't Miss Ping take contraceptive pills?"

If Qi Yuning didn't know that his brother was going to marry a princess in the future, he would think that it didn't matter if his brother's concubines didn't take contraceptives. The Qi family was so short of children. The Qi family was a family of military generals, so it would be even better to have many descendants.

But if she becomes a princess in the future, having a concubine's eldest son might be a problem.

Butler He said, "No, the prince said that the palace is too quiet, so the more children the better."

Qi Yuning asked: "How many concubines does my brother have?"

"Just Miss Ping." Butler He replied.

Qi Yuning pursed her lips. It was not her place to interfere in her brother's bedroom affairs. But since Qi Yu'an said the more children the better, then why was there only one concubine, Miss Ping?

In the past two years, Qi Yuning has considered his brother's marriage.

But Qi Yuan had always said that there was no rush for marriage. Beicheng was miserable, and it was not convenient to let the daughter of a noble family in Shengjing go there to suffer, so he was not in a hurry for marriage.

Qi Yuning used to think that her brother really cared for his future sister-in-law, but now she wondered if it was because Miss Ping held a high position in his heart?

What will happen to the princess' sister-in-law in the future?

Qi Yuning asked again: "How did Miss Ping lose her child?"

Housekeeper He said, "Miss Ping came here to escape the disaster. She was not well at that time, and she became too worried after getting pregnant, so she had a miscarriage."

Qi Yuning sighed: "She is also a pitiful person."

Afternoon.

Lingling was jumping and skipping when she went out, and almost everyone in Prince Qi's mansion knew that she was going to climb the mountain.

After Qi Yuning walked out of the main gate, he did not see the carriage from the prince's mansion, but saw the carriage from the princess's mansion.

Qi Yuning asked Lichun who was standing beside him, "Where is our carriage?"

Lu Ze walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "Let's go out in the princess's carriage today."

Lingling opened her arms and let Lu Ze hold her. Lu Ze chuckled and carried Lingling onto the carriage, then reached out to help Qi Yuning get on.

Qi Yuning did not reject Lu Ze this time. She wanted to put her hand on Lu Ze's wrist, but Lu Ze held her hand.

Qi Yuning took a look and said nothing more. She took Lu Ze's hand and entered the carriage.

The carriage was spacious, and Lu Baozhu was inside.

When Lingling saw Lu Baozhu, she went to her arms and said, "Auntie!"

Lu Baozhu hugged Lingling and said, "Aunt misses you so much!"

Qi Yuning looked away when she saw the two aunt and niece who were so affectionate.

Lu Ze sat down opposite Qi Yuning and asked, "Why is the princess so unhappy?"

Qi Yuning didn't want to admit that she was jealous of Lu Baozhu. "I just heard that my brother's concubine had a miscarriage. If the fetus was still alive, I would be an aunt now."

Lu Baozhu was surprised and said, "Prince Qi actually has a concubine? Then I have to persuade Lu Baoxue to give up Prince Qi. She must not find a husband who takes concubines. Men in our Lu family do not take concubines."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze. She originally thought that Lu Ze was just making it up when he said that the princess didn't allow him to take a concubine, but she didn't expect it to be true.

Lu Baozhu looked between Lu Ze and Qi Yuning and said, "Don't worry, my brother only has you now. He doesn't have many concubines around him. Instead of worrying about the concubines, you should worry about Lin Jiang and Qin Feng. They are inseparable from my brother."

Qi Yuning: “…”

Lingling stuck her head out of the carriage window, but just for a moment, she was pulled back by Qi Yuning.

But it was only at this moment that Qin Zhen, who was on Xuanwu Street, saw it clearly.

That was the carriage of Princess Pingrou's mansion, and the little face that popped out was the child that Qi Yuning brought to the wedding banquet yesterday.

Qin Zhen clenched his hands and frowned. Could it be that Qin Yuli really had mistaken the woman Lu Ze liked?

Just when Qin Zhen was puzzled, he heard two vendors passing by and said, "Alas, things are unpredictable. Master Lu liked Miss Guan so much that he was going to marry her, but who knew that Miss Guan would become his fifth aunt."

"What do you mean? How could Prince Lu like Miss Guan?"

"How could it be true that Master Lu ordered a batch of pearl head ornaments for Miss Guan Liu from my shop? Previously, Master Lu and Miss Guan Liu often came to our shop to buy jewelry. Master Lu and Miss Guan Liu are in love."

"Why did I hear that Prince Lu and Princess Qi have a daughter?"

"If they had a daughter, they would have announced their marriage to the world long ago. I have also seen Master Lu and Miss Guan Liu boating on the lake and having a secret meeting in the plum garden. They were so affectionate. Unfortunately, fate plays tricks on people and lovers cannot be together."

Qin Zhen listened to the two people's discussion and finally suppressed his dissatisfaction.

The two vendors who were talking walked into an alley. A woman wearing a maid's uniform and a veil gave each of the two vendors one tael of silver and said, "You did a great job."

"Thank you for the reward, young lady. If you need this kind of work in the future, please come to us brothers more often!"

After watching the two vendors leave, Guan Zhiyi took off her mask and breathed a sigh of relief. She naturally also saw the carriage from the princess's mansion.

Looking at the direction the carriage was heading, Guan Zhiyi laughed at himself.

Although she clearly doesn't like Master Qin Wu, she still uses all means to protect this marriage.

Ling Ling in the carriage wanted to stick her head out, but Qi Yuning held her in his arms, "Today's carriage belongs to the princess's mansion, you can't stick your head out."

Lingling asked, "Why can't the carriage of the princess's mansion stick its head out?"

Qi Yuning glanced at Lu Ze and said, "Because then everyone will think he is your father."

Lingling threw herself into Lu Ze's arms: "But he is Lingling's father."

Qi Yuning said: "But don't let others know."

Lu Baozhu lowered her voice and said to Lu Ze: "Brother, you are so useless. Lingling is your daughter after all, but you don't even have a name for her."

Lu Ze smiled calmly and looked at Qi Yuning, "I wonder when Sister Qi will be willing to give me a name?"

(End of this chapter)