Chapter 44 Daddy applies plaster to Mom

After returning to Prince Qi’s Mansion.

Chunfen went to invite the imperial physician, who checked Qi Yuning's red and swollen ankle and said it was a sprain. He said it would heal after soaking in medicine and resting for half a month.

Lingling saw Qi Yuning's ankle and asked Qi Yuning in a low voice: "Mom, does it hurt a lot? Is it more painful than when you gave birth to Lingling?"

Qi Yuning still didn't know what it felt like to give birth, but she always heard people say that giving birth was like walking through the gates of hell for women. She didn't know how painful it would be to give birth in two years.

Lingling blinked her eyes and said, "Daddy said that it was so painful when Mommy gave birth to Lingling. Was it more painful than having her neck strangled? Does that mean Mommy will have to feel the pain again when she gives birth to a brother or sister? Lingling doesn't want brothers or sisters. Lingling doesn't want Mommy's pain!"

Seeing Lingling shedding tears while she was talking, Qi Yuning picked Lingling up and put her on her lap.

"It must have been painful to give birth to Lingling, but having Lingling is the happiest thing in my mother's life."

I don’t know why Lingling came here, but Qi Yuning was really glad that Lingling came when she was being laughed at by everyone.

Lingling was very well behaved tonight. She didn't call for her daddy at all and went to bed early.

Qi Yuning's mind was full of Lu Ze's back and the beads of sweat on his fair face. She controlled herself not to think about Lu Ze, but her mind was still full of Lu Ze's light gasps when he exhaled.

Qi Yuning looked at the sleeping little Lingling beside her and reached out to touch Lingling's little face. Did Lu Ze look like this when he was a child?

It was a pity that when Lu Ze was so young, she was still in her cradle.

In the princess's mansion.

After Lu Ze took a bath, he asked the imperial physician Qi Yuning about his injury. He was relieved to learn that it was indeed a sprain.

Looking at the persimmons in his big-sleeved shirt, he divided them into four portions, two for His Majesty and the Queen, one for Princess Pingrou tomorrow, and the ripest one in his big-sleeved shirt, intending to return it to Qi Yuning tomorrow.

Thinking about the arrogant and cold Qi Yuning in the past, who was greedy for a bite of persimmon, Lu Ze smiled softly.

Before falling asleep, I looked at the furnishings in this room and found them somewhat similar to those in Prince Qi's Mansion. This should have been the new home of Lu Yun and Qi Yuning.

If Lu Yun had not become a monk, the person living here would be Qi Yuning.

Thinking of this, Lu Ze felt his heart tighten. Fortunately, the little bald man had become a monk.

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After Qi Yuning woke up in the morning, he thought that the redness and swelling of his feet would subside a little, but he didn't expect that they became even more swollen, and it hurt a lot when he moved.

After washing up, Qi Yuning was supported by a maid and went to the desk to take care of the palace's internal affairs.

Housekeeper He is about to return to North City, and she has to arrange the supplies needed for North City in the next two days. Unfortunately, she ate too many persimmons and injured her foot.

However, his men were efficient and after a whole day's work, they finally completed the inventory of the supplies needed in North City.

Qi Yuning thought about it, and put some jewelry that she had never worn into a box and gave it to Miss Ping. After all, she was the girl who carried the blood of the Qi family.

"Butler He, please give this box of jewelry to Miss Ping."

Butler He said, "Yes, Princess."

As the night was about to darken, Qi Yuning received a report from the doorman that Lu Ze came to ask for a meeting.

Qi Yuning said to Lichun, "You don't need to inform Master Lu when he comes in the future."

Lichun replied, "Yes."

When Lu Ze entered, he was holding a bamboo basket full of persimmons.

"Daddy!" Lingling was very happy to see Lu Ze, "There are so many persimmons."

Lu Ze returned the folded shirt to Qi Yuning and placed the persimmons on the table.

Qi Yuning saw the persimmons in the bamboo basket and asked, "Why are there only a few left?"

Lu Ze said, "The rest was given to His Majesty and my mother. The princess shouldn't mind, right?"

Qi Yuning said: "I am not as stingy as you think. I also wanted to give them a taste."

Your Majesty has no shortage of good things to eat, but mountain game is a rare gift for the younger generation.

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's ankle and asked, "How is the princess's foot?"

Lingling said from the side: "It's even more swollen, like a steamed bun."

Qi Yuning sighed and said, "The imperial physician said it will take half a month to recover. I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the house in the next half month."

Lingling blinked and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Daddy, Mommy can't go out. Can you take Lingling out to play?"

"It will probably take another half a month before you can have a day off. You should stay at home and accompany mom. When mom's foot is healed, daddy and mom will take you to play in the street."

Lingling nodded and said, "Okay, Mommy's feet need to get better soon."

Qi Yuning chuckled and rubbed Lingling's head.

Lu Ze took out a bottle of ointment and said, "This is a medicine from Dali, specially for treating injuries from scuffles. Apply it to the red and swollen area, and it will heal faster."

Lingling said: "Lingling, come and apply it for mother."

As she spoke, Lingling took the medicine bottle, walked to Qi Yuning, squatted down and applied ointment to Qi Yuning.

Qi Yuning smiled lightly and said, "Don't do that. The smell of medicine is strong and you won't be able to wash it off later."

Lingling handed the medicine bottle to Lu Ze and said, "Then Daddy will apply the ointment to Mom."

Lu Ze originally thought that Qi Yuning would refuse, after all, her maids were all here, but unexpectedly, Qi Yuning had already put her legs on the wooden stool in front of her, and her meaning was very obvious.

Lu Zeqian squatted down, saw the badly swollen ankle, and took out the ointment to apply it on Qi Yuning.

The ointment was slightly cool. Qi Yuning smiled softly as she saw Lu Ze's gentle movements. "With Master Lu's skills, it would be a pity if he didn't become a quack doctor specializing in treating bruises and sprains."

Lu Ze raised his eyes and looked at Qi Yuning who was smiling. "Besides the princess, who else can be worthy of my hard work to apply medicine?"

Qi Yuning shuddered when she saw Lu Ze's eyes. She coughed lightly and turned her eyes away.

After Lu Ze applied the medicine, there was still a faint smell of medicine on his hands. Qi Yuning handed him her handkerchief and said, "Wipe it off."

After Lu Ze wiped his hands with a handkerchief, he put it aside, picked up Lingling and asked, "Lingling, did you learn to write today?"

Lingling nodded her head and said, "Yes, Lingling knows my mother's name, but she can't write it. My mother's name is so difficult to write."

Lingling pulled Lu Ze to the desk nearby. Seeing the two crooked squares, Lu Ze praised her against his will, "Lingling, you write really well."

Lingling asked, "Daddy, do you know what these two words are? Aunt Xiaoman can't even recognize what Lingling wrote."

Lu Ze smiled calmly and said, "Yu Ning, it's written as Yu Ning."

"Daddy is so smart, it's Yuning, that's my mother's name, my mother's name is Yuning!"

Qi Yuning listened to the word "Yuning" shouted by Lu Ze and always felt that his voice was two or three points deeper than usual.

Lu Ze held Lingling's hand and taught her how to write the real word "Yu Ning".

Qi Yuning looked over, but her smile gradually froze. Was she being a little too abnormal towards Lu Ze these past two days?

Lingling took the word "Yuning" and ran to Qi Yuning and said, "Mom, your name is written by Daddy, it looks so beautiful."

Qi Yuning was holding the rice paper in his hand. The two words "Yuning" were written with rich ink and were indeed much more beautiful than what Lingling had written herself.

Seeing that the sky outside was getting darker and darker, Lingling looked up at Lu Ze and asked, "Daddy, can you sleep with Lingling again tonight?"

Lu Ze said, "Dad has to go to the East Palace tonight. His Majesty is entertaining candidates for the Autumn Examination tonight, so I'm afraid it will be very late for him to come back. I'll come over to accompany Lingling as soon as I get out of the government office tomorrow."

Lingling said: "And accompany mother!"

Qi Yuning whispered: "I don't need him to accompany me."

(End of this chapter)