Chapter 17 It's Not Like We Have Never Shared a Bed Before

Lingling was crying louder and louder.

Qi Yuning said: "Lingling, if you keep crying like this, mother will not like you anymore..."

Lu Zelian wanted to stop her, but he heard Lingling crying even louder and sadder, and her little voice became hoarse: "Wuwuwu!"

Lu Ze: "Princess Qi."

Qi Yuning regretted the moment she said this. Lingling was already scared, and saying this would probably make Ningning even scarier.

Qi Yuning said repeatedly: "Mom, I still like you, don't cry, don't cry."

Lingling sniffed and said, "Lingling is scared. Daddy and mommy both sleep with Lingling."

Seeing the tears on Lingling's face, Qi Yuning whispered in Lu Ze's ear, "Lingling and I will go to your room. After Lingling falls asleep, I will take Lingling back to the palace."

Lu Ze pursed his lips and said, "Okay."

Qi Yuning carried Lingling and took four maids, namely, the Beginning of Spring, the Spring Equinox, the Waking of Insects, and the Grain Rain, to Lu Ze's courtyard.

After entering Lu Ze's room, Qi Yuning smelled the fragrance of orchids, put Lingling on the bed, sat beside the bed and held Lingling's hand.

"Lingling, Daddy and Mommy are here with you, you can go to sleep now."

Lingling pointed to her inner side and said, "Lie down and take a nap."

Qi Yuning naturally couldn't lie on Lu Ze's bed. She held Lingling's little hand and said, "Mom will sit beside you and keep you company."

Lingling sniffed and said, "Mom, lie down together."

Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "The beds have been changed and washed, so you don't have to be disgusted."

Qi Yuning glanced at Lu Ze and said, "Master Lu, we are not in a relationship that allows us to sleep in the same bed, right?"

Lu Ze said calmly: "It's not like we haven't slept in the same bed before."

Qi Yuning stood up and said, "Lu Ze, as the Junior Official of the Dali Temple, do you know why it is a crime to insult the innocence of this princess?!"

Even with Lingling, she was still an unmarried girl. How could she, who always abided by the rules, sleep with a man outside her family?

Lu Ze was simply slandering her innocence!

Lu Ze said, "Sister Qi is young, but her memory is poor. When you were six years old, you went hunting in the suburban enclosure. Didn't you sleep in the Lu family's villa?"

Qi Yuning thought back to what happened when she was six years old. It was a long time ago, but she still remembered it.

At that time, the relationship with Lu Baozhu was not as bad as it is now. When they heard Lu Ze, Qin Feng, Lin Jiang and others say they were going to hunt wolves at night, Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu insisted on going with them.

Afraid that Lu Ze would abandon them and go alone at night, Lu Baozhu pulled Qi Yuning to sleep on Lu Ze's bed. Lu Ze slept at the innermost part, and if he wanted to get out of bed, he would definitely wake them up.

"At that time, there was also a Lu Baozhu in the middle!"

Qi Yuning said repeatedly.

Lu Ze pointed at the sobbing little Lingling and said, "There is also a Lingling in the middle today."

Qi Yuning grabbed his collar tightly and asked cautiously: "How old were you then? How old are you now?"

It’s a pity that people outside say that Prince Lu is well-mannered. What kind of etiquette does he know?

Lu Ze said: "Don't worry, Sister Qi. To me, even if you are eighteen years old, you are still the same as when you were six years old."

The call of "Sister Qi" actually made Qi Yuning let down her guard a lot.

Seeing Lingling's aggrieved expression and tearful eyes, he lay down beside Lingling, hugged Lingling and said, "Lingling, you can go to sleep now."

Lingling stretched out her little hand and pulled Lu Ze, saying, "Daddy, lie down together."

Lu Ze lay on the outside and held Lingling's hand. "Be good, bad guys won't come. Daddy and mommy are here to protect you."

Lingling looked around, then grabbed a big hand with each of her two little hands and said, "Daddy, Mommy, tell me a story."

Qi Yuning was not good at telling stories. She just felt stiff all over at this moment.

Although Lu Ze was almost three feet away, they were on the same bed after all, and the orchid fragrance of Lu Ze could be smelled everywhere in the room.

Lu Ze said: "Daddy will tell you a story about catching wild wolves. Daddy followed your mother, aunt, Uncle Lin Jiang, Uncle Qin Feng and others to the mountains to catch wolves. It was a full moon night..."

Xiao Lingling listened with great interest.

But Qi Yuning knew that the final outcome was not that the wolf was caught, but that they were caught by the soldiers and slapped on the hands by Princess Pingrou.

It was because Qin Yuli went there secretly to report the incident.

Qi Yuning listened to Lu Ze's voice, and her eyelids began to twitch. Gradually, she felt that the mellow voice beside her ears was getting farther and farther away.

Lu Ze saw Ling Ling, who was listening excitedly to the story of finding the wild wolf, had no desire to sleep. He then looked at Qi Yuning, who was already fast asleep and breathing deeply...

She could actually fall asleep?

You were so cautious just now, how dare you fall asleep now?

Lu Ze said to Lingling, "Mom is asleep, let's not wake her up. Can we tell the story tomorrow?"

Lingling nodded obediently and took Lu Ze's hand and placed it on Qi Yuning's hand.

Lu Ze felt his palms burning hot. Just as he was about to let go, Lingling’s little hand rested on Lu Ze’s hand, “Don’t let go. If you let go, Lingling will cry.”

Lu Ze: “…”

Outside the house, Chunfen looked inside anxiously and said, "What should I do? I looked inside and the princess seemed to be asleep."

Jingzhe said: "The princess and the prince both have children, so what's wrong with sleeping together?"

Lichun said, "It's not like there's really a child."

They have been serving Qi Yuning since they were young. They know better than anyone whether Qi Yuning has given birth to a child!

Guyu said slowly: "Then shall we go in and wake up the princess?"

"What if I wake Lingling up?"

"How about we keep an eye on him. If Master Lu has any intention of being a pervert, we will rush in immediately?"

While the maids were discussing, Lu Ze came out of the room. He lowered his voice and said, "You don't have to wake up your princess. I'll ask the servants to bring you some quilts. You can stay here for the night."

After Lu Ze finished speaking, he went to the study to rest.

The maids breathed a sigh of relief.

In the early morning, when the autumn sun was shining brightly, Qi Yuning woke up to the smell of orchid, and his eyes met Lingling's.

Lingling looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Mom, you're awake. You've been sleeping for a long time!"

When Qi Yuning woke up, she broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the layout of the room. The two maids Jingzhe and Guyu came forward and said, "Princess, you are awake."

Qi Yuning said: "I fell asleep here last night? Why didn't you wake me up?"

Guyu said, "Not long after you and the princess fell asleep last night, Master Lu went to sleep in the study. He told us not to wake you up."

Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lu Ze was still a gentleman. She stood up, picked up Lingling and hurried back to the palace.

Fortunately, it was still early in the morning and there shouldn't be too many people outside. She had to go back quickly.

At noon, when Lu Ze came back from the Dali Temple, he saw that his bed was still in a mess and the servants did not dare to come in to serve him.

Lu Ze ordered the servant beside him, "Find two maids to come and change the beds."

As soon as Lu Ze finished speaking, his eyes caught sight of the fine white jade hairpin under the pillow. Lu Ze took it and planned to return it to Qi Yuning the next time he saw her.

Lu Baozhu hurried into the room and said, "Brother! Qi Yuning has a child, but how is it possible? When she was fourteen or fifteen years old, she and I had a quarrel every now and then. How could she secretly get pregnant and give birth to a child?"

As Lu Baozhu was talking, she saw that Lu Ze was holding a woman's hairpin in his hand. "Isn't this Qi Yuning's hairpin? How did it end up in your hand?"

Lu Ze asked: "How do you know this hairpin belongs to Qi Yuning?"

Lu Baozhu looked at her elder brother with confusion: "This is white jade from the Western Regions. I took a fancy to it as soon as the Western Regions envoys presented it as tribute, but it was later snatched away by Qi Yuning. So how did her jade hairpin end up in your hands?"

"Brother, you don't like Qi Yuning secretly, do you? You even hide her hairpin?"

Lu Ze said, "I picked it up. I didn't know it belonged to Princess Qi. Now I know. I will return it later."

(End of this chapter)