Qi Yuning said: "The Princess's Mansion is good, but I still want to stay in my original home for a few more days. After all, I have lived here for nearly twenty years and I miss it a little bit."

Lu Ze listened to Qi Yuning and said, "Okay, then I will stay here for the next few days. Actually, we haven't lived here since we got married."

Seeing Lu Ze's malicious look, Qi Yuning coughed and said, "Don't do anything stupid in my boudoir..."

All of Qi Yuning's subsequent words were swallowed by Lu Ze's thin lips. The two of them pressed their lips together and the gauze curtain fell lightly.

Perhaps because he was not in the princess's mansion and without Princess Pingrou's spies, Lu Ze's behavior became even more absurd.

Qi Yuning was a little overwhelmed, and half-heartedly let Lu Ze act like that.

After two quarters of an hour, both of them were sweating profusely.

Qi Yuning lay down and looked at Lu Ze who was smiling beside her and said, "You are so absurd even during the period of national mourning...Does the Regent know how to lead by example?"

Lu Ze said: "Grandfather won't blame us. We are newlyweds. Besides, no one will know if you don't tell us."

Qi Yuning said with a smile, "Before the marriage, I thought that Master Lu was a man who valued rules the most. I didn't expect... that he is actually a brother of that little bald donkey who doesn't know the rules!"

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning in his arms and smiled gently.

After a good night's sleep, when Qi Yuning woke up in the morning, there was no warmth left around him.

If it weren't for Lu Ze's dirty clothes lying beside her, Qi Yuning would have thought that last night's absurdity was all a dream.

Qi Yuning asked her maid to invite a doctor from the medical clinic to take her pulse and see if there was any problem with the fetus in her womb. She did not dare to ask the imperial physician for fear that he would notice something.

The doctor at the clinic said the fetus was stable, and Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lingling was not hurt because of last night's nonsense.

Princess Pingrou arrived just as the doctor from the Fuyi Clinic left.

Princess Pingrou ran into the doctor at the main entrance, and hurried into Chunjiang Courtyard. Seeing Qi Yuning coming out, she said repeatedly: "Are you okay? If that brat Lu Ze offends you, I will definitely teach him a lesson. You must not get angry, you are still pregnant!"

Seeing Princess Pingrou's worry, Qi Yuning said, "Mother, I had a quarrel with him yesterday. He was just worried that it was inappropriate for me to go to the funeral alone, and I thought his tone was a little bad. It's not a big deal. We made up last night. You don't have to worry."

Princess Pingrou sat down, took the tea that Qi Yuning poured for her and said, "If that's the case, why don't you go back home?"

Qi Yuning said, "After returning home, I miss home. Thinking about everything here with Lingling, I want to stay here for a few more days... You see..."

Princess Pingrou could understand and chuckled, "The Qi Mansion and the Princess Mansion are close, you can live in either house. As long as you two are fine, mother will be relieved."

Qi Yuning said: "Well, you don't have to worry, it's just a misunderstanding."

Princess Pingrou looked at Qi Yuning's belly and said, "Just now I saw a doctor go out, but are you feeling unwell?"

Qi Yuning said: "It's okay, just want to check my pulse to make me feel more at ease."

Princess Pingrou held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "You still have to ask the imperial physician to check your pulse. I'll go get you an imperial physician right away. A common doctor can never compare to an imperial physician."

Qi Yuning said: "Really not necessary!"

Princess Pingrou looked at Qi Yuning worriedly, "Did something really happen? It would be more reassuring if we ask the imperial physician to take a look."

Princess Pingrou had no choice but to ask Qi Yuning to refuse, so she simply asked the nanny behind her to call the imperial physician.

The imperial physician arrived quickly and respectfully took out the pulse pillow to check Qi Yuning's pulse.

After a moment, the imperial physician withdrew his hand and said respectfully: "Princess Qi's pregnancy is very stable and the fetus is fine. However, the princess is now six months pregnant, so she must remember not to have sex."

Qi Yuning blushed and said, "Yes, I have always kept it in mind. Now during the national mourning period, I dare not do anything reckless. I will go to get the silver in Lichun. Thank you for the imperial physician's special visit to check my pulse."

Qi Yuning took out five hundred taels of silver to shut the imperial physician's mouth.

This imperial physician was Princess Pingrou's confidant, so when he saw Princess Pingrou nod, he accepted the gift.

After Princess Pingrou sent the imperial physician out, she asked, "What do you mean by not having sex?"

"The prince and the princess are both young, and they are newlyweds..." The imperial physician was embarrassed to say it out loud, but Princess Pingrou already knew it.

Princess Pingrou was very angry, but she didn't dare to tell Qi Yuning. After all, Qi Yuning was young and just got married, so she was always thin-skinned. She just asked someone to go to the palace to call Lu Ze back. No matter what official business Lu Ze was busy with, she ordered him to return to the princess's mansion.

When Lu Ze returned to the princess's mansion, he thought something big had happened.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he was called to the hall by Princess Pingrou, who angrily said, "Kneel down!"

Lu Ze knelt down on his knees and asked, "Mom? What happened?"

"Do you want Lingling? I warned you again and again not to sleep with you, not to sleep with you, but you! You actually dared to sleep with you! Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

Lu Ze didn't expect the matter to be exposed. Even in front of his mother, he felt embarrassed and didn't dare to argue. He had to accept the punishment obediently.

Princess Pingrou said, "Kneel here for two hours and learn your lesson!"

Lu Ze replied: "Yes."

It was not until the evening that Qi Yuning heard that Lu Ze was punished by the princess to kneel for two hours. After Lu Ze arrived at the palace, Qi Yuning carefully examined Lu Ze's knees and said, "Your Highness the Princess is willing to do this."

Lu Ze said: "In my mother's eyes, Lingling is much more important than me."

Qi Yuning brought some ointment and applied it to Lu Ze's red knees. She smiled and said, "Who told you to be so absurd last night?"

Lu Ze laughed and said, "It's worth it!"

Seeing that he could still smile, Qi Yuning applied the medicine to Lu Ze with a heavier hand. Lu Ze took a breath and said, "Be gentle."

Qi Yuning handed the ointment to Lu Ze and said, "Apply it yourself."

Qi Yuning originally planned to stay at home for two or three days and then return to the princess's mansion, but she was caught sleeping with Princess Pingrou, and she was too ashamed to go back to the princess's mansion. She stayed in the prince's mansion for half a month before planning to go back.

The days of June were getting hotter and hotter. Qi Yuning had never been so afraid of the heat before and was becoming more and more lazy to go out. She had to rely on others to come to the palace to look for her.

She had been planning to go back to the princess's residence today, but she happened to meet the Empress Dowager who invited her to the palace. Qi Yuning did not dare to refuse, so she just put a lot of ice cubes in the carriage before going to the palace.

Since Emperor Shi Yuan left, Qi Yuning has hardly ever entered the palace.

After Emperor Shi Yuan passed away, Queen Qin was honored as the Grand Empress Dowager, and Qi Yuning never saw her again.

After entering Shouning Palace.

Qi Yuning bowed to the Empress Dowager who was sitting at the top and said, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager smiled at Qi Yuning and said, "No need to be polite, good boy, come to your grandmother quickly. You look almost seven months pregnant, right?"

Qi Yuning stepped forward and said, "Well, about right. The baby should be born on September 9th."

The Empress Dowager said, "I heard that you have been staying at your mother's house these days. But has Ze'er done anything to displease you? If you have been wronged, just come and tell me. The late emperor is gone, and I will support you."

Qi Yuning was very touched and said, "I'm not unhappy at all. I planned to go back to the princess's mansion today. I just missed home and came back to stay for a few days. I didn't expect to make you worried. My husband and I are doing very well, so you don't have to worry."

The Empress Dowager said, "That's good. People are saying that you two are quarreling. I'm glad that nothing happened."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "It's really okay, don't worry."

The Empress Dowager saw that Qi Yuning didn't seem to be forcing a smile, so she said, "Well, I won't keep you any longer. Go to Zichen Palace and find Ze'er to go back with you, and leave the palace together."

Qi Yuning nodded in agreement.

After Qi Yuning left the Empress Dowager's palace, she asked Lichun, who had followed her into the palace, "Are there any rumors about me and Lu Ze?"

Lichun said, "I heard from Xiaoman that there are rumors that you and the Regent had a big fight and both of you returned to your parents' home, and are about to get a divorce... Xiaoman knew that the rumors were false, so she didn't say anything in front of you."

Qi Yuning did not go to the Zichen Palace first, but went to Ci'an Palace to pay a visit to Empress Dowager Zhou, and then went inside the Ci'an Palace.

Qi Yuning saw the beautiful lady Zhou again beside Empress Dowager Zhou and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Empress Dowager."

Queen Mother Zhou smiled and said, "No need to be polite, Yuning. Hurry up and sit down. Your belly is so big. Are you going to give birth soon?"

Qi Yuning said: "There are still more than two months left, so the baby should be born around Double Ninth Festival."

Queen Mother Zhou said, "Your two children were born on similar dates. Lingling was also born on Chongyang. Lingling had always wanted a sister. Have you asked the imperial physician to check whether the baby in your belly is a boy or a girl? I wonder if Lingling's wish can come true?"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I checked and confirmed that it's a daughter."

When the girl beside Queen Mother Zhou heard Qi Yuning's words, her eyes brightened slightly. (End of this chapter)