Qi Yuning was full of nervousness. She didn't eat much at lunch time. Every moment of the afternoon was extremely unbearable.

Even Lu Ze lost his usual composure and looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Why hasn't Lingling been born yet? Wasn't she born on September 9th?"

Qi Yuning touched her belly and said, "It's almost dusk, Lingling won't come, right?"

In the dream, this should have been the time when her labor was most difficult, but she still didn't feel any pain at all.

At dusk, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze were walking in the yard as they did before. As they walked, Qi Yuning felt a pain and a warm current running down her thigh.

Although she was in pain, Qi Yuning was extremely happy at the moment: "Lu Ze, Lingling, Lingling is coming."

Lu Zelian picked up Qi Yuning horizontally and carried her back to the bed in the room. The princess's mansion had already made preparations for today's birthday, and the maids went to invite the female doctor and midwife.

Qi Yuning felt that she had suffered all the hardships she had never experienced in her life before. She looked at Lu Ze with pain and said, "If I said I don't want to have another child in the future, will you blame me?"

Lu Ze kissed Qi Yuning’s brows that were furrowed in pain, “One Lingling is enough.”

Qi Yuning took a deep breath and said, "I know that giving birth is painful, but I didn't expect it to be this painful..."

When the maid invited the midwife to come, she heard Qi Yuning's words and said, "This is just the beginning. I'm afraid it will hurt more later!"

When Xiaoman heard this, her eyes turned red and she said, "My princess has never suffered any pain before. Can you not feel the pain a little?"

"It's bound to be painful," said the midwife, "Please get out of here, Lord Regent."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze standing aside and said, "Go away! Don't let Lu Baozhu in!"

After Lu Ze was kicked out of the delivery room, he felt that every moment was difficult, and every moment felt like three autumns.

There were constant cries of pain coming from the house. Lu Ze wanted to go inside, but he was afraid that Qi Yuning would complain.

I had to wait outside the house.

Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu hurried over upon hearing the news.

Princess Pingrou wore a string of Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "Greatly compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, bless my daughter-in-law Qi Yuning to have a safe delivery. Daddy, old Prince Qi, you must also bless Yuning and her daughter to be safe!"

Lu Baozhu got the news and came running. She wanted to go in to see Qi Yuning despite being stopped. However, she was stopped by Lu Ze before she could go in.

Hearing Qi Yuning's screams of pain, Lu Baozhu's eyes turned red and she said, "Qi Yuning, nothing must happen to you. Nothing must happen to you."

As Lu Ze was waiting outside, his forehead was covered with cold sweat. He could not stop laughing when he heard no movement from inside. He could not bear it any longer and went in without caring whether Qi Yuning would complain in the future.

When Qi Yuning was trying hard, he saw Lu Ze coming in and frowned, "Didn't I tell you not to come over? Hiss!"

Lu Ze walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "I really can't wait here alone any longer."

"The head is coming out, coming, coming!"

Qi Yuning clenched her teeth. When she heard a loud cry, she breathed a sigh of relief and said weakly, "Is it Lingling? Lu Ze, come and see if it's Lingling?"

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and asked, "Are you okay?"

Qi Yuning said weakly: "I'm fine."

The midwife wiped the newborn baby a little, put it on the big scale and weighed it, saying, "Seven pounds and five ounces. The princess is really amazing."

Lu Ze took the swaddled baby from the midwife's hands. The baby was wrinkled, with one eye open, and one could vaguely see some clever features.

Lu Ze carried the baby to Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning looked at the baby, a baby who was related to her by blood. Her eyes were filled with tears. "I have another person who is related to me by blood, Lingling! Mother finally sees you again."

Lu Ze touched Lingling's wrinkled face and said to Qi Yuning, "You've worked hard."

Qi Yuning said: "Everything is worth it for Lingling."

Qi Yuning let the maid wash her, but she could not take her eyes off Lingling until the midwife said that she wanted to feed Lingling. Qi Yuning let the wet nurse take Lingling to the side room to feed her, and by the way, she went to show it to Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu.

After Qi Yuning finished washing, she lay on the bed and looked at Lu Ze weakly and asked, "Is it dark outside?"

Lu Ze nodded and said, "Yeah, it's getting dark, almost midnight."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "No wonder Lingling likes to sleep until noon every day, it turns out she was late from birth."

After waiting for Ali to bring Lingling back, Qi Yuning took Lingling into his arms despite the discomfort, and looked at her little face full of satisfaction.

Qi Yuning felt that she could look at Lingling like this until the end of time.

Lichun entered and said, "My Lord, Princess, there is a young Taoist priest outside who said that their master, Taoist He, heard that you two had a daughter today, so he specially sent you a jade pendant."

Lichun handed a wooden box to Lu Ze.

Lu Ze opened the wooden box and saw a small jade lock and jade pendant. The line of small words on the back was exactly the Lanling warm jade lock that Lingling had worn before.

Qi Yuning came forward and whispered, "Master He? We have been looking for him for so long, and he finally came by himself."

Lu Ze gave the jade lock to Qi Yuning. After seeing the jade lock, Qi Yuning ordered the maid to get a red string and put it around Lingling's neck.

After putting the jade lock on Lingling, Lingling opened her eyes, and her shiny black eyes were very cute.

Qi Yuning wanted to hold her tightly and not let go, "Lingling, mother's good Lingling."

Lu Ze looked at the faces outside and Qi Yuning's weak face and said, "It's getting late. Let's see Lingling tomorrow. It's time to rest now. Giving birth must have taken a lot of effort on your part."

Qi Yuning shook his head and said, "I don't want to sleep. I want to see Lingling more."

Qi Yuning kept staring at Lingling until midnight when he could no longer resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Ze picked up Ling Ling who was sleeping beside Qi Yuning and handed her to Ah Li who was waiting outside. "Take good care of the little princess."

"Yes!" Ali hugged Lingling and agreed.

Qi Yuning slept very soundly, perhaps because he knew Lingling had arrived, and he could finally relax from the tension of the past few days.

When she woke up, she was woken up by Lu Ze.

Lu Ze heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Qi Yuning, "It's almost noon."

"Where's Lingling?" Qi Yuning asked repeatedly, "Where's Lingling?"

Ah Li held Lingling in his arms and walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "Lingling is here."

Qi Yuning placed Lingling next to her and smiled softly. She looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Have you written a letter to my brother?"

Lu Ze said, "I have written it, but I haven't sent it out yet. Do you want to add a few words?"

Qi Yuning said: "No need, just tell my brother that Xiao Lingling is born."

"Princess, the Queen Mother, His Majesty, and Miss Zhou are here!"

Qi Yuning said: "Let them in quickly."

Lu Ze greeted them at the door and bowed to Queen Mother Zhou and His Majesty, saying, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother."

Xiao Zhaojie said, "Cousin, you don't have to be so polite. My mother and I are here to see the baby born to the princess's sister."

Queen Mother Zhou looked at Lu Ze and said, "Congratulations, the Queen Mother was extremely happy when she heard the princess's good news this morning, but she has been very weak recently and cannot leave the palace to visit Yuning."

Lu Ze said, "How dare I trouble my grandmother to come? After Yuning is out of confinement, I will definitely bring the child to see my grandmother."

When Qi Yuning saw Queen Mother Zhou and little Zhao Jie coming in, she stood up with difficulty and saluted. Queen Mother Zhou supported Qi Yuning and said, "Hurry up and lie down. This confinement period is very important."

Little Zhao Jie leaned in close to the newborn and looked at her: "She looks like Lingling."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Her name is also Lingling. Your Majesty can treat her as Lingling and play with her in the future."

Little Zhao Jie smiled faintly and said, "Yeah!"

Zhou Jiayun, who was beside Empress Dowager Zhou, looked at the baby's face and said to Lu Ze with a loving smile, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the birth of your daughter. This little girl looks very similar to you."

Lu Ze looked at Xiao Lingling tenderly and said, "How could my daughter not look like me?"

Qi Yuning looked at Zhou Jiayun, looking at her patiently. Does this beautiful Zhou only have a pretty face but no brains?

While she was still in confinement after giving birth, she actually looked at Lu Ze with such affection in her own delivery room. Did she think that her title of Princess Qi was undeserved?

Qi Yuning said to Queen Mother Zhou, "Queen Mother, I like this sister Zhou from your family very much. It just so happens that Lu Ze still has several brothers who have not yet married. I wonder if I have the fate to be a sister-in-law with this sister?"

Zhou Jiayun heard this and said, "I won't talk about marriage during the national mourning period."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "That's right, I didn't know the etiquette. I thought that Uncle Zhou mentioned Miss Zhou's marriage in front of my husband several times because he wanted to marry Miss Zhou to my husband..."

Qi Yuning saw Zhou Jiayun's face change, and then he slowly said, "Where is your brother?"

Zhou Jiayun lowered her head and said, "My princess misunderstood. During the period of national mourning, I had no intention of getting married."