Chapter 25 The Crown Prince's Concubine is Someone Else

Qi Yuning laughed sarcastically: "Fortunately, Lu Shaoqing is your majesty's grandson, so he doesn't have to take the imperial examination. Otherwise, he would never pass the examination even if he took it for his whole life."

Lu Ze held three pieces of paper and said, "Princess..."

Qi Yuning said, "Don't expect that Lingling can control me because of her status as a father. You humiliated me in front of me, and I gave you a chance to apologize, but you are still so perfunctory and look down on me. Does your Lu family think I am easy to bully?"

The younger brother broke off the engagement by becoming a monk because the older brother insulted her first and showed no sincerity.

Although Qi Yuning loves Lingling, he doesn't have to compromise for Lingling!

Lu Ze said: "I will rewrite it and make sure the princess feels relieved."

Qi Yuning pointed at the door and said, "You are the best!"

Lu Ze clenched the three pieces of paper in his hand and left.

After Lu Ze returned to the princess's mansion, he looked at a piece of white paper under the candlelight and could not write anything.

The only thing about Qi Yuning that was worthy of praise was her appearance. Although Lu Ze had not seen many women, Qi Yuning was indeed the most beautiful woman he knew.

When he was young, he and other children including Qin Feng and Lin Jiang liked to play with Qi Yuning, just because sister Qi was the prettiest.

Later, Qi Yuning was no longer seen playing with them, and when they met Qi Yuning at the banquet, he always ignored them in an arrogant manner.

There are actually many things to praise about Sister Qi when she was a child.

Lu Ze picked up his pen and drew the little Qi Yuning from the depths of his memory. The little Qi Yuning in front of him could follow them to catch wild wolves when he was six years old, and dared to ride an untamed horse when he was ten years old.

Even though she almost lost her life, she did not cry out of fear. Instead, she bravely and fearlessly rode on little Pearl again and galloped across the racecourse.

After Qi Yu'an left the palace for the military camp, Qi Yuning took on the responsibility of managing the palace alone. Lu Ze knew very well that he might not be able to do better than Qi Yuning.

People outside say that if you want to marry a wife, you should marry a girl from the Guan family, because the girls from the Guan family are virtuous and good at managing the household, but isn’t Qi Yuning the same?

When she was very young, her parents and elders all died for the country. When she was ten years old, her brother went to the military camp, and she had to support the palace by herself.

All in all, Qi Yuning was loved and favored by His Majesty, but he had never done anything evil by taking advantage of his power to bully others.

She was indeed a little overbearing, but she had the qualifications to be overbearing. The Great Sheng Kingdom was protected by the martyrs of the Qi family, and the military merits of the Qi family were enough for her to look down on everything except the Great Sheng royal family.

No one in the palace has ever relied on the power of the palace to do evil things. These have nothing to do with Qi Yu'an, which shows that Qi Yuning is a good housekeeper.

Before he knew it, Lu Ze had written nearly a thousand words.

Lu Ze smiled knowingly and put the paper and the portrait into an envelope.

Early in the morning, before leaving the princess's mansion for the morning court, Lu Ze handed a letter to the doorman of Prince Qi's mansion.

Qi Yuning woke up early in the morning. The end of the month and the beginning of the month were her busiest times for checking accounts.

Just after she finished dressing up, Lichun came in with a letter from Lu Ze: "Princess, this is from Prince Lu."

Qi Yuning opened the envelope and saw a piece of rice paper with a picture of a little girl on it. She didn't look like Lingling. "Whose little girl did Lu Ze draw?"

Lichun recognized it at the first sight, "Princess, this is you when you were six or seven years old. Master Lu drew it and it really resembled you. At that time, your big teeth had fallen out, so when you smiled, you had no big teeth."

Qi Yuning frowned and asked, "What does Lu Ze mean by this? Are you deliberately drawing me at my ugliest?"

Qi Yuning took out three more sheets of paper, which contained more than a thousand words praising her.

After reading it, Qi Yuning's anger disappeared, thinking that Lu Ze was sensible.

"Mother, dear!"

Lingling walked to Qi Yuning, saw the portrait, and said with a smile: "My mother when she was a child."

Qi Yuning asked Lingling: "Do you know your mother when she was a child?"

Even Qi Yuning himself couldn't recognize himself in this portrait.

Lingling nodded and said, "Daddy drew this picture of Mom. Daddy drew many portraits of Mom, but Mom likes this one the most."

Qi Yuning thought to herself that she would not like this painting. The little Qi Yuning was so ugly when she was missing her teeth.

Lingling scratched her little head and said, "Mom, I want to learn to read. If I learn to read, I will have brothers and sisters."

Qi Yuning taught Lingling to write the three characters Lu Yiling, "Lingling, practice these three characters today. This is Lingling's name."

Lingling obediently took the white paper and brush and went to the side to learn stroke by stroke.

But the words Lingling wrote were always crooked. After finally writing three words, they were all three black blocks.

Qi Yuning saw it and praised it against her will: "Lingling writes really well."

"My lord, Princess Pingrou is here."

Qi Yuning went to the hall. Princess Pingrou saw Lingling following behind Qi Yuning, so she went forward and hugged Lingling and asked, "Lingling, do you miss your grandmother?"

Lingling nodded and said, "I miss my grandmother."

Princess Pingrou smiled at Qi Yuning and said, "Yuning, let Lingling go with me to the Princess's Mansion today. I will send Lingling back in the afternoon, okay?"

Qi Yuning is really busy. As Lingling's grandmother, the princess obviously loves Lingling very much. With the princess playing with Lingling, Lingling doesn't feel lonely.

"Okay, Your Highness, I'll trouble you to take care of Lingling."

Princess Pingrou carried Lingling back to the Princess Mansion and prepared a table of cakes for Lingling. Lingling's eyes lit up and she said, "Grandma, there are so many delicious foods."

Princess Pingrou smiled and said, "I don't know what you like to eat. These are what your father and mother loved to eat when they were young. Eat more."

Lingling held a piece of cake and said, "Daddy and Mommy promised to give Lingling a brother or sister. I'll give this cake to my brother or sister when they are born."

Princess Pingrou was full of surprise and asked, "Really? Did your father and mother really say that they would give birth to a younger brother or sister?"

Lingling nodded and said, "Yes, Mom and Dad promised Lingling last night!"

Princess Pingrou was delighted, and said to Prince Consort Lu, "These two children are together but they are hiding it from me. It seems that the marriage has to be put on the agenda. The betrothal gifts that Lu Yun prepared to marry Yuning last time will definitely not be used. We have to prepare a brand new set."

Prince Consort Lu asked, "Are you preparing the betrothal gifts right now? Aren't you being too hasty?"

Princess Pingrou said, "Lingling is going to have brothers and sisters soon, why are you in such a hurry? We'll go in the afternoon."

In the afternoon, Princess Pingrou returned Lingling to Prince Qi's Mansion, and then went to the wedding shop to buy the betrothal gifts.

Princess Pingrou came to choose in person, which surprised many ladies. "Your Highness, are you going to choose in person? We can let the housekeeper do these little things."

Princess Pingrou chuckled and said, "My Ze'er is marrying the Crown Prince's Consort, so we can't neglect her."

"Congratulations, Princess. I heard that Prince Lu's fiancée is quite virtuous. Her sisters all married into noble families and are also very virtuous. It is a great pleasure for the princess to have such a virtuous daughter-in-law."

Princess Pingrou paused for a moment, "Who said that Ze'er's Crown Prince's Consort has a sister?"

"Isn't Mr. Lu's fiancée Miss Guan Liu?"

Princess Pingrou said, "Miss Guan Liu is quite virtuous. My son Ze'er has always been a jerk and is not worthy of such a virtuous girl. The Crown Prince has someone else as his consort."

When Princess Pingrou said this, Madam Xue Bo in the back glared at her eldest daughter-in-law fiercely, "Didn't you say that your sixth sister was engaged to Prince Lu? What's going on here?"

Guan Zhiwei clasped her hands and said, "I don't know either."

Mrs. Xue Bo said, "These past few days everyone thought your sixth sister was going to marry into the Lu family, but now it's just a joke?"

Guan Zhiwei bit her lips tightly, "I..."

Mrs. Xue Bo angrily flicked her sleeves and left in a hurry!

…

When Lu Ze returned to his own courtyard from the Dali Temple, he saw that the servants had packed everything in his room into boxes.

Lu Ze looked at Princess Pingrou who was busy inside and said, "Mother, are you going to kick me out of the house?"

Princess Pingrou said, "Since your wedding is coming up soon, the courtyard needs to be renovated and some new furniture added. You should live in your brother's courtyard first."

"What wedding is coming up?" Lu Ze asked.

Princess Pingrou said, "Mother has already asked someone to match your horoscopes for your marriage with Yuning."

Lu Ze asked, "Where did you get Princess Qi's horoscope?"

"Isn't Yu Ning engaged to your brother? Of course, we have her birth date and horoscope."

Lu Ze said helplessly, "The princess and I haven't even started dating yet, why are you trying to match our horoscopes?"

Princess Pingrou asked, "How come there's still no sign of it? Didn't Lingling say that you guys were going to give her a brother or sister?"

(End of this chapter)