As the wedding approached, her fiancé, Lu Yun, preferred to shave his head and become a monk rather than marry Qi Yuning.
Princess Qi instantly became the laughingstock of Shengjing.
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"Cough, cough, cough!"
As soon as Shen Nian finished speaking, Lu Yun on the bed started coughing, and he tried his best to open his eyes.
Seeing this, Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu came forward one after another. Princess Pingrou held Lu Yun's hand and said, "Yun'er."
Lu Yun gritted his teeth and said, "After I die, Chen Nian must remain a widow for the rest of my life. She is not allowed to marry anyone else. She has killed me. Don't even think about marrying anyone else. Ahem!"
After saying this, Lu Yun closed his eyes and fainted again.
Princess Pingrou hurriedly shouted for the imperial physician.
The imperial physician came forward to check his pulse and said, "Your Majesty has been severely poisoned and has fainted. Now he can only take some antidote."
Princess Pingrou was filled with worry. She looked at Chen Nian who was kneeling below and said, "You should get up and take good care of Yun'er first. It's better to ask to leave the hall. You also heard what Lu Yun said."
Shen Nian stood up and replied.
Lu Yun was seriously ill and in a coma, so Lu Ze couldn't help but feel worried.
After Qi Yuning and Lu Ze returned to their room, she saw his unhappy expression and said, "Don't worry too much. Lingling knows Lu Yun. I think Lu Yun can get through this safely."
Qi Yuning took Lingling from A Li's hands and hugged her, "Lingling, will uncle be safe this time?"
Lingling giggled. Qi Yuning saw Lingling's smile and said to Lu Ze, "Look, Lingling is smiling, so Lu Yun will be safe."
Lu Ze said, "I am not only worried about Lu Yun's coma. Lu Yun and Zhou Jiamin were alone in the cave for a night. Zhou Jiamin also gave Lu Yun snake venom, so she was also poisoned. If this matter spreads, how can we give an explanation to the Zhou family?"
Qi Yuning had not considered this aspect before. If Zhou Jiamin had not inhaled the snake venom, Lu Yun would have died long ago.
It is reasonable that if Zhou Jiamin's reputation is damaged because of this, the Lu family really has to take responsibility.
Qi Yuning looked at Lingling and said, "No matter what our reputation will be in the future, we should hope that they can wake up soon."
The news that Zhou Jiamin and Lu Yun were injured by snake venom and fell into a coma did not spread for a while.
Lu Ze deployed troops at the foot of Qianhu Mountain and forbade young men from Shengjing to go hunting in the wild mountains.
But for many people, hunting in the enclosure alone is enough fun.
Lu Yun was unconscious, so Lu Baozhu and Qi Yuning had no interest in hunting or playing.
Lingling rarely saw the scenery outside the princess's mansion, and she was very happy to be able to go to the mountains to play every day. Even though she could only be held in the arms of the maid, she was very happy to watch Zhao Jie and the other older children playing.
It was not until three days later that Zhou Jiamin slowly woke up.
When Queen Mother Zhou saw Zhou Jiamin wake up, she breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, Jiamin, you're fine. I'm so glad you're okay. Your aunt was really scared to death. You're not allowed to go to the wild mountains and make trouble in the future."
Zhou Jiamin coughed a few times and said, "Aunt, where is the prince? How is Prince Lu?"
Queen Mother Zhou listened to Zhou Jiamin's words and said with displeasure: "You woke up and asked Lu Yun why you helped Lu Yun suck out the snake venom without caring about your own body? Do you know that men and women should not touch each other? If the Chu family knows about this, what will happen to your engagement with the Chu family?"
Zhou Jiamin lowered her head and cried, "I... I didn't want to marry a member of the Chu family. The Fifth Master of the Chu family has been missing for more than ten years and is more than ten years older than me... Aunt, if I can avoid marrying the Fifth Master Chu because of this incident, I am willing to do so!"
Queen Mother Zhou tapped Zhou Jiamin's head and said, "Jiamin, you are confused. If this marriage is ruined, what about your reputation? Do you not want your reputation anymore?
If it's to save Lu Ze, then it's fine. No matter what, I will let Lu Ze take you as his concubine this time. But as for Lu Yun, I feel it's unfair for you to be his princess, let alone his concubine?"
Zhou Jiamin put her hands over her head and said, "Aunt, I'm not your cousin. Prince Lu and his wife are deeply in love. Before he fainted from the snake venom, Prince Lu asked his wife not to remarry. They have a deep relationship. How could I be Prince Lu's concubine?"
Queen Mother Zhou asked, "Then your reputation will be damaged in vain? How can you get married in the future?"
Zhou Jiamin said: "Aunt, I am saving people. If you are a kind-hearted man, you will not care about the so-called damage to your reputation."
Queen Mother Zhou fiddled with the Buddhist beads in her hand, touched Zhou Jiamin's head and said, "Aunt will seek justice for you. The Lu family is not in the right this time."
Zhou Jiamin leaned into Empress Dowager Zhou's arms and said, "Thank you, aunt."
"cousin!"
Zhou Jiamin heard Xiao Zhaojie's voice and said repeatedly, "Your Majesty."
Zhao Jie walked up to Zhou Jiamin and said, "Cousin, you finally woke up. Mother was so worried about you."
Zhou Jiamin smiled at Zhao Jie and said, "I'm sorry for making Your Majesty and Your Majesty worried."
…
In the Lu Mansion in Chang'an.
Qi Yuning received news from the palace in her room that Zhou Jiamin had woken up. She breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Ze, "Fortunately, Zhou Jiamin has woken up. I think Lu Yun will wake up soon too."
Lu Ze said: "Let's go check on him again."
Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze to Lu Yun's room. Lu Yun was still sleeping, and his face looked very ugly.
Qi Yuning entered the room and did not see Shen Nian, so he asked Qiu Yue beside him, "Where is the Princess?"
Qiuyue said: "The Princess felt that she was the one who brought bad luck to the Prince of the County. If she stayed with him, it might shorten his life. So she asked for a Buddha statue from a temple on a nearby mountain and built a small Buddhist temple next door to pray for him."
Lu Ze frowned.
Lu Baozhu came in with the medicine bowl and, for once, acted like a good sister and fed Lu Yun the medicine.
But Lu Yun still found it difficult to drink the medicine.
Lu Baozhu said to Qiuyue, "Go find the princess and give her medicine."
"yes."
Lu Baozhu put down the medicine bowl and sighed, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let Lu Yun accompany Zhou Jiamin hunting. I should have advised them to leave the dangerous place as soon as possible. I don't know if he can wake up."
Qi Yuning said: "He will definitely wake up, you don't have to worry too much. I heard that Zhou Jiamin has woken up."
Lu Baozhu stood up and said, "Jiamin is awake? That's great, I'll go see her!"
After Lu Baozhu left in a hurry, Shen Nian came.
Shen Nian had lost a lot of weight, and there was an extra string of Buddhist beads in his hand: “Brother, sister-in-law.”
Lu Ze didn't like Chen Nian, not because of the idea of whether it was a hindrance or not. As the eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Ze naturally hated this kind of woman who plotted against the bloodline of the Lu family.
If Lu Ze hadn't considered that Shen Nian was a loyal and martyred descendant of the Qi family army, he would not have allowed Lu Yun to act recklessly and would have persuaded Lu Yun to divorce his wife.
Qi Yuning said to Shen Nian: “Nothing will happen to Lu Yun, and you don’t need to worry too much.”
Shen Nian said, "If he doesn't wake up, I will take Han Ge'er back to my parents' home and stay away from him. It's all my fault. Lu Yun is right. I am a calamity star that will bring harm to others. He shouldn't have married me..."
Qi Yuning said, "What nonsense are you talking about? If that's the case, I've also been an orphan since childhood. Am I also doomed to be a star of misfortune? The descendants of so many loyal and brave men in the Qi family army are also doomed to be a star of misfortune? Stop talking nonsense. Give Lu Yun the medicine first. We're leaving first."
After Lu Ze and Qi Yuning left the house, Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning: “If Shen Nian was not a descendant of the Qi family army, I would not keep her in the Lu Mansion.”
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, “You don’t have to worry about me about Shen Nian’s affairs, but I think she is really worried about Lu Yun.”
Lu Ze said: "Lu Yun held on to his last breath and said that Chen Nian was not allowed to remarry. But what about Chen Nian? She was planning to go back to her parents' home before she even left. If Lu Yun woke up, it was because of her anger."