When Ah Li heard this, he asked Chu Chi to kneel down and thank Qi Yuning.

Seeing Chu Chi kneeling and kowtowing, Qi Yuning said softly, "Stand up. There are many rules after entering the palace, but the only word you need to remember is loyalty. Be loyal to His Majesty. Do you understand?"

Chu Chi looked at Xiao Zhaojie and said, "Are you going to listen to your Majesty and protect him?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes."

Chu Chi smiled and replied: "Don't worry, Princess. I will take good care of the young Majesty and listen to his words."

Qi Yuning accompanied Zhao Jie for a whole day today. When she returned to the room, she felt like her legs were not her own. She didn't know where these kids got the energy to walk so far.

Lu Ze pinched Qi Yuning's calf and said, "After giving birth to Lingling, your physical strength has deteriorated a lot."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze unhappily and said, "My poor physical strength is not because of Lingling, but because of you."

Lu Ze smiled lightly, "Why did you think of letting Chu Chi join the Shang Palace Bureau?"

Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty will rule the country after he gets married. At that time, I will need someone I trust in the harem who can protect the peace of Your Majesty's harem.

Queen Mother Zhou can no longer be counted on, so she can only personally support a Shang Gong. The current Shang Gong is already 43 years old, and she will definitely retire in seven years at most."

Lu Ze said: "Chu Chi is indeed a good candidate. He is very responsible at a young age and will definitely be able to assist the new queen in the future."

Qi Yuning also rubbed his calf and said, "The head of the Chu family just now said that he is not Miss Zhou Er's fiancé..."

Before Qi Yuning finished speaking, Xiao Man came in hurriedly and said, "Princess, this is bad, this is bad."

Lu Ze took back the hand that was tapping Qi Yuning's leg, frowned and looked at Xiao Man and said, "Who allowed you to come in without permission?"

"I promised." Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Don't try to scare my maid. Xiaoman, what's wrong?"

Xiao Man said repeatedly: "Princess, it is now rumored that Miss Zhou Er and the prince spent a night together in a cave, and Miss Zhou Er's fiancé even broke off the engagement with her because of this."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Just as you guessed, the news has really spread."

Lu Ze said softly: "Now we can only wait and see what the Queen Mother means."

Qi Yuning asked, "What if the Queen Mother wants the Lu family to take responsibility and let Lu Yun marry Zhou Jiamin as his concubine?"

Lu Ze sighed and said, "Then we can only obey the Queen Mother's order."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said sarcastically, "If Lu Yun breaks the precedent of your Lu family not taking concubines, the court officials who will send you beauties will be endless in the future."

Lu Ze said, "There is another good way to have the best of both worlds, which is for Lu Yun to divorce Shen Nian and marry Zhou Jiamin as the princess of the county. I think Zhou Jiamin is much better than Shen Nian. Just because she is willing to help Lu Yun take drugs regardless of her own life, it can be seen that she is a woman of affection and righteousness."

Qi Yuning sighed deeply.

In Lu Yun's courtyard.

Chen Nian knelt in front of the Buddha, copying the Buddhist scriptures devoutly. When she saw the bright sky outside, she realized that another night had passed. She forced herself to get up and walked into Lu Yun's ward.

Seeing Lu Yun unconscious, Qiuyue was about to feed him medicine when she hurried in and said, "Princess, the Queen Mother sent a palace maid to convey her order, asking you to go to the palace."

Shen Nian said, "I'll get dressed."

Entering the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, Shen Nian forced herself to put on makeup, trying to make herself look better.

After entering the palace, Shen Nian bowed to Empress Dowager Zhou in front of her and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

Queen Mother Zhou raised her hand and said, "Please stand up without any formalities. Please take a seat."

After Shen Nian sat down, he thanked her repeatedly, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

Queen Mother Zhou saw that Shen Nian was still in good spirits and asked, "How is Prince Lu doing?"

Shen Nian sighed and said, “Still unconscious.”

Queen Mother Zhou asked worriedly, "It's already the sixth day, why is he still unconscious? Did the imperial physician say anything?"

Shen Nian said: "The imperial physician only said to take the antidote first and wait for the prince to wake up on his own."

Queen Mother Zhou sighed and said, "How could he sleep for so long? Have you asked the gods?"

Shen Nian shook his head and said, “Not really.”

Queen Mother Zhou turned the Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "Now it's widely rumored that my niece's fiancé broke off the engagement because she saved Prince Lu. Have you heard about it?"

Shen Nian raised her eyes to look at Queen Mother Zhou, shook her head and said, “No.”

Queen Mother Zhou clenched her Buddhist beads and said, "My niece lost her reputation by saving Prince Lu. It is reasonable for the Lu family to be responsible for Jiamin. Now that Yun'er is still unconscious, it would be better to let Jiamin be Yun'er's concubine, which can also be regarded as a good omen."

Chen Nian said, "It's unfair for Miss Zhou Er to be the concubine of the Prince of the County. I am willing to give her the position of the Princess of the County."

Queen Mother Zhou listened to Shen Nian's words and remembered that Qi Yuning had said the same thing before, which made Zhou Jiayun unable to behave. Queen Mother Zhou could indulge Qi Yuning, but not Shen Nian. "If you don't want to, just say it directly."

Shen Nian whispered, "Empress Dowager, I am sincere. I have been unlucky with my father and mother since I was a child. When I grew up, I was unlucky with my first husband. I made the Huang family fall apart. I left Lu Yun voluntarily."

Queen Mother Zhou looked at Shen Nian's expression and it didn't seem fake. After a closer look, she was not like Qi Yuning, who deliberately said divorce to make things difficult for the Zhou family.

Queen Mother Zhou couldn't help but feel more pity when she looked at Shen Nian. She was also a widow who had lost her husband, but because of her niece's future reputation, Queen Mother Zhou could only let Shen Nian down, "You go back first."

After Shen Nian came out of the palace, she fainted on the ground with weakness all over her body. Qiu Yue, who was beside her, supported Shen Nian and said, "Princess of the County."

Chen Nian forced himself to get up, and seeing a steamed bun being sold on the street, he bought a red bean paste bun to eat. The red bean paste was so sweet that it was greasy, but for someone who hadn't eaten for several days, he still forced himself to eat it.

After all, if I go back and ask to leave the Lu Mansion, I will still have to fight a battle.

…

In the Lu Mansion in Chang'an.

After Qi Yuning dealt with the Qi family's account books, she took Lingling to see Lu Yun. It was already the sixth day. If Lu Yun didn't wake up, Qi Yuning would inevitably become anxious.

At Lu Yun's door, Qi Yuning saw two unfamiliar maids. They wanted to stop Qi Yuning from entering, but they did not.

Qi Yuning entered Lu Yun's room and saw Zhou Jiamin holding a bowl of medicine in her hand. She took a sip and leaned down to kiss Lu Yun's thin lips.

Qi Yuning was so shocked that she even covered Lingling's eyes. She then gave Lingling to Chunfen and asked Chunfen to carry Lingling out.

Qi Yuning walked in, frowned at Zhou Jiamin and said, "Ms. Zhou Er, what are you doing?"

When Zhou Jiamin saw Qi Yuning, the medicine bowl in her hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces, "Princess, Princess..."

Qi Yuning looked at Zhou Jiamin and said, "I will just pretend that I didn't know anything about what happened today. My maid will also keep her mouth shut. I also hope that Miss Zhou Er will be more polite and courteous!"

Zhou Jiamin blushed and said, "When I came, Princess Baozhu was feeding medicine to Prince Lu. Prince Lu had difficulty taking the medicine. I heard from Princess Baozhu that it was the Princess who personally fed the Prince the medicine, but the Princess disappeared early in the morning.

So... I was afraid of delaying the time to take the medicine, so I took advantage of Baozhu's departure... I..."