There was a Dragon Boat Festival palace banquet at noon. After Qi Yuning came down from Xianglin Temple, he hurried to the palace. Although His Majesty was not there today, the palace was still bustling.

But Queen Mother Zhou's expression was clearly not right, and she was full of anger.

Qi Yuning asked Princess Pingrou in a low voice: "What happened? Why is Queen Mother Zhou so angry today?"

Princess Pingrou whispered in Qi Yuning's ear: "The Grand Empress Dowager did not give the Phoenix Seal to Empress Dowager Zhou before. Before she passed away, my mother gave the Phoenix Seal to Concubine Tian. Today's palace banquet was not decided by Empress Dowager Zhou. How can she not be angry?"

Her son became the emperor and she was the empress dowager, but she couldn't even take care of the affairs of the harem.

Concubine Tian was a concubine of Emperor Shiyuan, and Empress Dowager Zhou had to call her stepmother. It was also the Empress Dowager's last wish, so it was no wonder that Empress Dowager Zhou was so angry.

However, Qi Yuning also knew about the concerns of the Grand Empress Dowager during her lifetime. Empress Dowager Zhou did not seem to be a smart person. When the little emperor grew up and took a queen and concubines, it would not be good if the power of the harem was in the hands of Empress Dowager Zhou.

It would be better to give it to Concubine Tian, ​​who was childless and about the same age as Empress Dowager Zhou, and then hand it over to the Empress Dowager who could manage the six palaces in the future.

Princess Pingrou asked Qi Yuning, "Didn't Yuner go to Xianglin Temple with you? Where is he?"

Qi Yuning said: "I don't know where he went."

Queen Mother Zhou had a very unhappy Dragon Boat Festival, but she soon figured it out. As long as she stayed alive and well, she would have the power to manage the harem when Zhao Jie took power.

…

In the princess's mansion.

Shen Nian had just managed to coax Han Ge'er to sleep when she heard someone kicking the door hard.

Lu Yun kicked the door open and startled Shen Nian, “Lu Yun, speak softly.”

Lu Yun looked at Chen Nian and said, "Don't you want a divorce? I'll grant your wish. Divorce, divorce now. I don't want to be cuckolded. You and your stinky little burden, get out of the princess's house."

Shen Nian looked at Lu Yun and said, "What are you crazy about again? Don't wake up Brother Han."

Lu Yun said with red eyes: "If you don't want a divorce, throw Huang Rui's spirit tablet out of Xianglin Temple. I don't want to see his spirit tablet in Shengjing City."

Shen Nian sighed and pulled Lu Yun to the master bedroom nearby. She looked up at Lu Yun and said, "What did Huang Rui's spirit tablet do to you?"

Lu Yun said, "You rushed to Xianglin Temple on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. I really believed that you were going there to worship Buddha, but I didn't expect that you were going to see your ex-husband. Anyway, it's either him or me! If you want to stay, then throw away his spirit tablet."

Shen Nian sighed deeply and said, "Then let's get a divorce. I'm tired too."

Lu Yun opened his eyes wide and looked at Shen Nian in disbelief: “You didn’t choose me but him?”

Lu Yun stretched out his hand to restrain Shen Nian's wrist, pulled Shen Nian onto the bed and said, "How many years have you been married to him? You and I have been married for almost three years, and you still chose him without hesitation. You are really too bullying!"

As Lu Yun spoke, his eyes were red and tears were falling. He bit Shen Nian's exposed shoulder fiercely, "I won't divorce you, and you can't divorce me! You still owe me several children.

How could you let me down like this? I have forgiven you for all the evil things you have done, I love you so much..."

"Bah! I don't love you."

Chen Nian reached out to wipe Lu Yun's tears, leaned into Lu Yun's arms and said, "I rushed to Xianglin Temple on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month for you. When you were bitten by a poisonous snake and fell unconscious, I swore in front of the Bodhisattva that if you could wake up safely, I would be a vegetarian for the rest of my life, and I would go to the temple to worship Buddha and fulfill my vow every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.

I worship Huang Rui's spirit tablet not because I still have him in my heart, but because he is Han'er's biological father.

Lu Yun, now in my heart, you and Han'er have the same status, and I love you too.

"Can you and I just live a good life from now on? Don't talk about divorce anymore, okay?"

When Lu Yun heard Shen Nian say the words "I love you too", the corners of his lips were curled up behind his head, and he gradually stopped crying and responded, "Yeah."

…

After the Dragon Boat Festival, it was hot and humid. However, the heat could not stop Lingling's playful heart.

In August, Zhao Shu and Yuan Ge'er came back. Lingling had her aunt and cousin to play with, so she stayed in the palace and was unwilling to go home.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Shu held a banquet at Prince Qi's Mansion and invited Princess Pingrou and her family to attend.

When Lu Yun arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, he took Shen Nian to see the dog hole he had crawled through when he was young, "Why is this dog hole sealed? I crawled in from here to find you when I was a child."

Shen Nian smiled faintly and said, “You went to find Yuning when you were a child.”

Lu Yun snorted: "Who wants to find her? She has been fierce since she was a child. Only my brother can stand her."

Lingling raised her eyes to look at Lu Yun and pouted: "Mom is not mean, uncle is mean!"

Lu Yun looked at Xiao Lingling who appeared out of nowhere and said, "Where did you come from? Little aunt, I will teach you how to climb a dog hole. Don't tell your mother and uncle that your mother is fierce."

Lu Yun opened the blocked dog hole and let Lingling crawl through it. He then went out the side door and into the alley. Lu Yun pointed to the princess's mansion nearby and said, "Look, your uncle's house is just one hole away from ours."

Lingling's eyes lit up and she knocked on the side door of the princess's mansion. As soon as the side door opened, Lingling entered the princess's mansion and said, "I'm home."

Lingling retreated from the princess's mansion and crawled back through the dog hole, "We're at my uncle's house."

Lingling crawled over again, "Go home."

He crawled back up again, "Back to my uncle's house."

Lingling had a lot of fun.

Qi Yuning and Lu Ze searched for Lingling all over the Prince Qi's Mansion. They found the side door and saw Lingling trying to crawl into the dog hole. Qi Yuning walked up to her and picked up the dirty Lingling, and gave her to Lu Ze with great disgust.

Lu Ze looked at the dirty Lingling with disdain and gave her to Lu Yun, "Lu Yun, why did you teach Lingling to climb the dog hole? And isn't this dog hole sealed?"

Lu Yun said, "I demolished it again. Why seal this dog hole? This is great. Lingling can be closer to her uncle's house in the future."

Lu Ze frowned.

Lingling said in a baby voice: "Hello, uncle."

Lu Yun kissed Lingling on the side of her face, "Lingling is so good."

Qi Yuning looked at the dog hole in front of him, called Lu Ze aside and said, "Lingling, who was over three years old, knew about this dog hole when she first came here, but the little Lingling we saw in the mist before has never walked through this dog hole."

Lu Ze asked: "So, the three-year-old Xiao Lingling who came back earlier is the Xiao Lingling of today?"

Qi Yuning looked at the dirty Lingling in Lu Yun's arms. It was exactly the little Lingling in her memory, even the small scar on her forehead after the fall was exactly the same.

Han Ge'er and Yuan Ge'er hit it off immediately and could play together better. Yuan Ge'er was healthy and chubby, while Han Ge'er was thin. Yuan Ge'er, who looked a few months younger, looked more like the older brother.

After the two boys Han Ge'er and Yuan Ge'er played together, they were no longer willing to bring Lingling to play with them.

Lingling felt very aggrieved about this, "I don't want my cousin, I don't want Brother Han, I want my little uncle."

Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and chuckled, "Okay, if you want your uncle, let your father take you to the palace to find your uncle tomorrow."

Qi Yuning finally understood why Lingling seldom talked about Brother Han and her cousin when she returned to the past. It was because Brother Han and her cousin both disliked her because she was too young and refused to play with her.

Only the uncle really dotes on Lingling.

In September, on Lingling's third birthday, Zhao Jie gave Lingling his most cherished set of ceramic ponies.

Qi Yuning took out the ceramic pony that Zhao Jie had given to Lingling in the imperial mausoleum.

After a few years, the ceramic pony had already covered in dust. Qi Yuning also saw a small wooden sword beside it, which was Xiao Lingling's favorite toy.

Seeing Qi Yuning sorting out the toys that Lingling had played with before, Lu Ze said, "Aren't these the toys that the previous Lingling had played with? This wooden sword was Lingling's favorite toy in the past, why not give it to the current Lingling to play with."

Qi Yuning said: "Don't give it to Lingling yet. Let's wait until after the Lantern Festival next year. If the one who goes back to the Yichou year is really the Lingling of today, she will remember this little wooden sword when she comes back..."

Qi Yuning stroked the small wooden sword and said, "I'm just worried that Lingling might not come back."

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "How can you not come back? You will definitely come back safely!"