Chapter 29 Is this princess your wife-to-be?

The next day, the rain that had been falling all day finally stopped, the autumn sun shone brightly, and the weather was pleasant.

Qi Yuning sent Lingling to the princess's mansion next door early in the morning, and went to the Song Mansion himself.

The Song family will hold mourning next year. There are still white lanterns hanging at the door, and the atmosphere is cold and solemn.

Qi Yuning has been without parents since she was young. She has always been aloof and never takes the initiative to make friends with others. She always keeps to herself.

Only Song Heqing, who also lost her mother at a young age and was one year younger than her, did not think Qi Yuning was cold and aloof at all, and took the initiative to play with Qi Yuning.

Song Heqing was disliked by Qi Yuning when she was a child, but she still followed Qi Yuning as usual.

The two gradually became best sisters. Song Heqing was willing to enter the Eastern Palace like a moth to a flame, and Qi Yuning had no choice but to follow her.

I could only try my best to help her before the little moth was burned.

When Madam Song saw Qi Yuning coming, she went to the gate to greet her, "Princess Qi, I haven't seen you for a few days. You look even prettier and more beautiful."

Qi Yuning entered the house and dismissed the servants of the Song family, leaving only Madam Song behind and said, "Madam Song, He Qing and I have been good friends since childhood. Now she and my brother are at the age of marriage, and I have chosen He Qing to be my sister-in-law."

Madam Song's face changed and she said, "Princess Qi is a step behind. My He Qing has already been engaged to the Guan family..."

Qi Yuning asked, "When was the marriage arranged? Madam Song, I asked when I came here. The Guan family has never come to arrange a marriage. Could it be that Prince Qi is not willing to marry the man from the Guan family?"

"No, no, no, Prince Qi is naturally one of the best men in Shengjing City."

Qi Yuning said, "That's good. My brother will have to wait until the beginning of next spring to arrange a marriage. For the time being, only our Qi and Song families will know about this marriage arrangement. You can go and reject the Guan family."

Mrs. Song really didn't want her stepdaughter to marry into the Qi family, but she knew in her heart that Qi Yuning was not someone she could refuse, so she had to agree.

After Qi Yuning left the Song Mansion, he saw Madam Guan and Guan Zhiyi at the door.

Guan Zhiyi looked at Qi Yuning and raised his head and said, "Princess Qi."

Madam Guan also followed suit and said, "Princess Qi."

Mrs. Song saw the red silk betrothal gifts behind Mrs. Guan and sighed, "Mrs. Guan, my He Qing has already arranged another marriage."

Madam Guan was stunned for a moment. Guan Zhiyi looked at Qi Yuning and frowned, "Princess Qi, it's not enough that you stole my fiancé, why are you ruining my brother's good fortune?"

Qi Yuning looked at Guan Zhiyi and said, "Did someone steal your fiancé? Who is your fiancé?"

Guan Zhiyi was stunned. Indeed, Lu Ze could not be considered her fiancé.

Qi Yuning said: "Also, the marriage of the Song family is a good thing for your Guan family, but it may not be a good thing for Miss Song. Your Guan family has stepped on my reputation to rise to power and fame, so that Miss Song can marry into a wealthy family. I have never held a grudge against you.

Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Since you are planning to marry all the girls in the Guan family off into wealthy families, why do you choose to bully other families' daughters and make them marry down?

If Madam Song was not a stepmother but Miss Song's biological mother, would you, the Guan family, dare to touch Miss Song? Aren't you afraid of being beaten by the Song family?"

When Mrs. Song heard this, her face turned pale and red.

Guan Zhiyi's hands were shaking. "Princess Qi, what do you mean by that? What do you mean you never had a problem with us?"

Qi Yuning said: "How can the reputation of the daughter of the Guan family be known to everyone in Shengjing? You all know that the Guan family is law-abiding. This princess is magnanimous and doesn't care about dirtying her hands, but you Guan family insists on provoking this princess and making her feel bad one day..."

Madam Guan's hands were shaking as she knelt down and said, "Princess Qi, please have mercy!"

Qi Yuning looked at Madam Guan who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Madam Guan, when you choose a wife for your son, you'd better think about whether you would be willing to marry a beggar if it was your own daughter. Don't stare at the noble lady who is being tortured by her stepmother all day long."

Madam Guan responded repeatedly: "Yes, Princess."

After Qi Yuning boarded the carriage, he looked at Guan Zhiyi's face, which had turned pale and red, and said:

"Miss Guan Liu, you must behave well when you enter the Qin family in the future. If you don't behave well, I will not allow you to dwell on the past."

Guan Zhiyi only felt her hands and feet were cold.

Seeing the panicked mother and daughter of the Guan family, Qi Yuning was in a good mood and ate the cakes in the carriage.

Jingzhe said: "Princess, you are too easy on them!"

Qi Yuning said: "Rather than tearing their faces off directly, making them worry about when they will be retaliated by me, and living in constant fear, wouldn't it be more satisfying?"

Jingzhe chuckled: "The princess is wise."

It was already noon, and Qi Yuning planned to have lunch outside before going to the princess's residence to pick up Lingling, so he found a room in a nearby restaurant.

A group of soldiers were having dinner in the next room. Their voices were very loud. I couldn't tell what they were talking about, but their voices sounded like thunder.

Seeing Qi Yuning frowning, Jingzhe said, "Princess, do you want me to go to the next room and talk to you?"

Qi Yuning said: "No need."

"It's Master Lin and the others!"

Lichun looked down from the door of the wing room and saw Lu Ze, Lin Jiang and Qin Feng entering the restaurant in their official robes.

Qi Yuning looked up from the second-floor room and met Lu Ze's eyes.

Lin Jiang was still asking the waiter for a side room when he heard Lu Ze say, "We don't need a side room. Let's go to the Tianzi room."

Seeing Lu Ze and the other two coming in without saying hello, Qi Yuning said, "This princess never said she would invite you to dine together."

"Of course, we are inviting the princess to dinner."

Lu Ze sat down and asked, "Princess, where is Lingling?"

Qi Yuning said: "In the princess's mansion."

Lin Jiang and Qin Feng took their seats with Lu Ze. After they sat down, the voices of the soldiers next door became louder and louder.

"Hahaha, Lu Ze is a coward. Even his wife was taken away by our General Qin, and he didn't even dare to say a word!"

"General Qin is also lucky to marry a virtuous girl whose reputation spreads throughout Shengjing."

"Prince Consort Lu voluntarily handed over his ancestral military power, so what future can Lu Ze have? He is just born into a better family. Now that he is engaged, he can't even protect his unmarried wife."

"Our General Qin is still so heroic."

Listening to the soldiers next door calling Lu Ze a coward, Qi Yuning raised an eyebrow and looked at Lu Ze, "Master Lu, they called you a coward."

Lu Ze sipped a cup of tea and said, "My wife hasn't been taken away by anyone, so how can I be called a coward? But I don't think anyone can take you away from me either."

Lin Jiang and Qin Feng's eyes moved between Lu Ze and Qi Yuning.

Qi Yuning frowned: "Master Lu, please don't talk nonsense. Is this princess your wife-to-be?"

Lu Ze took a sip of tea and asked, "Isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)