Lingling's return is a happy event for the princess's mansion.

During the meal, Princess Pingrou held Lingling tightly in her arms. After the meal, Deqing brought a cart of fireworks over and watched them in the Xingyue Lake.

Lingling saw the fireworks all over the sky and jumped up with a small wooden sword in hand: "Wow, what beautiful fireworks! Lingling wants to celebrate the New Year. It's fun to celebrate the New Year."

Qi Yuning felt better this time than when she was pregnant with Lingling.

However, when Lingling was pregnant, Emperor Shi Yuan had just passed away, and Lu Ze was very busy and felt guilty for not spending enough time with Qi Yuning.

Now that state affairs are under control, Lu Ze can spend more time with Qi Yuning during her early pregnancy. If he is not busy, he will return from the palace early. Occasionally, if there are some unfinished matters, he will go to the princess's mansion to deal with them.

There have been many court officials visiting the princess's mansion recently, and Qian Yun fell in love at first sight with Ali, who took care of Lingling.

Qian Yun's wife had been dead for so long, his daughter had grown up, and his official position was getting higher and higher. He needed a wife to help him take care of the chores and raise his daughter.

Over the years, there were noble ladies who wanted to marry him, but on the one hand, the women in Shengjing City were noble, and on the other hand, he just wanted to find someone to live an ordinary life with, and did not want to get involved in the complicated relationships in Shengjing City.

Although Ali was a slave in Prince Qi's mansion before and is now the wet nurse of the little princess, she has no connection with the princess behind the scenes after all.

Lu Ze had always admired Qian Yun, and now that he saw that Qian Yun had feelings for Lingling's wet nurse, he was happy to make this marriage happen, so he went to find Qi Yuning to talk about it.

Qi Yuning was counting the accounts by the window in the study. When she saw Lu Ze coming, she closed the account book and said, "You've been coming back earlier and earlier recently."

Lu Ze smiled and said, "I have something good to tell you. Qian Yun has taken a fancy to Lingling's wet nurse."

Qi Yuning was stunned and asked, "Is that the Minister Qian from the Ministry of Revenue who you wanted to introduce to Lu Baozhu as your brother-in-law?"

Lu Ze nodded and said, "Qian Yun came to the palace to do some work these days, and happened to meet Lingling's wet nurse a few times. He learned that Lingling's wet nurse raised four children alone after her husband passed away, and he admired her so much that he wanted to marry her."

Qi Yuning also thought that this marriage was a good one. "Sister A Li is gentle and considerate. But if A Li gets married, Lingling will be without a wet nurse. I wonder if Lingling is willing to let her go?"

Lu Ze smiled and said, "Qian Yun's family is not far from the princess's residence. If Lingling misses Ali, she can go to Qian's family to play. It is not easy for Ali to raise four children alone. Although her eldest daughter and second son are in the palace now, if she wants her four children to succeed, marrying Qian Yun is the best plan."

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Do you like Qian Yun so much?"

Lu Ze smiled faintly and said, "He is a person worthy of entrusting your life to."

"Then I'll go talk to Ali."

Qi Yuning went to Lingling's room.

Ah Li was watching Lingling practicing calligraphy and said with a smile, "Princess, Lingling's handwriting is getting better and better. I don't know how Lingling suddenly learned how to write."

Lingling said: "Lingling learned this from her aunt. As long as Lingling learns a thousand words, she will have a little sister!"

Qi Yuning touched her belly, wondering if she would disappoint Xiao Lingling.

Qi Yuning said to Lingling: "Go out and play."

After Lingling left, Qi Yuning brought a cup of tea to Ye Li. Ye Li took the cup and said flatteredly, "Princess, I'll pour the tea myself."

Qi Yuning looked at Ye Li and said, "Sister A Li, you and I have known each other since we were young. You have taken good care of Lingling for me over the years. Thank you very much."

Ye Li said, "My lord, you are too polite. I have not yet thanked you for your help. Without you, I don't know how my four children and I would have survived. Now Qing'er can be your companion, and Chi'er can learn skills from the imperial concubine. These are things I never dared to imagine before."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I came here today to act as a matchmaker for you. Do you know Minister Qian of the Ministry of Revenue?"

Ye Li said: "I know."

Qi Yuning said: "Minister Qian has been coming to the princess's mansion recently. He has taken a liking to you and wants to marry you. Lu Ze and I both think this is a great match. You..."

Ye Li said: "Princess, I have decided to never marry."

Qi Yuning said: "I know that you and your husband were deeply in love, but he is gone. You still have four children to marry in the future. Marrying Minister Qian will be beneficial to you..."

Ye Li still spoke in a low voice, holding the handkerchief tightly in her hand, "Princess, I will not marry again. I will be content to raise my four children to adulthood."

Qi Yuning didn't force it and said, "Okay."

After leaving the house, Lichun said to Qi Yuning, "I don't know what Sister A Li is thinking. Minister Qian, such a good man, is interested in her, but she is not willing."

Qi Yuning said: "Marriage is something that cannot be forced."

Qi Yuning came to Lu Ze's study and told him what Ah Li didn't want to do. Lu Ze didn't understand, "Qian Yun is such a good husband, why don't they both want to do it?"

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Are you thinking it's a pity that you are not a girl? Otherwise you would have married Qian Yun?"

Lu Ze smiled softly, "By the way, I'd like to trouble you to be a matchmaker. Gou Yongming, a subordinate of Lin Jiang from the Hanlin Academy, has taken a fancy to Chunfen who is carrying Lingling."

Qi Yuning asked: "What is the origin of this Gou Yongming?"

Lu Ze said, "He was a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination the year before last. He is very talented in literature. His family used to be in business, and they still have a lot of business. Because he is the son of a merchant, the daughter of an official family despises him, and he doesn't like the daughter of a merchant family, so this marriage has been difficult to achieve."

Compared with the maid who was trained since childhood in Prince Qi's mansion, Chunfen is not necessarily behind the merchant's daughter.

Qi Yuning said: "I want to meet Gou Yongming."

Qi Yuning was afraid that Gou Yongming was trying to take advantage of the Spring Equinox to climb up the high branch of the Qi Palace.

Lu Ze agreed and said, "I'll have him come to see you after the morning court tomorrow."

Qi Yuning sat opposite Lu Ze, gently waving the round fan in her hand and said, "The maidservant beside me is indeed old, and it's time for her to get married. I feel a little reluctant to let her go."

The Spring Equinox is always steady, the Beginning of Spring is the most considerate and careful, the Waking of Insects acts decisively, the Grain Full will make her happy, and the Grain Rain rarely speaks but is very considerate. They have all been with her for nearly ten years.

Lu Ze said: "After getting married, it's not like I can't serve you."

Qi Yuning said: "Forget it, I'll just look for a maid. I also have to find a maid for Lingling."

There were many maids born in the Qi Palace and the Princess Palace. Qi Yuning picked a few twelve-year-old children and named them Cuiliu, Bailu, and Biyu.

When choosing maids for Lingling, Qi Yuning let Lingling choose by herself. Lingling also picked a few maids who were one or two years older than her and named them Tangyuan, Hongdou, Mungdou, and Tangsu.

Qi Yuning felt that these names were really bad, but the four little kids were very happy and satisfied with their own names.

Qi Yuning followed Lingling and only told the four maids to take good care of Lingling.

Qi Yuning didn't meet Gou Yongming until three days later. Lu Ze was busy and forgot to tell her the next day.

Qi Yuning met Gou Yongming, who was the same age as Chunfen. He did look good-looking, and was born in a merchant family, so he was warm and talkative.

Qi Yuning looked at Gou Yongming and asked, "Why do you like my Chunfen?"

Gou Yongming smiled faintly and said, "When I saw Sister Chunfen teaching the little princess to recite poetry, I thought that if I returned home, it would be such a blessing to have such a beautiful wife and daughter. I am superficial and I just like beautiful people. Apart from the princess, I have never seen anyone more beautiful than Sister Chunfen."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "What if you meet someone prettier than Chunfen in the future?"

Gou Yongming replied: "In my heart, the princess's beauty ranks first, and Chunfen ranks second. If I meet someone more beautiful, they will not be better than you two."

Qi Yuning was coaxed into being happy, "You are such a sweet talker, I really can't bear to marry Chunfen to you."

Gou Yongming said repeatedly: "Princess, don't worry, I have more than just sweet talk, I am also willing to pay a betrothal gift of 10,000 taels."

When Qi Yuning heard the number of ten thousand taels, the hand holding the teacup froze for a moment. Even in a royal family like theirs, the betrothal gifts for many eldest sons were no more than ten thousand taels.

Qi Yuning said: "You go back first."

After Gou Yongming bowed and left, Qi Yuning looked at Chunfen who came out from behind the screen and said, "Are you willing to marry him?"

Chunfen blushed and said, "I will obey the princess."

Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Then I will make the decision for you. I will discuss it with your parents tomorrow and pick a good day to marry you off."

Chunfen's face turned even redder.

Qi Yuning looked at the Beginning of Spring, Waking of Zhe, Grain Rain, and Grain Man and said, "It's time for you guys to talk about marriage."

Xiaoman said generously: "Princess, I have someone I like."

Qi Yuning asked: "Who?"

"Deqing, the servant beside the prince, I want to marry Deqing."

After Xiaoman said this, Lichun, Jingzhe and Guyu looked at each other.

The three of them said in unison: "I also like Deqing."

Deqing, who was sent by Lu Ze to deliver food to Qi Yuning, happened to hear these words and couldn't help but touch his face. He didn't expect that he would be so popular with women. The rules of the Lu family do not allow concubines, so as Lu Ze's personal bodyguard, he naturally abides by them.

I am destined to let these sisters down.