Chapter 3: Sister, when did you have a daughter?

Lu Ze recalled that Qi Yuning's eyes were filled with cold hatred when he saw her on Longhua Mountain during the day. It seemed that she hated the Lu family.

Even if she didn't have an engagement, Princess Qi would never marry into the Lu family again due to her pride.

Princess Pingrou looked at her eldest son. Her eldest son was very good at growing up. He picked out the good looks of her and Prince Consort Lu. She was not bragging as a mother, but her son's appearance was the most handsome man in Shengjing. How could any girl not be moved?

"No, my son is so handsome, Princess Qi will definitely take a fancy to you!"

Princess Pingrou said earnestly, "Ze'er, in order to avoid being demoted to Cangzhou, our family of four is counting on you to marry the princess."

Lu Ze said, "Mother, we can't take breaking off the engagement lightly. The Guan family has been kind to my grandmother, how can I repay kindness with hatred and break off the engagement? I will go to Prince Qi's mansion tomorrow morning after the court session to apologize and I will definitely send gifts to Princess Qi until she calms down."

Princess Pingrou sighed and became anxious. She tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep, fearing that she would really be demoted to Cangzhou.

Unlike Princess Pingrou who couldn't sleep all night because of worry about being demoted, Qi Yuning slept soundly.

Especially in the second half of the night, it was cold after the fall, but Qi Yuning always felt like there was a small stove in his arms, warm and fragrant, and he slept more comfortably.

The maid Lichun came in at 15:30 in the morning and called Qi Yuning to get up. As soon as she opened the curtain, she was startled, "Princess, Princess!"

Qi Yuning woke up slowly after hearing the maid's voice. She was a little dazed for a moment, then she opened her eyes and asked, "Lichun, what are you doing so loudly so early in the morning?"

Lichun pointed at Qi Yuning's arms and said tremblingly: "Princess, Princess, in your arms..."

When Qi Yuning lowered his head, he saw a little girl about three years old sleeping sweetly in his arms.

The little girl had long hair, a chubby round face, and was wearing a light pink underdress.

Qi Yuning looked at Lichun in surprise, "Where did this child come from?"

Lichun was also very curious. "Last night, after I waited for the princess to rest, I stood guard at the door with Guyu, and never saw any children come in..."

A little girl suddenly appeared on the bed, and Qi Yuning was very surprised.

If pinching herself didn't hurt, she would have thought she was still dreaming.

Guyu and her group of maids came in with basins of water to help Qi Yuning wash up. They were slightly surprised to see the child on Qi Yuning's bed.

Qi Yuning reached out and touched her soft little face as she slept peacefully.

The little girl moved her hands after her face was touched. She clenched her cute and soft little hands into fists and rubbed her sleepy face.

When the little girl put down her fist, she opened her eyes, and Qi Yuning was able to see her appearance clearly.

The little girl had a pair of peach blossom eyes and a tall nose, and she looked exactly like Lu Ze when he was a child.

However, Lu Ze's appearance became more solemn and steady, while the little girl's appearance became more lovely.

"Mother, dear!"

When the little girl saw Qi Yuning, she stretched out her little arms, wrapped them around Qi Yuning's neck, and threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms.

Qi Yuning was stunned when she saw a child with a baby voice calling her mother, "What did you call me?"

Lichun repeatedly said, "Where did you come from? Don't make such a fuss and ruin my princess's reputation. My princess is still unmarried and just turned eighteen. There is no way she could give birth to a child as old as you."

When the little girl heard the voice, she turned around and shouted, "Aunt Lichun, Aunt Guyu!"

Qi Yuning was surprised to see the little girl in her arms, "Do you know Lichun and Guyu?"

The little girl nodded and said, "Yes, mother, please."

Qi Yuning held the little girl in her arms and smelled a milky aroma. She rubbed the little girl's head and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl smiled sweetly: "Mom, have you even forgotten Lingling's name? Lingling's name is Lu Yiling."

Hearing the word Yi Ling, Qi Yuning began to look closely at the little girl's appearance.

Yiling, when her mother died, she was already carrying an eight-month-old baby in her belly.

At that time, the imperial doctors all said it was a younger sister. Qi Yuning was only four years old at that time, and her mother gave the unborn sister a name, Yiling.

However, the younger sister was never born, and few people knew about her name Yi Ling.

Qi Yuning had thought that if she had a daughter in the future, she would definitely name her Yi Ling, and this little girl was also named Yi Ling...

Qi Yuning ruffled Xiao Ling'er's hair: "Lingling, what's your father's name?"

Xiao Ling'er tilted her head and said, "Just call daddy daddy."

Qi Yuning saw that the child was too young and thought that he would not be able to get anything out of him. The child's appearance was too strange.

Qi Yuning noticed that Xiao Lingling looked like a member of the Lu family and her surname was Lu. Could it be that Lu Baozhu was behind this again?

Hiding the doubts in his heart, Qi Yuning thought about dressing Xiao Lingling after he finished washing. However, there had been no children in the Qi Palace for a long time, so he had to ask Lichun to go to the street to buy clothes for Xiao Lingling.

Lichun was on fast pace and bought clothes and shoes in less than fifteen minutes. Little Lingling, wearing a pink skirt and having two buns, was really adorable.

Qi Yuning was a little envious of Lingling's parents. It was such a blessing to have such a daughter.

Xiao Lingling looked up at Qi Yuning and said, "Mom, where is daddy?"

As Qi Yuning walked out the door with Lingling, she met Qi Yu'an who came to look for her.

Qi Yu'an saw his sister leading a three-year-old girl out and asked, "Sister, whose child is this?"

"uncle!"

When Xiao Lingling saw Qi Yu'an in front of her, she smiled sweetly, let go of Qi Yuning's hand, and threw herself towards Qi Yu'an.

"Uncle, hug me!"

Qi Yu'an picked up the little girl and looked at Qi Yuning in amazement. "Sister, when did you have a daughter? Why does your daughter look so much like that guy Lu Ze?"

Qi Yuning looked at Xiao Ling'er in front of him with confusion. Qi Yu'an had been in the military camp all year round, and very few people in Shengjing City knew him. It didn't make sense for Xiao Lingling to call her brother so affectionately when she had met him before, as if Qi Yu'an was her uncle.

Lingling was hugged by Qi Yu'an and giggled, "Uncle, didn't you say you would bring a pony for Lingling when you come back? Where's the pony?"

Qi Yu'an felt friendly when he saw the little girl in front of him, and said with a smile: "My dear niece, today is the first time we meet. When did I ever say I would give you a pony?"

Lingling tilted her head and said, "My uncle said he would give Lingling a pony during the Lantern Festival a few days ago."

Qi Yu'an rubbed Lingling's double buns and said, "It's already the Mid-Autumn Festival, how come the Lantern Festival is a few days before?"

Lingling's little peach blossom eyes were also filled with shock, "But mom said that we just had the Lantern Festival, and dad won a lot of beautiful lanterns by guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival."

Qi Yu'an looked at Qi Yuning, "Sister, is she really your daughter? Who is her father?"

Lingling looks like she is about three years old. If Qi Yuning really wanted to give birth to her, she would have been pregnant at the age of fourteen. Which beast made her pregnant before she even reached the age of marriage?

Qi Yuning said slowly: "Brother, you won't believe it if I tell you. As soon as I woke up, she was in my bed. As soon as she opened her eyes, she called me mother."

Qi Yu'an raised his eyebrows when he heard that, and asked Qi Yuning and Lingling to have dinner first.

Qi Yu'an called the guards and secret guards of Prince Qi's mansion to question her, but none of the guards noticed how Xiao Lingling suddenly came to Qi Yuning's room.

The Qi family is heavily guarded, and the secret guards around Qi Yuning were trained by his grandfather. Normally, not even a sparrow can get in.

If even the guards and secret guards couldn't find out how this child got into Qi Yuning's room, it would be really strange.

Qi Yu'an asked the maid to look after Xiao Lingling and called Qi Yuning aside.

"Sister, tell me the truth. Is Lingling your child? The palace has secret guards watching, how could such a big child appear out of nowhere?"

Qi Yuning said helplessly: "Brother, I have attended every banquet hosted by the daughters of the Shengjing families over the years. How could I hide the fact that I was pregnant for ten months? This child's origin is indeed unknown."

Qi Yu'an thought about it and said, "I see this child has recognized you as his mother. How do you plan to deal with this child?"

(End of this chapter)