Qi Yuning said: "Since you haven't eaten yet, I won't keep you here any longer. Go home and eat."

Lu Yun was drinking hot soup. When he heard Qi Yuning's words, he sprayed all the hot soup onto Lu Ze's clothes. Lu Ze couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Lu Yun!"

Wen Yalan glanced at Lu Ze and Lu Yun, bowed and said, "Then Your Majesty, I will leave first."

After Wen Yalan left, Lu Yun said, "Ningning, I thought you asked her if she had finished her meal, and you wanted her to stay for dinner. We were eating, and it was just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks, why did you let her go!"

Qi Yuning said to Lu Yun, "Although it gets dark late in the North City, it is already the evening hour. It is indeed inappropriate to invite an unmarried girl to have dinner with you."

Lingling said beside Aping: "Aunt, where is my cousin? Why can't I see him even at mealtime? Lingling misses him so much!"

Ah Ping said, "I don't know where your cousin is... Prince, does Lingling have a cousin?"

Qi Yu'an shook his head and said, "She doesn't have a cousin yet."

Lingling said: "Lingling has a cousin!"

Qi Yuning went over to pull Lingling back and whispered in her ear: "Cousin is back in my aunt's belly."

Lingling asked, "Why did my cousin end up in my aunt's belly?"

Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Because the weather is too cold, your cousin hid back in your aunt's belly. When the weather gets hot, your cousin will come out of your aunt's belly."

Lingling touched Qi Yuning's belly and said, "Did Lingling also come out of mother's belly?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, Lingling will come out of mother's belly in the future."

"Then how did Lingling get into mother's stomach?" Lingling tilted her head, "Did mother swallow Lingling in one gulp? Mother doesn't want to eat Lingling!"

Qi Yuning smiled softly and said, "Mother won't eat Lingling."

Lingling sat on Qi Yuning's lap and ate her meal obediently.

After dinner.

Qi Yu'an called Qi Yuning to the study and said, "I plan to go back to Shengjing City with you after the New Year. At that time, I will ask His Majesty to grant A Ping the title of princess. What exactly is A Ping's status?"

Qi Yuning said: "I'm just guessing. If Ping doesn't want to say, I can't be sure..."

Qi Yu'an asked in a low voice: "Is her identity good or bad for our Qi family?"

"It's hard to say." Qi Yuning said, "If her identity is harmful to our Qi family, will you not marry her as your concubine?"

Qi Yu'an said: "I will still marry her, and I will completely remove all clues about her identity."

Qi Yuning said: "A Ping's identity should be beneficial to my Qi family."

His Majesty the present trusts the Qi family, but a new emperor in the future may not be as fearless of the Qi family's military power as His Majesty the present one.

The Qi family needs royal blood to preserve the lives of future generations.

Lingling said that the young grandson Zhao Jie would succeed to the throne in the future. So the little nephew in Aping's belly and Zhao Jie can be considered as cousins. The Qi family can at least enjoy wealth for two generations.

Qi Yu'an looked at Qi Yuning and said, "There is one more thing. Since Lingling is the child of you and Lu Ze in the future, it is inappropriate for you to live together now!

I was not in Shengjing Palace before, so I could not intervene, but now I am in Beicheng, you must abide by the secular rules and let Lu Ze sleep in the guest house."

Qi Yuning whispered, "It was Lingling who asked Daddy and Mommy to sleep together. Besides, after we return to Shengjing City, we will report to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to grant us a marriage."

Qi Yu'an said: "Before getting married, Lu Ze can only sleep in the guest house."

Qi Yuning didn't dare to say anything more, and could only weakly ask: "What if Lingling makes a fuss?"

Qi Yu'an said: "You spoil Lingling just because she's making trouble? Sister, although Lingling is cute, you can't just spoil her blindly..."

"She just wants her parents to be together. How can this be considered pampering?" Qi Yuning said, "If Lingling doesn't make a fuss, I will listen to you. If Lingling makes a fuss, I won't listen to you."

Qi Yu'an took the portrait that Lu Ze had drawn and said, "Lu Ze must have met Ah Ping for the first time today. Why does he have a portrait of Ah Ping?"

Qi Yuning asked: "Do you know Qin Feng?"

Qi Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "The youngest assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, Qin Feng, who is known as one of the three heroes of Shengjing along with Lu Zelinjiang?"

"Yes, it's him. When she went to Shancheng to provide disaster relief three years ago, she fell in love with Ping at first sight and couldn't forget her, so she created a portrait of her."

Qi Yu'an frowned slightly, and stopped talking about Qin Feng, saying, "The Wen family intends to marry Wen Yalan into the palace as a concubine. What do you think about this?"

Wen Yalan's father, General Wen Ban, is one of Prince Qi's disciples.

After Qi Yuning's parents and grandfather passed away, it was General Wen Ban, General Zhu Ling, and General Zhong Xin who took up the responsibility of the Qi Family Army in North City, waiting for Qi Yu'an to grow up and take over the Qi Family Army.

These three generals are loyal to the Qi family. The Wen family wants to marry their daughter to the Qi family as a concubine, which really puts the Qi family in a difficult position.

The Wen family is not like the Zhu and Zhong families, who have successors and many heroes among the younger generation.

Among the younger generation of the Wen family, except for the two daughters who are somewhat outstanding, the three sons are more useless than the other.

If the Wen family wants to ensure that their descendants continue to enjoy high positions in the Qi family army, they can only let their daughter become Prince Qi's concubine and rely on marriage to maintain the position.

Qi Yuning looked at Qi Yu'an and said, "Brother, you told me two days ago that you would only marry Ah Ping in this life. Are you regretting it now? Do you want to marry a concubine?"

Qi Yu'an said: "I don't regret it. I didn't want to marry Wen Yalan as a concubine. She is my sister who I have watched grow up since she was a child. How could I marry her as a concubine?

I had previously refused several times on the grounds that I had not married a princess and could not have a concubine, and asked Wen Yalan to choose another good husband, thinking that the Wen family would know that I did not want Wen Yalan to be a concubine.

I didn’t expect that they still haven’t given up yet, dragging Wen Yalan to 18 years old without getting engaged, still dreaming of the position of princess. I don’t know what to do, after all, Uncle Wen helped us a lot in the past…”

The reason why the Qi family still has the power it has today is because of your majesty’s kindness, but also because of the loyalty of the Qi family’s subordinates.

Qi Yuning thought about it and said, "Why don't I help Wen Yalan pick a good husband? If the Wen family can have a good son-in-law, they don't necessarily have to aim for the position of concubine in the palace."

Qi Yu'an responded: "Okay."

…

Qi Yuning returned to the room and looked at Lu Ze, who had already showered and changed his clothes, and said, "My brother asked you to stay in the guest room."

Lu Ze also knew his limits. After all, he was not in Prince Qi's Mansion in Shengjing City. He only had Qi Yuning as his master and he could do whatever he wanted.

Qi Yuan was too grief-stricken to pay attention to his sister in the past two days. Now that A Ping is back, he naturally won't let his sister do whatever she wants with him.

Think about it, if Lu Baozhu brought a man home to live with her before marriage, he would definitely not sit idly by.

Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning into his arms and said, "If Lingling makes a fuss, come find me."

Qi Yuning looked up at Lu Ze and said, "Well, when we return to the capital and His Majesty grants us the marriage, my brother won't be able to control me anymore."

Lu Ze said: "If I had known earlier, I should have asked for permission to get married when I left the capital."

Qi Yu sent Lu Ze away and began to plan Wen Yalan's marriage.

Wen Yalan grew up in North City, so if anyone wanted to choose a husband for her in North City, they could only look for men from the Zhong family and the Zhu family.

The next day.

Miss Aping came back to life and was pregnant, which was something worth celebrating. Qi Yuning sent invitations to the Wen, Zhu and Zhong families to come to the palace for a banquet.

The Zhu family now has a total of five men. The eldest of them are twin brothers Zhu Yang and Zhu Feng. They will not turn 20 until next year and have not yet been engaged.

These two men were so young, yet they led fifty cavalrymen and killed more than a hundred sand bandits.

The Sand Bandits have always been able to defeat ten with one, so even a hundred cavalrymen could barely fight them to a draw, but they were able to defeat the larger force with the smaller one, and they became famous in the army.

These two brothers are less than 20 years old, but they are already deputy generals in the Qi family cavalry battalion and have a bright future.

The oldest of the three younger brothers of the Zhu family is only sixteen years old, which is a little young.

There are three men in the Zhong family. The oldest is twenty-four years old and his child is older than Lingling. The second man, Zhong Ming, is twenty-one and has not yet married. The third man is also still young.

Qi Yuning looked at the portraits of these gentlemen and felt that Zhu Yang, Zhu Feng, and Zhong Ming were the most suitable for Wen Yalan.

When Lu Ze entered Qi Yuning's room, he saw three portraits of men in front of her. He frowned and asked, "Who are these?"

Qi Yuning said: "I chose a husband for Yalan.

Lu Ze took a closer look and said, "These people have decent looks. These two look similar. Are they twins?"

Qi Yuning said: "Well, they are the sons of General Longhu, Zhu Yang and Zhu Feng. Zhu Yang is the older brother. The twins don't look as similar as the sisters Bao Xue and Bao Shuang."

"Mother, father, father!"

Lu Ze saw Lingling wake up on the bed, so he took Qi Yuning's cloak, wrapped Lingling in it and carried her to Qi Yuning.

Lingling yawned and looked at the portrait and said, "Second uncle, third uncle, youngest uncle!"

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling and asked, "What did you call them?"

Lingling said: "This is the second uncle, this is the third uncle, and this is the youngest uncle!"

Qi Yuning looked at the people Lingling was pointing at, namely Zhong Ming, Zhu Feng, and Zhu Yang.

Qi Yuning swapped the portraits of Zhu Feng and Zhu Yang, "Which one is my uncle-in-law?"

Lingling pointed at Zhu Yang and said, "This is my uncle-in-law. He has a red mole under his eye. My third uncle-in-law doesn't have a red mole under his eye. My aunt-in-law has a mole here on her face, and my third aunt has a mole here."

Lingling pointed at Qi Yuning's face and said, "Third aunt and youngest aunt, youngest uncle and third uncle look the same, it's hard to recognize them! But Lingling recognizes them!"

Lingling's words were full of pride.

Qi Yuning raised her eyes to look at Lu Ze, chuckled and said, "Congratulations, Master Lu, you found your three cousins-in-law in no time."

Lu Ze said: "Twins marrying twins? The younger brother marrying the older sister, the older brother marrying the younger sister, this marriage is extremely inappropriate." (End of this chapter)