Upon hearing this, Qi Yuning's eyes turned cold as he looked at Guan Zhiyi with a stern expression, "The Guan family's prosperity is coming to an end."
Guan Zhiyi raised her eyes and asked with great pain, "Who are you?"
Qi Yuning said coldly: "You are not worthy of knowing who I am."
Guan Zhiyi looked at Qi Yuning with contempt, stood up and said, "You, don't be so arrogant."
Qi Yuning picked up Lingling and said, "Mother, please take you to the palace and ask His Majesty to grant you a royal status, okay?"
Lingling smiled and said, "It's good to be in the palace. I can play with my uncle! Lingling loves playing with my uncle the most!"
Qi Yuning had the right to enter and leave the palace freely since she was young, without having to report in advance. When she arrived outside the Zichen Palace, Emperor Shi Yuan summoned her into the palace in a short while.
Your Majesty is over sixty years old, with prematurely gray hair and a long white beard. Having been on the throne for more than forty years, Your Majesty does not have the harshness of those in power in his old age, but is rather kind.
Qi Yuning bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Lingling beside Qi Yuning also knelt down in the same way as Qi Yuning, and her little peach blossom eyes secretly looked at His Majesty.
Emperor Shiyuan said, "Ningning, please don't be so polite."
Qi Yuning saw Lingling secretly looking at the Shiyuan Emperor. He didn't look like the Shiyuan Emperor he knew, so he asked Lingling in a low voice: "Lingling, don't you recognize the ancestor in front of you?"
Lingling shook her head.
Qi Yuning was stunned. Lingling remembered her uncle, grandmother, and Uncle Lin Jiang, so... would His Majesty no longer exist after six years?
When Emperor Shi Yuan saw the little girl beside Qi Yuning, he stood up from the dragon throne and walked over to the little girl. "Ningning, is this Ze'er's daughter?"
Qi Yuning was so familiar with lying at this point that he was not afraid of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor.
"Your Majesty, when I was young and ignorant, I had a secret affair with Prince Lu. We were young at that time, and Lingling was born. I didn't tell anyone about it because I was afraid of being laughed at."
Emperor Shiyuan said, "How can we keep such a big thing as having a child a secret?"
Qi Yuning knelt down and said, "At that time, Master Lu and I were still young. I didn't have parents to teach me, so I didn't know much..."
When Emperor Shi Yuan heard Qi Yuning say that she had no parents, he felt guilty and said, "It's all Ze'er's fault. I will grant you a marriage and let Ze'er marry you as the Crown Prince's Consort."
Qi Yuning said: "No, Your Majesty, Prince Lu and I have long been heartless. When we separated, we also agreed that marriage would have nothing to do with each other.
But Guan Chengyilang's daughter insulted my daughter, saying that she was not a daughter of a royal family, but an illegitimate child. Lingling is the descendant of the most loyal and brave generals of Dasheng, so she cannot be an illegitimate child.
Lingling shouldn't have to bear such infamy for the mistakes that Prince Lu and I made when we were young and ignorant.
I, your Majesty, would like to ask you to grant Lingling an identity so that she can avoid the bad reputation she has received."
Emperor Shi Yuan looked at the little girl who looked exactly like his grandson when he was little and asked, "What is this child's name?"
Lingling smiled faintly and said, "Lingling's name is Lu Yiling."
Emperor Shi Yuan stroked his graying beard and smiled. "This cleverness is exactly the same as Ze'er's when he was young. Lu Yiling, what a good name! I will issue an edict right now to confer the title of Princess of Xichang on Lu Yiling."
Qi Yuning smiled and said to Lingling, "Lingling, thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Lingling knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Emperor Shi Yuan pulled Xiao Lingling up and said, "Come, go and call Lu Ze. How could he have kept the fact that he had a daughter a secret from me for so long?"
Qi Yuning hadn't told Lu Ze about her lie yet, hoping that Lu Ze would be able to react quickly.
Emperor Shi Yuan also ordered someone to call Queen Qin. Emperor Shi Yuan and Queen Qin were young couples who had been together from childhood to old age.
Previously, the empress had no son and the crown prince had never been appointed. It was not until 23 years ago that Empress Qin gave birth to a prince when she was nearly 40 years old that he was named crown prince. This shows the deep love between the emperor and the empress.
When Queen Qin arrived, Qi Yuning stepped forward to pay her respects.
Queen Qin chuckled and said, "No need to be polite, Ningning. I will not let Yun'er off lightly for breaking off his engagement! If he wants to become a monk, then let him do so. As long as he doesn't admit his mistakes to you and you haven't calmed down, I will never let him return to secular life!"
Qi Yuning smiled softly and said, "Thank you, Queen."
Queen Qin looked at the little girl sitting next to Qi Yuning, "What is this?"
Qi Yuning saw that Lingling also looked unfamiliar with Queen Qin.
Qi Yuning pursed her lips slightly. So, even Queen Qin only had less than six years left?
Emperor Shi Yuan said, "This is Lingling, the daughter of Ningning and Ze'er. Ze'er and Ningning secretly had a child, but didn't dare to tell anyone until the child was three years old."
When Queen Qin heard that her eldest daughter had a granddaughter, she was surprised and delighted: "Oh, this is my first great-granddaughter! Ningning, what can I say about you? You've kept such a big thing a secret."
Qi Yuning lowered her head and let the queen talk. She couldn't tell Lingling's origins, especially since six years later, there was no queen.
Lingling smiled at Queen Qin and said, "Grandma."
Queen Qin smiled happily after hearing this and said, "You are so cute! You look exactly like your father when he was a child."
When Lu Ze entered the Purple Palace, he saw the two elders of the Lord of the World playing with Lingling.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
When Emperor Shi Yuan saw Lu Ze, he asked Queen Qin to take Ling Ling to the harem to play. He angrily threw a cup at Lu Ze and shouted, "Kneel down!"
Lu Zelian knelt down and looked at Emperor Shiyuan in confusion. This was the first time his grandfather was angry with him.
Emperor Shiyuan said, "If it weren't for Prince Qi, I would have died long ago, the great Zhao Dynasty would have ceased to exist, your mother would have disappeared, and you wouldn't have enjoyed the wealth and glory of this life.
You are so good! How dare you betray the loyal and brave Queen Qi? Ningning was only fourteen at that time, and you let her give birth to a child. Is that humane?
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