Qi Yuning said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Miss Ping is a gentle and sophisticated woman. I also think that she should not be limited to being a concubine..."
Emperor Shi Yuan said with a grave expression, "The selection of Princess Qi is of great importance. She cannot be a wild girl from a mountain village with no parents!"
Qi Yuning thought to herself, Aping is not some wild girl, she is even your daughter.
But all this is just her and Lu Ze's speculation based on Lingling's words, and Ping herself doesn't admit it.
It is groundless to say that Zhao Chong is not the prince and Aping is the princess. In that case, not only can she not be a princess, but she can't even save her life.
Emperor Shi Yuan said to Queen Qin who was standing beside him, "Queen, please choose a girl of noble birth and good character as the princess for Yu An. Then, make Miss A Ping a concubine."
Qi Yu'an knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have sworn that I will only marry Miss A Ping in this life."
"I say your oath is invalid!" Emperor Shi Yuan said, "Yu'an, I have high hopes and trust in you. You shoulder the great responsibility of the Qi family army, and the future of the Zhao family's kingdom depends on you. I, your princess, will never treat you unfairly."
Qi Yu'an was about to retort, but Emperor Shiyuan stood up and said, "I am tired, you may leave."
Qi Yuning bowed, then pulled Qi Yu'an up and walked out of the hall.
Qi Yuning asked, "Brother, why are you bringing up Ah Ping right after the King of Shu died? The King of Shu committed many evil deeds, but he was still your Majesty's eldest son. The eldest son died after being given poisoned wine. Now you're talking about marrying Ah Ping, will your Majesty agree to your marriage?"
Qi Yu'an said, "I didn't bring it up on my own initiative. It was His Majesty who asked me about marriage, so I brought it up. I just didn't expect His Majesty and the Queen to be so opposed to A Ping."
Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty values his reputation the most. Even at his age, he still gave the King of Shu poisoned wine. After all, he didn't want others to say that he treated the loyal ministers of the Qi family unfairly.
If Your Majesty really decrees that Ah Ping be the Princess of Qi, Your Majesty is also afraid that rumors will spread that he deliberately mistreats the Qi family by making a woman of low birth the Princess of Qi in order to weaken the Qi family's power."
Qi Yu'an asked, "Sister, what exactly is Ah Ping's identity?"
"She didn't tell me either." Qi Yuning looked at Qi Yu'an and said, "You can ask her yourself."
Qi Yuning said: "I will start preparing for your marriage first. Even if I really can't marry Ping as a princess, I can marry Ping as a concubine, but I can't be perfunctory."
Qi Yu'an said: "All the standards are based on marrying a princess."
Qi Yuning and Qi Yuanan went to the Qi family cemetery.
Qi Yuning knelt before his parents' tombstones, offered three sticks of incense, and said, "Dad, Mom, your great vengeance has finally been avenged today."
Qi Yu'an said, "The King of Shu was given poisoned wine and died. Wen Ban sentenced him to death by slicing and exterminating his entire clan. Your souls in heaven can now rest in peace."
When returning to the palace from the Qi family’s ancestral tomb.
Xiao Lingling and Lu Baozhu are having a great time.
Seeing Qi Yu'an and Qi Yuning coming over, Lu Baozhu put down the Lingling in her hand and said, "I heard that my uncle actually colluded with Beimo and was the real murderer who killed your parents. Tsk tsk, if I were you, I would go to the Shu King's Mansion and whip the corpse to vent my hatred."
Qi Yuning said, "It's a pity that I'm not Princess Lu. I don't have a princess mother to protect me."
"You have a royal mother-in-law!"
Lu Baozhu gently patted Qi Yuning's shoulder. "Speaking of which, when are you and my brother getting married? I just saw several shopkeepers of wedding shops in your house. Are you about to enter the gate of my princess's mansion?"
Qi Yuning chuckled, "That's for my brother and sister-in-law's wedding."
Lu Baozhu said, "My brother can't do that. His birthday is coming up soon, and he's going to be another year older. Why isn't he in any hurry to get married? I'm anxious for you to marry into my family soon!"
Qi Yu'an asked, "What are you in such a hurry to do?"
Lu Baozhu was naturally embarrassed to ask Qi Yuning to wait on her in front of her brother. She smiled lightly and said, "Don't you want Lingling to return to our Lu family as soon as possible? After all, Lingling's last name is Lu. How can she live in the Qi family forever?"
Qi Yu'an said, "I thought that when Ping is included in the Qi family tree, I will change Lingling's surname and include her in our Qi family tree as well."
Lu Baozhu was shocked and said, "No, Lingling is my Lu family's treasure!"
Ah Ping came out of the house and saw Qi Yu'an and his sister returning. She stepped forward and asked, "Did Your Majesty punish those traitors?"
Qi Yu'an nodded and said, "The King of Shu has been given a cup of poisoned wine and died."
Qi Yu'an took Ah Ping aside and whispered, "Your Majesty just asked about my marriage."
Ah Ping held the silk handkerchief in her hand and asked, "What did the prince say?"
Qi Yu'an looked into Ah Ping's tender eyes and said, "His Majesty and the Empress despise your lowly status and only wish to make you Prince Qi's concubine. Ah Ping, what exactly is your status? Can you tell me?"
Ah Ping suppressed her disappointment and said repeatedly, "I don't have any status. Everything is just nonsense made up by the princess..."
Qi Yuan looked at A Ping and knew at a glance that she was not telling the truth.
Ah Ping touched her belly and asked, "Will Your Majesty choose another girl as your princess?"
Qi Yu'an asked: "You really don't have any other identity?"
Ah Ping nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
Qi Yu'an gently stroked Ah Ping's worried face and said, "Don't worry, even if His Majesty only wants you to be a concubine, there will only be concubines in the palace, and no other concubines."
Qi Yu'an continued, "Yesterday I saw Princess Pingrou being very kind to you. I don't think her words about adopting you as her goddaughter were fake. If you become Princess Pingrou's goddaughter, you can legitimately become the Princess of Qi."
Ah Ping lowered her head and said softly, "Your Highness, I don't want to acknowledge Princess Pingrou as my goddaughter. I believe you won't marry anyone else. Even if I can only be a concubine, it will be enough."
Qi Yu'an looked at Ah Ping and saw that she was rejecting this matter. He did not ask Ah Ping much, but just held her gently in his arms and said, "When we pick a day, I will take you to meet His Majesty."
Ah Ping shuddered and responded with pursed lips.
The news that the King of Shu was given poisoned wine and died for collaborating with the enemy and treason spread throughout Shengjing. Everyone could not believe that there was such a traitor in the court.
The people praised His Majesty for putting the interests of justice above his own and not shielding his eldest son.
After people in the Shengjing court learned about this, many of them came to Prince Qi's mansion to comfort Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning saw that most of the visiting cards were from wealthy girls whom he seldom interacted with on a daily basis.
For the sake of social relations, Qi Yuning met the two daughters and realized that they were not here for the affairs of King Shu, but for King Qi.
Qi Yuning declined all visiting invitations from then on.
at night.
Lingling looked at Qi Yuning with tears in her pitiful eyes and said, "Daddy, Lingling wants daddy."
Qi Yuning said, "Lingling, my uncle is at home now, so we can't let my father come to the palace."
Lingling held Qi Yuning's hand and said, "Go home, Mommy, go back to Lingling's mommy and daddy's home. Don't stay at Mommy's home anymore. Lingling wants Mommy and Daddy to accompany her together."
Qi Yuning felt so sorry for Lingling's tearful look, "Good girl, stop crying. Let's go back to your daddy's house."
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