Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's profile with a faint smile. It turned out that Princess Qi still had a gentle moment.
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and looked at Lu Ze, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has a son?"
Lu Ze's voice sank slightly: "The Eastern Palace has no heirs."
Qi Yuning's smile paused. The Eastern Palace had no heirs, and the one who ascended the throne six years later was a ten-year-old child. How was this possible?
His Majesty the current emperor had eleven sons, two of whom died young, and the third prince passed away two years ago, leaving behind only a widowed princess and a young prince who was less than four years old.
There are still eight princes left. Even if the crown prince is gone, why would a child be allowed to take over the throne in the end?
Qi Yuning speculated, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the Qin family and your Lu family. If you and I were already married at that time, and the Qi family had troops, there's no reason why the Crown Prince couldn't ascend the throne and hand the throne to a child. There's only one possibility, is the Crown Prince died unexpectedly after ascending the throne, so he adopted a son from one of his brothers?"
Lu Ze nodded lightly and said, "As you said, this is the most likely possibility. Tomorrow I will take Lingling to the East Palace to meet the Crown Prince."
Qi Yuning said: "No."
Lu Ze said, "I want to confirm whether Lingling knows His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Qi Yuning said, "Master Lu, everyone says you're smart, but don't you think that your rash move to the Eastern Palace with your child clearly shows that something is wrong?"
Lu Ze said softly, "I'm just too concerned. Since His Majesty has already made Lingling a princess, I think we should hold a banquet for Lingling in the Princess's Mansion in the next two days to announce to the world that Lingling is my daughter. We can also invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the banquet."
Qi Yuning said, "No, if Lingling is to be crowned as a princess, then if we want to hold a banquet, it should be held in my Prince Qi's mansion."
"Princess, Lingling's surname is Lu."
Qi Yuning whispered, "It's not impossible to change the surname to Qi. Qi Yiling sounds better than Lu Yiling."
Lu Ze said, "I think Lu Yiling sounds better."
Qi Yuning looked at Xiao Lingling who was standing beside him and said, "Let Lingling choose for herself. Does Lingling prefer the surname Lu or Qi?"
Little Lingling looked at Qi Yuning, then at Lu Ze. She lowered her head and said, "Mom, you never asked Lingling these questions before. Lingling likes both Daddy and Mommy. She likes the surname Lu as well as the surname Qi. She likes both of them."
Lu Ze felt deeply distressed upon hearing this. He held Lingling in his arms, gently patted her back, and gestured to Qi Yuning, "Let's hold the banquet to celebrate Lingling's title as a princess in Prince Qi's mansion."
Qi Yuning saw Lingling in Lu Ze's arms and said, "Okay, and the prince must not tell anyone that Lingling is your daughter!"
Lu Ze frowned and asked, "Why?"
Qi Yuning then said to Lingling, "Lingling, don't call him daddy in front of outsiders from now on."
Lingling was also confused and asked, "Why? Daddy is Daddy, why can't I call him Daddy?"
Qi Yuning said, "After Lu Yun learns that Lingling is your daughter, he will definitely return to secular life. The original fault for breaking off the engagement was his. If I admit to others that Lingling is your daughter, it would seem that I was at fault for breaking off the engagement first.
Lu Yun became a monk and insulted me. I don't want him to come back easily after just two days of vegetarianism. Didn't he want to be a monk? Let him continue to be a monk! If he doesn't lose 30 or 40 pounds, I won't be able to let go of the hatred in my heart!"
Lu Ze thought, this is the vengeful Qi Yuning.
Lu Ze didn't want to give Lu Yun an easy deal, so he agreed. Lu Yun, this devil, deserved to suffer more.
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