Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lingling has seen the portrait of the Princess of Jin before. Perhaps she mistook the Princess of Jin for Shuangjiang in the portrait. The child is young and her words are nonsense. I hope that Prince Jin will not take it to heart."
Prince Jin asked, "The princess's portrait? Where did Lingling see it?"
Qi Yuning said, "It was painted by Prince Lu. It was a portrait of the princess when she was still alive. Lingling soiled the portrait a while ago and it has been thrown away. If Your Highness wants it, why not let Prince Lu paint you another one?"
King Jin said, "I forgot Ze'er's painting skills are unparalleled in the world."
Qi Yuning finally let go of Lingling's little mouth. Lingling blinked and said, "Lingling doesn't like mother anymore. Mother lied!"
Lingling said with tears in her eyes: "Mom is not a good child, good children don't lie!"
Seeing Lingling crying, Qi Yuning picked her up and said, "Prince Jin, Lingling might be fussing over sleep. I won't keep you here for now."
Prince Jin looked at Lingling who was crying in Qi Yuning's arms, and thought of his daughter Zhao Rong who had been without a mother since she was born.
When he was acting coquettishly and crying, he could only stay in his wet nurse's arms.
Looking at Lingling, Prince Jin said to Qi Yuning, "Does the princess really not want to give Frost to me?"
Qi Yuning laughed sarcastically and said, "Shuangjiang is my princess's wet nurse, not just an ordinary maid. If the prince really needs someone to take care of him, I will find two more lovely maids for him."
The King of Jin stood up and said, "What if I insist on having Frost Descent?"
Qi Yuning raised her phoenix eyes slightly and said arrogantly: "Your Highness, do you think you can snatch someone from this princess?"
In this prosperous dynasty, no one except His Majesty can snatch people away from her.
King Jin took a look at Frost and left.
Qi Yuning looked at Lingling, who was wiping away tears in her arms, and said with great distress: "I'm sorry, Lingling, it's my fault. I lied. I was wrong."
Lingling wiped her tears and said aggrievedly, "Why did you lie to me, mother?"
Qi Yuning said, "Lingling will understand when she grows up. Sometimes lying can save you a lot of trouble. As long as it doesn't hurt others, sometimes lying isn't necessarily a bad thing."
Lingling blinked her eyes and wiped her tears with her hands, looking aggrieved. "Mom, you lied but you're still a good child, right?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, but Lingling still can't lie."
Lingling threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms and nodded her head, saying, "Lingling won't lie."
Shuangjiang looked at Qi Yuning in confusion, "Princess..."
Qi Yuning said to Shuangjiang, "You should be more cautious about Prince Jin on a daily basis. However, he didn't attack you before, probably because he was concerned about Prince Qi's mansion. If he really wants to use force against you, he can just show off his mansion. Even if he makes a scene before His Majesty and His Majesty, it will be Prince Jin who is being unreasonable."
Frost blessed and said: "Thank you, Princess."
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At the end of February, Lu Ze's birthday was approaching.
In the court, the newly-appointed scholars also entered the court.
He Siqing, the Grand Secretary of the Dali Temple, also proposed to retire. The new Grand Secretary of the Dali Temple was recommended by the Nine Ministers, and four people were selected, including Li He, who was also the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, Zhang Xiu, and Yu An, who were both Deputy Directors of the Ministry of Justice.
Li He is fifteen years older than Lu Ze, but he has not been a Shaoqing for as long as Lu Ze. In the Dali Temple, he does not have Lu Ze's ability to solve strange cases.
Zhang Xiu and Yu An are more than 20 years older than Lu Ze. Yu An is related to Qin Guo's uncle's family by marriage. Qin Yuli's mother is Yu An's cousin.
Zhang Xiu and Yu An were both Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Justice. Two years ago, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice was promoted. People in the court and the public said that the Right Vice Minister would be one of them, but the two fought to the death, and the young man Qin Feng took advantage of it.
With this, Qin Feng became the youngest assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice in Dasheng.
Qi Yuning did not take Zhang Xiu and Yu An seriously. They could not even compete with Qin Feng who had just emerged, not to mention that Lu Ze had been in the Dali Temple for a long time.
I guess Jiuqing couldn't find anyone else, so he wrote down the names of these two as well.
Although Qi Yuning was already a princess with a fiefdom and should not covet an imperial edict, the title of Madam of the Shaoqing was just a verbal title. In fact, the imperial edict for the Shaoqing's wife was only that of a Lady of Virtue.
Only the wife of the Dali Temple Minister can be a lady with imperial decree. Having the title of lady with imperial decree is the icing on the cake. Who wouldn’t like it?
Qi Yuning collected his thoughts and looked at Lingling who was writing the word "longevity" and chuckled, "Why did Lingling think of writing the word "longevity"?"
"Daddy's birthday is coming soon." Lingling looked up and said, "Lingling wants to write a longevity character for Daddy."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Your father is too old to need you to write a longevity character for him."
Lingling asked, "Then what should Lingling give to Daddy?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lingling, as long as you behave yourself, your father will be very happy."
Lingling looked outside at the dusk and said, "Mother, why does Daddy come back later and later every day?"
Qi Yuning said: "Your great-grandmother is ill and needs your father to accompany her."
Lingling said, "Then Lingling will also get sick, and then Daddy will come to accompany Lingling."
Qi Yuning rubbed Lingling's little face: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Lingling pouted and said, "But Lingling just wants Daddy to play with Lingling more."
"Daddy!" Lingling saw Lu Ze walking into the courtyard, got out of Qi Yuning's arms, and ran to Lu Ze.
Lu Ze picked up Lingling and said, "Lingling."
Seeing Lu Ze's tired face, Qi Yuning said, "What's wrong? You look so embarrassed. You don't have to play with Lingling if you don't want to."
Lu Ze said, "It's not that I don't want to play with Lingling, but your Majesty's illness has become more serious, but he refuses to take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. He claims that Taoist He's longevity elixir can cure all diseases and that taking it will make you healthy and live a thousand years.
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