Perhaps because they slept for too long during the day, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze were no longer sleepy at night.
After coaxing Lingling to sleep, Lu Ze moved her to the innermost area.
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and said, "Is Zhong Ming really reliable? My second sister is gentle and loves poetry. Zhong Ming is a military commander and I'm afraid he can't accompany my second sister on romantic occasions. I just heard Brother Qi say that he has high standards."
Qi Yuning said, "He and my brother grew up together. He is my brother's right-hand man. He has high standards because he has his own abilities and deserves to marry a good girl. He is not like Master Lu who is not picky about food and has low standards."
Lu Ze listened to the sour taste in Qi Yuning's words and chuckled softly, "Isn't my vision good enough to be able to fall in love with Princess Qi?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "I thought you would take the initiative to explain to me why you and Guan Zhiyi were imprisoned in the same cell. A man and a woman alone in a room..."
Lu Ze said, "I thought you wouldn't mind."
Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and said, "If I don't care, then you won't mind!"
Lu Ze said, "What else could have happened in the cell? I ignored her the moment I entered the cell. You should trust my judgment."
Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and said, "Your vision? Don't think I've forgotten that day on Longhua Mountain when you refused to marry me because of the Guan family engagement."
Lu Ze said, "At that time, I had never met Guan Zhiyi. I just didn't have anyone in my heart. I just married whoever my grandmother told me to marry. Later, I fell in love with you, and I was willing to marry only you."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "If Lingling hadn't been there, and I hadn't exposed Guan Zhiyi for drugging the old lady, would you really have married Guan Zhiyi?"
Lu Ze remained silent. Without Lingling, he had no reason to cancel the engagement.
Qi Yuning asked, "Are you really going to marry her?"
Lu Ze didn't say anything, but just looked at Qi Yuning in embarrassment.
Qi Yuning already knew the answer and said to Lu Ze, "So you should be grateful to Lingling for the rest of your life! Without Lingling, you wouldn't be able to marry me!"
Seeing Qi Yuning jealous, Lu Ze chuckled and said, "How can you get over Guan Zhiyi's story?"
Qi Yuning said: "You are still smiling!"
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and said, "Aren't you also engaged to Yun'er? If, if Yun'er hadn't become a monk, would you really have planned to marry him?"
Now it was Qi Yuning's turn to be speechless.
Lu Ze looked into Qi Yuning's eyes, bit her red lips and said, "If you really get married, I might be like Zhao Chong and do something as shameless as snatching my sister-in-law away."
Qi Yuning whispered, "Stop talking nonsense, Lingling is still sleeping next to us."
Lu Ze had no choice but to let go of Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning said, "I never thought Zhao Chong would have such feelings for me. If he really liked me, why didn't he just openly marry me as the Crown Princess?"
Lu Ze said, "The Qin family will not agree to Zhao Chong marrying you. They are also afraid that after Zhao Chong ascends the throne, he will use the military power of your Qi family to attack them first."
Qi Yuning asked, "But isn't Zhao Chong a descendant of the Qin family?"
Lu Ze smiled and said, "The Qin family didn't tell Zhao Chong that he is of Qin family blood. Besides, the Qin family didn't dare to tell Zhao Chong."
Qi Yuning asked, "I don't understand this. Why didn't Uncle Qin dare to tell Zhao Chong that he was a descendant of the Qin family?"
Lu Ze asked, "If you were Zhao Chong and knew you weren't of the Zhao royal family, what would be the first thing you would do after ascending the throne?"
Qi Yuning: "Kill everyone who knows my identity."
Lu Ze nodded and said, "At first, I didn't understand why the Qin family hid this from Zhao Chong. Later, I figured it out. If Zhao Chong had known that he was a descendant of the Qin family, he would have made preparations to use the Qin family to ascend to the throne. The Qin family used him as a puppet, but he had already been wary of the Qin family for a long time."
Qi Yuning said, "Since ancient times, emperors who call themselves lonely and widowed have truly been lonely and widowed."
Lu Ze said, "In fact, my grandfather was able to create the current prosperous Shiyuan era because he trusted your Qi family. Although my grandfather is now old and greedy for power and a little confused, he always remembered the kindness he showed to his loyal ministers and generals. He reused those who followed him in the past and never abandoned his followers."
Lu Ze continued, "I think the Qin family has been hiding his identity as a Qin family member from Zhao Chong. They want to wait until Zhao Chong is isolated and helpless, then use his status as a Qin family member to threaten him, allowing the Qin family to seize all power in Dasheng and force Zhao Chong to write an abdication edict and hand over the throne to the Qin family."
Qi Yuning asked, "How could that be? Isn't Zhao Chong also a descendant of the Qin family? Can't he just ascend the throne?"
Lu Ze said, "The Qin family now holds considerable power in the imperial court. In other words, they have reached the peak of their wealth and prosperity. They only wish to have a descendant of the Qin family's bloodline ascend to the throne. They could have easily sent a Qin family daughter to the palace and had a Qin family girl give birth to a prince. Why risk such a huge disgrace by replacing the royal bloodline?"
They dared to commit the heinous crime of exterminating nine clans, so they would not let Jiangshan bear the surname Zhao anymore, but wanted to give him the surname Qin! And Zhao Chong was born to a maid, and the Qin family actually looked down on Zhao Chong from the bottom of their hearts."
Qi Yuning took a breath and said, "What you said makes sense."
Lu Ze said, "When I was a child, I noticed that the teachers hired by the Qin family for the prince always taught half and kept the other half. They were not as good as the teachers my grandfather found for me. Later, I didn't like to go to the palace to accompany the prince to study.
I didn't understand it before, but now I understand. The Qin family didn't trust Zhao Chong that much. After all, he has been the crown prince since he was young. If Zhao Chong learns real skills and has the ability to be in power, the Qin family will not be able to control him. "
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