After Lu Ze dragged Qi Yuning away, Shen Jialin anxiously looked at Qin Feng and said, "Minister Qin, aren't you going to stop her? Even if Prince Lu is extremely powerful, he can't force a woman to leave, right?"
Shen Jialin said indignantly: "I can't just watch Master Lu bully that beautiful girl."
Lin Jiang smiled faintly while waving his fan: "It's still unclear who will bully whom between the two of them."
Shen Jialin said: "But..."
Zheng Hao said, "That's Princess Qi, Prince Lu's fiancée Qi Yuning. They were supposed to get married a long time ago, but something happened and delayed the wedding."
Shen Jialin suddenly understood. He looked at Lu Ze and Qi Yuning coming in from the gate. The two of them were no longer arguing. He thought that this couple looked quite well together.
Zheng Hao walked up to Qi Yuning and explained, "Princess Qi, Master Lu didn't accept those nine beauties from the Western Regions. It was all because of my father and grandmother. Please don't misunderstand Master Lu."
Qi Yuning listened to Zheng Hao's explanation and nodded softly: "Yeah."
When Shen Jialin saw Lu Ze, he said, "Prince Lu, I want to compete with you in calligraphy. Please teach me."
Lu Ze glanced at Shen Jialin and said to Qin Mang, "The princess and I have important matters to attend to. I'll take my leave now."
Shen Jialin said unconvincedly, "You must be afraid that you can't beat me and will lose, so you left."
Lu Ze ignored Shen Jialin. Instead of wasting time playing calligraphy with such a young boy at the Qin family, he would rather spend some time alone with Qi Yuning.
They rarely see each other these days.
After Lu Ze and Qi Yuning returned to Chunjiang Courtyard, they saw a letter on Qi Yuning's desk by the window. "Lingling wrote again?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, if you count the dates, this letter was written almost half a month ago."
Lu Ze opened the letter and said, "Lingling has been here for a year."
Qi Yuning asked, "Is there any news about Taoist Master He?"
Lu Ze shook his head and said, "No."
Lu Ze sat on the small couch, reached out and held Qi Yuning's hand, letting Qi Yuning sit in his arms. He gently hugged Qi Yuning and said, "The affairs of the court are really busy. If little Zhao Jie ascends the throne in the future, I'm afraid I will be even more busy. No wonder Lingling said I don't have time to accompany her. When she is born, I must spend more time with her."
Seeing Lu Ze tired, Qi Yuning reached out and touched Lu Ze's face and said, "Lu Ze, you only asked me if I wanted to be a princess. What about you? Have you ever thought about becoming an emperor? You are of royal blood..."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning with a smile on his face. "Why? You don't want to be a princess anymore, you want to be a queen?"
Qi Yuning said, "Don't make fun of me. Even if I wanted to be a princess, my brother wouldn't agree. I just want to ask you, His Majesty has appointed you as regent, which shows that His Majesty is not on guard against you. Now, none of the three Princes Xu, Jin, and Shou are as good as you. If you want to be emperor, it may not be impossible. There are still people in the folk who take their mother's surname and take over the family business of their mother's family. You can also..."
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and said, "Although being an emperor means you hold all the power, how can you say you have any freedom? Although you are busy now, you are free at the end of the day. When little Zhao Jie ascends the throne, you and I will teach him well. He may not necessarily repay kindness with hatred."
Qi Yuning sighed, "When you are in a high position, there are always endless troubles."
Lu Ze touched Qi Yuning's head and said, "Compared to these court affairs, I think the more important thing is to decide on our marriage."
"You are so busy now, do you have time to get married?"
Lu Ze asked, "It should be free by the end of October."
Qi Yuning stood up, went to the desk and took out a lunar calendar, flipped through it and said, "October 28th is a good day for marriage, let's choose this day."
Lu Ze took a look and saw that it was indeed an auspicious day. He smiled and said, "Then let's do it today."
Qi Yuning looked at the almanac and said, "Lin Jiang's wife, Wang Zhiyu, is already four months pregnant. She got pregnant right after getting married. But why haven't I heard Lingling mention the Lin family's brothers and sisters?"
Lu Ze said, "Maybe Lingling stopped playing with the Lin family's children."
Qi Yuning thought it was unlikely. The Lin family lived not far from the princess's residence, so there was no reason why they couldn't play together.
As it got dark, Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "I have to go. Don't believe the rumors out there. If you miss me, come find me, or send someone to tell me."
Qi Yuning said: "I don't have time to think about you. I miss Lingling and my newly born nephew."
Lu Ze smiled when he heard that.
In the next few days, Qi Yuning was busier than Lu Ze. The list of Qi family soldiers who died was out, and Qi Yuning gave each person a pension of ten taels of silver. This silver came from the property confiscated from the Qin family.
In this battle, nearly half of the Qi family's wealth was lost. Qi Yuning didn't care at first, but after calculating the assets left, he felt that he still had to settle accounts with the court.
After all, Lu Ze is in power now and Emperor Shi Yuan is still alive, so he should get some of it back if he can.
On the Double Ninth Festival, Qi Yuning's longing for Lingling reached its peak. Today was also Lingling's birthday.
Qi Yuning thought that Lingling would be a newborn baby next year, and she had many expectations for the year after that.
The court was closed today, but Lu Ze was still busy as he was dealing with the court officials who were colluding with the Qin family in the Dali Temple.
At noon, seeing Qi Yuning coming with a lunch box, Lu Ze put down the case file in his hand and said, "Yuning."
Qi Yuning took out the account books from the food box one by one and said, "This is the amount I have calculated recently about the expenses of our Qi family army's invasion of Shengjing City to punish the rebels. What do you think, should the court subsidize us?"
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