Qi Yuning arrived at the small courtyard next door. It was said that the courtyard had only one room. There were many guards standing outside, and it was very dark inside. Next to it was the towering Prince Duan's Mansion, which blocked the sunlight in the room.
Qi Yuning entered. The courtyard was very small. There was a peach tree, an ancient well beside it, and a fence surrounding a muddy field. Because there was no sunlight, the vegetables in the muddy field grew sparsely.
Song Heqing was playing the guqin in the courtyard. When she saw the newcomer, she was stunned for a moment and said with tears in her eyes, "Yuning!"
Qi Yuning stepped forward and hugged Song Heqing, who looked extremely upset, "Heqing."
Seeing Song Heqing wearing coarse clothes and looking extremely pale, Qi Yuning said with great concern, "Heqing, leave this place. You can divorce Qin Chong and live your life as usual."
Song Heqing shook her head with tears in her eyes, "No, I can't bear to leave him."
"He Qing."
Qin Chong's voice came from inside.
When Qin Chong came out, he saw Qi Yuning with a self-deprecating smile on his face, and he wanted to look at her greedily for a few more times.
Seeing Qin Chong's eyes filled with anger, Qi Yuning said to Song Heqing, "Heqing, leave here. He's not worth your suffering."
Song Heqing's eyes were reluctant to leave, and he only whispered: "I'm sorry."
Qi Yuning sighed and said, "Forget it. If you don't want to, I can't persuade you."
"Have you and Ze'er married?" Qin Chong asked, "You should have been married too, right?"
Qi Yuning said to Qin Chong, "Whether I get married or not is none of your business. He Qing gave up her wealth and glory for you and suffered here with you. If you have any conscience, please be nice to her!"
After Qi Yuning finished speaking, he didn't want to stay here any longer.
When she went out and saw the sunlight, Qi Yuning recalled the darkness and crampedness in the courtyard just now, and felt uncomfortable. She didn't understand why Song Heqing was so confused.
I don’t know how long it will take for her to wake up and avoid this suffering.
Before she came to her senses, Qi Yuning didn't feel sorry for her. Who made this silly girl seek trouble for herself?
In the next few days, Qi Yuning asked her maid or Lu Baozhu to bring Lingling to play with Xiao Zhaojie, while Qi Yuning stayed at home to handle official business and prepare for the wedding.
The busy days passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of September.
The day Qi Yuning finally got to see his nephew, Qi Yuning took the still sleeping Lingling to the city gate early in the morning.
Lu Ze also specially took two hours out today to come and welcome his parents back to Beijing.
Lu Ze held the sleeping Lingling in his arms and said to Qi Yuning, who was looking forward to it, "You are so happy to see your nephew."
"Finally, there's one more person in this world who is related to me by blood. Isn't that joyful?"
Qi Yuning was looking forward to seeing his baby nephew. He arrived at the city gate and waited for almost an hour before finally seeing the convoy coming from the North City.
The leading carriage was pulled by eight horses. It was extremely spacious, like a small, spacious house.
Lingling, who was on the city wall, pointed to the carriage road in the distance and said, "Mother, the carriage is coming."
Qi Yuning went down the city gate and rode to greet him.
Inside the carriage, Qi Yu'an opened the door and looked at the nearby Shengjing City. He smiled faintly at A Ping and said, "We've arrived in Shengjing. It seems I can still go to the palace to pay my respects to His Majesty today."
Aping held the swaddling baby in her arms, full of nervousness.
Unlike the last time she met His Majesty, this time after knowing his identity, Ah Ping felt mixed emotions.
Pingrou comforted Aping from the side, saying, "Sister, you don't have to be too nervous. Although Daddy and Mommy are the rulers of the world, they treat their children just like any other parents in the world."
Ah Ping took a sip of tea and nodded, "Yeah."
“Brother, sister-in-law!”
When Qi Yu'an saw Qi Yuning coming on horseback, followed by Lu Ze and Lingling, he stopped the carriage and said with a faint smile, "Sister."
Qi Yuning dismounted and got into the carriage. When he saw Princess Pingrou, he said, "Your Highness."
"Yu Ning."
Pingrou's eyes were all on Lingling, who was held by Lu Ze in the back. "Lingling."
Lingling threw herself into Pingrou's arms, "Grandma, aunt, uncle, I want to see my little cousin!"
Princess Pingrou smiled and rubbed Lingling's head, then took Lingling over to see.
Qi Yuning looked at the little baby in Aping's arms. The baby had fair skin and a pair of eyes like Lingling's. No wonder Lingling said that her cousin looked similar to her.
At first glance, she really looks like Lingling.
"Can I hug you?" Qi Yuning asked nervously.
A Ping opened the swaddling clothes with a faint smile and gave the unswaddled child to Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning held the two-month-old soft baby in her arms, feeling extremely nervous, and even the way she held the baby was very strange.
Ah Ping smiled faintly and said, "The way the princess holds the child doesn't look like a mother."
Qi Yuning laughed awkwardly. She had indeed never touched such a soft Lingling before. "Have you chosen a name? What's it?"
Qi Yu'an said, "His name is Qi Zhiyuan, and his nickname is Yuan Ge'er, which means reunion."
Qi Yuning gently called out to the soft child in her arms, "Brother Yuan, I am your aunt."
After exchanging greetings, Lu Ze also moved closer to Qi Yuning and looked at the child in her arms. He had heard Lingling say that Yuan Ge'er looked like her a long time ago. Looking at this child, he really was a smaller version of Lingling.
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze approaching and said to the little round boy with peach blossom eyes, "This is your cousin Ze."
Lu Ze: “…”
The child was right to call him cousin, but calling Qi Yuning aunt and him cousin sounded weird no matter how he listened to it.
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