Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze to his study.
Lu Ze handed the still-warm lotus seed soup to Qi Yuning's lips and said, "Try it! This is the lotus seed soup made by my mother. If it was made by Liu Qingqing, it wouldn't be so unpalatable."
Qi Yuning took a sip. This was the first time she had tasted the salty and sweet lotus seed soup.
"It tastes so bad, why do you still drink it?"
Lu Ze said helplessly, "When you're hungry, you can drink anything."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly: "From now on, I will ask the maid to bring you snacks every day."
"No need. This place is close to Qingfeng Tower. I'll ask Deqing to help me buy some snacks from Qingfeng Tower."
Lu Ze chuckled again and said, "But it would be fine if you could deliver it to me in person."
Qi Yuning did not refuse and just said, "I'll bring it to you when I have time."
But the days when she has free time are probably very few.
Bored, she took a book from the study and started reading. Seeing the words "Qing Qi" on it, she said, "I didn't expect you to read this kind of book?"
Lu Ze said, "Lu Baozhu's. My mother thought she was too much of a sleeper, so she asked me to confiscate a box of them. I was afraid she'd find them at home, so I just put them here."
Qi Yuning flipped through the pages of the book. Not to mention that Lu Baozhu liked it, the daughters in Mr. Qingqi's writing were so free and unrestrained in the world of martial arts that they fought for justice. It was really interesting.
Qi Yuning hated reading stories about rich girls and poor scholars.
It’s not because of poverty, but because of suffering.
In those storybooks, the poor scholar who won the heart of a rich lady would have to make her wash her clothes, do the cooking, and even take care of the whole family, including her mother-in-law and children...
The poor scholar only needs to study and does not need to work. After gaining fame, he can ask for an imperial decree to marry a rich lady, take a beautiful concubine, and have many children.
After reading so many stories about a poor scholar and a rich girl, it's no wonder that Mr. Qingqi's story about a chivalrous woman with superb martial arts skills and a righteous heart sells so well.
Qi Yuning was so engrossed in reading the storybook that half an hour passed. When Lu Ze came to call her, Qi Yuning realized how quickly time had passed.
"Are you so fascinated by it?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Mr. Qingqi is truly a wonderful person."
No wonder Lu Baozhu was so attracted to him for so long.
Lu Ze said, "If you like to see them, take them back and read them."
Qi Yuning smiled and shook her head, saying, "Since she is Lu Baozhu's treasure, don't touch her."
Lu Ze and Qi Yuning went to find Lingling who was playing in the backyard of the Dali Temple, and got on the carriage together to return to the princess's mansion.
As the three of them entered the princess's residence, Princess Pingrou only had eyes for Lingling. She went over and picked up Lingling, saying, "Good girl, Lingling."
"Grandma!" Lingling hugged Princess Pingrou's neck and smiled.
Lu Ze asked Princess Pingrou, "Mother, you send lotus seed soup every afternoon. Why did Liu Qingqing send it today?"
Princess Pingrou said, "I asked Xiaohe to send it to you. Someone, go and get Xiaohe."
Qi Yuning saw that Xiao He was young and had a chubby face that was quite pleasing to the eye. "Greetings to Her Royal Highness, Prince Lu, and Princess Qi."
Lu Ze asked, "Why didn't you come to the Dali Temple to deliver the food today?"
Xiao He said, "My sister in the Duke's Mansion gave me two pieces of smoked fish. After eating them, I had a stomachache, so I asked my sister to help me send the food box to the Dali Temple."
Princess Pingrou frowned and said, "Child, Princess Pingrou saw that you were growing up happily, so she asked you to do such an important job. How could you let others make the food boxes? What if someone put drugs in the lotus seed soup?"
Xiao Helian knelt down in panic.
Princess Pingrou looked at Lu Ze and said, "No one put drugs in your lotus seed soup, right?"
Lu Ze said, "No, I just thought it was a food box sent by the maid, but it turned out to be from Liu Qingqing, and Yuning happened to see it..."
Before Lu Ze could finish his words, Qi Yuning pinched Lu Ze fiercely in the dark.
Princess Pingrou also understood that Qi Yuning was jealous and chuckled, "That Liu Qingqing is really something. She doesn't want to be a good lady and insists on doing some maid work. Yuning, there's no need for you to be so jealous."
Upon hearing this, Lu Baozhu came over and said, "No wonder Qi Yuning is jealous. Mother, you don't know that my grandmother wants Liu Qingqing to be my brother's concubine, right?"
Princess Pingrou was extremely angry. "She really is... getting more confused as she gets older. Ningning, you don't have to worry about it. With me here, I want to see if Lu Ze dares to take a concubine! I'll have the Liu family take Liu Qingqing back soon!"
Lu Ze said, "Without you, I wouldn't have taken a concubine."
Lingling said in Princess Pingrou's arms, "Grandma, what is a concubine? Someone said before that my mother couldn't give birth to a son, so she asked my father to take a concubine."
Qi Yuning thought Lingling was probably talking about something that would happen a few years later.
She and Lu Ze have never had children, so it was inevitable that people would gossip about them.
Princess Pingrou said, "What a foul-mouthed person is talking nonsense in front of a child. Thousands of sons are not as good as little Lingling."
Lingling said sweetly, "Lingling likes grandma."
Qi Yuning looked up at Lu Ze and said, "What if Lingling is really our only child?"
Lu Ze said, "Lingling is so considerate, that's enough."
Qi Yuning said: "But, you will inherit the title in the future."
"Don't we still have Lu Yun?" Lu Ze said, "Even if Lu Yun can't give birth to a son, he will still try to steal other people's sons. There's no need to worry too much."
Seeing Lu Ze speak so seriously, Qi Yuning couldn't help but chuckle and said, "That's right."
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