After hearing what Madam Zhou said, Mrs. Lu became a little interested: "It would be a blessing for me if my daughter could be my granddaughter-in-law. It's a pity that there is no chance now."
Madam Zhou smiled and said, "If she can find a good husband, my Jiayun will not be bothered by status."
Madam Lu laughed secretly in her heart. She had thought that Madam Zhou was confused, but now she realized that she was too clear-headed. She was thinking about becoming Lu Ze's concubine!
The position of the Regent's concubine does not really have to be restricted by one's status.
Madam Lu's eyes lit up and she said, "That's right. If you can marry a good husband, you don't have to be bound by status."
Lingling's hundred-day banquet had more than a hundred tables and was extremely lively. Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze and toasted the guests one by one.
In the afternoon, in Lingling's small courtyard, little Zhao Jie lay on Lingling's small bed, looking at the little Lingling and asked Qi Yuning: "Sister Princess, when will Lingling call me uncle?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "It will be around this time next year."
Little Zhao Jie used a rattle to tease Lingling, and Lingling giggled.
Ah Li said to Qi Yuning from the side: "The little princess is the most cheerful child I have ever seen. She has been smiling all the time in just a hundred days. She doesn't like to cry."
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little face and said happily, "My Lingling is the best."
Lingling was probably smiling happily because she heard everyone praising her.
Princess Pingrou couldn't stop smiling when she heard everyone praising Lingling.
After Lingling's hundred-day banquet, there were many banquets afterwards. Qi Yuning and Lu Ze did not attend any of them. Instead, they were busy with Lu Yun's wedding, which was scheduled for the eighth day of the first lunar month.
On the 29th day of the lunar year, when the invitations to Lu Yun's wedding were sent out, the whole of Shengjing was shocked.
In Duke Lu's mansion, Madam Lu was extremely angry. She came to the princess's mansion with the help of a cane and found Princess Pingrou who was discussing the wedding banquet menu with Qi Yuning.
"Your Highness, Yun'er is your biological son who you raised by your side. You let him marry a widow who is doomed to be alone and has a lot of debts. Is this how you act as a mother?"
Princess Pingrou frowned when she saw Madam Lu barging in, "Madam Lu, Princess Pingrou is showing some respect to you for the sake of your husband's face. Do you really want to act like your mother-in-law in front of me?"
Madam Lu said, "Your Highness, you know you are of noble status. Yun'er is your son. Even if you choose a wife for him, you can't choose a woman whose parents died young, whose husband died young, or who has a burden. I will never agree to this marriage!"
Princess Pingrou said coldly, "The wedding date has been set, and you have no right to refuse."
Madam Lu panted angrily, "God is blind! How could Lu Yun and Lu Ze have to have a mother like you? I absolutely will not allow Lu Yun to find a widow like Chen Nian! If the bride wants to enter the Lu family, she must step over my dead body."
Duke Lu heard the quarrel here and came over. Seeing Mrs. Lu, he said, "Mother, what are you doing? Lu Yun is very happy, so don't say anything more."
Madam Lu said loudly: "What do you mean don't say more? People like Shen Nian are looked down upon even by widower who is marrying a concubine for the second time!
She is not a legitimate daughter of the Shen family, but an adopted daughter. Her biological father was only an eighth-rank officer in the army and died early. How can such a girl be worthy of entering the Lu family? "
"Break off the engagement now before the ceremony is even completed. Otherwise, on the day of Lu Yun's wedding, I will run into a wall and die in front of the Princess's mansion gate!"
Princess Pingrou listened to Madam Lu's words and said, "If you want to hit me, then do it. Don't make trouble in front of me if you want to cry, make a scene, or even hang yourself!"
Duke Lu repeatedly persuaded Madam Lu to leave.
Seeing Princess Pingrou getting angry, Qi Yuning said, "Mother, calm down."
Princess Pingrou angrily threw her brush heavily on the inkstone, "Lu Yun, you bastard!"
Qi Yuning advised: "Calm down, your health is more important, Lingling is looking forward to you taking her out to play!"
Qi Yuning gestured to Lichun behind her to bring Lingling over. Princess Pingrou's anger subsided after she saw Lingling. "It's New Year's Day, and you have to make me angry. Lingling is really well behaved."
Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Ze, having heard the commotion, rushed over and said to Princess Pingrou, "Mother."
Princess Pingrou said, "Your good grandmother is so infuriating. Lu Yun brought this upon himself. Did I want him to marry a divorced woman? He brought this upon himself. Why is he so angry and quarreling during New Year's Day?"
"Mom, you don't have to be angry."
Princess Pingrou looked at the little Lingling in her arms and said, "Lingling is still the best."
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze did not attend the New Year's Eve palace banquet. Instead, they stayed in the courtyard with Lingling to set off firecrackers and fireworks. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
However, the little baby Lingling was a little afraid of firecrackers and fireworks, and would cry when she heard the noise. Qi Yuning had to give up playing with the little baby Lingling.
But when she heard the sound of fireworks from far away in the imperial city, Lingling was no longer afraid, and her small peach blossom eyes sparkled.
Under the fireworks, Lu Ze kissed Qi Yuning and said, "This year, we, the three of us, can truly celebrate the New Year together."
Lingling's eyes turned, and she actually looked up and kissed Qi Yuning on the face. Qi Yuning looked at Lingling in surprise, "Lingling is so good!"
But she didn't expect that Lingling would take a bite of herself and then start eating her little hand.
On New Year's Eve, the Duke Lu's Mansion was full of imperial doctors coming in and out. It seemed that this time, Madam Lu was really angry to the point of falling ill.
Upon hearing the news, Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "With your grandmother like this, will Lu Yun and Shen Nian really be able to get married?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
