When Ali heard this, he asked Chu Chi to kneel down and thank Qi Yuning.
Seeing Chu Chi kneeling and kowtowing, Qi Yuning said softly, "Stand up. There are many rules to follow after entering the palace, but the only word you need to remember is loyalty. Be loyal to His Majesty. Do you understand?"
Chu Chi looked at Xiao Zhaojie and said, "Are you going to obey His Majesty and protect him?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes."
Chu Chi smiled and replied, "Don't worry, Princess. I will take good care of His Majesty and obey His Majesty's orders."
Qi Yuning accompanied Zhao Jie for a whole day today. When she returned to the room, she felt like her legs were not her own. She didn't know where these children got the energy to walk so far.
Lu Ze pinched Qi Yuning's calf and said, "Your physical strength has decreased a lot since Lingling was born."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze unhappily and said, "My poor physical strength isn't because of Lingling, it's because of you."
Lu Ze smiled lightly, "Why did you think of letting Chu Chi join the Shang Palace Bureau?"
Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty will rule the country after he gets married. At that time, I need someone I trust in the harem who can protect the peace of Your Majesty's harem.
Queen Mother Zhou can no longer rely on others, so she can only personally support a Shang Gong. The current Shang Gong is already forty-three years old, and she will definitely retire in seven years at most."
Lu Ze said, "Chu Chi is indeed a good choice. He is quite responsible at such a young age and will definitely be able to assist the new queen well in the future."
Qi Yuning rubbed his calf and said, "The Chu family head just said that he is not Miss Zhou Er's fiancé..."
Before Qi Yuning finished speaking, Xiao Man came in hurriedly and said, "Princess, this is not good, this is not good."
Lu Ze retracted his hand from tapping Qi Yuning's leg, frowned at Xiaoman and said, "Who gave you the permission to rush in without permission?"
"I promised you that." Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Don't try to scare my maid. Xiaoman, what's wrong?"
Xiaoman said repeatedly, "Princess, the rumors are spreading that Miss Zhou Er and the Prince of the County spent a night together in a cave, and Miss Zhou Er's fiancé even broke off their engagement because of this."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Just as you suspected, this matter has indeed spread."
Lu Ze said softly, "Now we can only wait and see what the Queen Mother means."
Qi Yuning asked, "What if the Empress Dowager wants the Lu family to take responsibility and let Lu Yun marry Zhou Jiamin as his concubine?"
Lu Ze sighed deeply and said, "The only option left is to obey the Queen Mother's orders."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said sarcastically, "If Lu Yun breaks the Lu family's precedent of not taking concubines, you'll be flooded with court officials offering you beauties."
Lu Ze said, "There's another good way to have the best of both worlds. That's for Lu Yun to divorce Chen Nian and marry Zhou Jiamin as the Princess of the County. I actually think Zhou Jiamin is much better than Chen Nian. Just because she's willing to risk her life to help Lu Yun get rid of drugs, she's a woman of love and loyalty."
Qi Yuning sighed deeply.
In Lu Yun's courtyard.
Chen Nian knelt in front of the Buddha, copying the Buddhist scriptures devoutly. When she saw the bright sky outside, she realized that another night had passed. She forced herself to get up and walked into Lu Yun's ward.
Seeing the unconscious Lu Yun, Qiuyue was about to feed him medicine when she hurried in and said, "Princess, the Queen Mother has sent a palace maid to convey her order, asking you to go to the temporary palace."
Shen Nian said, "I'll get dressed."
Entering the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, Shen Nian forced herself to put on makeup, trying to make herself look better.
After entering the palace, Shen Nian bowed to Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."
Empress Dowager Zhou raised her hand and said, "Please stand up without further ceremony. Please take a seat."
After Shen Nian took her seat, she thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
Seeing that Shen Nian was still in good spirits, Empress Dowager Zhou asked, "How is Prince Lu doing?"
Shen Nian sighed and said, “He’s still unconscious.”
Empress Dowager Zhou asked worriedly, "It's already the sixth day, why is he still unconscious? Has the imperial physician said anything?"
Chen Nian said, "The imperial physician only said to take the antidote first and wait for the prince to wake up on his own."
Queen Mother Zhou sighed and said, "How could he have been unconscious for such a long time? Have you ever asked the gods for advice?"
Shen Nian shook his head and said, “Not really.”
Queen Mother Zhou twirled the Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "There's a rumor going around that my niece's fiancé broke off her engagement because she saved Prince Lu. Have you heard about it?"
Shen Nian raised her eyes to look at Queen Mother Zhou, shook her head and said, “No.”
Empress Dowager Zhou clutched her Buddhist beads and said, "My niece lost her reputation by saving Prince Lu. It's only logical that the Lu family should be responsible for Jiamin. Now that Yun'er is still unconscious, it would be better to let Jiamin become Yun'er's concubine, which would also be a good omen for him."
Chen Nian said, "It's unfair for Miss Zhou Er to be the concubine of the Prince of the County. I am willing to give her the position of Princess of the County."
Queen Mother Zhou listened to Shen Nian's words and remembered that Qi Yuning had said the same thing before, which made Zhou Jiayun feel humiliated. Queen Mother Zhou could indulge Qi Yuning, but not Shen Nian. She said, "If you don't want to, just say it directly."
Shen Nian whispered, "Empress Dowager, I am sincere. I have been unlucky with my father and mother since I was a child, and when I grew up, I was unlucky with my first husband. I brought the Huang family to ruin, and I left Lu Yun of my own accord."
Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Shen Nian's expression and saw that she did not seem to be fake. After a closer look, she found that she was not like Qi Yuning, who deliberately said divorce to make things difficult for the Zhou family.
Queen Mother Zhou couldn't help but feel more pity when she looked at Chen Nian. She was also a widow, but because of her niece's future reputation, Queen Mother Zhou could only let Chen Nian down and said, "You can go back first."
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