Qi Yuning shook her head: "I don't know what was grabbed during the Zhou ceremony, and my family never told me."
Duke Lu laughed heartily and said, "Brother Qi carefully selected many items with auspicious meanings, but you chose not to grab anything but my Ze'er's hand. I asked you to do it again, but you still crawled towards my Ze'er and grabbed his hand."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and looked at Lu Ze.
Lu Ze was only a little over three years old at that time, and he didn't remember this incident.
Princess Pingrou said with a smile, "So this marriage might have been decided since childhood. You grabbed a husband back then."
Lu Baozhu asked, "What did I catch when I was one year old?"
Princess Pingrou said, "You grabbed jewelry back then. When you grew up, you only loved gorgeous clothes and jewelry."
Lu Yun asked Shen Nian curiously, "What did that brat Huang Han catch when he turned one year old?"
Shen Nian said guiltily: “He didn’t do the Zhou-Zhua ceremony.”
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "What about you? What did you grab during your one-year-old celebration?"
Princess Pingrou said, "Ze'er grabbed the official seal when he was a child. Since he was a child, people have said that he will become a high-ranking official. It is also true."
"What about me? What about me?" Lu Yun asked hurriedly, "What did I catch?"
Lu Ze looked at Lu Yun and said, "You didn't catch anything. After the one-year-old celebration, you went to catch a cricket."
After hearing what they said, Qi Yuning couldn't help but believe in the efficacy of the one-year-old celebration. On the day of Lingling's celebration, she must carefully select items with good meanings and must not allow any food to appear at the celebration.
Lingling's first birthday is approaching, and Qi Yuning wrote a letter to Qi Yuan in North City. She hopes that Qi Yuan and Zhao Shu can come back to attend Lingling's first birthday party. Lingling has not seen her uncle and aunt, nor her cousin since she was born.
Qi Yuning spent the next few days preparing Lingling's first birthday party, preparing the scriptures to be used to invite the Bodhisattva, as well as the dishes for the party. The new clothes and jewelry that Lingling would wear on her first birthday had to be extremely exquisite. She was determined to make Lingling's first birthday party the envy of the world.
Her Lingling deserves the best in the world.
The sweet scented osmanthus fills the air in August. Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu's birthdays are three days apart, one on the second day of August and the other on the fifth day of August.
They simply celebrated their birthdays together on the first day of August. Lu Baozhu loved lively occasions, and even though Qi Yuning didn't want a big celebration, Lu Baozhu still invited many daughters of noble families in Shengjing City to come and have fun.
Lu Baozhu also invited Zhou Jiamin to come and play. There was no poetry or songs at Lu Baozhu's banquet, only various games of pitching pots. She called a pleasure boat to the Xingyue Lake and went boating on the lake.
Qi Yuning carried Lingling onto the pleasure boat, and the daughters of the nobles all came up to Lingling.
Lingling was not shy when she saw so many beautiful girls, and she was happy to be held by anyone.
"This little princess also seems to be the regent."
Zheng Hao looked at Qi Yuning and said, "It's a pity that no one looks like Princess Qi."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly, "There will always be a chance to give birth to a child like me in the future."
"Aunt, aunt, I wish you a happy birthday, a long life, and may you be blessed with as much happiness as the East Sea and as long-lived as the Southern Mountains."
Qi Yuning smiled when he heard little Han'er's baby voice, "Thank you, Han'er."
Zhou Jiamin looked at Chen Nian who came with Han Ge'er. This was the first time she had officially met Chen Nian. To be honest, Chen Nian's appearance was not outstanding among the beauties in Shengjing City.
When Shen Nian saw Zhou Jiamin step forward and bow, she said, “I haven’t yet properly thanked Miss Zhou Er for saving my husband’s life.”
Zhou Jiamin smiled lightly and said, "At that time, anyone would come to the rescue. You don't have to thank me."
When Lingling saw Han Ge'er, she started to make a fuss and got out of Ali's arms. She held Han Ge'er's hand and called him "Brother, brother" in a baby voice.
Han Ge'er held Lingling's hand and smiled blankly.
Lu Baozhu invited all unmarried girls, many of whom were only fifteen or sixteen years old like Zhou Jiamin. Qi Yuning was already twenty-one today, and seeing these fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, she could no longer play with them.
Chen Nian and I just watched Han Ge'er and Ling Ling feeding the little fish at the bow of the boat.
Qi Yuning asked Shen Nian, "Is Brother Han doing well recently?"
Shen Nian said, "It's okay, but the weather is getting colder, I'm worried that he will get sick again, alas."
Qi Yuning said, "It's not a bad thing for children to be sick more often. Lu Yun was also often sickly when he was young, but now he is full of energy. There is no need to worry too much. Now that his childhood illnesses have been cured, he will be healthy and safe when he grows up."
Shen Nian smiled lightly and said, “Yeah.”
Qi Yuning saw Lingling feeding the fish with steamed buns, but she broke off more buns to feed the fish than she did to feed herself.
Ali tried to stop her from the side, "Lingling, stop eating. You've already eaten a lot."
Lingling said: "Eat!"
Ali snatched the steamed bun from Lingling's hand, and Lingling pouted in grievance, with tears in her little peach blossom eyes, she felt wronged.
Han Ge'er quickly handed the steamed bun in his hand to Lingling. Lingling was crying, but she quickly took the steamed bun and took a big bite. Unfortunately, although she was fast at biting, she didn't have many teeth, so she failed to bite off the bun, and Ali took it out of her mouth.
Lingling cried bitterly. Qi Yuning went forward to hold Lingling in her arms and comforted her, "Don't cry, don't cry. Nanny is doing this for Lingling's own good."
"Mommy, woooo." Lingling leaned on Qi Yuning's shoulder feeling very aggrieved.
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and comforted her, "Don't cry."
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