Lu Ze sat next to Qi Yuning and asked, "What would you like to eat?"
Qi Yuning said: "Chicken noodle soup."
Lu Ze ordered the maid behind him to go to the kitchen to serve the meal. He then held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "Yuning..."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Ze shook his head and ultimately did not tell Qi Yuning about the malaria. He reached out and tidied Qi Yuning's hair, saying gently and solemnly, "Rest well. I'm going to the palace first and will be back soon."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "I feel much better now. I think the bitter medicine I took last night was very effective. You can go ahead and do your work. I'm not that squeamish."
After Lu Ze left, he told the maidservant beside Qi Yuning to take good care of Qi Yuning, and also reminded her: "Don't tell her about the malaria for now."
Lichun responded, "Yes."
Lu Ze went to the small room next door, picked up Lingling who had just woken up inside and said, "Daddy will take you to the palace today."
Lingling, however, did not have the usual excitement when she heard that she was going to enter the palace. She said in a baby voice, "Mother, mother, mother, mother."
Lu Ze whispered to Lingling, "Mom is sick and can't play with Lingling. Can you follow Daddy to the palace to play with your uncle first?"
"Mother, dear!" Lingling struggled in Lu Ze's arms with tears in her eyes, "Wuwu, mother, dear."
Lu Ze coaxed helplessly: "Let's go to the palace and give you some cakes."
Lingling wiped her tears with her little hands and then lay on Lu Ze's shoulder. Lu Ze chuckled and touched Lingling's little head: "You really love to eat."
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After Qi Yuning finished her breakfast, she rested for a while and felt that she had no strength left. It was not until noon that she felt better and took care of the miscellaneous matters of the business in various places in the Prince Qi's Mansion.
Just after dealing with the letter, Shen Nian came to visit with ginseng in hand, "Is sister-in-law feeling better?"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "I've gotten much better. I feel completely healed now. Aside from a little fatigue and soreness in my limbs, everything else is fine."
Shen Nian also smiled lightly and said, “It’s good that nothing happened. I feel relieved.”
Before Shen Nian left, Lu Baozhu also came to visit. Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning's face and said, "You look a lot better now. You looked scary last night."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Maybe he caught a cold. He felt much better after taking the medicine last night. I just hope he'll feel better tomorrow. Lingling's first birthday party is only a few days away."
Shen Nian said, "Sister-in-law, if you can help us with anything regarding the first birthday party, please let us know."
Qi Yuning looked at Chen Nian, wondering whether he should hand over the affairs of the Princess Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion to Chen Nian.
In Qi Yuning's opinion, although the backyard affairs of the Princess's Mansion and the Duke Lu's Mansion are far less complicated and huge than the Qi family's businesses, the Princess's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion are not small families after all. There are many interpersonal relationships and public affairs, and Qi Yuning sometimes feels overwhelmed.
Besides, she doesn't have to be the only one in the Qi family in Duke Lu's mansion. The cousins from her second and third uncles' houses are all at the age to get married and have children. In the future, the affairs of the mansion will become more and more complicated. Qi Yuning has no shortage of money now, and she doesn't care about everything. The housekeeper is also generous, but this is not a long-term solution after all.
If Chen Nian helps, managing the miscellaneous affairs of the Princess Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion will indeed make her life a lot easier.
After weighing the pros and cons, Qi Yuning said to Chen Nian, "I really have something to entrust to you. I want you to be the housekeeper. In the future, all the affairs of the Princess Mansion and the Duke Mansion will be in your charge. What do you think?"
Shen Nian was stunned, “Me?”
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, you don't want to?"
Shen Nian smiled faintly and said, “It’s not that I don’t want to, but I’m afraid that I won’t be able to manage the affairs well and cause a joke.”
Qi Yuning said, "There are maids downstairs who will help you, so you don't have to worry too much. If you have any big issues that you can't decide on, you can consult me or mother."
Shen Nian responded: “Okay.”
After Shen Nian left, Lu Baozhu said to Qi Yuning, "You really handed over the affairs of our mansion to her?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu and said, "I'm usually very busy. Lingling is growing up, so I have to spend more time with her. If I don't hand over the affairs of the Princess's Mansion to her, can I hand it over to you? But you have to be able to manage the household."
Lu Baozhu said, "That's right."
After Lu Baozhu left, Qi Yuning was busy until the evening. When he bent down to look at the account book, he felt a force on his shoulder.
Lu Ze whispered to Qi Yuning, "You're not well yet, so there's no need to work so hard."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly at Lu Ze and said, "I'm fine. I feel completely healed now."
"Mother, dear!"
Qi Yuning saw Lingling being held in the arms of a maid behind Lu Ze. She was afraid that she was ill and didn't dare to hold Lingling. "Lingling, mother is sick. Can I hold you in my arms after a few days?"
Lingling babbled and called out "Mommy, darling!" and stretched out her two little hands, eagerly asking Qi Yuning to hold her. When she waited for a long time without Qi Yuning holding her, she began to sob, and then burst into tears.
Qi Yuning held Lingling in her arms, feeling distressed. "Alas, aren't you afraid of being infected by your mother?"
Lingling stopped sobbing in Qi Yuning's arms. Qi Yuning looked at Lingling with tears still in her eyes and smiled softly.
Lu Ze stepped forward to help Lingling wipe her tears. Lingling just hugged Qi Yuning's neck tightly. Qi Yuning really enjoyed the soft and sticky Lingling clinging to him like this.
When it was time for dinner, Qi Yuning still felt a little tired and had a slight headache. He did not go out to eat, but just ate a little in the room and went to bed exhausted.
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