There was a Dragon Boat Festival palace banquet at noon. After Qi Yuning came down from Xianglin Temple, he hurried to the palace. Although His Majesty was not there today, the palace was still bustling.
But Empress Dowager Zhou's expression was clearly not right, and she was full of anger.
Qi Yuning asked Princess Pingrou in a low voice, "What happened? Why is Queen Mother Zhou so angry today?"
Princess Pingrou whispered in Qi Yuning's ear, "The Grand Empress Dowager didn't give the Phoenix Seal to Empress Dowager Zhou before. Before her death, she gave it to Concubine Tian. Today's palace banquet wasn't decided by Empress Dowager Zhou. How could she not be angry?"
Her son became the emperor and she was the empress dowager, but she couldn't even take care of the affairs of the harem.
Consort Tian was a concubine of Emperor Shiyuan, and Empress Dowager Zhou still had to call her stepmother. It was also the Empress Dowager's last wish, so it was no wonder that Empress Dowager Zhou was so angry.
However, Qi Yuning also knew the concerns of the Grand Empress Dowager during her lifetime. Empress Dowager Zhou did not seem to be a smart person. Now that she has seized the power of the harem, when the little emperor grows up and takes a queen and concubines, it will not be good for the power of the harem to be in the hands of Empress Dowager Zhou.
It would be better to give it to Consort Tian, who was childless and about the same age as Empress Dowager Zhou, and then hand it over to the Empress Dowager who could take charge of the six palaces in the future.
Princess Pingrou asked Qi Yuning, "Didn't Yun'er go to Xianglin Temple with you? Where is he?"
Qi Yuning said, "I don't know where he went."
Queen Mother Zhou had a very unhappy Dragon Boat Festival, but she soon figured it out. As long as she stayed alive, she would have the power to control the harem when Zhao Jie took power.
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In the princess's mansion.
Shen Nian had just managed to coax Han Ge'er to sleep when she heard someone kicking the door hard.
Lu Yun kicked the door open and startled Shen Nian, "Lu Yun, speak softly."
Lu Yun looked at Chen Nian and said, "Don't you want a divorce? I'll grant your wish. Divorce, divorce now. I don't want to be cuckolded. You and your stinky little burden, get out of the princess's house right away."
Shen Nian looked at Lu Yun and said, "What are you crazy about? Don't wake up Brother Han."
Lu Yun's eyes were red as he said, "If you don't want a divorce, throw Huang Rui's spirit tablet out of Xianglin Temple. I don't want to see his spirit tablet in Shengjing City."
Shen Nian sighed and pulled Lu Yun to the master bedroom. She looked up at Lu Yun and asked, "What did Huang Rui's spirit tablet do to you?"
Lu Yun said, "You rushed to Xianglin Temple on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. I actually believed you were going there to worship Buddha, but I didn't expect you were going to see your ex-husband. It's either him or me! If you want to stay, then throw away his spirit tablet."
Shen Nian sighed deeply and said, "Then let's get a divorce. I'm tired too."
Lu Yun opened his eyes wide and looked at Shen Nian in disbelief: “You didn’t choose me but him?”
Lu Yun reached out and restrained Shen Nian's wrist, pulled Shen Nian onto the bed and said, "How many years have you been married to him? You and I have been married for almost three years, and you still chose him without hesitation. You are really too bullying!"
Lu Yun's eyes were red and tears were falling as he spoke. He bit Shen Nian's exposed shoulder hard and said, "I won't divorce you. Don't even think about it! You still owe me several children.
How could you let me down like this? I've forgiven you for all the bad things you've done. I love you so much..."
"Bah! I don't love you."
Chen Nian reached out to wipe Lu Yun's tears, leaned into Lu Yun's arms and said, "I rushed to Xianglin Temple on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month for you. When you were bitten by a poisonous snake and fell unconscious, I swore in front of the Bodhisattva that if you could wake up safely, I would be a vegetarian for the rest of my life, and I would go to the temple to worship Buddha and fulfill my vow every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.
I enshrine Huang Rui's spirit tablet not because I still have him in my heart, but because he is Han'er's biological father.
Lu Yun, now in my heart, you and Han'er have the same status, and I love you too.
Let's just live a good life from now on, okay? Let's not talk about divorce anymore, okay?"
When Lu Yun heard Shen Nian say the four words "I love you too", the corners of his lips were curled up in a smile, and he gradually stopped crying and responded, "Yeah."
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After the Dragon Boat Festival, it was a series of scorching hot days. However, even the scorching heat could not stop Lingling's playful heart. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Shu and Yuan Ge'er came back. Lingling had her aunt and cousin to play with, so she stayed in the palace and was unwilling to go home.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Shu held a banquet at Prince Qi's Mansion and invited Princess Pingrou and her family to attend.
When Lu Yun arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, he took Chen Nian to see the dog hole he had crawled through when he was a child, "Why is this dog hole sealed? I crawled in through here to find you when I was a child."
Shen Nian smiled faintly and said, “You went to find Yuning when you were a child.”
Lu Yun snorted lightly: "Who wants to find her? She has been fierce since she was a child. Only my brother can tolerate her."
Lingling raised her eyes to look at Lu Yun and pouted, "Mom is not mean, uncle is mean!"
Lu Yun looked at Xiao Lingling who had appeared out of nowhere and said, "Where did you come from? Little aunt, I'm going to teach you how to crawl through a dog hole. Don't tell your mother and uncle that she's a mean person."
Lu Yun opened the blocked dog hole and let Lingling crawl through it. He then went out the side door and into the alley. Lu Yun pointed to the princess's mansion nearby and said, "Look, your uncle's house is just one hole away from ours."
Lingling's eyes lit up and she knocked on the side door of the princess's mansion. As soon as the door opened, Lingling entered the princess's mansion and said, "I'm home."
Lingling retreated from the princess's residence and crawled back through the dog hole. "We're at my uncle's house."
Lingling crawled over again, "Go home."
He crawled back up again and said, "Back to my uncle's house."
Lingling had a lot of fun playing.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze searched for Lingling all over the Qi Palace. When they found the side door, they saw Lingling trying to crawl into the dog hole. Qi Yuning walked up to her and picked up the dirty Lingling, then gave her to Lu Ze with great disgust.
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