Early in the morning, Zhao Shu learned the good news that Princess Pingrou had two grandsons, so she brought Yuan Ge'er to visit.
After visiting Shen Nian's room, Zhao Shu brought Yuan Ge'er to Qi Yuning's courtyard.
Qi Yuning smiled as he saw his nephew looking more and more like Lu Ze. "That's strange. Brother Yuan actually looks just like Lu Ze when he was a kid. If I had a son, I'm not sure he'd be this similar."
Qi Yuning is the only one with the surname Qi among the younger generation of the Qi family. He has always liked Yuan Ge'er, and now that he looks more and more like Lu Ze, he likes him even more.
When Lingling came in, she saw Qi Yuning hugging Yuan Ge'er, and she said jealously: "Mom, you haven't hugged Lingling for a long time, but you hugged my cousin!"
Qi Yuning opened her arms towards Lingling and said, "After the baby is born, mother will hold you every day."
Lingling pouted and looked at Yuan Ge'er, obviously disliking him very much. Yuan Ge'er, on the other hand, patted Lingling's head generously and said, "Lingling, don't be angry."
Lingling was still pouting, and Yuan Ge'er was getting anxious. "Aunt, Lingling is angry with me. Will she be unwilling to marry me in the future?"
Qi Yuning smiled as he listened to Yuan Ge'er's words and said, "Who said Lingling is going to marry you?"
Yuan Ge'er said in a baby voice: "Cousins always marry their cousins. This is called a closer relationship."
Zhao Shulian covered Yuan Ge'er's mouth and said to Qi Yuning with a faint smile: "Not long ago, the youngest daughter of the Zhong family in North City married her cousin, and Yuan Ge'er thought that his cousin and cousin were going to get married."
Lingling looked at Yuan Ge'er and said, "Lingling will not marry my cousin. Lingling wants to marry Brother Zhong You and my uncle."
Yuan Ge'er threw himself into Zhao Shu's arms and said sadly, "Mother, my cousin, please don't marry me."
Qi Yuning looked at Yuan Ge'er. It would be nice if Lingling could marry back into the Qi family. However, Yuan Ge'er was not only Lingling's cousin, but also Lu Ze's biological cousin. This was not an ordinary cousin relationship, so they could not get married.
Moreover, these two children look alike. Everyone can tell that they are brother and sister. It would be strange if they were husband and wife.
Qi Yuning asked Lingling, "Where did you go so early in the morning?"
Lingling said, "I went to play with my aunt. My aunt didn't let me tell her that I saw her sleeping with Uncle Linlin, so Lingling can't tell mother that my aunt and Uncle Linlin are sleeping together."
Zhao Shu dropped the cup in her hand upon hearing this. She looked at Lingling with a pale face and asked, "What did you say? Your aunt and your uncle slept together?"
Qi Yuning explained: "He is not Lingling's uncle, but Shen Jialin from the Shen family. Lingling follows Han Ge'er and calls him uncle."
Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief, but it was only a sigh of relief. She felt something was wrong: "That's not right. Baozhu hasn't gotten married yet."
Qi Yuning said, "She has to get married now. Sister-in-law, this matter concerns the reputation of the Lu family. I hope you won't say too much."
Zhao Shu nodded and said, "Of course."
After Qi Yuning sent Zhao Shu away, he went to find Lu Ze and told him about Lu Baozhu and Shen Jialin.
Lu Ze said, "Lu Baozhu is just fooling around. This time it's not up to her whether she wants to marry or not. I'm going to the palace right now to ask His Majesty to issue an imperial decree granting her marriage."
The imperial decree granting the marriage was issued in the afternoon.
Lu Baozhu was bewildered when she received the imperial edict. After receiving it, she went to Lu Ze and asked, "Brother, am I still your biological sister? Are you so intolerant that you want to kick me out of the house?"
Lu Ze said with a dark face, "You know what good things you did yesterday. The Lu family cannot let another scandal of a pregnancy before marriage happen again."
Lu Baozhu held the imperial edict tightly. It was a life-threatening thing. If the imperial edict was issued, Madam Shen, with her arrogant temperament, would be furious to death, right?
Mrs. Shen said that she was of humble origin, but now she had to accept the imperial decree to marry her as a daughter-in-law. Lu Baozhu felt relieved when she thought about it.
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Lu Baozhu and Shen Jialin's wedding date is set for two months later.
Even if the Shen family was unwilling to marry Lu Baozhu, they did not dare to disobey the imperial edict at this time.
It was no small matter for the future head of the Shen family to marry. Originally, the Shen family wanted to return to their ancestral home in Xiuzhou, Jiangnan, to hold a grand wedding, but Lu Baozhu was unwilling to travel so far to Xiuzhou, and with only two months to spare, she only wanted to get married in Shengjing City.
Princess Pingrou had been urging Lu Baozhu to get married, but when the time came for her daughter to be married off, she was reluctant to let her go.
The one who was most reluctant to leave was Lingling. She cried for a long time when she learned that her aunt had gotten married and could no longer stay at home.
Three days before Lu Baozhu's wedding, Qi Yuning took Lingling to give Lu Baozhu some makeup. Looking at Lu Baozhu trying on her wedding dress, Qi Yuning was surprised to see that the back of the dress was embroidered with a peacock, and the peacock's feathers were made of green jade inlaid on gold and then sewn on the dress.
A large area of gold and jade shows the luxury of the wedding dress, which is Lu Baozhu's style.
Lingling's eyes lit up and she said, "Auntie, you are so beautiful. Auntie, are you going to get married and never come back? Can Lingling accompany you to get married? Lingling can't bear to leave you."
Lu Baozhu took off her wedding dress, held Lingling in her arms and said, "Auntie can't bear to leave you either. I really can't bear to leave you."
Lingling said, "Then Lingling will marry with her aunt."
Qi Yuning tapped Lingling's forehead gently and said, "If you marry her, you'll be a burden."
Lingling said, "Uncle also often says that Brother Han is a burden. Does that have a bad connotation? Then Lingling won't like Uncle anymore. He said Brother Han is a bad person."
Qi Yuning smiled lightly. Although Lu Yun said that Han Ge'er was a burden, he was not bad to Han Ge'er. Now that he had two biological children, he still often took Han Ge'er with him.
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