After Qi Yuning fell asleep, she felt embarrassed and annoyed. Lu Ze was too ignorant of romance. He had the nerve to say that he wanted to win the beauty.
If Lingling hadn't been there, Qi Yuning wouldn't even give him this chance.
Qi Yuning didn't sleep well all night. She kept dreaming, sometimes in the tomb, sometimes in her childhood, but every time she dreamed of Lu Ze's irritating face.
One morning, she was woken up by Lingling.
Qi Yuning opened her eyes, Lingling smiled at her and said, "Mom, I woke up earlier than you today."
Qi Yuning looked into Lingling's eyes, rubbed her head and smiled faintly.
Lichun came in hurriedly and said, "Princess, Prince Lu is in the yard."
Lingling got out of bed without even getting dressed, walked outside and shouted, "Daddy!"
Qi Yuning put on her coat, her long hair cascading down like a waterfall and not combed up. She limped to the door and said to Lu Ze, "It's only the morning of the following day. What are you doing here?"
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning, whose long hair was loose, through the lantern. He walked over and handed her a rolled-up piece of rice paper. He said, "I really can't write a poem anymore, so I drew a picture for you overnight. I have to go to the morning court now."
Lu Ze rubbed Lingling's little face and said, "Daddy will come to see you after the court."
"Goodbye, Daddy."
After entering the house, it was still very dark at the hour of Mao in late autumn and early winter. Qi Yuning asked Lichun to add two more lamps and slowly opened the roll of rice paper.
She originally thought that Lu Ze was drawing her, but she didn't expect it to be her parents.
Dad was riding a big white horse and wearing general's armor. When Dad left, he was only 25 years old. The young General Qi had a firm face and a resolute expression.
My mother was only twenty-three years old when she passed away. She had a bright smile on her face, wore women's armor, and held a waving military flag in her hand, looking very heroic.
There were two little children on the corridors on the left and right sides of the painting. Qi Yuning recognized that the little girl was himself.
Should the older one be Qi Yu'an? But he doesn't look like Qi Yu'an.
Qi Yuning reached out and touched the portraits of her parents. Her vague memory finally had faces, and she hugged the portraits and shed tears.
"Why are you crying, Mom? Do your feet hurt?"
Qi Yuning shed tears and said, "Yeah."
Lichun stepped forward and handed Lingling a handkerchief. Lingling stepped forward and wiped Qi Yuning's tears and said, "Mom, don't cry, don't cry."
"Don't cry, mother. Mother is happy."
Qi Yuning opened the scroll and showed it to Lingling.
Lingling pointed at the figures above and said, "Grandfather, grandmother."
Qi Yuning asked in surprise: "Does Lingling know him?"
Lingling said, "Mother, you taught Lingling."
Lingling pointed at the two children and said, "Lingling still knows that this is Daddy and this is Mommy when she was a child."
Qi Yuning saw Lingling pointing at the two children and asked, pointing to the little boy, "Isn't this your uncle?"
"This is Daddy, he looks a lot like Lingling!"
Qi Yuning took a closer look and found that it was indeed very similar to Lingling, just slightly bigger. But why was Qi Yuanan not in this picture?
Lingling said, "Hey, there's an uncle missing from this painting. The last time Lingling saw this picture, the uncle was still there."
Qi Yuning asked, "Where was my uncle before?"
Lingling pointed to the left corner of the painting and said, "Uncle is here."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Then ask your father to make up for your uncle later."
Qi Yuning's feet only hurt slightly when he walked today, and the swelling had subsided. He consulted the imperial physician, who said that the problem was not serious.
Song Heqing came after the imperial physician left.
As soon as he entered, Song Heqing said with a guilty conscience, "I didn't know about your foot injury until today. Is it serious?"
Qi Yuning said, "I was greedy for persimmons and sprained my ankle while picking them. It's not a big deal and I'll be well soon."
Song Heqing chuckled and said, "That's good."
Lingling looked at Song Heqing and hid behind Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning let Lichun take Lingling out to play.
Song Heqing asked, "Why is Lingling so scared the moment she sees me?"
Qi Yuning smiled slowly and said, "This child is just shy of strangers."
Song Heqing said, "Yuning, I heard that the Crown Prince is going to hold a poetry gathering in the royal gardens of South City in a few days, inviting the nobles and their daughters from Shengjing City. I didn't receive an invitation, and I was hoping you could help me, but..."
Qi Yuning said, "I haven't received it either. I'll ask Lu Ze later. If this poetry meeting is real, ask him to get an invitation for me. I'll take you there."
"But your foot..." Song Heqing said, "Since your foot is injured, there's no need to go to the garden poetry gathering for me."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "My foot has been injured for many days, and I've been feeling depressed. Maybe it will be healed in a few days."
Song Heqing looked at Qi Yuning with great gratitude, "Thank you very much."
Qi Yuning said, "You don't have to be so polite with me."
Song Heqing said, "Oh right, you were talking about Master Lu. When did you become so familiar with Master Lu? I've never had the nerve to ask you, but Lingling looks so similar to Master Lu, and there are so many rumors out there. I wonder..."
Qi Yuning didn't hide it from Song Heqing, "Lingling is indeed Lu Ze's daughter."
Song Heqing was slightly surprised. "I thought you hated Master Lu before. I've seen you never even glance at Master Lu at banquets before."
Qi Yuning said, "I was a little disgusted before."
Song Heqing smiled faintly and said, "So what is it now?"
“I don’t hate it now.”
Qi Yuning hid her feelings in front of her close friends. In fact, she was actually happy for Lu Ze...
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