Qi Yuning said, "Since you haven't eaten yet, I won't keep you here any longer. Go home and have your meal."
Lu Yun was drinking hot soup. When he heard Qi Yuning's words, he spat out the hot soup all over Lu Ze's clothes. Lu Ze couldn't stand it any more and said, "Lu Yun!"
Wen Yalan glanced at Lu Ze and Lu Yun, then bowed and said, "Then Your Majesty, I will leave first."
After Wen Yalan left, Lu Yun said, "Ningning, I thought you asked her if she had eaten yet, and wanted her to stay for dinner. We were eating, and it was just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks, so why did you let her go?"
Qi Yuning said to Lu Yun, "Although it gets dark late in the North City, it's almost dark. It's really not appropriate to invite an unmarried girl to dinner."
Lingling said to Aping, "Aunt, where's my cousin? Why didn't he show up at mealtime? Lingling misses him so much!"
Ah Ping said, "I don't know where your cousin is... Your Majesty, does Lingling have a cousin?"
Qi Yu'an shook his head and said, "She doesn't have a cousin yet."
Lingling said: "Lingling has a cousin!"
Qi Yuning went over and pulled Lingling back, whispering in her ear: "Cousin went back to your aunt's belly. Now your cousin is still in your aunt's belly."
Lingling asked, "Why did my cousin end up in my aunt's belly?"
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Because the weather is too cold, your cousin has hidden back in your aunt's belly. When the weather gets warmer, your cousin will come out of your aunt's belly."
Lingling touched Qi Yuning's belly and asked, "Did Lingling also come out of mother's belly?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, Lingling will come out of mother's belly in the future."
"Then how did Lingling get into Mother's stomach?" Lingling tilted her head. "Did Mother swallow Lingling in one gulp? Mother doesn't want to eat Lingling!"
Qi Yuning smiled lightly and said, "Mother won't eat Lingling."
Lingling sat on Qi Yuning's lap and ate her meal obediently.
After dinner.
Qi Yu'an called Qi Yuning to the study and said, "I plan to go back to Shengjing City with you after the New Year. Then I will ask His Majesty to grant A Ping the title of Princess. What exactly is A Ping's status?"
Qi Yuning said: "I'm just guessing. If Ping doesn't want to say, I can't be sure..."
Qi Yu'an asked quietly, "Is her identity good or bad for our Qi family?"
"It's hard to say." Qi Yuning said, "If her identity is harmful to our Qi family, then you won't marry her as your concubine?"
Qi Yu'an said: "Then I will completely remove all clues about her identity."
Qi Yuning said, "It should be considered beneficial."
The current emperor trusts the Qi family, but a new emperor in the future may not trust the Qi family.
In Shengjing City, the Lu family was not the only one that came from aristocratic families. However, the reason why Qi Yuning agreed to marry Lu Yun was not because of the Lu family, but because he was the grandson of His Majesty and a member of the royal family, but he could not affect the struggle for the throne.
The Qi family needs royal blood to preserve the lives of future generations.
Lingling said that the young grandson Zhao Jie would succeed to the throne in the future. Her little nephew and Zhao Jie were cousins. If they could grow up together, the Qi family could at least enjoy two generations of wealth.
Qi Yu'an looked at Qi Yuning and said, "One more thing. Since Lingling is the child of you and Lu Ze, it's inappropriate for you to live together now! Do you still look like a princess? I'm not in Shengjing Palace, so I can't interfere. But in Beicheng, you have to abide by the rules."
Qi Yuning whispered, "It was Lingling who asked Daddy and Mommy to sleep together. Besides, after we return to Shengjing City, we will report to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to grant us a marriage."
Qi Yu'an said, "Before we get married, Lu Ze can only sleep in the guest house!"
Qi Yuning didn't dare to say anything more, and could only weakly ask: "What if Lingling makes a fuss?"
Qi Yu'an said, "You spoil Lingling just because she's making trouble? Sister, although Lingling is cute, you can't just spoil her blindly..."
"She just wants her parents to be together. How can this be considered pampering?" Qi Yuning said, "As long as Lingling doesn't make a fuss, I'll listen to you. If Lingling makes a fuss, I won't listen to you."
Qi Yu'an took the portrait that Lu Ze had drawn and said, "Lu Ze must have met Ah Ping for the first time today. Why does he have a portrait of Ah Ping?"
Qi Yuning asked: "Do you know Qin Feng?"
Qi Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "The youngest Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Qin Feng, who is known as one of the Three Heroes of Shengjing along with Lu Ze and Lin Jiang?"
"Yes, that's him. Three years ago, when she went to Shancheng to provide disaster relief, she fell in love with Ping at first sight and couldn't forget her. That's why she created a portrait of her."
Qi Yu'an frowned slightly, "I see. Also, the Wen family intends to marry Wen Yalan into the palace as a concubine. What do you think about this? I remember that you two had a pretty good relationship in the past."
General Wen Ban is one of the disciples of the old prince Qi. After Qi Yuning's parents passed away, it was General Wen Ban, General Zhu Ling, and General Zhong Xin who took up the responsibility of the Qi family army in Beicheng, waiting for Qi Yu'an to grow up and take over.
These three generals are loyal to the Qi family, so it is understandable that the Wen family wants to marry their daughter to the Qi family.
Unlike the Zhu and Zhong families, which have successors and many heroes among the younger generation, the Wen family's younger generation has only two daughters who are more outstanding, and the three sons are more useless than the other.
If the Wen family wants to ensure that their descendants continue to enjoy high positions in the Qi family army, they can only let their daughter become Prince Qi's concubine.
Qi Yuning looked at Qi Yu'an and said, "I only know that two days ago you cried and told me that there would only be A Ping in your life. Do you regret it now?"
Qi Yu'an said, "I don't regret it. I really don't want to marry Wen Yalan as a concubine. She is my sister who I have watched grow up since she was a child. However, she is already eighteen years old and still unengaged. I don't know how to refuse her. After all, Uncle Wen helped us a lot in the past."
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