The mountain wind was freezing cold. Lu Ze waited for Qi Yuning in his arms and cried for a while. He lowered his head and said softly, "It's cold outside. Let's go inside first."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes, the corners of her phoenix eyes reddened as she said, "Aunt Ren told me that my parents didn't just die at the hands of Beimo. They died because of collusion between the officials of the Dasheng court and the Beimo thieves."
Lu Ze said, "If this is true, Your Majesty will never let that thief go!"
"What if that thief is your uncle?" Qi Yuning said, "Uncle Huo has been in the Shu Palace for many years just to investigate the conspiracy between the Shu King and Beimo."
Lu Ze said, "If it really is my uncle, His Majesty would never shield his own son. Princess, you should trust His Majesty. The Great Sheng Dynasty would never let a loyal minister die in vain. I will investigate this matter secretly, but I'm afraid of alerting the enemy. After all, it's been fourteen years..."
Qi Yuning said with a nasal tone: "Hmm."
Lu Ze reached out and gently wiped the tears from Qi Yuning's eyes. "Luckily you didn't wear makeup today, otherwise your makeup would have been ruined by your tears."
Qi Yuning turned around and looked at Shengjing, which was in full view. "I've never been fond of crying because I don't have parents. Ever since my brother left me for North City, I've rarely cried. For me, without parents, tears are the most useless thing in this world."
"Sometimes when Lingling cries, I compromise with her and grant her every request. It's not because I'm doting on her, but because I think if my parents were still alive, I could also..."
Seeing the tears in Qi Yuning's eyes, Lu Ze held her in his arms again and said, "Lingling is your daughter. It's okay to spoil her a little."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes, looked at Lu Ze and said, "I just didn't expect that my parents were killed by the Dasheng people... Originally, I would have been a child with parents, instead of never seeing them again at the age of four."
Lu Ze felt a pang of pain in his heart. "I will definitely find the real culprit and avenge General Qi and General Liu."
"Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Lingling walked to Qi Yuning's side, raised her eyes and asked, "Mom, are you crying? Are your feet hurting again? Lingling, can you massage Mom's feet for me?"
Qi Yuning came out of Lu Ze's arms, squatted down, picked up Lingling, and kissed Lingling on the cheek, "I just miss my mother."
Lingling asked, "Then let's go see my mother's mother. Lingling also wants to see my mother's mother."
Qi Yuning looked up at the cloudless blue sky and pointed to the sky, saying, "My mother's mother is in heaven. I will never see her again."
Lingling scratched her head and said to Lu Ze, "Then let Daddy give you his mother."
Qi Yuning smiled. In fact, when she was a child, she had envied Lu Baozhu more than once for having a mother who doted on her. Princess Pingrou was a very good mother.
Lu Ze walked up to Lingling and ruffled her buns.
In the afternoon, Qi Yuning watched the Qi family army's military training. Many of these 5,000 soldiers were the children of his father's subordinates back then.
In the Battle of Beimo fourteen years ago, not only Qi Yuning became an orphan, but there were also many orphans and widows among the descendants of the Qi family army.
After these orphans and widows received the relief money, many of them were bullied by their clansmen and villagers.
Ren Yao learned that His Majesty took pity on Qi Yu'an and Qi Yuning, and allowed the Prince Qi's Mansion to raise private soldiers in Shengjing City, so she recruited them into the Prince Qi's Mansion's army so that they could have enough food and clothing.
Among them, there are about two hundred female soldiers who are either orphans or widows of the Qi family army.
Seeing these heroic female soldiers, Qi Yuning clenched his hands tightly, his nails digging into his flesh, remembering that the battle that year was a plot.
After seeing this, Lu Ze stepped forward, held Qi Yuning's hand, parted her nails, and said, "Princess."
Qi Yuning only then began to feel the pain, "How are the soldiers and horses of my Qi Palace?"
Lu Ze said, "The troops General Ren brought with him are certainly good."
Lingling pulled Qi Yuning's skirt and said, "Mom, where is Lingling's little wooden sword? Lingling wants to practice martial arts with her uncle and aunt using the little wooden sword."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I didn't bring my little wooden sword. When Lingling is old enough, can you come and practice with the uncles and aunts?"
Lingling nodded, "Then Lingling needs to grow up quickly, and practice martial arts to protect mother."
Ren Yao looked at Lingling kindly from the side and smiled, "Lingling is exactly like the princess when she was little. When she was little, the princess didn't want General Liu to leave and said she wanted to join the army when she grew up, so that General Liu wouldn't have to go to war."
Qi Yuning smiled helplessly. She had been sick twice when she was young, and her brother had not allowed her to learn martial arts. Now, let alone join the army.
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little face and said, "I can't join the army. Lingling has a talent for martial arts. Who knows, she might become a female general like her grandmother in the future."
Lingling smiled sweetly, "Lingling likes to be a female general!"
It was past midnight and Qi Yuning and the others were about to go down the mountain. The two sisters of the Lu family decided to stay there and not go down the mountain. They just asked Lu Ze to go and tell their parents.
Lu Ze also followed them. After all, his uncle and aunt had long been accustomed to their two daughters going in and out of the military camp.
The mountain road is steep and the way down the mountain becomes increasingly difficult.
Qi Yuning was worried that Lingling would have trouble going down the mountain, but after Lingling came down from Lu Ze's arms, she didn't need anyone to lead her. She jumped up and down very nimbly. Several maids couldn't keep up with her, and it took the secret guards to catch up with Lingling.
Qi Yuning shouted, "Lingling, slow down.
"Mom, hurry up!"
Qi Yuning said helplessly: "This child, I thought she would be afraid because she couldn't climb a mountain, but she is like a little monkey."
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