The next day, the rain that had been falling all day finally stopped, the autumn sun shone brightly, and the weather was pleasant.
Qi Yuning sent Lingling to the princess's mansion next door early in the morning, and went to the Song Mansion himself.
The Song family will hold a mourning ceremony next year. There are still white lanterns hanging at the door, and the atmosphere is cold and solemn.
Qi Yuning has been without parents since she was young. She has always been aloof and never takes the initiative to make friends with others. She always keeps to herself.
Only Song Heqing, who also lost her mother at a young age and was one year younger than her, did not think Qi Yuning was cold and aloof at all, and took the initiative to come and play with Qi Yuning.
Song Heqing was annoyed by Qi Yuning when he was a child, but he still followed Qi Yuning as usual.
The two gradually became best sisters. Song Heqing was willing to rush into the Eastern Palace like a moth to a flame, and Qi Yuning had no choice but to follow her.
I could only try my best to help the little moth before it was burned.
When Madam Song saw Qi Yuning coming, she went to the gate to greet her, "Princess Qi, I haven't seen you for a long time. You look even more beautiful."
Qi Yuning entered the house and dismissed the Song family servants, leaving only Madam Song. She said, "Madam Song, He Qing and I have been friends since childhood. Now that she and my brother are of marriageable age, I have chosen He Qing to be my sister-in-law."
Madam Song's expression changed. "Princess Qi is a step behind. My He Qing is already engaged to the Guan family..."
Qi Yuning asked, "When was the marriage arranged? Madam Song, I asked when I came here. The Guan family has never come to arrange a marriage. Could it be that Prince Qi is not willing to marry the man from the Guan family?"
"No, no, no, Prince Qi is undoubtedly one of the best men in Shengjing City."
Qi Yuning said, "That's good. My brother will have to wait until the beginning of next spring to arrange a marriage. For the time being, this marriage agreement will be known only to the Qi and Song families. You can go and decline the Guan family's request."
Mrs. Song really didn't want her stepdaughter to marry into the Qi family, but she knew in her heart that Qi Yuning was not someone she could refuse, so she had to agree.
After Qi Yuning left the Song Mansion, he met Madam Guan and Guan Zhiyi at the door.
Guan Zhiyi looked at Qi Yuning and raised his head and said, "Princess Qi."
Madam Guan also followed suit and said, "Princess Qi."
Mrs. Song saw the red silk betrothal gifts behind Mrs. Guan and sighed, "Mrs. Guan, my He Qing has already arranged another marriage."
Madam Guan was stunned for a moment. Guan Zhiyi looked at Qi Yuning and frowned, "Princess Qi, it's not enough that you stole my fiancé, why are you ruining my brother's good fortune?"
Qi Yuning looked at Guan Zhiyi and asked, "Did someone steal your fiancé? Who is your fiancé?"
Guan Zhiyi was stunned. Indeed, Lu Ze could not be considered her fiancé.
Qi Yuning said: "Also, the marriage with the Song family is a good thing for your Guan family, but it may not be a good thing for Miss Song. Your Guan family has stepped on my reputation to rise to power and fame, so that Miss Song can marry into a wealthy family. I have never held it against you.
Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Since you are planning to marry all the daughters of the Guan family off to higher status, why do you bully other families’ daughters into marrying down to lower status?
If Madam Song were not a stepmother today, but Miss Song's biological mother, would you, the Guan family, dare to have any thoughts about Miss Song? Aren't you afraid of being beaten out by the Song family?"
When Mrs. Song heard this, her face turned pale and red.
Guan Zhiyi's hands were shaking. "Princess Qi, what do you mean by that? What do you mean you've never had a problem with us?"
Qi Yuning said, "How can the reputation of the Guan family's daughter be known to everyone in Shengjing? You all know that the Guan family is law-abiding. This princess is magnanimous and doesn't mind getting her hands dirty. But you Guan family insist on provoking me, and if you do, I'll be in a bad mood one day..."
Madam Guan's hands were shaking as she knelt down repeatedly and said, "Princess Qi, have mercy!"
Qi Yuning looked at Madam Guan who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Madam Guan, when you choose a wife for your son, you'd better think about whether you would be willing to marry a beggar if it were your own daughter. Don't stare at the noble lady who is being tortured by her stepmother all day long."
Madam Guan responded repeatedly, "Yes, Princess."
After Qi Yuning boarded the carriage, he looked at Guan Zhiyi's face, which had turned pale and red, and said:
"Miss Guan Liu, you must behave well when you enter the Qin family. If you don't behave well, I will not allow you to hold grudges against you."
Guan Zhiyi only felt her hands and feet were cold.
Seeing the panicked mother and daughter of the Guan family, Qi Yuning was in a good mood and ate the cakes in the carriage.
Jingzhe said: "Princess, you are too lenient with them!"
Qi Yuning said, "Rather than just tearing their faces off, making them worry about when I will retaliate, and living in constant fear, wouldn't that be more satisfying?"
Jingzhe chuckled: "The princess is wise."
It was noon, and Qi Yuning planned to have lunch outside before going to the princess's residence to pick up Lingling, so he found a room in the Tianzi wing of a nearby restaurant.
A group of soldiers were having their meal in the next room. Their voices were very loud. I couldn't tell what they were talking about, but their voices were like thunder.
Seeing Qi Yuning frown, Jingzhe said, "Princess, do you want me to go to the next room and talk to you?"
Qi Yuning said: "No need."
"It's Master Lin and the others!"
Lichun looked down from the door of the wing room and saw Lu Ze, Lin Jiang and Qin Feng entering the restaurant in their official robes.
Qi Yuning looked up from the second-floor room and met Lu Ze's eyes.
Lin Jiang was still asking the waiter for a side room when he heard Lu Ze say, "We don't need a side room. Let's go to the main room."
Seeing Lu Ze and the other two entering without saying hello, Qi Yuning said, "This princess didn't say she wanted to invite you to dinner."
"Of course, we invite the princess to dinner."
Lu Ze sat down and asked, "Princess, where is Lingling?"
Qi Yuning said: "In the princess's mansion."
Lin Jiang and Qin Feng took their seats with Lu Ze. After they sat down, the voices of the soldiers next door became louder and louder.
"Hahaha, that coward Lu Ze, even his wife-to-be was snatched away by our General Qin, and he didn't even dare to say a word!"
"General Qin is also very lucky to marry a virtuous girl whose reputation spreads throughout Shengjing."
"Prince Consort Lu voluntarily handed over his ancestral military power. What future can Lu Ze have? He's just been born into a better family. Now that he's engaged, he can't even protect his unmarried wife."
"Our General Qin is still so brave and heroic."
Listening to the soldiers next door brazenly calling Lu Ze a coward, Qi Yuning raised an eyebrow and looked at Lu Ze, "Prince Lu, they're calling you a coward."
Lu Ze sipped his tea and said, "My wife-to-be hasn't been snatched away by anyone, so how can I be considered a coward? But I don't think anyone can snatch you away, Princess."
Lin Jiang and Qin Feng's eyes shifted between Lu Ze and Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning frowned: "Master Lu, please don't talk nonsense. Is this princess your wife-to-be?"
Lu Ze took a sip of tea and asked, "Isn't it?"
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