Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze in confusion.
After Lu Ze closed the doors and windows, he whispered, "When I returned from the side door last night, I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lingering at the gate of the palace for a long time."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Our two families are close to each other, maybe he is going to look for the princess."
Lu Ze said: "No, if I had gone to look for my mother, I wouldn't have lingered in the palace for so long before leaving."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "How is that possible? You're overthinking it."
"Maybe I'm overthinking it." Lu Ze said.
"You're just overthinking it." Qi Yuning said, "Besides, you and I are going to get married. No matter what Ah Ping's status is, you are still His Highness's nephew. If His Highness the Crown Prince really likes me, how could he watch me become his nephew's wife?"
Qi Yuning took a bite of the apple as he spoke. The bright red apple was wrapped in rock sugar, and it tasted sour, sweet, and crispy. "Did you buy crispy apples?"
Lu Ze asked: "Yeah."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lu Baozhu only eats pink apples. I'm afraid she will cry again."
Lu Ze said, "Xiao Man said you like crispy food. I didn't know Bao Zhu likes soft food. I'll buy it for her next time."
Qi Yuning handed the unbitten side to Lu Ze and said, "Try it too."
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand, took a bite and said, "It's quite sweet."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "It tastes better than candied haws."
Seeing the traces of sugar on Qi Yuning's lips, Lu Ze lowered his head and kissed the corners of Qi Yuning's lips. The sweet taste of the sugar coating came...
"Daddy, Mommy! Open the door!"
Lu Ze heard Lingling's voice coming from outside and sighed helplessly.
Qi Yuning chuckled and went over to open the door, "Lingling!"
Lingling handed the candied haws in her hand to Qi Yuning and said, "Mother, this one is sweet, not sour. Mother, please eat it."
Qi Yuning didn't like hawthorn very much, but he took a bite of half of it to give Lingling some face.
Lingling handed the candied haws to Lu Ze again. Lu Ze ate the half that Qi Yuning had bitten, "It's quite sweet."
Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and always felt that what he said was very sweet and had other meanings.
Lu Ze said to Lingling, "Daddy will be on vacation in two days. Both the first and second days of February are free. Where are you going to go, Lingling?"
Qi Yuning said, "On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head. Doesn't your majesty lead the officials to farm?"
Lu Ze said, "Your Majesty has not been feeling well recently, so he has not been farming."
"You're not feeling well?" Qi Yuning asked in surprise, "Is there anything serious?"
Lu Ze sighed slightly and said, "Grandfather is old after all. He is upset and sad about the matter of the King of Shu... He has not been in good health these past two days."
Qi Yuning hoped that Emperor Shi Yuan could live a long life, even though Lingling had already told him that his uncle would succeed to the throne in the end.
But the change of imperial power is not a simple statement.
Thinking back to the winter thunder in the twelfth lunar month, Qi Yuning felt very uneasy.
Lingling tilted her head and said, "Daddy will take Lingling to see little uncle during the day off and play with little uncle."
Qi Yuning said: "Okay, let's go play with uncle."
Lingling was very excited when she learned that she was going to play with her uncle. She put away all the toys she brought from the North City and planned to take them to her uncle.
On the first day of February, the spring sun is shining brightly. Although the spring chill is still lingering, it is much better than the freezing winter days and there is no need to wear a coat.
In the carriage, Lingling kept her head out of the window looking out.
Qi Yuning saw that Lingling was interested in the outside world, so he said to Lu Ze, "Why don't we go there on horseback? You take Lingling with you!"
When Lingling learned about it, she raised her arms and shouted, "That's great!"
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Yeah."
Accompanying Lingling, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze did not ride fast horses, but rode slowly, enjoying the spring scenery along the way.
It was already afternoon when we arrived at the imperial palace.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze took Lingling to the villa of Prince Duan's Mansion first.
When Princess Duan heard that Lu Ze and Qi Yuning were coming, she said, "It's so refreshing. The King of Shu is finally dead. I finally got revenge for my daughter and the prince!"
Lu Ze and Qi Yuning looked at each other without saying much. In fact, although Qi Yuning hated the King of Shu, he trusted Huo An more.
If Princess Shan’s death was really related to King Shu, he would not have risked his life to bring Princess Shan out.
Lingling looked at Princess Duan and asked, "My Lady, where is my uncle?"
Zhao Jie heard Lingling's voice and ran out, "Lingling!"
Lingling took the gadgets she bought in Beicheng from Lichun, "Uncle, this is what Lingling bought in Beicheng. There is sand here, the sand from Beicheng. It's so much fun for Lingling to slide down the sand!"
Zhao Jie said with envy: "I want to go too. I don't want to stay here anymore."
When Princess Duan heard what Zhao Jie said, she said, "No, Jie'er, your father and sister have been killed. You can't go anywhere. Just stay here and live a good life. Only then can you be protected."
Lu Ze said: "Third aunt, Jie'er also needs to study and make friends."
"There are teachers here who can teach him."
Seeing that Lu Ze wanted to say more, Qi Yuning reached out and pulled on his sleeve. She understood Princess Duan. After losing her beloved, she only had a son left in the world. She must have only hoped that her child would be safe.
Lingling and Zhao Jie played for the whole afternoon, and after having dinner together, they had to separate.
Lingling still held Zhao Jie's hand reluctantly, "Mom, darling, Lingling wants to sleep with little uncle."
Zhao Jie also said: "Mother, I want to sleep with Lingling, I will be good."
Qi Yuning said: "No, Lingling, you are a little girl, you can't sleep with a young man!"
Lingling said: "But mother is also a girl, and father is also a man, so mother slept with father."
Lingling's voice was quite loud when she heard this, and Qi Yuning blushed.
Lu Ze said to Lingling, "Do you still remember the little turtle in the palace? Do you want to sleep with the little turtle?"
Lingling nodded and said, "I want Guigui. Lingling wants to go back to the palace to play with Guigui."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze in astonishment. If she had to sleep with that turtle bastard, she would rather Lingling sleep with Zhao Jie.
Fortunately, the combined age of these two children is only six or seven years old.
Lingling was more interested in turtles, but the turtles she found were all hibernating.
Ling Ling saw the little turtle with its head and limbs tucked into its shell and asked, "Daddy, is it dead?"
Lu Ze said: "No, the little turtle is asleep. When it's cold in winter, the little turtle will fall into a long sleep."
Lingling held the hibernating turtle in her hands, "Lingling, sleep with the little turtle!"
Qi Yuning shook his head and said, "No."
Lingling said: "Mom, the turtle is asleep and won't bite anyone."
Qi Yuning said to Lingling, "Lingling, you can only choose one, sleep with little turtle or sleep with mother!"
Lingling blinked her small peach blossom eyes and said, "Lingling doesn't have to sleep with mother, she can sleep with little turtle!"
Qi Yuning felt a little sad. She thought Lingling would always choose her, but she didn't expect that the little turtle was more important than her.
Lingling insisted on accompanying the little turtle, so Qi Yuning and Lingling separated from the bedroom. Fortunately, the palace servants had prepared two bedrooms, so Qi Yuning asked Lu Ze to accompany Lingling.
Just when Qi Yuning took off her fairy cloud bun and was about to rest, Lu Ze came in from outside.
Qi Yuning asked: "Aren't you going to sleep with Lingling?"
Lu Ze chuckled helplessly and said, "Lingling was afraid that I would squash her little turtle, so she didn't allow me to sleep with her."
Qi Yuning frowned and said, "Lingling is not afraid that the turtles will wake up and bite her. No, after she falls asleep, I still have to let Lichun take those little turtles away."
Lu Ze said: "The turtle is docile and won't bite people. Besides, the temperature is so low right now that the little turtle won't be able to wake up yet."
Qi Yuning walked to the bed and sat down. Seeing Lu Ze also sat down, they didn't know when the maids had all gone out in the huge bedroom.
Qi Yuning's heartbeat quickened. Without Lingling, she and Lu Ze were truly alone in a room...
Qi Yuning coughed and said, "Well, Master Lu, why don't you go sleep on the couch outside..."
"Since Lingling is not here, you call me Master Lu?"
It has been a long time since I heard Qi Yuning call Master Lu so unfamiliarly.
Lu Ze lowered his head and looked into Qi Yuning's eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "What if I insist on sleeping here?"
Qi Yuning raised her eyes slightly and said, "That...that's not impossible!"
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