Zhao Chongqing lowered his head, looked at the peaceful sleeping face, and smelled the faint fragrance of the inn...
Qi Yuning was really sleepy. She hadn't had a good sleep since the wedding date was set. She had been extremely busy in the past ten days and had little free time.
I didn't sleep much last night, and when I finally fell asleep, I felt very sleepy.
She felt something moving on her face, and she closed her eyes and moaned, "Lu Ze, stop it."
When Zhao Chong heard the name Lu Ze, he sneered.
Qi Yuning smelled an unusual fragrance and even opened her eyes. She looked at Zhao Chong in front of her and was frightened to death.
Qi Yuning asked in a sharp voice: "Your Highness, why are you here?"
Zhao Chong saw Qi Yuning wake up, sat beside Qi Yuning's bed, pretended to be drunk and said: "He Qing, I came to see He Qing."
Qi Yuning had a terrible headache and was frightened out of her wits. She looked outside and saw no maids. She frowned and said, "Your Highness, He Qing is not here. This is my boudoir. Please leave immediately!"
Qi Yuning's voice was cold and she didn't care about Zhao Chong's identity. She was frightened and her words were disrespectful at all.
Zhao Chong covered his head and said, "My head hurts..."
Zhao Chong reached out and held Qi Yuning's wrist, and continued, "He Qing."
When Qi Yuning was about to blow the whistle to find the secret guard, he heard a shout.
"uncle!"
Lu Ze entered, followed by Lichun.
Qi Yuning heard Lu Ze's voice and shook off Zhao Chong's hand. He said coldly, "Your Highness, I am not He Qing. You are drunk. Lichun, send His Royal Highness off!"
Lichunlian went forward to support Zhao Chong.
Zhao Chong stood up and pretended to be drunk, "He Qing, where is He Qing?"
Lu Ze looked at Zhao Chong deeply.
After waiting for Lichun to help the person out, Lu Ze sat next to Qi Yuning and hugged her tightly in his arms.
Qi Yuning took a deep breath. She had never been frightened like this before in her life. She still felt frightened in Lu Ze's arms.
Seeing Lichun coming in, Qi Yuning withdrew from Lu Ze's arms and asked coldly, "Why don't I have a maid in my room?"
Lichun knelt on the ground and said, "My princess, the Spring Equinox, Grain Rain, and Awakening of Insects are all busy. Xiaoman should have stayed to take care of you with me, but Xiniang just said that the bridal chamber was short of something, so Xiaoman went to the bridal chamber. I am the only one left in this room.
Just now, His Highness came over and said that he wanted to drink Lu'an tea. There is no Lu'an tea in Chunjiang Courtyard, so I had to go to the front yard to look for it..."
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "The secret guards in your courtyard saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming in, and went to find me. The guards in the backyard were indeed not strict today."
Qi Yuning said, "I was the only master in the backyard of my palace, and there were secret guards there. I never thought that someone would be so bold as to break into the backyard. Otherwise, they would not have left only two maids. Fortunately, there were secret guards there."
Qi Yuning said to Lichun, "You should be punished for leaving your post without permission. Remember this in the future. Even if it means offending His Highness, you must go into the room and wake me up."
Lichun responded repeatedly: "Yes."
After Lichun passed, Qi Yuning was so frightened that he lost all his sleepiness, but felt a severe headache, with the right side of his head aching as if it were being cut by a knife.
Qi Yuning leaned in Lu Ze's arms and said, "The prince is not drunk!"
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and looked at Lu Ze, "I can't let He Qing marry him. Originally, I thought that even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't ascend the throne in the end, He Qing's heart was set on marrying him, and I could only let He Qing hit a wall before she could turn back.
Today, I see that he is just as disgusting as the Eighth Prince, and is really not worthy of He Qing. I dare not think that if I wake up later..."
Qi Yuning really didn't dare to think about what the prince would do to her.
Lu Ze patted Qi Yuning's back and said, "The secret guards are still there, so nothing will happen. Don't be afraid."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes slightly, "His character is not good enough to be a prince. After my sister-in-law gives birth to a child, I will definitely expose his identity."
Lu Ze said: "Yeah."
Qi Yuning's heart was still beating very fast. She didn't dare to sleep anymore, so she let Lichun come in and help her dress up.
But her hands were still tightly holding Lu Ze, and her palms were sweating from fear.
Just as she finished combing her hair into her fairy bun, firecrackers were heard outside and music and rituals began to play.
Chunfen hurried into the house and said, "Princess, the prince and princess have arrived at the street corner."
Qi Yuning hurried to the main entrance to greet Qi Yu'an and the bride.
Firecrackers were blasting, fireworks were set off, music was playing, and the streets were filled with people.
Qi Yuning asked the maid to distribute wedding cakes and money to the people, and congratulations were heard continuously for a while.
When the wedding procession arrived at the gate of the palace, even the prominent ladies and daughters of wealthy families in the palace were cramming their necks to see the princess from the mountain village.
After Ping got off the sedan chair, she didn't expect there would be so many people.
She had also seen weddings in Shancheng and Beicheng, but had never seen such a grand wedding.
Qi Yuning endured the headache and saw Qi Yu'an and A Ping enter the hall to get married.
Her eyes looked towards the red clouds in the west. In the evening, the setting sun was shining brightly, casting rays of golden light.
"The ceremony is over, send her to the bridal chamber."
After the wedding ceremony, Ping put the wedding fan aside and revealed her face.
He Siqing, who was watching the ceremony beside Lu Ze, stood up suddenly, "Qixia!"
Seeing He Siqing so impulsive, Lu Ze asked, "He Siqing, what's wrong?"
He Siqing's eyes were red as he said, "Nianxia, Nianxia, no wonder she is Princess Nianxia, it can be regarded as making up for Qixia's regret."
Lu Ze asked: "He Siqing, who is the Qixia you are talking about?"
He Siqing said slowly: "Qixia is your great-aunt, your Majesty's twin sister. She died in the Battle of Pingshan forty-two years ago. Today, Pingshan has been renamed Nianxia Mountain."
No wonder Lu Ze felt the name Nianxia was familiar, because Nianxia Mountain was named after the burial place of Princess Qixia.
Nowadays, very few people remember Princess Qixia's appearance. No wonder His Majesty agreed to adopt Aping as his adopted daughter.
It seems that Aping looks the same as Qixia. If Aping clarifies her identity in the future, it will be strong evidence.
After the ceremony, Qi Yuning invited the guests to take their seats. He was relieved when he did not see Zhao Chong.
On the day of the wedding at Prince Qi's Mansion, Qi Yuning did not invite anyone from Uncle Qin's Mansion. Even the Crown Prince was not present for dinner, which caused a lot of discussion.
Qi Yuning didn't care. She and Qi Yu'an entertained the guests separately and distributed wedding cakes, wedding candies and wedding tea.
By the time all the guests had left, it was exactly the hour of Hai.
Qi Yuning was extremely tired. She felt like she could fall asleep right away. She felt drowsy even when taking a bath. But when she lay on the bed after the bath, she couldn't fall asleep because of the fright she had in the afternoon.
Lingling had already fallen asleep. Qi Yuning looked at Lingling's little face. A hand came up from behind, which scared Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning turned around and saw that it was Lu Ze, and heaved a sigh of relief.
Seeing Qi Yuning's grim expression, Lu Ze said softly, "Why aren't you asleep yet? You're done with your work today, so you can rest assured."
"I can't sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I can see the Crown Prince in front of me in the afternoon..."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze through the dim candlelight. She stood up and said, "We need to ask the maid to come and change the bed. The prince just touched it, so it's dirty."
Seeing Lingling sleeping soundly, Lu Ze said, "Changing the bedding now might wake Lingling up. Why don't you come with me to my place?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lingling and asked, "Where's Lingling?"
Lu Ze said, "She's been having a blast all day, so she won't be able to wake up at night. When she wakes up tomorrow morning and you come back, there won't be any extra guest rooms in the palace today, right?"
Qi Yuning glanced at Lingling, held Lu Ze's hand and said, "Okay."
The nights in mid-February were still cold.
This was Qi Yuning's third time back in Lu Ze's room. The first two times were because of Lingling's crying.
As soon as you enter the room.
Before Qi Yuning's maid could go in and make the bed, the door was closed by the master inside.
Lu Ze pushed Qi Yuning against the door and kissed her...
Qi Yuning hugged Lu Ze's waist tightly, responded to his kiss, and closed her eyes, no longer feeling the panic she had during the day.
After a long time, Lu Ze picked up Qi Yuning and carried her to the bed, then lowered his head and kissed her lips again.
Clothes were scattered on the ground in disarray.
Qi Yuning was only wearing a small piece of clothing.
Until the jade pendant on Lu Ze's waist fell to the ground, making a startling sound...
Qi Yuning suddenly came back to his senses.
Seeing Lu Ze with a confused and emotional look in front of her, she took a deep breath and said, "Wait until we get married..."
"good."
Lu Ze also took a deep breath and asked, "Can I sleep peacefully now?"
Qi Yuning said in Lu Ze's arms, "When my sister-in-law is out of confinement, we will go and expose the prince."
"Well, the most important thing right now is that you sleep well, dear."
Qi Yuning listened to Lu Ze coaxing her like he was coaxing Lingling, and laughed, "I'm not Lingling."
"You are the same as Lingling." Lu Ze said, "Go to sleep quickly. You need to rest well. If you still can't sleep, then I won't wait to get married..."
Qi Yuning even closed her eyes.
…
In the residence of Qin Guo's uncle.
Qin Zhen said angrily: "The Qi family is too much of a bully. Today, the palace is celebrating a big day, but they didn't even give us, the Qin family, an invitation. When we went there, they kicked us out!"
Uncle Qin said to his youngest son, "It seems that the Qi family has cut off even the open contacts. That's good. When dealing with the Qi family in the future, there is no need to show mercy."
Qin Han came from outside and said, "Dad, it's so late, why did you call us together?"
Uncle Qin frowned and said, "Someone is tracking down Nanny Qin's daughter. She was very loyal and refused to reveal who her master was even after being tortured. She was tortured to death!"
There are very few people in the world who can endure the pain of dying without confessing.
Qin Han was shocked and said, "Madame Qin almost ruined our good deeds. Everyone thought she and her daughter were dead. They should have fallen into the river and died. How could anyone come to investigate her daughter?"
Qin Zhen looked at Uncle Qin and said, "Dad, do you suspect that Nanny Qin is not dead?"
Uncle Qin narrowed his eyes and said, "Now that the man is dead, the clues are gone. We can't be soft-hearted anymore. We can't keep the old emperor around any longer, lest we have more troubles."
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