Old Madam Lu was seriously ill, and Princess Pingrou became anxious.
After all, Madam Lu is Lu Ze’s biological grandmother. If she really passed away, wouldn’t Lu Ze have to observe mourning for a year before he could marry Qi Yuning?
By then, I’m afraid that even Lingling won’t be able to be born. After all, if a child is born during the mourning period, Lu Ze will be labeled as unfilial for the rest of his life.
So Princess Pingrou went to the palace early in the morning to ask for the imperial decree to grant Lu Ze a marriage. After the engagement was finalized, she only hoped that Lu Ze and Qi Yuning could get married as soon as possible and that Lingling could be conceived as soon as possible.
When Emperor Shi Yuan saw his eldest daughter coming to ask for an imperial decree to grant her marriage, he said, "I have been waiting for Ze'er to ask for Yuning's hand in marriage. It has been a while since he came back from Beicheng, but he has not mentioned it yet."
Princess Pingrou said, "My eldest brother just passed away, and Ze'er was embarrassed to mention it. Now my mother-in-law seems to be dying, and I am really afraid that it will delay Ze'er's marriage. Father, please quickly grant them the marriage and help them get married."
Emperor Shi Yuan waved his hand to let the eunuchs and palace maids go out, and asked Princess Pingrou: "Jiaojiao, whose child is Lingling?"
Princess Pingrou said: "Lingling is the child of Yuning and Ze'er."
Emperor Shi Yuan said slowly, "At first I believed it, thinking that Yu Ning would not joke about her reputation, but I ordered people to investigate, and Yu Ning has indeed never given birth to a child. She has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, are you going to help her deceive the emperor?"
Princess Pingrou said, "Dad, Lingling is indeed Ze'er's child."
Emperor Shi Yuan frowned and asked, "You even hid it from me?"
Princess Pingrou said helplessly: "It is the child of Yuning and Ze'er. But you may not believe it. Lingling came in the Xinwei year..."
"Oh?" Emperor Shi Yuan asked, "Xin Wei year... doesn't that mean it's five years later?"
Princess Pingrou nodded and said, "This is indeed unbelievable, but Lingling did come from the year of Xinwei. Only Yuning and Ze'er knew about this. Yuning was afraid that someone would check Lingling's identity, so she told me about it."
Emperor Shi Yuan suddenly realized, "No wonder, how come a child suddenly appeared, and he looks so much like Ze'er."
Princess Pingrou smiled and said, "I don't know how this child got here. There are really all kinds of strange things in this world."
Emperor Shi Yuan said: "I will grant Yuning and Ze'er a marriage right now. As for Lingling's identity, you don't have to tell Yuning. I already know it."
"Yes." Princess Pingrou responded.
Princess Pingrou saw Emperor Shiyuan open a wooden box and eat the medicine inside and asked, "Dad, are you feeling unwell?"
Emperor Shi Yuan held the red pill and said, "This is the longevity elixir that your brother specially asked for from Taoist He. I have been having headaches lately, and this longevity elixir will really make me feel better for a while."
Princess Pingrou said, "You should be relieved. Now that the children have grown up and the court situation is stable, it is time for you and your mother to enjoy the happiness of family life."
After taking the elixir, Emperor Shi Yuan felt quite comfortable and said, "I really want to live longer, so that I can prosper my country and bring prosperity to the country for thousands of generations."
Princess Pingrou said: "Daddy will surely live a long life and enjoy eternal blessings!"
Emperor Shi Yuan looked at the elixir in the box and said, "With this elixir, you can live a hundred or a thousand years longer. I heard that Taoist He, who made this elixir, is already a hundred and twenty years old and is still very energetic."
Princess Pingrou smiled and said, "It is a blessing for us children that Daddy can live a hundred years. My brother is very filial. I want to ask Daddy for an elixir to give to my mother-in-law."
Emperor Shi Yuan said, "Your mother-in-law is very disrespectful to you. If I hadn't considered the old Duke's face, I would have spared her long ago. Why did you give her the elixir?"
Princess Pingrou said, "Isn't it because I'm afraid that she will die and delay the marriage of Ze'er and Yuning? The marriage of Ze'er and Yuning must be after the marriage of my brother and He Qing, which will take at least more than a month. I always hope that my mother-in-law can live a few more days."
Emperor Shi Yuan gave Princess Ping Rou an elixir and said, "Keep this elixir. Don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary. There's no need to waste it."
"Thank you, Father." Princess Pingrou bowed, "Father, why don't you write the imperial edict yourself now, and I can go back to Prince Qi's mansion to propose marriage."
Emperor Shi Yuan wrote the imperial decree granting marriage, and Princess Pingrou took it and smiled happily.
Emperor Shi Yuan saw Princess Pingrou's smile and said, "Don't make a fool of yourself by becoming a nun again. Yun'er already owes the Qi family a debt. If Ze'er dares to betray Yu Ning again, I will definitely not protect Ze'er!"
"Yes." Princess Pingrou smiled faintly, "How could Ze'er let Yu Ning down?"
Princess Pingrou came out of the Purple Palace with the imperial edict and ran into the crown prince.
"Sister, why are you so happy?"
Princess Pingrou said to her brother, "Your Majesty has granted a marriage to Ze'er and Yuning. The wedding date is set for the second day of April, which is just a few days after your wedding. This way, the guests who wanted to come to your wedding can also have a feast at Ze'er's wedding."
Zhao Chong lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes, "Congratulations, sister."
Princess Pingrou said, "Congratulations, there have been a lot of good things recently. You are getting married too. I remember you were so small when you were born, and you grew up so big in a blink of an eye. I am old now."
Zhao Chong said: "My sister is still young, how can she be old?"
Zhao Chong looked at the wooden box in Princess Pingrou's hand and asked, "What is this?"
Princess Pingrou said, "You are a filial brother. You went to Taoist He to ask for the longevity pill for me. This was specially given to me by my father."
Zhao Chong's eyes widened in surprise. "Is my sister feeling unwell?"
Princess Pingrou said, "For my mother-in-law."
Zhao Chong said: "I see."
…
After Qi Yuning sent his brother and A Ping away, he felt reluctant to let them go, because after all, he could not see the birth of his little nephew with his own eyes.
Lingling was in Qi Yuning's arms and shouted, "Grandma!"
Qi Yuning looked from afar and saw Princess Pingrou sitting in a sedan chair coming towards their palace.
Qi Yuning stepped forward and saluted, "Your Highness."
Princess Pingrou got off the sedan chair and handed the imperial edict to Qi Yuning, "Ningning, you have to change your address."
When Qi Yuning saw the imperial edict, he put Lingling down and knelt down respectfully to receive it with both hands.
Qi Yuning opened the imperial edict and skipped over the words praising herself and Lu Ze. She only saw the last sentence, which granted the marriage of Princess Chang'an of Qi Wangfu and Princess Pingrou, the son of Duke Lu, Lu Ze, on the second day of April.
It’s the second day of April, only one and a half months have passed.
Princess Pingrou smiled and picked up Lingling who was standing beside her and said, "Don't call me Your Highness in such a formal way in the future. Call me mother instead."
Qi Yuning lowered her head and whispered, "Mother."
"Oh." Princess Pingrou responded happily.
Qi Yuning said to Lichun who was standing beside him, "Quickly send someone to find my brother and tell him that my wedding is in April... Forget it, you don't have to go."
Although it's only a month and a half away from April, if Ping stays, she will have no free time. She is still pregnant, so there is no need to wait for a month until her belly gets bigger before traveling. It is more convenient to travel now while the month is still young.
It will be very difficult to travel when your belly gets bigger.
Qi Yuning had been dealing with official business all day. Perhaps because she had already confirmed that she would marry Lu Ze, she was not nervous at all about getting married with Lu Ze.
After nightfall, Qi Yuning didn't see Lu Ze coming for a long time and wanted to rest, but Lingling, perhaps because she was often troubled by nightmares in recent days, kept crying for her daddy.
Qi Yuning ordered Jingzhe to go to the princess's mansion next door to inquire about Lu Ze's whereabouts.
…
In the mansion of Duke Lu.
Madam Lu said to Lu Ze, "Ze'er, Ze'er, your mother's choice of Qi Yuning for you is really inappropriate. It's extremely inappropriate. It will kill our Lu family!"
Princess Pingrou also didn't treat Old Lady Lu well and said, "Old Lady, look at what you said. I am Ze'er's mother. If I choose a princess of noble birth as his daughter-in-law, will it kill him? Instead, the daughter of a young official that you chose earlier is better."
Madam Lu panted and said to the second wife of the Lu family, "Let the servants go out and close the door."
Madam Lu waved her hand and asked the servants to leave.
Madam Lu glanced at the children and grandchildren of the Lu family and said, "Except for Yun'er, everyone in our Lu family is here today. Princess, I have the guts to speak to you. Qi Yuning is really not worthy of being my Lu family's daughter-in-law."
Lu Ze frowned and said, "Grandma!"
Madam Lu said, "How many generations can the Qi family's wealth and prosperity continue? How many nobles in this dynasty did not hand over their military power? What about the Qi family? The people in the North City all recognize the Qi family as the king, and they all say that the King Qi is the emperor of the north.
His Majesty, thinking of the Qi family's contributions to his country, did not care, but when the crown prince ascends the throne, the Qi family will be a thorn in the new emperor's side!"
Madam Lu coughed a few times and said, "The Qi family, once the Qi family is liquidated by the new emperor in the future, they will not even be as good as the Guan family that I picked for Ze'er!"
Princess Pingrou frowned and said, "The Crown Prince is my own brother, how could he attack his nephew's wife's family?"
"Can a nephew be more important than the stability of the throne?"
Madam Lu then said to Lu Ze, "Your grandfather was scolded all his life for not supporting His Majesty to ascend the throne. Wasn't it for the prosperity of our Lu family?
Ze'er, Ze'er, if you marry Qi Yuning, you will harm the entire Lu family. You can't kill your brothers and sisters just to marry Qi Yuning!"
Lu Baozhu said: "I don't think marrying Qi Yuning will harm our Lu family! Baohua, Baoxue, Baoshuang, what about you?"
The three sisters of the Lu family looked at Old Madam Lu, then at Lu Baozhu, and all spoke up for Qi Yuning.
"Grandma, you worry too much."
"Even if the Qi family is liquidated by the new emperor, Princess Qi will still be a daughter married out."
"After all, there is still a spirit there."
Lu Ze said: "Grandma, please forgive me for being unfilial. I will only marry Yuning."
Madam Lu said, "You, Ze'er, do you really want to kill our entire Lu family?"
Lu Baozhu said, "Grandmother, why do you have to accuse my brother of such a serious crime? Besides, my grandfather has already issued the imperial decree to grant the marriage. If he doesn't marry Qi Yuning now, it will really harm our Lu family. Disobeying the imperial decree is a serious crime that will result in the death of all nine generations of the family."
Madam Lu said, "Ze'er can follow Yun'er's example and become a monk. After becoming a monk, the crime of disobeying the imperial order will be forgiven, and the marriage with Princess Qi will naturally be cancelled."
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