Lingling's eyes lit up and she said, "Lingling, go find daddy to recognize him. Daddy will definitely not make a mistake."
Qi Yuning said: "Your father is still handling official business in the government office, so you can't disturb him."
"Then Lingling will wait for Daddy to come back at the door." Lingling walked to the door of the palace with her short legs.
Lingling Qi Yuning instructed Jingzhe Guyu to look at Lingling, and called Shuangjiang to get up.
Shuangjiang is the daughter of her wet nurse. Shuangjiang's father is the former steward of the Qi family. She was born on the day of Frost Descent, so she was named Shuangjiang.
Shuangjiang's parents were both slaves of the Qi family, so Shuangjiang naturally became a maid who grew up by Qi Yuning's side.
Since Shuangjiang is two years older than Qi Yuning, Shuangjiang has been around almost since Qi Yuning could remember.
Therefore, the maids that Qi Yuning gradually added to her side were all named after the solar terms such as Frost Descent.
Shuangjiang had always been a capable maidservant beside her. Later, after Qi Yuning came into contact with the Qi family's business, she naturally entrusted Shuangjiang with important tasks and handed over the most important medical clinic business of the Qi family to Shuangjiang.
Shuangjiang stood up and reported to Qi Yuning all the errors and omissions that had been found and corrected in the medical clinic this year.
Qi Yuning had learned about it from the letter, but the letter did not directly ask about the convenience of Shuangjiang's arrival.
"Why has the revenue of the medicine and tea shops in Lingnan dropped so much? How come the business with the countries in the South China Sea in previous years has dropped by half this year?"
Shuangjiang said, "It's the King of Jin."
Qi Yuning said coldly: "He really does what he wants to do wherever our Qi family's business is!"
Shuangjiang sighed and said, "The tangerine peels and dried orange peels from Huazhou in Lingnan have been purchased at high prices by people in Prince Jin's mansion. If they are sold at low prices, they will basically not make any money. The medicine shops outside the city will naturally choose those from Prince Jin's mansion.
We can't follow the example of King Jin and sell at a low price. After all, if we sell at a low price, the previous customers will not agree, and we will also lose money. Fortunately, we have a good reputation and the quality of the medicinal materials is excellent. Although the business is a little worse, it is still profitable in the end."
Qi Yuning frowned when he heard this. This was not the first time that Prince Jin had done this.
In the past two years, Prince Jin has been particularly targeting the Qi family's business. After snatching away customers with low prices, it has become difficult to run the business. After offering low prices for a while, Prince Jin will no longer do this business. I wonder what he is trying to achieve?
Qi Yuning thought about it carefully and realized that she had never offended King Jin in any way.
However, Prince Jin did not do anything extreme. It was a bit like he was teasing the Qi family. He would create a small obstacle to the Qi family's business every now and then, but he could not shake the Qi family's foundation.
Like the business in Lingnan this time, the business was a little worse for the Qi family, but the loss was not big, it was just annoying.
Frost reported for the entire afternoon. After dark, Qi Yuning heard the voices of Lingling and Lu Ze outside.
When Shuangjiang heard Lingling's voice, he asked curiously, "Princess, how could that little girl be your daughter?"
Qi Yuning didn't intend to hide it from Shuangjiang, "She is indeed my daughter. You may not believe it, but she is indeed my daughter."
Shuangjiang said: "But Princess, you have never been pregnant."
Qi Yuning said: "I will explain this to you later. Lingling is my daughter."
The door of the study room opened, and Lu Ze walked in holding Lingling.
Lingling said aggrievedly in Lu Ze's arms: "Daddy, look, is she my great aunt? Mom said that Lingling made a mistake and that she is not my great aunt, but she is obviously my great aunt!"
Shuangjiang hasn't seen Lu Ze for a long time, but she has always known that her princess and Prince Lu do not get along.
Why... did these two have a daughter?
Shuangjiang Lian saluted and said, "Greetings to Master Lu."
Lingling asked, "Dad, do you think she is my great aunt?"
Lu Ze said to Lingling, "Yes, but you can't call her great-aunt right now. You have to call her Aunt Frost."
Lingling tilted her head and asked, "Why?"
"Calling you aunt is more intimate." Lu Ze touched Lingling's little face.
Qi Yuning said to Shuangjiang: "You have been away from home for more than half a year, go back and reunite with your family."
Shuang Jiang's parents are now in charge of the Qi family's business in Shengjing City. There is a three-courtyard house behind the Qi Palace.
Frostblossom replied, "Yes."
After Shuangjiang left, Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "She looks familiar."
Qi Yuning said, "She is my wet nurse's daughter. She has always been by my side since she was little. She has been running around for me to run the medical clinic business for the past three years. It's no wonder you think she looks familiar."
Lu Ze said: "She looks a bit like someone who died young."
Qi Yuning asked: "By the way, what is your relationship with King Jin?"
Lu Ze asked: "Why?"
Qi Yuning said: "Prince Jin has repeatedly targeted the business of Fuyi Clinic in the past two years. This is not the first time or the second time. Every time, it hurts my Qi family and does not benefit him. I don't know why he targets us so many times.
If you have a good relationship with him, can you help him? If he wants some business benefits, the Qi family can give them to him. "
Lu Ze gently held Lingling's hand and said, "Do you remember Princess Jin?"
Qi Yuning thought about it and then remembered the Princess of Jin. The Princess of Jin was the daughter of the Sun family, a noble family in Jinling, and she and the Prince of Jin were a young couple.
Qi Yuning remembered that when she was eight years old, the Jin prince and his wife got married. She and Lu Baozhu went to the bridal chamber to meet the Jin prince's wife.
However, Qi Yuning had long forgotten what the Princess of Jin looked like.
Because Princess Jin had heart disease and asthma since childhood, she relied on her family's wealth and medicine to support her life, but she was still bedridden all year round. Princess Jin rarely attended banquets, and Qi Yuning naturally saw them less often.
Five or six years ago, Princess Jin died of a serious illness after giving birth to a daughter. She was a poor person.
"I only had a few years with Princess Jin when I was little, and I have long forgotten what she looked like. What a beautiful woman with a tragic fate."
Lu Ze said slowly, "The Princess of Jin looks exactly like Shuang Jiang. I think Uncle Seven is not targeting your Qi family, but Shuang Jiang. The concubines that Uncle Seven has brought into the mansion in recent years all look similar to Aunt Seven, but none of them look as similar to Aunt Seven as Shuang Jiang does."
Qi Yuning frowned slightly and said, "Shuangjiang looks similar to Princess Jin. What is he doing targeting Shuangjiang?"
Lu Ze said: "Didn't Lingling call Shuangjiang her great-aunt? If that's the case, it's possible that the King of Jin married Shuangjiang..."
Qi Yuning frowned and said, "Although Shuangjiang is my slave, she is also my wet nurse. She has taken care of me like a real sister since I was a child. I will never let King Jin humiliate Shuangjiang and treat her as someone else's. Besides, Shuangjiang is already engaged."
Shuangjiang is already twenty years old this year and should have been married a long time ago, but her fiancé had been delaying because he wanted to take the imperial examination.
This year, Shuangjiang's fiancé has passed the imperial examination, and this time Shuangjiang comes back to get married. Even if the Prince of Jin is a prince, he cannot snatch someone else's wife.
As for the great-aunt that Lingling mentioned, Qi Yuning didn't think that she would call the concubine of Prince Jin great-aunt, so maybe there was a change somewhere.
Qi Yuning frowned and said, "Speaking of your uncle, He Qing really disappoints me. She was so stupid as to defend the prince. Even though they have been sisters for many years, they are still not as good as her beloved."
Lu Ze said slowly: "Does it mean that Song Heqing can be better than me in your heart?"
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