Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lingling has seen the portrait of Princess Jin before. Maybe she mistook the Princess Jin and Shuangjiang in the portrait. The child is young and she is talking nonsense. I hope that Prince Jin will not take it to heart with Lingling."
Prince Jin asked, "The princess's portrait? Where did Lingling see it?"
Qi Yuning said, "It was painted by Lu Shizi. It was a portrait of the princess when she was still alive. Lingling soiled the portrait a few days ago and it has been thrown away. If Your Majesty wants it, why not let Lu Shizi paint you another one?"
King Jin said, "I forgot that Ze'er's painting skills are unique in the world."
Qi Yuning finally let go of Lingling's little mouth. Lingling blinked and said, "Lingling doesn't like mother anymore. Mother lied!"
Lingling said with tears in her eyes: "Mom is not a good child, good children don't lie!"
Qi Yuning saw Lingling crying, picked her up and said, "Prince Jin, Lingling may have fallen asleep, so I won't keep you here for now."
Prince Jin looked at Lingling who was crying in Qi Yuning's arms, and thought of his daughter Zhao Rong who had been orphaned since birth.
When she was acting like a spoiled brat and crying, she could only stay in her wet nurse's arms.
Looking at Lingling, Prince Jin said to Qi Yuning, "Does the princess really not want to give Frost to me?"
Qi Yuning laughed sarcastically and said, "Shuangjiang is the wet nurse of this princess, not an ordinary maid. If the prince really needs someone to take care of him, I will find two more lovely maids for him."
King Jin stood up and said, "What if I insist on having frost?"
Qi Yuning raised her phoenix eyes slightly and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, do you think you can snatch someone from this princess?"
In this prosperous dynasty, no one except His Majesty can snatch the person away from her.
King Jin took a look at Frost and left.
Qi Yuning looked at Lingling, who was wiping tears in her arms, and said with great distress: "I'm sorry, Lingling, it's mother's fault. Mother lied. Mother was wrong."
Lingling wiped her tears and said aggrievedly: "Why did you lie to me, mother?"
Qi Yuning said: "Lingling will understand when she grows up. Sometimes lying can save you a lot of trouble. As long as it doesn't hurt others, sometimes lying is not necessarily a bad thing."
Lingling blinked her eyes and wiped her tears with her hands, "Mom, you lied but you're still a good child, right?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, but Lingling still can't lie."
Lingling threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms and nodded her head, saying, "Lingling won't lie."
Shuangjiang looked at Qi Yuning in confusion, "Princess..."
Qi Yuning said to Shuangjiang, "You should be more careful about Prince Jin on weekdays. But he didn't attack you before, probably because he was concerned about Prince Qi's mansion. If he really wants to use force on you, he can just show off his mansion. Even if he makes a scene at the side of His Majesty, it will be Prince Jin who is unreasonable."
Shuang Jiangfu said, "Thank you, Princess."
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At the end of February, Lu Ze's birthday was approaching.
In the court, the newly-appointed scholars also entered the court.
He, the Minister of Dali Temple, also proposed to retire. The new Minister of Dali Temple was recommended by the Nine Ministers, and four people were selected, including Li He, who was also the Junior Minister of Dali Temple, Zhang Xiu, and Yu An, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
Li He is fifteen years older than Lu Ze, but he has not been a Shaoqing for as long as Lu Ze. In the Dali Temple, he does not have Lu Ze's ability to solve many strange cases.
Zhang Xiu and Yu An are more than 20 years older than Lu Ze. Yu An is related to Qin Guojiu's family by marriage. Qin Yuli's mother is Yu An's cousin.
Zhang Xiu and Yu An were both Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Justice. Two years ago, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice was promoted. People in the court and the public said that one of them would be the Right Vice Minister, but the two of them fought to the death, and the young man Qin Feng took advantage of them.
With this, Qin Feng became the youngest assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice in Dasheng.
Qi Yuning did not take Zhang Xiu and Yu An seriously. The two of them could not even compete with Qin Feng who had just emerged, not to mention that Lu Ze had been in the Dali Temple for a long time.
I guess Jiuqing couldn't find anyone else, so he wrote down the names of these two as well.
Although Qi Yuning was already a princess with a fiefdom and should not covet an imperial edict, the title of Madam Shaoqing was just a verbal title, and in fact the imperial edict for Shaoqing's wife was only "Shanren".
Only the wife of the Dali Temple Minister can be a lady with imperial decree. Having the title of a lady with imperial decree is the icing on the cake. Who wouldn’t like it?
Qi Yuning collected his thoughts, looked at Lingling who was writing the word "longevity" and chuckled, "Why did Lingling think of writing the word "longevity"?"
"Daddy's birthday is coming soon." Lingling raised her eyes and said, "Lingling wants to write a longevity character for Daddy."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Your father is too old to need you to write a longevity character for him."
Lingling asked, "What should Lingling give to Daddy?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Lingling, as long as you behave yourself, your father will be very happy."
Lingling looked outside at the dusk and said, "Mother, why does Daddy come back later and later every day?"
Qi Yuning said: "Your great grandmother is ill and needs your father to accompany her."
Lingling said: "Then Lingling will also get sick, and then daddy will come to accompany Lingling."
Qi Yuning rubbed Lingling's little face: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Lingling pouted and said, "But Lingling just wants daddy to play with Lingling more."
"Daddy!" Lingling saw Lu Ze walking into the courtyard, got off Qi Yuning's arms, and ran to Lu Ze.
Lu Ze picked up Lingling and said, "Lingling."
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze's tired face and said, "What's wrong? You look embarrassed. If you don't want to play with Lingling, you don't have to."
Lu Ze said, "It's not that I don't want to play with Lingling, but your Majesty's illness is getting worse, but he refuses to take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, saying that Taoist He's longevity elixir can cure all diseases and that after taking it, you will be healthy and live a thousand years.
The imperial physician said that after His Majesty took the elixir, his health became worse and worse. The Queen was very anxious and asked me to persuade His Majesty, but His Majesty not only did not listen to the advice, but still thought that the longevity elixir was quite useful, and even gave me a longevity elixir..."
Lu Ze put Lingling down, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and poured out a vermilion pill from it.
Lingling saw the pill in Lu Ze's hand and was about to take it, "Can I eat it?"
Lu Ze held the pill tightly and said, "You can't eat it."
Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty is old, and now he is over 60. It is natural for people to want to live longer. Since Taoist He has lived for more than a hundred years, his medicine must be useful. Maybe it can help Your Majesty live a few more years."
Lingling didn't recognize His Majesty, so she said His Majesty had only lived for four years at most. At the age of two, Lingling should be able to recognize people...
During his 40-year reign, Emperor Shi Yuan did many practical things for the people. The annexation of the Northern Desert and the expansion of the territory of Da Sheng alone were enough to make Emperor Shi Yuan stand shoulder to shoulder with Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the country.
Ordinary people all hope to live a hundred years. As the emperor of the world, it is understandable that Emperor Shi Yuan wants to live a few more years by taking the longevity elixir.
Lu Ze said: "The imperial physician said that your majesty's condition is getting worse. If you don't take medicine, taking this elixir will probably be useless."
Qi Yuning saw the scarlet elixir in Lu Ze's hand and asked: "Have you seen the imperial physician?"
Lu Ze replied, "Well, the prince got this medicine from Taoist He. After hearing the news, I showed this elixir to the imperial physician, who said it is indeed a tonic."
Qi Yuning said: "I don't think the prince is so bold as to use poison in the elixir presented to your majesty. Since your majesty thinks it is useful and it is a tonic, there is no harm in taking the elixir. However, you still have to take the medicine. I still have to persuade your majesty."
Lu Ze said worriedly: "Grandmother, my mother and Baozhu also go to persuade His Majesty to take medicine every day, but His Majesty thinks that he is no longer sick after taking the elixir and does not need to take medicine."
Lingling raised her eyes and asked Lu Ze, "Is it that Grandpa doesn't want to take the medicine?"
Lu Ze nodded.
Lingling said: "We can cook the medicine into the dishes, so that Grandpa will eat the medicine. In the past, when Lingling didn't like to eat medicine, Daddy and Mommy would put medicine in the food and let Lingling eat it."
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little head and said, "Lingling is right."
Lu Ze said: "This is the only way to try it."
Lingling held Lu Ze's hand and said, "Then Daddy can accompany Lingling to draw a kite? Lingling has wanted to play with a kite for a long time."
Lu Ze picked up Lingling and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the yard to make a kite later!"
"That's great." Lingling clapped her hands in approval. "Lingling is going to make a big kite so that she can fly it with her uncle during the Qingming Festival."
Qi Yuning thought about it and realized that the Qingming Festival was indeed just a few days away. By March, the appointment of the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple should also be announced.
Qi Yuning asked Lu Ze, "Has the appointment of the Dali Temple Minister been announced?"
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