Chapter 132 Princess, You Can Also Become a Monk
Zhao Chong frowned and said, "Don't even mention the heavens and the underworld. Even Madam Lu doesn't agree with you marrying into the Lu family. Lu Ze can ignore filial piety, but if you are really involved in Duke Lu's Mansion, do you think Ze'er will marry you?"
Zhao Chong pressed Qi Yuning step by step and asked, "Do you think Lu Ze will sacrifice his future for you?"
Qi Yuning retreated to the tombstone of Old Prince Qi and said, "Your Highness, I have something else to do. I'll take my leave now!"
Zhao Chong looked at Qi Yuning's back and smiled softly.
He was only one step away from holding power, and only one step away from marrying Qi Yuning as a concubine. Qi Yuning would eventually be his.
After Qi Yuning left the Qi family cemetery, he did not take a carriage, but drove directly back to the palace. He then ordered the palace servants to tightly close the main gate and the side gate, and no one except Lu Ze was allowed to enter.
Qi Yuning thought for a moment, then said to Lichun, "Go to Hudong Mountain right away and tell General Ren to lead her troops down the mountain to the palace."
Lichun replied, "Yes."
Shuang Jiang saw Qi Yuning and asked worriedly, "Should we go find Master Lu?"
Qi Yuning said: "Send a secret guard to tell him to be careful of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Shuangjiang responded and then said, "Princess, why don't you go to North City as well? I saw the way the Crown Prince looked at you just now..."
Qi Yuning frowned and said, "The wedding date is approaching. If I leave Shengjing City and go to Beicheng, it would be disobeying the order, which would just give the Crown Prince an excuse to deal with our Qi family. I think the Crown Prince has just taken over the throne, so he won't really tear his face and take action against the Qi Palace."
Qi Yuning warned Shuangjiang again, "You must be extremely careful when you go out these days. Find another Persian merchant and accidentally tell the Qin family that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin is doing opium business."
Frost replied, "Yes."
Qi Yuning drank a cup of warm tea, and then he suppressed his panic and focused on reading the account book.
Afternoon.
Qi Yuning hadn't slept well for two days and was a little sleepy. She wanted to take a nap, but when she closed her eyes, she looked like the prince in the Qi family cemetery. She was afraid that Lingling would cry, so she just got up.
When it got dark, Ren Yao brought a dozen soldiers to the palace.
"Princess, what happened?"
Qi Yuning saw that Ren Yao had brought her trusted aides, so she said, "Aunt Ren, the current emperor was deceived by the crown prince and became obsessed with cultivating a body that would make him live a thousand years longer. Now the crown prince is supervising the court. Your Highness has ulterior motives towards me now, so I need to use troops to protect myself."
Ren Yao said worriedly: "In this case, we should escort the princess to North City first."
Qi Yuning said calmly: "Even if I want to go to North City, I have to marry Lu Ze first, otherwise I will be guilty of disobeying the imperial decree."
Xiaoman whispered: "Princess, maybe you can also become a nun..."
Guyu followed up, "Xiaoman is talking about the Lu family's previous ordination, which ruined your reputation. Why don't you go to Beicheng and become a nun? Even if you are guilty of disobeying the imperial order, you can be forgiven of this crime since you have already become a nun."
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Yun relies on his mother being a princess, and he will not bring trouble to the Princess's Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion after he becomes a monk. I can't do that."
Ren Yao sighed and said, "In that case, I will hide two hundred elite soldiers in the palace, and I will place five hundred cavalrymen in several manors outside the city to provide support. If the princess wants to leave the city, these five hundred cavalrymen can escort her to the north city, and the rest will stay on Tiger Cave Mountain. If anything happens, we can send a signal. What do you think?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Okay, thank you Aunt Ren."
Ren Yao said: "Don't worry, Princess, with the protection of Prince Qi and your parents in heaven, you will surely be able to turn danger into safety.
As night fell, everything was quiet.
After Qi Yuning finished her dinner, she thought about what Zhao Chong said in the cemetery. If something happened to the Lu family, what would Lu Ze do?
Qi Yuning didn't dare to imagine that in Lu Ze's mind, she could rival the entire Lu Guogong Mansion.
…
Not far from the imperial palace, in Prince Duan’s courtyard.
Seeing the crying little Zhao Jie in front of him, Lu Ze comforted him, "Lingling wanted to come over, but she's sick and can't go out these days. She specifically asked me to bring you a kite she made herself."
Little Zhao Jie raised his eyes and said, "I want Lingling to play with me. I want Lingling!"
Lu Baozhu listened to Lu Zezhi and said, "Lingling is sick? Why didn't you tell me earlier? If I knew she was sick, I wouldn't have come to the imperial mausoleum."
Zhao Jie sniffed and said, "Cousin, can I go see Lingling?"
Lu Ze shook his head and said, "Lingling is very sick, don't let her infect you."
Zhao Jie said with red eyes: "Lingling promised me to come and play with me."
Seeing Zhao Jie crying, Lu Baozhu was not as patient as she was with Lingling. She said unhappily, "Why are you crying? You are a real man. You cry when Lingling doesn't play with you!"
Lu Ze glared at Lu Baozhu and asked, "Have you finished copying the Book of Rites ten times?"
Lu Baozhu: “…”
Lu Ze comforted Zhao Jie and said, "Don't cry. When Lingling recovers, I will definitely come to play with you."
Zhao Jie had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, I'll wait for Lingling."
After Lu Ze and Lu Baozhu left the courtyard of Prince Duan's Mansion.
Lu Baozhu asked: "Lingling is sick? How come I didn't know?"
Lu Ze said: "It's not a serious illness."
Lu Baozhu looked at Lu Ze in front of her and said, "Brother, you seem a little strange recently."
Lu Ze said: "No."
Lu Baozhu whispered, "My uncle the Crown Prince is the regent, and my grandfather is practicing in seclusion. Did something happen? I read in history books that whenever an emperor is greedy for power and practices elixirs of immortality, the court will be in chaos."
Lu Ze was surprised and asked, "You can actually read history books?"
Lu Baozhu pouted and said, "In your eyes, your sister is so useless and unlearned?"
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Yeah."
Lu Baozhu snorted angrily, "You have been like this since you were a child. You are not as good as other brothers. Look at how good Qi Yuning's brother is to Qi Yuning. You are nothing like him. You only know how to be nice to other sisters! Humph!"
Lu Baozhu walked back to the imperial palace out of jealousy.
As soon as he returned to his own palace, he met Qin Yuli, who was wearing white clothes under the palace lantern. The candlelight of the palace lantern was reflected on Qin Yuli, which was very scary.
Lu Baozhu was shocked when she saw Qin Yuli, "This is the royal palace! Why are you wearing this white dress to scare people?"
Qin Yuli looked at Lu Baozhu and said, "Sister Baozhu, I... I was provoked by Miss Song before, and I didn't mean to call you a fool. Can you forgive me?"
Lu Baozhu snorted, "I'm sorry, you're dreaming! You've used me for so many years, how could I be deceived by you again?"
Qin Yuli saw Lu Baozhu in front of her, narrowed her eyes, took out a dagger, and inserted it straight into her abdomen, "Help, help!"
Lu Baozhu was shocked when she saw this scene. "What are you doing?"
"Someone come!"
"Princess Lu killed someone!"
"Princess Lu killed Miss Qin!"
"Someone come quickly!"
Lu Baozhu heard the shrill voice of a palace servant. She looked at the palace servants beside her and said, "What are you talking about? Didn't you see that it was Qin Yuli who stabbed the knife into her abdomen?"
"We saw with our own eyes that it was you, Princess Lu, who killed Miss Qin!"
(End of this chapter)
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