Lu Ze frowned and said, "If I don't agree, my son will not marry Qin Yuli."
Princess Pingrou choked up and said, "Baozhu is your biological sister! Ze'er, I'm not asking you to really marry her. Qin Yuli is in mourning, so she has to observe filial piety for her mother for at least a year. It's hard to say what will happen after a year."
Duke Lu also said, "Zer, you can't bear to see your sister suffer in the dark prison, right? She is your blood sister."
Lu Ze said: "I have another way to save my sister. This time it is obviously a trick, and it is not only aimed at me, but the prince also has ulterior motives towards Yuning. If I really cancel the engagement with Yuning, it would be tantamount to pushing Yuning into the sea of fire."
Princess Pingrou said: "After Yuning breaks off the engagement with you, you can go to Beicheng to protect yourself. What about your sister?
Your sister is most afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants. She cannot stand the threads on her clothes. She has to use the finest silk for her bed. How can your sister tolerate the stone bed and hay in the prison?
I'm not asking you to really marry her, it's just a temporary solution! Ze'er, just marry Qin Yuli."
Lu Ze said: "I won't marry her."
Duke Lu said: "Marriage is a major matter, and parents' orders are the final decision."
"My son's marriage decree is still enshrined in the Lu family's ancestral hall." Lu Ze said, bowed and said, "My son will take his leave first."
Princess Pingrou shouted, "Ze'er!"
Lu Ze ignored Princess Pingrou's shouting and went to Prince Qi's mansion nearby.
Duke Lu said, "Does Ze'er really not care about brother-sister affection at all?"
Princess Pingrou cried, "My poor Baozhu."
In Prince Qi's mansion.
Qi Yuning was very surprised to hear that Lu Ze was coming. She was having dinner and asked Lu Ze when he came in, "Have you had dinner yet?"
Lu Ze said slowly: "Not yet."
Qi Yuning then instructed Lichun to serve Lu Ze the food. Seeing that Lu Ze did not touch the food, she advised him, "I know you are worried about Lu Baozhu, but as she said, only when you are full can you have strength."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Qin Yuli said that her uterus was injured and she might not be able to get pregnant in the future. She wants Baozhu to go to jail for ten years."
Qi Yuning said: "She is really cruel. In order to destroy Lu Baozhu, she would rather be seriously injured herself?"
Lu Ze said: "The prince suggested that if I marry Qin Yuli, Baozhu can be spared from ten years in prison."
Qi Yuning paused with her chopsticks in her hand, she put them down and said, "If Qin Yuli is willing to be my concubine, I can accept it. After all, Lu Baozhu is Lingling's aunt. I will help her for Lingling's sake."
Lu Ze said: "Qin Yuli said she wanted the position of Crown Prince's Consort."
Qi Yuning asked: "What about me? There is already someone in your Lu family who broke off the engagement and disobeyed the order."
Lu Ze reached out to hold Qi Yuning's hand, but Qi Yuning shook it off.
Lu Ze continued to hold Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "I don't want to break off the engagement, and I won't have anything to do with Qin Yuli."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "But if you don't marry Qin Yuli, Lu Baozhu will have to go to jail for ten years..."
Lu Ze said, "You can't sit there for ten years, at most two or three years. Lingling is so attached to Baozhu, Baozhu must have been by her side since she was born. If I cancel the engagement with you, the prince will want you to be his concubine, and I will never watch you fall into the fire pit."
Qi Yuning was surprised and asked: "What do you mean?"
Lu Ze said: "The Lu family had two marriage proposals, and the queen felt sorry for your Qi family, so the prince stepped forward and said that he wanted to take you as a concubine."
Qi Yuning laughed coldly and said, "So that's how it is. Qin Yuli is really devoted to you. She is willing to hurt herself for you..."
Lu Ze said, "You and I have the imperial decree granting the marriage. As long as you and I don't give in, the prince can't openly snatch my wife away, so Baozhu can only suffer for a while."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Lu Baozhu is your biological sister. Can you bear to see her suffer in prison?"
Lu Ze said, "There is no need to worry about food and drink in prison."
Qi Yuning asked: "What do the princess and her husband say?"
Lu Ze said calmly, "Mother meant to temporarily agree to marry Qin Yuli, but it's just a temporary solution. Let's rescue Baozhu first."
Qi Yuning said: "Marriage is not a temporary solution. If you break off the engagement with me, and the Queen issues an imperial decree to make me the Crown Prince's concubine, I will be burned on the fire. But if you don't agree to marry Qin Yuli, Baozhu will suffer. Will Her Royal Highness blame me for this?"
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning in his arms and said, "You're overthinking it. Dad and Mom still know what's right and what's wrong. Baozhu's suffering is not because of you, but because of Qin Yuli. Don't worry, I will find a way to rescue Baozhu."
"But I'm afraid I can't go back to the princess's mansion tonight. Fortunately, the clothes in the palace have not been taken away."
Qi Yuning said softly: "Then I will take you in with reluctance."
…
In the Qin Mansion.
Qin Yuli's wound was very painful, but she also knew that if she had to choose between Lu Baozhu and Qi Yuning, according to Lu Ze's temper, he would definitely choose his biological sister.
Uncle Qin frowned as he watched from the side, and then said to Zhao Chong: "Your Highness, why didn't you discuss this with me?"
Zhao Chong said: "Uncle."
Uncle Qin frowned and said, "Now that you are only one step away from the throne, you must not make any mistakes. You are so good that you still make such a mistake. It is really inappropriate to let Qi Yuning be your concubine. Aren't you afraid that after you ascend the throne, Qi Yuning will be pregnant and the Qi family will rebel?"
Zhao Chong said: "Uncle, you also said that you are only one step away from the throne. When I ascend the throne, I will order the Qi family to hand over the military power. As for Qi Yuning, as soon as she enters the East Palace, I will feed her a drug that will make her exterminate his descendants. I can still distinguish clearly between the country and the beauty."
Uncle Qin frowned and said, "Your Highness, I have something else to tell you. Please go to the study to talk."
After Zhao Chong and Uncle Qin entered the study, he asked, "Uncle, what's the matter?"
Uncle Qin said, "It turns out that the person who sold us opium was a subordinate of the King of Jin. I sent people to investigate and found that there were spices made from opium in the King of Jin's mansion. It seems that the King of Jin must be eliminated. If he comes out to testify, we are afraid..."
Zhao Chong was not panicked at all and said, "If he dares to come out to testify, I can just push the blame of opium onto Prince Jin... If Your Majesty practices for 49 days, your body will be useless, and if you don't die, you will just be left with a breath. The world is already in my hands, so why should I be afraid of Prince Jin?"
Uncle Qin laughed loudly twice, "That's right."
Zhao Chong looked at Uncle Qin laughing wildly and thought to himself that after marrying Qi Yuning, he would be reluctant to use the drug to make her childless. After he ascended the throne, he would let the Qi family and the Qin family fight each other first.
Previously, Uncle Qin had always not allowed him to marry Qi Yuning as the Crown Princess. Wasn't it because he was afraid that he would be able to rely on the Qi family?
At that time, he really believed Uncle Qin's words that the Qi family would be dominated by relatives of the emperor, but now the Qin family's relatives of the emperor have long been in power.
It just so happens that when the Qin and Qi families fight, he will not only be able to get the beauty, but also be able to reap the benefits... (End of this chapter)
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