Lu Ze said coldly, "You'd better not dream in broad daylight. If you try to steal your nephew's wife, you will be infamous for eternity."
Zhao Chong frowned and stared at Lu Ze and said, "Ze'er, privately you are my nephew, and I, your uncle, have treated you well since you were a child. Publicly, I am the crown prince and the future monarch, and you should be loyal to me.
Besides, it was Qi Yuning that I fell in love with first. When I fell in love with her, you were nowhere to be found. It was not me who stole my nephew's wife. In fact, it was you who stole my sweetheart."
Lu Ze didn't want to waste time talking to Zhao Chong, so he just said, "Now that His Majesty has issued the imperial decree granting the marriage, it cannot be changed."
Zhao Chong wanted to look down at Lu Ze, but before he knew it, Lu Ze was already half a head taller than him.
Zhao Chong had no choice but to raise his voice and said, "Lu Ze, I care about the relationship between uncle and nephew. As long as you are willing to give up Qi Yuning, I can give you whatever you want. I can make you second to none.
Only Yuning belongs to me, and I will never give Yuning to you!"
Zhao Chong glared at Lu Ze and said, "Ze'er, you wouldn't go against your uncle just for a woman, right?"
Seeing that Lu Ze did not respond, Zhao Chong threatened: "As for the imperial decree you mentioned, as long as my father dies, his imperial decree granting marriage will no longer count!
After a year of national mourning, I will have seized power. By then, the whole world will belong to me. Can I still not do anything about the late emperor's imperial decree granting marriage?
By then, Qi Yuning will naturally be mine, Lu Ze, you better think it through, don't refuse a toast and drink a penalty!"
After saying that, Zhao Chong turned away.
Lu Ze stared at Zhao Chong's back and clenched his hands.
Qi Yuning came out from the inner room of the lobby and said to Lu Ze:
"We shouldn't put up with it any longer. Although there is no solid evidence that Ping's identity has been changed, she is still in North City, and Nanny Qin has not been found yet...
But at this moment, in order to protect His Majesty's life, the only thing that can be done is to expose in front of the civil and military ministers that the prince is not of royal blood.
Only in this way can the other princes feel that it is profitable and control the conspiracy between the Qin family and the prince.
He will not allow the Qin family and the crown prince to bring disaster to the Zhao dynasty, and he will be able to protect Your Majesty from being killed by Zhao Chong's evil ambitions.
Otherwise, Zhao Chong is unkind, unjust, unfilial, stubborn, and disgusting. I'm afraid he will really kill Your Majesty for this!"
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "Well, you will leave Shengjing City with your troops early tomorrow morning and head to Beicheng."
Qi Yuning said repeatedly: "Lu Ze, let's go together."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "You are right. Whether there is evidence or not, I will expose the identity of the crown prince in the morning court tomorrow. Don't worry, His Majesty is still alive, and the queen is here. Even if I expose the identity of the crown prince in public, nothing will happen to me."
Lu Ze reached out and touched Qi Yuning's slightly drunken and flushed face and said, "Yuning, you will lead the troops out of the city early tomorrow morning."
Qi Yuning threw herself into Lu Ze's arms and said, "No, I will wait for you to come out of the court tomorrow and leave together."
Lu Ze said: "Listen to me, and you have to take the treasures and the Lu family away with you."
Qi Yuning frowned and asked, "Are your Lu family members willing to leave? Especially Madam Lu?"
Lu Ze said: "If they are willing to go with you, you can take them with you. If they are unwilling to go, I will arrange for them to enter the princess's mansion."
Qi Yuning looked up at Lu Ze and said, "No, if you want to leave, let's leave together. We leave first, and then find someone to expose the identity of the prince!"
Lu Ze said: "No matter who exposes it, it will not be as convincing as me, the princess's son, exposing Zhao Chong's identity."
Qi Yuning hugged Lu Ze's waist tightly, tears in her eyes as she sobbed in his arms, "Lu Ze, I'll wait for you outside the city to go to North City together. You go to the Lu family first. Those who want to leave, let them come to the palace through the side door. Those who don't want to leave can only stay in your princess's mansion."
Lu Ze said: "Okay."
Lu Ze rushed to Duke Lu's mansion. He had no intention of letting Madam Lu leave with Qi Yuning.
After all, Madam Lu was the wife of a duke and was also on her deathbed. The prince could not barge into the princess's residence and deal with an old lady.
Lu Ze went to discuss leaving Shengjing City with Mr. Lu Er and Mr. Lu San and their couples overnight.
After hearing what Lu Ze said about the prince's life story, Second Master Lu and Third Master Lu were surprised and asked, "How is this possible?"
Madam Lu Er said, "Ze'er, even if the prince is not the Queen's biological son, it will not do any good to our Lu family if you expose it!"
Lu Ze bowed his head and said, "Second uncle, third uncle, my grandfather died of depression because he did not help Your Majesty to support the Zhao family. Now the power of the Zhao family has fallen into the hands of people with wolfish ambitions. We can't just watch and do nothing.
Besides, Zhao Chong already has murderous intentions towards Your Majesty..."
Madam Lu frowned and said, "Zer, I'm afraid you are not only doing this for loyalty, but also for the Crown Prince to snatch Princess Qi away, right?"
Lu Ze said frankly, "That is the reason, but now Princess Qi is my nephew's future wife. If my Lu family is so greedy and afraid of death that they can't even protect my future wife and give her away, then my nephew and the Lu family will lose face."
Master Lu said, "Ze'er is right. So, third brother and sister-in-law, you take the children and go first. Help us take good care of Baohua, Hui'er, and Zhao'er. Your second sister-in-law and I will stay in the princess's mansion to take care of mother."
Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu looked at each other and said, "This is the only way."
Lu Ze said, "There is no time to lose. While His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Qin family don't know we are leaving, you should go to Prince Qi's mansion first."
After Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu nodded, they went to ask the younger generation to stand up.
Lu Ze returned to the princess's residence and went to Lu Baozhu's courtyard.
Lu Baozhu dozed off and walked outside the room and asked, "Brother, why did you wake me up?"
Lu Ze said to Lu Baozhu: "Do you want to go play with your parents Lingling?"
Lu Baozhu asked, "What happened?"
Lu Ze said: "If you want to go, go to the palace now. On the way, Yu Ning will explain it to you."
Lu Baozhu looked at Lu Ze and said, "Brother, aren't you leaving?"
Lu Ze nodded and said, "I have something else to do, so I can't leave."
Lu Baozhu woke up from her sleep and said, “No, I won’t leave if you don’t leave. I’m not you, ignoring your sister.
Although you often bully me, you are my brother, and I will never let you take risks alone. I am the Princess Baozhu appointed by His Majesty, the precious pearl of Dasheng, and I don’t believe that the uncle, the crown prince, will do anything to me!"
Lu Ze said, "You've just come out of jail and you're already boasting like that. Be good and go to the palace quickly. Don't dawdle. If you listen to me, I'll spare you the ten copies of the Book of Rites."
Lu Baozhu sniffed and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Brother..."
Lu Ze urged Lu Baozhu, "Take the spring flowers, autumn moons and banknotes. You can buy more beautiful dresses and clothes when you get to North City. Prepare the luggage you will need for the journey. Let's go quickly."
Lu Baozhu went back to her room to pack her things.
In the palace.
Seeing the maid busy packing things, Qi Yuning looked at Shuangjiang several times but was too embarrassed to speak.
Shuangjiang looked at the meaning in Qi Yuning's eyes and said, "Princess, just tell me if you have anything to say!"
Qi Yuning said, "I feel guilty. I told Prince Jin before that if you don't want to go to Prince Jin's mansion, I won't let you go. But... if we go to Beicheng this time, we must lead our troops to the capital to help the Zhao family's royal family from the Qin family's evil ambitions and protect your majesty's life."
Shuangjiang knelt in front of Qi Yuning and said, "Shuangjiang is willing to go to the Prince Jin's Mansion to be the eyes of the princess and to assist her."
Qi Yuning helped Shuangjiang up and said guiltily, "I'm sorry for you."
Shuangjiang said: "Princess, it is Shuangjiang's blessing to be able to serve you."
Before dawn, when the sky was darkest, everything was silent, but at the gate of Prince Qi's mansion came the sound of horse hooves, and one after another, fine and top-quality steeds were approaching.
When Mr. Lu San saw so many fine horses, he couldn't help but take another look at Qi Yuning.
Lu Ze saw everyone from the Lu family off on their horses, walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "Go to North City and wait for me."
Qi Yuning threw herself into Lu Ze's arms without paying attention to the crowd. She said with tears in her eyes, "Lingling will make a fuss at night without a father, so you have to come to North City as soon as possible."
Lu Ze responded: "Yeah."
Qi Yuning got on the horse, whipped the horse and rode away, turning his head to look at Lu Ze who was standing in front of the palace gate in the distance.
She persuaded herself in her heart that she still wanted to live with Lu Ze, and Lu Ze would definitely be safe.
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