In the afternoon, Qi Yuning went to Queen Qin's private storehouse to select precious fabrics. After she selected five items and left the storehouse, she saw Princess Pingrou coming with Prince Consort Lu and Lu Baozhu.
Seeing the pomegranate red material held by the palace maids behind Qi Yuning, Lu Baozhu said, "You are really quick. I just heard that Jiangnan offered this batch of material as tribute, and you got it first!"
Qi Yuning asked: "Do you like it?"
Lu Baozhu nodded and said, "Yes."
Qi Yuning gave the fabric to Lu Baozhu and said, "Go make a nice dress. Zhong Ming's parents, brother and sister-in-law have all come to Shengjing City and will return to North City after the New Year, so Zhong Ming and Lu Baohua's wedding will be scheduled in the twelfth lunar month. You have to arrange the marriage before the twelfth lunar month."
This pomegranate red material is suitable for Lu Baozhu. I just hope that she, Lu Baozhu, can wear this material and find her ideal husband as soon as possible.
Lu Baozhu yawned and sighed, "Alas."
"Why are you so sleepy?"
Lu Baozhu said, "I couldn't sleep yesterday when I knew my parents would be back today, so I asked the maid to read me a storybook and I didn't fall asleep until the 11th hour."
Pingrou saw that Lu Baozhu was still in a deep sleep, and she was very disappointed with her. She found Lu Baozhu and went to see Yuan Ge'er, "Baozhu, come and meet your little cousin."
Lu Baozhu came close to Qi Yu'an and looked at the child in his arms, "My little cousin looks like Lingling."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "He is my nephew, Lingling's cousin, so naturally he looks similar to Lingling."
Although Lu Baozhu had long been accustomed to her low generation status, she was not happy to know that Yuan Ge'er had to call Qi Yuning "Aunt" and only call her "Cousin".
"He will have to call me aunt from now on."
Princess Pingrou asked, "You are Yuan Ge'er's cousin. Isn't it okay to call me aunt?"
Lu Baozhu said, "Qi Yuning and I grew up together and are as close as sisters. Her nephew is my nephew, so what's wrong with calling him aunt?"
Qi Yuning sneered when she heard the words "like sisters" and thought that Lu Baozhu was the one who was most arrogant.
Princess Pingrou said: "This is your cousin."
Lingling scratched her head and said, "This is Lingling's cousin. Why is he also my aunt's cousin?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Brother Yuan is your father's cousin."
Lingling asked, "Lingling and daddy's cousin are the same?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes."
Lingling was very confused. She counted on her fingers and tried to sort out the generations, but she just couldn't understand it.
It was a great joy that Zhao Shu was named a princess. In addition, Yuan Ge'er had not yet held a full-month banquet, so Prince Qi's mansion decided to hold a full-month banquet on October 6th.
It was called a full-moon banquet, but in fact it was to announce to the whole city of Shengjing that Zhao Shu was conferred the title of princess.
The full moon banquet was approaching, and Qi Yuning was so busy that she had no time to rest.
Lingling may be afraid that Qi Yuning likes Yuan Ge'er more recently, so she sticks to Qi Yuning very much. Even when Qi Yuning is busy, Lingling still stays by his side. Even when Qi Yuning ignores her, she still plays with the small peach wood sword obediently.
Even when the two sisters Baoshuang and Baoxue came back and wanted to take Lingling out to play, Lingling was unwilling to leave Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning actually liked Lingling sticking to him. When he could occasionally see Lingling when he was busy, he would feel all his tiredness disappear.
Qi Yuning hadn't seen Lu Ze for five days since Qi Yu'an came back. If Lingling hadn't mentioned it at night, Qi Yuning would have forgotten that he hadn't seen Lu Ze for five days.
"Mom, why doesn't Dad come to see Lingling anymore? Does Dad like my little cousin more?"
Qi Yuning said: "No, Daddy must be busy, and your uncle is in the palace, so your daddy doesn't dare to come after the palace closes. Mommy will take you to see your daddy now."
Qi Yuning held Lingling's hand and went to the side door. Seeing the dog hole next to the side door, he remembered that Lingling had crawled through here before, so he asked, "How did Lingling know there was a dog hole here?"
"My uncle said so. He said he crawled through this dog hole when he was a kid."
Qi Yuning: “…”
No wonder Lu Yun had to come to their Prince Qi's Mansion from time to time when he was young, and he had no maids or servants following him.
Qi Yuning brought Lingling to Lu Ze's courtyard as if they were familiar with the place. When they saw that the lights were not on, they realized that Lu Ze had not returned yet.
Lingling blinked and looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Daddy is not at home, are you playing with your cousin secretly?"
Qi Yuning chuckled and touched Lingling's head. "If Lingling had a brother or sister, Dad and Mom would also play with them. Would Lingling be jealous then?"
Lingling thought for a moment and said, "Daddy and Mommy can play with Lingling, and Lingling can play with her brothers and sisters."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "But what if my younger brothers and sisters also want to play with Daddy and Mommy?"
"Then let's play together, Daddy, Mommy, Lingling, brother and sister, play together."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "After Lingling goes back, Daddy and Mommy will give Lingling a brother or sister."
Lingling asked, "Where should Lingling go back to?"
Qi Yuning looked at the little Lingling in her arms, thinking that it was probably only two months before she became pregnant with Lingling. She wondered if Lingling would still be here after she became pregnant with Lingling.
When Lu Ze returned, he saw the lights on in the room and thought it was the maids cleaning. When he entered, he saw Qi Yuning, who was wearing plain clothes and had her hair loose. "Yuning."
Lu Ze stepped forward and hugged Qi Yuning into his arms, then bent down and kissed her red lips.
Qi Yuning pushed Lu Ze away and said, "Lingling is here too."
Lingling raised her eyes to look at Lu Ze and said, "Daddy!"
Lu Ze asked: "Why are you here?"
Qi Yuning said: "We haven't seen each other for five days."
Lu Ze was stunned: "Haven't seen you for so long?"
"You haven't thought about me at all these days? Am I more important or are state affairs more important?"
Lu Ze coughed and said, "State affairs are important."
Qi Yuning took a deep breath and turned to leave.
Lu Ze grabbed Qi Yuning's wrist, hugged Qi Yuning in his arms and said, "You are second only to state affairs. Let me hold you for a while."
Qi Yuning said in Lu Ze's arms: "With you being so busy, it's no wonder Lingling hasn't had any brothers or sisters for three years."
Lingling nodded and said, "Daddy, don't be too busy. Lingling wants brothers and sisters. No, there are too many brothers now. Lingling doesn't want brothers anymore. She just wants sisters."
Lu Ze looked at Ling Ling thinking seriously and chuckled, "Okay."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "We don't have the final say on whether we will have brothers and sisters. If you rashly agree, what will happen if you only have brothers but no sisters in the future?"
Lu Ze said: "Then you and I will continue to work hard to have more children."
Qi Yuning was slightly annoyed: "It's not you who gave birth to me, but you can say that easily."
Lu Ze smiled and said, "Then give birth to two. If both are brothers, there's nothing we can do. If both are sisters, everyone will be happy."
Qi Yuning thought that three children were indeed enough. According to what Lingling said, she and Lu Ze were so busy that they might not be able to take care of more children. Two children were a little too few. Qi Yuning had always wanted to have more relatives who were connected to her by blood since she was a child.
There are very few relatives in this world who are related to her by blood.
Qi Yuning said: "You and I haven't gotten married yet, even if we plan to have a few children in the future, what if we can't get married this time?"
Lu Ze said: "Yu Ning, don't talk nonsense!"
Qi Yuning smiled lightly.
…
On the sixth day, Prince Qi's mansion was full of guests.
Lingling finally stopped sticking to Qi Yuning today, because she came with some playmates, including little Zhao Jie, Brother You, and two little sisters whom she met from somewhere. They were just over two years old and even Qi Yuning had never seen them. Upon asking, she found out that they were the two little nieces of Zheng Hao from the Duke of Zheng's Mansion.
Qi Yuning was entertaining guests in the mansion when he received a visiting card and went out.
Seeing Shen Qian and Ning Wen at the door, Qi Yuning said, “Mr. Shen San, Madam Shen San.”
Ning Wen looked at the familiar Prince Qi's Mansion, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart: "I didn't know there was a happy event in the mansion today. Sorry to bother you. I wonder if we can go in and have a drink?"
Qi Yuning always remembered the day when Ning Wen left the palace to return to her parents' home. She was only eight years old and she cried secretly.
Now that the Qi family has a new member, and seeing Ning Wen happy and fulfilled, Qi Yuning can finally smile with relief when she recalls the time when she cried secretly behind the maid's back when she was a child.
"Master Shen San, Madam Shen San, Young Master Yuqi, please come in quickly."
Qi Yuning asked again: "Did Lu Yun come with you?"
Ning Wen said: "I am here, but Han'er is sick, and Nian Nian and Prince Lu are taking care of Han'er." (End of this chapter)
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