After Queen Mother Zhou and His Majesty left, Qi Yuning glanced at Lu Ze unhappily.
Lu Ze also understood what Qi Yuning meant from her eyes, and said lightly: "You can't blame me for the Zhou family's thoughts, right?"
Qi Yuning said: "A fly won't bite an egg without cracks. You are the egg with cracks."
Lu Ze: "God knows how wronged I am."
“Princess, Miss Shen Nian is outside asking to see you.”
Qi Yuning said: "Let her in."
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning: "You should have a good talk with Shen Nian first. I have some official business to take care of. I will come to accompany you after I finish it."
Qi Yuning said: "Yeah."
Chen Nian came here today without bringing Han Ge'er. When she saw the child next to Qi Yuning, she hugged the child.
"This child looks like Lingling. With these little eyes and little nose, he will definitely look exactly like Lingling when he grows up."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Yes, she does look similar to Lingling. Now she is also called Lingling."
Chen Nian looked at her soft little daughter and said, "It turns out that daughters are really much softer and quieter than sons. She didn't even cry when I held her. My brother Han only recognizes me, and today is the same... I can only come out to see you when he is asleep."
Qi Yuning recalled that Lingling didn't seem to be shy at all, "Daughters are more caring."
Shen Nian smiled, “I don’t know if I will have the chance to have a daughter in this life.”
Qi Yuning said: "You are still young, there must be a chance. You are only twenty-two years old at most."
Shen Nian touched her flat belly and said, “That’s right, after all, I’m still young, maybe I can have a daughter!”
Qi Yuning smiled calmly, "When you are done with the state mourning, I will find you a good husband. Do you prefer a military commander or a civil official?"
Chen Nian smiled and said, “Choose someone who is good to my Han’er. Han’er lost her father when she was just born. I only hope to find a father who will treat Han’er as his own son.
I am not picky about military generals or civil officials. This is my second marriage, so I don’t want to be picky about the man’s family. The only thing I ask is that the man’s family treats Han’er as their own daughter. That’s all.”
Qi Yuning thought about Shen Nian's request and thought that the Lu family met the requirement. Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu had previously learned that Lu Yun had snatched a son away, but they sincerely felt that they had picked up a grandson for free.
Shen Nian didn't stay long, and after she left, Lu Baozhu came.
Qi Yuning didn't want Lu Baozhu to see him so weak, but he was worried about Lu Baozhu meeting Lingling alone, so he had to meet her.
When Lu Baozhu entered, her heart and eyes were filled with Lingling, "Aunt's dear Lingling, I missed you so much. I have been missing you for nine months and sixteen days. You are finally back!"
Lu Baozhu looked at the dazed Lingling, slowly closed her eyes and asked, "Why did Lingling fall asleep?"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Babies in confinement only eat and sleep. She's only been here for two days. In fact, she won't understand anything you say."
Lu Baozhu looked at Lingling's peaceful sleeping face and said, "If I want a little Lingling who can talk, call me aunt, run and jump, and hold a small peach wood sword and say she wants to protect me like before, won't I have to wait three years to see her?"
Qi Yuning said: "Well, but some children can speak a lot at the age of two, while some children can only babbled a few words at the age of two."
Lu Baozhu: "Ah? The baby's Lingling is not fun at all. The previous Lingling is more fun."
Lu Ze entered and heard the word "fun" and frowned, "Lingling is not for you to play with. Your parents are right. You are already twenty years old, it's time to talk about marriage.
I happen to have a good candidate for a husband, a champion in the same imperial examination as Lin Jiang. He previously served in Shuzhou for three years, but now he has returned to the imperial court with outstanding performance. He has been promoted to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he is only 26 years old. He previously had a wife who had a three-year-old daughter due to a difficult childbirth. He had not discussed marriage before because he was keeping his wife’s chastity…”
Before Lu Ze could finish his words, Lu Baozhu threw the cup beside her at him.
“Hiss!” Lu Ze covered his forehead and took a breath. “Lu Baozhu, if you don’t want to, then don’t. Why are you hitting people?”
Seeing this, Qi Yuning said, "You deserve it!"
Lu Ze was half wet. He looked at Qi Yuning and said, "You are actually helping Lu Baozhu. She is so..."
Lu Baozhu frowned and said, "Brother, I am your biological sister, and you want me to marry a widower, a widower born of a commoner..."
Lu Ze said: "He was the top scholar in Lin Jiang's class. His future prospects may not be inferior to Lin Jiang. He may even have a better chance of becoming a prime minister than Lin Jiang.
Even though Qian Yun is still a young minister now, how many ministers who are 25 or 26 years old have there been in all the dynasties?
Qian Yun's family background is a bit poor, but he has real power, which is not much better than those young men from aristocratic families who have no ability but only have a good family background. Does our Lu family still lack family background?"
Lu Ze wiped the tea and tea leaves off his body with a towel, and then went behind the screen to change his clothes.
Qi Yuning said, "Your sister could have found a husband like a marquis or a prime minister, why did she marry a widower who has been married twice? You are such a bad matchmaker, no wonder Lu Baozhu threw a cup at you, if it were me I would throw a cup at you too!"
Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning with tears in her eyes and said, "I didn't expect you to be so good. From today on, you are my biological sister, and he, Lu Ze, is no longer my biological brother!"
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze come out in a changed outfit and said, "However, the man you are talking about is a good match for Shen Nian! Both are second marriages, have a promising future, he has a daughter, and Shen Nian has a son..."
Lu Baozhu said, "Yes, this is a good match for Sister Nian. Why not match them up after the national mourning period is over?"
Qi Yuning said: "Why bother with the national mourning? We can just arrange a good match in the next few days, and we can get married right away after the national mourning is over..."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "You go talk to the Minister, and I'll talk to Chen Nian when she comes to my place."
Lu Ze said: "Chen Nian is indeed more suitable than Lu Baozhu."
Lu Baozhu snorted at Lu Ze, "Hmph, don't think that I have nowhere to complain now that my grandfather is gone. I still have my grandmother. I'm going to the palace to complain to my grandmother right now!"
Lu Ze grabbed Lu Baozhu's hand and said, "Don't mess around! Grandmother's health has been getting worse since Grandfather passed away. You should stop going to the palace and make her worry."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Is the Empress Dowager in poor health?"
Lu Ze said, "It's nothing serious, just a minor illness. She and my grandfather loved each other very much. They were a young couple who lived together till old age. It was rare in ancient times for an emperor and empress to be so married for their entire lives. After my grandfather passed away, she was inevitably sad."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "I wonder if His Majesty valued you so much before he left and entrusted the country to you because of Queen Qin and her two daughters?"
Lu Ze said, "You just realized it now? Before his majesty died, he was indeed afraid that if he passed away and another prince ascended the throne, Princess Pingrou's Mansion and Prince Qi's Mansion would be punished.
"If any one of the Prince of Jin, Prince of Shou, and Prince of Xu was born from my grandmother's womb, even if they were incompetent and immoral, they would still be emperors."
Qi Yuning said: "No wonder Prince Xu and Prince Jin are both infatuated, they all follow your majesty."
Lu Baozhu said at the side: "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, what kind of infatuation is that?!"
Qi Yuning paused, looked at Lu Ze and said, "That's right. After all, Prince Xu and Prince Jin also said they were infatuated with one person, but they also had concubines all the time! It's inevitable that some of them would have a concubine named Zhou..."
Lu Ze listened to Qi Yuning's words about Concubine Zhou and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. It's important to take good care of yourself during the confinement period. The most taboo during the confinement period is to avoid stressing your mind."
Then he said to Lu Baozhu: "You can go now."
Lu Baozhu looked at Lingling twice more and then left.
Qi Yuning looked at her messy hair and said to Lu Ze, "I want to wash my hair."
Lu Ze said: "Impossible, wait until you are done with the confinement period before washing."
On the eighth day of September, Qi Yuning washed her hair specially, thinking that she could last a few more days. However, she sweated so much yesterday when she was having sex. After only two days, she couldn't help but want to wash her hair.
Qi Yuning said: "I heard that it's okay to wash your hair with ginger soup."
Lu Ze said: "That will take at least half a month."
"After half a month, everyone stinks."
Lu Ze leaned in and sniffed it, "How can it smell? It smells good. The weather isn't too hot right now. Just bear with it for a few more days, at least until I take a day off. I'll wash your hair when the afternoon sun is warm."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "Really?"
Lu Ze replied: "Yes, but you are not allowed to wash your hair when I am not around."
Qi Yuning agreed: "Okay." (End of this chapter)
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