On the day Lu Yun got married, Qi Yuning got up before dawn, looked at the sleeping Lingling, and went outside.
The ceremonial music team for the bride's reception was ready. Lu Yun wore a red dress and a golden crown on his head. He looked like a beautiful woman. Qi Yuning walked up to him and joked, "It's rare. I finally see you wearing wedding clothes instead of a monk's robe."
Lu Yun said, "It wasn't me who wanted to become a monk before. It was Qin Yuli who suggested it to me. She knew I didn't want to marry you, and she said that if I became a monk, then I could legitimately not marry you."
Lu Baozhu said: "It was Qin Yuli who gave me the idea to let Qi Yuning marry Lu Yun so that she could serve me. But she turned around and gave Lu Yun the idea to break off the engagement. Now it seems that Qin Yuli clearly wants to make Qi Yuning lose face."
Qi Yuning thought about what happened two years ago. She already had a child now, and Qin Yuli might have been reincarnated long ago, so she didn't care anymore.
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yun and said, "There's no need to talk about the past. Lu Yun, you should treat Chen Nian well in the future."
Regardless of whether Shen Nian really had any calculations in mind, they were all a family from today onwards.
Qi Yuning said to Lu Baozhu: "I have a task for you today."
Lu Baozhu said, "What mission? Just tell me."
Qi Yuning whispered in Lu Baozhu's ear: "I'm afraid Madam Lu will come out to cause trouble, you go and keep an eye on her."
Lu Baozhu nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't let her cause trouble."
The Shen residence was bustling early in the morning.
In Shen Nian's room, Ning Wen looked at Shen Nian wrapping her belly with a cloth strip and frowned, saying, "No need to wrap it anymore. The clothes are thick in this winter, and no one can see it even if you don't wrap it..."
Shen Nian looked at Ning Wen and said, “Mom, it’s okay.”
Ning Wen held Shen Nian’s hand and said, “Nian Nian, you should keep this child. He can help you gain a foothold in the Lu Mansion. Besides, it has been five months…”
Chen Nian said, "No, I can't keep him. Han'er is already pitiful enough. I can't let him be without a father at such a young age, and even give away half of his mother."
Ning Wen sighed and said, "Alas."
Shen Yuqi said at the door of the room: "The groom is here."
Shen Nian knelt down towards Ning Wen and said, “Foster mother, thank you for taking care of me for so many years. I have troubled you.”
Ning Wen touched Shen Nian’s head and said, “This place of your stepmother will always be your home, let’s go.”
Shen Yuqi was young and couldn't carry Shen Nian on his back, so it was Shen Jialin who carried Shen Nian out to marry.
Shen Jialin and Lu Yun are about the same age. Shen Jialin looked at Lu Yun and said, “Chen Nian is the eldest daughter of my Shen family. You must treat her well, otherwise I will never forgive you!”
Lu Yun whispered, "The Huang family didn't treat her well before, and I haven't seen you do anything to hurt the Huang family!"
"You!" Shen Jialin frowned.
Lu Ze stepped forward and said, "On this auspicious day, don't miss the auspicious time."
With Lu Baozhu watching Madam Lu, the bride's sedan chair entered the gate of the princess's mansion safely and securely.
Qi Yuning was looking at Shen Nian's belly. Although the winter clothes were thick, it was obvious from Shen Nian's movements that her belly was flat, even flatter than before she was pregnant.
There was constant whispering among the crowd.
"This bride is so lucky. The first time she married into the Huang family, the governor of Longyou Road, and now she is marrying a young prince from the princess's mansion, and she is marrying with a child."
"She is lucky. No matter how bad Prince Lu is, it is impossible for a second-married girl like her to have a chance to marry."
The Zhou family was not invited as one of the guests today, so they were too embarrassed to come and be criticized. However, there were still many people talking about the Zhou family.
Qi Yuning turned a deaf ear to him, and after the bride entered the house, he went to accompany Shen Nian.
Qi Yuning looked at Shen Nian's flat belly and said, "Are you wrapping your belly with a cloth strip? There are no outsiders here, so untie the cloth strip quickly."
Shen Nian unbuttoned her clothes and untied the tightly wrapped cloth strips inside.
Qi Yuning saw the two layers of cloth wrapped around her belly, frowned and said, "Why is it wrapped so tightly? I have a doctor I know who is very tight-lipped. Let him come over and check if the baby in your belly is okay?"
When Qi Yuning was five months pregnant, she could only let Lu Ze touch her belly gently. She could not imagine having her belly tangled like this.
Shen Nian touched her belly and said, “No need, the baby in my belly is fine, I don’t feel uncomfortable at all.”
Qi Yuning said to Shen Nian, "I'm afraid Lu Yun will still have to toast outside, so I have to go outside to entertain the guests. I'll leave Lichun to you. Just tell Lichun if you have anything."
Shen Nian smiled and said, "Thank you, Princess."
Qi Yuning smiled calmly and said, "This is the last time you can call me Princess. From now on, you can call me sister-in-law."
Shen Nian shouted generously: “Sister-in-law.”
Qi Yuning went outside to accompany Lu Ze to entertain the guests. When Lu Ze saw Qi Yuning, he reached out and wiped the dirt on Qi Yuning's face from somewhere, "Thank you for your hard work today."
Qi Yuning said: "It's not that hard. But you, please don't help the little bald donkey to block the wine later."
Lu Ze smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, I won't block the wine for him. I have to get up early tomorrow to wait for them to offer tea!"
Qi Yuning said: "That's right."
The wedding banquet was lively and the guests did not leave until the hour of Xu.
After Qi Yuning sent the guests away, she felt exhausted all over. She always liked cleanliness, so she went to take a bath despite it being late at night.
Lu Ze wiped Qi Yuning's long hair and said, "I don't know when we can finish it, but fortunately my mother can't get up before noon, so it's too late to serve tea. Since we can't rest now, why don't we..."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "How about a game of chess?"
Qi Yuning didn't want to ask for water again in the middle of the night. Lu Ze smiled and said, "Okay."
When Qi Yuning was playing chess with Lu Ze, she felt that she was not as good as him, so she spoke to disturb Lu Ze: "When Shen Nian entered the door today, she wrapped her belly tightly, and I was afraid that something would happen to the baby in her belly.
Lingling has been clamoring for a brother or sister. If this child can be born safely, it will be Lingling's brother or sister. When Lingling is older, she will no longer want a brother or sister."
Lu Ze gave birth to a child and said, "We should keep the pregnancy a secret during the national mourning period, but it's so cold today and the clothes are loose, so it doesn't matter if we don't tie our belly."
Qi Yuning gave birth to a son, "That is to say, after the tea ceremony tomorrow, we should still invite a doctor for Chen Nian. It would be best if she could have a son again. By then, the title of Duke of Lu's Mansion will have a successor. After all, Lu Yun can't be counted on. As for me, I don't want to have any more children."
When I was pregnant with Lingling, I was looking forward to having her, so I felt that all the hard work was worth it.
But after being trapped in the room for a month, he became extremely dirty and his long hair was almost tangled. For Qi Yuning, he had never been so miserable except for the time in the military camp.
During that time in the military camp, the fate of the country was uncertain, life and death were uncertain, and I was worried about life and death every day, so I felt miserable.
But during the confinement period, Qi Yuning had nothing to do all day, which made her feel like she was imprisoned.
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Indeed, if a son is raised well, he can succeed my father as Duke Lu in the future."
The game of chess lasted for nearly half an hour, and Qi Yuning played slower and slower.
Lu Ze smiled and looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Is your hair mostly dry?"
Qi Yuning put down the chess piece and said, "It's done. You can take a break now."
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning in his arms and chuckled, "Do you want to win?"
Qi Yuning never wanted to admit defeat, especially when playing chess. Lu Ze knew her temper. When he won a game against Qi Yuning when they were young, she would be sulky for a long time and would not talk to anyone until she won a game.
Qi Yuning said: "I am not as skilled as you, so I admit defeat."
Lu Ze said: "The game of chess has thirty-six strategies, and the beauty trap is also feasible."
Without waiting for Qi Yuning to say anything, Lu Ze made a random move and then picked up Qi Yuning horizontally.
Qi Yuning said repeatedly: "We will serve tea tomorrow!"
"It's not you or me who are offering tea. It's Lu Yun and the others who are offering tea. It doesn't matter if we get up a little later."
The gauze curtain fell, and Qi Yuning didn't know when she fell asleep. She only knew that it was almost noon when she woke up. She looked at Lu Ze with resentment and said, "I didn't even have time to dress up."
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Since Chen Nian already knows you, it doesn't matter if you are bare-faced. You are more beautiful without makeup."
Qi Yu would rather not think so. She has always been exquisite in public, and it is inappropriate for the new sister-in-law to go out without makeup on the first day of marriage.
Qi Yuning hurriedly asked the maid to comb her hair.
Lichun hurried into the room and whispered a few words in Qi Yuning's ear, "Her Royal Highness the Princess sent someone to say that the Princess of the County suddenly became seriously ill, so there will be no tea today."
Qi Yuning said, "Hurry up and change my clothes, and go to Lanwen Courtyard to take a look."
Lu Ze was already dressed. He walked over to Qi Yuning and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qi Yuning said: "Chen Nian is seriously ill."
Shen Nian was too young to fall seriously ill suddenly, so the only possibility was that something had happened to the baby in her belly...
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