Lu Ze sat next to Qi Yuning and asked, "What would you like to eat?"
Qi Yuning said: "Chicken noodle soup."
Lu Ze ordered the maid behind him to go to the kitchen to serve the meal. He held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "Yuning..."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Ze shook his head and didn't tell Qi Yuning about the malaria. He reached out to tidy up Qi Yuning's hair and said gently, "Have a good rest. I'm going to the palace first and will be back soon."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "I feel much better now. I think the bitter medicine I took last night was very effective. You can go ahead and do your work. I'm not that squeamish."
After Lu Ze left, he asked the maidservant beside Qi Yuning to take good care of Qi Yuning, and also reminded her: "Don't tell her about the malaria for now."
Lichun responded, "Yes."
Lu Ze went to the small house next door, picked up Ling Ling who had just woken up in the house and said, "Daddy will take you to the palace today."
Lingling was not as excited as she was in the past when she heard that she was going to enter the palace. She said in a baby voice, "Mother, mother, mother, mother."
Lu Ze whispered to Lingling, "Mom is sick and can't play with Lingling. You can follow Dad to the palace to play with your uncle first, okay?"
“Mother, dear!” Lingling struggled in Lu Ze’s arms with tears in her eyes, “Wow, mother, dear.”
Lu Ze coaxed helplessly: "Let's go to the palace and give you some cakes."
Lingling wiped her tears with her little hand and then lay on Lu Ze's shoulder. Lu Ze chuckled and touched Lingling's little head: "You really love to eat."
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After Qi Yuning finished her breakfast, she rested for a while and felt that she had no strength left. It was not until noon that she felt better and took care of the miscellaneous matters of the business in various places in the Prince Qi's Mansion.
Just after dealing with the letter, Shen Nian came to visit with ginseng in hand, "Is sister-in-law feeling better?"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "I'm much better now. I feel like I'm fully recovered now. Except for a little fatigue and soreness in my limbs, everything else is fine."
Shen Nian also smiled lightly and said, “It’s good that nothing happened, then I feel relieved.”
Before Shen Nian left, Lu Baozhu also came to visit. Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning's face and said, "You look a lot better now. You looked scary last night."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Maybe I caught a cold. I felt much better after taking the medicine last night. I just hope I'll feel better tomorrow. Lingling's first birthday party is only a few days away."
Chen Nian said, "Sister-in-law, if you can use us for the first birthday party, just let us know."
Qi Yuning looked at Chen Nian, wondering whether he should let Chen Nian take care of the affairs of the Princess's Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion.
In Qi Yuning's opinion, the backyard affairs of the Princess's Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion are far less complicated and huge than the Qi family's business, but after all, the Princess's Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion are not small families. There are many interpersonal relationships and public affairs, and Qi Yuning sometimes feels overwhelmed.
Besides, it is not necessary for Qi to be the only one in Luguo Mansion. The cousins from her second uncle and third uncle's rooms have all reached the age to get married and have children. In the future, the affairs of the mansion will become more and more complicated. Qi Yuning is not short of money now, and she does not care about everything. The housekeeper is also generous, but this is not a long-term solution after all.
If Chen Nian could help, managing the general affairs of the Princess's Mansion and Duke Lu's Mansion would indeed make her life a lot easier.
After weighing the pros and cons, Qi Yuning said to Shen Nian: "I really have something to entrust to you. I want you to be the housekeeper. In the future, all the affairs of the Princess Mansion and the Duke's Mansion will be in charge of you. What do you think?"
Shen Nian was stunned, “Me?”
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, you don't want to?"
Shen Nian smiled faintly and said, “It’s not that I don’t want to, I’m just afraid that I won’t be able to manage the affairs well and cause a joke.”
Qi Yuning said: "There are maids downstairs who will help you, you don't have to worry too much. If you can't make up your mind about something important, you can also consult me or mother."
Shen Nian responded: “Okay.”
After Shen Nian left, Lu Baozhu said to Qi Yuning, "You really gave her the responsibility of handling the affairs of our mansion?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu and said, "I am usually very busy. Lingling is growing up, and I have to spend more time with her. If I don't hand over the affairs of the Princess's Mansion to her, can I hand it over to you? But you have to be able to manage the household."
Lu Baozhu said: "That's right."
After Lu Baozhu left, Qi Yuning was busy until the evening. When he bent down to look at the account book, he felt a force on his shoulder.
Lu Ze whispered to Qi Yuning, "You haven't recovered yet, so there's no need to worry so much."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly at Lu Ze and said, "I'm fine. I feel healed now."
"Mother, dear!"
Qi Yuning saw Lingling being held in the arms of a maid behind Lu Ze. She was afraid that she was sick and didn't dare to hold Lingling. "Lingling, mother is sick. Can I hold you in my arms after a few days?"
Lingling babbled and called out "Mommy, darling!" and stretched out her two little hands, eagerly asking Qi Yuning to hold her. After waiting for a long time without Qi Yuning holding her, she began to sob, and then burst into tears.
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling in his arms with great concern, "Hey, aren't you afraid of being infected by your mother?"
Lingling stopped sobbing in Qi Yuning's arms. Qi Yuning smiled softly as she looked at Lingling with tears still in her eyes.
Lu Ze stepped forward to help Lingling wipe her tears. Lingling just hugged Qi Yuning's neck tightly. Qi Yuning really enjoyed the soft and sticky Lingling clinging to him like this.
When it was time for dinner, Qi Yuning still felt a little tired and had a slight headache. He did not go out to eat, but just ate a little in the room and went to bed exhausted.
At night, Qi Yuning still felt sweaty and sticky all over.
Qi Yuning noticed something and opened her eyes to see Lu Ze taking off her underwear. Qi Yuning said weakly, "Lu Ze, I'm still sick. Are you so hungry that you won't choose what to eat?"
Lu Ze smiled faintly and said, "I am not the beast you think I am. You are sweating all over and your clothes are soaked. I am changing your clothes now!"
Qi Yuning stood up and saw that she had indeed sweated a lot, which made her feel even weaker.
After changing clothes, Qi Yuning fell asleep. Unexpectedly, she woke up at 9:00 p.m. the next day. It was time for her to take medicine when she was woken up by Lichun.
Not long after Qi Yuning drank the medicine, she felt a severe headache. In the afternoon, she felt very cold and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Several maids were so frightened by her that they brought several quilts to cover her. After Qi Yuning had been cold for nearly half an hour, she began to sweat all over, her limbs ached, and she felt nauseous and vomited for a long time, and suddenly her mouth felt dry.
Qi Yuning frowned and asked, "Why is the cold so severe this time?"
Lu Ze hurried in with the imperial physician. Seeing Qi Yuning's hair wet with sweat, Lu Ze hugged her tightly in his arms.
Qi Yuning coughed weakly in Lu Ze's arms, "Ahem, I thought my cold was healed, but it got worse again. I feel so bad. I've never had such a hot fever before. My head hurts, my bones hurt, and my whole body hurts."
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and sighed, "It's not a cold, it's malaria."
"What?!" Qi Yuning was full of surprise. After learning that it was malaria, she felt even more uncomfortable. "How could I have malaria?"
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