Prince Jin walked up to Zhao Rong with heavy steps, looked at Nanny Sun who was pushing Zhao Rong, and glanced at Nanny Sun with sharp eyes: "What she just said is true? Your good master actually hates me so much in private?"
Nanny Sun lowered her head and did not dare to reply.
King Jin laughed three times in self-mockery, "I am really stupid, stupid to the extreme! It's a pity that I cared about her for so long, but it turns out that she never looked down on me in her heart."
Prince Jin glared at Zhao Rong who was sitting in the wheelchair. Looking closely, he found that Zhao Rong indeed did not look like him at all.
Prince Jin stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Rong's neck, clasping his fingers tightly. Zhao Rong felt he couldn't breathe.
Zhao Rong spoke in a hoarse voice with difficulty: "Dad..."
When King Jin saw Zhao Rong's face turn purple, he threw her into a wheelchair and ordered his men, "Strip her and all the servants of the Sun family and lock them up in the ice cellar of the palace!"
Zhao Rong continued to breathe heavily, "Daddy, Daddy!"
Prince Jin ignored Zhao Rong's pleas and walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "I'm sorry, I almost killed the princess. I owe her a big favor..."
Qi Yuning said: "If you really feel that you owe me a favor, then treat Shuangjiang well. Considering that you are so beautiful, I should punish you for not disciplining you properly."
King Jin responded in a deep voice.
After Qi Yuning and Lu Ze returned to the princess's residence, they were called to Duke Lu's residence.
The lights in Duke Lu's mansion were brightly lit. When Qi Yuning and Lu Ze arrived, all the lanterns had been replaced with white lanterns with the word "葬" (meaning "die in remembrance") written in large letters on them.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze looked at each other. In the first life, Madam Lu passed away after the New Year. Who would have thought that she would pass away so early in this life?
Lu Baozhu also happened to come, and when she saw the white lanterns with the big black characters "Dian", she felt happy, but she still had to pretend to cry:
"Grandma, Grandma, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Then he whispered, "Why don't you just suffer a little more from the pain?"
Qi Yuning knelt beside Lu Baozhu. After hearing what Lu Baozhu said and seeing Lu Ze was sad, she said, "Say less."
"You are still speaking for this damn old woman? Don't you know that when you had malaria a few days ago, she said she would find a new princess for my brother, and said that you were being punished..."
Listening to Lu Baozhu's words, Qi Yuning recalled her first life in the mist. Before she passed away, Madam Lu forced Lu Ze to marry another woman. Before she died, she forced Lu Ze to ensure that the bloodline of the Lu family would not be cut off with Lu Ze.
Now, after all, death is the greatest thing. The person is gone, and Qi Yuning doesn't want to care too much about it.
When Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu rushed back from the palace, Duke Lu knelt beside Old Madam Lu's bed and shouted that he was unfilial.
Princess Pingrou sighed deeply when she saw her mother-in-law pass away. She looked at Lu Baozhu and said, "My poor Baozhu, your marriage will be delayed for another year."
Just as Madam Lu’s funeral was over, bad news came from the palace: Empress Dowager Qin had passed away.
When the Empress Dowager Qin passed away, all the princes living outside the capital had to return to Shengjing to observe mourning.
On the day Prince Xu returned to Shengjing City, he went to Prince Jin's Mansion. After coming out of Prince Jin's Mansion, Prince Xu went straight to the imperial mausoleum, dug up the remains of Prince Jin's wife, and threw them into the mass grave together with the body of Zhao Rong who had just passed away.
When Qi Yuning heard the news from Shuangjiang in the palace, she felt relieved.
Qi Yuning looked at Shuangjiang's belly and said, "By the way, is the King of Jin treating you well? He insisted on having you enter the King of Jin's mansion because you looked like the King of Jin's wife. Will he hate you because of the King of Jin's wife now?"
Shuangjiang said: "He was quite nice to me. He said that after the state mourning period, he would ask for an imperial decree to make me a princess."
Qi Yuning patted Shuangjiang's hand and said, "That's good. You should stay together and go back to the palace first. You don't need to come to the palace to observe mourning anymore."
"Yes." Shuangjiang burned incense to the Empress Dowager and left.
The Empress Dowager passed away, and the one who was most saddened was Princess Pingrou. Having lost her mother, she cried all day long. Although Xiao Lingling was still a baby, she seemed to know that her grandmother was in pain and would wipe her tears.
Princess Pingrou was very pleased holding Lingling.
The funeral of the Grand Empress Dowager lasted for forty-nine days before she was buried. Her will required that forty-nine days replace one year of national mourning. Although this was true for the common people, officials were still willing to observe a one-year mourning period.
During this year, Qi Yuning and Lu Ze were both busy with their own things. They had promised each other before Lingling that they would spend more time with Lingling, but now they had to break their promise.
Prince Jin felt guilty and handed over much of the Qi family's overlapping business to Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning was busy but happy as he watched the money flowing into the account.
Lu Ze was busy with state affairs. The little emperor was still young. In the imperial examination at the beginning of this spring, Shen Jialin and a member of a branch of the Chu family took the top two places.
Even though Lu Ze and Qin Feng deliberately made things difficult during the palace examination, they were still the top scorer and the third place winner, and the second place winner was over 40 years old.
The books that these children of secluded families read are naturally better than those of students from other places. Their teachers are all great scholars, and the books collected in their mansions are rarely seen in many academies.
They entered the court through the imperial examinations, and there was really no way to stop them.
It's September again. Lingling is already two years old and can speak a lot. The thing Lingling says most is "go play, go out and play".
Qi Yuning is busy, Lu Ze is also busy, and the person with the most free time in the entire Lu family is Lu Baozhu.
Lu Baozhu naturally also took on the responsibility of taking Lingling out to play, and the relationship between the two aunt and niece was getting better day by day.
But at night, Lingling started to stick to Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning was busy during the day, so naturally he allowed Lingling to sleep with him at night.
Lu Ze was very disapproving. Sometimes, when Lingling fell asleep, he would carry Lingling back to the small courtyard in the side hall.
Lingling was angry and noisy when she woke up, but as long as Lu Ze took her to the palace to play with her uncle, Lingling was no longer angry.
Qi Yuning's life was peaceful, leisurely and busy until the end of the mourning period. Princess Pingrou hurriedly found Qi Yuning to choose a husband for Lu Baozhu.
"She's really not young anymore. Lingling is already two years old. We really can't put it off any longer. If we put it off any further, I'm afraid she'll really end up being married off as a second wife."
Lu Ze rarely had a day off today, and it was also rare for him to rest with Qi Yuning during the day. Seeing Princess Pingrou looking worried about Lu Baozhu, he said:
"Mom, fate is predestined. You don't have to worry so much. I think Baozhu is doing well now."
Princess Pingrou said, "Baozhu is very good for both of you. She can help you take care of your daughter now, but Baozhu can't stay single for the rest of her life. What will she do when she is old and lonely?"
Lu Ze said: "She will help us take care of Lingling now. When Lingling grows up, she will naturally take good care of her aunt."
Princess Pingrou said, "When Lingling gets married in the future, can she bring her aunt with her? Baozhu's marriage must be settled within a year. Baoshuang and Baoxue are married now. If Baozhu doesn't get married, she will become a joke."
Qi Yuning said: "Well, I will persuade Baozhu to find a husband of her dreams and marry him as soon as possible."
Just after the mourning period ended, Lu Baoshuang and Lu Baoxue married Zhu Feng and Zhu Yang. No wonder Princess Pingrou was so anxious.
Qi Yuning took some time to look for Lu Baozhu, who was playing on the swing with Lingling.
When Lingling saw Qi Yuning, she hurriedly walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "Mommy, hug me!"
Qi Yuning picked up Lingling, kissed her on the cheek, and said to her, "Go play somewhere else with your nanny."
Lingling said: "Go play with Brother Han."
Qi Yuning nodded and said: "Don't bully Brother Han."
Lingling snorted softly: "Lingling, be good and don't bully your brother."
Qi Yuning smiled lightly and said, "Well, go ahead."
After Lingling left, Qi Yuning said to Lu Baozhu: "Mother is almost going crazy about your marriage, what are you thinking? It is obvious that the Chu and Shen families want to enter the court and restore their thousand-year-old family power.
In order to suppress them, the royal family must have sent a princess to marry them. Shen Jialin has never married yet, and your brother is planning to marry Xunfang to Shen Jialin."
"How old is Sister Fang?" Lu Baozhu asked in shock.
Qi Yuning said, "Sister Fang is almost fourteen years old. If she arranges a marriage, she will be able to get married in a year."
Lu Baozhu sighed and said, "I always thought she was still a child."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Don't you think about how old we are? Think about it carefully."
Lu Baozhu said upsetly, "Growing up is really not good at all. What if I don't get married? Will your son not give me a bite to eat in the future? Besides, I have the salary of a princess myself."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "That's true, but mother still hopes you can be happy."
Lu Baozhu threw a stone into the lake in annoyance.
When Qi Yuning went to Lu Yun and Chen Nian's room to look for Lingling, she happened to meet Shen Jialin.
Shen Jialin has grown a lot compared to the young man he was before. He has shed his youthful arrogance and gained more steadiness in the officialdom. He is worthy of being the future head of the Shen family.
"Uncle Linlin!"
When Lingling saw Shen Jialin, she threw herself into his arms.
Qi Yuning felt so affectionate when Lingling called Shen Jialin "Uncle Linlin". She didn't know when Lingling and Shen Jialin knew each other. On the contrary, Han Ge'er, Shen Jialin's real nephew, was not as warm as Lingling when he met Shen Jialin.
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