When the future head of the Shen family got married, there were more than a hundred tables of guests at the banquet, which showed how wealthy they were.
Seeing the Shen family's pomp and circumstance, Lu Ze exchanged a glance with Lin Jiang at the other table.
The Shen family's display today is certainly not low-key, and it can be seen that a lean camel is indeed bigger than a horse. Even though the Shen family has not returned to the court yet, their wealth and connections in Dasheng cannot be underestimated.
At the main table, Lu Ze sat at the head seat, with Shen Jialin's father sitting on his other side, and Chu Yan, the head of the Chu family, on the other side.
Lingling insisted on sitting next to Lu Ze, and Lu Ze doted on Lingling and let her sit beside him.
Chu Yan looked at Lingling with a smile and said, "The little princess looks very much like the Prince Regent. Your Majesty is so lucky to have such a lovely daughter."
Lingling rolled her eyes at Chu Yan and said, "Daddy, I hate him!"
Lu Ze said to Lingling, "Don't be so rude."
Lingling said: "I just don't like him. I don't like him."
Lu Ze said to Lingling: "Lingling, be good and don't make such a fuss."
Lingling got down from the chair and sat on the other side of Lu Ze and started chatting with the head of the Shen family, "Are you Uncle Linlin's father?"
Patriarch Shen chuckled and said, "Yes."
Lingling said: "Then you have to ask Uncle Linlin to be nicer to my aunt. Children listen to their father the most, but Lingling listens to her mother the most, and then to her father."
Patriarch Shen listened to Lingling's innocent words and smiled faintly.
Lu Ze said to Chu Yan: "My daughter is rude, I hope Master Chu will forgive me."
Chu Yan said: "The little princess is innocent and naive, I won't mind."
Chu Yan drank some wine and stood up, saying he was going to change clothes. He walked through a courtyard gate and saw Ye Li squatting on the steps. He looked down at him and clenched his hands.
Ye Li smelled alcohol and looked up at Chu Yan. She stood up and bowed, watching Chu Yan's back getting farther and farther away, and her heart ached.
The Shen family's housekeeper came to distribute wedding money to the servants and gave a handful to Ye Li. Ye Li took it and thanked him. Then he heard two servants who received the wedding money say, "This young master got so much wedding money for his wedding."
"That's not a lot. You don't know that when Miss Ning married Master Chu, she gave each servant one tael of silver."
"Master Chu is naturally wealthy, and Miss Ning is the daughter of both the Ning and Yang families, and she has countless noble bloodlines."
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Lingling went to see Lu Baozhu in the bridal chamber. Having held back her tears for a whole day, she couldn't help crying when they were about to separate.
Shen Nian persuaded Lingling from the side, “Lingling, hurry up, your uncle Linlin has been waiting outside for a long time.”
"Aunt, woo, woo, aunt."
Lu Baozhu also shed tears and said, "Aunt will be back the day after tomorrow. Be good and don't cry. Aunt will not want to leave you either."
Outside, Ye Li hurried in and said, "Xiao Man from the Princess's Mansion said that the princess has given birth. Little Princess Lingling, let's go back quickly."
Lingling was reluctant at first, but when she heard that her mother was about to give birth, she still chose her mother and kept asking to go back.
In the princess's mansion.
Qi Yuning gave birth to this baby very quickly. Not long after dinner, she was walking in the yard when she felt her water broke.
Not long after the midwife arrived, she didn't feel any pain for long before the baby was born safely. Qi Yuning was puzzled by how quickly the baby was born, but it was much easier than when Lingling was born.
The midwife came to Qi Yuning with the swaddling clothes and said, "Congratulations, Princess. Congratulations, Princess. It's a little prince weighing seven kilograms."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and said, "Isn't she my sister?"
Although the birth was quick, it also drained a lot of Qi Yuning's energy. She took a weak look and after confirming that it was a son, she was a little worried for a moment that Lingling would cry.
The midwife saw that Qi Yuning didn't seem very happy and asked, "Princess, don't you want a young master?"
Qi Yuning looked at her well-behaved son who only cried once, and said, "My son likes her too, but his sister likes his younger sister more. She is already sad enough because her aunt is getting married today. If she doesn't have a younger sister, she will be even sadder."
"Yu Ning."
Lu Ze hurried in and saw a swaddling baby next to Qi Yuning. He asked, "Has the baby been born?"
Qi Yuning said: "My son is considerate and didn't let me suffer too much."
Lu Ze gently picked up the child beside him and looked at the little baby's face. The little baby might have sensed that his father was coming and half opened his eyes. Lu Ze smiled at Qi Yuning and said, "This child looks like you."
"Mother, brother." Lingling came in from outside and walked up to Lu Ze. She looked at the little baby but didn't dare to go forward.
Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lingling's happy expression. Fortunately, Lingling didn't ask for a younger sister anymore.
Lu Ze rocked the baby in his arms gently, looked at Qi Yuning beside him, reached out and held Qi Yuning's hand tightly. At the age of 26, he had his beloved, a son and a daughter, and his life was perfect.
Lu Ze lowered his head and gently kissed Qi Yuning on the forehead.
Seeing this, Lingling also kissed Qi Yuning on the side of her face, "Mother, dear."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze, Lingling and her newborn baby in front of her, and felt that no amount of power or money could buy the preciousness of this moment.
Qi Yuning asked Lu Ze: "What name should we give the child?"
Lingling looked up and said, "Squab! Squab sounds good."
Qi Yuning said: "You can't name it after food."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "How about calling him Zhixiu?"
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Zhixiu, the road ahead is long and arduous. It just so happens that his cousin is called Qi Zhiyuan."
Lingling said: "But I still think Lu Ruge sounds better."
Qi Yuning has always been partial to Lingling, and chuckled, "Then let's listen to Lingling's nickname, and call me Ru Ge'er."
Lingling smiled softly and said to the little baby who had just opened his eyes: "Little pigeon, I am your sister. My name is Lingling, Lu Yiling, this is daddy, this is mommy, the best daddy and mommy in the world, you didn't choose the wrong daddy and mommy in heaven."
The baby smiled faintly, and Lu Ze and Qi Yuning looked at each other in disbelief.
Qi Yuning asked, "Was it Ru Ge'er who laughed just now?"
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Yes, he smiled. He could smile right after he was born. He is a blessed child."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I just hope my Ru Ge'er can be happy every day."
However, Qi Yuning's hopes were dashed. Little Zhixiu smiled only on the first day he was born, and never smiled again afterwards.
When he was one year old, he got the big seal and everyone else smiled happily, but he didn't.
When they were two years old, the two twins from Lu Yun's family giggled all day long, which made Princess Pingrou very happy. Princess Pingrou wanted to treat them equally, so she called Ruger to play with them. When Ruger saw his two cousins grinning at a rattle, he rolled his eyes.
When they were three years old, the two twins of Lu Yun's family were very naughty. They jumped up and down in the princess's mansion like two monkeys all day long. They spoke very fluently and could reply to ten sentences with one sentence when they talked back. Some of them were crooked and often made Shen Nian cry.
Even Duke Lu Yun is not afraid of these two little monkeys, but they are afraid of Lu Ze and Lingling. They hope that their uncle and cousin can control them.
But the three-year-old Ruger still couldn't speak and could only utter one word at a time. Qi Yuning became anxious.
If a two-year-old couldn't speak, he could comfort himself by saying "Gui Ren Yu Chi". But if he couldn't speak at the age of three, Qi Yuning was really worried that there was something wrong with his son.
After Lingling's continuous efforts in teaching, Ruger still cannot speak, but he can already write a hundred words.
Qi Yuning found it incredible that his son could write a hundred words at the age of three.
When he was over three years old, on the first day of February, Ruger could say three words in a row: "I want a sister."
Qi Yuning gently stroked Ruger's little face and said, "Your sister taught you, right? You don't have a younger sister. Mother only has you and your sister."
Lingling, who was almost eight years old, poked her head out of the door and said, "Mom, you promised Lingling that you would give birth to a sister. My aunt and my aunt both gave birth to cousins, but Lingling doesn't have a sister."
Qi Yuning said: "Cousin is also a sister."
Lingling said: "No, a cousin is a cousin, and a biological sister is a sister."
Ru Geer nodded and said four words for the first time: "I want to kiss my sister."
Qi Yuning couldn't bear it anymore as her children asked for their sister, so she went to the palace to find Lu Ze.
Lu Ze, who is almost thirty, has become more and more stable. Having been the regent for several years, Lu Ze is intimidating in the palace without getting angry. But when he saw Qi Yuning, he put aside his majesty and became gentle.
"What brings you to the palace?"
Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze, "My daughter and son at home are asking me for a younger sister, which is very annoying. I came to your place to have some peace and quiet, and to find Chu Chi at the same time.
I promised Chu Chi before that I would let her be the goddess of peony flowers when she reaches the age of 15. She has been 15 for two years, so this year she will be the goddess of peony flowers."
Lu Ze smiled and said, "Since both kids are asking for a sister, why don't we have another one?"
Qi Yuning glanced at Lu Ze's malicious eyes and said, "You are not doing this for the sake of having a child, but for your own selfish desires..."
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "I really want Lingling and Ruger to get what they want."
Qi Yuning didn't say much to Lu Ze and went to find Chu Chi.
Lu Ze returned to the palace, and he was a little gentler than before. The new courtier asked Gou Yongming, "Who was that lady just now? The regent saw why she was so gentle, as if she had changed into a different person."
"That's Princess Qi. How can the prince not be gentle? The prince and she are childhood sweethearts. They have been married for almost ten years. They have a son and a daughter, and they love each other very much. Our regent prince listens to the princess's every word..."
Lu Ze heard Gou Yongming's whisper and smiled faintly. It was true that the two had been married for almost ten years and had known each other for twenty-seven years.
I just hope we can grow old together for the rest of our lives.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
The eunuch reported, and Lu Ze turned around and saw the young man coming forward. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty."
Zhao Jie coughed, and the boy said in a hoarse voice, "Cousin."
Lu Ze asked, "Your Majesty, have you decided on the girls I showed you last time?"
Zhao Jie blushed and said, "Cousin, I'm only fourteen, do you want me to get married?"
Lu Ze said: "You can rule the country after you get married."
Zhao Jie said, "I still need a lot of guidance from my cousin. There is no rush to rule the country. I heard that there will be a flower god parade tomorrow. I want to go out of the palace with Lingling to watch the flower god parade."
Lu Ze agreed: "Okay, I'll go back and tell Lingling later."
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