Chapter 329 Who wouldn’t be jealous of the throne?
Lu Yiling smiled and said, "Uncle, can't you be as thick-skinned as Qi Zhiyuan? You have to have more confidence in yourself. It's not that my aunt doesn't like you. As long as you listen to me, I promise to make my aunt open her heart."
Zhao Jie really didn't know whether he could trust a girl who had just turned fifteen, but now it seemed that he could only try his best.
Lu Yiling leaned close to Zhao Jie's ear and whispered, "My aunt wasn't unhappy when she first entered the palace. She has been feeling depressed ever since she lost her child. Although you have made Ning Ji get what he deserves, without this Imperial Concubine Ning, there will be other Imperial Concubines Zhou, Qian, and Sun in the future..."
Lu Yiling said: "The fighting in the harem will never stop. Before my great grandfather ascended the throne, there were many cases of brothers killing each other and princes killing each other. Who wouldn't be envious of the throne? If I were surnamed Zhao, I would be envious too!"
Zhao Jie tapped Lu Yiling's forehead and said, "If the Queen Mother hears what you said, I won't have a peaceful day."
Lu Yiling covered her forehead and said, "Uncle, it's impossible that my aunt doesn't like you. It's just that she doesn't dare to like you. It's destined that her husband can't be hers alone. If she still dares to like you sincerely, she is too stupid."
"Why doesn't she want to have another child now? It's because she doesn't dare to gamble on whether she can give birth to the child smoothly or whether she can let the child grow up smoothly. With her full of anxiety, how can you let her experience the good things in the palace?"
"If she had married an ordinary man, she would have been so worried and could have divorced, but she is the queen, and she is destined to stay in the palace no matter how much she is unwilling."
Lu Yiling looked at Zhao Jie and said, "To make your aunt feel happy in the palace, you must be her only husband. Promise her that there will be no more concubines in the palace in the future. Now there are still the virtuous concubines and others in the palace. You can make them ladies and grant them gardens outside the palace."
Zhao Jie frowned slightly and did not agree. It was easy for Lu Yiling to say, but it was not that simple for an emperor.
Lu Yiling is young, so naturally she doesn't understand these things.
Lu Yiling didn't say anything more. She just felt that her position as the female Shaoqing of the Dali Temple was hopeless. If she were the emperor, she would not be willing to give up the three palaces and six courtyards in the harem. It was just human nature. What's more, Zhao Jie was the emperor.
The emotions of an emperor are ridiculous.
Lu Yiling returned to Yuemiyuan, but did not see Chu Che. She waited a long time for Chu Che to return.
"Chu Che, where have you been?"
Chu Che looked at Lu Yiling with displeasure and anger and said, "Little Princess, how can you let Princess Baozhu introduce a wife to me? I am still young and don't plan to get married!"
Lu Yiling recalled that the Shen family had indeed prepared a woman before, "This is because this princess is thinking of you. The beauty of the Shen family was originally prepared for His Majesty. I gave her to you, and you dare to complain to this princess?"
Chu Che said: "Princess, my parents will decide on marriage matters, so you don't need to worry too much."
Lu Yiling snorted and said, "Don't worry about it. I will never introduce you to a marriage in the future. It seems that I have no hope of entering the Dali Temple. My uncle doesn't want me to enter the court."
Chu Che said: "The princess can find a husband who can enter the Dali Temple and still be able to hold the power of the Dali Temple."
Lu Yiling asked, "How can it be so easy to find a husband?"
Lu Yiling looked at Chu Che in front of her and said, "Chu Che, are you willing to listen to me on everything?"
"Except for the marriage." Chu Che said, "I don't want to get married so early, everything else is up to you."
Lu Yiling smiled and said, "Go and take the imperial examination. When you pass the examination and enter the court next year, I will ask my uncle to give you a position in the Dali Temple. If you enter the Dali Temple, it will be the same as if I entered the Dali Temple. You will listen to me anyway."
Chu Che was surprised and said: "How can it be so easy to pass the exam? I'm afraid..."
Lu Yiling said: "I will urge you to study hard. You need to pass the exam next year, otherwise you are not worthy of being my bodyguard!"
Chu Che: "..."
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze did not return to Shengjing City from Chang'an until March.
After returning to Shengjing City, Qi Yuning didn't see Lu Yiling for several days. Only then did he know that Lu Yiling and Chu Che had gone to study with Fang Daru.
Qi Yuning brought Lu Yiling's favorite cakes to Fang Jing's mansion. Fang Jing was a famous scholar. Lin Jiang and Lu Ze were once his students. Now he was over eighty years old and lived in seclusion in a village outside Shengjing City.
When Qi Yuning arrived, he saw Lu Yiling wearing coarse linen clothes and planting rice in the paddy field. If Lu Yiling's face was not too beautiful, Qi Yuning would not have dared to recognize her as his daughter.
“Lingling!”
Qi Yuning shouted with a sad face.
"Mother!"
Lu Yiling threw away the seedlings in her hand, ran barefoot up the ridge, and threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms, "Mom, you're back? Did you give me a brother or sister?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yiling, whose face and hair were covered in mud, with distress. "Lingling, how did you become like this? Why are you still walking in the fields barefoot? There may be leeches in the fields. Come back with me."
Lu Yiling said: "Mom, I am fine here. Mr. Fang said that I am too impetuous and utilitarian, so he asked me to farm to calm my temper.
Mother, look at those acres of land over there. They were planted by Chu Che and I. When the autumn harvest comes, you will be able to eat the rice I planted."
Qi Yuning said: "We don't need you to farm in our family."
Qi Yuning had never worked in the fields since she was a child, no matter how miserable she was. Naturally, she would not be willing to let her daughter, who had been raised in her hands since childhood, do such a thing.
"Mother, I won't talk to you anymore. The rice seedlings need to be planted in this field today. I'm going to go plant the rice first!"
Having said that, Lu Yiling went down to the fields again.
Qi Yuning looked between the ridges of the field, and even went to Fang's house. Fang Daru was playing chess with a young scholar. When he saw Qi Yuning, he came over and said, "Princess Qi."
Qi Yuning asked: "Do you know me?"
"When you married Lu Ze, I met the princess once."
Qi Yuning presented the gift and said, "This is a small gift for you, sir. Thank you for teaching my Lingling. However, my Lingling has always been pampered and spoiled by her family. She is really unable to farm. The Lu family will not need her to farm in the future..."
Fang Daru said, "Princess Qi, you are used to being pampered and spoiled, but do you think you can protect the little princess for the rest of her life? People are subject to misfortunes at any time, and the little princess cannot be under someone else's wings for the rest of her life. Princess Qi, do you want Lingling to only rely on her mother's family's power in the future, or be able to stand on her own?"
Qi Yuning said: "Then there is no need to go to the fields to farm."
Fang Daru smiled faintly and said, "Going to the fields to farm is just to temper her utilitarianism. Princess, do you know that she only wants to enter the court and seize power?"
Qi Yuning said: "She did say that, but it was just a joke."
"I don't think she's joking. She not only looks like her father, but also has the same ambitions. However, Lingling does not hide her ambitions at all. She is very utilitarian and power-hungry, which is not a good thing for her status. Your Majesty treats her like a little niece now, but Lingling will grow up one day, and Your Majesty will not be as indulgent to her as now."
"Princess Qi, you also hope that your daughter can have a bright future, right?"
Qi Yuning sighed and said, "Mothers in the world don't ask for a bright future for their children, as long as they are happy."
Fang Daru smiled and said, "For Lingling, she would be happy if she could enter the court, but she is too utilitarian. It is not okay for her to want to fly before she can even walk. She needs to do it step by step. I let her farm just to hope that she can understand that the harvest of food comes step by step, and it is not okay to be impatient for quick success.
Princess Qi can rest assured to leave her daughter with me. I will teach Princess Lingling well. "
Qi Yuning has always doted on her daughter. Even though she was reluctant to see Lingling suffer in the village, Lingling was willing to do so, so she could only follow Lingling's wishes.
While Lingling was planting rice, Qi Yuning went to see Lingling's house. Her house was extremely small, not even a bit bigger than the one in Yuemi Courtyard, and none of the bed, quilts or anything there was that Qi Yuning liked.
Qi Yuning simply ordered people to go to the nearby street to buy a few silk quilts for Lu Yiling to change into. When they were done, it was almost dusk.
When Qi Yuning left, she saw Lu Yiling sitting on a small bamboo chair between the ridges of the field, letting Chu Che wash her feet.
Seeing this, Qi Yuning frowned and said, "Lingling."
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