Chapter 330 Your Majesty, please find another sister to give birth to a child
Lu Yiling let Chu Che put on her shoes and socks, then walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "Mother."
Qi Yuning pulled Lu Yiling over and said, "Do you know the difference between men and women? Chu Che is a man, how can you let him touch your feet?"
Lu Yiling said: "Chu Che has served me since he was a child. I don't treat him as an outsider."
"But he is an outsider after all, and he is also the uncle of the current emperor. How can you let the uncle of the current emperor wash your feet?"
Lu Yiling said, "I understand, mother. I won't let Chu Che wash my feet anymore. Are you leaving?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "It's getting late, it's time to go. Remember to come back often. If you really can't stay here any longer, come back as soon as possible. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Lu Yiling nodded and said, "Goodbye, mother. Please take good care of my sister for me."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Okay."
"Daddy!" Lu Yiling shouted when she saw the man in purple robe coming down from the fields.
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and asked, "You're here too?"
"I've been waiting for you to come back for a long time. You can also come and see your master. I never thought that he would accept Lingling as his apprentice."
Lu Yiling said: "That means I am qualified to be your junior sister."
Lu Ze smiled faintly and said, "Master is old, you can't make him angry like you do at home."
"I am the most well-behaved person, how could I make him angry?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, let's go."
"Goodbye, Daddy and Mommy."
In the setting sun, Lu Yiling waved to her parents and watched them go away.
Lu Yiling looked at Chu Che and said, "I'm so tired. I can't even walk back. Please carry me."
Chu Che squatted down and let Lu Yiling lie on his back and said, "Okay."
Lu Yiling climbed onto Chu Che's back. Under the sunset glow, the girl leaned on the boy's back and fell asleep with her eyes closed. Chu Che sent Lu Yiling back to the room. Looking at her peaceful sleeping face, he felt his heart beating fast.
Chu Che slapped his face and said, "Chu Che, don't think too much!"
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In September, Qi Yuning received the rice and grain sent by Lingling, and also sent a portion to the palace, but Lingling did not come back even on her birthday.
The following spring, Qi Zhiyuan and Chu Xiaoxiao got married. Lu Yiling and Chu Che went to Shuzhou to visit friends with Fang Daru, who was already over 80 years old, but they did not come.
It was not until winter that Lu Yiling and Chu Che, both aged seventeen, returned from Jiangnan.
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yiling who had returned and was much taller than before. She said reluctantly, "Don't leave this time. Your grandmother's health has been getting worse. She has been worried about you for the past year. And you are already seventeen. Even if your mother is reluctant to let you go, your marriage must be put on the agenda."
Lu Yiling smiled faintly and said, "Well, I won't leave this time when I come back. In two months, Chu Che will take part in the Spring Examination. If he can enter the Dali Temple by then, I can get married."
Qi Yuning said: "Whether Chu Che enters the Dali Temple has nothing to do with whether you get married or not."
Lu Yiling said: "My uncle didn't allow me to enter the Dali Temple. He was very stingy and only gave me an insignificant and idle position.
If Chu Che can enter the Dali Temple, then I can use him to gain power and choose someone else to marry.
If Chu Che cannot enter the Dali Temple, I will find a husband who works there and marry him."
Qi Yuning: "... Marriage is such a big deal, how can you treat it like a joke?"
"It's no joke. Anyway, I don't like any man in this world. There are few men in this world who are devoted to their wives like the men in our Lu family and don't take concubines. There are many men like my uncle who say they are deeply in love, but in fact they have always had concubines.
It is extremely difficult to find a husband who loves me and can stay with me forever, so I would rather find a husband who I can control and interfere with the power in the court."
Qi Yuning said: "Lingling, mother still hopes that you can find a husband you truly love. Are you still thinking about your brother Han?"
"No, he is just my brother. I have disliked him for a long time. Now I just want to work for the court, seek welfare for the people of the world, punish evil and promote good. As for who to marry, that's up to you."
Lu Yiling said, "When I knew that my uncle was going to participate in a talent show in the spring, I no longer believed in the deep affection that men in this world talk about."
Qi Yuning said: "But your father is very affectionate..."
"He is only doing it because of the Lu family's ancestral precepts. If it weren't for the Lu family's ancestral precepts of not taking concubines, he might have already had countless concubines. A husband is of no importance to me."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "You have misunderstood your father."
Lu Ze entered and asked, "How did you misunderstand me?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Lingling said that if there were no ancestral teachings, you would have taken in countless concubines?"
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "Don't listen to Lingling's nonsense. Lingling, you are already seventeen years old. How can you sow discord as soon as you come back?"
Lu Yiling even begged for mercy with a smile: "Daddy is an exception, but there are many men in the world who are as amorous and fickle as my uncle. I'm going to go back and rest first."
Qi Yuning saw Lu Yiling's back and pressed his temples with a headache, "This kid really is just trying to get into the court, even thinking of taking advantage of her marriage..."
After listening to Qi Yuning's words about Lingling's thoughts, Lu Ze said, "Everyone has their own destiny in this world. There's no need to worry too much about her marriage."
"Alas!" Qi Yuning sighed and said, "I heard that something happened to the Queen Mother in the palace?"
Lu Ze said, "The Queen Mother fainted earlier and her life was hanging by a thread, but she has regained consciousness in the past two days. I think the Queen Mother's serious illness this time is to allow His Majesty to select concubines as soon as possible and the harem to give birth to a prince. In fact, her illness is not serious. After all, His Majesty has been in power for seven years and has only one daughter, Princess Shiyi. It's no wonder that the Queen Mother is anxious."
Qi Yuning asked, "Is it true that Your Majesty is infertile?"
Lu Ze said: "His Majesty is in good health. He feels that the Queen has not given birth to a child and does not want other concubines to get pregnant. In the past few years, he has only visited other concubines a few times.
Now, even if there is a beauty pageant, it will be useless. We can only ask His Majesty to give up the idea of letting the Queen get pregnant with a prince first. Over the years, His Majesty has often visited Fengyi Palace, but there has been no good news..."
Qi Yuning sighed again and said, "If that child was still alive, she would have to go to elementary school now. I really feel ashamed of Chu Chi. I should not have let her enter the palace."
Lu Ze said: "How could you have known what would happen now? Don't feel guilty about it."
After the New Year, the court was busy with two things: one was the selection of concubines, and the other was the spring examination.
Chu Che participated in the spring examination this year, and Chu Chi paid more attention to it, which was rare. She was even absent-minded about the most important event in the palace, the selection of concubines, and simply left it to the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian to handle.
Chu Chi only cared about making clothes for Chu Che to wear in the examination room. The temperature fluctuated greatly in spring. It would be hot during the day and he would sweat, and it would be cold at night and he would shiver. She needed to make a few more pieces that were easy to put on and take off.
Zhao Jie entered Fengyi Palace and saw Chu Chi sewing a man's clothes. He picked one up and asked, "Isn't this color too plain for me?"
Chu Chi said, "Your Majesty, if you want new clothes, the newest sister will make them for you. I made this for Che'er. The Spring Examination will be held in two days, so I have to make clothes for him. Your Majesty, please go find another sister in the next two days."
Zhao Jie frowned and said, "Chu Chi!"
Chu Chi looked down at the clothes in her hands. She had learned her needlework in the Shanggong Bureau. As she sewed stitch by stitch, she didn't even look at Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie said: "The selection of concubines was not my original intention. It was my mother who was anxious to have a grandson. I still won't let them get pregnant. My first prince can only be born by you. As long as you give birth to a prince, I will make him the crown prince."
Chu Chi smiled sarcastically: "Your Majesty, I have been unable to get pregnant over the years. No matter how many medicines I have taken, it is of no use. Your Majesty should find another sister to give birth to a child. As long as it is your Majesty's child, it is my child."
Zhao Jie took a deep breath and said, "Let's try for another year."
Chu Chi said: "It's useless to try again."
Zhao Jie said, "The imperial physician said that your pulse is normal and you can have children... Let's try again. Brother Che will take the imperial examination this spring. If he is on the list, I will give him a bright future."
"He wants to enter the Dali Temple."
Zhao Jie asked, "Is it him or Lingling who wants to come in?"
Chu Chi said calmly: "Lingling wants to come in, which means my brother wants to come in."
"He has listened to Lingling since he was young. He is already seventeen. If he still listens to Lingling after he gets married, his wife will definitely be jealous. They have been together for the past two years. When they get married separately, their husbands and wives will not be able to tolerate them being like this. I think it would be better to grant them a marriage."
Chu Chi said, "Your Majesty, please don't. If they get married, wouldn't the order of generations be completely messed up?"
Zhao Jie smiled and said, "That's true."
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