Chapter 47: Can Picking Persimmons Help You Win the Beauty?
Lingling slept for more than an hour on the boat. When she woke up, she made a fuss for a while, but Lu Ze coaxed her into silence soon.
Seeing the huge carp, Lingling was very surprised, "This fish is bigger than Lingling! Lingling wants to eat it!"
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Carp doesn't taste good, so let's just let it go."
Lingling said: "Yes, Yuyu or Guigui are more delicious. Lingling wants to eat Guigui!"
There was no such thing as turtle on the dining table in Prince Qi's mansion. No one knew why Lingling liked to eat turtles. Qi Yuning shuddered at the thought of the gray turtle legs.
Lu Ze said, "Let's stay at the princess's house for dinner tonight. My mother also likes it."
Lingling said sadly, "My aunt also likes to eat Guigui's food! Only my mother doesn't like it. It's really delicious."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "No matter how delicious it is, I won't eat that stuff."
For the wealthy families in Shengjing City, this boiled soft-shelled turtle is a rare delicacy. This is also because there was a mention of soaked soft-shelled turtle in the Book of Rites. The noble families have always eaten wild soft-shelled turtle as a delicacy, but Qi Yuning only found it horrible.
Lingling stayed in the princess's mansion for dinner, and Qi Yuning stayed with Lingling.
When Princess Pingrou heard that Lingling stayed to eat soft-shelled turtles, she asked the kitchen to buy a lot of soft-shelled turtles from Dongting Lake. She steamed them, boiled them, braised them, and stewed them with chicken. A total of five soft-shelled turtles were used.
When Qi Yuning saw the table full of turtles, she regretted coming to the princess's mansion with Lingling for dinner.
Lingling was very happy. "Lingling hasn't eaten so many ghosts for a long time. Lingling likes home. There are ghosts at home. Mom, when will we go back home from the palace?"
Qi Yuning didn't know how to answer for a moment. For Lingling, this place was actually the home in her memory.
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's head and said, "Lingling likes to eat Guigui. Mother will ask the kitchen in the palace to make it for you tomorrow."
Seeing the table full of turtles, Lu Baozhu pouted and said, "I really forgot about my daughter because I had a granddaughter. I don't like eating turtles."
Princess Pingrou smiled and said, "I prepared your favorite crystal frozen lamb and Yuning's favorite roasted lamb. Yuning, am I remembering correctly?"
Qi Yuning didn't expect that Princess Pingrou still remembered the dishes she liked to eat when she was young, so she nodded, "Yeah."
Princess Pingrou poured Qi Yuning a glass of warm wine. "Like Lingling said, this is also your home. Don't be polite. Eat more. This wine is plum wine brewed by my husband and I. It tastes delicious."
Qi Yuning picked up the warm wine, took a sip, and felt the aroma of the wine was pleasant. After a sip of the wine went down his throat, he felt his internal organs warm up.
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning: "Drink less, this wine has a strong aftereffect."
Lu Baozhu sighed: "Where does this wine get its aftertaste? It tastes so good. Come on, Qi Yuning, drink two more glasses."
Lu Baozhu stood up and poured a full glass of wine for Qi Yuning, "We have deep feelings, drink it in one gulp."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Given our relationship, I think even one drop is too much."
"You!" Lu Baozhu snorted, "You are so annoying!"
Qi Yuning chuckled and drank the whole cup of wine, "It's your turn to drink."
After Lu Baozhu drank a glass, she filled another glass for Qi Yuning and said, "Drink it quickly."
Seeing this, Prince Consort Lu frowned and said, "Baozhu, what are you crazy about? Why did you force Yuning to drink?"
Lu Baozhu thought to herself, what am I doing? Isn’t it all for her unromantic brother?
She was looking forward to Qi Yuning marrying into the Lu family. Since Lu Yun was bent on being his bald donkey, she could no longer rely on him. So, wasn't she the only one who could help Lu Ze more?
Lu Baozhu said, "Dad, you don't understand the things between us girls."
As she spoke, Lu Baozhu raised her eyebrows and looked at Qi Yuning and said, "You're not afraid to drink, are you?"
Qi Yuning finished a glass and turned the glass upside down. There was no more wine in the glass. "It's your turn."
Lu Baozhu drank a cup of wine with a fearless attitude, and poured another full cup for Qi Yuning, "Come on!"
After several times of this, Lu Ze couldn't stand it anymore and glared at Lu Baozhu, saying, "Lu Baozhu! Stop messing around!"
Lu Baozhu was afraid of Lu Ze. She didn't know if she was drunk or not. She said aggrievedly, "I just want Qi Yuning to marry into the Lu family. You don't understand romance. Without my help, you will never be able to marry Qi Yuning in your life. If you get Qi Yuning drunk, won't she let you do whatever you want?"
Qi Yuning: “…”
Lu Ze stared at the drunk and crazy Lu Baozhu with a sullen face.
Princess Pingrou and Prince Consort Lu were too ashamed to face Qi Yuning. Only Lingling continued to gnaw on the turtle's leg.
Lu Baozhu cried, "Brother, I know you like Qi Yuning very much and even stole her hairpin and hid it in your bed. I just wanted to help you!"
Lu Ze sneered, "Is this a gang? Doing whatever you want after getting drunk is against the laws of Dasheng. How can a junior official of the Dali Temple break the law?"
Lu Baozhu said: "You just don't understand romance. If I were a man, I would have married Qi Yuning a long time ago and let her serve me."
Qi Yuning: “…”
Princess Pingrou rubbed her head and said to Lu Baozhu's maid, "Your princess is drunk, help her back to her room."
Qi Yuning and Lingling did not stay long. Lingling had eaten so much today that she was burping. "Princess, Lingling and I will go back to the palace first."
Princess Pingrou saw that they were about to leave and said to Lu Ze, "Ze'er, please send them back."
The princess's mansion was not far from Prince Qi's mansion, and it took about a quarter of an hour to get back to the mansion.
When they arrived at the palace, Lingling had already fallen asleep in Lu Ze's arms. Lu Ze directly carried Lingling into the room and placed little Lingling on the bed.
Qi Yuning looked at Lingling's peaceful sleeping face and said, "I thought Lingling would not go to bed so early after taking a rest on the boat in the morning, but I never thought she would fall asleep so quickly."
Lu Ze said, "Princess, don't take Lu Baozhu's words to heart. I don't know what kind of messy books she reads. I will teach her a lesson."
Qi Yuning smiled lightly, "She must be reading some popular storybooks, all written by poor scholars who can't afford to marry a wife, but she thinks that being a hero and saving a beauty, and getting her drunk can win her heart..."
Lu Ze said: "Then according to your opinion, how can we win the beauty?"
Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and said, "Anyway, I'm not taking her to the tomb to investigate in the middle of the night."
Lu Ze smiled and said, "Princess, can picking persimmons help you win the beauty?"
Qi Yuning raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Ze and said, "I think writing a poem is a better way to win the beauty."
When Lu Ze heard the word "compose a poem", he felt a headache. "I wrote all the praises about you in the last 1,000-word poem. If you want me to write a poem, I really can't write one."
Qi Yuning took a deep breath and said, "Master Lu, if you want to marry this beautiful woman, wait until your next life!"
"Xiao Man, show the guests out!"
Xiaoman came in from the outer room and said to Lu Ze, "Prince Lu, please go..."
(End of this chapter)
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