Chapter 49: Marrying into the Princess's Mansion is Just Around the Corner
In the Dali Temple, Lu Ze felt that the looks his colleagues gave him today were very strange.
He Siqing, who was about to retire, stroked his long gray beard, patted Lu Ze's shoulder, and said earnestly:
"There are many beautiful women out there. Mr. Lu has a promising future and will be the Duke of the Kingdom in the future. There is no need to become so exhausted for a woman."
Lu Ze raised his eyes and said, "Sir He, this is the only time. I will never be so exhausted by a woman again."
From then on, he never made Qi Yuning unhappy at night. He would either stay up late to compose poems or paint.
As soon as Lu Ze said this, he felt that his colleagues looked at him with more sympathy.
He Siqing sighed, "There are many other beautiful women in the world."
Lu Ze said softly: "But I have never seen a girl more beautiful than her."
There are many beauties in Shengjing, but Lu Ze still thinks Qi Yuning is the most beautiful. In his heart, there is no one in the world more beautiful than Qi Yuning.
There are probably few people in Shengjing City who dare to compare themselves with Qi Yuning's beauty.
He Siqing and other colleagues had never seen Miss Guan Liu. In the past, they had only heard that Miss Guan Liu had a good reputation, but had never heard that she was beautiful.
If she is a beautiful woman, I think she will not let her good reputation overshadow her.
After all, human nature is superficial.
Could it be that Master Lu is a lover who sees beauty in everything?
Lu Ze and He Siqing talked at cross purposes for a long time. The old Siqing still felt sorry for the young man and said to Lu Ze, "Well, you should leave the court early today."
"Thank you, Master He."
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Qi Yuning's disability did not affect her ability to find out rumors.
However, today the maid has not come to report the rumors, but Lu Baozhu comes in angrily.
"Qi Yuning, do you think my eldest brother has gone crazy? Today, people outside are saying that he has become so haggard because of Guan Zhiyi that he doesn't look like a human being. Is Guan Zhiyi really that good?"
"Didn't he clearly say that he would only marry you in this life and would never marry Guan Zhiyi? Why are you so depressed because of Guan Zhiyi?"
Qi Yuning raised his eyes and looked at Lu Baozhu, "Are you still drunk?"
Lu Baozhu said, "I sobered up a long time ago. People outside were saying that my eldest brother was snatched away by my fifth cousin because of Guan Zhiyi. He looked very bad during the morning court session, and even had dark circles under his eyes."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "The painting he created last night probably took him at least five hours to complete. He probably stayed up all night without sleeping."
Lu Baozhu was puzzled and asked, "What?"
Qi Yuning said, "Your brother looked depressed because he drew a picture for me last night, not because of Guan Zhiyi. Don't believe the rumors outside."
Lu Baozhu suddenly realized, "No wonder, I said my brother didn't want to marry Guan Zhiyi before, I have to go and clarify it."
Qi Yuning pulled Lu Baozhu and said, "How do you clarify? You said that Lu Ze was depressed because he spent the whole night drawing for me? You better stop talking nonsense outside."
Lu Baozhu said, "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I'm going to take Lingling to play on the swing in my yard."
Qi Yuning let Jingzhe and Guyu follow Lingling to play in the princess's mansion next door, and reminded Lu Baozhu: "Don't play too crazy."
Lu Baozhu said, "I understand."
After Lingling left, Qi Yuning handled his work much more efficiently.
By the time the third hour came, all the letters from the Qi Wang Mansion's merchants in various places had been processed, and the account books had also been checked.
Hearing the noise outside, Qi Yuning thought it was Lingling coming back, but it turned out to be Lu Ze wearing a purple official robe.
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and asked, "Why is the prince here?"
Lu Ze said slowly, "I promised Lingling this morning that I would come to look for her after I got off the government office. Where is she?"
"Lu Baozhu took her out to play." Qi Yuning said, "Your Highness, you came just in time. Please add my brother to this painting."
Lu Ze said: "I forgot what Brother Prince Qi looked like when he was young."
Qi Yuning gave up the desk and said, "Just draw a picture based on my brother's current face."
Lu Ze picked up the brush and added the picture of little Qi Yu'an on the rice paper. Qi Yuning saw that the position where Lu Ze drew was exactly the same as the position where Lingling pointed.
Lu Ze was much more perfunctory when drawing little Qi Yu'an. He finished it after a quarter of an hour. Lu Ze looked back and saw Qi Yuning staring at him.
Their eyes locked with each other, and for a moment, they could only hear their breathing clearly.
Lingling's voice came from outside, and the two people's intertwined eyes separated.
"Daddy, Mommy!"
Lingling trotted in, "Mom, there are bad guys! Lingling saw the bad guys, so scared!"
Lu Ze held Ling Ling in his arms and comforted her, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid.”
It took a long time for Guyu and Jingzhe to catch up, and Lu Baozhu also came in a hurry.
"Lingling, why are you running? Isn't he just the prince's uncle? What are you afraid of? You have to call him granduncle!"
"That's a bad guy!" Ling Linglou grabbed Lu Ze's neck tightly, "He's not my great uncle! Don't meet bad guys."
Qi Yuning said to Lu Baozhu, "Perhaps it's because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so majestic that Lingling is afraid of him. It's better to let Lingling see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince less often in the future."
Lu Baozhu responded: "Lingling is too timid."
Lingling was not convinced and said: "The bad guys are too bad, it's not that Lingling is timid!"
Qi Yuning asked Lu Ze, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to hold a poetry reading in the Royal Garden?"
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Your Highness does have this plan. It is to recruit talented people who will take the imperial examination next year. If there are any talented writers, they can be recruited now. What is the princess asking about?"
"I want to go too." Qi Yuning said, "But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't send me a post. Can you help me get one?"
Lu Ze looked down at Qi Yuning's feet and asked, "Is your foot healed?"
"It will be fine if you walk less." Qi Yuning said.
Lu Ze said: "Yeah."
Lu Baozhu came to the desk and looked at the painting and asked, "Who are these two people?"
"These are my grandparents!" Lingling said.
Lu Baozhu looked at the painting in front of her and realized that it would take another four or five hours to finish. Then she looked at the dark circles under Lu Ze's eyes and felt that her elder brother was not hopeless in his lack of understanding of romance.
It is just around the corner for Qi Yuning to marry into the princess's mansion and serve her sister-in-law.
In the princess's mansion.
The prince came to talk to Lu Ze about how he was becoming haggard because Qin Zhen had taken away his wife who had not yet married him.
Princess Pingrou looked at her little brother and chuckled, "Brother, Ze'er doesn't like Guan Zhiyi. He looks haggard today because he spent the whole night painting. At midnight, Ze'er came to us to see if the portraits of Prince Qi and General Liu he painted looked alike."
Zhao Chong asked slowly, "Why do you want to draw Prince Qi and General Liu?"
Princess Pingrou said, "Maybe it's because Yuning missed her parents, so Ze'er helped her recreate their faces."
A trace of bitterness flashed across Zhao Chong's eyes, and he hid his emotions and said, "I think we'll be able to drink the wedding wine of Ze'er and Yu... Ning soon."
When Zhao Chong heard the word "Yu Ning", he paused slightly. Lu Ze was a good husband, and it would be a good destination for Yu Ning if she could marry him.
But why am I still so unwilling and sad?
(End of this chapter)
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