The mountain wind was cold and biting. Lu Ze waited for Qi Yuning in his arms and cried for a while. He lowered his head and said softly, "It's cold outside. Let's go inside first."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes, her eyes slightly red as she said, "Aunt Ren told me that my parents didn't just die at the hands of Beimo. They died because the officials of Dasheng colluded with the Beimo thieves."
Lu Ze said: "If this is true, Your Majesty will never let that thief go!"
"What if that thief is your uncle?" Qi Yuning said, "Uncle Huo has been in the Shu Palace for many years just to investigate the collusion between the Shu King and Beimo."
Lu Ze said, "If it is really my uncle, His Majesty will never protect his own son. Princess, you should believe His Majesty. The Great Sheng Dynasty will never let a loyal minister die in vain. I will investigate this matter secretly, for fear of alerting the enemy. After all, it has been fourteen years..."
Qi Yuning said with a nasal voice: "Hmm."
Lu Ze reached out and gently wiped the tears from Qi Yuning's eyes. "Luckily you didn't put on makeup today, otherwise your makeup would have been ruined by your tears."
Qi Yuning turned around and looked at Shengjing, which was in full view. "I have never liked to cry, because I don't have parents. Since my brother left me for the North City, I have rarely cried. For me, without parents, tears are the most useless thing in the world."
"Sometimes when Lingling cries, I compromise and agree to her every request. It's not because I'm doting on her, but because I think if my parents were still alive, I would be able to..."
Seeing the tears in Qi Yuning's eyes, Lu Ze held her in his arms again and said, "Lingling is your daughter, there's nothing wrong with doting on her."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes, looked at Lu Ze and said, "But I didn't expect that my parents were killed by the Dasheng people... Originally, I would have been a child with parents, instead of never seeing my parents again at the age of four."
Lu Ze felt a pang in his heart, "I will definitely find the real murderer and avenge General Qi and General Liu."
"Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Lingling walked to Qi Yuning, raised her eyes and asked, "Mom, are you crying? Are your feet hurting again? Lingling, can you massage your feet for me?"
Qi Yuning came out of Lu Ze's arms, squatted down, picked up Lingling, and kissed Lingling on the little face, "I just miss my mother."
Lingling asked: "Then let's go see mother's mother. Lingling also wants to see mother's mother."
Qi Yuning looked up at the cloudless blue sky, pointed to the sky and said, "My mother's mother is in heaven. I will never see her again."
Lingling scratched her head and said to Lu Ze, "Then let Daddy give you his mother."
Qi Yuning smiled. In fact, when she was a child, she had envied Lu Baozhu more than once for having a mother who doted on her. Princess Pingrou was a very good mother.
Lu Ze walked up to Lingling and rubbed her buns.
In the afternoon, Qi Yuning watched the Qi family army's military training. Many of these 5,000 soldiers were the children of his father's former subordinates.
In the Battle of Beimo fourteen years ago, not only Qi Yuning became an orphan, but there were also many orphans and widows among the descendants of the Qi family army.
After these orphans and widows received the relief money, many of them were bullied by their clansmen and villagers.
Ren Yao learned that His Majesty took pity on Qi Yu'an and Qi Yuning and allowed the Qi Palace to raise private soldiers in Shengjing City, so she incorporated them into the Qi Palace soldiers and they could have enough food and clothing.
Among them, there are about two hundred female soldiers, who are either orphans or widows of the Qi family army.
Seeing these heroic female soldiers, Qi Yuning clenched his fists, his nails digging into his flesh, remembering that the battle was a plot.
After seeing this, Lu Ze stepped forward, held Qi Yuning's hand, parted her nails, and said, "Princess."
Qi Yuning only then began to feel the pain, "How are the troops in my Qi Wang Mansion?"
Lu Ze said: "The troops that General Ren brought are of course good."
Lingling pulled Qi Yuning's skirt and said, "Mom, where is Lingling's little wooden sword? Lingling wants to practice with her uncle and aunt using the little wooden sword."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I didn't bring the little wooden sword. When Lingling is old enough, can you come and practice with the uncles and aunts?"
Lingling nodded, "Then Lingling needs to grow up quickly, Lingling, practice martial arts to protect mother."
Ren Yao looked at Lingling kindly and smiled, "Lingling is exactly like the princess when she was a child. When she was a child, the princess didn't want General Liu to leave, and she also said that she would join the army when she grew up, so that General Liu wouldn't have to go to war."
Qi Yuning smiled helplessly. She had been sick twice when she was young, and her brother had not allowed her to learn martial arts. Now, let alone join the military camp.
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little face and said, "I can't join the army. Lingling has a talent for martial arts. Who knows, she might become a female general like her grandmother in the future."
Lingling smiled sweetly, "Lingling likes to be a female general!"
It was past midnight and Qi Yuning and the others were about to go down the mountain. The two sisters of the Lu family decided to stay there and not go down the mountain. They just asked Lu Ze to go and tell their parents.
Lu Ze also followed them. After all, his uncle and aunt had long been accustomed to their two daughters going in and out of the military camp.
The mountain road is steep and the way down the mountain becomes increasingly difficult.
Qi Yuning was worried that it would be inconvenient for Lingling to go down the mountain, but after Lingling came down from Lu Ze's arms, she didn't even need anyone to lead her. She jumped up and down very nimbly. Several maids couldn't keep up with her. It took the secret guards to catch up with Lingling.
Qi Yuning shouted, "Lingling, slow down.
"Mom, hurry up!"
Qi Yuning said helplessly: "This child, I thought she would be afraid of climbing mountains, but she is just like a little monkey."
Qi Yuning saw a protruding rock in front of him and was afraid to go down even though he was holding on to the side. How did Lingling jump off the rock?
Lu Ze went down first, stretched out his hands to support Qi Yuning, "Come down."
Qi Yuning jumped down and got off the boulder. She turned around and followed Lichun down.
Lu Ze asked: "Why put the training ground on this mountain?"
Qi Yuning did not hide it from Lu Ze: "Five thousand palace soldiers is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. Since it is a reward from His Majesty to our Qi Palace, we should train them well. If we put them on an ordinary mountain, we may be jealous. On the dangerous Hudong Mountain, where there are few people, I have the final say on how to train the soldiers."
Lu Ze nodded.
After coming down the mountain, Qi Yuning felt like his legs were not his own and were extremely sore. After getting on the carriage, he was so tired that he fell asleep.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's sleeping face and coughed lightly. Lingling came closer to Lu Ze and said, "Daddy, do you want to kiss Mommy?"
Lu Ze frowned and said, "Lingling, kids, don't talk nonsense!"
Lingling whispered: "Mom is asleep, she doesn't know about it anymore."
Lu Ze coughed lightly and said, "This is not what a gentleman does."
Lingling said: "Then Lingling should not be a gentleman, Lingling wants to kiss mother dearly."
Lingling moved close to Qi Yuning's face, hugged her and kissed her several times.
Qi Yuning woke up slightly and touched Lingling's saliva. She picked up Lingling and smiled helplessly and sweetly, "Lingling."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and handed over the handkerchief in his hand. When Qi Yuning was about to take it, Lu Ze did not give it to her. Instead, he put the handkerchief on Qi Yuning's face and wiped it gently.
Qi Yuning looked down at the fingers that were touching the side of her face from time to time. They were so white and long.
I never realized before that Lu Ze’s hands were so beautiful.
(End of this chapter)
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