North City, Prince Qi’s Mansion.
Qi Yu'an saw the several large boxes brought by Chunfen, the maidservant beside Qi Yuning, which were all things for pregnant women and babies, and smiled lightly and said, "Sister, you are thoughtful."
Chunfen said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the princess is worried that Miss Ping has no one to take care of her, so she asked me to come and take care of Miss Ping as well."
Qi Yu'an said, "A Ping doesn't lack people to serve her, but it would be fine if you could go and serve her."
After all, the maids from Shengjing City are always much better than the maids from the original border towns in Beicheng.
Chunfen said: "This is a letter from the princess to the prince."
Qi Yu'an opened the envelope and saw that Qi Yuning suggested that A Ping return to Shengjing City to nurture the baby and give birth, which he thought made sense.
The climate in Beicheng is indeed not as good as that in Shengjing City. Whether it is for pregnancy or after the birth of the child, the climate in Shengjing City is more pleasant.
Qi Yuan took Chunfen to Aping's courtyard.
In the quiet courtyard, Aping was basking in the warm winter sun while sewing small clothes for the baby in her belly.
When Chunfen saw Ah Ping, she thought she was a beauty at first sight, and at second she thought she had the same features as Master Lu. She stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Your servant Chunfen greets Miss Ah Ping."
Ah Ping looked at the beautiful young girl beside Qi Yu'an and asked, "Prince, who is this sister?"
Qi Yu'an smiled and said, "She is Chunfen, the maid who has been with my sister since she was a child. After my sister heard that you were pregnant, she sent her steady personal maid to serve you."
Ah Ping was a little surprised, "I don't deserve it..."
Qi Yu'an said without waiting for Ah Ping to refuse, "There is one more thing. My sister wants you to go back to Shengjing City to take care of the baby. I also think that Shengjing Palace is much better than Beicheng Palace. While your baby is still small, I will take you back to Shengjing Qi Palace to celebrate the New Year after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Then you will stay in Shengjing Palace to take care of the baby."
When the nanny beside Ping heard this, she said repeatedly: "No, Pingping can't go to Shengjing City!"
Ah Ping looked at the nanny in front of her in surprise and asked, "Aunt, why not?"
The nanny said, "Your Highness, the doctor said that Ping needs to rest. She has already lost a child, and nothing can happen to this child..."
Chunfen said: "I happened to bring with me a famous gynecologist in Shengjing City. This doctor is as good as the imperial physician in the palace in terms of preserving the fetus."
Qi Yu'an even asked the doctor from Shengjing to take Aping's pulse.
The doctor placed his hand on Ah Ping's pulse and soon said, "The fetus is fine and very stable. It will be fine for her to travel long distances."
Qi Yu'an said to A Ping, "You guys should get ready first, and then we will set off to return to Shengjing City after the eighth day of the new year."
A Ping had never set foot in Shengjing City, but she had heard of Shengjing, the capital of Dasheng, and had heard about Shengjing's prosperity from passing merchants. When she learned that she was going to Shengjing City, she was very happy.
When the nanny saw Ah Ping packing her luggage to go back to Shengjing City, she asked the maids to go down and said, "Pingping, you can't go to Shengjing City."
"Why? Aunt? Shengjing City is Prince Qi's Palace..."
The nanny said, "Pingping, I have offended someone in Shengjing City. If I go back to Shengjing City, I am afraid that my enemies will see me."
Ah Ping said, "It was not easy for Aunt to raise me. Now Aunt is old, why don't you recuperate in the North City Palace?"
Mammy looked at Ah Ping and said worriedly, "Ping Ping..."
Ah Ping looked at the nanny with her peach blossom eyes and said, "Aunt, are you hiding something from me?"
“No, no…”
Mammy said absentmindedly.
Come to think of it, it's been almost twenty-three years. Ping will be twenty-three in a few days...
Moreover, Pingping is pregnant, so she should only stay in the backyard of Prince Qi's mansion and will not go out casually. I believe she will not cause any trouble.
Besides, she and A Ping were already dead in the eyes of those people.
How could they have thought that A Ping was still alive?
Mammy asked, "A Ping, do you really want to go back to Shengjing City?"
Ah Ping said, "Mammy, I want to go to Shengjing City to see what the home where the prince grew up was like, and to see how prosperous our Great Sheng capital is..."
The nanny whispered, "Okay, then I won't follow you. Pingping, you must take good care of yourself when you get to Shengjing City. In the blink of an eye, you will be a mother.
Pingping, when the child is born, if it is a little prince, you have to earn yourself a reputation as the concubine of Prince Qi, and you will be rich and prosperous in your life."
Ah Ping threw herself into the arms of the mammy and said, "Auntie."
The nanny touched Aping's head and looked towards Shengjing.
…
In Shengjing City.
The Crown Prince's birthday banquet is approaching, and all the mansions are preparing birthday gifts for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Because Lingling was afraid of Zhao Chong, Qi Yuning didn't plan to go to the East Palace to celebrate His Highness' birthday this year, but she still had to prepare the birthday gifts.
At night, after Lu Ze came back from the government office, Qi Yuning asked Lu Ze, "What do you plan to give your uncle for his birthday on the 23rd?"
Lu Ze said, "I should give him an inkstone. I always give him an inkstone on his birthday."
Qi Yuning sighed and said, "I can't think of a suitable birthday gift."
Lu Ze said, "Why not send a fertility-giving Guanyin? The Eastern Palace is childless now, and the fertility-giving Guanyin will surely please the prince."
Qi Yuning glared at Lu Ze and said, "You know that the Eastern Palace has no children, but you still presented the Fertility-Giving Guanyin to the Eastern Palace as a gift. Doesn't that mean that I will be hated by those ladies in the Eastern Palace's backyard?"
Although there is no queen in the Eastern Palace, there are many concubines, such as Liangdi and Liangyuan.
Qi Yuning said, "Forget it, just give it as a gift. I had to think hard about it before, but now I know that he won't be the one to ascend the throne in the future, so there's no need to please him."
When Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning's words, he smiled and said, "Knowing that he won't be an emperor in the future, you even perfunctorily gave him a birthday gift?"
Qi Yuning said, "Stop teasing me. The birthday gift was perfunctory because of Lingling. Lingling gets scared every time she sees him. Why should I bother giving him a gift?"
Seeing Lingling playing with a small wooden sword, Lu Ze went over to pick her up and asked, "Lingling, are you still scared?"
Lingling nodded and said, "Yes, Daddy, I'm afraid."
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "When I take a rest in a few days, let's take Lingling to Xianglin Temple to ask for a peace amulet for her."
Qi Yuning asked, "Why do we have to go to Xianglin Temple? Isn't it better to go to other temples? Asking for amulets is also a matter for Taoist temples. Temples don't have amulets, only scriptures. I don't want Lu Yun to know about Lingling's existence."
Once that little bald donkey knew that she was pregnant with Lingling, he would not marry him again and he would definitely return to secular life.
Lu Ze said: "The amulets from Xianglin Temple are very effective, and we can't keep it a secret from Yun'er forever.
Yun'er still thinks that your engagement has not been cancelled. You can't let him find out that his fiancée has become his sister-in-law when you and I are getting married, right? "
Qi Yuning snorted and said, "The twelfth lunar month is coming soon. Don't you want to be a good brother so that Lu Yun can go home for the New Year?"
Lu Ze said, "He has offended you. Before you calm down, you can let him return to secular life at any time you want. Although he is my brother, he is not as important as you in my heart."
Qi Yuning asked: "Who is more important to you, me or Lu Baozhu? If Lu Baozhu and I fell into the river at the same time, who would you save first?"
Lingling said in Lu Ze's arms: "Lingling, save mother first. Lingling can swim!"
Lu Ze smiled and said, "You and Baozhu have always quarreled since you were young. When have you ever seen me help Baozhu? Haven't I helped you more times? I don't know how many times Baozhu has complained about me for this."
Qi Yuning asked again: "Lu Baozhu expects me to serve her sister-in-law after I marry you, will you let me serve her?"
Lu Ze said: "She is daydreaming. If you really become her sister-in-law, you won't have to serve her at all. Besides, the elder sister-in-law is like a mother, so you can discipline her well."
"Really?" Qi Yuning's eyes lit up.
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Yes."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Then I hope to get married soon so that I can discipline Lu Baozhu sooner."
Lu Ze said: "Princess, I don't want you to marry me because of Lingling and the position of the temple minister, and I don't want you to marry me just to discipline Lu Baozhu..."
(End of this chapter)
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