Qi Yuning felt warm at heart after hearing what Lu Ze said, and she hugged Lu Ze tightly.
Lu Ze smiled softly, lowered his head and gently placed his forehead against Qi Yuning's and said, "When I return from North City, I will ask His Majesty for permission to marry me."
Qi Yuning could feel that Lu Ze's lips were only an inch away from hers. While Lu Ze was still testing her...
Qi Yuning raised her head and kissed Lu Ze on the lips.
This time, neither of them wanted to just try it out briefly like they did last time.
Just when she was about to take a step further, Lingling sat up from the bed and said drowsily, "Daddy will tell Lingling a story before she goes to sleep."
Qi Yuning was so scared that she pushed Lu Ze away, "Lingling! Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Lingling said: "If Daddy doesn't tell me stories, Lingling can't sleep. Lingling wants to listen to Daddy tell me stories."
Qi Yuning blushed and urged Lu Ze, "Go tell Lingling a story."
Lu Ze heaved a sigh of relief and whispered in Qi Yuning's ear, "I think we should let Lingling sleep by herself. She's already over three years old."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Lingling that Master Lu can sleep here. If Lingling sleeps alone, you have to go back and sleep by yourself!"
Lu Ze sneered. Indeed, the reason he could be in the palace now was only because of his father's status as a daughter. He then got on the bed and told a story to Little Master Lingling.
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In Prince Qi's Mansion in the north city.
Qi Yuan'an planned to take A Ping back to Shengjing Palace, so he naturally had to take care of the matters concerning the New Year in the army.
It was almost the evening when he returned to the palace. He didn't expect that Ping was still awake and was waiting for him in the front yard.
"A Ping, you are pregnant, why are you still not sleeping at this time and standing in the wind?"
Qi Yuan held A Ping's hand, which was very cold.
Ah Ping took out two silver notes and said, "These are the jewelry that the princess gave me earlier. I don't like to carry these with me on weekdays. Since I'm going to Shengjing City, I asked Mammy to exchange them for silver."
Qi Yu'an frowned and said, "My sister gave you the jewelry as a token of her love, and the palace is not short of silver. It's better to leave the jewelry alone than to exchange it for silver."
Ah Ping said, "Then I'll ask Madam to buy it back tomorrow?"
Qi Yu'an said, "No need. Just keep this money. When we go to Shengjing City, I will take you to the jewelry store to pick out the jewelry you like. To be honest, I haven't given you much jewelry in the past few years."
Ah Ping followed Qi Yu'an into the room. She seldom came to the house in his front yard and had only stayed overnight once.
Qi Yuan sat on the bed, holding Ping in his arms and said, "Pingping, did the child bother you again today? Your eyes are swollen. Did you cry because of morning sickness again?"
Ah Ping said, "It's still a little nauseating, but it's nothing serious."
Qi Yu'an reached out and touched Ah Ping's belly and said, "Such a naughty child can't be a son, right? When my mother was pregnant with my sister, she didn't vomit so easily."
"When the prince's mother was pregnant with the princess, the prince should have been still young, right?"
Qi Yu'an said: "I should have had a younger sister, but she was not born yet."
Qi Yu'an looked at Ah Ping's belly and said, "It looks like this baby could really be a son."
Ah Ping touched her belly and looked at Qi Yu'an, "Your Highness, since we have to go to Shengjing City, the journey is long, I want to go to the Taoist temple tomorrow and pray for a safe journey."
Qi Yu'an said: "Okay, if I have time tomorrow, I will accompany you to the Taoist temple."
Ah Ping said, "No need, I can go with my aunt."
Qi Yu'an added: "Bring the Spring Equinox with you."
Ah Ping smiled and said, "Chunfen is, after all, a maidservant beside the princess. I dare not really let her serve me. After all, I have no status at all now. She is called a concubine, but there is no etiquette for a concubine. In fact, Chunfen and I are the same. I am not as good as her..."
Qi Yu'an did not have a wife, so the so-called concubines did not receive any formalities.
Ah Ping stood up, poured two cups of tea, handed one to Qi Yu'an and said, "My Lord, how about we drink a cup of wedding wine with tea instead of wine? It will be considered that I have married you in this life."
Qi Yu'an didn't take the tea cup. He looked at Ah Ping and said, "Ah Ping, the wedding wine is drunk between husband and wife. I will only drink the wedding wine with the princess."
Ah Ping lowered her head and said, "I know, Your Majesty, do you like me?"
Qi Yuan looked at A Ping and felt that she was a little weird today.
Ah Ping looked into Qi Yu'an's eyes and said, "I did like the prince."
When Qi Yu'an heard the word "liked before", he was stunned, "Like before? What about now? Don't you like it now?"
Ah Ping looked at Qi Yu'an with tears in her eyes and said, "The prince will marry a princess in the future. I am no longer qualified to like the prince."
Qi Yu'an looked at A Ping's tears and couldn't help but said irritably: "You have always been obedient, why does the princess make you so jealous? Ping Ping, the mistress of the Qi Palace can't just be a peasant girl from the mountains. When I choose a princess, I will naturally choose a virtuous and kind one, and I won't treat you unfairly."
Ah Ping looked at Qi Yu'an and said, "Your Highness, you don't understand women at all. Only when a woman doesn't love you will she be virtuous and generous enough to tolerate other women.
No matter what you say to me, I don't want to see you being affectionate with another woman. People only have one heart."
Ah Ping bit her lip and said, "If the prince is unwilling to give me one heart, then I will not give my whole heart to the prince. It is getting late, the prince, take care of yourself, I will go back first."
After saying this, Ping left the front yard.
Qi Yu'an was very annoyed when he saw Ah Ping's back. He didn't understand why Ah Ping had been making a fuss for the princess. She should have known when she followed him that he couldn't have only her as a woman.
Qi Yu'an was wondering if Aping was the only woman in his life for the past three years, which gave her an illusion.
How could Ah Ping not even tolerate the princess?
I think after she returns to Shengjing and sees more of the wealthy families in Shengjing with their wives and concubines, she will understand.
Qi Yuan couldn't sleep all night and went to the military camp early in the morning.
Since he was not in North City during the New Year, the New Year salary for the Qi family army had to be registered and distributed as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty..."
"Your Highness, it's bad, Miss Ping, Miss Ping's carriage was caught on fire on the way, and only the burnt empty frame and the bodies of Miss Ping and Madam are left..."
When Qi Yuan heard this, he froze as if his soul had been taken away.
"Butler He, what nonsense are you talking about? Ah Ping, how could something happen?"
"It's true, my lord!"
Steward He said: "The carriage is halfway up the mountain to the Taoist temple..."
Qi Yuanlian found a horse and rode to the halfway point on the mountain leading to the Taoist temple.
All I saw was a carriage that was almost burned to ashes and two charred corpses.
From the cloth that had never been completely burned, it could be seen that it was Ah Ping's clothes.
The gold bracelet in the charred corpse's hand was also the one Pingping had always worn.
Qi Yu'an was extremely grief-stricken. Looking at the charred corpse in front of him, he felt his heart broken...
How could Ping, who was so alive yesterday, become a charred corpse? (End of this chapter)
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