Qi Yuning dismissed the servants on both sides, looked at Qi Yu'an in front of him and said, "Brother, there is actually one thing I have been lying to you about. Lingling is not actually my child."
Qi Yu'an frowned and said, "If she's not your daughter, why would you acknowledge her? Aren't you making fun of your own reputation?"
Qi Yuning said: "If possible, I want to keep this secret from you for the rest of my life. Currently, only three people know Lingling's life story, but now Ah Ping..."
Qi Yu'an interrupted Qi Yuning and said, "Call me sister-in-law!"
Qi Yuning said, "Now that my sister-in-law is in trouble, I think I should tell you this. Lingling is indeed the daughter of Lu Ze and I, but she was not born at this time. Lingling was born in September of the Dingmao year."
"It's only a few days until the Bingyin year. How could Lingling be born in September of the Dingmao year?" Qi Yu'an asked in surprise.
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Indeed, Lingling appeared out of thin air. There is a jade plaque on her neck, which says that she was born in September of the Dingmao year. This is indeed a fairy tale, but Lingling did come back from the Lantern Festival of the Xinwei year to more than five years ago.
Lingling called you uncle as soon as she saw you, and that's why Lingling actually came from Xinwei. I know it's hard for you to believe, but it's true."
Qi Yu'an suddenly remembered the strange letter, "So, the letter that Lu Ze wrote for Lingling last time..."
Qi Yuning said, "Are you talking about the letter Lingling wrote about her aunt and cousin? I thought it wasn't sent to North City."
Qi Yu'an said: "I received it. No wonder Lu Ze was willing to write that letter."
Qi Yu'an suddenly understood. He was curious about why Lu Ze was playing with Lingling, and this was the reason.
Qi Yu'an said slowly: "However, Lingling is wrong. She will no longer have a cousin and an aunt."
Qi Yuning asked in confusion: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Qi Yu'an looked at the person in the painting: "Your sister-in-law was the most delicate. The day before she passed away, she had a quarrel with me because of the princess who didn't exist at all. She loved to cry. If she knew that I had a princess, she would have really become a crybaby..."
Qi Yu'an said: "So, I won't have a princess anymore, and Lingling won't have a cousin anymore."
Qi Yuning was surprised and asked, "Brother, you are going to stay single for the rest of your life? And not have children?"
Qi Yu'an frowned and said, "Yu Ning, she is not a concubine, she is your sister-in-law!"
"Brother, there are only two of us left in the Qi family. If you don't marry or have children, then the Qi family's incense will be cut off in the future, right?"
Qi Yu'an said, "Lingling can have the surname Qi. Qi Yiling sounds a thousand times better than Lu Yiling! Your future children can also have the surname Qi. The bloodline of the Qi family will never be broken."
Qi Yuning frowned and looked at Qi Yu'an and said, "Since you like Ah Ping so much and are willing to remain single for her, why did you let her be your concubine for three years? You will know how to cherish her after she dies!"
In fact, Qi Yuning was more inclined to believe that Miss Aping was still alive.
Lingling knows all the relatives, including grandparents, uncles and aunts. She has never made a mistake and even knows Lin Jiang’s fiancée.
Besides, she was a very close aunt. Lingling would definitely not make a mistake.
If a woman leaves when she is pregnant, doesn't that mean she is full of disappointment?
Qi Yu'an just said that Miss A Ping was worrying about the princess before she died, which was exactly what Qi Yuning had guessed...
She thought A Ping should still be alive, but she left because she was extremely disappointed with Qi Yuan.
Qi Yu'an looked at the woman in the painting and said, "You're right, I didn't cherish her enough..."
Qi Yuning said slowly: "It's good that you know."
Qi Yuning originally wanted to tell Qi Yu'an that the aunt Lingling was talking about was A Ping, but now he didn't want to tell her anymore.
If he wasn't her own brother, she would have despised Qi Yu'an to the extreme. What's the point of loving him so deeply? She didn't know how to cherish him when he was alive, and she regretted it after he died.
Qi Yuning put down the food and went back to the dining room.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and asked, "Brother Qi, have you agreed to perform an autopsy?"
Qi Yuning said: "Don't worry about him, we can go and do the autopsy after we finish the meal."
After finishing the meal, Lu Ze handed Lingling to Lu Yun and warned him, "Don't tease Lingling."
Lu Yun nodded repeatedly.
Lu Ze and Qi Yuning went to the lobby. The night wind blew and the white flags fluttered. Qi Yuning asked the maids and servants of Prince Qi's mansion to leave, leaving only her and Lu Ze here.
Lu Ze saw the charred corpse in the coffin and reached out to open its mouth.
Seeing this scene, Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze's slender and beautiful hands, and she no longer felt that they were beautiful.
"Princess, can you lend me your handkerchief?"
Qi Yuning handed the handkerchief to Lu Ze, and saw Lu Ze put her handkerchief to the throat of the charred corpse.
Lu Ze took out the handkerchief and took a look at it, saying, "He wasn't burned to death."
Qi Yuning asked: "Why do you think so?"
Lu Ze said: "If they were burned to death, there would be black smoke left between their mouths and noses, it wouldn't be so clean. This would only happen if they died before and were burned."
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze take out a knife and put it on the charred corpse's belly, and asked, "You want to cut it open?"
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Yes."
When Lu Ze was moving towards the corpse with the knife, he heard a roar of anger: "Lu Ze! What are you doing?"
Qi Yu'an came over, grabbed Lu Ze by the collar, and was about to strike him with a fierce fist. Lu Ze dropped his knife and blocked with his hand, "Brother Qi Wang, please listen to my explanation..."
Qi Yu'an was extremely angry. He grabbed Lu Ze's collar and shouted angrily, "Lu Ze, don't think that I dare not do anything to you! If you dare to touch Ah Ping today, I will send you to hell!"
Qi Yu'an kicked over, and Lu Ze grabbed Qi Yu'an's hand with one hand and resisted with the other, "Ningning, why don't you explain?"
Qi Yuning said at the side: "Brother, I asked Lu Ze to do the autopsy. The charred body in the coffin is not Miss A Ping at all!"
Qi Yu'an frowned and said, "How is that possible!"
Qi Yuning said: "Brother, the aunt that Lingling is talking about is Miss A Ping!"
Qi Yu'an let go of Lu Ze and stared at Qi Yuning in astonishment, "What do you mean? If the aunt that Lingling mentioned is Ah Ping, then doesn't that mean Ah Ping was still alive in the Xinwei Year? But, she..."
Qi Yuning said: "Lingling is young, but she is not unfamiliar with people. I have confirmed with Lingling countless times whether A Ping is her aunt, and Lingling always said yes.
Lingling knows about Ah Ping's existence, so there is only one possibility, that Miss Ah Ping is definitely not dead now, she is still alive."
Qi Yu'an took two steps back and shook his head, "If Ah Ping is still alive, where is she? Why did she leave me? And what about this corpse?"
Lu Ze said: "It's very simple to confirm whether this body is Ah Ping's. Just cut open the belly and see if there is a fetus inside."
Qi Yu'an took out the gold bracelet hidden in his sleeve. He looked at the gold bracelet and said, "Cut it open!"
Lu Ze stepped forward and cut open the charred corpse's belly with a knife. The internal organs had already begun to rot, but there was no black inside and no fetus was seen.
After Lu Ze had sewn up the charred corpse, he said, "This charred corpse is definitely not Miss A Ping."
Qi Yu'an clenched the gold bracelet in his hand, and the bracelet became deformed and crumpled into a ball. "A Ping, why do you want to leave? Why do you want to leave the palace?"
Qi Yuning said, "Didn't you just say it yourself? The day before she left, she quarreled with you about the princess's matter. Since you knew she was pregnant and was a delicate and tearful person, couldn't you just coax her a little bit? You had to force her to fake her death and leave the Qi Palace!" (End of this chapter)
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