Lu Yun also rushed to Prince Qi's Mansion with Lingling in his arms. Seeing that Lingling was walking with the girl just now, Lu Yun was delighted and asked, "Are you going to Prince Qi's Mansion as well?"
Ah Ping nodded: "Yes."
Lingling said in Lu Yun's arms: "Of course my aunt went back to my uncle's house! Aunt, why don't you recognize Lingling?"
Lu Yun whispered to Lingling: "Don't call me aunt, call me aunt."
Lingling said: "Aunt doesn't look like this, only my aunt looks like this!"
Ah Ping smiled at Ling Ling in Lu Yun's arms and said, "Little girl, you really have the wrong person. I am not your aunt. My husband is Prince Qi of Beicheng."
Lingling said: "But Lingling's uncle is the prince!"
Ah Ping was slightly surprised, and Lu Yun frowned and said, "Your husband is Prince Qi? How can Prince Qi have a princess? Sister, even if you don't like me, there is no need to make this excuse."
Ah Ping lowered her eyes and said, "I am indeed not a princess. I am the concubine of Prince Qi."
Lu Yun looked at A Ping in front of him in disbelief and said, "You are A Ping?!"
Ah Ping nodded and said, "Yes."
Lu Yun yelled: "Ghost, the corpse is coming back to life!"
Ah Ping said: "I'm not a ghost..."
Lu Yun didn't listen to A Ping's explanation. He carried Ling Ling in his arms and rushed to Prince Qi's mansion.
As soon as I entered the palace gate, I met Qi Yuning and Lu Ze.
Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lingling holding a candied haws in Lu Yun's arms. She complained to Lu Yun, "Why didn't you tell me you were taking Lingling out? It was so windy outside and you didn't even bother to put a hat on Lingling."
Lu Yun said in panic: "Ghost, there is a ghost, I saw Miss Ping's corpse come back to life!"
Lu Ze took Lingling from Lu Yun's arms.
Lingling held the candied haws and said with her head down: "Daddy and Mommy, Auntie doesn't recognize Lingling anymore. When Lingling saw Auntie, she actually said that Lingling recognized the wrong person, but Lingling didn't recognize the wrong auntie."
Qi Yuning asked Lingling: "Have you seen your aunt?"
Lingling nodded and said, "Yes!"
Just when Qi Yuning was feeling happy, she saw a woman with a veil covering her face slowly walking towards the palace.
When Ah Ping returned to the gate of Prince Qi's mansion, she met the little girl again. The man and woman at the gate looked noble and dressed gorgeously. Ah Ping couldn't guess their identities for a while.
"Aunt!" Lingling pointed at Ah Ping and said, "Mom, look, it's my aunt, but she doesn't recognize Lingling."
Lingling lowered her head, feeling a little aggrieved.
Lu Yun hid behind Lu Ze. When he saw Ah Ping coming over, he started to yell, "Ghost! Brother, a ghost is coming!"
Lu Ze frowned and scolded Lu Yun, "Stop talking nonsense."
Qi Yuning held Lingling and walked to Aping. Aping covered her face with a veil, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. These eyes were really similar to Lu Ze's.
But there are differences. Lu Ze's eyes often seem distant, while A Ping's peach blossom eyes are gentle and tender.
Qi Yuning shouted, "Miss A Ping, I have something to talk to you about."
Ah Ping looked at the woman in front of her and said, "I wonder who you are..."
Qi Yuning said: "My name is Qi Yuning."
Ah Ping said: "It turns out to be Princess, Princess, I heard that the prince is seriously ill..."
Qi Yuning said: "My brother is not seriously ill. I just want you to return home."
Ah Ping lowered her head and laughed at herself, "I knew it... I was just being sentimental."
Qi Yuning said: "Let's go to the study to discuss things."
In the study, Qi Yuning personally poured a cup of tea for Aping. Seeing Aping take off her headscarf, she looked even more beautiful than in the painting. No wonder Qin Feng had been obsessed with her for three years.
Lu Ze looked at Ah Ping and said, "Miss Ah Ping, may I ask your birth date?"
Ah Ping said, "I was born in the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, on the seventh day of the third month."
"In the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty..." Qi Yuning said, "Then you are a few days younger than Prince Lu."
Lu Ze looked at Ah Ping and said, "Ms. Ah Ping, are you sure you were born in the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty?"
Ah Ping nodded and said, "Of course I was born in a small mountain village in Shancheng. Everyone in the village knows when I was born. Although I am a girl, my parents held a full-month banquet for me. You can find out by asking in the small mountain village in Shancheng."
Lu Ze took a sip of tea and said, "I just asked about your birthday. Why are you so anxious to explain and ask for witnesses?"
A Ping looked a little flustered.
Qi Yuning smiled lightly. After all, Lu Ze had been the Shaoqing Lu in the Dali Temple for more than two years. It was really a waste of time for Ah Ping to hide the truth from him.
Lu Ze put down the teacup, looked at Ah Ping with sharp eyes and said, "Ms. Ah Ping, were you born on the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty?"
Ah Ping was shocked and said, "No, I'm not. I was born in the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty."
Qi Yuning looked at Ah Ping and said, "Miss Ah Ping, you probably don't know the identity of this Lu Shizi, right? He is the son of Princess Pingrou and the grandson of the current Empress. I think you two look a bit similar."
Ah Ping glanced at Lu Ze. Princess Pingrou must be her elder sister. Then the Lu Shizi in front of her must be her nephew...
Ah Ping also listened to what Nanny Qin said. Even though it was her own nephew, she couldn't believe it. She said, "I don't know what the princess said. Since the prince is fine, I should leave."
"Miss Ping planned to fake her death and burn her body to escape. Was it because the Qin family was holding your portrait and was trying to find out your whereabouts?"
Qi Yuning walked up to A Ping and said.
Ah Ping stood up and said, "I don't know what the princess said, but since the prince is fine, it's time to go."
Lu Ze said, "You misunderstood. Those Qin family members holding your portrait are not from Qin Guojiu Mansion, but from Qin Hou Mansion. Do you still remember Qin Feng? Three years ago, he went to Shancheng to provide disaster relief. He has always been thinking about you, young lady."
Ah Ping continued: "I don't know, I don't know anything."
Qi Yuning walked up to Ah Ping and said, "Since you don't know anything, why did you pretend to be dead and leave? We won't hurt you. You're still pregnant with my little nephew. We just want to help you."
Ah Ping said, "I really don't understand what you are talking about. I don't need your help. I should go now! My birthday is really the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty. I don't know anything you are talking about."
Qi Yuning said: "If you really don't know anything, you wouldn't say that."
Ah Ping lowered her eyes and said, "I just don't know anything, Princess, Prince, please don't make things difficult for me! I have to go."
A Ping went to open the study door. As soon as it opened, she saw Qi Yu'an standing at the door.
Qi Yuan was much thinner and looked more haggard than when she left.
Qi Yu'an saw the panicking A Ping in front of him, and regardless of the others, he hugged A Ping tightly in his arms, "Ping Ping, you are really still alive!"
Ah Ping was in Qi Yu'an's arms, and she broke free from his embrace. "I should have known that I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and come back. I should have known that I shouldn't have had the delusion that you would lose your appetite for me, or even be seriously ill and dying. It turns out that you just lied to me to come back..."
Qi Yu'an held A Ping's hand again and said, "No, Ping Ping."
Steward He also said, "Miss Ping, when you first left, the prince was indeed almost unable to hold on. If it weren't for the more than 200,000 Qi family soldiers... I'm afraid the prince would really have followed you."
Qi Yu'an looked at Ah Ping and said, "Ping Ping, why did you plan to fake your death and leave? Lu Ze told my sister that you have another identity. What identity do you have that you have to hide from me?"
Ah Ping said: "I don't know, I don't have any other identity, they are talking nonsense, I grew up in Shancheng since I was a child, Shengjing Royal Family has nothing to do with me."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "I never said that you had any relationship with the Shengjing Royal Family."
Ah Ping frowned and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about. I really don't know. I know nothing!" (End of this chapter)
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