Chapter 18 The Lu Family’s Vicious Sister-in-law
Lu Baozhu: "Picked it up? Pick up another piece of Qi Yuning's jewelry and see? Whenever Qi Yuning goes out, she is accompanied by four maids, two old women, and a dozen guards. If she lost the hairpin, would these people not notice it? Brother, I'm not stupid!"
Lu Ze asked: "Do you want to be grounded for another three months?"
Lu Baozhu caught Lu Ze's handle and said with a smile: "You are angry because of shame. You just like Qi Yuning. I will tell mother that you stole the hairpin of another girl."
Lu Ze frowned and said, "You can be exempted from house arrest, but you have to keep this hairpin matter to yourself!"
Princess Pingrou must not know that Qi Yuning stayed overnight.
Lu Baozhu said: "Okay, I'm going to see Qi Yuning's daughter!"
It was only after Qi Yuning returned to the palace and saw her long hair that she remembered that the hairpin must have fallen on Lu Ze's bed.
She was in no hurry to get it back.
Lingling no longer cried out in fear during the day, and instead played with the small peach wood sword given to her by the sisters Lu Baoshuang and Lu Baoxue yesterday.
Jingzhe and Guyu cooperated with Lingling and pretended to be stabbed by a sword and fell to the ground. Lingling then played the role of a doctor, taking the pulse and bandaging the body.
Qi Yuning was looking at the account book by the window. He looked out the window and saw Lingling playing in the yard and smiled softly. Then he started checking the accounts again.
Although there are only two masters in this huge palace, the expenses are not small.
Although the Qi Family Army received funding from the imperial court, it was far from enough to allow the soldiers to live a good life, so the Qi Family Army also had to rely on its own industries to make life better for the brothers in the army.
There is a lot of inheritance left by ancestors. Qi Yu'an wanted to inherit the Qi family army since he was young. Only Qi Yuning can take over the Qi family property and the Qi family army's assets.
When Lu Baozhu was eight years old and played with beads to shoot birds, Qi Yuning had to deal with abacus beads.
Lingling seemed to be accustomed to her mother's busyness and did not come forward to disturb Qi Yuning. She played with the maids.
"aunt!"
When Lingling saw Lu Baozhu coming in from the courtyard gate, she dropped her small wooden sword and pounced on Lu Baozhu!
Lu Baozhu was bumped into by a little man and was about to get angry, but when she saw the little man's face, she picked him up with one hand.
Lu Baozhu pinched Lingling's little face and asked, "Are you my eldest brother's daughter?"
When Qi Yuning heard Lu Baozhu's voice, she looked up and saw Lu Baozhu kneading her baby daughter's face.
"Lu Baozhu, how did you get in?"
"I met Prince Qi, and he let me in. I came to see your daughter!" Lu Baozhu asked, "How could you give birth to a three-year-old daughter?"
Lu Baozhu pointed at the little girl in her arms and asked, "Where did you find a daughter who looks so much like my brother?"
Qi Yuning took Lingling back from Lu Baozhu and said, "Lingling is my daughter."
Little Lingling pouted and said, "Aunt, why don't you recognize Lingling?"
Lu Baozhu was extremely surprised and asked: "What did you call me?"
"Auntie!"
Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning, then at Xiao Lingling, and kneaded Lingling's little face. The soft touch felt so good!
"Here, this is my eldest brother and your daughter?"
Qi Yuning didn't admit it, but didn't deny it either. He put Lingling down and stretched out his hand to rub Lu Baozhu's face. "Are you comfortable with me rubbing your face like this?"
Lu Baozhu was so shocked that she didn't even try to shake off Qi Yuning's hand. "No way! My elder brother and you even have a daughter, so why did you agree to get engaged to Lu Yun?"
Qi Yuning stared at Lu Baozhu coldly, "Isn't it you who made me get engaged to that bald donkey?"
Lu Baozhu touched her nose and said, "No, then you and my elder brother both have daughters, why don't you marry my elder brother?"
Qi Yuning asked, "Marry your elder brother and serve you, the younger sister-in-law? You sit down to eat, and I have to stand and serve you food?"
Lu Baozhu touched her nose again guiltily, looking at the little person staring at her in Qi Yuning's arms, "Lingling, can auntie hold you?"
Lingling nodded her little head vigorously.
Qi Yuning felt a little jealous when she saw Lingling in her arms, "Do you like your aunt so much?"
Lingling said: "I like it!"
Qi Yuning frowned slightly, and Lingling kissed Qi Yuning on the side of his face, "I like daddy and mom the most, and then I like auntie!"
Qi Yuning smiled before giving Lingling to Lu Baozhu to hold. She and Lu Baozhu had been sworn enemies for so many years, and she knew that Lu Baozhu was not a bad person.
Lu Baozhu looked at Lingling's little face and said, "Qi Yuning has such a bad temper, but she actually gave birth to a well-behaved daughter like you!"
Qi Yuning glared at Lu Baozhu, and Lingling said, "Mom's kisses are not smelly, they smell good, aunt, please smell it!"
Lu Baozhu leaned in and sniffed, "Why do you have my brother's orchid scent?"
"Oh! You even have Lingling, so it's normal for you to have his scent on you. After all, he still has your hairpin hidden."
Qi Yuning heard what Lu Baozhu said, "Stop talking nonsense. Your elder brother and I have nothing to do with each other anymore."
Lu Baozhu said, "I've been confined for the past few days and I'm so bored. I'm going to take Lingling out to play!"
Lingling looked at Qi Yuning with her eyes wide open, obviously wanting to go out and play.
But Qi Yuning was not at ease with Lu Baozhu going alone with Lingling. Although Lu Baozhu was not a bad person, she was stupid.
Qi Yuning followed the aunt and niece to Xuanwu Street. It was autumn at the moment, and the weather was suitable. There were many people strolling on the street.
Seeing such an old niece, Lu Baozhu wanted to buy everything for Lingling.
"Have you heard? Prince Lu is engaged to the daughter of the Guan family. Wow, the daughter of the Guan family is so lucky!"
"Why did I hear that it was just a verbal engagement made by Madam Lu? It doesn't count as an engagement."
"In Dasheng, filial piety comes first. The verbal engagement made by Madam Lu is naturally an engagement."
After hearing these words, Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning and said, "Are they wrong? It should be you who is engaged to my elder brother, right?"
Qi Yuning said: "I will not get engaged to your elder brother."
"You all have daughters." Lu Baozhu pointed at Xiao Lingling.
Xiao Lingling smiled at Lu Baozhu, looking confused.
Qi Yuning said: "So what if you have a daughter? I don't like your elder brother."
Lu Baozhu was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you like my elder brother?"
"Because of you!"
Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning and said, "What? Could it be that the person you like is me?"
Qi Yuning took a deep breath and tapped Lu Baozhu's forehead. "Because your elder brother has such a stupid sister like you, I don't like him."
Lu Baozhu covered her forehead and said, "You! This princess is smart and clever, but you are stupid. You don't even like my eldest brother, who is such a romantic, handsome, and graceful young man from a noble family!
Man Shengjing, Man Dasheng, can you find a man who is more suitable to be a husband than my eldest brother?"
Qi Yuning chuckled softly.
Lu Baozhu listened to Qi Yuning's soft sigh and said, "Look, you can't even find a good husband who can compare to my eldest brother!"
Qi Yuning really couldn't put it into words at once. In terms of family background, the Crown Prince had a better family background than Lu Ze, but the Crown Prince's temperament, appearance and figure were still inferior to Lu Ze's.
Lin Jiang, whose figure and appearance are comparable to Lu Ze, is inferior in family background.
But Qi Yuning didn't want Lu Baozhu to be so proud. Seeing Lu Ze, Qin Feng, and Lin Jiang coming over, she pointed at Lin Jiang and said, "Isn't Lord Lin more suitable to be a husband than Master Lu?"
Qi Yuning's voice was loud, and the three men opposite stopped in their tracks. The people passing by recognized Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu and also stopped.
To be honest, both Lin Jiang and Lu Ze are gifted children. If we have to compare them, Lu Ze is better than Lin Jiang.
After all, Lu Ze is the princess's son, a royal family man.
Qi Yuning said slowly: "At least there is no vicious sister-in-law and little bald brother in Lord Lin's family."
Lin Jiang's family background is slightly inferior, but he is an only child and has no brothers or sisters, which is truly rare.
After hearing what Qi Yuning said, Lu Ze looked towards Lu Baozhu and the southeast where Xianglin Temple was located.
(End of this chapter)
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