Chapter 2 Ze'er, You Marry Princess Qi
Qi Yuning was filled with rage towards everyone in the Lu family at the moment. When he saw the purple-clothed Lu family man walking towards him, even though he was handsome and polite, Qi Yuning's eyes were full of disdain.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's bright red wedding dress swaying in the autumn wind in the mountains and said, "Princess, don't be angry. I will ask Lu Yun to return to secular life and marry you."
Qi Yuning said coldly, "He has already become a monk, and I have already been laughed at. He wants to marry me after he returns to secular life? Dream on! My Qi family and your Lu family will never give up after today's humiliation."
Qi Yu'an also rode over. After listening to his sister's words, he dismounted and walked up to Lu Ze and said, "Yes, in the future, our Qi and Lu families will have an irreconcilable feud. There are so many good men in Shengjing. Even if your brother returns to secular life, my daughter of the Qi family will not want to marry again."
Lu Ze knew that he was in the wrong, so he lowered his eyes and said, "Prince Qi, Princess Qi, our Lu family will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
Qi Yu'an said angrily: "Then what do you plan to explain?"
Lu Baozhu spoke before Lu Ze: "The Lu family has two sons. My brother doesn't want to marry them, so let my elder brother marry them. Prince Qi, what do you think?"
Qi Yu'an looked at Lu Ze in front of him and thought that this might be a good idea. Lu Ze was indeed much better than Lu Yun.
As the youngest son of the princess and Duke Lu, Lu Yun had been spoiled so much since childhood that he behaved like a dandy. He was two years younger than his sister. To be honest, if it weren't for his good family background and good looks, Qi Yu'an would have looked down on this brother-in-law.
Lu Ze grew up with His Majesty and old Duke Lu since he was born. He is calm, steady and dignified. At the age of 20, he became the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple and has a bright future. More importantly, between the two brothers, Lu Ze's appearance is better than Lu Yun's.
While Qi Yu'an was thinking, Lu Ze lightly rebuked Lu Baozhu and said, "Baozhu, stop talking nonsense. I'm already engaged to the Guan family."
Qi Yuning laughed sarcastically when he heard the word "Guan family".
Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning's sarcastic laugh and glanced at her. His cold eyes seemed to show even more disgust for the Lu family.
Lu Baozhu raised her eyes and said, "You are engaged? How come I don't know? Who is the girl from the Guan family? Can the girl from the Guan family compare to Qi Yuning? Brother, you can't not marry Qi Yuning. If my brother doesn't marry her and you don't marry her either, how can she serve me?"
Qi Yuning felt helpless. At this time, Lu Baozhu was still hoping that she could marry into the Lu family and serve her?
What is she daydreaming about?!
Lu Ze was also annoyed by his sister, "Lu Baozhu, it seems that your parents spoil you too much. You will be confined to your room for a month after you return home!"
Normally, Lu Baozhu is fearless, not even afraid of His Majesty the Queen, but she is afraid of her older brother who is three years older than her.
Lu Baozhu hung her head and said, "It was my brother who made the mistake, why did you restrict my movements?"
Lu Ze said: "If you say one more word, you will be grounded for two months."
Lu Baozhu remained silent.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning, who was standing beside him with frosty eyes, and said, "Princess, Prince Qi, our Lu family will definitely make amends and satisfy you two. Please calm down."
Qi Yu'an snorted, "Humph!"
Qi Yuning hadn't seen his brother for a long time, and didn't want to stay here for long, so he got on the horse and went back to the house with his brother, "Brother, how long will you stay this time?"
The troops and horses of Prince Qi's Mansion are all at the border. My brother used to stay in the barracks and seldom came back. He came back this time to attend her wedding, but now he can't attend the wedding.
Qi Yu'an said, "I originally planned to leave after you returned home, but you were bullied by the Lu family, so I have to stay for a few more days."
Qi Yuning said: “Brother, don’t worry, I will not let the Lu family go for nothing after such a great shame today.”
Qi Yuan'an knew that his sister was a vengeful person, so he let her take revenge. He had been in the military camp since he was ten years old, exposed to the wind and sun for twelve years, wasn't it all for the purpose of supporting his sister?
The brother and sister returned to the palace, but the wedding character was nowhere to be seen. Qi Yuning took off her wedding dress, thinking it was unlucky, and asked the maid to take it down and burn it.
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Inside Princess Pingrou’s mansion.
After dinner.
Princess Pingrou accused Duke Lu of being too indulgent towards his youngest son, which led to his son becoming a monk and breaking off the engagement.
Duke Lu has always been henpecked and dared not say a word in front of the princess. It was obviously Princess Pingrou who was overly indulgent.
Lu Ze said, "Mom, it's useless to blame Dad for spoiling my brother. The main thing is how to make up for the debt to the Qi family. As soon as my brother left home today, there have been many rumors making fun of Princess Qi."
Princess Pingrou said helplessly: "Alas, it seems that there is only one way now, Ze'er, you marry Princess Qi, then the jokes about Princess Qi will stop."
Lu Ze: “…”
Niang and Lu Baozhu are truly mother and daughter.
Duke Lu followed up and said, "Ze'er, you are already twenty years old. Ordinary men would have married long ago. You should marry Princess Qi!"
Lu Ze said: "Dad, Mom, I'm engaged."
Princess Pingrou was stunned. "When did you get engaged?"
Lu Ze said, "Two months ago, my grandmother made a verbal marriage agreement with the Guan family, and the one she chose was the sixth daughter of the Guan family."
Princess Pingrou had never seen the Sixth Miss Guan, but she had heard of her beautiful name.
There have been rumors in Shengjing City over the past two years that if you want to marry a man, you should marry Prince Lu, and if you want to marry a wife, you should marry the daughter of the Guan family. This daughter of the Guan family is Miss Guan Liu. It is said that Miss Guan Liu is a good housekeeper.
What the ladies in charge of aristocratic families value most is the ability to manage the household. Miss Guan Liu has been helping her stepmother with household management since she was thirteen years old, so she has a very good reputation among the ladies in aristocratic families.
Old Madam Lu has always lived in the Duke's Mansion instead of the Princess's Mansion. Princess Pingrou only sees her mother-in-law once during the holidays.
However, Lu Ze grew up with the old Duke and had a deep relationship with his grandmother. He often went to Duke Lu's mansion to honor his grandmother. Unexpectedly, Madam Lu even decided Lu Ze's marriage.
Princess Pingrou couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable: "Marriage is decided by parents, how can it be decided by grandmother? And isn't Guan's family too small? It seems that he is just a sixth-rank official, or he was promoted to local magistrate a few years ago?"
The reason why the Guan family is famous is that each of their five daughters married into noble families, otherwise Princess Pingrou would not even know about the Guan family.
Princess Pingrou didn't care which family her daughter-in-law came from, because no family could be higher than hers.
But since her son is so outstanding, the wife he marries cannot be too bad. Why did the mother-in-law choose such a bride from a humble family?
Princess Pingrou sighed and said, "Your grandmother is not as good at matchmaking as your sister. Look, the one chosen for your brother is Princess Qi. Your brother is just too reckless!"
Lu Ze said, "Grandmother had a sudden asthma attack in Xianglin Temple two months ago. It was Miss Guan Liu who saved her, and that's when she verbally agreed to the marriage. Because my parents are busy with my brother's marriage, we haven't discussed it with you yet. I wanted to talk to you two about it after my brother entered the family, and then go and propose marriage."
Lu Ze had never met Miss Guan Liu, and he couldn't say whether he was satisfied with his fiancée or not, but he felt that he should repay his grandmother for saving his life.
Princess Pingrou said helplessly: "Still proposing marriage? If I offend Qi Yuning, I'm afraid your grandfather will demote me to a commoner."
Duke Lu said, "That's not the case. After all, Your Highness is the most beloved daughter of His Majesty and His Majesty. How could His Majesty and His Majesty be willing to let Your Highness be demoted to a commoner?"
Princess Pingrou held her eldest son's hand and said with a worried look on her face, "My eighth brother was exiled to Cangzhou because he offended Qi Yuning. Father always said that without the Qi family, there would be no Zhao family. Now there are only two siblings left in the Qi family. Lu Yun is still bullying Prince Qi. Father will definitely not forgive me.
Ze'er, mother doesn't want to be demoted to the bitter cold of Cangzhou, so you should marry Qi Yuning. As for the young lady from the Guan family, mother will definitely find her a good family to marry into!"
Lu Ze said, "Mother, I don't think Princess Qi wants to marry me either."
(End of this chapter)
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