Chapter 20 Is Prince Lu taking advantage of me on purpose?
Lu Ze heard this and said, "It wasn't you who caught the wolf and informed on him that day? It was Qin Yuli?"
It was a long time ago, and Lu Ze only remembered that after being caught by the adults, Qi Yuning was the only one who was not punished.
Later, Lu Baozhu said that Qi Yuning was timid and went to tell the princess the secret. She didn't want to play with Qi Yuning anymore in the future.
At that time, Lu Ze thought that Qi Yuning was timid and afraid to tell Princess Pingrou about this, and he never thought that the informer was someone else.
Under the dim candlelight, Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and asked, "So at that time, you all thought I was the one who informed on you?"
"Baozhu said so." Lu Ze said, "Indeed, I didn't check it at that time."
Qi Yuning sneered, "Lu Baozhu is that idiot."
"Mother, what is a fool?"
After hearing what Xiao Lingling said, Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning and said, "Princess Qi, please be careful with your words."
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Baozhu has wronged me for twelve years. What else can she be but an idiot? It just so happens that I can teach Lingling not to be an idiot and wrongly accuse others..."
"Speaking of being wronged, has Princess Qi never wronged anyone?"
Qi Yuning felt guilty for no reason. The only person she had ever wronged was Lu Ze.
Qi Yuning snorted softly, "It's common for Lu Baozhu and I to quarrel and argue. Who asked you to go to the Queen to complain? If you hadn't complained first, I wouldn't have taken revenge on you."
Lu Ze said, "I had to study at that time, so I didn't have time to deal with the grudges between you and Baozhu again and again, fighting over your hairpin today, your hairpin tomorrow, and your skirt the day after tomorrow.
Qin Yuli keeps asking me to deal with the grievances between you two. I will complain to the Queen and punish you by making you copy books, which will teach you a lesson."
Qi Yuning said, "You don't need to care about the quarrel between me and Lu Baozhu."
Lu Ze said, “If Qin Yuli hadn’t come to me then, I wouldn’t have cared about the grudges between you two girls.”
Qi Yuning suddenly smiled.
Seeing Qi Yuning suddenly smile, Lu Ze asked, "What's wrong?"
Qi Yuning asked, "Qin Yuli is looking for you all day long. Is it possible that she is looking for you instead of quarreling with Lu Baozhu?"
Lu Ze looked into Qi Yuning's eyes, then looked down and saw that Lingling had fallen asleep without him noticing. He lowered his voice and said, "Lingling is asleep."
Qi Yuning looked at Lingling and nodded slightly.
Lu Ze carefully removed his hand from Lingling's little hand, but Lingling woke up in a daze just when he had moved it halfway.
Xiao Lingling held Lu Ze's hand with one of her small hands, and held Qi Yuning's hand with the other, then put the two big hands together and pressed them down with her small hands.
Qi Yuning felt her whole body go numb for a moment, and Lu Ze's palm was on the back of her hand, and the warmth continued to come from it.
When Qi Yuning was about to pull his hand out, he saw Lingling move.
Then, her hand was tightly held by a big hand.
Lu Ze lowered his voice and said, "Princess Qi, you probably don't want to coax Lingling again, right?"
Qi Yuning felt her hands go numb, and pretended to be calm and said, "Master Lu, are you deliberately taking advantage of me through Lingling?"
Lu Ze stared at Qi Yuning, his eyes full of gentlemanly integrity.
Qi Yuning only felt the back of his hand getting hotter and hotter.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning in the dim candlelight and said, "Actually, this is not the first time we have held hands. Has Sister Qi forgotten?"
When they were looking for wild wolves that night, Qi Yuning was only six years old. How could he not be afraid on the mountain at night?
At that time, Lu Ze held her hand tightly all the time, and only let go when he was punished.
Qi Yuning thought back to her childhood and felt less awkward.
When Lingling fell asleep and moved her little hand away, Qi Yuning immediately withdrew his hand, which seemed to still have the residual warmth of Lu Ze's palm.
"Master Lu, take care. I won't see you off."
Lu Ze stood up and said, "Princess, please go to bed early."
When Lu Ze returned to the princess's mansion, he could still feel the cool touch of the back of his hand. He looked at his palm and smiled.
When I lay down to sleep, I saw the jade hairpin that I had not had time to return.
Lu Ze put the jade hairpin aside.
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Lu Ze was woken up by Lu Baozhu early in the morning.
When Lu Baozhu came in, she said with a bit of gloating: "Brother, brother, get up quickly. The Duke's Mansion invited five or six imperial doctors last night. I think the old woman might not even make it through Chongyang!"
Seeing Lu Baozhu gloating over her misfortune, Lu Ze scolded her, "Baozhu, that's our grandmother!"
Lu Baozhu snorted, "What kind of grandmother is she?"
Six imperial physicians were invited to the Duke's Mansion last night, and Lu Ze had no time to teach Lu Baozhu a lesson, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went to the Duke's Mansion.
When Lu Ze went there, his second uncle and third uncle were waiting outside the house.
At dawn, Lu Ze asked, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, what happened to Grandmother? What did the imperial physician say?"
Lu Baozhu looked on anxiously: "Is grandma dying soon?"
Uncle Lu said helplessly, "Zer, after your father left yesterday, your grandmother fainted from anger. She finally woke up and said she would not eat anything. Your grandmother's health was not good to begin with, and she refused to take medicine or eat. How could her health resist!"
Lu Ze hurried into Madam Lu's room.
Madam Lu said weakly, "Take it away. I won't take the medicine. My children and grandchildren will be unfilial. What's the point of keeping this old bone?"
Madam Lu said anxiously, "Mother-in-law, you are saying this to embarrass us. How dare we be unfilial!"
Madam Lu was really holding a grudge in her heart. Her eldest sister-in-law was a princess, so although she did not have the title of the Duke's wife, she had to manage the entire Duke's Mansion on behalf of her eldest sister-in-law.
Her mother-in-law was a powerful one. After she got married, she didn't dare to disrespect her in the slightest and was filial to her in every way.
If my mother-in-law really passed away now, and the label of being unfilial was put on her children and grandchildren, wouldn't she be unjustly killed?
Madam Lu said: "You are a good daughter-in-law. I have always wanted to find a virtuous Lu family wife for Ze'er. Ze'er..."
Lu Ze walked up to Madam Lu and said, "Grandma."
Lu Baozhu followed Lu Ze and cried out loudly, "Grandma, please don't die!"
Madam Lu frowned when she saw Lu Baozhu, and held Lu Ze's hand tightly, saying, "Ze'er, before your grandfather died, he always said that he would find you a virtuous, gentle and considerate wife. Ze'er, your wife is related to the entire Lu family.
Zhiyi is gentle and virtuous, and she saved my grandmother. She should repay my grandmother for her kindness. She was recognized by my grandmother..."
Lu Baozhu burst into tears again, and before Madam Lu could even utter the word "grandson's wife", she pushed Lu Ze away.
Lu Baozhu held Madam Lu's hand and said, "Grandma, please don't die. What will I do if you die?"
Madam Lu coughed twice. As an old lady, she hated people talking about death the most. She said with full energy, "Lu Baozhu!"
Lu Baozhu's eyes lit up, "Oh, Grandma, you are so full of energy, right? So you won't die, that's great, I hope you won't die! By the way, you haven't met eldest brother's daughter Lingling yet, right?
Lingling is so cute, she looks exactly like me when I was a kid. You will definitely like Lingling after seeing her!"
Old Madam Lu has disliked Lu Baozhu since she was a child. Lu Baozhu has been a restless girl since she was young. She has never learned the Four Books for Girls that the daughters of the Lu family should learn. She is always showing off and making moves all day long. As a cousin, she has brought trouble to her younger sisters.
The daughters of the Lu family are now of marriageable age, and there are very few families discussing marriage for them.
Old Madam Lu already disliked the daughter born from Lu Ze and Qi Yuning's affair, and when she heard that she looked like Lu Baozhu, she disliked her even more.
Lu Baozhu said, "Grandmother, how can Lingling's parents be separated? So my brother can only marry Princess Qi, not the daughter of the Guan family! If you really think the daughter of the Guan family is good, why don't you let your son marry her?"
Madam Lu Er and Madam Lu San were both shocked, "Baozhu!"
Lu Baozhu smiled and said, "The daughter of the Guan family saved you, so shouldn't the Lu family repay her by marrying her? As your eldest son, my father should repay the favor of saving his mother and marry Miss Guan as his wife."
(End of this chapter)
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