Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu helplessly, "Since you know he is a talented man, why do you care about his appearance?"
Lu Baozhu pursed her lips and whispered, "You have to care about your appearance, too."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said slowly: "Remember to get up early tomorrow and dress up well."
Lu Baozhu pulled Qi Yuning and said, "Help me pick out which color of rouge is suitable? Which jewelry is more suitable? Help me find it quickly."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Those literati don't like women wearing heavy makeup. They only like girls with light makeup and pure beauty."
Lu Baozhu asked: "If that's the case, why do you let me dress up?"
Qi Yuning said: "It is much more difficult to put on light makeup than heavy makeup. I used to have a makeup artist by my side, but unfortunately she is now in the Prince Jin's Mansion."
Lu Baozhu said, "Frost? Then I will go look for her early tomorrow morning."
Seeing Lu Baozhu's anxious look, Qi Yuning smiled faintly, "Then you must sleep well today, or you will get sick because of poor sleep."
Lu Baozhu touched her forehead, hoping that she wouldn't get any red pimples.
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Lu Ze returned at dusk.
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze and said, "If you are really busy, you can deal with your official business after you return home tomorrow. There is no need to rush back."
Lu Ze gently hugged Qi Yuning and said, "No matter how busy I am, I won't be too busy to spend time with you."
Qi Yuning hit Lu Ze's hand that was across her waist and said, "He's outside!"
After all, this was not her palace. After two days of marriage, she was still a little unfamiliar with the princess's mansion.
Lu Ze hugged her tighter, "We are in our own yard, what are you afraid of?"
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and walked into the room. Seeing Lingling practicing calligraphy in the room, he walked over to her and said, "Lingling's calligraphy is so good."
Lingling looked up at Lu Ze and Qi Yuning and said, "Lingling already knows a lot of words. Where are the brothers and sisters that mother promised to give birth to?"
Lu Ze smiled at Qi Yuning and said, "Then I'll try hard tonight?"
Qi Yuning twisted Lu Ze's waist fiercely.
Qi Yuning saw that Lingling's handwriting had improved tremendously. Although Lingling had not grown taller over the past year, she seemed to have grown up a lot.
Qi Yuning looked at the jade pendant hanging around Lingling's neck, picked it up and rubbed it, and it seemed that she was about to get up from Lingling's arms very quickly.
Thinking about Lingling gradually growing bigger in her belly, Qi Yuning was full of anticipation.
Lingling looked at Qi Yuning stroking her jade pendant and said, "Mother, do you like this pendant? Can I give it to you?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Just keep Lingling."
At night, Qi Yuning thought Lingling would insist on sleeping with them today, but she didn't expect that after finishing her meal, she obediently went to the small side room to sleep.
Qi Yuning sat beside the bed and accompanied Lingling to sleep reluctantly, "Why doesn't Lingling want to sleep with mother?"
"Lingling is a big kid now. Daddy said that only big kids who sleep by themselves can ride horses!"
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's head and kissed her on the forehead.
After coaxing Lingling to sleep, Qi Yuning returned to the room and saw Lu Ze who had just come out of the shower. His short hair was covered with water droplets. Qi Yuning couldn't help but blush.
It’s a good thing that outsiders rarely see Lu Ze with short hair, otherwise I don’t know how he would attract so many women!
Lu Ze asked softly, "Is Lingling asleep?"
Qi Yuning said, "Sleep, you promised her to go riding, but don't be too busy to take her riding. I have some business matters tomorrow afternoon, so you take Lingling to the horse farm to ride, otherwise she will remember it for a long time."
Lu Ze said: "Okay."
Considering that she would be returning home tomorrow, Qi Yuning refused to let Lu Ze continue to act up after asking for water.
Have a good night's sleep.
Early in the morning, Qi Yuning got up and dressed, and after waiting for Lingling to wake up, she couldn't wait to go back to her home.
Although they are adjacent mansions, to Qi Yuning, they are different after all.
Qi Yu'an and Zhao Shu had been looking forward to Qi Yuning's return since early morning. It was a rare occasion for Qi Yuning to go through the main gate of the palace. The main gate of the Qi Palace was not often open, and the days when Qi Yuning went home through the main gate were very few.
When Zhao Shu saw Qi Yuning coming in, she came forward holding the child and said, "Brother Yuan, look, auntie is back."
Qi Yuning took Yuan Ge'er in his arms and said with a faint smile: "I haven't seen Yuan Ge'er for three days. He seems to have grown up a little."
"Mom!" Lingling came forward.
Qi Yuning knew that Lingling was easily jealous, so she didn't hug Yuanger for long and returned Yuanger to Zhao Shu.
Qi Yu'an and Lu Ze were chatting about court affairs.
Seeing this, Zhao Shu said, "Sister is back, why didn't you ask how she's been these past two days? Why are you asking about court affairs?"
Qi Yu'an said, "How can my sister be the type to be wronged?"
Zhao Shu listened to Qi Yu'an's words and thought about it. After all, Qi Yuning had never been the type to suffer injustice since she was a child. She was unnecessarily worried that Qi Yuning would not have a good life in the princess's mansion.
Qi Yu'an said, "It's not that I'm too busy with official duties to care about my sister, but your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. Now the people in the court have different opinions, so we have to worry. If the court is really in turmoil, it will be detrimental to the safety of the country and the people."
Qi Yuning whispered in Qi Yu'an's ear: "His Majesty has issued an edict to pass on the throne, brother, you don't need to worry."
Qi Yu'an asked, "Who is it among Prince Xu, Prince Jin, and Prince Shou?"
Qi Yuning said: "It's not any of the three of them."
Qi Yu'an looked at Qi Yuning and asked, "Who else could it be?"
Qi Yuning gestured with the word three.
Qi Yu'an said, "Your Majesty, why don't you appoint a crown prince right away? Now the followers of Prince Xu, Prince Shou, and Prince Jin are all fighting among themselves."
Qi Yuning said, "If your son is still alive, the court officials will not be happy to appoint a four or five-year-old child as the future crown prince. They will definitely persuade Your Majesty to change his mind. And for little Zhao Jie, his life is also in danger."
Prince Xu and Prince Shou seemed kind, but the temptation of the imperial power was too great.
The power of having the final say is so shocking.
In fact, if Zhao Jie really succeeds to the throne and Lu Ze becomes regent, there will definitely be some turmoil.
But by that time it would be too late to change the will.
Qi Yuning looked at little Lingling beside him and touched Lingling's head. At that time, he didn't know whether Lingling would still be there.
Lingling looked up at Lu Ze and said, "Dad, when are we going to go horseback riding? Can I take my uncle, Brother You, with me? Last time, I promised my uncle that I would let Dad take him horseback riding."
Lu Ze said: "After lunch, let's go horseback riding."
Little Zhao Jie was almost born without a father, and there was probably no one to take him riding.
Lingling looked at Qi Yu'an again and said, "Uncle, can you go with me too? Brother You said that his parents listen to you the most. Only if you go with us can Brother You go riding."
Qi Yu'an asked Zhao Shu who was standing beside him, "Do you want to learn horse riding together?"
Zhao Shu nodded, not wanting to spoil Lingling's interest, and said, "Well, I'll have to trouble Yu Ning to take me for a ride later."
Qi Yuning said: "Let my brother teach you. I have a big business client coming to Shengjing City today, and I want to meet him in the teahouse."
Qi Yu'an said, "You are newlywed, so just let your subordinates do the business. If you do everything yourself, won't you be very tired?"
Qi Yuning said: "I have already agreed, so I can't refuse."
Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning and felt something was strange, but he couldn't tell what it was. He felt that Qi Yuning was hiding something from him.
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and met Lu Ze's gaze, and coughed lightly. Qi Yuning, who had always been open and honest, felt guilty for no reason about this matter.
So much so that she didn't even dare to look directly at Lu Ze.
It was not until after lunch that Lingling urged Lu Ze and Qi Yu'an to ride away on horseback. Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to the princess's mansion.
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