Half an hour later, Qi Yuning let Lu Ze help her wash her hands. She looked at Lu Ze angrily and said, "Only this time."
Lu Ze wiped Qi Yuning's hands, but didn't respond. He smiled faintly and said, "Let's go. It's time to have dinner."
Qi Yuning felt her hands were sore and followed Lu Ze to the dining hall.
Princess Pingrou was still recuperating and Duke Lu was not at home, but Lu Baozhu and Lu Yun had already sat down early.
Lu Baozhu looked at Qi Yuning and asked, "Have you gained some weight?"
Qi Yuning touched his face and asked, "Am I really fat?"
Qi Yuning touched her belly. Lingling had always loved to eat. She had indeed eaten a lot since she became pregnant with Lingling. However, she would just gain some weight for Lingling's sake.
Lu Baozhu said: "The face has become rounder."
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand and said, "It would be better if you were fatter and whiter."
Lu Yun said, "Brother! The white one is a sow!"
Hearing this, Lu Ze glared at Lu Yun angrily: "Grandfather didn't go to the funeral before, and didn't settle accounts with you. Let me ask you, why were you in Chunfeng Street on the day when grandfather passed away?"
"Chunfeng Street?" Lu Baozhu's eyes widened. "Lu Yun, you want to die, right? If someone finds this evidence, even my elder brother and mother will be implicated by you!"
After hearing this, Lu Yun just ate the green leafy vegetables silently without even looking at the meat.
Lu Baozhu was really going to be pissed off by Lu Yun. "Why did you go to Chunfeng Street? How old are you to go to Chunfeng Street? If mother knew, my illness would be even worse!"
Lu Yun said: "I..."
Lu Yun hesitated and said, "Punish me, I have nothing to say."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yun and said, "When you were in Longzhou City, I asked you to go to a brothel, but you were unwilling. Why did you go to a brothel after returning to Shengjing City?"
Although Lu Yun is a playboy, he may not really do such a crazy thing.
The guests of brothels and Chuguan have always been looked down upon by the playboys in Shengjing City.
If the news of Lu Yun going to the brothel gets out, he will definitely not have a good marriage in the future.
Lu Yun said: "I won't say anything. You can kill me or chop me up as you like! I will be a hero again in 18 years!"
"A good man?" Lu Baozhu was furious. "A good man who goes to a brothel?"
Lu Yun: “…”
Lu Ze said to Lu Yun, "I thought you would make some progress after a few days in the Imperial College, but you still haven't made any progress. If this continues, I will send you to Prince Qi right away. They should not be far away. We can definitely catch up with them by riding a fast horse."
Lu Yunlian said: "I don't want to go to North City. It's really not a place for people to stay."
Qi Yuning was annoyed: "This is not a place for human beings to stay. My brother has been here for so many years. What about you? If I let you inherit the position of Duke of the Lu family in the future, how can you inherit it?"
Lu Yun asked, "Why should I inherit the title of Duke? Shouldn't this title belong to my eldest brother?"
Lu Baozhu said, "I forgot that my eldest brother is already a prince! But you can't let Lu Yun inherit the title of Duke. He is not worthy of it. Qi Yuning, can't you just give birth to two more sons?"
Qi Yuning heard Lu Baozhu's words lightly and said coldly, "Do you think it's easy to get pregnant and have a child? Do you know how uncomfortable I was when I had morning sickness before?"
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and asked, "Were you uncomfortable with morning sickness before?"
Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze: "Yes!"
The reason why Lu Ze was not told before was because he was busy with official duties and the overall situation of the new emperor's enthronement and the previous emperor's funeral was more important.
There was no need for Qi Yuning to let Lu Ze be too busy to take care of herself at that time. Although he is in power now, he cannot afford to make any mistakes.
Now that the dust has settled and Lu Ze is relatively free, there is no need for her to pretend to be strong anymore. She should let Lu Ze know how uncomfortable and difficult it is for her. She doesn't want Lu Ze to just be a hands-off boss.
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand tightly with concern, "I'm sorry, I didn't know."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Just saying sorry is not enough. I'm afraid you can't help much before Lingling is born. After she is born, you have to accompany her well. Don't let Lingling complain that you and I don't have time to play with her."
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "Yes."
After finishing his meal, Lu Yun slipped away without staying long.
The evening in April is the most comfortable time. The garden is full of brightly blooming flowers, colorful and extremely beautiful. Qi Yuning and Lu Ze are walking in the garden and say, "I heard that the late emperor left a will, asking Prince Xu and Prince Shou to return to their fiefdoms?"
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Prince Xu and Prince Shou previously had many court officials secretly supporting them. I think my grandfather also wanted to completely stop them from seizing the throne, but he was overthinking.
After you read the will that day, I saw Prince Xu heaved a sigh of relief. I guess he has no interest in the throne. My uncle is only interested in poetry and songs."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Your Majesty made this arrangement for you, didn't he? After all, they are your uncles. If they are afraid that you will have a hard time, it would be better to keep them away from the court. But I am curious, why doesn't the King of Jin leave Shengjing and go to his fiefdom?"
Speaking of which, among these three princes, the most capable and the one who knows how to protect himself the most is Prince Jin. Prince Jin is a real businessman, and businessmen value profit and are ambitious. So why was Prince Jin the only one left in Shengjing City?
Lu Ze said, "Your Majesty knows the King of Jin very well. The King of Jin is devoted to the late Queen. Many people have introduced him to Queens before, but he refused to help him ascend to the throne. For the King of Jin, there will be no more Queens, no more heirs. Even if he ascends to the throne, it will only be to prepare wedding clothes for his nephew in the future. Why not be an idle prince?"
Qi Yuning thought of Shuangjiang in the Prince Jin's Mansion and sighed softly, "I wonder how Shuangjiang is doing in the Prince Jin's Mansion."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "King Jin will at least give you some respect now, so the days of Frost Descent will probably not be difficult."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "I'll go to Prince Jin's Mansion when I have time."
There was no dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival this year. Due to the national mourning period, the Shengjing city was deserted.
In the princess's mansion, people were making rice dumplings to suit the occasion. Princess Pingrou wanted to show off her cooking skills, so she asked her maid to help her prepare a lot of ingredients for the dumplings and light the stove early in the morning.
When Qi Yuning and Lu Ze arrived, the courtyard was already filled with the aroma of zongzi.
"Yuning, what kind of zongzi do you want to eat?"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Mom, I want to eat red bean paste rice dumplings."
Qi Yuning has always been unable to accept meat dumplings. Princess Pingrou gave Qi Yuning a red bean paste dumpling and gave Lu Ze a meat dumpling.
Qi Yuning took a bite of the red bean paste rice dumpling and smelled the aroma of the rice dumpling coming from Lu Ze's hand. She looked at Lu Ze and said, "Let me exchange with you. I think I prefer the meat rice dumpling."
Lu Ze handed his rice dumpling to Qi Yuning and asked her to take a bite. Qi Yuning's eyes lit up, but she didn't know if it was her illusion. She just felt a warm feeling coming from her lower abdomen.
Seeing Qi Yuning eating a meat dumpling, Lu Baozhu said, "Don't you usually not eat meat dumplings?"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "Maybe my taste has been changed by Lingling."
What she likes to eat now is quite different from what she liked before, and many of them were her favorites when Lingling was around.
Qi Yuning touched her belly and smiled softly. As they were connected by blood, she was very much looking forward to Lingling being born soon.
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