Lu Ze said: "You should have practiced calligraphy calmly and cultivated your temper."
Lu Baozhu snorted and said, "You guys come to my courtyard to swim in the lake, I want to join you."
Lu Ze asked: "Do you think it's appropriate?"
Lu Baozhu took Qi Yuning's hand, and with a sisterly attitude, she reached out to touch Qi Yuning's bulging belly: "What's inappropriate? I miss Lingling, and I want to be with Lingling."
"Lingling, can you hear your aunt talking?"
Lu Baozhu gently stroked Qi Yuning's belly and said, "Time passes so slowly. It will take another four months before I can see Lingling."
Qi Yuning also gently stroked her belly. Her belly grew bigger day by day, and her expectations for Lingling grew deeper and deeper. She wondered if Lingling really looked like Yuan Ge'er when she was a baby.
While on the boat, Qi Yuning recalled the time when she was rowing with Lingling. She didn't know why she had dreamed of aborting Lingling just now.
No matter what she does in this life, she will never give up Lingling.
After May, the weather gets hotter day by day.
There is always ice in the princess's mansion. Qi Yuning rarely goes out of her room during the day because the weather is very hot. At most, she stays in the study to deal with the accounting matters in the business world.
It has been a year of national mourning and there have been no banquets recently, so Qi Yuning has not gone out for a long time.
It all depended on Xiaoman to go and find out the news in the city and report to her every day.
"Princess, Princess, I heard that a great beauty has recently come to Shengjing City. I saw her from afar and she is so beautiful. Apart from you, I have never seen such a beautiful woman!"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "There are so many beauties in Shengjing City. How stunning must one be to be called a great beauty?"
There have always been many beauties in Shengjing. The maids around her alone are all top beauties. The one who can be called a great beauty by Xiaoman must be a rare beauty in the world.
Xiao Man said, "You will be able to see her soon. She is the niece of the Empress Dowager. Her father has been appointed as the Minister of Rites. After the national mourning period is over, I believe this Miss Zhou will definitely attend the palace banquet."
Qi Yuning suddenly remembered the dream she had a few days ago. The dream was so real that it seemed as if it had really happened.
Thinking back on it now, the dream was very clear. In it, I heard the maid talking about Empress Dowager Zhou’s niece from her natal family.
However, Qi Yuning had never inquired about Empress Dowager Zhou's family background, nor had she ever known whether she had a niece.
When the dream and reality overlapped, Qi Yuning couldn't help but shudder.
Qi Yuning calmed down and thought about it. Maybe she was worrying too much. At Queen Mother Zhou's age, what was so strange about having a niece at home?
She should not think too much about it. It was just a dream. The daughter of the Zhou family was now the cousin of the little emperor. She had all the young and talented men she wanted. How could she fall in love with Lu Ze as in the dream?
Qi Yuning put aside all the disturbing thoughts in his mind and focused on the account book in front of him.
Lu Ze has been coming back earlier and earlier recently. Even if he has official business to attend to, he will bring the matter back to the princess's mansion to deal with it.
A study was arranged in the front yard of the princess's mansion, and many officials came in and out of the mansion.
At dusk, Qi Yuning went to the front yard to look for Lu Ze. He just saw an unfamiliar official coming out of the yard with an ugly look on his face.
The official saw Qi Yuning and stepped forward to salute and said, "Greetings, Princess."
Qi Yuning was quite surprised to hear this title. People in Shengjing City were still used to calling her Princess. Qi Yuning also preferred the title Princess. Except in her dreams, this was the first time she heard someone call her Princess in person.
Almost half of the court officials had been replaced compared to before. Qi Yuning did not ask who the official in front of him was. He just nodded lightly and went into the study.
In the study, Lu Ze saw Qi Yuning coming and chuckled, "Is there no sun outside?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, it's not exposed to the sun anymore."
Lu Ze pulled Qi Yuning to sit on the small couch beside him, lowered his head and put it on Qi Yuning's bulging belly, "Lingling is more than six months old."
Qi Yuning said with anticipation: "There are still a hundred days before Lingling can come out."
Lu Zezheng stood up and looked at Qi Yuning and said, "I hope Lingling can come out soon, so that you won't be bored at home all the time."
Qi Yuning said, "Now that the national mourning has not been lifted, there is nothing fun to do outside. The weather is hot, so it's not too boring to stay at home. But I heard from Xiaoman that there is a stunning beauty in the capital, but I didn't get to see her in person."
Lu Ze said, "The one from the Zhou family? It's just a rumor. She doesn't look as pretty as Baozhu."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "You are not the kind of person who would talk about a girl's appearance behind her back."
Qi Yuning knew Lu Ze. No matter how much he disliked a woman, he would never comment on her appearance.
Lu Ze said helplessly, "Uncle Zhou has repeatedly hinted that he wants to marry his daughter to me before the national mourning period ends. I have declined several times, but they didn't say it directly. It's not easy for me to refuse openly. After all, he is little Zhao Jie's uncle, so I have to save some face."
When Qi Yuning heard what Lu Ze said, she looked at Lu Ze deeply.
Seeing Qi Yuning's eyes full of something wrong, Lu Ze said: "I really rejected it. If you don't believe it, you can ask Lin Jiang. If you don't trust Lin Jiang, you can also ask Qin Feng."
After Qi Yuning asked the maids to leave, she leaned into Lu Ze's arms and said, "Do you still remember the nightmare I had during my lunch break on the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "How could I forget? It's rare to get slapped in the face in this life."
Qi Yuning said seriously: "I am not kidding you. That day, I not only dreamed about you and me getting divorced, but also dreamed about the maid who made abortion medicine for me..."
"Abortion pills?" Lu Ze interrupted Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning said, "I dreamed that you and I seemed to have a very bad relationship at that time, and we were about to divorce. I didn't want Lingling anymore, so I asked the maids to make abortion medicine. I heard the two maids say that Queen Mother Zhou's family intended to marry her niece to you. If I wanted to divorce, it would be a good opportunity to give up my position."
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and stared at Lu Ze, saying, "I never knew that Queen Mother Zhou had a niece before. Even if I knew, I would never have thought that she would want to marry her niece to you. Now that reality matches the dream, I think it was not a dream! It's..."
Lu Ze said slowly: "It was the life when Lingling didn't come back."
Qi Yuning clasped Lu Ze's hand tightly: "You..."
Lu Ze said, "Two days before Lingling passed away, the jade pendant on her neck kept flashing white light. I also saw you in the illusion, and you told me coldly that you were pregnant. When I heard the news, my expression was also very cold."
Qi Yuning said: "There must be a reason why Lingling came back."
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning tightly and said, "Fortunately Lingling is back!"
Fortunately, they did not ask for divorce after Lingling was born like they did in that life. Fortunately, they love each other in this life.
Qi Yuning was also full of relief, but she couldn't help but think about that life. Why did the maid say that her brother had become a walking corpse? Why was the Qi family army leaderless? Why did she end up in divorce after marrying Lu Ze?
Perhaps these will all become unsolved mysteries, and there is no way to know the reasons.
All she can do now is cherish her current happiness.
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