Princess Pingrou didn't care whether Han Ge'er's surname was Lu or not. It was just that Lu Yun and Han Ge'er would be father and son in the future, so if they had the same surname, they would appear closer.
Princess Pingrou looked at Duke Lu, who said, "Alright, one family doesn't need two surnames. Ze'er, what do you think?"
Lu Ze looked at Lu Yun, whose face was full of pleading. Lu Ze said, "You can change your surname, but Huang Rui only has one son, and he is the descendant of a famous general. We cannot let the Huang family be extinct."
Chen Nian said, "The Huang family still has relatives, so it is not difficult to adopt a child under Huang Rui's name. Since Han Ge'er could recognize people, he has determined that Lu Yun is his biological father. I think we should let Lu Yun be his biological father in the future. After changing his surname, let Han'er also think that he is a child of the Lu family."
Lu Ze tapped the teacup with his fingers and said nothing more.
Qi Yuning saw that Lu Ze must be unwilling from the bottom of his heart. If the Lu family had no title, it would be fine, but Lu Ze had already planned to let Lu Yun's family inherit the title of the Duke's Mansion...
Han Ge'er changed his surname to Lu, and the issue of his title became troublesome.
Lu Ze didn't say it clearly, and Qi Yuning didn't mention it again. The title of the Lu family can only be discussed later.
Princess Pingrou didn't have so many schemes. She smiled and said, "Brother Han is still young. In the future, people won't talk too much in front of him. He really doesn't know that his biological father is someone else. Let's call him Lu Han. I've also picked up a big grandson for nothing. Come, let your grandmother hug you."
Princess Pingrou put Lingling aside. When she was about to be taken care of by Han Ge'er, Lingling pouted and looked very aggrieved.
Everyone laughed when they saw Lingling, who was only four months old, getting jealous.
Princess Pingrou held Lu Han for a while, then began to hold Lingling, "Grandma's dear Lingling, please don't be jealous."
Han Ge'er walked back to Lu Yun's arms and snuggled in his arms. Lu Yun picked up Han Ge'er and said, "You will really be my biological son in the future."
Han Ge'er called out sweetly, "Daddy."
Chen Nian looked at the affection between the father and son and breathed a sigh of relief. She had planned so much, and at this moment, her wish finally came true.
Qi Yuning saw Shen Nian smile knowingly, looking very happy, and no longer cared about those weird things. It was more precious than anything else for a family to be able to live in harmony.
After the first month of the year, everything was back on track. Lingling learned to roll over when she was five months old, and she kept rolling over and over.
On the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon raises its head, Lu Ze, along with little Zhao Jie, led the civil and military officials to plant rice seedlings.
The flower god parades on the streets of Shengjing.
Qi Yuning brought Lingling to the door to watch the excitement of the Flower God Parade, and saw Chu Chi and her sister Chu Xiaoxiao waiting for the Flower God Parade at the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion.
"Greetings, Princess!" Chu Chi stepped forward and saluted Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Come to see the flower god parade?"
Chu Chi nodded and said, "I like to see the Peony God. It would be great if I could dress up as a peony when I reach the age of 15. Unfortunately, only the daughters of officials can dress up as peonies..."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "When you reach the age of 15, if you still want to dress up as the Peony Goddess, then come and tell me, and I will promise to let you be the Peony Goddess."
Chu Chi smiled in surprise and bowed, "Thank you, Princess."
As soon as the Flower God Parade was over, Lu Ze brought little Zhao Jie back to the Princess's Mansion. Little Zhao Jie's little dragon robe was covered in mud spots, and his face and hair were covered in dirt.
Qi Yuning took out a handkerchief and wiped little Zhao Jie's face, saying, "How did you become so dirty? Has the True Dragon Emperor turned into a little loach?"
Little Zhao Jie touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "Sister Princess, I was planting rice slower than Chu Qing. I wanted to be faster than him, but I didn't notice there was a pit under my feet and fell. I'm afraid that my mother will worry, so I'll come to your house to take a bath before returning to the palace."
Chu Chi chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, my brother has been helping to plant rice since he was three years old. You can't match his speed."
Little Zhao Jie lowered his head and said, "I am so useless. As an emperor, I can't even plant rice."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "As an emperor, you don't need to know how to plant rice. The reason why your cousin took you to plant rice today is just to pray for good weather and good harvests. He wants you to know the difficulties faced by the people and not to impose too harsh agricultural taxes on them in the future."
Xiao Zhaojie asked: "What is tax?"
Qi Yuning patiently explained taxation to Xiao Zhaojie, and then said: "I can only teach you some simple things, and the Imperial Master will teach you well when the time comes."
Xiao Zhaojie said: "It is so difficult to plant rice, and the crops we grow with great effort have to be taxed as taxes to the imperial court. How bad is the imperial court!"
Qi Yuning smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, if you have such a heart, you love the people like your own children. The future of the court depends entirely on your Majesty's decision."
Little Zhao Jie raised his eyes to look at Qi Yuning who was smiling faintly, and remembered these words firmly in his heart.
When spring comes, the weather is very good and everything comes back to life. The flowers, plants and trees in the yard grow very fast. Lingling is also changing more and more, and there are some notes of calling for mother and father in her babbling.
There are also many spring banquets this year. After all, last year was a year of national mourning, and the whole year was deserted. Now in the beautiful spring weather, various poetry meetings and flower-viewing parties are emerging one after another.
Qi Yuning seldom attended banquets. Lingling was still young this year, so Qi Yuning did not take Lingling out.
However, after a few warm days, the spring weather turned cold again, and many people in Shengjing City were suffering from colds and coughs.
Even Lingling fell ill. Qi Yuning was worried when she saw the little baby Lingling coughing and catching a cold. Lingling couldn't take medicine, so the imperial physician prescribed two doses of medicine for Ali to drink and feed to Lingling.
The imperial physician did not dare to use strong medicine, and Lingling still showed no improvement after taking the medicine.
Seeing Lingling suffering from a cold, Lu Ze felt sorry for her and said, "It's a pity that such a little Lingling has to suffer like this."
Qi Yuning said: "I would rather be the one with a cold and cough. Hearing Lingling coughing, my heart aches."
Lu Ze touched Qi Yuning's head and said, "It will be fine."
Lingling's illness took nearly half a month to fully recover. After being ill for a while, her double eyelids became deeper and deeper, and she looked more and more like Lu Ze, even more like the little Lingling when she was three years old.
After Lingling recovered from her illness, it was already March. After the Qingming Festival, it was the day when Prince Jin married Zhou Jiayun as his concubine.
The ceremony for a concubine can be complicated or simple. Last time, when Prince Jin made Shuangjiang his concubine, there was no ceremony at all. This time, since the Queen Mother had granted the marriage, Prince Jin gave her some face and held a grand wedding banquet.
On the day Zhou Jiayun entered Prince Jin's Mansion, Qi Yuning came to the Mansion early and went to the Frost Courtyard.
The courtyard of Frost is located on the west side of Prince Jin’s Mansion. It is called Xiwu Courtyard and is full of crabapple flowers.
When Shuang Jiang saw Qi Yuning coming, he bowed and saluted again, saying, "Princess."
Qi Yuning held Shuangjiang's hand and said, "You don't have to bow to me now. Are you okay in Prince Jin's Mansion?"
Shuangjiang smiled gently and said, "The prince treats me very well."
Qi Yuning looked at Shuangjiang and sighed softly, "Today Zhou Jiayun entered the palace..."
Frost said: "I'm fine."
Qi Yuning looked at Shuangjiang and said, "Shuangjiang, you are from my Qi family. You don't have to be afraid of Zhou Jiayun in the future."
Shuangjiang only smiled lightly: "I know that Zhou Jiayun offended you so much before. It would be fine if she didn't come to provoke me. If she provokes me, I will definitely not tolerate her."
The maid came in with a medicine jar and said to Shuangjiang, "Concubine, it's time to take the medicine."
Qi Yuning felt that the smell of medicine was very familiar, as if he had smelled the same smell of medicine when he went to Chen Nian's room a few days ago.
Qi Yuning asked: "What's wrong with you?"
Shuangjiang said: "I'm not sick, it's just the sterilization medicine."
"Infertility medicine?!" Qi Yuning frowned and asked, "Why do you drink this medicine? Who told you to drink it?"
Shuangjiang sighed and said, "Princess Rong doesn't want brothers and sisters. The prince feels sorry for Princess Rong and feels sorry for little Princess Rong who lost her mother at such a young age. He doesn't want little Princess Rong to be too sad. All the concubines in Prince Jin's mansion have to take sterilizing drugs every day."
Qi Yuning frowned and asked, "How harmful is the infertility drug to the human body?"
"It is said that this medicine belonged to the royal family of the previous dynasty. Now, several aristocratic families with deep family backgrounds have this prescription. It does not cause much harm to the body."
Qi Yuning said: "The Qi family runs a pharmacy. You have also managed the Fuyi Clinic for a few years. You know that medicine is three-quarters poison. Don't take this sterilizing medicine again. I will go to talk to King Jin. How can he not cherish you so much!"
Qi Yuning opened the medicine jar and poured the black medicine juice everywhere. Seeing the residue inside, he said, "These medicines are too cold. You are not allowed to drink them anymore."
Shuangjiang whispered, "The prince sends his trusted aides to watch us drink the medicine every day..."
After Qi Yuning left the Frost Room, she went to the main courtyard of Prince Jin to welcome the concubine into the house. Prince Jin did not go to greet her in person, but just wore a red round-necked robe to suit the happy occasion.
"Prince Jin."
"Princess Qi."
Qi Yuning looked directly at Prince Jin and said, "Prince Jin, I gave Shuangjiang to you because I wanted you to cherish her, not to ruin her body!
If you don't want Shuangjiang to have a child, you should visit her less often, not let her take infertility drugs. You have also been in the drug business, don't you know how cold those drugs are for women?"
King Jin said, "That medicine is not very harmful to women's bodies. Ladies from noble families often use it to avoid pregnancy. Your newly married sister-in-law also uses it, which shows that it won't hurt the body!"
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