The Chang'an hunting finally came true as everyone had been looking forward to it.
It was the first time that Lingling, who was still an infant, went on a long journey, and Ali had to go with her. However, Chang'an was too far away for Ali, and she couldn't bear to be separated from her four children.
Qi Yuning asked Ali to take his four children to Chang'an. Chang'an was Qi Yuning's fiefdom. Although the fiefdom was only a title now and had no real power, Qi Yuning did have a large mansion in the fiefdom, which was not much worse than a palace. It was more than enough for Ali's four children to live in.
There was a horse carriage all the way from Shengjing to Chang'an. Lingling started crying as soon as she got into the carriage. Except for meals and rest times, Lingling liked to sit in the front seat of the carriage next to the coachman.
She loved it even more when Lu Ze held her in his arms while riding a horse so that they could enjoy the scenery along the way.
During the five days on the road, Qi Yuning saw that Lingling's skin changed color every day. Lingling, who had just come out of Shengjing, was fair-skinned, and she was tanned red on the first day. On the third day, she was yellow, and on the fifth day, she was already dark red.
Arriving at the Lu Mansion in Chang'an, Qi Yuning saw the distinct black and white skin between herself and Lingling, and said to Lu Ze, "Lingling won't always be this dark, right?"
Lingling's skin color is almost catching up with that of Kunlun slaves.
Lu Ze smiled and said, "Lingling is quite cute with a layer of soy sauce color."
Qi Yuning asked: "How can Little Black Lingling be as cute as Little White Lingling?"
Lu Ze said, "Lingling wasn't black when she was three years old. Don't worry, she should be able to turn white again."
Qi Yuning hugged the confused Lingling and said, "You can't go out to bask in the sun these few days."
Lingling babbled, as if she didn't agree at all.
Qi Yuning smiled gently, touched Lingling's little face and said, "If you stay in the sun, you'll turn into a black kid. You can only go out to play when the sun isn't shining."
Lingling shook her little head and babbled something. Qi Yuning picked up Lingling and smiled gently.
Lu Ze smiled and said, "When you take Lingling out, just find a place under the shade of a tree. Lingling's happiness is the most important thing. There is a hunting ceremony tonight. Can you take Lingling to rest for a while?"
Qi Yuning nodded and held Lingling to coax her to sleep. After coaxing Lingling for a long time, Lingling's eyes were still wide open.
Qi Yuning was the first to fall asleep due to exhaustion from the journey.
In the palace at night, the palace banquet was lively and various performances were held one after another.
Not only did the singing girls and dancers in the palace's music house dance gracefully, but the young men and women from the noble families in the court also showed off their talents.
Zhou Jiayun sat next to Prince Jin. This was the first time she was so close to Prince Jin since she married into his mansion. She knew that this was because Queen Mother Zhou asked her to accompany him.
Zhou Jiayun looked at Qi Yuning and Lu Ze who were sitting at the top. The two were whispering to each other and no one knew what they were talking about. They did not stop talking during the entire banquet.
The reason why Qi Yuning was able to chat so enthusiastically with Lu Ze, whom he spent every day with, at the banquet was because the two of them recalled the interesting things they did when they were hunting when they were young.
Qi Yuning still remembers participating in hunting when she was nine years old. That was the first year that Qi Yu'an did not accompany her to hunt. Qi Yuning was a little girl, and the nanny at home felt that she should not go hunting without her father and brother.
It was because Lu Ze saw that Qi Yuning had been depressed for three days, so he secretly bypassed the maid in Prince Qi's mansion and took Qi Yuning to go hunting.
For this reason, the maids in the Qi family who couldn't find Princess Qi were extremely anxious.
When Lu Ze brought Qi Yuning back after hunting several rabbits, everyone in the Qi family was almost going crazy looking for her.
After Princess Pingrou learned about this, Lu Ze was punished to kneel for a long time.
Qi Yuning recalled the past and looked at Lu Ze and said, "When I was nine years old, you took me hunting secretly. Did you like me then?"
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "At that time, I didn't know what love or dislike was. I just didn't want to see you sad."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly, "Let's go to the old place again this time to see if there have been any changes."
Lu Ze responded: "Okay."
There were bursts of cheers from the audience. Qi Yuning looked over and saw Zhou Jiamin dancing with a sword in a red dress in the waterside pavilion. Under the bright light of lanterns, her figure in red was reflected in the lake, which was a beautiful sight.
Many young men stared with their eyes wide open.
Qi Yuning said: "This sword dance is really beautiful. I didn't expect that she is good at archery and even better at sword dancing."
Lu Ze said, "I heard that Miss Zhou was not in good health when she was young, so her parents made her practice martial arts in the martial arts hall to strengthen her body."
Qi Yuning said: "So that's the case. This Miss Zhou is a wonderful person."
After Zhou Jiamin finished dancing, the audience was still not satisfied. Zhou Jiamin walked over to Lu Baozhu and sat down, saying, "Baozhu, why don't you go and perform?"
Lu Yun laughed at the side and said, "You think too highly of my sister. She can't do anything. I'm afraid she'll swing the sword at me!"
Lu Baozhu glared at Lu Yun.
Zhou Jiamin looked at Lu Yun, who was wearing a dark green round-necked robe beside Lu Baozhu, and her eyes lit up. She asked Lu Baozhu, "Is this your brother?"
Lu Baozhu said: "Although I really don't want to admit it, he is really my biological brother."
Lu Yun chuckled, "I don't want to admit that you are my sister yet."
Zhou Jiamin looked at Lu Yun with a chuckle and said, "Your clothes look pretty good!"
"My wife made it!" Lu Yun said, "You really have good eyes. Is my dress well made? Is it slim-fitting? It was all sewed by my wife herself, stitch by stitch."
"Lu Yun, do you need to do this? Shen Nian only made such a dress for you, and look at you, you show off to anyone you catch."
Lu Yun was very proud, "At least I have a wife to make clothes for me, and you want to make clothes for your husband, but you don't even know where your husband is!"
"You little bald donkey, you're looking for death!"
Zhou Jiamin looked at Lu Yun, even if she tried her best to hide the slight disappointment in her eyes, she said: "I didn't expect you to be married. I'm sure your wife must be a beauty. Is she here today?"
Lu Yun smiled and said, "My son was tired on the way and had a cough. My wife was afraid that he would catch a cold so she didn't come. You will be able to see my wife tomorrow."
Zhou Jiamin was surprised and asked, "You already have a son?"
"He's over two years old and can talk."
Zhou Jiamin was full of surprise. She didn't expect that the baby was already over two years old.
After the hunting dinner, everyone returned to Lu Mansion in Chang'an together.
On the way, Lu Ze saw that Lu Yun had been wearing the same clothes for almost five days. He frowned and said, "You have been wearing the same clothes for five days. It may be inconvenient to change clothes on the way. We have arrived in Chang'an and it is a palace banquet. Why don't you change your clothes? It's June now. Aren't you afraid of the stench?"
Lu Yun also boasted in front of Lu Ze: "All these stitches were embroidered by Shen Nian herself, how can they smell? They smell very good! You are jealous that I have a wife who sews clothes for me. After all, you married a woman who can't sew clothes for you. You will never be able to wear the clothes your wife made for you in your life!"
Qi Yuning looked at the showing-off Lu Yun and said, "Who said Lu Ze can't wear it?"
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and asked, "Can you sew clothes?"
"You don't know how to wear it, don't you?" Qi Yuning smiled, "You will definitely be able to wear it in this lifetime."
Lu Ze also smiled and said, "Then I'll wait."
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