Chapter 6: Please help me, Master Lu, to be a matchmaker
Qi Yuning withdrew her disdainful look towards the young master of the Lu family and looked at Xiao Lingling who was concentrating on solving the nine-ring chain.
There were traces of tears around Lingling's little peach blossom eyes, which made me feel pity for her. Thinking back to when she and Lu Ze refused to acknowledge Lingling just now, this little girl must have felt extremely aggrieved.
Qi Yuning held little Lingling in his arms and said, "Lingling."
Xiao Lingling put down the Nine-Linked Ring in her hand, threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms, and called out sweetly, "Mom, dear."
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling tightly, raised her eyes and asked Lu Ze: "Will Lingling return to the Xinwei Year?"
Lu Ze shook his head: "I don't know, but it would be a good thing if Lingling could go back to Xinwei year as soon as possible. After all, in Shengjing City in Yichou year, I don't know how to tell others about Lingling's identity."
Qi Yuning said, "Tell everyone that Lingling is my daughter, Qi Yuning. If you are afraid that Lingling will interfere with your marriage with the daughter of the Guan family, then just disown her. Lingling is only my daughter."
Lu Ze said: "I will break off the engagement with Guan's daughter. Since I already have Lingling, I will not waste the good girl from Guan's family."
When Qi Yuning heard the word "good girl from the Guan family", he laughed sarcastically.
Lu Ze noticed yesterday that Qi Yuning seemed hostile to Miss Guan: "Did Miss Guan offend the princess in some way?"
Qi Yuning didn't want to say more about Guan's daughter.
Seeing Qi Yuning didn't answer, Lu Ze explained his concerns and said, "Princess, the fact that Lingling came six years ago is really strange, and we can't tell outsiders, so as not to cause more trouble for Lingling.
But the princess is still unmarried. If you rashly recognize Lingling, people will just think that you and I are pregnant before marriage. I'm afraid the rumors about the princess's reputation in Shengjing will get worse..."
Qi Yuning said, "Rumors are just rumors. Lingling is my daughter. Why should I be afraid of outsiders' gossip? I will not let outsiders know that Lingling was born six years later. I will only say that I gave birth to her secretly when I was fourteen."
Since Lingling is her own blood, Qi Yuning will take on the responsibility of being a mother.
Lu Ze looked at the flamboyant and bright woman in front of him and thought that he was worrying too much. How could Princess Qi, who has always been proud, be afraid of rumors?
Qi Yuning hugged Xiao Lingling and said, "Lingling, let's go back to the palace."
After Qi Yuning and her daughter left, Lu Ze was in the study room and couldn't come back to his senses for a while. Qi Yuning couldn't believe that she had a daughter with him, and Lu Ze couldn't believe it either.
Princess Pingrou brought a bowl of bird's nest into the study and said, "Ze'er, where is my good granddaughter? I even stewed bird's nest for her."
"The princess took Lingling back to the palace." Lu Ze said slowly.
Princess Pingrou put down the bird's nest and asked, "Is Lingling really your daughter?"
Lu Ze nodded. Even though Lingling came six years later, she was indeed his child.
Princess Pingrou was extremely surprised and said: "It's a good thing that Yun'er became a nun, otherwise your child's mother would have to become your sister-in-law, right?
Calculating her age, Yu Ning was already pregnant at the age of fourteen. Tsk tsk, Lu Ze! How can you be such a beast? "
Lu Ze let Princess Pingrou scold him without making any excuses. After all, there was no way to make any excuses.
Lingling came six years later, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better. He could only let Princess Pingrou scold him.
Princess Pingrou became more and more angry as she scolded him: "You are a sensible child, how could you do such a thing to make a girl pregnant before marriage? Without the Qi family, your mother and I would not be rich and powerful today. You can't let Yuning down. The marriage that was verbally agreed upon by the Guan family..."
Lu Ze said: "I will go to Guan's house to cancel the agreement."
Fortunately, the marriage was only a verbal agreement, and only a few people knew about it, so it would not harm the reputation of Guan's daughter.
Princess Pingrou said, "Then you should cancel the marriage quickly, so that I can go to the Qi family to propose marriage for you and Yuning."
Lu Ze frowned slightly and said, "Mother, Princess Qi probably doesn't want to be engaged to the Lu family again."
Just now, when Qi Yuning learned that they would have children in the future, she did not hide the disgust for him in her eyes at all.
Princess Pingrou said, "Alas, your brother did what he did yesterday. No wonder the Qi family dislikes the Lu family's son. I have prepared a generous gift. You will go to the Qi family to apologize and first settle the trouble your brother caused yesterday."
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Qi Yuning brought Xiao Lingling back to Prince Qi's Mansion.
After lunch, Qi Yuning looked at Lingling's peaceful sleeping face and didn't feel bored for a long time.
After learning that Lingling was indeed her daughter, Qi Yuning felt that Lingling was adorable in every way. Upon closer inspection, she found that Lingling's little mouth actually looked more like her own.
Qi Yuning instructed Guyu and Lichun, "From today on, Lingling is my daughter, the daughter of the Qi family."
Lichun and Guyu both responded, "Yes."
Xiaoman entered the room and said, "Princess, Prince Lu from Princess Pingrou's mansion brought a lot of gifts and said he came to apologize for what happened yesterday."
Qi Yuning looked at the soft and cute little baby in front of him, asked Lichun and Guyu to look after Lingling, and went to the gate of Prince Qi's mansion with the two maids Jingzhe and Xiaoman.
The princess's mansion was sincere, and the treasures they presented as an apology were extremely expensive.
At the door, Qi Yuning saw the elegant and noble young man of the Lu family, who was wearing a green robe. Although he hated the Lu family, Qi Yuning had to admit that the children of the Lu family were more beautiful than each other.
Lu Ze bowed and said, "Lu Yun has brought shame upon the princess. Although he was young and confused, it is indeed because our Lu family did not educate our children well. I have come here today on the orders of my parents to apologize to the princess."
Outside the palace, many people had gathered to watch the fun, and they were all amazed at the apology sent by the princess's mansion.
"I didn't expect there would be so many rare treasures in the princess's mansion?"
"The princess is the first daughter of His Majesty and the Empress, how can she not be spoiled? I heard that the rewards given to the Princess's Mansion during festivals are comparable to those given to the Eastern Palace."
"Even one of these gifts from the Princess's Mansion is sincere enough. These many rare treasures are comparable to the betrothal gifts that Prince Lu would give to marry a wife, right?"
"This is much more generous than the betrothal gift."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze who was standing in front of him with his hands clasped but not bowed, and said, "Lu Yun has already become a monk, and has nothing to do with your Lu family, so I hope your Lu family will not interfere in anything related to Xianglin Temple."
Lu Ze put down his hand and said, "This is as it should be. Lu Yun is already a monk. How he lives in the temple has nothing to do with the secular world. The Lu family will not ask a single question."
Qi Yuning said, "And Lu Yun disobeyed the imperial order and refused to marry, and became a monk. It is indeed because your Lu family failed to teach him well. As the saying goes, it is the fault of the father if the son is not well educated, and there is also a saying that the eldest brother is like a father. If Master Lu is willing to kneel down and kowtow three times today, I will forgive the humiliation of the Lu family yesterday."
Lu Ze looked up at Qi Yuning and clenched his hands, "Princess."
Qi Yu'an came out of the palace, stood beside Qi Yuning and said, "Master Lu, do you think that my sister is not worthy of you kneeling down to apologize for the humiliation you have in the Lu family?"
Qi Yuning gently waved the round fan in her hand and said, "As long as Master Lu kneels down, this princess will no longer care about this matter."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's cold eyes and knelt on one knee: "Princess, can you forgive the Lu family?"
Lu Ze knelt on one knee, and the people watching the excitement were shocked.
Qi Yuning didn't expect Lu Ze to really kneel down. He was the famous Prince Lu Shaoqing of Shengjing, the son of a princess, and a born favorite of heaven!
I have heard since I was a child how outstanding Master Lu is. Is he really willing to kneel down and apologize to me in public?
Lu Ze was a member of the royal family anyway, so Qi Yu'an would not really let him kneel down. He stepped forward to help Lu Ze up and said with a smile, "The Qi family has received your Lu family's sincerity. Come on, have a drink with me."
Lu Ze said: "Okay."
Qi Yuning took the list of apology from the steward of the princess's mansion, and it was just as the onlookers said, the treasures in this apology were more than the prince's betrothal gift.
Inside the palace, Qi Yu'an and Lu Ze were drinking in the pavilion.
Qi Yu'an sighed and said, "Today, I went out for a walk and saw people laughing at my sister for not being able to get married. I want to help my sister find a better husband than Lu Yun as soon as possible to prevent her from being laughed at."
Lu Ze raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay."
Since they already have a daughter, in order to protect Qi Yuning's reputation, if the Qi family is willing, he should marry Qi Yuning...
Qi Yu'an poured a glass of wine for Lu Ze and said slowly, "I heard that Qin Feng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Lin Jiang, a scholar from the Imperial Academy, are both well-known good men with great prospects in Shengjing City."
"I also heard that the two of them are good friends of Master Lu. So, Master Lu, please help my sister and these two gentlemen to be a matchmaker."
(End of this chapter)
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