Qi Yuning sent Lin Jiang off from the Hanlin Academy. Instead of sending the carriage back to the palace, he ordered the coachman to go to Xianglin Temple.
In order to facilitate the nobles with mobility problems, horse-drawn carriages can go directly up the mountain to the gate of Xianglin Temple.
Lu Yun was sweeping the courtyard as Xiaoman stared at him. He glared at the maid in front of him with great dissatisfaction. He would definitely not let this maid off on the first day after he returned to secular life and became Prince Lu.
The deer he had secretly shot a few days ago was discovered by this maid before he could draw his sword.
Lu Yun saw the magnificent golden nanmu carriage at the door. The carriage tents were all extremely expensive brocade silk exclusively for the royal family...
Lu Yun couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. The person here must be his own mother who came to save him from the fire pit.
"mother!"
Qi Yuning had just stepped out of the carriage when she heard a voice crying out for her mother. She smiled and said, "My dear son."
"Qi, Qi Yuning!"
Qi Yuning lowered her head and looked at Lu Yun, whose face had changed drastically. "Long time no see, little bald donkey."
"Who are you calling a little bald donkey?" Lu Yun was extremely angry. "What are you doing in the mountains?"
Qi Yuning was helped down the carriage road by the maidservant: "Of course I came to the temple to pray to the gods and Buddha."
Qi Yuning went straight into the main hall, where the Buddha statue looked majestic and compassionate.
Qi Yuning knelt on the mat, looked at the Buddha statue in front of her and whispered: "I pray that the Buddha will bless the believer Qi Yuning to find the traitor who colluded with Beimo as soon as possible and avenge the thousands of soldiers of my Qi family army!"
Lu Yun was standing at the door looking at Qi Yuning kneeling down. He couldn't hear her begging for anything else and thought to himself, was she going to marry him after he returned to secular life?
After burning incense, Qi Yuning stood up and looked at the green monk's robe Lu Yun was wearing. She sneered.
Lu Yun walked up to Qi Yuning and said, "I didn't expect that I am so charming. I have been a monk for almost three months, and you are still obsessed with me!
In fact, if you weren't so fierce and overbearing, it would be fine to marry you as the princess of the county."
Although Lu Yun is two years younger than Qi Yuning, he inherited the Lu family's tall stature and is half a head taller than Qi Yuning.
Lu Yun looked down at Qi Yuning and said, "Qi Yuning, if you are willing to be gentle to me and obey my orders, I will leave the secular world and marry you!"
Qi Yuning snorted, "I'll obey your orders? Now that you've become a monk, you're no longer some shitty prince. At most, you're just a bald donkey!"
Lu Yun puffed his cheeks angrily and said, "I know you said that because you can't get the love from me, but who made you so overbearing? As long as you are willing to bow down to me, I will marry you."
"What are you dreaming about, bowing to you?" Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yun coldly, "You should just continue to eat your vegetables here!"
When Lu Yun heard the word "green vegetables", his face turned green, "Eat it!"
Qi Yuning took a look at Lu Yun and took the Buddhist beads from his hand, "Give this to me."
Lu Yun frowned and said, "What do you want the beads for? Could it be that you want to become a monk after being hurt by me? Then I really am..."
Qi Yuning thought Lu Yun was going to say that it was a serious sin, but unexpectedly he laughed, "That's great, if you become a monk I can return to secular life!"
Qi Yuning ignored Lu Yun and went straight back to the carriage, entwining the Buddhist beads in her hand. She looked at the beads in her hand and snorted softly.
When the carriage arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, it was already dusk and the sky was about to darken.
Qi Yuning returned to the courtyard and heard Lingling's laughter. "Daddy is so awesome, why can't Lingling play well?"
"Lingling is too young. She will become better if you play with her more."
"Daddy, play again."
When Qi Yuning entered, she saw Lu Ze holding Lingling and playing Huarong Dao. Lu Ze moved the characters on the board very quickly, and soon the wooden block of Cao Cao came out.
Lingling was just curious, so she asked Lu Ze to install it and then continued playing.
Qi Yuning took off the outer silver fox cloak, walked to Lingling and said: "Lingling is amazing, she can even play Huarong Dao."
"Mother, dear!" Lingling raised her eyes and looked at Qi Yuning, "Mother, dear, can I play with this string of beads in your hand?"
Qi Yuning smiled calmly and said, "This string is not acceptable. If Lingling wants Buddhist beads, mother will ask for one for you when she goes to Xianglin Temple tomorrow."
Lu Ze frowned slightly when he heard Xianglinsi saying, "Why did the princess come back so late? I heard from Lin Jiang that the princess left the Hanlin Academy at 3:30 pm. Why did she return to the palace after it was dark?"
Qi Yuning fiddled with the Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "I went to Xianglin Temple and visited Lu Yun."
Lu Ze frowned and asked, "Why go see him?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Just go and take a look."
Lu Ze looked at the Buddhist beads in Qi Yuning's hand and asked, "Is this string of Buddhist beads also given by him?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Lu Yun insisted on giving it to me, saying that he wanted to keep me safe. He even begged me desperately, saying that he regretted becoming a monk and wanted to return to secular life and marry me..."
Lu Ze frowned even more deeply, "How could that be? I saw him a few days ago, and he said that anyone who marries a princess is crazy!"
Qi Yuning's face turned dark. Lu Yun is such an idiot!
Qi Yuning pointed at the door and said, "Prince Lu can go back now."
Lu Ze stepped forward and said to Qi Yuning, "Don't believe Lu Yun's words. Even if he is willing to return to secular life and marry you, it's only because he's had enough of green leafy vegetables, not because he really likes you."
Qi Yuning said, "Master Lu, don't bother with that."
Qi Yuning placed the Buddhist beads in the palm of her hand.
Lu Ze was furious when he saw the Buddhist beads. He leaned close to Qi Yuning's ear and whispered, "Princess, don't you even want Lingling anymore? If you agree to let Yun'er return to secular life and marry you, then there will be no Lingling!"
Qi Yuning said, "Isn't that what you said, Prince? Marriage is about mutual affection, not about Lingling's father marrying her because of her status. So he doesn't need to worry about Lingling."
Lu Ze: “…”
Lingling played with Huarong Dao for a long time, but just couldn't play it well. She walked up to Lu Ze dejectedly and said, "Daddy, teach Lingling how to play, but Lingling just can't play it well. Is Lingling too stupid?"
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's head and said, "Lingling is not stupid, Lingling is very smart, it's your father who is stupid!"
Lingling said: "But Daddy knows how to play Huarong Dao!"
"He is just stupid. Mommy, please teach you how to play?"
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and Lingling. The Buddhist beads in Qi Yuning's hand were extremely dazzling. He stepped forward and took the beads from Qi Yuning.
"This string of Buddhist beads is of very poor quality. If the princess wants better Buddhist beads, I will take the princess to the street in two days when I am off to see if there are any agarwood Buddhist beads. Doesn't Lingling want beads too?"
Qi Yuning said: "Okay."
Lu Ze pulled Qi Yuning aside and whispered to her, "Princess, Lingling is here now, which means Lingling will definitely be born. You can't agree to marry Yun'er, who has returned to secular life. I don't want to give birth to Lingling with my own brother and sister."
Qi Yuning listened to Lu Ze's words, looked down at Lu Ze holding her wrist, and smiled, "So the prince said in a high-sounding way that he didn't want the father to be honored by the daughter, but it turns out that he was just sure that the father would be honored by the daughter in the end."
"No, I don't want to be a father because of my daughter, but I want the princess to marry me willingly!"
(End of this chapter)
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