Chapter 19 Let Qi Yuning be the mistress and Guan Zhiyi be the principal wife
After hearing what Qi Yuning said, Lin Jiang stepped forward and saluted, "Princess Qi, Princess Lu."
"Uncle Lin Jiang, Uncle Qin Feng!"
Xiao Lingling called out in a polite and obedient manner, looking at Lu Ze, wanting to call him daddy, but she didn't shout out loud, she just smiled at Lu Ze.
Lin Jiang and Qin Feng did not go to the banquet at Prince Qi's Mansion yesterday. When they saw Lingling's face today, they looked up at their good friend Lu Ze.
Lin Jiang lowered his head and touched Lingling's little head and said, "Are you the little princess of Xichang?"
Lingling nodded and said, "Yeah."
Lu Ze faced everyone's questioning gazes without any hesitation and looked at Qi Yuning, "Princess Qi."
Qi Yuning bowed perfunctorily and said, "Master Lu, Minister Qin, and Lord Lin."
Lu Baozhu was secretly wondering that her elder brother, who was always steady, calm and self-controlled, had even stolen Qi Yuning's hairpin because he liked Qi Yuning.
If he couldn't get the girl just because of her "evil" sister-in-law, and if such a well-behaved Lingling called Lin Jiang "Daddy"...
Then I won’t be confined to my room by Lu Ze for life, right?
Lu Baozhu made up her mind, stepped forward and took Lin Jiang's hand, looked at Qi Yuning provocatively and said: "No matter how good Lin Jiang is, this princess has already taken a fancy to him, you can't even think about marrying Lin Jiang!"
Lin Jiang was so frightened that he stood there, even pushing Lu Baozhu's hand away: "Lu, Princess Lu..."
Lu Ze glared at Lu Baozhu, "Baozhu, stop messing around!"
Lu Baozhu could only save face at this moment, and once again wrapped her arms around Lin Jiang and said, "I really have my eyes on Lin Jiang, brother, I will not marry anyone else in this life!"
Lu Ze had a headache, and Lin Jiang even took his hand back from Lu Baozhu, "Princess Lu, I'm sorry, I'm already engaged, and the girl I'm engaged to is the daughter of the Wang family."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "The Miss Wang is a very good girl. Now it seems that she is the most blessed girl in Shengjing City. She has chosen the best man in Shengjing City."
Lin Jiang smiled softly, "Thank you, Princess Qi, for your compliment."
Qi Yuning also smiled and said, "Master Lin is too polite. I am just telling the truth."
When Qi Yuning looked up, she saw Lu Ze looking at her.
Qi Yuning held Lingling's hand and said, "Lingling, let's go home."
…
In the mansion of Duke Lu.
Prince Consort Lu looked helplessly at his sick mother and said, "Mother, Ze'er is of a special status. His marriage is not something that Your Highness and I can easily decide. Your Majesty has always doted on Ze'er, Yun'er and the others..."
Madam Lu said angrily, "What do you mean by love and pampering?! If Your Majesty really loved my Yun'er, would you have given Qi Yuning, that shameless bitch who got pregnant before marriage and was fickle, to my Yun'er? My poor Yun'er is still suffering in Xianglin Temple now!"
Prince Consort Lu said, "Mother, Princess Qi's child is not someone else's, but Ze'er's. Therefore, Ze'er really cannot marry Miss Guan. Ze'er must marry Princess Qi and be responsible for her and Lingling."
Mrs. Lu didn't see Lingling yesterday and didn't know what Lingling looked like. When she heard that she was Lu Ze's daughter, she was so angry that she slammed the table.
"Zer is so confused! Qi Yuning is Zeer's daughter and is also engaged to Yuner, isn't this a mess? A shameless bitch like Qi Yuning should never think of becoming the wife of my Lu family!"
Prince Consort Lu said, "Mother, a child cannot be born by one person alone. Even if Princess Qi doesn't follow the rules, how good is Ze'er? You'd better be careful with your words!"
Madam Lu was so angry that she was shaking. "Zer must not marry Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning spends money recklessly and has no virtue of a woman from an aristocratic family. How can she be worthy of the responsibility of being the wife of the head of our Lu family? Not to mention that she is shameless and got pregnant before marriage, which shows that she has a bad character!"
Prince Consort Lu said, "Then Ze'er made Princess Qi pregnant before marriage. Isn't that even more corrupt? Who would be willing to marry Ze'er? They won't dislike each other anymore. Now that they have a daughter..."
Madam Lu said, "The daughter of the Guan family is willing to marry Ze'er!"
Madam Lu said, "Guan Zhiyi is worthy of being the wife of our Lu family. She has always been known for her virtue and is a good housekeeper. She will definitely be able to take care of her husband and children in the future, instead of being like her, looking after three children."
Prince Consort Lu knew that she was Princess Pingrou, and said, "Mother, the princess also wants Qi Yuning to be her daughter-in-law."
Madam Lu was so angry that she smashed the cup in her hand and said, "I will never allow Qi Yuning to enter my Lu family. Ze'er's wife will only be Guan Zhiyi!"
Prince Consort Lu sighed and said, "Mother, why do you have to make yourself angry? Is Guan Zhiyi so good?"
Madam Lu said, "Of course, if I hadn't known you, I, an old woman, would have died long ago. We in the Lu family can't repay kindness with hatred!"
"The news of Zhiyi and Ze'er's engagement has spread all over Shengjing City. Now that you don't recognize this marriage, how can Zhiyi still have the face to live?"
Madam Lu slammed the small table beside her and said, "If you insist that Qi Yuning enter the Lu family and marry Ze'er, then let Qi Yuning be the concubine and Miss Guan be the principal wife!"
As Consort Lu listened to Madam Lu's increasingly outrageous remarks, he said helplessly, "Mother, I am not here to discuss this with you. His Highness said that it is impossible for Guan Zhiyi to become the Crown Prince Ze'er's consort..."
Madam Lu said, "Okay, okay, okay, you are the prince consort, you can even be unfilial to your mother who gave birth to you and raised you!"
With the accusation of being unfilial pressed upon him, Prince Consort Lu was extremely helpless and got up to return to the princess's mansion.
In the princess's mansion, Princess Pingrou glanced at Prince Consort Lu.
Prince Consort Lu said, "Your Highness, my mother..."
Princess Pingrou knew that he was incompetent and angrily said, "Your mother still insists on Guan Zhiyi? Let me tell you, she really likes Guan Zhiyi so much that she wants her son to marry her!
Your second and third brothers are unwilling to divorce and marry Guan Zhiyi. This princess will divorce you and you can marry the daughter of the Guan family.
Anyway, this princess's son can only marry Lingling's mother!"
Prince Consort Lu felt a headache and was upset, "Princess..."
Princess Pingrou snorted softly.
…
After Qi Yuning brought Lingling back home, it was getting dark. In autumn, the sky gets dark earlier every day.
After dinner, Qi Yu'an left the palace and went to the military camp. Qi Yuning was reluctant but had to see his brother off.
When I returned to the room, Lingling had fortunately fallen asleep and finally stopped crying today.
But not long after Qi Yuning lay down, he heard Lingling sobbing softly, "Wuwuwu, I'm scared, Daddy!"
Qi Yuning was awakened by the crying of Xiao Lingling, and hugged Xiao Lingling and said, "Don't cry, don't cry."
Xiao Lingling opened her eyes and cried, "Mommy, where is Daddy? Woo woo, I'm scared, the bad guy might strangle me."
Qi Yuning patted Lingling's head and asked Guyu to go to the princess's mansion next door to deliver the message.
However, today she did not take Lingling to the alley, but let Lu Ze enter the palace.
Anyway, my brother is not in the palace anymore, so why should I carry Lingling along by myself? After all, Lingling is only three years old, and it would be tiring to carry her.
Lu Ze noticed that the light was on in Qi Yuning's boudoir. He went in and saw Qi Yuning holding Lingling horizontally, who was still crying.
Because it was Qi Yuning's boudoir, Lu Ze didn't dare to look around casually.
Qi Yuning said angrily: "It's all your fault. You insisted on bringing Lingling to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now you're scared last night and you're scared today too."
“Daddy!”
Lu Ze stepped forward and took Lingling from Qi Yuning's arms. "Well, I'm here. The bad guys won't strangle Lingling. Daddy and mommy will protect Lingling."
Lingling gradually calmed down in Lu Ze's arms. Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "If not, send Lingling to the princess's residence and let me take care of her when night falls."
Qi Yuning didn't want to give her soft and tender little daughter to Lu Ze, "No."
Lingling held Lu Ze's hand and said, "Daddy, tell me the story of catching wolves."
Lu Ze put Lingling on the bed. Lingling went inside to sleep. She patted the empty bed beside her and said, "Daddy, go to sleep."
Lu Ze didn't dare to sit down, but glanced at Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning stepped inside and asked, "Could it be that Master Lu dislikes my bed?"
Lu Ze said: "I'm afraid the princess will dislike me."
Qi Yuning said: "Hurry up and tell Lingling a story to put her to sleep."
Lingling is extremely adorable when she is well-behaved. Qi Yuning wants to give her everything, but it is really annoying when Lingling starts crying.
Qi Yuning was already exhausted from the torment of crying, and just wanted to coax Lingling to stop crying as soon as possible, so he didn't care about the differences between men and women.
Qi Yuning was not a person who was fussy about details. At this moment, she and Lu Ze did not like each other, so she did not need to worry about the gender. She only regarded Lu Ze as a "wet nurse" to coax Lingling to sleep.
Lu Ze lay on his side next to Ling Ling and continued to tell the story of yesterday: "There was movement in the bushes, your aunt was scared, and then Lin Jiang went forward to check..."
Lingling cried out, "Is it a wolf?"
Lu Ze said, "It was the guards. Before we found the wolf, we were all captured by the guards in the princess's mansion because your mother informed on us."
Qi Yuning was dozing off when she suddenly woke up and said sarcastically, "How come I didn't know that Lingling's mother had become Qin Yuli?"
(End of this chapter)
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