Qi Yuning, Lu Ze, Lingling and Zhao Jie flew kites in the mountains for half an hour. They came down the mountain in the evening when the wind was strong.
After sending Zhao Jie back to the palace, Lingling fell asleep in Lu Ze's arms in the carriage on the way back to the princess's mansion. Even though it was early spring, she was sweating profusely.
Qi Yuning wiped Ling Ling's sweat and looked at Lu Ze and said, "You really let Lu Baozhu act like this?"
Lu Ze said: "We can't force her to marry someone she doesn't like, so just let her be."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly while she was sleeping. "Yeah, we can only let her be."
As spring turned to summer, Lingling, who was over two and a half years old, spoke more and more fluently, and looked a bit like the three-year-old Lingling in Qi Yuning's memory.
However, after the age of two and a half, Lingling, who was able to speak fluently, loved to go out and play more and more. On weekdays, she either followed Lu Ze to the palace to play with her uncle, or played with Lu Baozhu and Han Ge'er. After all, what little Lingling hated most was staying at home.
On the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, Chen Nian would take Han Ge'er to Xianglin Temple to burn incense.
On the first day of May, Lingling went to find Han Ge'er. When she learned that Chen Nian was going to take Han Ge'er to Xianglin Temple to burn incense, she also came to ask Qi Yuning to go to Xianglin Temple together.
Qi Yuning thought about it and agreed. She had not been to the temple this year, so she took Lu Baozhu with her.
Today Qi Yuning prayed to Buddha for a marriage for Lu Baozhu. Lingling was still young at the moment and didn't know how to worship Buddha. She could only learn to kneel down and then go find Han Ge'er to play.
Han Ge'er is more than four years old and very sensible, but he is very weak. He has been in poor health since childhood. Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and Han Ge'er started sweating and caught a cold.
Shen Nian picked up Han Ge'er and said to Lingling: "Lingling, Auntie will take brother to change clothes, you wait for us here."
Lingling shook her head and said, "No, I want to be with my brother."
Ah Li held Ling Ling in his arms and said, "Brother is changing clothes, Ling Ling, you are not allowed to watch."
When Shen Nian saw that A Li hugged Ling Ling, he took Han Ge'er to the backyard of the temple. After Ling Ling saw that Han Ge'er was gone, she cried, "Brother, Brother Han, wuwuwu."
Qi Yuning heard Lingling crying, came over and hugged Lingling in her arms, gently wiped the tears from Lingling's eyes and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, what's wrong?"
Ali said, "The little princess wanted to play with Master Han, but the princess took Master Han to change clothes."
Lu Baozhu took Xiao Lingling from Qi Yuning and hugged her, saying, "What's there to cry about? Auntie will take you to find them."
When Qi Yuning saw a familiar figure, she gave Lingling to Lu Baozhu and walked forward to see that it was indeed Song Heqing. She didn't expect to see Song Heqing here.
The last time Qi Yuning saw Song Heqing was when she got married, and it had been almost four years.
Qi Yuning walked up to Song Heqing and asked, "Heqing? Why are you here?"
Song Heqing raised her eyes and looked at Qi Yuning. She bowed to the still noble Qi Yuning in front of her. Qi Yuning held Song Heqing's hand and said, "No need to bow. Why are you here?"
Song Heqing touched her belly and said, "I haven't been pregnant for many years. I heard that the Guanyin here is very effective..."
Qi Yuning took a deep breath and said, "Song Heqing, I let you enter and leave the courtyard so that you can leave the courtyard one day, not so that you can continue to be stupid! Qin Chong is really not worthy of you. After so many years, why don't you understand? Can't you see his true face?"
Song Heqing lowered her eyes and said, "Yu Ning, I really like him... He has always been in my heart since I was twelve years old. I can't leave him. Now in that small courtyard, although I can't get freedom and can only live a dark life, I am very satisfied to be with him."
Qi Yuning closed her eyes and sighed deeply. She suppressed the anger in her heart and said, "Whatever you want!"
Qi Yuning walked away angrily. She really didn't understand why Song Heqing could be so stupid. What was there about Qin Chong that was worth her staying for?
Qi Yuning returned to the room angrily and drank some herbal tea to cool down. Unexpectedly, the door was kicked open and Lu Baozhu also walked in angrily.
Behind Lu Baozhu was Ali, who was holding Lingling.
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu and asked, "Why are you so angry?"
Lu Baozhu said to Qi Yuning, "How have we treated Chen Nian unfairly? She actually placed her ex-husband's spirit tablet in the temple. No wonder she comes to Xianglin Temple every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. It turns out that she comes to visit her ex-husband."
Qi Yuning said, "Young General Huang also died because of the Qin family. You don't need to be so angry. Lu Ze and I already knew that there was a tablet for Huang Rui here. It's almost Huang Rui's death anniversary. Let's go and pay our respects together."
"What are you worshipping?" Lu Baozhu asked angrily, "There are no good people in the Shen family!"
Qi Yuning listened to Lu Baozhu's words and asked, "Did you have a fight with Shen Jialin?"
Lu Baozhu said: "Not really."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly and said, "It is reasonable for us to burn three incense sticks. Let's go."
Lu Baozhu said: "I'm not going."
Qi Yuning said: "Then I will take Lingling with me."
Qi Yuning brought Lingling into the resting hall where the memorial tablets were placed. Shen Nian, who was inside, was obviously startled when he saw Qi Yuning coming. His hands that were burning paper money paused, and Shen Nian repeatedly said, "Sister-in-law, I..."
Qi Yuning stepped forward and took three incense sticks and said, "I'll bring Lingling to burn incense for General Huang."
Qi Yuning lit three incense sticks for Lingling and asked Lingling to worship a few times with the incense. He also worshiped with three incense sticks himself and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.
Chen Nian looked at Qi Yuning who was holding her sleeves all the time, "Sister-in-law, can you please not tell Lu Yun about what happened today? He hates Xianglin Temple so much, I think he will never step into Xianglin Temple again, please don't tell him about this, okay? If he knew that I was worshipping Huang Rui here, he would definitely be angry..."
Qi Yuning said: "The more you hide it, the worse it will be. It would be better to bring Lu Yun to worship openly on the Dragon Boat Festival."
Shen Nian said, "But Lu Yun said that he would never set foot in the temple again in his life."
Qi Yuning said: "Leave this to me. I will let him accompany me to worship Buddha and burn incense on the Dragon Boat Festival."
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Lu Ze was supposed to take a day off, but a flood occurred in Qinzhou, not far from Shengjing City, which submerged an entire town. Lu Ze planned to personally take Xiao Zhao Jie to the disaster-stricken area to understand the people's situation and provide disaster relief.
Qi Yuning went to find Lu Yun on the Dragon Boat Festival and asked him to go to Xianglin Temple together.
Lu Yun said, "Where would a brother-in-law accompany his sister-in-law to worship Buddha in a temple? I won't go."
Qi Yuning didn't say much, but just looked at Lu Yun coldly, and Lu Yun didn't dare to say he wouldn't go.
Lu Yun's fear of Qi Yuning is deep-rooted. It was better before, but ever since Qi Yuning married Lu Ze, the couple's eyes were exactly the same, and Lu Yun felt cold all over.
"I'll go with you." Lu Yun said reluctantly.
The Dragon Boat Festival was too hot, so Qi Yuning did not take a carriage, but took Xiao Lingling on horseback.
After Xiao Lingling rode the horse in Qi Yuning's arms, she kept exclaiming: "Ma Ma, hoo! Ma Ma is so fast!"
Qi Yuning arrived at the mountain and saw Lu Yun, who looked reluctant, and said, "Today is Huang Rui's death anniversary. He has been dead for four years. His spirit tablet is in the resting hall at the back of the mountain. Come with me and pay your respects to him."
Lu Yun was about to step into Xianglin Temple when he heard Qi Yuning's words: "What did you say? Huang Rui's spirit tablet is in the resting hall? No wonder she rushes to the temple on the first and fifteenth day of every month, humph!"
Seeing Lu Yun about to leave, Qi Yuning stepped forward and ordered the maid to stop Lu Yun and said, "Don't you have such a big heart as a man?"
Lu Yun said, "I'm already covered in green clouds, how can I talk about tolerance? It's all your fault. You made me eat so many green leaves that my whole body was covered in green light."
Qi Yuning glared at Lu Yun and said, "Can you blame me for this? You deserve it!"
Seeing Lu Yun being tortured because of Shen Nian at this moment, Qi Yuning just felt relieved.
Lu Yun entered the resting hall and saw the wooden plaque in the middle with the name of her late husband Huang Rui written on it. She frowned and reluctantly took three incense sticks to offer sacrifices.
After the worship, Qi Yuning saw Lu Yun leaving the resting hall with red eyes.
Lingling looked up at Qi Yuning and said, "Uncle, cry, it hurts."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Yun's back and said, "He deserves it."
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