Prince Qi's Mansion, inside Chunjiang Courtyard
It was already late at night when Lu Ze came back. When he saw the lights in the room, he entered and realized that Qi Yuning and Lingling were still awake. Qi Yuning leaned on the pillow and sighed, and Lingling also sighed beside him. Seeing the mother and daughter sighing together, Lu Ze couldn't help but chuckle: "What's wrong? I heard that His Majesty has drawn up an imperial edict to grant the marriage, and called King Xu into the palace to scold him. Baohua's marriage has been settled. , why are you still sighing?" "Ugh!" Qi Yuning sighed deeply when he saw Lu Ze. Lingling also followed Qi Yuning's example and sighed. Lu Ze picked up little Lingling and said, "Lingling, why are you sighing at such a young age?" Lingling hugged Lu Ze and said, "Daddy is coming back so late. Lingling is sleepy. Can daddy come back early in the future?" Lu Ze nodded and said, "Try to come back as early as possible in the future." Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and sighed helplessly, "Yu Ning, what's wrong?"
Qi Yuning sighed and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Your Majesty asked me to arrange a marriage for Lu Baozhu before Zhong Ming and Lu Baohua get married. Alas! It seems that Zhong Ming and Lu Baohua will be married later. This afternoon, I looked through the family tree and listed the second-rank and above dignitary families in Shengjing City. Guess what, there is no man suitable for Lu Baozhu. " Lu Ze smiled lightly and said, "Your Majesty is indeed giving you a hard time." Qi Yuning said: "What's wrong? It's extremely difficult for me!" Lu Ze said: "Actually, you don't have to stick to your family background, just your character. Baozhu was spoiled by my parents, so finding her a good family background may not be able to tolerate her bad temper, and finding a person with a shallow family background and status may not be able to tolerate her." For older families, Baozhu would be more confident to marry into." Qi Yuning said: "Do you think that by marrying young, your husband's family will tolerate your temper?" Lu Ze smiled slightly and said: "If you marry low, you will always have something to ask of our Lu family. As long as the Lu family survives, Baozhu will have a status in her husband's family." Qi Yuning said helplessly: "Well, choosing a husband for Lu Baozhu is really more of a headache than choosing a husband myself. I have never had such a headache choosing a husband for myself." Lu Ze asked lightly: "Then which husbands did you choose for yourself?" He knew that when Qi Yuning chose her husband before, she would never choose him. Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze's eyes and said, "Go wash up and change into your pajamas first. It's getting late and you have to go to bed." Lu Ze went to change into pajamas. When he came back, he saw that Lingling was already asleep. Lu Ze carried Lingling to the innermost part of the bed, lay down next to Qi Yuning, and asked softly: "Which husband-in-law candidates did you choose for yourself?" Qi Yuning turned to Lingling, turned her back to Lu Ze and said, "I forgot." Lu Ze didn't believe it, "Let me guess, Wang Zhiyong from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is the same, right? Zheng Shizi from the Zheng Guogong Mansion..." Qi Yuning said: "Lu Ze, it's already very late. You have to get up early tomorrow." Lu Ze said with a smile in his voice: "You won't have chosen Lin Jiang and Qin Feng, right?" "There are no two of them!" Qi Yuning said, "The two of them are the same as you..." Lu Ze snorted, "So there are Wang Zhiyong and Zheng Guogong's eldest son?"
Qi Yuning turned to Lu Ze and said, "If you really want to settle this with me, then let's figure out who you wanted to marry as your wife at that time?" Lu Ze said: "I didn't think about it. At that time, I thought it was my father and mother who made the decision when it came to marrying a wife. I could marry whomever they asked me to marry. It's all the same when I think about it." Lu Ze touched Qi Yuning's face and said, "When you were looking for a husband for yourself, did you really not consider me once?" Qi Yuning lightly opened her red lips and said: "Sister Qi, you can rely on the loyal and heroic souls of the Qi family to do whatever you want without caring about reputation, and have fun as you please, but I still have to study. No matter how you and Baozhu fight in the future, I won't care. If you know how to interfere, don't bother me with my studies again!" Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze's peach blossom eyes: "You told me not to bother you again, but you forgot, I will remember it for the rest of my life!" That was the first time Qi Yuning was so disliked by someone. Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and said, "Don't mention the past anymore." Qi Yuning whispered: "Obviously it was you who wanted to mention the past to me. I chose my husband over you at that time. The fault was yours, not mine." Lu Ze held Qi Yuning in his arms and kissed her red lips, "It's okay, just choose me now." Qi Yuning said: "It doesn't mean that there is no suitable husband for Lu Baozhu. You reminded me that there is also Qin Feng..." Qin Feng knew everything about him and was Lu Ze's best friend, so he was a perfect match for Lu Baozhu. "Please spare Qin Feng, I don't want to lose this good brother in the future." Qi Yuning smiled lightly after hearing Lu Ze's words. Early the next morning. Qi Yuning went to the princess mansion next door to look for Lu Baozhu. Seeing that Qi Yuning had not seen little Lingling, Lu Baozhu asked, "Where is Lingling?" Qi Yuning said: "She went to learn writing from Baohua." Yesterday Lingling said in front of His Majesty that she did not want her second aunt to marry the old King Xu. Qi Yuning decided that sometimes she had to avoid Lingling when speaking. After all, Lingling was just a child and not stupid. In fact, she should know everything. Understand. When discussing marriage with Lu Baozhu, you have to avoid some subtleties. Lu Baozhu said: "You are serious, Lingling is only three years old, three years old! You just let her practice calligraphy. Do you plan to let our Lu family produce a female number one scholar in the future?" Qi Yuning smiled and said, "That's okay." Lu Baozhu said: "I heard early in the morning that Uncle Xu Wang was called into the palace yesterday and was scolded severely by his grandfather. It's a pity that I was not there. Uncle Xu Wang really asked for it. Princess Xu was seriously ill. He It's like an old cow eating young grass. If grandpa finds out about it, he will naturally be scolded." Qi Yuning said: "Yesterday, His Majesty granted marriage to Lu Baohua and Zhong Ming." Lu Baozhu's eyes widened: "What? Why did Baohua get married to Zhong Ming? What should I do? I can't marry my sister before my sister is married, right?" Qi Yuning smiled lightly and said, "So you have to settle the marriage before Baohua gets married. Your Majesty has given me this difficult task." Lu Baozhu: "..." Qi Yuning asked Lu Baozhu, "What kind of man do you like?" Lu Baozhu sighed and said: "I don't like any kind of man. I don't want to get married. After getting married, I will become someone's sister-in-law and have to serve my sister-in-law." Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baozhu and said, "That's not necessarily the case, just like I will never come to serve you and take care of you. Do you like people who are literary or martial, or who are both civil and military?"
Lu Baozhu thought for a while and said, "I like those who can give me money." Qi Yuning smiled lightly, "What you ask of your husband is really...unique." Lu Baozhu said: "There are still people who want to listen to me, who don't take concubines, who can take care of me so that I can put clothes on my hands, put my hands on food and open my mouth, who can squeeze my shoulders and beat my legs when I'm tired, who can help me when I'm sleepy." I’ll hand you the pillow.” Qi Yuning said: "I know who should be your husband." "Who?" Lu Baozhu asked. Qi Yuning said: "The eunuch in the palace."