Chapter 28 Prince Lu must have the princess in his heart Song Heqing said: "Yu Ning, I know how bitter it will be to share a husband with so many women after entering the palace, and I also know that fighting in the harem will never be peaceful, but I just like Your Highness."
"I know that in the future I will fall out of favor when I grow old and lose my beauty, or I may not be favored at all. As long as I can be a woman by His Highness' side and enjoy myself for a while, I will be willing to do so."
Qi Yuning really couldn't understand Song Heqing's moth-like thoughts: "What if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot ascend the throne in the future? What if someone conspired to usurp the throne?"
Song Heqing said with tears in his eyes: "Yu Ning, I only like the prince, regardless of his status. If I can't marry him in this life, I would rather become a nun and become a aunt than marry any gentleman of the Guan family."
Qi Yuning sighed softly, "That's all, I'll go talk to your parents. I want you to get engaged to my brother. In this way, your parents will never dare to arrange a marriage for you with anyone else again. No matter what, you can get married to someone else." Postpone it until the spring draft next year. Before the palace draft, I will tell you that the marriage does not count, and you are not considered engaged, and you can still participate in the draft."
Song Heqing stepped forward and held Qi Yuning's hand tightly: "Thank you very much, Yuning."
Qi Yuning smiled softly and said, "We have been sisters for many years, it would be too polite of you to say thank you. It's almost noon, let's have lunch together, right?"
Song Heqing shook his head and said, "No, I won't bother you anymore and I'll leave first."
Qi Yuning said: "Then I will come to your Song Mansion tomorrow."
"Thank you."
After Qi Yuning sent Song Heqing away, he returned to the study and heard bursts of laughter coming from the next door. Qi Yuning walked to the next door and saw that Lingling and Lu Baozhu were playing with a ball.
Lingling was running around picking up small balls, sweating profusely while playing, while Lu Ze on the side continued to paint amidst the noise.
Qi Yuning came inside and wiped the sweat on Lingling's forehead with a handkerchief, "Look, everyone is sweating from playing. It's time to eat."
Lingling took Qi Yuning's hand and said, "Mom, please wipe daddy's sweat too."
Naturally, Qi Yuning couldn't wipe away Lu Ze's sweat. "He has a sister. Let his sister wipe away his sweat!"
Lu Baozhu said, "My brother dislikes my dirty handkerchief. He doesn't want me to wipe my sweat. He doesn't let me touch anything. I'm his biological sister. He even let me sit on the couch. The boy went to clean it up."
Qi Yuning wiped Lingling's sweaty hand.
Lu Ze stopped writing and said: "There are differences between men and women. Even though they are brothers and sisters, they cannot be so casual."
Lu Baozhu said: "You just dislike being dirty. You live in my younger brother's courtyard and have your servants wipe the inside and outside of my younger brother's courtyard overnight. How come you are not the same as your biological brother?"
Lu Ze said nothing more: "I'm going back home to have dinner."
Lu Baozhu picked up Lingling and said, "I want to have a meal with Lingling!"
Lingling lay in Lu Baozhu's arms and said, "Lingling also wants to have dinner with her aunt."
Qi Yuning left Lu Baozhu to have dinner with him sadly, but Lu Ze did not stay. It looked like the rain was not going to stop today, so he might as well go back to the Dali Temple Yamen to do some business.
After lunch, Qi Yuning returned to the room and coaxed Lingling to take a nap.
On the desk next to the window in the room, there is a piece of rice paper, which is only half painted, but it can also be seen that it is the portrait of her just now when she was looking at the account book.
I have to admit that Lu Ze's painting skills are excellent. If he becomes poor in the future, he can support his family by selling his paintings.
However, unless the Zhao family's imperial power was overthrown, Lu Ze would never be in poverty again.
Jing Zhe said from the side: "Princess, Prince Lu's paintings are really good. Prince Lu must have the princess in his heart to be able to paint so well."
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Ze has me in his heart? Then you might as well think that the sun rises from the west today."
Lu Ze said that she was domineering, so how could he, Lu Ze, be the same? Since he was born into a noble family, His Majesty's love and expectations for Lu Ze are no less than His Highness the Crown Prince's.
On the surface he appears to be a gentle gentleman, but privately he is a dignified and aloof person. How could a person like him have anyone else in his heart? ……
Lu Ze finished his meal at the Princess Mansion, but before he went to the Yamen of Dali Temple, he received a message.
Lu Ze held the post and braved the rain to go to a royal garden in Nancheng. This royal garden was awarded to His Royal Highness by His Majesty.
It was a rainy day today. When Lu Ze arrived at the Royal Villa, his fifth cousin Qin Zhen, who had just arranged to get married, and his cousin Qin Yuli were both Yuli saw Lu Ze step forward and said, "Cousin Ze."
Lu Ze saluted Zhao Chongqin Zhen and said, "Your Highness, fifth cousin."
Prince Zhao Chong chuckled and said, "Why are you willing to call him cousin, but why are you unwilling to call me uncle?"
Lu Ze said: "Fifth Cousin has been called uncle since he was a child, and His Highness has also been called me since he was a child."
The prince chuckled lightly: "Today your fifth cousin has arranged a marriage, which is a matter worthy of celebration. Why are you the only one here? Where is the treasure?"
Lu Ze said: "Baozhu was having dinner at Prince Qi's Mansion, so I didn't call her."
When Qin Yuli heard this, she frowned and said, "Where can Baozhu eat? Prince Qi's Mansion? Isn't she afraid that Qi Yu would rather poison her to death?"
Lu Ze said: "Princess, she will not poison the palace."
Lu Ze raised his eyes and looked at Qin Zhen and said, "Fifth cousin, congratulations."
Qin Zhen stretched out his hand and patted Lu Ze's shoulder and said, "I didn't know before that you and the daughter of the Guan family had made a verbal engagement. Only after this engagement did I find out that you and Guan Zhiyi had an oral engagement with Mrs. Lu. It's true. Sorry for you."
Lu Ze laughed inwardly. Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu were competing for silk and satin jewelry openly, but his fifth cousin liked to compete with him secretly.
He is obviously the elder and six years older than him, but he always wants to be first.
Originally, Qin Zhen's position as the guard of the capital was his own. After Qin Zhen learned what Lu Ze meant, he took the first step to convince Zhao Chong.
Lu Ze was not picky and settled into Dali Temple as he pleased.
There are many such fights, and Qin Zhen's methods of snatching are really shameful. Lu Ze really doesn't care. Since he was born, he has almost everything, and he doesn't care if Qin Zhen can take it away.
When Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning say that the Qin family went to propose marriage to the Guan family, he guessed that Qin Zhen's old habit had returned.
But his fifth uncle didn't seem to know that he had gone to the Guan family to cancel the engagement.
Lu Ze chuckled and said, "It's okay, it's just a verbal agreement and doesn't count. Congratulations to my fifth cousin for bringing this beauty home."
Qin Yuli stepped forward and said: "Guan Zhiyi has always had a good reputation. It is indeed a blessing for the fifth uncle to marry Guan Zhiyi and become the fifth aunt.
Although he is from a small family, Guan Zhiyi is much better off than Qi Yuning. Look at cousin Yun, he is still eating chaffy vegetables in Xianglin Temple, how pitiful he is! "
Lu Ze said: "He deserves it."
Qin Yuli thought that Lu Ze would hate Qi Yuning for letting his brother Lu Yun suffer in the temple, but she didn't expect that Lu Ze would say that Lu Yun deserved it?
Qin Yuli said: "Cousin Ze."
Qin Zhen took a deep look at Lu Ze and frowned slightly. Qin Yuli said that Lu Ze and Guan Zhiyi were getting married soon, but why wasn't Lu Ze a little annoyed that he had taken away his fiancée?
Qin Zhen pulled Qin Yuli aside and said, "Are you sure that Lu Ze really wants to get engaged to Guan Zhiyi?"
Qin Yuli said: "Yes, that day at Qi Yuning's daughter's banquet, Guan Zhiyi personally admitted that she was Prince Lu's fiancée. A few days ago, Princess Pingrou did go to buy a betrothal gift."
Although there were rumors that the person Princess Pingrou hired was not Guan Zhiyi, there was no mention of other girls later.
It seems that the old lady of the Lu family pretended to be ill a few days ago to force Lu Ze to marry Guan Zhiyi, and this morning she also asked Guan Zhiyi to go to the Duke Lu's mansion.
Qin Yuli didn't dare to take it lightly. She would rather let Guan Zhiyi be her fifth aunt than let Guan Zhiyi become the crown prince's concubine.
Qin Zhen frowned slightly, thinking that Lu Ze had long been filled with grief and anger because he had snatched the crown prince's concubine, but this kid was always good at hiding his emotions.
(End of this chapter)