Chapter 40 Rest in the palace tonight
Lingling took Lu Ze's hand and asked him to sit on the edge of the bed. She then used her little hand to hold Qi Yuning inside and said, "Mother, kiss daddy quickly!"
Qi Yuning raised his eyes to look at Lu Ze and motioned for him to relieve himself.
Lu Ze understood, coughed and said, "Lingling, do you want to hear daddy tell you a story?"
Lingling said: "Mom and dad kiss each other on the face and then tell the story!"
Lu Ze took out a horse carved from white jade from his arms, "Does Lingling like this pony?"
When Lingling saw the white jade pony, her peach blossom eyes lit up, "Wow! Lingling likes it so much!"
While Lingling was playing with the white jade pony, Lu Ze gave Qi Yuning another hairpin and said: "Eight years ago, I shouldn't have said those words to you. Don't bother me again. This hairpin Even if it’s to apologize to Sister Qi.”
Qi Yuning took the hairpin from Lu Ze's hand, "I have long forgotten what happened eight years ago because of my magnanimity."
He didn't remember it in his mind, but he had never seen her take the initiative to deal with him in the past eight years. Lu Ze said softly: "Sister Qi, just don't remember it in your mind."
Lingling played with the pony and forgot about asking her parents to kiss her face for a while, "Dad, tell me a story!"
Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lingling had forgotten about the kiss, and then told Lingling about the case of investigating the smuggling of iron ore in the past few days.
Qi Yuning did not expect that Lu Ze would pursue such a big case these days, and asked: "Smuggled iron ore? Who is behind it?"
Lu Zedao: "There is no evidence, but His Highness the Prince and I guessed that it should be the King of Shu, but there is no evidence. However, in the future, it will be Zhao Jie's turn to succeed to the throne. I am afraid that there will be no peace in Dasheng in the past few years."
Qi Yuning thought about it. In the end, the throne fell to the grandson who lost his father, which meant that these eight princes would definitely not be clean.
Shengjing City is peaceful on the surface, but this peace may not last long.
Lu Ze's voice gradually became weaker and weaker as he talked about tracing the iron ore. He was so sleepy that he closed his eyelids and fell asleep.
When Qi Yuning was getting excited, there was no movement. He looked at the two people on the side. Lingling was already fast asleep holding Lu Ze's arms, and Lu Ze had also closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Qi Yuning was worried about waking Lingling, so he called Lu Ze softly: "Prince Lu, Lu Ze."
After shouting for a while, there was no movement from Lu Ze.
Qi Yuning reached the outside of the bed, reached out and pushed Lu Ze's shoulders and said: "Lu Ze, wake up! Prince Lu, Lu Shaoqing, wake up!"
"Lu Ze, wake up!"
Lu Ze was really tired and sleepy. When he went to Shanzhou to investigate the iron ore, he was stressed almost day and night, and only slept for two hours a day.
Afraid that Lingling would miss him too much, he had to ride back to Shengjing day and night for the past three days. The original seven-day riding journey was shortened by three days.
He clearly heard a voice shouting in his ears, but he couldn't get up at all, and his eyelids were as heavy as lead weights.
"Lu Ze, don't be a scoundrel! The eldest son of the Duke and the son of a princess, you are not a gentleman if you stay on the girl's bed like this..."
Lu Ze finally forced himself to open his eyes. His peach-blossom eyes may have become darker due to fatigue. He laughed at himself and said, "I didn't expect that in the eyes of the princess, could I still be called a gentleman?"
Qi Yuning said: "If you don't get up again, I will really think you are a villain."
Lu Ze forced himself to stand up, but unexpectedly, as soon as his arm moved, Lingling, who was holding Lu Ze's arm, woke up.
Lingling looked aside: "Where is my mother? Mother, dear?"
Qi Yuning stood beside the bed and said, "Mother is here."
Lingling heard Qi Yuning's voice, hugged Lu Ze's arm and fell asleep again.
Lu Ze covered Lingling with a brocade quilt and rubbed his tingling temples with his other hand, feeling sleepy all over.
Qi Yuning saw this and whispered, "Is the prince tired?"
Lu Ze said in a weak voice: "This time I am rushing back to Beijing and I have been awake for two days and one night."
"Why are you coming back in such a hurry?"
Lu Ze lowered his eyes and glanced at Qi Yuning, who was standing beside the bed, "I'm afraid that Lingling misses me and makes trouble to see me, and the princess won't be able to resist."
Qi Yuning was the ultimate talent, and Lingling appeared suddenly to both of them.
In fact, Qi Yuning was happy to call herself mother, but after all, she was not the mother who really raised her children. When Lingling started crying, she was indeed unable to resist.
Qi Yuning said: "It's a pity that Lingling doesn't miss you noisily. With mother here, father is not important to Lingling."
Lu Ze chuckled, "Lingling specially brought me a wedding cake, which shows that she still misses me very much."
Lu Ze tried to take his arm out of Lingling's hand. Just as soon as he moved, Lingling opened his eyes again, "Daddy, don't leave!"
Seeing this, Qi Yuning felt sour in her heart. Although Lingling had not been in trouble during this period, today Lingling insisted on sleeping on Lu Ze's arm. It can be seen that the little Lingling did not miss her Yuning saw Lu Ze's tired face and said, "You can rest here tonight."
Lu Ze raised his eyebrows in disbelief.
Qi Yuning said, "I'll sleep on the couch outside for the night."
After Qi Yuning said that, he walked towards the small couch outside and was greeted by Li Chun.
Qi Yuning is most afraid of the cold in winter. In the past few days, there has been a small stove like Lingling beside him. Tonight, there is only one person who is cold, and there is no Lingling. Even if there is Mrs. Tang, there is no heat like the small stove like Lingling.
After a sleepless night, Qi Yuning put on two extra silk quilts and felt a little warm, but his feet were still cold.
Early in the morning, when the sky was slightly light, Lu Ze woke up and smelled a faint scent of tea. He saw the woman's bed, and Lingling was still sleeping soundly beside him.
Lu Ze got up and walked outside. Seeing Qi Yuning wrapped in three thick silk quilts, he chuckled. Qi Yuning's undressed sleeping face was much prettier than in the past, when the aloof and exquisite princess dressed up too much.
Qi Yuning opened her eyes and saw Lu Ze staring at her, frowning and saying, "Is there something dirty on my face?"
Lu Ze said hoarsely: "No, I just think you look pretty so plain."
Qi Yuning chuckled, "Did you only know that this princess is good-looking on the first day? Where is Lingling?"
"Lingling is still sleeping. It's time for me to go to the morning court. Princess can go back to bed and sleep."
Qi Yuning couldn't wait to go back to the bed and hug Lingling's small stove. When she entered the bed, she felt warm.
My feet, which had not been warmed by Yubozi all night, were finally warmed by the small stove.
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling tightly and fell into a deep sleep.
In the dream, it seemed that I had reached a secluded orchid valley.
In the Orchid Valley, Lu Ze suddenly appeared in front of him, with a pair of peach blossom eyes and a smile: "Sister Qi, I helped you warm the bed. Did you sleep comfortably?"
Qi Yuning woke up with a start, his forehead was covered with sweat. Why did he have such a nightmare? Qi Yuning stood up and ordered Li Chun: "When Lingling wakes up, change all the bedding on the bed."
Li Chun responded: "Yes."
After Qi Yuning freshened up, he looked at the account book, and fell into deep thought while looking at the account book.
The struggle for imperial power is treacherous. Although we know that Xiao Zhao Jie will succeed to the throne in the future, no one can say how dangerous it will be, and whether it will change or not.
Huo An has been lurking in the Shu Palace for more than ten years. Qi Yuning couldn't guess what Uncle Huo meant, and what did Uncle Huo mean when he said that uncle is not an uncle? Why was Princess Shan's child so humiliated to death?
His Majesty is already old, and there may have been an undercurrent under this peaceful and prosperous country, so Qi Yuning had to be on guard.
……
In the princess's mansion.
Qin Yuli came to Princess Pingrou early in the morning to inquire about Lingling.
Princess Pingrou knew her cousin very well and had liked Lu Ze since she was a child. The Duke of Qin's wife also had the idea of marrying Qin Yuli to Lu Ze two years ago, but Lu Ze refused.
Lu Ze had always adhered to his parents' orders when it came to marriage, and the only one who refused was Qin Yuli.
Princess Pingrou now learned that Qin Yuli came for Lingling's identity, and she kept looking at him, but did not face Lingling's identity.
"Cousin Ze!"
Qin Yuli saw Lu Ze coming from the Moon Gate and stepped forward to salute happily.
Princess Pingrou saw Lu Ze coming back and asked, "When did you come back?"
"last night."
Princess Pingrou said: "Last night? You didn't rest at home last night?"
Lu Ze nodded lightly, "I was too tired last night, so I slept in the courtyard outside."
Qin Yuli smelled the fragrance coming from Lu Ze's body. It was not only the orchid fragrance he was used to, but also the incense stick. The stick incense wood is expensive and most people use it to string tea trays.
Only Qi Yuning spends extravagantly, burning incense and fumigating his clothes and quilts with it.
Princess Pingrou also smelled the fragrance of Lu Ze, "This fragrance is more suitable for you than the orchid fragrance. Where did you get it?"
Qin Yuli said with red eyes: "In the prosperous capital, Qi Yuning is the only one who uses incense. Cousin Ze, is the fragrance on your body the spices from Qi Yuning's body?"
(End of this chapter)