Chapter 6: Trouble Prince Lu to help with matchmaking
Qi Yuning retracted her disgusted look at the husband of the Lu family and looked at the little Lingling who was concentrating on solving the nine-ring chain.
There were tears around Lingling's little peach blossom eyes. I felt pity for her. Thinking back to when she and Lu Ze didn't recognize Lingling just now, this little girl must have felt extremely wronged.
Qi Yuning held the little Lingling in his arms and said, "Lingling."
Little Lingling put down the nine-ring chain in her hand, threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms, and sweetly shouted: "Mother, dear."
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling tightly, raised her eyes and asked Lu Ze, "Will Lingling return to Xin Weinian?"
Lu Ze shook his head: "I don't know, but it would be a good thing if Lingling could go back to Xinweinian as soon as possible. After all, in Shengjing City in the year of Yichou, Lingling's identity is still unknown to the outside world."
Qi Yuning said: "To the outside world, Lingling is my daughter, Qi Yuning. If you are afraid that Lingling will hinder your marriage with the daughter of the Guan family, even if you don't recognize Lingling, Lingling is just my daughter." .”
Lu Ze said: "I will break off the engagement with the daughter of the Guan family. Now that I have Lingling, I will not delay the good girl of the Guan family."
Qi Yuning laughed sarcastically when he heard about the good girl from the Guan family.
Lu Ze noticed yesterday that Qi Yuning seemed to be hostile to the Guan girl: "Did the Guan girl offend the princess?"
Qi Yuning didn't want to say more about the Guan family's daughter.
Seeing that Qi Yu would rather not answer, Lu Ze explained his concerns and said: "Princess, the fact that Lingling has been born since six years is really strange. We cannot tell outsiders, so as not to cause more trouble to Lingling.
But the princess is still unmarried, and if she rashly recognizes Lingling, everyone will only think that it was you and me who got pregnant before we were married. I am afraid that the rumors about the princess’ reputation in Shengjing will get worse..."
Qi Yuning said: "Rumors are rumors, Lingling is my daughter, so why should I be afraid of outsiders' talkativeness? I won't let outsiders know that Lingling was born six years later. I only said that she was my 14-year-old daughter." It was born secretly."
Since Lingling is her bloodline, Qi Yuning will take on the responsibility of being a mother.
Lu Ze looked at the flamboyant and beautiful woman in front of him and thought that he was worrying too much. How could the always proud Princess Qi be afraid of rumors?
Qi Yuning hugged little Lingling and said, "Lingling, let's go back to the palace."
After Qi Yuning's mother and daughter left, Lu Ze couldn't come to his senses for a while in the study. Qi Yuning couldn't believe that he had a daughter with him, and Lu Ze couldn't believe it either.
Princess Pingrou brought a bird's nest into the study and said, "Ze'er, where is my princess' good granddaughter? I even stewed the bird's nest for her."
"The princess took Lingling back to the palace." Lu Ze said slowly.
Princess Pingrou put down the bird's nest and asked, "Is Lingling really the daughter of you two?"
Lu Ze nodded. Although Lingling came six years ago, Lingling is indeed his child.
Princess Pingrou was extremely surprised and said: "It's a good thing that Yun'er has become a monk, otherwise wouldn't your child just be your younger brother and sister?
Calculating the age, Yu Ning was pregnant at the age of fourteen, tsk tsk, Lu Ze!How can you be such a beast? "
Lu Ze allowed Princess Pingrou to scold her without making any excuses. After all, there was no way to defend herself.
Lingling came from six years later. The less people knew about it, the better. Princess Pingrou had no choice but to scold her.
The more Princess Pingrou scolded her, the angrier she became: "You are such a sensible kid, why did you do something like letting a girl get pregnant out of wedlock? Without the Qi family, your mother and I wouldn't be as wealthy as we are today. You can't let Yu Ning down. The marriage was verbally agreed upon..."
Lu Ze said: "The child will go to the Guan family to cancel the agreement."
Fortunately, the marriage was only a verbal agreement. Only a few people knew about this oral agreement, so it would not harm the reputation of the Guan family's daughter.
Princess Pingrou said: "Then you go and cancel the marriage quickly. Mother is ready to go to the Qi family to propose marriage to Yuning for you."
Lu Ze frowned slightly and said, "Mother, Princess Qi should not want to be engaged to the Lu family anymore."
When Qi Yuning learned that they would have children in the future, she did not hide her dislike for him at all.
Princess Pingrou said: "Well, what your brother did yesterday, no wonder the Qi family dislikes the son of the Lu family. I have prepared a generous gift. You can go to the Qi family later to apologize, and first offend your brother yesterday." The disaster has been put to rest."
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Qi Yuning took Xiao Lingling back to Prince Qi's lunch, Qi Yuning looked at the peaceful sleeping face of Lingling who was taking a nap. He didn't feel bored after looking at it for a long time.
After learning that Lingling was indeed his daughter, Qi Yuning felt that Lingling was cute everywhere. A closer look revealed that Lingling's little mouth actually looked more like her own.
Qi Yuning told Guyu and Lichun: "From today on, Lingling is my daughter, the daughter of the Qi family."
Li Chun and Guyu responded: "Yes."
Xiaoman entered the room and said, "Princess, Prince Lu from Princess Pingrou's Mansion came here with many gifts, saying he came to apologize for what happened yesterday."
Qi Yuning looked at the soft little cute baby in front of him, asked Lichun Guyu and Lichun Guyu to look after Lingling, and took the two maids Jingzhe Xiaoman to the entrance of Prince Qi's Mansion.
The Princess Mansion is sincere, and the treasures that come to apologize are extremely expensive.
Qi Yuning saw the dignified and elegant husband of the Lu family in a blue robe at the door. Although he hated the Lu family, Qi Yuning had to admit that the appearance of the children of the Lu family was better than the last.
Lu Ze cupped his hands and said, "Lu Yun has harmed the princess's face. Although he is young and foolish, it is indeed my Lu family who has failed to teach his son well. Today, I came here to apologize to the princess on the order of my parents."
Outside the palace, many people were gathered around to watch the fun. They were all amazed when they saw the apology sent by the princess palace.
"I didn't expect there to be so many rare treasures in the princess's mansion?"
"The princess is the first daughter of His Majesty the Queen, how can you not pamper her? I heard that the rewards given to the Princess Mansion during the New Year and festivals are comparable to the rewards given to the East Palace."
"These apology gifts from the Princess Mansion are sincere enough. Are these many rare treasures comparable to the dowry gift that Prince Lu received when he married his wife?"
"This is much richer than the betrothal gift."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze, who was holding his hands in front of him without bowing his head, and said, "Lu Yun has become a monk and has nothing to do with your Lu family, so I hope that your Lu family will not interfere in anything related to Xianglin Temple."
Lu Ze put down his hand and said: "This is what it should be. Lu Yun is already a monk. How he lives in the temple has nothing to do with people in the mortal world. The Lu family will not ask a word."
Qi Yuning said: "Also, Lu Yun defied the decree and refused to marry and became a monk. It is indeed your Lu family's poor teaching. It is said that a son does not teach his father, and it is said that an elder brother is like a father. If Lu Shizi is willing to kneel down and kowtow three times today , I will let the past be forgotten for the Lu family’s insult to me yesterday.”
Lu Ze raised his eyes to look at Qi Yuning, clenched his hand, "Princess Princess."
Qi Yuan came out of the palace and stood next to Qi Yuning and said, "Prince Lu, do you think my sister is not worthy of you kneeling down to apologize for your Lu family's insult?"
Qi Yuning gently waved the fan in his hand and said, "As long as Prince Lu kneels down, this princess will no longer care about this matter."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's cold eyebrows and knelt down on one knee: "Princess, can you forgive the Lu family?"
Lu Ze knelt down on one knee, and the people watching the excitement were in an uproar.
Qi Yuning did not expect that Lu Ze would actually kneel down. He was the famous Prince Lu in Shengjing, Lu Shaoqing, the son of a princess, and a proud son of heaven!
He has heard how outstanding Prince Lu is since he was a child, but he is actually willing to kneel down and apologize to him in public? Lu Ze is considered a member of the royal family after all. Qi Yuan will not really let him kneel down and help Lu Ze up. He smiled and said: "The Qi family has received your sincerity from the Lu family. Let's go and have a drink with this king."
Lu Ze said: "Okay."
Qi Yuning took the apology list from the steward of the Princess's Mansion, but as the people watching the excitement said, the apology treasures were more than the prince's appointment.
In the palace, Qi Yuan and Lu Ze were drinking in the pavilion.
Qi Yu'an sighed and said, "Today the King of Japan went out for a walk and everyone was laughing at my sister for not being able to get married. I want to help my sister find a better husband than Lu Yun as soon as possible to prevent her from being laughed at."
Lu Ze raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay."
Now that they have a daughter, in order for Qi Yuning's reputation not to be damaged, if the Qi family is willing, he should marry Qi Yuning...
Qi Yu'an poured a glass of wine for Lu Ze and said slowly: "I heard that Qin Feng, the Minister of Justice, and Lin Jiang, the concubine of the Hanlin Academy, are both well-known good husbands with promising prospects in Shengjing City."
"I also heard that the two of them are still good friends of Prince Lu, so I would like to trouble Prince Lu to help my sister and these two gentlemen to set up a matchmaker."
(End of this chapter)