Qi Yuan returned to the bedroom in the front yard and frowned. He didn't know what he was angry about.
A Ping was right, he had to marry the princess.
His Majesty has already asked about his marriage. At the latest by the end of next year, a noble daughter of a noble family must be selected as Princess Qi.
But what A Ping said made people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
How could Princess Qi feel it was unfair in the future? How could the mistress of the huge Prince Qi's palace be so mean-spirited? How could she feel it was unfair for her concubine to serve her concubine?
After thinking again and again, Qi Yuan went to the backyard again.
In the backyard room, A Ping was about to take a rest. When she saw Qi Yuan returning, she stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty."
Qi Yu'an said coldly: "A Ping, my future princess is of noble origin, virtuous and generous, and will not be able to tolerate even a commoner's eldest son. Your future princess should not be someone you, a concubine, can speculate on at will. .”
A Ping was stunned for a moment and felt her face flush with shame.
Qi Yu'an added: "Remember that you are just a concubine. Don't worry about what some princesses think. A rich lady raised by a noble family is different from a commoner like you."
A Ping had tears in her eyes and soreness in her throat. She looked at Qi Yu'an who was blurry in front of her eyes and said, "I will remember my identity."
Seeing her tears, Qi Yuan felt even more angry in his heart, but he also felt that he should give her a few days of cold treatment this time, and he could not allow her to be pampered.
After Qi Yu'an fluttered his sleeves and left, A Ping felt a shiver all over her body. She held her hand on the wooden bed and felt nauseated, feeling a pain in her lower abdomen.
When Mammy saw this, she supported A Ping and said, "Ping Ping."
A Ping said with tears in her eyes: "Aunt, I don't want to stay here anymore. Can we leave the palace?"
"Pingping..." Mammy sighed, "Pingping, you can't leave the palace."
"Why?" A Ping looked at her mother puzzledly.
Mammy said helplessly: "Pingping, only in Prince Qi's Mansion in Beicheng can we protect you and you can live safely."
A Ping sat on the bed and said with red eyes: "But aunt, you also saw the prince's dislike of me just now. I can't let my child be born and be disliked because of me..."
"Auntie, can we leave? I don't want to see the love between the prince and the princess..."
A Ping held Nanny's hand and said, "Auntie, can we go back to the small mountain village in Shanzhou?"
"No!" Mammy looked at A Ping and said, "As long as the prince doesn't drive you away, you will stay in Prince Qi's Mansion in Beicheng. Ping Ping, only in this way can you live. Nothing is more important than living."
A Ping cried bitterly in her grandma's arms, "Aunt, how could he say that to me? Three years, three years, and he still doesn't know who I am?"
Now that the princess has not married, Qi Yuan is already defending the princess, thinking that she is maliciously trying to speculate that the princess is not virtuous enough.
But A Ping's only thought was that she really thought about the princess, and felt that the princess should not suffer because she had a concubine's eldest son.
Qi Yuan misunderstood her so much. She really didn't want to stay in the palace and be misunderstood and scolded by Qi Yuan...
Grandma sighed in great pain.
……
It snowed in Shengjing City all day and night. When Qi Yuning got up early the next morning, he found that the snow outside was already half a foot thick.
Lingling saw the white snow outside and sighed: "Mom, Lingling wants to go outside to play in the snow."
Qi Yuning smiled calmly and asked Lingling to go out to play in the snow while she looked at the ledger.
After a few days, Qi Yuning never saw Lu Ze again.
The snow outside has not yet melted, and Lingling was playing in the snow with the maids. They didn't bother asking for Lu Ze for several days. If Lu Ze didn't come, Qi Yuning was not willing to go to Lu Ze.
On the contrary, Princess Pingrou and Lu Baozhu came to the palace from time to time to meet Lingling.
Qi Yuning received the order from the Queen in the palace to summon her, and when she entered the palace, she still speculated on what the Queen meant by asking her to enter the palace.
Only after arriving at the middle palace did he realize that it was about Song Heqing.
The queen chuckled at Qi Yuning and said: "The prince told me a few days ago about the poems written by the daughter of the Song family at the poetry meeting. Her grandfather was called a Confucian general at that time. It was precisely because of his outstanding literary talent that it seemed that she was also ahead of others. And Sheng Yulan, I heard that she and you are good friends?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, He Qing and I have been sisters for many years."
The queen said: "I heard that this child's biological mother died when she was young, and her stepmother still has an intolerable temper?" Qi Yuning nodded and said: "Mrs. Song was better when the old lady was here. Now that the old lady is gone, Later...well, it was He Qing who was smart and did not suffer at the hands of her stepmother."
The queen said: "He is a child who has suffered a hard life. The prince has rarely taken the initiative to mention the girl. Since she is your good sister, I think she is also a good girl."
Qi Yuning smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Queen, He Qing is a good girl who knows etiquette and is sensible."
The Queen smiled and said: "Then I can help the Crown Prince."
Qi Yuning smiled slightly, no matter what happens in the future, it is a happy event that Song Heqing can get what he wants now.
The queen specially summoned her to the palace to inquire, which meant that even if Song Heqing was not the crown prince, she should be the crown prince's concubine.
After coming out of the middle palace, Qi Yuning met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who came to the Queen's Palace.
Qi Yuning took a closer look at the prince's face. In fact, the prince looked like Uncle Qin, and everyone said that he was his nephew. It seemed that her and Lu Ze's speculations might be nonsense.
"See Your Highness."
Zhao Chong smiled slightly at Qi Yuning and said, "Princess has always been afraid of the cold, why don't you wear more clothes today?"
Qi Yuning said: "Today is not bad, the sun will be strong in the afternoon."
Zhao Chong handed Qi Yuning a small copper stove to warm his hands, "There is still some distance before we leave the palace. Princess, please take this small copper stove to warm your hands."
Qi Yuning took it and saluted, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Zhao Chong looked at Qi Yuning's retreating back and sighed slightly in his heart. How great would it be if she were not the princess of Prince Qi's palace? Qi Yuning walked to the entrance of the palace and heard Lin Jiang's voice, "When did we, Lu Shaoqing, become so afraid of the cold? Mrs. Tang from this kind of daughter's family would never leave her hand."
Lu Ze said in a calm voice: "This is a gift from the girl."
Hearing this, Qi Yuning quickly stepped forward and asked, "Which girl gave you Tang Pozi?"
What a Lu Ze, no wonder he doesn't want to get married, is he hooking up with another girl? Lu Ze didn't expect to meet Qi Yuning at the palace gate, "Why is the princess here?"
Qi Yuning looked at Mrs. Tang in Lu Ze's arms and said, "Which girl gave you Mrs. Tang?"
Lu Ze chuckled helplessly: "The princess gave it to me a few days ago, have you forgotten it?"
Qi Yuning really forgot.
Lin Jiang smiled slightly and said, "I really envy you, Mr. Shaoqing, for having Mrs. Tang as a gift from the princess."
Qi Yuning handed the small copper stove in his hand to Lin Jiang, "Why does Mr. Lin envy him? This princess will give this copper stove to you."
Lin Jiang took it and said with a smile: "Thank you, Princess, for the reward."
Lu Ze frowned and glared at Lin Jiang, pulled Qi Yuning and whispered in her ear: "Lin Jiang is engaged to the girl from the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. The personal thing that the princess gave him to warm his hands is not appropriate."
Qi Yuning saw that Lu Ze was jealous and said, "The small copper stove was given to me by His Highness. It is not considered my personal property. What's wrong with it?"
Lu Ze's jealousy dissipated a lot when he heard that it was given to him by His Highness the Crown Prince.
Lin Jiang held the small copper stove in his hand and smiled softly, "Then I have to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for the reward."
Qi Yuning got on the carriage, glanced at the sky and looked at Lu Zedao: "Prince Lu, are you going to Dali Temple or back home? If you are going back home, why don't you go with us?"
Lu Ze said slowly: "I still have to go to the Dali Temple Yamen."
Qi Yuning asked Lin Jiang again, "Master Lin, are you going to the Hanlin Academy? I'm passing by the Hanlin Academy when I go back home, why don't I go with you?"
Lin Jiang saw Lu Ze staring at him with sour eyes, and chuckled, "Thank you for your kindness, Princess."
Lin Jiang got on Qi Yuning's carriage and smiled slowly: "I have known Lu Ze for many years, and this is the first time I have seen him smell so jealous. If I hadn't been engaged, I would have cooperated with the princess to let him eat more. A few ounces of vinegar.”
Qi Yuning chuckled softly, not wanting Lu Ze to be more jealous. When will the so-called mutual love come true? If Lu Ze is too busy to see people, he is afraid that he will not be able to conceive Lingling.
However, if he wanted to make Lu Ze jealous, Lin Jiang was indeed not a good candidate. After all, he had to worry about the girl from the Wang family whom he was engaged to marry.
Qi Yuning thought for a while, and the little bald donkey on Longhua Mountain was quite suitable.
(End of this chapter)