When Qi Yuning heard Lu Ze's words, he felt warm in his heart and hugged Lu Ze tightly.
Lu Ze smiled lightly, lowered his head and gently pressed his forehead against Qi Yuning's forehead and said, "When I get back from Beicheng, I will go and ask for a marriage from Your Majesty."
Qi Yuning could feel that Lu Ze's lips were only an inch away from his own. While Lu Ze was still testing...
Qi Yuning raised her head and kissed Lu Ze's lips.
This time, neither of them wanted to dabble in anything like last time.
Just when he was about to go a step further, Lingling sat up from the bed and said in a daze: "Daddy tells Lingling a story to sleep."
Qi Yuning was so frightened that he pushed Lu Ze away, "Lingling! Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Lingling said: "Lingling can't sleep if daddy doesn't tell stories. Lingling wants to listen to daddy tell stories."
Qi Yuning blushed with embarrassment and urged Lu Ze, "Go and tell Lingling a story."
Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief and said in Qi Yuning's ear: "I think we have to let Lingling sleep by herself. She is over three years old."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Prince Lu is able to sleep here only because of Lingling. If Lingling goes to sleep by herself, you have to go back and sleep by yourself!"
Lu Ze sighed lightly. Indeed, he was in the palace now only because his father was more important than his daughter. Then he got on the bed and told the story to the little master Lingling.
……
In Prince Qi's Mansion in the North City.
Qi Yu'an planned to take A Ping back to the Shengjing Palace, so the military New Year matters must be properly explained.
It was almost midnight when he returned to the palace. He didn't expect that A Ping was still awake and waiting for him in the front yard.
"A Ping, you are pregnant, why are you still not sleeping at this time and still standing in the wind?"
Qi Yuan held A Ping's hand, which was very cold.
A Ping took out two silver notes and said: "This is the jewelry that the princess gave me earlier. I don't like to bring these on weekdays. I thought since I am going to Shengjing City, I asked my grandma to exchange them for silver coins."
Qi Yu'an frowned and said, "My sister gave you the jewelry out of love. The palace is not short of silver. Even if you leave those jewelry without them, it is better than exchanging them for silver."
A Ping said: "Then I'll ask grandma to buy it back tomorrow?"
Qi Yu'an said: "No need, just keep this silver. When you go to Shengjing City, I will take you to the jewelry store to pick out the jewelry you like. Speaking of which, I haven't given you many jewelry in the past few years. "
A Ping followed Qi Yuan into the room. She rarely came to the house in his front yard and only stayed overnight once.
Qi Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, held A Ping in his arms and said, "Ping Ping, the child made trouble for you again today? Your eyes are swollen and you are crying because of morning sickness?"
A Ping said: "I still feel a little nauseous, but it's nothing serious."
Qi Yu'an stretched out his hand and touched A Ping's belly and said, "Such a naughty child can't be a son, right? When my mother was pregnant with my sister, she didn't vomit so easily."
"When the princess was pregnant with the princess, the prince probably didn't remember anything, right?"
Qi Yu'an said: "I should have had a younger sister, but she just wasn't born."
Qi Yu'an looked at A Ping's belly and said, "It seems that this baby may really be a son."
A Ping touched her belly and looked at Qi Yu'an, "Your Majesty, I think since I'm going to Shengjing City, it's a long way, I want to go to the Taoist temple tomorrow and hope for a safe journey."
Qi Yu'an said: "That's fine. If I'm free tomorrow, I'll accompany you to the Taoist temple."
A Ping said: "No need, I can go with my aunt."
Qi Yuan added: "Bring the Spring Equinox with you."
A Ping smiled and said: "Spring Equinox is the maid next to the princess after all. I don't dare to let her serve me. After all, I don't have any status now. She is said to be a concubine, but she doesn't have the courtesy of a concubine. After all, I am the same as Vernal Equinox, I am not as good as her..." Qi Yuan did not marry a wife, so the so-called concubine did not have any courtesy.
A Ping stood up, went to pour two cups of tea, handed one to Qi Yu'an and said, "Your Majesty, how about we drink a cup of Henan wine with tea instead of wine? It can be considered that I have married you in this life."
Qi Yu'an did not take the tea cup, but looked at Ah Ping and said, "A Ping, He's wine is only drunk between husband and wife. I will only drink He's wine with the princess."
A Ping lowered her head and said: "I understand, Prince, do you like me?"
Qi Yuan looked at A Ping and felt that she was a little weird today.
A Ping looked into Qi Yuan's eyes and said, "I have liked the prince."
Qi Yu'an was stunned when he heard the word "like", "I liked it before? What about now? Don't you like it now?"
A Ping looked at Qi Yuan and said with tears in her eyes: "The prince will marry the princess in the future. I have no right to like the prince anymore."
Qi Yu'an looked at A Ping's tears and couldn't help but said irritably: "You have always been obedient, why does the princess make you so jealous? Ping Ping, the mistress of Prince Qi's Mansion cannot just be a peasant girl in the mountains. When I choose the princess Naturally, I will choose someone who is virtuous and kind, and will not treat you badly."
A Ping looked at Qi Yu'an and said: "My lord, you don't understand women at all. Only when a woman doesn't love you will she be virtuous and generous enough to tolerate other women.
No matter what you say to me, I don't want to see you being in love with another woman. There is only one heart. "
A Ping bit her lip and said: "Your Majesty doesn't want to give me your heart, so I won't give my heart to you either. It's getting late. Your Majesty is so precious, so I'll go back first."
After A Ping finished speaking, she left the front yard.
Qi Yu'an saw A Ping's back and was very irritated. He didn't understand what A Ping had been causing trouble for the princess?She should have known when she followed him that he couldn't only have her.
Qi Yu'an wondered if A Ping had been the only woman in the past three years, which gave her the wrong impression.
How could she, A Ping, not even tolerate the princess?
She would understand after she returned to Shengjing and saw more of the men from aristocratic families and their wives and concubines.
Qi Yuan couldn't sleep all night and went to the military camp early in the morning.
Since he will not be in Beicheng during the Chinese New Year, the New Year's salary for Qi Jiajun must be registered and distributed as soon as possible.
"King, lord..."
"Your Majesty, it's not good, Miss Ping. Miss Ping's carriage was burned down halfway. Only the empty frame and the bodies of Miss A Ping and Nanny were left..."
When Qi Yuan heard this, his whole body froze as if his soul had been taken away.
"Steward He, what are you talking about? A Ping, how could something happen?"
"It's true, Your Majesty!"
Butler He said: "The carriage is halfway up the mountain to the Taoist temple..."
Qi Yu'an even found a horse, got on top of it, and drove it halfway up the mountain to the Taoist temple.
Only a carriage that was almost burned to ashes and two charred corpses were seen.
It can be seen from the unburned cloth that it is A Ping's clothes.
The gold bracelet in the hand of the burnt corpse was also something Pingping had always carried.
Qi Yu'an was in grief. Looking at the charred corpse in front of him, he felt that his heart was broken...
How could A Ping, who was so alive yesterday, become a charred corpse? (End of chapter)