Qi Yuning smiled and said: "Lingling once saw the portrait of Princess Jin. Maybe she mistook Princess Jin and Shuangjiang in the portrait. The child is young and talking nonsense. I hope Prince Jin will not argue with Lingling. .” King Jin asked: "The portrait of the princess? Where did Lingling see it?" Qi Yuning said: "It was painted by Prince Lu. It was a portrait of the princess when she was still alive. The portrait was stained by Lingling a few days ago and has been thrown away. If the prince wants it, why not let Prince Lu paint it for you again?" One pair?" The King of Jin said, "I have forgotten that Ze'er's painting skills are unique in the world." Qi Yuning then let go of Lingling's little mouth. Lingling blinked and said, "Lingling doesn't like mother anymore. Mother is lying!" Lingling said with tears in her eyes: "Mom is not a good child, and good children don't lie!" Seeing Lingling crying, Qi Yuning picked up Lingling and said, "Prince Jin, Lingling may have fallen asleep, so I won't keep you for now." King Jin looked at the crying Lingling in Qi Yuning's arms and thought of his daughter at home. Zhao Rong had no mother since she was born. When she acts coquettishly and cries, she can only be in the arms of a wet nurse. Looking at Lingling, King Jin said to Qi Yuning: "The princess really doesn't want to give frost to this king?"
Qi Yuning laughed sarcastically and said: "Shuangjiang is the nurse of my princess, not an ordinary maid. If the prince is really in need of someone to take care of him, I will find two more pleasant maids for the prince." King Jin stood up and said, "What if I, the king, insist on frost?" Qi Yuning raised her phoenix eyes lightly and said arrogantly: "Does the prince think that you can steal someone from this princess?" In this prosperous dynasty, no one except His Majesty the Empress can snatch people away from her. King Jin glanced at Shuangjiang and then left. Qi Yuning looked at the aggrieved Lingling who was wiping away tears in her arms, and said with great distress: "I'm sorry, Lingling, it's my mother's fault, my mother lied, my mother was wrong." Lingling even wiped her tears aggrievedly and said, "Why did you lie, mother?" Qi Yuning said: "You will know when Lingling grows up. Sometimes lying can save you a lot of trouble. As long as it doesn't hurt others, sometimes lying is not bad." Lingling blinked her eyes and wiped her tears with her small hands in grievance, "Mother lies, but she is still a good child, right?" Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, but Lingling still can't lie." Lingling threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms, nodded her little head and said, "Lingling won't lie." Shuang Jiang looked at Qi Yuning in confusion, "Princess Princess..." Qi Yuning said to Shuang Jiang: "You usually have to be more careful with Prince Jin, but he didn't attack you in the past. He must be worried about Prince Qi's Mansion. If he really wants to attack you, he can show off to the Prince's Mansion, even if it's It is unreasonable for Prince Jin to go to His Majesty's side." Shuangjiang Fushen said, "Thank you very much, Princess." …… At the end of February, Lu Ze's birthday was approaching. In the court, all the new scholars also entered the court. The Minister of He Si of Dali Temple also proposed to become an official. The new Minister of Dali Temple was recommended by Jiu Qing, and four people were selected: Li He, who was also the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Zhang Xiu and Yu Xu, both members of the Ministry of Punishment. Li He is fifteen years older than Lu Ze, but he has not been a Shaoqing for as long as Lu Ze. In Dali Temple, he does not have Lu Ze's ability to solve strange cases.
Zhang Xiu and Yu Xu are more than 20 years older than Lu Ze. Yu Xu is related by marriage to Qin Guo's uncle's family. Qin Yuli's mother is Yu Xu's cousin. Zhang Xiu and Yu Xu were both outside ministers in the Ministry of Punishment. Two years ago, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was promoted. Both the government and the public said that one of the Right Assistant Ministers would be chosen between them. However, the two of them were fighting to the death. Instead, they were replaced by Qin Feng. The young man got a big deal. Qin Feng became the youngest Minister of Punishment in Dasheng. Qi Yuning didn't take Zhang Xiu and Yu Xu seriously. They couldn't even compete with Qin Feng, who had just emerged. What's more, Lu Ze had been in Dali Temple for a long time. It seems that Jiu Qing couldn't find anyone else, so he also wrote down the names of these two people. Although Qi Yuning is already a princess with a fiefdom and should not covet a royal title, Shaoqing's wife only calls her madam verbally, but in fact, Shaoqing's wife's royal title is just a lady. The wife of the Minister of Dali Temple is the wife who can have the royal title. Who wouldn’t like the added title of royal wife, the icing on the cake?
Qi Yuning retracted her thoughts, looked at Lingling who was writing the word "longevity" on the side and chuckled: "How did Lingling think of writing the word "longevity"? "Daddy's birthday is coming soon." Lingling raised her eyes and said, "Lingling wants to write birthday characters for dad." Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Your father is old and there is no need for you to write longevity characters." Lingling said: "Then what does Lingling give to daddy?" Qi Yuning smiled and said, "As long as Lingling behaves well, your father will be very happy." Lingling looked outside at dusk and said, "Mother, why is daddy coming back later and later every day?" Qi Yuning said: "Your great-grandmother is sick and needs your father to accompany her." Lingling said: "Then Lingling will also be sick, so daddy will come to accompany Lingling." Qi Yuning rubbed Lingling's little face: "Don't talk nonsense!" Lingling pouted and said, "But Lingling just wants daddy to play with Lingling more." "Dad!" Lingling saw Lu Ze walking into the courtyard, got out of Qi Yuning's arms, and ran to Lu Ze. Lu Ze picked up Lingling and said, "Lingling." Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze's tired look and said, "What's wrong? You look embarrassed. You don't have to play with Lingling if you don't want to." Lu Ze said: "It's not that you don't want to play with Lingling, but that your majesty's illness is getting worse and worse, but he doesn't take the medicine from the imperial doctor. He said that Taoist He's longevity elixir can cure all diseases, and after taking it, he will be healthy." , live a thousand years. The imperial doctors said that Your Majesty's health became worse and worse after taking the elixir. The Queen was also very anxious for me to persuade His Majesty. Life elixir..." Lu Ze put down Lingling, took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and poured a vermilion pill out of it. Lingling saw the elixir in Lu Ze's hand and was about to get it, "Can I eat it?" Lu Ze held the pill tightly and said, "You can't eat it." Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty is getting older and is now over sixty. It is human nature to want to live longer. Since Taoist He has lived for more than a hundred years, his medicine must be useful and may allow Your Majesty to live longer. How many years?" Lingling didn't know His Majesty, so she said that His Majesty would only live for four years at most. A two-year-old Lingling should be able to recognize people... During his forty years of reign, Emperor Shiyuan also did many practical things for the people. Just annexing the Northern Desert and expanding Dasheng's territory was enough to make Emperor Shiyuan stand shoulder to shoulder with the founding Emperor Taizu. Ordinary people all hope to live a long life. As the emperor and the lord of the world, it is understandable that Emperor Shi Yuan wanted to live a few more years with the help of the longevity pill. Lu Ze said: "The imperial doctor said that His Majesty's condition is getting worse and worse. If you don't take medicine anymore and take this elixir, I'm afraid the medicine will be useless."
Qi Yuning saw the vermilion elixir in Lu Ze's hand: "Have you ever shown it to the imperial doctor?" Lu Ze responded: "Well, the prince got this medicine from Taoist Master He. After learning the news, I showed this elixir to the imperial doctor. The imperial doctor said that it is indeed a nourishing medicine." Qi Yuning said: "I don't think the prince is so bold as to use poison in the elixir presented to His Majesty. Since Your Majesty thinks it is useful and nourishing, there is no harm in taking the elixir, but this medicine still has to be I still have to persuade His Majesty to eat." Lu Ze said worriedly: "Grandma, my mother and Baozhu also go to persuade your majesty to take medicine every day, but your majesty feels that he is no longer sick after taking the elixir and does not need to take medicine." Lingling raised her eyes and asked Lu Ze, "Is it because Zuzu doesn't want to take medicine?" Lu Ze nodded. Lingling said: "You can put the medicine into the dishes, so that ancestors will take the medicine. In the past, when Lingling didn't like to take medicine, her parents would put the medicine in the rice so that they could eat it. Lingling eats.” Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little head and said, "Lingling is right." Lu Ze said: "This is the only way we can try." Lingling held Lu Ze's hand and said, "Can daddy accompany Lingling to draw paper kites? Lingling has wanted to play with paper kites for a long time." Lu Ze picked him up and said softly: "Okay, I will take you to the courtyard to make paper kites later!" "That's great." Lingling clapped her hands and said, "Lingling is going to make a big paper kite. When the Qingming Festival comes, she can fly the kite with her little uncle." Qi Yuning thought about it, it was true that the Qingming Festival was only a few days away, and in March, the appointment of the Minister of Dali Temple should also come down. Qi Yuning asked Lu Zedao, "Has the appointment of the Minister of Dali Temple been announced?"