Lu Ze said: "You should have practiced calligraphy quietly and cultivated your temper." Lu Baozhu snorted softly and said, "You come to swim in the lake in our courtyard, and I want to join you." Lu Ze asked: "Do you think it's appropriate?" Lu Baozhu hugged Qi Yuning's hand, as if she were a sister, and reached out to touch Qi Yuning's bulging belly: "What's inappropriate? I miss Lingling so much. I want to stay with Lingling." Together." "Lingling, can you hear your aunt?" Lu Baozhu caressed Qi Yuning's belly and said, "Life goes by so slowly. It will be four months before we can see Lingling." Qi Yuning also stroked her belly gently. Her belly was getting bigger day by day, and her expectations for Lingling were getting deeper and deeper. She didn't know if Lingling was really good with Brother Yuan when she was a baby. must be similar. While on the boat, Qi Yuning recalled how she took Lingling on the boat. She didn't know how she could have dreamed of aborting Lingling just now. Whatever she did in this life, she had no choice but to give up on Lingling. After May, the weather is getting hotter day by day.
The princess's mansion is never without ice, and Qi Yuning rarely goes out of the room during the day. Because the weather is very hot, she can only deal with trivial business accounting matters in the study. . It was a year of national mourning, and there had been no banquets in recent days, so Qi Yuning didn't go out for a long time. It was all up to Xiaoman to find out the news in the city every day and report it to her. "Princess, Princess, I heard that a great beauty came to Shengjing City recently. When I took a look at her from a distance, she was so beautiful. Apart from you, I have never seen such a beautiful woman!" Qi Yuning smiled lightly and said, "There are so many beauties in Shengjing City. How stunning is one who can be called a great beauty?" Shengjing has always been blessed with beauties, and the maids around her are all top beauties. The one who can get Xiao Man to call her a beauty must be one of the few in the world. Xiaoman said: "It won't take long for you to meet her. She is the niece of the Queen Mother. Her father has been appointed as the Minister of Rites. After leaving Guoxiao, Miss Zhou will definitely attend the palace banquet. .” Qi Yuning suddenly remembered the dream he had had a few days ago. The dream was so real that it seemed as if this had really happened. Now that I think about it, the dream is very clear. I heard the maid talking about the niece of Queen Mother Zhou. However, Qi Yuning had never visited Empress Dowager Zhou's natal family, and had never known whether Empress Dowager Zhou had any nieces. After the dream and reality overlapped, Qi Yuning couldn't help but shudder. Qi Yuning calmed down and thought about it, maybe she was worrying too much. At the Queen Mother Zhou's age, what's so strange about having a niece in the family?
She should not think too much about it. It was just a dream. The daughter of the Zhou family was now the little emperor's cousin. She didn't need a young and talented husband. How could she fall in love with Lu Ze like in a dream? Qi Yuning put aside all the disturbing thoughts in her heart and only focused on looking at the account book in front of her. Lu Ze has been coming back earlier and earlier lately. Even if there is official business involved, he always takes it back to the Princess Mansion to deal with it. There is a study room arranged in the front yard of the princess mansion, and there are many officials who come in and out of the princess mansion. At dusk, Qi Yuning went to the front yard to look for Lu Ze. He just saw an unfamiliar official coming out of the yard with an ugly look on his face. When the official saw Qi Yuning, he stepped forward and saluted, "See you, Princess." Qi Yuning was still surprised when she heard this title. People in Shengjing City were still used to calling her Princess. Qi Yuning also liked the title Princess more. Except in dreams, this was the first time she heard it. Someone called her princess to her face. The number of courtiers was almost half changed compared to before. Qi Yuning did not ask who the official in front of him was. He just nodded lightly and entered the study. In the study, Lu Ze saw Qi Yuning coming and chuckled: "Is there no sun outside?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, I won't do it anymore." Lu Ze pulled Qi Yuning to sit on the small couch beside him, lowered his head and put his head on Qi Yuning's swollen abdomen, "Lingling is more than six months old." Qi Yuning said with great expectation: "There are still a hundred days before Lingling can come out." Lu Ze stood up, looked at Qi Yuning and said, "I hope Lingling can come out soon, so that you won't be bored at home all the time." Qi Yuning said: "Now that the national filial piety has not been eliminated, there is nothing interesting outside, and the weather is hot, so I don't feel bored at home. However, I heard from Xiaoman that a stunning beauty has come to the capital, but I haven't been able to meet her in person. .” Lu Ze said: "The one from the Zhou family? It's just a rumor. It's not as beautiful as the orb." Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "You are not someone who talks about a girl's appearance behind her back." Qi Yuning understood Lu Ze. No matter how much he disliked a woman, he would never comment on her appearance. Lu Ze said helplessly: "Before the national filial piety was abolished, Uncle Zhou Guo repeatedly hinted that he would betroth his daughter to me. I have declined several times, but they didn't say it openly, so it was hard for me to refuse openly. , after all, he is Xiao Zhao Jie’s biological uncle, so he should save some face.” When Qi Yuning heard Lu Ze's words, he took a deep look at Lu Ze. Lu Ze saw something was wrong in Qi Yuning's eyes, and he said: "I really refused. If you don't believe it, you can ask Lin Jiang. If you don't believe Lin Jiang, you should also ask Qin Feng." After Qi Yuning let the maids go down, she leaned into Lu Ze's arms and said, "Do you still remember the nightmare I had during my lunch break on Dragon Boat Festival?" Lu Ze chuckled and said, "How can I forget that I am rarely slapped once in my life." Qi Yuning said sternly: "I'm not joking with you. That day I not only dreamed about you and me getting divorced, but I also dreamed about the maid who made me abortion pills..." "Abortion pill?" Lu Ze interrupted Qi Yuning. Qi Yuning said: "I dreamed that you and I seemed to have a very bad relationship at that time. We wanted to make peace, and I didn't want Lingling, so I asked the maid to boil the abortion pill. I heard what the two little maids said. In a word, Queen Mother Zhou’s family intends to betroth her niece to you, and if I want to reconcile, it’s just the right time to give up the throne.” Qi Yuning raised her eyes and stared at Lu Ze and said: "I never knew that Queen Mother Zhou had a niece before. Even if I knew, I would never have thought that she would have the intention to betroth her niece to you, and now the reality matches the dream. I think that was not a dream! It was..." Lu Ze said slowly: "It's the life in which Lingling didn't come back." Qi Yuning clasped Lu Ze's hand: "You..." Lu Ze said: "Two days before Lingling left, the jade pendant around her neck kept shining with white light. I once saw you in the fantasy world. You said to me coldly, you are pregnant. The look on my face when I heard the news , also very cold." Qi Yuning said: "There must be a reason why Lingling came back." Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning tightly and said, "Fortunately Lingling is back!" Fortunately, like in that life, they didn't bother to divorce after having Lingling. Fortunately, in this life, they love each other. Qi Yuning was also full of joy, but she had to think about that life, why did the maid say that her brother had become a walking corpse? Why is the Qi family army leaderless? Why did she end up in a divorce situation after marrying Lu Ze? Perhaps these will become a mystery, and there is no way to know why. All she can do now is cherish her current happiness.