Chapter 30 The concubine looks similar to Lu Ze in three ways Qi Yuning said: "That's not the case."
If she has not passed any of the six rites, she is not a wife who has not passed the ceremony.
Qi Yuning added: "It seems that Lu Baozhu and I have wronged Miss Guan Liu."
Originally, both Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu thought that Miss Guan Liu, with her superb hands and eyes, was able to get the Qin family's marriage.
Hearing the words coming from next door and what Lu Ze had just said, Qi Yuning understood that this was the fifth uncle of the Qin family who deliberately robbed his nephew's wife.
"Master Lu, how did you offend Fifth Master Qin?"
Lu Ze said slowly: "No."
Qi Yuning asked curiously: "Then why is Fifth Master Qin fighting for things with your little nephew?"
"Maybe my fifth cousin is jealous that I am younger and more handsome than him."
Qi Yuning chuckled lightly, but what Lu Ze said was somewhat reasonable. After all, he had been blind since he was a child, and Qin Wuye was six years older than Lu Ze.
Lu Ze was able to write poems and poems when he was seven years old. When Qin Wuye was just 13 years old and about to become famous, wasn't it possible that a little kid had robbed him of all his glory?
Although Lu Ze is young, he has always shown his sharp edge, which makes him stand out from the other noble men from aristocratic families who are several years older than him in Shengjing City.
Yesterday Qi Yuning was still saying that the marriage Guan Zhiyi had decided was a good match, but now he thought it might not be a good match.
After all, Qi Yuning has been fighting for rare treasures with Lu Baozhu since he was a child. Most of the time, he really doesn't like it, he just doesn't want the other party to be proud of him.
Like her white jade hairpin, it was worth cherishing when it made Lu Baozhu angry when she first got it.
Later, after getting it for a long time, it fell to Lu Ze, so Qi Yuning took it as he pleased.
Qi Yuning sighed deeply.
Lin Jiang asked: "Why did Princess Qi sigh?"
Qi Yuning said: "I feel sorry for Miss Guan Liu's marriage. She stepped on my reputation to rise to the top, but in the end she got such a marriage. It's so sad."
Lin Jiangdao: "This marriage can be regarded as the smoke coming out of the Guan family's ancestral grave. The Guan family relied on in-laws to rise to the aristocratic family in Shengjing. For Guan Zhiyi to marry the empress's nephew, she is already extremely wealthy. Well, when the prince ascends the throne in the future, the Qin family will be my first family in prosperity!"
Qi Yuning said: "I don't think so."
In the end, the prince did not ascend the throne. As long as the Qin family is alive, they will not let the prince still be alive but unable to ascend the throne as emperor.
Lin Jiang asked: "What does the princess mean by this?"
Qi Yuning took a sip of tea in front of him and did not answer Lin Jiang's words. He only looked at Lu Ze and said, "People humiliate you like this? Are you so good-tempered that you can bear it?"
Lu Ze said: "Those people don't dare to say it in front of me, and I don't know who is a coward."
Halfway through the meal, Qin Feng and Lin Jiang were called away by the servants.
After Qi Yuning saw Lin Jiang and Qin Feng leaving, he asked the maid to go out and close the door. There were only two people in the wing, so it was quiet for a while.
Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze: "While the prince is still alive, the Qin family should support the prince to ascend the throne as long as they are alive. The Qin family has nearly [-] troops in Shengjing City and the capital, and [-] cavalry, let alone a few years." After that, and even now, I can help the prince to force him to become the emperor, so why won’t the prince succeed to the throne in the end?”
Lu Ze took a sip of tea. He had no clue now. Lingling was too young and didn't know much, so he couldn't ask anything useful.
Lu Ze said: "We must first find out who the uncle Lingling mentioned is."
"What do you want to do?" Qi Yuning asked, "Kill the future little emperor first? To eliminate the prince's worries? Lu Ze, although the prince is your uncle, he also pinched Lingling's neck."
Lingling is young, and a child's words should not be taken lightly, but Lingling's constant fear of being choked by the prince must not be false.
Lu Ze said solemnly: "I will be on guard against the prince, but if we find out the uncle Lingling mentioned as soon as possible, we may know more about him and protect him."
As Qi Yuning said, Lu Ze still knows how to choose between his biological uncle and his biological daughter, and Lingling must be the first in his heart.
For His Highness the Crown Prince, even if his friendship and bloodline existed since childhood, he still had to be on guard.
Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty's longevity banquet will be in a few days. Your Majesty's grandchildren will come to celebrate your birthday. Then we will know which of your little cousins will become the emperor in the future."
Lu Ze said: "I'm just afraid. Lingling doesn't know my little uncle who is five or six years younger than me."
Children look the same every day. Even an adult would have a hard time recognizing a child who is suddenly five or six years younger, let alone a three-year-old Lingling?Qi Yuning said: "I have to write a letter to my brother to let him prepare early."
Lu Ze nodded lightly, "Now that the Lu family has no military power, we can only rely on King Qi and the princess."
Qi Yuning said: "Why did Lu Consort give up the military power of your Lu family to the Qin family? Are you, the descendants of the Lu family, being laughed at?"
Lu Ze said slowly: "Before His Majesty ascended the throne, my grandfather chose to protect himself wisely and did not support His Majesty's ascension to the throne as loyally as King Qi. This has always been a thorn in my grandfather's heart.
Before my grandfather died, he wanted to return the military power to His Majesty. However, His Majesty later handed over the military power of the Lu family to the Qin family. It was passed down that my father was afraid of his wife and took the initiative to give up the military power to the Qin family. However, this military power was again Is it possible to give in at will? "
The past when His Majesty ascended the throne was almost 40 years ago, but Qi Yuning had also heard people talk about it.
At that time, the Lu family relied on being the head of an aristocratic family and relied on its troops to support itself. In the war-torn era when all the heroes were in chaos, the old Duke Lu chose to protect himself wisely, and did not bravely protect Emperor Shiyuan from ascending the throne like the Qi family.
Although Qi Yuning was from the Qi family, she felt that it was understandable that the Lu family acted wisely and protected themselves at that time.
Today, the Lu family has many descendants. Lu Ze and Lu Yun have six cousins, and Lu Baozhu also has three cousins. There are 12 grandchildren alone.
Unlike the Qi family, there were only two of her and her brother, and the heirs were withering.
If Qi Yuning had to choose, she would still go into battle to kill the enemy like her ancestors, but she did not accuse others of being greedy for life and afraid of death. She especially remembered the coffins in the hall when she was four years old...
"Your Majesty does trust the Qin family." Qi Yuning said.
Lu Ze said: "After all, the prince is your majesty's middle-aged son. Your majesty is afraid that something might happen to you, so you gave the military power to the Qin family to protect the prince."
Qi Yuning picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip. "Your Majesty loves the prince so much, and I don't understand why the prince cannot ascend the throne in the end."
Lu Ze didn't understand either. "We can only wait until we find the uncle Lingling mentioned."
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Beicheng and Yunsha Town are border towns with many merchants from the Western Regions.
This place belonged to the Beimo Kingdom 15 years ago. It was conquered by Prince Qi of Qiyang and became Dasheng Beicheng.
Qi Yu'an left Shengjing and his sister when he was young and came here because he was afraid that the new territory would be unstable and that the fleeing Northern Desert tribes would cause trouble.
Qi Yu'an returned to the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion in Yunsha Town. There was already a woman in plain green clothes with a bun in her arms waiting outside.
"Your Majesty." The woman's voice was soft.
Qi Yu'an turned over and dismounted. When he saw his concubine waiting for his return at the door, he smiled lightly, took off his cloak and put it on the woman. He hugged her and said, "It's windy outside, just wait for me inside."
In Qi Yuan's arms, the woman spoke softly: "It's windy but not cold either. Your lord, is the princess's wedding grand?"
Qi Yuan's face darkened as he thought of the two bastard brothers from the Lu family. He lowered his eyes and looked at the woman in his arms. At a glance, he felt that the concubine in his arms was very similar to that bastard Lu Ze.
Especially after she put on her cloak, she looked more like Lu Ze.
Qi Yuan took away the cloak from the woman, frowned, and went straight into the house.
A Ping was stunned on the spot, looking at the nanny beside her and said: "Aunt, why did the prince suddenly become angry? Is it because I'm not dressed up well? The prince has returned from attending his sister's wedding banquet, should I wear something brighter? ?”
Auntie, who was called Auntie by the woman, looked at the woman in front of her with distress, with guilt in her eyes, "Girl, why don't you go change into something bright?"
A Ping changed into bright clothes and waited for Qi Yuan's return in the room.
In the past, Qi Yuan would always come to her courtyard first after leaving the palace for a long time, whether it was during the day or not...
But when it got dark, Aping didn't even wait for Qi Yuan. She looked at her own face in the bronze mirror. She was only in her early twenties. Although it was not as pretty as a young girl of fifteen or sixteen, she wanted to be alone. Her beauty has not faded either.
"Auntie, is the prince going to marry the princess? So he dislikes me?"
Grandma's throat was sore that she couldn't speak.
The little maid next to A Ping came to report: "Girl, the prince has rested in the front yard. He has turned out the lights, so you don't have to wait any longer."
(End of this chapter)