Chapter 34 His Royal Highness Duan Wang was killed by a water ghost
Zhao Jie has been in this villa since he was two years old and has never seen anyone else, let alone children of his own age.
I was very happy to see little Lingling today. I took Lingling’s little hand and took her to the room to play.
Lu Ze followed uneasily.
Zhao Jie took out a wooden box. When he opened the wooden box, there were more than ten ceramic horses about three inches long, and there were soldiers made of ceramics beside them.
Lingling's eyes lit up when she saw this set of soldiers and horses, "Lingling also has this one. My uncle gave it to Lingling! Dad, where did Lingling's ceramic horse go?"
Lu Ze touched Lingling's head: "Clean those if they are dirty. I will give them to you after they are cleaned."
Now Zhao Jieke has not given ceramic soldiers and horses to Lingling.
Zhao Jie said: "This ceramic horse was given to me by my uncle."
Lingling said: "My uncle said he wanted to give me a horse! Can I exchange the horse given by my uncle with the ceramic horse your uncle gave you?"
Zhao Jie said with great reluctance: "I can only give you one horse, because I am here and this is all I have to play with..."
Lingling said: "Why doesn't my little uncle go back to the palace to play?"
Zhao Jie pouted and said, "Mother said that the palace is full of bad people, so we can only hide here."
Lingling nodded and said: "Yes, there is a bad guy in the palace who will strangle people."
Lingling thought of the bad guys strangling her neck, so she let go of the ceramic horse in her hands and ran to Lu Ze to ask him to hug her.
Lu Ze picked up Lingling and saw the envy in Zhao Jie's eyes.
After Lu Ze comforted Lingling, he put Lingling down and said to Zhao Jie, "Do you want my cousin to hug you?"
Zhao Jie blinked and walked up to Lu Ze with a pair of bright eyes and opened his hand to Lu Ze.
Lu Ze picked up Zhao Jie, looked at little Zhao Jie with tears in his eyes and said, "Do you miss your dad?"
Little Zhao Jie said: "I don't even know what dad looks like anymore."
Lu Ze thought of his third uncle and said slowly: "Your father looks very much like you. He is very kind and gentle, and has a good temper. When my cousin is free, he will draw a portrait of your father and give it to you."
Zhao Jie lay on Lu Ze's shoulder and said, "Thank you, cousin."
Lingling played with Zhao Jie all afternoon, and Qi Yuning also asked Princess Duan about raising children all afternoon.
It wasn't until it was getting dark that Qi Yuning didn't ask any more questions and returned to the palace.
The servants in the palace have prepared dinner.
After dinner, Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "I can confirm that Zhao Jie is the uncle Lingling mentioned."
Qi Yuning took the tea cup handed over by Li Chun and waved his hand for Li Chun to take Lingling out.
In the huge dining hall, there were only two people, Lu Ze, Qi Yuning.
Qi Yuning said: "When I asked Princess Duan for advice on how to raise a child, I thought that Princess Duan had a daughter before, and if Princess Ruoshan hadn't died, she would be born this year.
Princess Nashan's body was never found after she fell into the water. Could it be that she survived and eventually married my brother?After all, if Zhao Jie ascends the throne in the future, she will also be the eldest princess. "
Lu Ze picked up the tea cup on the side, took a sip and said, "It is indeed possible."
Although resurrecting from the dead is too absurd, it is still more acceptable than Princess Pinghe and Li marrying Qi Yuan.
Lu Ze put down the tea cup and said, "Whether Sister Zhao Jie is alive or not will be known within this year. I will arrange for someone to protect Zhao Jie."
Qi Yuning took a sip of tea and said, "Princess Duan and Zhao Jie have to live here, but there is an advantage. At least there is an emergency in the capital, and no one will think of this little Prince Duan."
Lu Ze watched Qi Yuning pick up her tea cup and sip it lightly, and frowned: "Princess, you are drinking from my tea cup."
Qi Yuning took a look and saw a tea cup on Lu Ze's right hand, "This cup of tea belongs to me. Your tea is on your right hand. Didn't you just drink my tea?"
Lu Ze glanced at the tea cup on his right, and the tips of his ears turned red.
The two of them got up and went back to their respective dormitories.
Qi Yuning returned to his dormitory and saw Lingling crying again.
Lingling said with tears: "Mom, you are a ghost." Qi Yuning said: "Lingling, be good.
"Woo, ghost, ghost, ghost."
Qi Yuning was heartbroken by Lingling's crying, but when she thought about it carefully, this was the royal mausoleum of the Zhao family.
Originally, the Zhao family was about to end 40 years ago, and the Qi family helped the Zhao family continue their great success. Even if the ghosts of the Zhao family's imperial ancestors came out, they wouldn't retaliate against her, right?
After all, Lingling also has the blood of the Zhao family.
Jingzhe and Guyu trembled when they heard this, "It is said that children can see things that adults cannot see. There is an imperial mausoleum next to this place. It can't really be haunted, right?"
Lingling whimpered and cried hard, "Gui Gui."
Qi Yuning couldn't coax Lingling, so he could only hold Lingling and knock on Lu Ze's door.
Lu Ze seemed to have just taken a shower. After seeing Qi Yuning, the blush on the tips of his ears had not dissipated.
When Lingling saw Lu Ze, she rushed towards him and said, "Gui Gui, daddy, Gui Gui."
Lu Ze took Lingling from Qi Yuning and said, "Why is she crying so hard?"
Qi Yuning said: "Your daughter said there are ghosts. This place of the imperial mausoleum is not really haunted, right?"
Lu Ze patted Lingling's back and said, "There are ghosts who are also the ancestors of the Zhao family, so don't be afraid."
Lingling was crying in Lu Ze's arms, feeling aggrieved. Lu Ze coaxed her softly: "Lingling, don't cry. Tell me, what do you want?"
"Ghosts, ghosts in the water."
Lingling sniffed and pointed to a lotus pond outside the palace courtyard, where there were still lotus remnants.
No matter how bold Qi Yuning was, when he heard the ghosts in the water, his face began to turn pale, and the four maids following Qi Yuning trembled.
Lu Ze said: "It is said that ghosts are all monsters with strange powers and chaos. There are no ghosts in this world."
Lingling said: "If there are ghosts, there are ghosts. Lingling wants ghosts to play with them!"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Lingling will sleep with you tonight."
Qi Yuning turned around to leave, and Lingling shouted: "Mother, please give me a kiss. Lingling wants my mother to give me a kiss."
Qi Yuning walked to Lingling and said, "You can't play with ghosts. Mother will sleep with you."
Lingling said: "I want Gui Gui to sleep with my mother."
Qi Yuning: "..."
The eunuch who was keeping watch outside heard the commotion inside, came inside and saluted, "Your Majesty, Princess, is there any problem?"
Qi Yuning coughed and asked, "Is there a ghost here?"
The big eunuch's eyes moved and he said: "It is haunted. Two years ago, His Royal Highness Duan Wang was killed by a water ghost here!"
"Ah!" the timid Jingzhe exclaimed.
Qi Yuning maintained the manner of a princess and said: "Jingzhe, don't scream. Didn't His Highness Duan Wang fall into the water and die? How could he be killed by a ghost?"
"His Royal Highness Duan Wang was pulled into the water by a water ghost and died. We saw it with our own eyes."
The eunuch's voice was shrill, and it was even more penetrating in the dark wind blowing in the late autumn night.
Lu Ze's eyes narrowed, "How can there be any theory of water ghosts killing people in this world? It's just a theory of strange power and chaos."
Qi Yuning only felt that her feet were very cold, and Pian Lingling said, "Lingling is going to play with the ghosts in the water."
"No, Prince Lu, there was a rumor in my hometown when I was a child that water ghosts fall into the water and need to find a substitute before they can be reincarnated."
Jingzhe trembled and said, "So there is really a ghost here! Could it be the ghost of King Duan..."
Lu Ze said slowly: "If it is the ghost of third uncle, he will never hurt anyone. I will go to the lotus pond first to have a look."
(End of this chapter)
