Lu Ze took back his handkerchief and saw Qi Yuning staring at his hands. He smiled and said, "Why is the princess looking at my hands?"
Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty's hands are quite pretty."
The slender white fingers have well-defined joints.
"It's a pity. I don't know how many corpses this hand has touched."
The smile on Lu Ze's face stopped, "Actually, corpses are usually inspected by others. I just watch from the sidelines. I rarely examine the corpse with my own hands. After the examination, the corpse will be cleaned easily."
Lingling came forward to take a look, "Daddy's hands are much bigger than Lingling's hands. Mom, dear, you and daddy will compare whose hands are bigger."
Lingling took Qi Yuning's hand and placed it on Lu Ze's hand. Naturally, Lu Ze's hand was much longer than hers.
Lu Ze held his cold hands tightly.
Qi Yuning glanced at the clasped hands, not intending to take his own hand away, and just led them all the way back to Prince Qi's Mansion.
……
Lu Ze first sent Qi Yuning and his daughter to Prince Qi's Mansion for dinner, then went to the Duke's Mansion to explain to his uncle and aunt about the two cousins staying on Hudong Mountain, and then went to Mrs. Lu Visiting in the yard.
Lu Ze grew up next to his grandfather. When he was young, his grandfather was strict and his grandmother was kind. However, he didn't know when his grandmother became a little paranoid.
Mrs. Lu saw Lu Ze entering and said, "You took a break from bathing today. Where did you go all day?"
Lu Ze said: "I took the princess and Lingling to climb the mountain."
Mrs. Lu felt unhappy when she heard the word "princess", "Ze'er, Ze'er, Qi Yuning, she lost her mother and father when she was young, just like the lone star in the sky..."
"Grandma!" Lu Ze frowned and said, "Princess Qi is not the lone star of the evil god. She is the princess of Chang'an whom His Majesty has personally granted. I hope grandma will be careful what she says. My grandson has decided that he will only marry the princess in this life."
Originally he said this for Lingling, but now even without Lingling, Lu Ze thought, he would not change his mind.
Mrs. Lu was shaking with anger, "You are so old that you don't even listen to your grandmother."
Lu Ze said: "Please forgive my grandson for being unfilial."
Lu Ze returned from Duke Lu's Mansion to the Princess Mansion.
As soon as they were admitted to the hospital, they met Princess Pingrou and Prince Consort Lu.
Princess Pingrou asked: "Why did you go to Duke Lu's mansion as soon as you came back?"
Lu Ze saluted and said, "Mother, I went to the Duke's Mansion to deliver a message to my third uncle and my third aunt."
Seeing Princess Pingrou's displeasure, Duke Lu said: "Your Majesty summoned me today to ask about the position of the Minister of Dali Temple. You also know that He Siqing will retire from his official career and return to his hometown to take care of himself after the next year. This Minister of Dali Temple The position is vacant, and there is indeed no one in your Dali Temple who is more suitable for this position than you."
Lu Zedao: "Whether you can be the Minister of Dali Temple depends on Your Majesty."
Lu Guogong said: "Your Majesty means that you are indeed a little young now. Isn't it still some time before He Siqing becomes an official? If you can get married first, a younger person can still start a family and have a daughter. , it’s quite appropriate, it would be great if we could get married before the Chinese New Year.”
Lu Ze frowned and said, "Dad, how can I marry a wife just for the sake of being a temple minister?"
Princess Pingrou said from the side: "It's not just for the position of temple minister, but also for my granddaughter! Today when I went to your Aunt Pingjin's house, she held her granddaughter in her arms and showed off, making it look like no one has a granddaughter. of!"
"Besides, haven't you and Yu Ning gotten very close these past few days? Today you went out to play together again, why are you so useless? It's been more than two months, and you still haven't been able to coax Yu Ning? "
Lu Ze said: "Father, mother, it's getting late. I have to go to court tomorrow morning."
Lu Guogong said to Lu Ze: "You and I want to get a wife. Now that you have a wife, you can get into the position of temple minister as soon as possible. Otherwise, you don't know when you will be promoted next. He Siqing also likes you, but you are young." It's too young, His Majesty just has some concerns. As long as you get married, the worries of being young will disappear. You even have a daughter. If you get married early, don't you have to get married later?"
Lu Ze said helplessly: "Mom, dad, I'm tired." Princess Pingrou hated iron and said, "Why didn't you just take the opportunity to rest in Prince Qi's Mansion when you knew you were tired? If you can't get Yu Ning to agree before the first day of the new year If I marry you, you won’t have to live in the princess mansion anymore!”
Lu Ze: "Then the child will live in the Duke's Mansion?"
Princess Pingrou said angrily: "You don't have to think about living in the Duke's Mansion. You can live with your brother in Xianglin Temple and become a monk!"
After Lu Ze saw his parents off, he went back to his room to take a shower.
Deqing, the servant who was waiting for the bath at the side, said: "Master, I see that the princess is also willing to marry you. During the day on Hudong Mountain, didn't the princess still throw herself into her arms?"
Lu Ze glanced sideways at Deqing and said, "The princess is just sad, don't talk nonsense."
Deqing said: "But, Master, after all, it is the position of Minister of Dali Temple. I missed this opportunity for promotion. I don't know when I can be promoted."
Lu Ze's starting point for entering the court was too high. He entered the Dali Temple when he was young and became the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple at the age of 19.
Nowadays, there are still two or three months to go before he turns 21. Normally, 21 is just the age when he first enters the court.
And he wanted to be one of the three ministers, the Minister of Dali Temple with the power of life and death, and he was indeed too young to convince the public.
Lu Zedao: "If you get married just to get promoted, I'm afraid Princess Qi will really ignore me."
Finally, Qi Yuning changed her mind about him. If he proposed to marry her in order to get promoted, based on Qi Yuning's temper, I'm afraid...
Lu Ze thought of her angry look and chuckled softly.
……
After Guan Zhiyi was imprisoned, there were many jokes about the Guan family in Shengjing City.
Three of the five daughters of the Guan family who married outside the family went back to live with their parents' family.
After Qi Yuning learned the news, he only felt that the woman was pathetic, so he stopped adding insult to injury and did not allow the maids below to talk about family matters anymore.
Xiao Man said: "Princess, after Guan Zhiyi clarified her relationship with the Crown Prince, there are now rumors about your relationship with Crown Prince Lu, and there are all kinds of things. Some people have started to fight for the little bald donkey in Xianglin Temple. .”
Qi Yuning said to Xiao Man: "Go to Xianglin Temple and keep an eye on Lu Yun. Don't let the rumors from outside reach his ears."
Lu Yun offended her, she couldn't just let him off easily by just eating green leafy vegetables for two months! Xiao Man said: "Yes, Princess."
Li Chun came in with important letters from merchants from all over the country, "Princess, He Siqing should be taking office after the new year. He has already bought a house in his hometown. I don't know if the position of Dali Siqing will fall to Lu." On the crown prince’s head?”
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Ze is too young. Even if your Majesty loves this grandson, he cannot ignore the words of others in the court."
Li Chun said: "Although Prince Lu is young, if he gets married in the new year and becomes your majesty's beloved grandson, he might actually be able to become the youngest minister of Dali Temple since the founding of the Great Sheng Dynasty."
Spring Equinox chuckled and said, "If the princess is getting married at the beginning of the new year, I don't know if it will be too late to make the new wedding dress."
The wedding dress from two months ago must not be worn anymore. It is already the beginning of November, and the departure year is only two or three months away.
Qi Yuning flicked the abacus beads and calculated Lingling's age. She found that Lingling would be conceived at the end of next year.
But if she marries Lu Ze at the beginning of next year, how can she be pregnant with Lingling at the end of next year?
Or is Lu Ze in bad health?It would take a year after getting married to get her pregnant with Lingling? So Lingling is three years old and has no younger siblings. Maybe it's not that the two of them have a bad relationship, but that Lu Ze is in poor health?
(End of this chapter)