Lu Baozhu, who was beside Qi Yuning, didn't like to smell incense. Next to him was Princess Pingrou. Princess Pingrou usually used the same orchid incense as Lu Ze.
The sweet smell was something Qi Yuning had never smelled before.
Qi Yuning looked at Shuang Jiang behind him and ordered: "Lingling hasn't eaten yet. She likes to eat turtles. You can pick up a piece of turtle leg for her and feed her before going to bed."
Shuangjiang responded: "Yes."
Turtle is a big dish. It was placed in front of His Highness the Crown Prince. To pick up the turtle legs, one must go to His Highness. Shuang Sheng stepped forward and picked up a turtle leg with serving chopsticks.
Qi Yuning stood up and said, "I'd better send it to Lingling. Without me, she might not be willing to eat well. She hasn't grown taller in the past six months, so I won't keep her company."
After saying that, Qi Yuning went to look for Lingling.
Qi Yuning and Shuangjiang walked towards Lu Ze's yard. Qi Yuning lowered her voice and said in Shuangjiang's ear: "Is the sweet scent on Your Highness the scent of aphron?"
Shuangjiang shook his head and said, "Princess, I have only heard of the scent of aphrodisiac, but I have never smelled it."
Qi Yuning said: "In this way, it will be Qingming Festival in a few days. Prince Jin will definitely take Princess Rong to the imperial mausoleum to worship Princess Jin. Then you should pay attention to the fragrance of Princess Rong."
Shuangjiang nodded and said, "Yes."
……
After dinner, Zhao Chong asked Lu Ze to accompany him for a walk by Xingyue Lake in the Princess Mansion.
Zhao Chong said to Lu Ze who was standing aside: "Tell me the truth. I didn't give you the post of Minister of Dali Temple. Do you have any resentment?"
Lu Ze said: "I dare not be resentful."
Zhao Chong looked at Lu Ze and said, "I don't know when, but the relationship between our uncle and nephew is not as good as it was when we were children. When we were children, you were willing to tell me everything. Now..."
Lu Ze said: "My uncle is the king, and I am the minister. When I was young, I had no king or ministers. When I grow up, I have to follow some rules."
Zhao Chong patted Lu Ze on the shoulder and said, "Ze'er, I don't know when, but you are already taller than me?"
Lu Ze just smiled distantly.
Zhao Chong looked at Lu Ze and said, "Besides my father, the queen and my queen, the person I can trust the most is you. If I don't give you the position of Minister of Dali Temple, I'll keep you in a position of importance. Princess Qi just said something right. The surname of Dong Gong is almost Qin."
"Your Highness..."
Zhao Chong smiled helplessly and said: "When Gu was young, your uncle was already an adult. His father entrusted the Qin family with important responsibilities for Gu. However, it is not a good thing for a relative to have power after all. Your uncle is obsessed with gaining power, so you have to guard against it in the future. Ze'er, the only person I can trust in the government and the public is you, are you willing to help me?"
Lu Ze looked at Zhao Chong. Did Zhao Chong still not know his identity?
Lu Ze could only say respectfully: "Everything depends on His Highness's orders."
……
When Lu Ze returned to the room, Lingling had already fallen asleep.
Qi Yuning patted Lingling gently with her hand, and when she saw Lu Ze, she said softly, "Why did you come back?"
Lu Ze whispered: "His Royal Highness pulled me and said a few words. It turns out that the Qin family did not inform the prince of his identity."
After Qi Yuning let the maids go down, he said in Lu Ze's ear: "Did you smell a sweet fragrance on the prince's body?"
"Yes." Lu Ze said, "This fragrance seems to be new in Shengjing City. Nowadays, this sweet fragrance is often seen in the court. Your Majesty also often has a sweet fragrance on his body in recent days."
"How common is it in the imperial court?" Qi Yuning said to Lu Ze, "Do you still remember the drug we talked about during the day?"
Lu Ze said: "Do you suspect that the sweet smell is aphrodisiac?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said: "Yes. As you said, His Majesty's condition has not improved, but has worsened. But Your Majesty feels that he has recovered from the illness. Isn't this symptom similar to the aphrodisiac symptoms mentioned by Shuangjiang? Princess Jin used it, It means that this aphrodisiac may also be used on His Majesty."
Lu Ze said: "I'm going to order the secret guards to investigate."
Qi Yuning looked at the dark night outside. The stars were dim, a dark cloud came, and it actually started raining hard. It rarely rains so hard on a spring day in this prosperous capital city.
The rain was pouring down and the wind was blowing hard.
Qi Yuning looked at the heavy rain in the dark night and frowned: "In the past few days, I have become more and more restless."
Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's hand and said, "Don't worry too much, I have everything under control."
Qi Yuning threw herself into Lu Ze's arms, raised her eyes and looked into Lu Ze's eyes, "I haven't given you a birthday gift yet."
Lu Ze lowered his eyes and said, "So you prepared a birthday gift?"
Qi Yuning said: "Yes, but there is a jade pendant in the palace. It's hard to get the jade pendant in such a heavy rain."
Lu Ze smiled calmly and said, "It will be the same tomorrow."
"It won't be a birthday gift if I give it tomorrow."
Qi Yuning stepped forward and kissed Lu Ze's lips, "It's only been one month since we got married. If it were today..."
Lu Ze grabbed Qi Yuning's waist and swallowed Qi Yuning's unfinished words into his lips.
"Turtle."
"Lingling loves to eat turtles."
Qi Yuning heard Lingling's murmur in her sleep and was so frightened that she even pushed Lu Ze away.
I forgot that Lingling was there.
Lu Ze looked at Lingling, who was sleeping soundly, and sighed softly, "I don't know when Lingling will leave. If I really wait until I am pregnant with Lingling before I leave, then you and I will never have time to be alone."
Qi Yuning smiled and said: "You are the father who values the daughter, and you dare to dislike Lingling. It's a good thing that Lingling treats you so well."
Qi Yuning counted the days and said: "Even if she doesn't leave until she is pregnant with Lingling, it will only be eight months. You can't dislike Lingling."
Lu Ze smiled lightly: "As you said, the father is more important than the daughter, so how can he dare to dislike Lingling?"
Qi Yuning gently touched Lingling's head and said: "Actually, I am not worried about our future. Even if there is chaos in the court and changes in imperial power, the people I care about are still alive. I am afraid that Lingling..."
Lu Ze understood what Qi Yuning meant. Lingling came from the year of Xinwei, and the palace of the prince and princess were both there. This only meant that this change of imperial power did not affect the Lu family and the Qi family.
Lingling almost recognizes all his relatives, including his uncles, aunts and uncles, and even Lu Ze's cousins, Lingling is familiar with them.
It can be seen that even if there is a battle for the right to inherit the throne in the future, it will always be stable for the two of them.
The only variable is Lingling herself. After Xin Weinian’s Lingling comes here, everything is unknown...
It is also unknown whether Lingling can return safely.
Early in the morning, when Qi Yuning woke up, he saw that Lu Ze had not yet gotten up to go to court.
Qi Yuning looked at the sky outside with a sleepy face, looked at the frowning Lu and asked, "Why don't you go to court today?"
"Your Majesty will not go to court today."
Lu Ze said, "My informant said that sweet grass has been popular in the government and the public these past two days, and His Majesty has also been using spices made from sweet grass in recent days. The origin of the sweet grass is the Qin family."
Qi Yuning frowned and said, "I'll go to Prince Jin's Mansion later. It seems we can't postpone it until Qingming Festival."
Lu Ze said: "I will go to Prince Jin's Mansion with you."
