The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

Nan Wangyu and Lu Lingxi got off the carriage at the palace gate and changed to a sedan chair. Chunhong, Liulu and the servants who served Nan Wangyu were all waiting outside the palace gate.

It must be said that the palace road is quite wide, and two sedan chairs can go side by side without looking crowded. On both sides of the palace road are red palace walls, which seem to be ten meters high. They look very imposing, but they also block Lu Lingxi's view of the palace.

There was no conversation along the way, and Lu Lingxi actually felt a little drowsy while swaying. When he closed his eyes, he saw the palace servants carrying the sedan chair struggling forward, and he felt a little guilty. It was a bit inhumane that others were struggling forward while he was sleeping soundly.

Fortunately, Lu Lingxi didn't have to worry for too long. After about three quarters of an hour, the sedan stopped.

After getting off the sedan chair, Nan Wangyu pointed to the palace in front of him and said, "This is the emperor's bedroom, named 'Xuan Palace'. Let's go in quickly and don't keep him waiting for too long."

Looking at the two or three-story-high staircase in front of him, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but complain: "Father, you rarely leave your bedroom, right? Otherwise, it would be so tiring to go up and down the stairs."

Nan Wangyu turned his head to look at Lu Lingxi beside him and warned him, "What are you thinking about? You must be careful in what you say and do in front of your father. Don't say whatever comes to your mind like you do now. Especially when Queen Gu is present, you must be more cautious."

Lu Lingxi knew all of this, and replied to Nan Wangyu with a fake smile: "Got it."

When the two entered the hall, Emperor Nan Zheng and Queen Gu were already seated at the top.

Nan Wangyu and Lu Lingxi stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Your son and the Crown Princess are here to pay their respects to your father, the Emperor, and your mother, the Empress."

The Southern Emperor smiled at the two of them and said, "We are a family, so there is no need to be so formal. Get up."

Although the Southern Emperor said this, the two did not stand up. Queen Gu stood aside for a while, letting the two kneel for a while longer before saying, "Someone bring tea."

Lu Lingxi knew that this was a way to pay tribute to Emperor Nan Zheng and Queen Gu, so she didn't need to think too much and just followed Nan Wangyu.

After the tea was served, Nan Wangyu respectfully offered it to Emperor Nan Zheng and said, "Father, please have some tea! I wish you good health and a long life."

Lu Lingxi also imitated Nan Wangyu, offering tea and saying sweetly: "Father, please drink the bride's tea. I wish you good health and a long life."

The Emperor of Nanzheng took the tea from the two of them one by one, took a sip, and put it back on the tray in the servant's hand. He smiled and handed the prepared gifts to the two of them, and said to Lu Lingxi: "Okay, Lingxi is really good. From now on, we are a family. I wish you and your wife a happy marriage and a long life together."

The two of them took the gifts and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Father!"

The two of them turned around and knelt facing Queen Gu, ready to offer her a cup of tea.

Nan Wangyu offered the tea expressionlessly, but before Queen Gu could take it, Lu Lingxi next to her cried "Ouch!" and knocked over the teacup.

Then he covered his right hand and said, "It's so hot!"

As soon as Lu Lingxi's hand approached the teacup, he felt it was very hot. He remembered what he had read in a storybook before, about a wicked mother-in-law's way of punishing her bride. She would deliberately make the tea very hot, and when the bride offered her the tea, the mother-in-law would not take it for a long time, so she let the bride take it until the water was cold.

She thought to herself: I can't be so stupid. Queen Gu is not my real mother-in-law. I can't let her torture me in vain.

So she decisively lifted the tea tray and pretended that she was scalded. In fact, not a drop of the scalding tea fell on her hand.

When Nan Wangyu heard Lu Lingxi shout "It's hot," he put the cup back on the tray, took Lu Lingxi's hand and asked with concern, "Where is it burned?"

Finding that Lingxi was not burned, he secretly pinched Lu Lingxi's right hand hard until it turned red. Lu Lingxi glared at him in pain, but it was not easy to expose him. He just pulled out his hand and showed it to Nan Wangyu: "It's burned here."

Nan Wangyu took Lu Lingxi's hand again and said affectionately: "Come, I'll blow it for you, it will be fine after blowing it."

Queen Gu looked at the two people being so intimate in front of her, and snorted coldly: "If you don't want to serve tea to me, just say so. Why do you have to act like this? Your Majesty drinks this tea, but you can't touch it?"

Lu Lingxi pulled her hand out of Nan Wangyu's once again, handed it to Queen Gu, and said pitifully: "I don't know what happened. This tea was not prepared by me. Mother, you see, my hand is indeed scalded red."

Then he pointed at the tea that had just been spilled and said to the Emperor Nan Zheng: "Look, father, this tea is still steaming even after being spilled. It's like freshly boiled water."

When the Southern Emperor saw that Lu Lingxi's hand was indeed red, and that the heat could not be faked, he immediately asked with concern: "Lingxi, how is your hand? Is it serious? Yu'er, why don't you take Lingxi to see the imperial physician quickly to avoid leaving a scar."

Nan Wangyu replied, "Yes, father." Then he stood up and helped Lu Lingxi to the Imperial Hospital.

Queen Gu watched them leave and said unhappily, "What do you mean? You don't respect me with tea, do you? In their eyes, I am not worthy of being their mother, right?"

Emperor Nan Zheng: "So what do you want? You prepared the tea, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You can act like a wicked mother-in-law from a small family. Do you still have the bearing of a queen mother? I didn't expose you in front of the children, which is very considerate of you."

Queen Gu refused to admit defeat and argued, "Your Majesty, I didn't have any, and I don't know what's going on with the tea. You can't believe the Crown Princess' nonsense. She's so young, what does she know? It's all her imagination. How could I pick on a little girl like her for no reason?"

Emperor Nan Zheng: "Lingxi just said the water was hot, but he didn't say anything wrong about you. Why are you so anxious to quibble?"

Queen Gu wanted to argue, but Emperor Nan Zheng didn't want to delve into it. Lingxi's injury didn't look serious. "You also know that Lingxi is still young and a junior, so just give her some leeway and don't bother about whether to offer tea or not."

Queen Gu had nothing to refute. She sat there with a grim expression, waiting for them to come back. They would have lunch together soon.

The newlyweds went to the Imperial Hospital and chatted and laughed leisurely.

Nan Wangyu supported Lu Lingxi and whispered in her ear, "Lingxi, you are really smart. Yesterday you resolved the problem of Concubine Su serving tea, and today you used it vividly on Queen Gu."

Lu Lingxi also leaned close to his ear and whispered through gritted teeth, "Yes, Your Highness, you are not as smart as others. Didn't you see the red rouge Ruizhu put on Concubine Su's hand yesterday? How could she have made my hand red like you did?"

After Lu Lingxi finished speaking, Nan Wangyu leaned close to her ear and whispered in defense: "I'm not a woman, how could I carry any red rouge with me? I can see through your thoughts at a glance and cooperate with you in time. Can I be considered smart?"

Nan Wangyu saw Lingxi staring at him unkindly, so he moved closer and said ambiguously: "How about I let you pinch it back when we get back?"

Lu Lingxi said unhappily: "Why are you pinching me? My hands hurt from pinching you."

Nan Wangyu: "Then how can you calm down?"

Lu Lingxi: "It doesn't matter. Why should I calm down? I'm going to hold a grudge. When I go back, I'll write your name in the little notebook of grudges. Humph!" After saying that, he turned his head to the side.

Nan Wangyu smiled and straightened her head: "Watch the road, don't fall down."

The two of them whispered so close together, and they didn't think anything was wrong. To outsiders, it looked like they were kissing each other on the cheek. They were indeed newlyweds, and their inseparable appearance was really enviable.