The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

Nan Wangyu and Lu Lingxi lingered in the Imperial Hospital for a long time before returning to the Xuan Palace. When they entered the palace, it was almost time for lunch.

When the Southern Emperor saw the two of them coming in, he asked with concern, "How is it? Lingxi, is your hand okay?"

Lu Lingxi said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, Father. It's nothing serious. Doctor Li said he will be well in three to five days."

Emperor Nan Zheng said with satisfaction: "That's good, otherwise I won't be able to explain to our General Zhenguo. Tell me, how come you got hurt on the first day of marriage?"

Lu Lingxi knew that the Southern Emperor was just being polite, and he didn't need to explain anything to his father. He just smiled awkwardly and didn't reply.

The few of them were silent for a while, and Emperor Nan Zheng ordered lunch to be served.

During lunch, Emperor Nan Zheng kept asking Lu Lingxi to eat more, but Nan Wangyu said that her right hand was not convenient and she competed with the servants to feed her.

In Queen Gu's eyes, it seemed that two men were circling around Lu Lingxi. She was actually jealous in her heart, rolling her eyes from time to time, disliking her pretentiousness.

But she rolled her eyes for a long time, and no one cared.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of some idea to embarrass Lu Lingxi, she said with a malicious fake smile: "Crown Princess, I was interrupted by you knocking over the teacup just now, and I forgot that you still have something to do today."

As soon as Queen Gu spoke, the other three looked at her.

Lu Lingxi quickly wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief in his left hand, pretending to listen attentively, and asked respectfully: "My daughter-in-law is stupid, I don't know what the queen mother is talking about?"

It was Queen Gu who proposed it on her own initiative. She pretended to be shy now, covering her mouth with a handkerchief, shaking the handkerchief in her hand, and glanced at Nanny Li beside her, motioning her to speak for her.

Nanny Li immediately understood and cleared her throat, saying, "Crown Princess should hand over the red handkerchief to the Empress today to prove that you did not violate the rules before marriage."

Lu Lingxi was a little confused for a moment. What was the procedure? What kind of custom was this? Aren't you ashamed to watch that? She turned to look at Nan Wangyu, hoping that he could help her out.

Nan Wangyu, however, looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending not to hear anything. He even thought with gloating, "Let me ask you to make three rules with me, let's see what you will do this time?"

When Queen Gu saw that Lu Lingxi didn't reply, she knew that she would not be able to take out the red handkerchief today. Either they did not consummate their marriage last night and the prince stayed in Concubine Su's room last night, or she really lost her virginity before marriage. In any case, she would lose face.

So he pretended to be considerate and said, "Of course, everyone knows that the family education of the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion is strict, and the Crown Princess absolutely abides by the etiquette. This is just a formality."

The Emperor of Nan Zheng did not say anything at this time. He heard that Lu Lingxi was abducted not long ago. If she really lost her virginity before marriage, then even if her family background was good, she could not be allowed to be the Crown Princess. It was too unfair to Yu'er.

Seeing that Nan Wangyu would not help her and Queen Gu was being aggressive, Lu Lingxi had to think of a solution on her own. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and immediately knelt down to apologize to Queen Gu, saying, "My daughter-in-law is stupid. I didn't know that it was meant for you to see. Before leaving the house this morning, the prince took my daughter-in-law to burn incense for the Queen Mother. I remembered that the nanny said that it was meant for the Queen Mother, so I burned it for her. My daughter-in-law has always been stupid and didn't react for a while. Was the Queen Mother the nanny was talking about you or the late Queen?"

The former Queen Yu had always been the Southern Emperor's favorite, and a thorn in Queen Gu's side. Although she had passed away for many years, Queen Gu still bore the grudge and hated it most when someone mentioned it in front of her.

Now she has been gone for more than 20 years, and she is still inferior to her in seeing a fallen handkerchief. She was so angry that she said “you, you, you…” for a long time and couldn’t say anything else.

Seeing this, Lu Lingxi added fuel to the fire and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince watched his daughter-in-law burn it this morning, and he didn't remind her, so she thought there was nothing wrong with doing so, and didn't take the initiative to mention it."

After saying that, he glanced at Nan Wangyu timidly, thinking in his heart: Humph! If you don't help me, don't expect to be able to stay out of trouble.

Nan Wangyu did not follow Lu Lingxi's wishes and humbly apologize to Queen Gu. Instead, he said indifferently, "I do think it's okay to do this. It should have been shown to the Queen Mother. Now that the Queen Mother is gone, it's reasonable to burn it for her. Lingxi, you did nothing wrong, so you don't need to apologize."

As he spoke, he pulled up Lu Lingxi, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked her to sit down.

Nan Wangyu's attitude made Queen Gu even more angry. It was true that other people's sons could never be raised well. His biological mother had been dead for so long, but he still missed her. I had been so kind to him for more than 20 years, but in his heart, I, his stepmother, still could not be considered his mother.

Queen Gu only thought that she was very good to Nan Wangyu, and didn't think that others could see through her daily acting.

Queen Gu no longer wanted to be nice to Nan Wangyu, and said sternly with a long face: "Am I not your mother? You are too disrespectful to me by doing this, aren't you?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense while they were enjoying their meal, the Southern Emperor tried to smooth things over by saying, "Okay Queen, these are all trivial matters. We are enjoying our meal, why are you suddenly talking about these things?"

The original intention of the Southern Expedition Emperor was that if one side shut up, the dispute would end.

In the eyes of Queen Gu, she felt that the Emperor Nanzheng's scolding of her was a sign of leaning towards the Crown Prince.

Although Emperor Nan Zheng later said to Nan Wangyu, "Yu'er, no matter what, Gu is your mother now. You should speak to her with respect and don't always make her angry." Queen Gu pretended not to hear.

In the end, the few people were forced to shut up under the power of Emperor Nan Zheng, and barely finished the meal.

After the meal, Nan Wangyu stood up and said, "This is the first time Lingxi has come to the palace since she lost her memory. I want to take her around and then take her directly back to the Crown Prince's Mansion. Then she won't come to say goodbye to my father and mother."

Emperor Nan Zheng: "Well, take Lingxi for a good stroll."

Nan Wangyu: "I'll take my leave!"

Lu Lingxi followed Nan Wangyu in bowing, "My daughter-in-law, take your leave!"

After Nan Wangyu and Lu Lingxi left, Emperor Nan Zheng said to Queen Gu, "I still have government affairs to deal with, so I will go to the Qinzheng Palace first. Queen, please do as you please."

Queen Gu stood up, saluted to the back of Emperor Nanzheng and said, "Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off!"

After everyone left, Queen Gu sat alone, thinking sadly: "Now that your son is gone, you don't want to stay with me for a moment longer, right? Can't my companionship over twenty years win your heart?"

Nanny Li behind her noticed that Queen Gu looked very sad. She knew she couldn't let her stay in such a state for too long, so she suggested, "Your Majesty, why don't we go to the Imperial Garden to relax?"

Queen Gu: "What are you going to the Imperial Garden? Didn't you hear those two people go there? If you run into them again, wouldn't that just be causing trouble for yourself?"

Although her proposal was rejected, Nanny Li was not angry and continued, "Then shall we go back to Yanchun Palace?"

Queen Gu finally agreed, stood up and said, "Let's go."