The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Lu Lingxi didn't even have time to eat the roast goose, and hurriedly called Liu Lu to question him, with Nan Wangyu also accompanying him.

Lu Lingxi looked at Liu Lu and Chun Hong, who were standing together at the moment, and both looked unhappy. He knew that Liu Lu must have said something to Chun Hong in the carriage, so he asked:

"Can anyone tell me what's going on? You all look so sad."

Hearing Lu Lingxi's question, Liu Lu couldn't wait to say, "My Lady, I don't know who is spreading rumors outside to ruin your reputation."

Liu Lu was so excited that she almost called Lu Lingxi "Miss" in front of Nan Wangyu again.

After the rumors spread in the bookstore last time, Lu Lingxi no longer cares too much about it. It doesn’t matter what others say. In fact, as long as he stays calm and doesn’t get angry, it won’t affect him at all.

So I asked casually, "Oh, what are they spreading?"

Liu Lu: "In addition to the previous rumors that you are rude, eccentric, and vicious. Now they say that you are jealous and do not have the bearing of a mother of a country. Since the marriage, you have occupied the Crown Prince every day, and other concubines can't even see the Crown Prince. They also say that you are unfilial to your mother-in-law and openly contradict the Queen in the palace. They also say that you are a shrew, disrespectful to the Crown Prince, and often beat and scold him..."

When talking about the last rumor, Liu Lu's voice became much quieter, and she even glanced at Nan Wangyu secretly.

Lu Lingxi was puzzled: "The first few are somewhat believable, but the last one is too outrageous, right? With the physique of our Crown Prince, if I fight him, can I beat him?"

After saying that, he pulled Nan Wangyu up to compare his height with his. He was only at his shoulders. After looking around carefully, he found that he could not compare with him in terms of height, width, or weight. How could he beat him? Rely on confidence?

Liu Lu: "I know they are talking nonsense, so I got angry and wanted to go up to them to defend them, but I thought they were outnumbered and I might not win. I might even accuse you of letting your servants commit crimes, so I didn't go up to them. They also made up a story that you gave His Highness the Crown Prince a cold look in public in front of the Crown Prince's Mansion this morning. You must have been even more unscrupulous when no one was around. His Highness the Crown Prince must have ignored you because of the military power in our master's hands."

After Nan Wangyu sat back in his seat, Lu Lingxi also returned to his seat.

At this moment, Lu Lingxi was speechless. "What do these people do? Are they spies? Their eyesight is so good? They saw it even when I rolled my eyes? I don't even know. What if it's just a matter of angle?"

Nan Wangyu finally spoke at this time: "They don't care whether it's an angle or not. As long as they can ruin your reputation, they can say anything. But your words reminded me that these words don't seem to be boring gossips among the people. It seems to be planned. Someone secretly pays attention to your every word and action, and then spreads it with exaggeration. This person may be in the prince's mansion."

Lu Lingxi spread his hands and said, "Of course it is. It must be one of your concubines. If they take me down, they can take the throne. How can I, the Crown Princess, be taken down because of a few rumors?"

There was another sentence after that: "What about such a good thing?" Lu Lingxi didn't say it. She really wanted to be the Crown Princess.

Trouble! You see, she didn't do anything, and trouble came to her.

Nan Wangyu nodded with a bad look on her face, "Maybe. If someone with bad intentions seizes on these rumors and writes a memorial to the emperor to impeach you, and if more people follow suit, the emperor may really punish you. But it is unlikely that he will abolish your position as the Crown Princess."

Lu Lingxi's facial features all wrinkled together, and he asked, "What? You're punishing me just because of a few rumors? You won't even listen to my explanation?"

"Even if the rumors are proven to be false, the censors will say that it is because of your inappropriate words and deeds that such misunderstandings have arisen, and the emperor will punish you by grounding you to learn the rules."

Lu Lingxi had not been so angry when she heard the rumors, but now she was really angry. "Don't those censors have anything else to do? Why do they keep pestering me all day? Since the censors have nothing to do, just fire them. Our dynasty does not support idle people."

"Lingxi!" Nan Wangyu quickly interrupted Lu Lingxi's nonsense: "Don't discuss the dismissal of officials without authorization. This is a matter of state affairs, and the harem is not allowed to interfere. Moreover, even I am not in a position to dismiss officials at will. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, it will cause big trouble."

Lu Lingxi suddenly became dispirited and said "Oh" unhappily.

Then he said, "There's nothing I can do. I can't stop this rumor. I can't just go out on the street and ask those people to explain it one by one. So let's just make it more intense. It would be best if my father would have to depose me as the Crown Princess in the end, and everyone would be happy."

Hearing the frustration in Lu Lingxi's words, Nan Wangyu smiled and comforted him, "Lingxi, don't worry too much. Since it is a rumor, it will be broken one day. I will also help you clarify it in front of the emperor. I will go to the morning court tomorrow. If anyone dares to accuse you, I will help you clarify it. Now the most urgent task is to find out who spread the rumor and eliminate the false rumor at the source."

Chunhong, who had been silent until now, glanced at Nan Wangyu and said cautiously, "Maybe I know who spread the rumor."

Nan Wangyu seemed to have just noticed Chunhong standing there. He looked at her and said, "Oh! Tell me about it."

Chunhong: "On the carriage, Liu Lu mentioned to me that there was a rumor that the queen kept vicious dogs and let them do evil. I have been following the Crown Princess to the Crown Prince's Mansion for a few days. Yesterday afternoon, the queen asked me to take Chang Wei and Xiao Hua to walk around the mansion. At that time, I only met Concubine Su and her personal maid Rui Zhu. When I met them, they started shouting that there were vicious dogs in the Crown Prince's Mansion from ten meters away, asking Sun Fulu and General Manager Su to save them, and then they ran away shouting 'The vicious dog hurt people! The vicious dog hurt people!' At that time, Chang Wei and Xiao Hua were tied with ropes and did not chase them. After they ran away, I didn't meet anyone else."

Liu Lu followed up and agreed: "Yes, why didn't I think of it just now, it must be that Concubine Su, she always finds trouble with the queen for no reason."

Nan Wangyu analyzed rationally: "Even if you met her, it doesn't mean she was the one who spread the news. It's possible that their shouting was heard by others at the time, but you didn't notice it, or she told others after she went back."

Lu Lingxi exhaled through his nose: "Humph! You are quite protective of your sister Yun'er."

Nan Wangyu smelled the sour taste in Lu Lingxi's words and said helplessly: "I didn't defend her. I just believe in the character of teacher Su Taishi. He shouldn't teach his daughter to be so... so roundabout."

Hearing that Nan Wangyu was even unwilling to use the word "intrigue" to describe Concubine Su, Lu Lingxi was a little disappointed and didn't want to argue anymore.