The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

"Last night, when His Royal Highness arrived at Yilan Palace, Concubine Su hurriedly invited His Royal Highness to drink tea, but she only said, 'Brother Yu, this is...'

His Highness lost his temper: "I have warned you many times not to call me 'Brother Yu', are you turning a deaf ear to my words?"

Concubine Su hurriedly defended herself: "No, Your Highness, I just got used to calling you that since I was a child, and I can't change it for the time being. I will pay attention next time."

His Highness glared at her and said, "There will be a next time? If it's that difficult, I'll wait until you have made some changes and then come back to me." Then he was about to leave.

Seeing that His Highness was really going to leave, Concubine Su became anxious and spoke without restraint.

She cried and complained: "Are you sure you want to treat me like this? Aren't you afraid that Dad will find out that you helped outsiders bully me and come after you? We grew up together and have a deep relationship, but why did you treat me like this when she showed up? Even when she was rude to me, you sided with her. She is illiterate, vulgar, and even rejected your marriage before. What do you like about her? Is it just because she is the queen? You are just giving her face? If so, why didn't you give me the position of queen from the beginning? Wouldn't it be more respectable for me to be your queen? You know how I feel about you, I..."

Seeing that Concubine Su was becoming more and more crazy, His Highness turned around and slapped her hard. He asked coldly: "Are you awake?"

Concubine Su immediately covered her face and fell silent.

His Highness said coldly, "Now that you are awake, you should put yourself in the right place. Lingxi is my wife, and you are my concubine. It is her job to discipline you, and there is nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, you, a concubine, led people to besiege the mistress's bedroom, insulted her at will, and now you are using your father to pressure me. You simply have no regard for the hierarchy between the monarch and the minister. You may have forgotten that I didn't want to welcome you into the mansion, but it was the teacher who begged me again and again that made me take you in. As a concubine, if you can't put yourself in the right place, then from now on you will be demoted to a concubine, and you will have to copy and recite "Female Commandments", "Nei Xun", and "Female Analects" every day until you put yourself in the right place. If you still don't repent, I will send you back to the teacher and ask him to teach you personally."

After the lecture, His Highness returned to our Changqiu Palace.

After His Highness's scolding, Concubine Su's face turned pale. She wanted to argue, but the nanny beside her covered her mouth and told her to behave herself.

After listening to Liu Lu's words, Lu Lingxi pinched his chin, stroked his non-existent long beard, frowned and thought: "According to what you mean, there is no Concubine Su now, but Su Liangdi? Isn't it said that she and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have a close relationship since childhood, and she entered the palace on the same day as me, which is enough to show her different status in the Crown Prince's heart. Why is her status lowered so easily now?"

Liu Lu looked smug, feeling that she was finally smart for once, seeing things more clearly than Lu Lingxi, and confidently explained to her: "Isn't the performance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince these days enough to explain the problem? Don't you understand this? All along, we have heard from others that His Royal Highness treats Su Liangdi differently, but His Royal Highness has never admitted it. Maybe Su Liangdi arranged for someone to say so on purpose? From the fact that she arranged for her maid to deliberately ruin your reputation in the bookstore, it can be seen that this is something she can do. Your Majesty can't just listen to what others say, you have to listen to what His Royal Highness says and does. It is said that few rumors are true, for example, there is not a single true rumor about you."

"Well, maybe."

Liu Lu was a little excited: "What do you mean maybe? It must be like this. The person that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cares about the most and holds in his heart the most is obviously you, the Queen."

After hearing what Liu Lu said, Lu Lingxi blushed and her heart began to beat. She couldn't help but recall every little bit of her time with Nan Wangyu, and she seemed to be able to feel his feelings.

But she refused to admit it: "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you ashamed? If you have been in contact with a few men, you will know what they think. Help me wash up so that I can have breakfast. I am starving."

Liu Lu stood up and twisted the handkerchief to wipe Lu Lingxi's face, while saying: "Yes, yes, yes, I am not married yet, so naturally I don't understand men as well as you, the Crown Princess."

Lu Lingxi took the handkerchief and glared at Liu Lu before wiping his face: "Still talking! If you keep talking nonsense like this, I will use this handkerchief to cover your mouth."

Only then did Liu Lu shut up.

After breakfast, with nothing to do, Lu Lingxi read a storybook to relax.

But she couldn't concentrate at all, her mind was full of what Liu Lu said.

It's true that Nan Wangyu treats me well, and it's also believable that he doesn't have Su Liangdi in his heart, but it's really wrong for him to get angry at me for no reason. He should apologize in person before I can forgive him. Do you want me to forgive him just because of a few untrue or false things Liu Lu asked? In the past, he would come to accompany me every time it was meal time, but now he doesn't eat with me anymore. Do I have to go and coax him first?

In the afternoon, after lunch, Lu Lingxi was really bored and couldn't concentrate on reading the storybook, so he went to stroll around the yard with Liu Lu.

When Lu Lingxi and Liu Lu walked to the Jingyi Pond, they happened to meet the Crown Prince's concubines Li and Zhu chatting in the Jingxin Pavilion by the Jingyi Pond. They were both facing the pond, so they didn't notice someone coming behind them.

I don't know what they said before, Li and Zhu were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the ground. Lu Lingxi was about to go up and ask them what they were talking about. If it was a funny joke, she could also join in the fun. But before she could say anything, she heard them change the subject.

Zhu asked Li mysteriously, "Did you hear that the person in Yilan Palace called the Crown Prince over last night with great joy, but ended up being demoted and punished to copy books every day."

Li said calmly, "How could I not know? When His Highness reprimanded her, the main door was open. The noise inside could be heard clearly by the outer courtyard. Those cleaning maids were careless with their mouths, and the news spread all over the mansion overnight. Hahaha, it's really ridiculous."

Zhu continued, "I don't know where the rumor came from that your highness and she have a childhood sweetheart relationship?"

Li agreed, "That's right. With her arrogant and frivolous behavior yesterday, it's hard to believe that His Highness would be attracted to her!"

When Lu Lingxi heard this, he felt contempt in his heart. These women only knew how to scheme and fight for favor all day long, which was really boring.

Just as she turned around and prepared to leave, she heard Zhu speak again: "I also heard that the reason why the punishment was so severe this time was because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was venting his anger on behalf of His Majesty the Crown Princess?"

Li: "What do you mean?"

Zhu: "Yesterday, after the flower viewing banquet ended, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess left not long after, and they had a quarrel and left in a bad mood. Maybe the Crown Princess felt that the Crown Prince favored Su Liang Di, which allowed her to win three first prizes, and she was jealous and unhappy."

Li disagreed: "No, I think the Crown Princess is young, but she is also reasonable. She is not jealous or unreasonable."

Zhu said confidently, "She must pretend to be magnanimous in front of others, but it's hard to say what she will do behind others' backs. Maybe she will take advantage of her young age to lose her temper in front of the prince."

Li seemed to be persuaded and believed her words a little more.

Lu Lingxi was speechless. She hadn't even appeared on the stage, so how could this matter be related to her? But she also knew that it was useless to argue with them, so she could only go to Nan Wangyu to ask how these words came out? Where did they come from?