The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

During dinner, Lu Lingxi finally had the opportunity to tell Nan Wangyu about Gu Yan'er and Madam Qin's pregnancy. They discussed when to visit them and what gifts to bring.

Nan Wangyu was envious, thinking that Lu Yugang was only two or three years younger than him and already had a child, while he and Lingxi still felt awkward holding hands. Alas! It's not easy to chase a lady, the prince sighed.

The next day was also a fifth day, and it was the day when Lu Lingxi had to go to the palace to pay respects to her stepmother-in-law and other young mothers-in-law.

Originally, she had a sufficient reason to ask for leave from her superiors because she was injured. After all, although her injuries were not fatal, she still needed to be nursed back to health. However, at the flower-viewing banquet two days ago, she was full of energy and had a lot of fun. Everyone present witnessed her energetic appearance. Now she suddenly said that she was not feeling well. It was too late to use this as an excuse to shirk responsibility! At this point, she had no other choice but to enter the palace.

Who would have thought that today, as soon as Lu Lingxi stepped into the threshold of the main hall of Yanchun Palace, he heard Queen Gu sternly say, "Kneel down!"

Looking up, he saw Queen Gu staring at him angrily. Lu Lingxi knew she was talking to him. He couldn't help but complain in his heart: What's wrong with her? She asked people to kneel down out of nowhere. Humph! She didn't mention anyone by name, so I just pretended I didn't know who she asked to kneel down.

After making up his mind, Lu Lingxi slowly walked forward a few steps under the gaze of everyone.

When Queen Gu saw that Lu Lingxi ignored her, she almost got so angry that she burst into curses.

Fortunately, Nanny Li behind her spoke at the right time, and Queen Gu calmed down: "Crown Princess, the Queen asked you to kneel down and listen to her lecture. Are you going to disobey your elders?"

As she spoke, Lu Lingxi had already walked to her seat and said innocently, "Ah? Did the Queen Mother ask her daughter-in-law to kneel down? The daughter-in-law just arrived. I don't know what you said in the hall before. I didn't say anything. How could I have upset the Queen Mother? Besides, the daughter-in-law is really stupid. The Queen Mother didn't mention any names just now. How could she know that you were asking me to kneel down?"

As he spoke, Lu Lingxi bent his knees and was about to kneel down obediently, but then he thought, why should he kneel down without knowing why? He should listen to what she said first, then he would say something.

So he changed from kneeling to bowing, and after the bowing he sat down as a matter of course.

Queen Gu's eyes widened immediately: "How dare you sit down?"

"Crown Princess, do you admit your guilt?" Queen Gu slammed the table and pointed at Lu Lingxi and shouted angrily.

Lu Lingxi was fearless and responded calmly: "Mother, I don't know what crime my daughter-in-law has committed. I hope you can explain it clearly."

Queen Gu's eyes widened with anger, and she gnashed her teeth as she said, "You are playing dumb! I want to ask you why you deliberately delayed entering the palace and disrespected me!"

Lu Lingxi pretended to be surprised: "Please calm down, mother. I have no such intention. I just felt a little unwell this morning and walked a little slowly. I didn't mean to delay. Please understand, mother."

Queen Gu sneered, "What a sickness! Are all the others healthy and fine, and only you are so weak? It's obvious that you are deliberately neglecting me, and you still dare to quibble!"

Lu Lingxi lowered her head and said softly, "I dare not. If the Queen Mother insists on thinking so, the daughter-in-law can do nothing. They only told me to come to the palace to pay my respects, but did not set a time. The daughter-in-law came no later than usual. Did the Queen Mother not sleep well last night? Are you upset and want to take it out on me? But the daughter-in-law does not want to suffer this in vain."

Queen Gu snorted coldly, "I don't want to bother with you. You have disrespected me more than once or twice. I am generous and don't want to bother with you. I just want to ask you: Su Yun, the daughter of the Grand Tutor, was demoted from a concubine to a concubine. Was it your intention?"

Lu Lingxi looked innocent: "This is none of my business, it was the prince who did it."

"Hmph! It's none of your business? Aren't you jealous of the friendship between Su Yun and the crown prince since childhood? She entered the crown prince's residence on the same day as you and slapped you in the face, so you held a grudge against her, so you first banned her from leaving the palace and then demoted her. You even went to the crown prince to argue and cry about this matter. You don't have the tolerance of a wife, you suppress a concubine, you are sarcastic and jealous. I'm telling you, Su Yun is a concubine, even if she is just a concubine, she has been crowned with the Royal Jade Butterfly, even if you are the main wife, you can't deal with her at will. Why don't you kneel down and admit your mistake?"

Lu Lingxi looked at Queen Gu as if she was a fool, and said calmly, "Didn't mother also say that I have no right to deal with Su Liangdi privately? The house arrest and demotion were really ordered by the crown prince, and I was not aware of it. If mother insists on not believing it, what else can I say?"

Queen Gu really didn't believe it, and asked, "Do you dare to say that the reason why the prince issued these orders was not because of your instigation?"

Lu Lingxi sighed helplessly: "The prince is eight years older than my daughter-in-law. He is an adult. He has his own considerations when doing things. How could he be easily persuaded to do something he doesn't want to do? Mother, you are worrying too much."

"Prince! He is the crown prince of a country! He is a man with great responsibilities and is busy with all kinds of affairs. He should have handled the important matters concerning the rise and fall of the country. But you, on the other hand, only know how to bother him with trivial matters in the inner house all day long. If you can't even handle such a small matter, how can you take on the important responsibility of the mother of a country in the future? Disrespecting elders, being jealous of concubines, instigating the prince, do you admit all these crimes? Since you keep calling me mother, then I naturally have the responsibility to discipline you! However, at this moment, I ordered you to kneel down and listen to my instructions immediately, but you turned a deaf ear and ignored it. Is this the attitude you should have towards my orders? Do you think you have nothing to fear because you are favored by the prince?"

Seeing that Queen Gu was accusing Lu Lingxi of more and more crimes, Concubine Guo held the Eighth Princess with a smile on her face and persuaded her: "Queen, Lingxi is still young and it is inevitable that he will lose his sense of proportion when doing things. You should teach him slowly. Why do you have to be so harsh and scare the child?"

Queen Gu still responded harshly: "She is already married, how can she still be a child? I am teaching her now for her own good. How can you, a concubine, know the ways of being a principal wife? You have no right to butt in here."

Lu Lingxi complained in his heart: Is this old woman's breakfast gunpowder? She is so angry? She scolds everyone she sees. At the same time, he was very upset. Did Queen Gu change her ways today? She stopped pretending to be virtuous and generous? Did she have to bow down and listen to her teachings before she would give up? Or should she just bear with it? He quickly fooled around so that he could go back to sleep.

But there was another voice in Lu Lingxi's heart saying: If you tolerate it this time, there will be a next time. Once Queen Gu feels that she is right, she will not let you go easily, and will only push you too far, so you can't tolerate it even once. It's best to make a big fuss, so that you don't have to go to the palace to pay respects in the future, and you don't have to accompany her to act endlessly, so that you can have real peace.