The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

By the middle of August, fifteen concubines were missing from the Prince's Mansion, and nearly ninety maids were also sent out, but there were only two vacant palaces.

One room was next to the maids' room, which was originally where the maids lived. As the number of maids serving in the Prince's Mansion increased, one maid's room could not accommodate them all, so the adjacent Snowfall Palace was also converted into a maid's room. Now that so many maids had been released, Concubine Shang asked them to move around and live more compactly, which just vacated the Snowfall Palace.

The other empty palace was also vacated after Concubine Shang relocated the remaining concubines. However, the difference was that the maids were moved to a more compact space, while the concubines were moved to a more spacious space. Finally, a palace was vacated, and it was located in the northeast corner next to the side door.

After Concubine Shang explained to Lu Lingxi the matter of relocating the palaces, she accompanied Lu Lingxi to see the two vacant palaces.

When Lu Lingxi saw the crowded beds in the maids' room, she couldn't bear it and said to Concubine Shang, "Sister Shang, these maids have to do rough work on weekdays. They finally get a break but have to squeeze into such a small space. It's too hard. Why don't we turn the Snow Palace into a maid's room, so that they can live more comfortably, and build a row of cabinets against the wall for them to put their personal belongings."

Concubine Shang always agreed with Lu Lingxi's ideas, and this time she immediately agreed: "Okay, I will arrange for someone to make a cabinet first, and then re-arrange the beds for them."

Lu Lingxi said, "We can't favor one over the other since we're all working at the same time. Let's convert the northeast corner of the palace next to the side door into servants' quarters. We can also build a row of cabinets in it like the maids' quarters, and have the servants and grooms live in more dispersed areas."

After thinking about it, Concubine Shang replied, "Why not convert the northwest corner of the palace into a maid's room, and move Yao Fengyi and Wang Fengyi who live there to the Snow Palace. In this way, there will be maids and servants guarding the four corners of the Prince's Mansion, and they can be assigned to adjacent residences according to the work they do in areas they don't understand. It will be more convenient to find them if there is something. What do you think?"

Lu Lingxi nodded and agreed: "Sister Shang is more thoughtful. Let's do as you say. But it will be troublesome for you to make the arrangements."

They didn't need to say these polite words before. Concubine Shang sighed and said half-jokingly: "Alas! Who said I was destined to work hard? You have been in the mansion for so long and you are still unwilling to take over this mess. I can only continue to work for you."

Lu Lingxi stepped forward and took Concubine Shang's hand, and said coquettishly: "Good sister, I call you sister, shouldn't you love me like a younger sister? With a sister here, why do I need a younger sister to worry about this?"

Concubine Shang shook her head helplessly: "You! You are always lazy. If I am not here that day, who will be willing to help you?"

Lu Lingxi was puzzled: "Where are you going, sister?"

Concubine Shang just smiled and said, "Not going anywhere, it's just an assumption."

Lu Lingxi had no doubts and said happily: "That's good. As long as Sister Shang is here for one more day, I can be lazy for one more day."

The concubines and servants were very satisfied with the move of the Crown Prince's residence to the new palace. The accommodation conditions were much better than before. Everyone praised the Crown Princess for her generosity.

However, what is unexpected is that outside the Prince's Mansion, the rumors about the Crown Princess are quite different. Rumors spread on the streets that the Crown Princess is not only jealous, but also fierce, and her actions are known for being ruthless.

People don't need to see those thrilling scenes in person. Just the series of events that took place in the short eight months since the Crown Princess married into the Crown Prince's Mansion are enough to make people jaw-dropping.

It is said that as many as 21 concubines suffered during this period. No matter if they were high-ranking concubines or lowly maids, anyone who dared to offend the Crown Princess would suffer a miserable fate. Some died directly, some were thrown into prison, some were forced to remarry, and some were even sent back to their parents' homes, cut off from palace life. Some unfortunate ones were even sent to temples to practice asceticism, spending their lives with the company of ancient Buddhas and green lamps.

Faced with such a fierce and cruel method, everyone could not help but secretly speculate: Could it be that this Crown Princess vowed to expel all the concubines in the Crown Prince's mansion? Did she want the Crown Prince to be like his father and only protect her for the rest of his life?

Lu Lingxi was also very distressed when she heard the rumors about herself, but what distressed her was not the reputation that the outside world had for her being fierce, as she had long been accustomed to it.

She was troubled by a difficult problem: deep in her heart, she hoped that Nan Wangyu could be like her father and only love one person for his whole life. However, her reason told her mercilessly that with his noble status and the environment he was in, it was simply a fantasy to realize this wish.

If she insisted on asking Nan Wangyu not to favor those women, although she could satisfy her selfish desire to monopolize her lover, but in this way, those neglected women would not be able to feel the love and care from their husbands, and could only spend long years in loneliness. It was too cruel to waste their lives like this. But every time she thought of Nan Wangyu saying that he loved her, but turned around and did not hesitate to make love with other women, the intense pain and anger surged into her heart like a tide, making her unable to accept this betrayal anyway.

Faced with such a contradictory and complex situation, she felt helpless and had no idea what to do. On one hand, she was pursuing true love, and on the other hand, she was helpless and morally constrained. It was as if countless threads were tightly entangled around her. The more she struggled, the tighter she was bound, almost suffocating her.

Therefore, in recent days, she has become dissatisfied with Nan Wangyu again, and she would unconsciously reveal a trace of disgust when she looked at him. So, she began to avoid Nan Wangyu intentionally or unintentionally, as if she would feel uncomfortable if she stayed with him for a moment longer. The two people who were once close to each other have become estranged now, and are not as intimate as before.

However, Nan Wangyu was completely unaware of this and was completely confused. He really couldn't understand why the relationship that had been gradually easing and developing in a positive direction suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse without any signs, and suddenly regressed to the cold and unfamiliar state when they first met? For this reason, he racked his brains and used all his tricks to please Lu Lingxi in every possible way, trying to save this friendship that was on the verge of breaking. But no matter how hard he tried, Lu Lingxi was always lukewarm and perfunctory, and the response he gave him was always so bland, making it difficult for people to understand his true intentions.