The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

After Lu Lingxi ordered someone to find a doctor for the beggar, he said to him, "Don't howl anymore. You didn't show your injuries before. I, like everyone else, didn't know you were so badly injured. I didn't mean to delay treatment. I'm wondering how you could have kept silent for so long if you were so badly injured. Even if you were injured, it doesn't necessarily mean you were crushed by my carriage."

When the beggar heard this, he was stunned for a moment and then started howling again.

When the palace soldiers first appeared, the beggar was willing to speak a few words politely. However, now that he saw that public opinion was not leaning towards his side as he wished, and the palace soldiers were only following the orders of the Crown Princess, he obviously would not get any good results, so he simply started to play tricks again.

Lu Lingxi knew very well that if the beggar was willing to answer her questions, she could still argue with him a few times, so that the people around her could see the truth. But once this person started to talk nonsense, no matter what she said to him, it would be in vain, so she was too lazy to pay attention to this scoundrel.

At this moment, the most urgent task is to find a person who can control the situation and calm the situation to solve the problem. Just as Lu Lingxi was racking his brains to think about who to find, he suddenly heard the palace soldiers shouting: "Prime Minister Gu is here! The Minister of the Central Secretariat is here! The Governor of the Capital, Lord Li, is here! Everyone, please make way!"

Hearing this, Chunhong, who was standing nearby, quickly leaned over to Lu Lingxi's ear and explained to her softly and quickly, "Miss, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Lord Shang, is the biological father of Concubine Shang. As for Lord Li, he currently has no connection with our Crown Prince's Mansion or the Prince of Qi's Mansion."

Lu Lingxi nodded slightly, her movements gentle and graceful. Before the three adults had fully gained their footing, she moved lightly with lotus steps, quickly took a few steps forward, and came in front of them. Then, she respectfully performed a standard junior salute, bending her waist just right, showing her good upbringing and humble attitude. At the same time, she opened her red lips slightly, and said in a clear and pleasant voice: "Lingxi greets Uncle Gu, Uncle Shang, and Lord Li. I wonder why the three of you are here together today?"

The three were stunned by the sudden greeting, but they quickly reacted. They quickly responded with courtesy and said in unison: "Your Highness and I pay our respects to the Crown Princess!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Prime Minister Gu took a step forward and explained with a serious look on his face, "About half an hour ago, someone came to report that a major accident had occurred in Youqingfang. I heard that more and more people were gathering at the scene, and they were very emotional. The situation was quite tense, and there was a great risk of triggering a large-scale riot. Therefore, I hope that Lord Li will come quickly to take charge of the situation. It happened that I and Lord Shang were present at the time and heard the news. We were very worried, so we decided to come together to find out what the situation was."

No one knew who the person who reported the news was, but his appearance undoubtedly brought great help to Lu Lingxi. Because the three people in front of him were the key figures who could stabilize the current chaotic situation. Seeing this, Lu Lingxi felt a little relieved. When he was about to explain in detail to the three adults what had happened before, he didn't expect that the ragged beggar man would scream again.

He was heard shouting at the top of his lungs: "Come and see! These officials are simply a den of snakes and rats, protecting each other! The powerful are fawning on the more powerful, and they don't care about the lives of us poor people at all!"

As soon as he finished shouting, Prime Minister Gu, Shang Zhongshu, and Prefect Li's faces immediately turned darker.

The leader of the imperial guards saw this and his face darkened instantly. He glared and shouted, "Shut up! Stop talking nonsense here! How dare you be so rude in front of the three adults! You slandered the imperial officials in broad daylight. Let's not talk about anything else for now. Just based on your words and actions, do you want to taste the taste of the 100 lashes first?"

The threat of a hundred strokes of the cane was like a sharp sword hanging over his head, instantly making the beggar man wilt like an eggplant hit by frost, and he shut his mouth obediently. Seeing this, the head of the palace soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and then, in a relatively objective and sincere manner, he described in detail to the three adults present the scene and situation he had witnessed before.

After listening to the statement of the head of the palace soldiers, Li Fuyin went forward to carefully check the wheels, but found no traces of blood. However, when he looked at the road behind the beggar man, where the carriage had not passed, he saw pools of inconspicuous blood on the ground. In this way, the truth of the matter seemed to be about to be revealed - this was obviously a carefully planned conspiracy trap set specifically for the Crown Princess!

However, despite the clear situation, the cunning beggar still insisted that the bloodstains were caused by the Crown Princess's men. Facing such a stubborn person, Li Fuyin's face was expressionless, and he just asked coldly: "So according to what you said, was it the Crown Princess's horse that hit you, or was it the whole carriage that hit you directly?"

The beggar's eyes rolled around, and after a moment's hesitation, he shamelessly replied, "My Lord, first the horse rushed over and knocked me to the ground, and then the huge carriage wheel ruthlessly crushed my legs!"

At this moment, the groom Wang Ji, who had been standing silently by the side, suddenly retorted loudly: "Your Excellency, please be wise! I can swear to heaven that when I saw that the horse was about to hit the scoundrel, I pulled the reins as fast as I could and didn't even touch the corner of his clothes!"

The prefect Li suddenly turned his head, his eyes wide open, and glared at the groom Wang Ji standing beside him. He shouted angrily: "I haven't asked you a question yet, how can you interrupt me here! When I'm asking questions, everyone must remain silent and there must not be any noise. Don't you even know this rule?"

Wang Ji was so frightened by Li Fuyin's harsh rebuke that his face turned pale and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. He lowered his head quickly, not daring to look at Li Fuyin again, and said timidly, "I know I was wrong, please forgive me, sir." After saying that, he stepped back a few steps, and only stopped at the edge of the crowd.

The beggar man could not help but secretly rejoice when he saw that the groom Wang Ji was reprimanded by Li Fuyin because of him. He was originally worried that Li Fuyin would not easily believe what he said, but now it seems that this gentleman seems to have some trust in what he said. Thinking of this, the beggar man could hardly hold back his inner joy, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, almost revealing a smug smile. However, he knew very well that he must not act too arrogant at this moment, so he forced himself to restrain his mind and tried to calm himself down, but it was still difficult to hide a trace of joy between the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.