The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

"My brother wrote to me a few days ago, saying that he had made a small contribution and was promoted to the rank of Renyong Captain." Lu Lingxi thought of Lu Yugang's letter a few days ago and was very happy for him.

"Mr. Lu has been on the front line for only two months and he has been promoted. He will definitely have a bright future." Gu Yan'er was also very happy for Lu Yugang.

"Oh, there is nothing to be proud of. He is just a minor official of the ninth rank." The King of Qi sneered disdainfully.

"Your Highness the Prince of Qi is right. This kind of small official is naturally not in the eyes of His Highness the Prince of Qi, but I believe that my brother will have a promising future." Lu Lingxi retorted unhappily. Why does the Prince of Qi look down on my brother? My brother's current position is earned by his own efforts. What do you have, the Prince of Qi? But it was all given by your father. What is there to be proud of? Compared with my brother, it is far worse.

The King of Qi saw that Lu Lingxi was angry and pouted to express his dissatisfaction. Her cute and innocent look was very cute and lovely like a little girl. He could not bear to make her unhappy again. He changed the subject and asked the servant behind him: "Which fleet is leading now?"

"Reporting to His Royal Highness Prince Qi, is it the fleet of Zhenbaozhai?"

"Zhenbaozhai? They made money from my two sets of jewelry two months ago, and now they want to make money from my lottery again? It's really a bargain for them." The King of Qi joked, thinking he was humorous.

"Speaking of jewelry, Lingxi, do you like the jewelry that your cousin picked for you? Why don't you wear it today? You haven't returned the gift to me yet. A lady from the Zhenguo Marquis's Mansion wouldn't refuse to return the gift, would you?"

If the King of Qi hadn't suddenly mentioned this, she would have forgotten that the King of Qi had given her a set of jewelry. It wasn't what Lu Lingxi wanted at the time, and she didn't say that she needed a return gift. If she had known this, she would have firmly refused and said no. What a trouble!

"I have shown father the gift from His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi, and he asked the butler to put it into the treasury. I also said at that time that I should give His Royal Highness a return gift. But father said that if I gave His Royal Highness a return gift, it would be considered private communication. You and I are men and women, and it would be bad for both of our reputations. It doesn't matter to me, but it would be a big sin to tarnish His Royal Highness's reputation. So father put His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi's gift into the treasury, and father will return the gift on His Royal Highness's birthday in the future." Lu Lingxi said slowly, as if he had prepared the words long ago.

The King of Qi was embarrassed for a moment. He felt that Lu Lingxi was a little stubborn. He tried to please her, but she still didn't smile. His face fell all of a sudden. He could ask for any woman he wanted with just a flick of his finger. When had he ever tried so hard to please anyone? Lu Lingxi was too ungrateful.

Seeing the angry look on the King of Qi's face, Gu Yan'er quickly tried to smooth things over, "Even if it is General Lu's intention, we, as the younger generation, cannot disobey. As long as Lingxi thinks of His Highness, in the future..."

But before Gu Yan'er could finish her words to smooth things over, Chang Wei ran over to the King of Qi and urinated. It seemed as if he understood that his master didn't like this man very much and was deliberately slandering him.

Although Chang Wei did not actually urinate on the King of Qi, he still made him very angry. He kicked the dog away and shouted, "What kind of dog are you? How dare you be so rude in front of me?" His words seemed to have a hidden meaning, and he was scolding the dog's owner for being ungrateful.

Lu Lingxi picked up Chang Wei distressedly, fearing that he would be kicked and hurt. Chang Wei was shaking in pain in Lu Lingxi's arms, crying "Ah... Ah..." Chunhong also quickly picked up Xiaohua, fearing that he would also get into trouble and anger His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

"Your Highness, please calm down. It's just an uneducated beast. Don't bother with it. I will take it back now and educate it well. It will never dare to offend Your Highness again in the future." Lu Lingxi knelt down to apologize to the King of Qi, and stroked Chang Wei with her hand to comfort him.

"In that case, you can go down." The King of Qi saw that Lu Lingxi was sincere in admitting his mistake. After all, the dog did not really urinate on him, so it was not appropriate to blame the young lady of the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion any further.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the Prince of Qi, for your magnanimity." Lu Lingxi bowed again, stood up to say goodbye to Gu Yan'er, and left the Denggao Tower with Chunhong and Liulu.

Seeing Lu Lingxi coming down the stairs, King Qi snorted coldly, "You don't know what's good for you!" He flicked his sleeves and turned around to continue watching the dragon boat race.

"Cousin, why are you so angry? It's not good to make yourself worse." Seeing that the King of Qi was still angry, Gu Yan'er wanted to say a few words to comfort him.

"Isn't this exactly what you want? The Zhenguo Marquisate is determined to stand on the side of the Crown Prince. No one will come to snatch your position as the Princess of Qi. Why are you pretending to comfort me?" The King of Qi was still angry, and after Lu Lingxi left, he took his anger out on Gu Yan'er.

"My cousin misunderstood. Yan'er doesn't dare to think that way." Seeing the King of Qi venting his anger, Gu Yan'er didn't want to pay attention to him anymore. She stepped back a few steps and sat down on the bench beside her. She sneered in her heart, "Princess of Qi? Do you think I still care about you now? With your character, I don't care even if I can become the queen in the future."

After Lu Lingxi went downstairs, he quickly checked Chang Wei's injuries to see if he had any internal injuries. Fortunately, Chang Wei stopped howling after going downstairs, and he could run around happily when he was put on the ground, so he should be fine.

"Miss, where are we going next? Should we continue shopping or go back home?" Chunhong thought that Lu Lingxi would be so scared after what had just happened that she would not be in the mood to continue sightseeing, so she asked Lu Lingxi if she wanted to go back home.

"We have finally come out to play, and it's not even noon yet, and we're going back. How boring. We can't let just him ruin the fun for the three of us." When she said the word "just him", Lu Lingxi pouted in the direction of the roof of the Denggao Tower, implying that she was talking about the King of Qi.

"Didn't Daddy prepare a small boat for us? Why don't we go and sit on the boat?" Lu Lingxi had never been on a boat in his life and wanted to experience it.

"That's good. We can have lunch on the boat. Let's go to the carriage and get the lunch we prepared this morning."

"Okay, lead the way." Lu Lingxi raised his right hand and pointed in a random direction, asking Chunhong to lead the way. He was in a good mood and was not affected by the King of Qi at all.

After the three people and two dogs got their lunch, they came to the small boat that Lu Yi had prepared for Lu Lingxi. There was a boatman standing on each deck. When they saw Lu Lingxi coming, they recognized her and said respectfully, "Miss is here? Come up quickly." As they spoke, they got off the boat, pulled the rope, and secured the boat to make it convenient for Lu Lingxi and the others to get on board.

This boat was not like the small boat that Lu Lingxi had imagined, with only one shed and three people squeezed together to sit on it. But it was also not like the luxurious big boats in TV dramas, with several rooms, like a mobile courtyard. This boat only had one room, about 2.5 meters by 3 meters in size, with a door leading to the decks on both sides, and a window in each vertical direction. There was a soft couch about one meter wide on one side, and an 80-centimeter-long table on the other side. There were two chairs on each side of the table, and an aisle in the middle for easy walking.

After Lu Lingxi got on the boat, he asked Chunhong and Liulu to put down Changwei and Xiaohua, let them move freely, and asked the boatman to help watch them and not let them fall into the water. Although dogs are probably born to swim, it is not good to get wet.

Before Lu Lingxi and the other two entered the cabin, the boatman asked Lu Lingxi, "Miss, where do you want to go?"

"There's no need to row the boat for now. Just let it drift downstream and see where it goes," Lu Lingxi ordered.

"Okay, miss. I'll make sure the boat doesn't hit the shore."

After Lu Lingxi and the other two entered the cabin, Chunhong and Liulu placed today's lunch on the table.

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so of course there are zongzi, six or seven zongzi, each with a different filling, as well as cakes and fruits. Because Lu Lingxi likes to eat meat, she also brought half a roast goose and half a white-cut chicken. It was enough for the three of them to eat, share it with the boatman, and leave some for Chang Wei and Xiaohua.