The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

After Gu An came to the prince, the prince asked many questions about Lu Lingxi, such as what she did on weekdays, what she liked to eat, and whether she had any special hobbies. He wanted to know more.

But Gu An had been serving Lu Yi all along, and he didn't know Lu Lingxi very well, so he could only say, "Except for holidays, the young lady usually studies and practices calligraphy with the teacher every morning, learns other talents in the afternoon, and sometimes has dinner with the master, and she seems to like eating chicken legs very much."

"Oh, I didn't expect that my Crown Princess is so ambitious. Does she want to take the imperial examination? Haha!" In fact, Nan Wangyu had heard about these things from his secret guards, but he thought she was just acting on a whim. He didn't expect her to persist for so long this time.

"Go tell General Lu that I will be feeling better in two days and can walk around. Please arrange for me to attend classes with Miss Lu."

"Yes, I obey your command." Gu An replied respectfully.

Lu Lingxi had nothing to do that afternoon and hadn't found any interesting storybooks recently, so he suddenly had the idea of ​​making some rice dumplings and eating them with Lu Yi in the evening, as a way to thank him for his care and love, and also to be filial to his father on behalf of the original owner.

But it must be said that it seems easy for the cook to make the zongzi, but it is too difficult for Lu Lingxi to make it himself. Either it leaks here or there, or it looks like it has been tied up but falls apart again in the blink of an eye.

The cooks watched Lu Lingxi wrap a fist-sized glutinous rice ball in three layers, making it as big as a Cuju ball. They reminded her, "Miss, you don't have to wrap it so thick."

"But if we don't wrap it this way, it will always leak." The cooks were speechless.

Finally, under the guidance of the cooks, a zongzi finally didn't need so many zongzi leaves, but Chunhong and Liulu had to help press it to tie the rope, which was not easy. Lu Lingxi also put a copper coin in the last zongzi, saying that whoever eats it will have good luck. The cooks didn't know where this custom came from. But, the young ladies wrapped these zongzi, each of them looked different, and they could tell which one had the copper coin at a glance.

After working all afternoon, Lu Lingxi finally wrapped about ten of them. The original plan was to give Chunhong, Liulu, Luyi, and Lu Yugang a share, but now there is no express delivery. If she really asked someone to help deliver them to Lu Yugang, they would definitely have gone bad by the time they reached Lu Yugang. So she decided to wait until the next time she had the chance to make them for him.

When Lu Yi and Lu Lingxi had dinner together in the evening, the rice dumplings made by Lu Lingxi in the afternoon were served on the table. Lu Yi looked at the table full of strange-shaped rice dumplings and was moved by Lu Lingxi's filial piety, but he felt that it was unnecessary.

"Um~ Lingxi, these are the dumplings you made? Thank you for your hard work, but you don't have to do it next time. Just leave these things to the cook, and you just need to be comfortable and be a young lady." Lu Yi didn't want to undermine Lu Lingxi's confidence, so he said tactfully.

"It's okay, Dad. Making zongzi is not tiring and I think it's quite interesting. Come and try this biggest zongzi. It's the first one I made, so of course I have to offer it to you first." As she said this, she picked up the string of the zongzi with chopsticks (if she didn't pick up the string, she couldn't find any other place to start) and put it in Lu Yi's bowl.

Lu Yi didn't want to hurt Lu Lingxi's confidence, so he bit the bullet and untied the rope. He thought: "This is such a big zongzi, this one should be enough to fill me up." But when Lu Yi untied the first layer, there were still zongzi leaves inside. Then he untied another layer, and there were still zongzi leaves inside. He untied seven or eight leaves in total before he saw a little glutinous rice, which was leaking out from the edge of the zongzi leaves. When he finally untied all the zongzi leaves, he saw that the zongzi was smaller than the average zongzi. It seemed that he had just thought too much.

Lu Yi took a bite of the zongzi he had just opened carefully and gently. He had not expected much from its taste and was even afraid that it would taste strange. But it turned out to be quite good. Lu Yi nodded in satisfaction, "Mm-m-m, not bad, it tastes OK." Fortunately, the glutinous rice and seasonings in the zongzi were prepared by the cook, otherwise Lu Yi would be in trouble.

When Lu Lingxi heard Lu Yi praise the delicious zongzi, he said proudly: "It seems that I am still talented. The zongzi I made for the first time tasted so good."

"Yeah, I have talent... I have a chance..." Before he finished speaking, Lu Yi felt something was wrong. Why was the glutinous rice in the middle so hard? It was not cooked! It might be because it was wrapped too thickly. Lu Yi couldn't say it clearly, so he just smiled awkwardly and swallowed it forcefully.

Fortunately, the other dumplings didn't look that big, but the shape was a little strange, so they shouldn't be undercooked. In order to avoid Lu Lingxi choosing a problematic dumpling for him, Lu Yi picked up a dumpling that looked relatively normal. As a result, he hit his teeth at the end and spat out a copper coin. Lu Yi's teeth were hurt and he asked in confusion: "Lingxi, what's going on?"

"Ah, Dad, you ate the rice dumpling with the copper coin. This means you will have good luck in the future." Lu Lingxi said excitedly as he looked at the copper coin that Lu Yi spit into the bowl.

"So you did it on purpose?" Lu Yi was a little angry and raised his voice unconsciously because the copper coin really hurt his teeth.

"Yes, this is the same as putting copper coins in Yuanxiao. Whoever eats it will have good luck." Lu Lingxi explained.

"Child, you should have informed your father in advance so that your father could be mentally prepared and be careful. If my teeth are knocked out, I won't be able to eat meat or drink wine in big mouthfuls in the future." Lu Yi didn't want to blame Lu Lingxi too much. As a young person, it is inevitable that he will not think things through sometimes.

"Okay, I understand. I will definitely inform daddy in advance next time." Lu Lingxi said with his head down.

Then the two continued to eat. Fortunately, the cooks prepared other dishes in addition to rice dumplings, so Lu Yi could eat to his heart's content.

After they both finished eating, Lu Lingxi was about to get up and say goodbye to go back to his room, but Lu Yi suddenly said, "By the way, Lingxi, there is something I forgot to tell you. After a while, the person you rescued will have recovered from his injuries and will have to take classes with Master Yan together with you. At that time, the two little girls who followed you will not have classes together for the time being."

"Dad, do you mean that person will live in our house for a long time? How long will he stay? And can he take classes with me? Isn't there a difference between men and women? They can't sit at the same table, so how can they take classes together?" Lu Lingxi asked in confusion.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants him to stay in our house for a while to avoid the limelight. I cannot explain to you the details of what happened in the court. As for how long he will stay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will call him back when he comes back from his northern tour. As for the issue you mentioned about men and women not being able to sit at the same table, father is not such a rigid person. You are not alone together, and you have Master Yan here, as well as a bunch of maids and servants. Nothing will happen, and no one will dare to spread any rumors." Lu Yi patiently answered every question for Lu Lingxi.

"Oh, since Daddy thinks there's no problem, I will naturally believe you. I'll just follow your arrangements." Lu Lingxi answered obediently after hearing Lu Yi's words.

"Daddy is really happy to see how well-behaved and obedient you are now. It seems that Master Yan is really a good teacher. He can even teach a person who was the most arrogant and rude in the past to be what he is now." Lu Yi was very pleased that Lu Lingxi was so obedient now.

"Dad, are you praising me or insulting me?" Lu Lingxi was not happy after hearing this.

"Of course Daddy is praising you. You are more sensible than before and can listen to Daddy's reasoning. You have really grown up."

"Thank you, Dad. It is true that Master Yan taught me a lot of truths, and I listened patiently and understood them carefully. I was able to live a carefree life in the past because of Dad's love. But I also understand that Dad also has many shortcomings. I should be more obedient and let Dad worry less." Perhaps infected by the festive atmosphere, Lu Lingxi expressed his words of gratitude sincerely.

"Yeah, I'm glad you're sensible. Oh, it's getting late, you should go back to your yard and rest." As Lu Yi was talking, he felt as if Lu Lingxi was going to get married tomorrow, and tonight was the last time they would have such a private conversation. He couldn't help but burst into tears. Before the tears came out, he quickly stopped the topic and let Lu Lingxi go back to rest.

"Daddy, Lingxi is leaving." Lu Lingxi also noticed that Lu Yi seemed to be about to cry. She felt that she was a bit sentimental, and it would be embarrassing to cry for no reason, so she immediately left and ran back as if escaping.

Lu Yi looked at Lu Lingxi running away and laughed: "This child is still so impetuous."