The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

When Lu Lingxi and Gu Yan'er returned to the banquet hall, the performances of the singers and dancers were almost over. Next, the ladies from noble families would show off their talents to each other in order to win the title of "Fairy Under the Moon" at today's Mid-Autumn Banquet.

No matter when the banquets in the palace are held, there will be some names, and the participants will show their talents. Then the host will propose the evaluation criteria, or the attendees will vote for their favorite talents, or the high-ranking host will directly evaluate. Today, it is probably the Queen who will directly evaluate.

The first place winner of each banquet will be awarded a title in the palace, and will be a popular figure after returning home. Married women will be more favored by their husbands and will be loved more; unmarried women with titles can raise the threshold for choosing a husband's family and marry into a higher family. Therefore, girls often try their best to show themselves whenever they have the chance. Once they have a title, the previous winner will be forgotten until the next time someone else gets the title and becomes popular again. This cycle repeats itself, and there is never a shortage of girls vying for the title.

Lu Lingxi had also attended several such banquets, but had never received any title. Firstly, she didn't care about these things; secondly, she really didn't seriously learn the talents they were going to compete in, such as playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and tea-making. Although Lu Lingxi is better now than before, she still only learned the basics. So today she still didn't plan to show any talents.

The talents performed today were similar to those at previous banquets, such as Miss Li's flower arrangement, Miss Wang's tea art, Miss Jin's poetry, and Miss Zhao's singing. Queen Gu applauded each one, but did not comment too much, and did not say who was the best.

When it was Liu Fufeng's turn, she chose her best water sleeve dance. It turned out that she had practiced it since she was a child and had a solid foundation in it. When she finished the dance, the whole audience was amazed and applauded.

Even Queen Gu, who had never commented on other people's talent shows, began to praise: "Mm-m-m, not bad, Fufeng danced well, her eyes were full of brilliance, charming but not coquettish."

Hearing the Queen's praise, Liu Fufeng quickly stood up and bowed to express her gratitude. She felt quite proud and proud. At this time, she couldn't help but look at her old enemy, Lu Lingxi. Although she was applauding, she was very nonchalant and didn't seem to approve of her dancing skills.

Seeing Lu Lingxi's performance, Liu Fufeng stared at her and said angrily, "I wonder what talent the future Crown Princess has prepared tonight? Why haven't you come on stage to show it yet?"

At this moment, Lu Lingxi was completely out of the state of mind. She was thinking about her own things, thinking about her conversation with Gu Yan'er just now. She didn't watch the performance seriously. She just clapped a few times because others were applauding. She definitely had no intention of looking down on Liu Fufeng.

At this moment, she heard Liu Fufeng invite the "future crown princess" to show her talent and look in her direction. She turned her head in confusion and found that there were no other young ladies behind her. She only saw Chunhong and Liulu constantly winking at her. Lu Lingxi pointed at her nose with a confused look on her face and mouthed "Me?" with a look of horror.

At this point, Chunhong and Liulu knew they could no longer hide it. It could be said that everyone present, except Lu Lingxi herself who had lost her memory, knew that she was the future Crown Princess, and that the wedding was approaching, with only about five months to go. Now that so many people were watching, they should let the young lady perform her talent first, and then slowly explain it later. So the two of them nodded frantically, giving Lu Lingxi a positive answer that she was the future Crown Princess.

Lu Lingxi was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. He complained in his heart: "Oh my God, I have been here for such a long time, and no one has mentioned to me that the original owner is engaged. Am I amnesiac, or are you all amnesiac? Hey! I was just pitying others who can't make their own decisions on marriage and are victims of political marriages, but it turns out that I am the clown? I just persuaded Sister Gu, how did she hold back her laughter?"

Lu Lingxi looked at Liu Fufeng with a shocked expression: "Miss Liu... no, Aunt Liu? Were you talking to me just now?"

When Liu Fufeng heard this, she was so angry that her eyes almost popped out of her head: "What aunt? Call me Madam Liu. Wasn't I talking to you just now, but to a ghost? Oh..." Liu Fufeng suddenly smiled slyly: "I remember that you committed suicide by hitting your head against a pillar in order not to marry the Crown Prince, but you didn't die but lost your memory? How come you still haven't remembered that you are the future Crown Princess? I don't understand, how did the current Crown Prince, the heir to a country, offend you to make you avoid me like the snake and scorpion?"

Lu Lingxi couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard this. Wasn't this obviously a trap for him? How dare he point out the Crown Prince's faults? Lu Lingxi said in an impatient tone: "This is a private matter between the Crown Prince and me. It seems to have nothing to do with you. It's not your turn to question me. It also has nothing to do with today's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. I can't talk to you about it."

Liu Fufeng's hands were shaking with anger, and she thought angrily in her heart: What do you mean it has nothing to do with me? If it weren't for you, I would also be the Crown Prince's person. Being the Crown Prince's concubine is not the same as being the King of Qi's concubine, okay? But she could only say "you..."

Seeing the two arguing, Queen Gu knew that they had an old grudge. If they quarreled again, the emperor would definitely blame her again. She quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Okay, Fufeng, Miss Lu and the prince will solve their own problems. Today, we will only talk about the selection of the 'Fairy Under the Moon' for the Mid-Autumn Night Banquet. Let's not talk about anything else."

Seeing that Queen Gu seemed displeased, Liu Fufeng and Lu Lingxi quickly stood up, bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, your servants obey." Then they sat down respectfully.

After the two of them were seated, Queen Gu said, "Not only Fufeng is looking forward to seeing Miss Lu's talent show, I am also looking forward to it. I heard that Miss Lu has seldom gone out in recent months, and has been concentrating on studying various talents such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting at home. I believe she must have made great progress. How about showing your best skills today and striving to win the title of 'Fairy Under the Moon'?"

Lu Lingxi was in a bad mood at the moment, so she had no intention of performing. Besides, her father had not told her to perform before, but only asked her to abide by the etiquette of the palace and not cause trouble. So she stood up again, knelt down to Queen Gu and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Queen. I didn't prepare any talent today. I just played around at home and read novels. I didn't learn any talent. Let others who are ready perform."

Hearing Lu Lingxi say this, Liu Fufeng was furious and shouted directly: "Lu Lingxi, you are not the Crown Princess yet, why are you so disobedient to your elders? Even if you become the Crown Princess in the future, the Queen is still your mother-in-law, you should respect her and listen to her. The Queen is giving you a way out, why don't you hurry up and take it? Humph!"

Queen Gu was silent at this time, as if she had tacitly agreed that what Liu Fufeng said was what she wanted to express. Liu Fufeng also understood this meaning and continued, "You said you didn't prepare any talent, but you sang by the Chunhui River during the last spring outing. You can also sing a song today for us to hear."

Hearing Liu Fufeng say this, Lu Lingxi smiled contemptuously and said, "Ah? How long ago was this? Did I sing a song? I don't remember it. I'm afraid that Madam Liu went to the brothel to listen to the song herself, so she remembered it wrongly?"

Liu Fufeng was very angry and pointed at Lu Lingxi: "Don't talk nonsense. How could I, a pure and innocent girl, go to such a place?" He carefully glanced at Queen Gu and saw that she had a fierce look in her eyes. He didn't know whether she believed Lu Lingxi's words and was angry at him for being immoderate, or was angry at himself for being incompetent and unable to argue with Lu Lingxi. He immediately fell silent.