The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

The prince’s horse farm was not too far from the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion, and Lu Lingxi and his party arrived there in about half an hour by carriage.

After getting off the carriage, Lu Lingxi looked up and saw the words "Yu's Horse Farm" written on the doorplate. He couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't they say it was the prince's horse farm? Why is it 'Yu's Horse Farm'?"

Chunhong explained to Lu Lingxi: "The prince's mother's surname is Yu, and this is one of the few properties left to the prince by his mother's family."

After spending the past few months together, Lu Lingxi discovered that Chunhong was a know-it-all in the capital. She knew which families in the capital were married to which families, which families were enemies with which families, how many people were in the family, how much property they had, and even the relationships between family members and their personalities. Sometimes Lu Lingxi suspected that Chunhong had installed cameras in the mansions and streets, but she had no evidence. Taking Chunhong out was more convenient and smarter than Baidu.

Lu Lingxi lowered his voice and asked in confusion: "Didn't they say that the prince's mother's family has no power and the prince has always been bullied? How come his mother's family still has such a large horse farm?"

Chunhong: "The prince's mother's family is now powerless and has fallen into decline. They used to be a prominent family. Otherwise, how could the prince's mother, the late queen, marry the current emperor and become the mother of a country? It's impossible for a peasant girl who was stranded among the people to become a phoenix overnight. This is unrealistic."

Liu Lu added, "A peasant girl like this who wants to get close to the emperor will be taken down as an assassin before she even gets close."

Lu Lingxi muttered quietly: "I said that the Cinderella story is unreliable. No wonder there is magic and pumpkin carriages? It turns out that the whole story is surreal. In reality, marriage must first be of equal status."

Liu Lu didn't hear what Lu Lingxi was mumbling, so she asked, "Miss, what are you talking about? Cinderella? The pumpkin carriage?"

Lu Lingxi: "Nothing. I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived yet. Should we wait at the door? Or go in directly? Why is there no one at the door to greet us?"

As they were talking, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties came out and bowed, saying, "Hello, Miss Lu! You're here quite early. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't arrived yet. How about you go to the horse farm first?"

Lu Lingxi looked at the person who came and nodded, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way."

The old man said, "Miss Lu, you are too polite. I am the chief clerk who manages the horse farm for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. My last name is Deng. You can just call me Chief Clerk Deng."

Lu Lingxi nodded, "Hello, Master Deng!"

Deng Zhubu: "Miss Lu, you are too polite. I will take you to choose a horse that suits you. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be here by the time we have chosen one."

Lu Lingxi: "No need to choose a horse. Daddy gave me a horse a few days ago. The one Daddy picked should be suitable. Deng Zhubu, you can take us around and familiarize us with the environment."

Deng Zhubu said timidly, "In that case, I will show you around. You don't need to address me as 'you', just 'you'. Otherwise, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will blame you if he finds out."

Lu Lingxi smiled awkwardly, "Okay then!" In fact, she didn't have the habit of always calling others "you", but when she spoke, it was easy for her to learn the other person's tone and intonation.

Deng Zhubu led Lu Lingxi and his party, and the servant took Yun Zong to stroll around the horse farm. Deng Zhubu introduced the horse farm to Lu Lingxi as they walked. There are now more than 5,000 horses in the horse farm, more than 4,000 adults, and half are male and half are female. How many horses are used by the court every year? How many horses are traded in the horse market? Deng Zhubu told them all.

Lu Lingxi was confused and asked, "Master Deng, do you have to explain in such detail to everyone who comes to visit your horse farm? I feel like these transaction details are quite private, so you don't need to tell me."

Deng Zhubu: "Normally, there are few visitors to the Yu family horse farm. Even if there were others, I would not introduce the situation of the horse farm in such detail. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who told me that Miss Lu is the future Crown Princess and that the horse farm will be handed over to the Crown Princess sooner or later. He asked me to introduce Miss Lu in detail so that it would be easier for her to take over in the future."

Lu Lingxi felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, and thought to herself: "I am just thinking about breaking off the engagement with your Crown Prince, but he is not shy about it."

But it was not easy to say this to Deng Zhubu, so she could only keep it in her heart, and then turned around and exchanged glances with Chunhong and Liulu to ease the awkwardness.

Fortunately, not long after Deng Zhubu had been explaining, a servant whispered something in his ear, as if there was something important waiting for him to deal with.

Seeing this, Lu Lingxi said with relief: "Master Deng, don't worry about me. Go ahead and do what you want. I'll go around by myself."

Deng Zhubu bowed and said, "Then I will excuse myself for a moment. Miss Lu, please make yourself at home."

Lu Lingxi nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Okay! Okay!"

But Deng Zhubu had been away for a while, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not come either. Lu Lingxi was really bored with the stroll. He looked at the palm trees around him, and then at the spring reds and willow greens, staring at each other.

Lu Lingxi suddenly had an idea, and seemed to be asking Chunhong and Liulu for their opinions, or talking to himself, "I don't know when the Crown Prince will arrive. Why don't I study on my own based on what my brother wrote in his book?"

Liu Lu agreed: "Miss is so smart, maybe she can really learn it by herself."

Chunhong said with some concern: "Miss, don't take risks. I heard that it is still difficult for beginners to learn horse riding, and there are many people who get injured accidentally. Let's wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Lu Lingxi said nonchalantly: "Oh! Don't be afraid, I still have some martial arts skills, I can adapt to the situation."

After saying that, Lu Lingxi put his left foot on the stirrup, exerted force with his right foot, and was about to jump onto the horse's back.

At this moment, an urgent voice suddenly shouted: "Danger! Be careful!"

Yunzong was frightened and raised its front hooves with a scream, and Lu Lingxi was thrown off by Yunzong.

The owner of the voice flew over quickly and wanted to catch Lu Lingxi, but everything happened in a flash, and no matter how fast the person was, he couldn't catch Lu Lingxi.

Seeing Yunzong was frightened and wanted to run away.

Lu Lingxi's left foot was still stuck in the stirrup, so the visitor had to pull Yunzong's reins to comfort it and calm it down.

Lu Lingxi felt that his butt hurt a lot. After Yun Zong calmed down, he quickly took out his feet and stood up with the help of Chun Hong and Liu Lu. Fortunately, the problem was not serious and he was not injured, but he fell suddenly and was scared.

After Lu Lingxi stood up, he found that the person who had just yelled was Xiao Yuer. He said with an expression that he was worried about something, "Lingxi, why are you so reckless? How can a beginner get on a horse by himself without someone to accompany him and lead the horse? And why are you not wearing riding clothes? Your skirt is too long. It's easy to trip and fall. How are you? You must be hurt from the fall just now."

Lu Lingxi was already in a bad mood after falling down, and when he saw Xiaoyuer chattering, he became even angrier. He replied dissatisfiedly: "Xiaoyuer, why do I feel that it was because you suddenly shouted that Yunzong was frightened and made me fall down? Yunzong has always been very docile."

Seeing that Lu Lingxi was a little angry, Xiao Yuer recalled that he had indeed seen Lingxi asking him to mount the horse, and he was a little nervous. He shouted without thinking too much. Was Yunzong really scared by him? He immediately became a little scared, afraid that Lu Lingxi would be really angry with him. He had originally planned to reveal his true identity today, but now he didn't dare to do so. Lingxi became even angrier.

Seeing that Xiao Yu'er didn't answer him, Lu Lingxi asked again: "Where is your Crown Prince? I'm still waiting to see his true face. For so long, I have only heard of him but never seen him in person."

Xiao Yuer: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left the palace today and came to the horse farm. As a result, the Emperor called him away for something urgent. Before he left, he sent a subordinate to teach you in his place."

Lu Lingxi was even more speechless. Why did Xiaoyuer always come for him? He could even break his promise. This prince was really busy. I don't know if he was really called away by the emperor, or was tripped up by the beauties in the palace.