The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

Chapter 131 Sulking

Although she could hear the Crown Prince's words defending Concubine Su, Chunhong did not back down and continued to express her thoughts, because she knew that the Crown Prince should still value his master more.

"I suspect that it was Concubine Su who spread the rumors, and I have another reason."

Nan Wangyu: "Oh? Go on."

Chunhong: "Your Highness, do you still remember the Imperial Counselor, Lord Su? He is the cousin of Concubine Su and a student of Grand Tutor Su. He has always followed the lead of Grand Tutor Su. Lord Su and his wife are well-known in the capital for spreading gossip. Once before, when we were at the Zhenguo Marquis's Mansion, the servants and the Crown Princess were just laughing and joking for a few words, and Lord Su accidentally saw it. The next day, rumors spread that the Crown Princess was vulgar and unreasonable."

Nan Wangyu still didn't want to believe that his teacher would teach his daughter such a bad thing, so he said hesitantly: "This... maybe it was just a coincidence before, and it might not be a rumor that Concubine Su instructed Lord Su to spread?"

Listening to Nan Wangyu repeatedly defending Concubine Su, Lu Lingxi wanted to tell Chunhong to stop talking. If she made this man unhappy, it would not be worth it to be punished for no reason.

But before she could stop Chunhong, Chunhong continued, "I think this matter is very simple. We just need to check whether Concubine Su sent anyone out of the house today, and then we can find out where they went. Of course, they only passed the message verbally and would not leave any evidence, but finding out the situation can help the Crown Princess to be prepared and avoid some dangers in advance."

Lu Lingxi was shocked that Chunhong, who was usually taciturn and cautious in her words and actions, seemed like a different person today and dared to talk back to the almighty Crown Prince. He was also worried that Nan Wangyu would be punished because Chunhong repeatedly suspected his sister Yun'er.

Nan Wangyu thought seriously for a moment and said to Chunhong, "Well, what you said makes sense. I will personally send someone to investigate the rest. You don't have to worry about it. Just take good care of Lingxi."

Chunhong: "Yes, I obey your command!"

Nan Wangyu: "You two go down and prepare dinner."

Lu Lingxi felt that the way Chunhong talked to Nan Wangyu just now was like they had always had such a tacit relationship between superiors and subordinates, one reporting calmly and rationally, and the other making decisive judgments. But in her impression, the two of them had hardly talked to each other, so where did the inexplicable tacit understanding come from?

After Chunhong and Liulu left the room, Nan Wangyu saw Lu Lingxi still staring at him in a daze. He waved his hand in front of her eyes and asked, "What's wrong, Lingxi? What are you thinking about?"

Lu Lingxi came back to his senses and answered honestly, "I was thinking about Chunhong. I wondered why she suddenly became so bold and was not afraid of saying bad things about your sister Yun'er and making you unhappy. I have been with her for such a long time. I believe that I have always been kind to them and I have always trusted her the most. But she is always cautious in front of me."

Nan Wangyu was a little amused and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He avoided talking about Chunhong and only talked about Concubine Su: "Lingxi, Concubine Su is really not my sister Yun'er. I didn't think about protecting her. I just respected my teacher, so I was a little tolerant of her. But if she really did something to hurt you, I wouldn't let her go easily. You are the most important in my heart."

After saying that, he wanted to take Lu Lingxi's hand, but Lu Lingxi took his hand back first, stood up and said, "Well, that sounds nice, but it depends on what you do. If she really slandered me secretly, how do you plan to deal with her?"

"This..." This stumped Nan Wangyu. He had never dealt with the concubines in the Prince's Mansion before. He only thought about the severity of the matter and had no idea of ​​the degree. In the past, these matters were handled by Concubine Shang. He even felt that those people were very annoying because they fought over jewelry and fabrics all day long. They hid outside and rarely returned to the Prince's Mansion.

"I... I don't know how to deal with it. In the past, it was the Shang family that handled these things. How about I go and ask tomorrow?" After thinking for a while and unable to come up with an idea, Nan Wangyu honestly expressed his thoughts.

Lu Lingxi felt that he was shirking responsibility. If he let Concubine Shang handle it, Concubine Su would not hate him and would turn her attention to Concubine Shang. How clever! She had to learn this method, but her favorability towards this person dropped instantly. This move was a bit insidious. If she had a score for her favorability towards Nan Wangyu, Nan Wangyu could see her own score, which rose and fell like waves during the day.

Lu Lingxi had been silent the whole time, and Nan Wangyu finally realized that she was angry. Suddenly, he suddenly understood and smiled and coaxed her, "Look at my memory. We agreed that if any of them offend you, you can deal with them. You can punish them however you want. If there is any inappropriate handling, I will help you clean up the mess. Do you think this is okay?"

Lu Lingxi was not sure whether Nan Wangyu was speaking from his heart or whether he was really afraid of his father coaxing him. He did not agree or not, but just humphed without comment.

Before Nan Wangyu could say something else, Chunhong and Liulu brought two second-class maids in, carrying the food and setting it on the table.

Lu Lingxi was really a little hungry at this moment, so he stopped worrying about the previous problem and sat down at the dining table and started eating.

With so many servants serving him, Nan Wangyu couldn't act too humble in front of them, so it wasn't appropriate for him to continue coaxing Lu Lingxi.

The two of them tacitly kept silent during the dinner, and finished it quietly. However, Nan Wangyu would still pick up some food for Lu Lingxi from time to time, and Lu Lingxi would eat it all without refusing.

After dinner, Nan Wangyu and Lu Lingxi took a walk in the yard to digest the food. This time Chunhong, Liulu and Sun Fulu followed them. The two of them did not talk much, but just walked side by side quietly, taking a leisurely stroll.

The three people following behind clearly felt that the atmosphere between the two masters was a little off, but they didn't dare to ask too much. They were just wondering, they were all fine before dinner just now, discussing things together, why did they suddenly have a quarrel?

Sun Fulu was even more puzzled, because he had been guarding the door and did not hear the two masters arguing.

Nan Wangyu couldn’t understand why Lingxi suddenly got so angry and didn’t want to say a word to him. Hadn’t he been coaxing her the whole time?

Not to mention that Nan Wangyu didn't know why Lu Lingxi was angry, she herself might not have figured out why she was so angry all of a sudden. Was it because Nan Wangyu had always protected Concubine Su? They grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and Master Su was Nan Wangyu's teacher. He respected his teacher, so it was no problem for him to take care of his teacher's daughter. He also protected Concubine Su on the day of the wedding, right? Why wasn't he so angry at that time?

After walking and thinking all the way, Lu Lingxi still didn't figure it out.

After returning to Changqiu Palace and washing up, Lu Lingxi didn't even try to be humble and fell directly on the bed to sleep. At the moment, she was angry with Nan Wangyu and didn't want to ask him how he slept.

Nan Wangyu looked at Lu Lingxi who was lying on the bed and quickly fell asleep, smiled helplessly, and thought: Maybe Lingxi is not angry, she may just be simply tired.

He did not disturb Lu Lingxi, but took out the bedding he had used a few days ago, made a bed on the floor, and lay down to sleep. He had to get up early tomorrow to attend court to see if anyone wanted to say that he was not deliberately discrediting Lingxi.

Although his father had asked him to stay at home and accompany Lingxi during this period, he was going to surprise those gossiping civil servants tomorrow and catch them off guard.