The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

Chapter 165 Empathy for the Scumbag

On the morning of February 19, Concubine Shang came to look for Lu Lingxi. The invitations were all prepared yesterday afternoon, and they could be sent out after Lu Lingxi, the Crown Princess, had reviewed them. However, because yesterday was the day when Marquis Zhenguo and the Crown Prince were going to war, Lu Lingxi was unable to spare the time, so she did not come.

But today, when she saw Lu Lingxi's red and swollen eyes, she asked uncertainly: "Lingxi, what happened to you? Were you beaten?"

Lu Lingxi smiled embarrassedly: "It's okay, it's okay, it will be fine tomorrow."

Concubine Shang stepped forward and waved her hand in front of Lu Lingxi's eyes, and said worriedly: "Can you see now? I specially brought the invitations to you today for your review. After you have checked them and confirmed that they are correct, you should send them to the various mansions."

Lu Lingxi tried to open his eyes a little and looked at Concubine Shang and said, "Sister Shang Jia, once you have checked it, it's fine. Send someone to deliver it to the various mansions. I'm afraid I need to let my eyes have a good rest today. I can't open them now."

Concubine Shang also suddenly understood that Lu Lingxi's eyes were probably swollen from crying when she saw off Marquis Zhenguo and the Crown Prince yesterday. Thinking about this little girl who lost her mother when she was young and was often separated from her father, she probably had to experience such separations often, right? She was also a poor little girl.

So he reached out and patted the back of Lu Lingxi's hand, and said with pity: "Lingxi, you should have a good rest. I will definitely get this done."

Concubine Shang was about to withdraw her hand, but was grabbed by Lu Lingxi, "Oh, Sister Shang Jia, your hands are so tender and soft! They are like they are made of water. Come on! Let me touch them again."

Concubine Shang laughed angrily, thinking, "I have no need to sympathize with this little girl."

Then he ruthlessly pulled his hand back and stood up: "Why are you being so naughty for no reason? I'm very busy and don't have time to play with you. I'm leaving now."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Lu Lingxi acted like a pitiful abandoned person behind Concubine Shang and shouted, "Sister, are you leaving now? Come and play with me next time!"

The next day was the day that Empress Gu and Concubine De had originally decided that Lu Lingxi should go to the palace to pay respects. Previously, she was too lazy to play along with them and could have claimed to be sick and not gone. But today, she had to go no matter what.

Fortunately, Lu Lingxi had a good rest the whole day yesterday, and the swelling in her eyes had finally subsided, but they were still a little red. After covering them with makeup, nothing could be seen.

Thinking about the last time she entered the palace, the concubines were accompanied by palace maids who refused to let her bring anyone with her. It was obviously targeting her. No matter what she said today, she had to bring Chunhong and Liulu with her.

Although she had told Nan Wangyu before that she didn't want to go to the palace to pay her respects with him and get up so early, but Queen Gu would definitely cause trouble for her today, Lu Lingxi still got up early and went into the palace with him, thinking of giving Queen Gu less excuse to cause trouble for her.

As a result, when Lu Lingxi led Chunhong and Liulu into Yanchun Palace, the other concubines were all there. The Princess of Qi, who had just held a full-moon banquet for her son, also came.

At this moment, they were all sitting there and listening to Queen Gu's lecture. It was obvious that Queen Gu had some skills in controlling her subordinates.

When she saw Lu Lingxi and her people coming in, Queen Gu immediately stopped her lecture. After she finished her greetings, she put on a loving look and said with a smile, "Lingxi, you are here. Come and sit next to me. Let me see if you have recovered completely after all these days."

Before Lu Lingxi could reply, Concubine De answered, "It's just a minor cold. She has been recovering for more than a month. How could she not recover? I see that the Crown Princess looks very well. She doesn't look like someone who has been ill for a long time."

Lu Lingxi sat in her seat, and Chunhong and Liulu stood behind her.

After she sat down, she looked at Concubine De's face, then touched her own face, and then said leisurely: "My daughter-in-law's complexion looks much better than Concubine De's. After all, my daughter-in-law is young and recovers quickly."

This was clearly saying that she was old and ugly. Defei raised her finger and pointed at Lu Lingxi: "You...you...you..." She said "you" for a long time and didn't say anything else.

She almost started to curse, but seeing Lu Lingxi's innocent face, as if she didn't understand what she was implying. And with so many people watching, she couldn't lose face as she was a concubine, so she had to stop.

When Queen Gu saw that Concubine De was so angry at Lu Lingxi's words that she almost lost her composure, she thought to herself, "Fool, a fool who can't keep his temper."

But she smiled and said, "The Crown Princess looks healthy, unlike Ying'er. You two look about the same age, but Ying'er looks much more haggard. Was it because Hong'er was too noisy at night? He disturbed you to rest. You too, don't have to do everything yourself. What are the people in the Prince Qi's Mansion doing? They are there to make you relax. Just tell them to do something if you have something to do."

Princess Gu Ying'er of Qi bowed her head obediently and replied, "I will follow your mother's instructions, but I need to keep an eye on Hong'er from time to time to feel at ease."

It was the first time for Lu Lingxi to be so close to Princess Qi. She looked a bit like his sister-in-law, but her eyes were narrower and more charming. She looked weak and boneless, and she looked like she had to take a breath after walking three steps. Her voice was so gentle that it gave people goose bumps.

There was a minister in the Crown Prince's Mansion who seemed to have the same attitude, but thinking back, he was still a little inferior to the Princess of Qi.

Oops! Lu Lingxi suddenly felt that she could empathize with Nan Wangyu, why he kept so many beauties in his house. If she were a man, she would probably want to take in all kinds of beauties in her house. Innocent, energetic, gentle, charming, fierce, thrifty and virtuous. And when she saw the same type, she would always want to compare, which one is better. If she had the best of all types, she would have an inexplicable sense of superiority.

Tsk tsk tsk, this is a typical selfish scumbag, who only thinks about his own superiority and never thinks about the suffering of the girls who are forced to compete for a husband. I am a good young man with a good family background, I can't have such messy thoughts.

Thinking of this, Lu Lingxi raised his hand and drew a circle on his temple, then shook his hand and silently said in his heart: "Evil thoughts go away, evil thoughts go away!"

While Lu Lingxi was distracted and having wild thoughts, Queen Gu had already exchanged eight hundred moves with the concubines present. It seemed that she was still not satisfied and kept wanting to hit Lu Lingxi, but she just wouldn't respond.

Seeing Lu Lingxi rubbing her temples, he thought she was pretending to be sick again, so he pretended to be concerned and asked, "What's wrong with the Crown Princess? Is your migraine coming back again? How come you have a migraine at such a young age?"

When Lu Lingxi heard this, he paused.

Before she could answer, Concubine De responded first, "What the Empress said is right. The Crown Princess is a daughter of a general, and she is physically strong. She was able to knock over several noble ladies with her bare hands in the Imperial Garden before. Even if she hit her head against a pillar, she would be alive and kicking in two days. How come after you married into the Crown Prince's Mansion, you always use your health as an excuse to shirk your duties when serving your mother-in-law? Did the people in the Crown Prince's Mansion treat you harshly and really ruin your health, or do you just can't stand the words of old ladies like us?"

Lu Lingxi nodded, too lazy to think of excuses, and said affirmatively: "Well, Madam Defei, your words are indeed very unpleasant to the ear. I don't like to hear them."