The Flirtatious Prince and His Savage Concubine

Chapter 134 Grounded

Nan Wangyu completely forgot that he and Lu Lingxi were very close, and when he took a step back he stepped on Lu Lingxi's foot.

Liu Lu was still refuting Concubine Su's words: "What do you mean by private punishment? The queen was just fighting back after being beaten. Why should my queen just stand there and let you confiscate her property in Changqiu Palace?"

From behind, Lu Lingxi pulled Nan Wangyu's sleeve and beckoned him to come closer.

Nan Wangyu lowered her head and put her ear close, thinking that Lu Lingxi was going to tell her something important in secret, but when he got closer, she suddenly shouted, "You stepped on my foot!"

Nan Wangyu was so shocked by the sudden shout that he laughed. He raised his foot, turned around, gently pinched Lu Lingxi's shoulder and said, "Lingxi, I'm sorry. I was so engrossed in the show just now. I hope I didn't hurt you?"

Hearing the two people's movements, the others fell silent and looked at them.

Lu Lingxi: "It's okay. I was so engrossed in watching that I didn't notice you were so close to me."

There was some politeness between these two.

However, the people in Yilan Palace, led by Concubine Su, did not think that the two of them were polite. Today's incident was caused by them anyway, and now they just treated them as a group of people performing a big show and were just watching the fun from the sidelines.

Liu Lu also looked at her own queen with a resentful face. She was working hard to argue for her in front, but she just hid behind the Crown Prince and watched the show without saying a word.

Noticing that everyone in the room was looking at him, Lu Lingxi coughed lightly, "Ahem~ you guys continue, isn't it true that our Crown Prince still hasn't figured out what's going on? Hey! Where were we just now?"

Lu Lingxi slapped his forehead and answered himself: "Oh, it was Liu Lu who just said that Concubine Su, you are bringing people to raid my house."

As soon as Lu Lingxi said this, Concubine Su quickly got into the mood and quickly knelt on the ground to apologize, "I dare not, I dare not, I just couldn't find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and was anxious. I didn't think too much at the moment and bumped into Your Majesty. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

Concubine Su kowtowed sincerely while apologizing for her crime. After a few kowtows, her already horrible face had a swelling on her forehead. It looked a bit horrible.

Nan Wangyu stopped him and said, "Alright, stop knocking."

After hearing the Crown Prince's words, Concubine Su stopped what she was doing and looked at him, waiting for his next words.

Nan Wangyu sighed helplessly, and then continued: "I have roughly understood what happened today. It was Concubine Su who broke into the bedroom of me and the Crown Princess first, and even provoked me and broke into the inner room. The Crown Princess was wronged for no reason, and she fought back in anger and accidentally injured Concubine Su. It was your own fault. There is no grievance."

When Concubine Su heard Nan Wangyu's words, she knew that he would not stand on her side, and she quickly begged, "I know I was wrong. I was young and ignorant, and I offended the Crown Princess. I will never dare to do it again. Brother Yu, please forgive me this time for the sake of our past friendship. I really won't dare to do it again."

Nan Wangyu: "You are young and ignorant? Lingxi is a few years younger than you, and I have never seen her go to your bedroom to make trouble. And I warned you last time, don't call me 'Brother Yu' anymore. You and I don't have any old friendship. I only take care of you for the sake of your father, my teacher, Grand Master Su. If you do it again, I will send you back to your teacher."

After Nan Wangyu finished speaking, he did not forget to look at Lu Lingxi's reaction, as if he was explaining it to her on purpose. However, the latter did not react at all, waiting for his next words indifferently to see how he would deal with Concubine Su.

Lu Lingxi is indeed the youngest in the mansion. Concubine Su knows that she can no longer use age as an excuse, and can no longer even mention the old relationship. Now she can only give in, admit her mistakes and accept the punishment, so that she can continue to stay in the Prince's Mansion, and stay with the person she has loved since childhood. Anyway, she is now a member of the Prince's Mansion, and there is still a long time to go in the future. So she bowed her head and replied, "I know."

Seeing that Concubine Su finally admitted her fault, Nan Wangyu continued, "Since you have admitted your fault, then accept the punishment."

Concubine Su: "I accept the punishment and will obey your Highness."

Lu Lingxi couldn't help but complain in his heart. This guy was aggressive towards me just now, but now he is obedient and does whatever Nan Wangyu says. He really knows how to judge people by their appearance.

Nan Wangyu didn't know what she was thinking. He just wanted to get this matter over with quickly and take a closer look to see if Lingxi had any hidden injuries.

So he said briefly: "Concubine Su has committed treason and offended the Crown Princess. She is punished with house arrest for three months. The monthly allowance will be reduced by half. From now on, she is not allowed to enter Changqiu Palace without the order of the Crown Princess. All those who besieged Changqiu Palace today have been bribed. The Crown Prince's Mansion cannot tolerate servants who besiege their masters."

When they heard they were going to be sold out, the maids and servants immediately fell to the ground and begged for mercy, "We will never dare to do that again!"

"Please spare my life, Your Highness, Your Majesty!"

They all knew very well that if they were bribed by the Prince's Mansion, they would not dare to employ them anymore, which would cut off their future livelihood.

Older maids were fine, at most they had to do some hard labor, but they could survive despite the hardship. Younger maids, unable to find a new home, might be sold to brothels. They were not good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, or painting, and could not choose to perform, so they could only sell themselves and do menial jobs. They were just following orders, so why did they end up like this?

The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. Ruizhu crawled to Concubine Su and cried, "My Lady, My Lady, I have been with you since I was a child. I have always served you with the utmost care and consideration. You will not be used to it without me. I do not want to be sold. Please help me beg for mercy."

Seeing the person she grew up with begging her like this, Concubine Su's eyes were moistened with true emotion. She shook Ruizhu's hand and turned to Nan Wangyu to plead, "Your Highness, Ruizhu..."

Before she could even open her mouth to plead for mercy, Nan Wangyu interrupted her: "I saw that Concubine Su was well-behaved and sensible in the past. How come she has become like this in the past two years? It must be these cunning servants who instigated and instigated you to become like this. So I spared you some leniency and only confined you, but did not demote you. If you want to keep her, it means that you believe that what you did today was your own idea and had nothing to do with her. Then I will demote you to a Zhaoyi, how about that?"

When she heard that she was going to be demoted by several ranks at once, Concubine Su could not utter the words of pleading. She could only look at Ruizhu with tears in her eyes, apologetically.

Ruizhu also knew that she had no hope, and she suddenly lost her spirit and lay on the ground motionless.

Nan Wangyu didn't want to say anything more, so he ordered, "Sun Fulu, have someone send Concubine Su back and have someone watch over her. Leave the others to Concubine Shang for disposal."

Sun Fulu nodded and said, "Yes, I will do it right away."

After arranging these things, Nan Wangyu took Lu Lingxi to Changqiu Palace.