mtlumby2d Chapter 406: Rumors
Chapter 406: Rumors
But such days did not last long.
Soon, messages began to circulate in the palace.
After all, Li Jingyang often accompanied Lin Rusi like this.
Moreover, now that Li Jingyang is the Crown Prince, he is naturally being eyed covetously by many women.
Therefore, rumors circulated that Lin Rusi was jealous and forbade Li Jingyang from having any other concubines.
Moreover, these rumors spread more and more, and became increasingly bizarre.
The news quickly reached Lin Rusi's ears.
Lin Rusi, who was peacefully resting during her pregnancy, showed no particular reaction after hearing these words.
However, unexpectedly, this rumor somehow reached Li Jingyang's ears.
Seeing that Li Jingyang did not react to these rumors, Lin Rusi frowned.
However, Lin Rusi understood that Li Jingyang must have his own reasons.
Therefore, Lin Rusi wanted to find out who was behind this.
Who exactly spread such rumors?
After observing for several days, Lin Rusi realized that the maids were actually hers and were not behaving themselves.
That day, while Lin Rusi was having some snacks, the maids were chattering outside the door.
At this point, Lin Rusi could no longer bear it and stood up.
He slowly walked to the door and opened it.
This also allowed Lin Rusi to catch the two maids red-handed.
"It seems that the rumors circulating in the palace these past few days were spread by the two of you."
Lin Rusi lowered her eyes, her expression extremely serious.
When the two maids saw this, they immediately knelt down.
He hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake, saying he would never dare to do it again.
"Your Highness, please spare us! We'll never dare to do it again..."
"We were wrong, we really shouldn't have done that..."
"Please, you're too magnanimous to hold a grudge against someone like me..."
……
The two maids in front of him kowtowed until their foreheads were bleeding.
Despite the blood flowing down their foreheads, Lin Rusi showed no pity or mercy.
With just a few words, he summoned the guards, who then arrested the two maids.
"Punish both of them with fifty strokes of the cane!"
After all, things are not as good as before. If it were still in the Prince's mansion before, Lin Rusi would probably have turned a blind eye.
But they are currently in the palace.
The palace is also a place of deceit and treachery, an exceptionally treacherous place.
Moreover, this is how the system of flattering the powerful and fawning over the weak works within the palace.
If Lin Rusi doesn't give these two maids a hard time now, she'll probably be asking for trouble later.
After all, they all thought Lin Rusi was easy to bully.
Then all sorts of trouble will come.
Therefore, to avoid future troubles, Lin Rusi has now cut off the source of the difficulties.
Afterwards, Lin Rusi personally went to the backyard to watch the guards punish the two maids.
Lin Rusi was relieved when she saw the two maids collapsed on the bench.
After that, the maids would never speak up again.
Otherwise, they'll probably have to have their tongues pulled out later.
Moreover, now that Lin Rusi has made an example of these two maids, the other maids are all obedient and dare not disobey Lin Rusi.
“Drag them into the woodshed and lock them up for two days.”
As Lin Rusi gave the order in her cold voice, the guards dared not disobey.
They quickly dragged the two maids away and locked them in the woodshed.
Lin Rusi's actions shocked everyone in the Crown Prince's residence.
This also achieved the effect of Lin Rusi.
After doing all this, Lin Rusi had the other guards bring a box of exquisite pastries.
Accompanied by her favorite maid, Xiao Yuan, Lin Rusi carried the box of pastries to the palace where Li Jingyang was.
However, Lin Rusi encountered a lot of criticism along the way.
After all, the rumors had already spread throughout the palace, so they couldn't help but talk about it when they saw Lin Rusi.
"How can the Crown Princess be so jealous? If I were the Crown Prince, I would divorce her first."
"What will they do if the Crown Princess is carrying a daughter?"
"We'll just have to wait and see how ridiculous it becomes."
……
Lin Rusi did not do anything after hearing these words.
After all, what Lin Rusi needs to do now is not to argue with these people.
Instead, he went to explain the current situation to Li Jingyang.
Even though Li Jingyang didn't think much of it, Lin Rusi still cared a lot about it.
However, when Lin Rusi arrived at the palace where Li Jingyang was, she was stopped by the eunuchs outside the door.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is currently discussing matters with his ministers, so you cannot enter now. Perhaps we should wait until he finishes his meeting before this old servant escorts you in."
Hearing the eunuch's words, Lin Rusi was somewhat dissatisfied.
After all, why can't Lin Rusi listen to the things Li Jingyang talked about with the expert?
So Lin Rusi raised an eyebrow and looked at the eunuch.
"Why can't I go in? Are they talking about something I can't hear? Besides, all I want to do is go in and deliver some pastries to the Crown Prince."
After hearing Lin Rusi's words, the eunuch was also in a dilemma.
After all, how could these servants dare to make decisions on their own?
The Crown Prince had already said that no one should disturb them.
So now, whether or not Lin Rusi can be included is still a question.
So, just as the eunuch was in a dilemma, Lin Rusi insisted on going in with her maid.
This left the eunuchs completely helpless, and with no other option, they sent Lin Rusi to the side room.
Lin Rusi sat down in the side room, where she overheard Li Jingyang discussing matters with the ministers.
"How about we form a marriage alliance, Your Highness? This alliance would certainly be of greater help to you and would also expand the territory of your kingdom."
"Yes, the neighboring country has so many princesses, why not choose to form a marriage alliance!"
"Even in our country, there are quite a few young ladies from prominent families."
……
The ministers kept telling the story of the benefits of marriage alliances.
Since Li Jingyang has just become the crown prince, he still needs the help of other forces.
Otherwise, Li Jingyang probably wouldn't have survived long enough to become emperor.
Therefore, these ministers are now doing their best to help Li Jingyang.
However, Li Jingyang remained indifferent and did not say anything more.
However, Lin Rusi heard all of this clearly.
Li Jingyang probably didn't know that Lin Rusi was in the side room.
At this moment, Lin Rusi's expression was extremely complicated, and she really didn't know what choice Li Jingyang would make.
However, if they do choose to form an alliance through marriage, their future path will be even easier.
However, even without choosing a marriage alliance, Li Jingyang and Lin Rusi are still capable of achieving a bright future.