Chapter 157: Grant You the Honor of Regent
Finally getting rid of this inexplicable princess, Lu Ji came to the back hall where the King of Qi lived. When the King of Qi, who was practicing martial arts, saw Lu Ji, he immediately put down his sword, called out "Uncle" and ran towards him excitedly.

Seeing his nephew, Lu Ji's gloomy expression finally eased. He raised his hand and patted the boy's shoulder: "Pan'er has grown taller again."

Zhao Pan looked behind Lu Ji and asked, "Why didn't uncle bring aunt with him?"

Lu Ji said in a deep voice: "What aunt? Don't call me that."

"I didn't expect my uncle would be embarrassed sometimes."

The young man couldn't see the complicated thoughts of the adults, and continued to joke with Lu Ji: "I heard that the third daughter of Wang Clan of Langya is as beautiful as a flower."

"Little kid, don't talk nonsense." Lu Ji interrupted again in a deep voice.

The young man finally realized his elders' displeasure and asked in confusion, "Could it be that my uncle is not pleased with his new bride?"

Lu Ji frowned: "Let's not talk about this."

Then he changed the subject and asked his nephew, "I heard from your uncle that you have made great progress in your studies. How about your martial arts? Have you made any progress?"

"I was just thinking of asking my uncle for some advice."

As he spoke, the young man took the sword and Lu Ji patiently taught his nephew.

The uncle and nephew were sweating profusely, and they sat on the stone bench beside the training ground to rest. Zhao Pan took the towel from the maid and handed it to Lu Ji first, saying, "I'm afraid I will never be able to reach my uncle's martial arts in this lifetime."

Lu Ji took the towel from his nephew and said with a smile: "As long as you work hard, there will be a day when you can surpass your uncle."

The young man wiped his sweat and said, "Uncle, is there anyone in this world who is better at martial arts than you?"

Lu Ji paused and looked at his nephew with a smile: "There are always people who are better than me. Of course there are people who are better than me."

"Has Uncle ever met such a person on the battlefield?"

The young man was trapped in the imperial city and was always very curious about what was happening outside.

"Not yet." Lu Ji said with a smile: "But it doesn't mean that there won't be any enemies in the future."

The young man looked at Lu Ji with admiration on his face: "In Pan'er's heart, uncle is the most powerful."

Lu Ji wiped off the sweat, put the towel aside, waved his hand to dismiss the serving palace servants, and taught his nephew: "As a prince, learning martial arts is secondary. Having strategies and wisdom is the most important thing. Do you understand?"

Among the many princes, who will eventually rise to the top depends mainly on the competition between the forces behind each of them.

Although Zhao Pan is young, he knows that he has to rely on his mother's family. When he saw Lu Ji mentioned this, he immediately changed his playful attitude.

"I was just about to tell my uncle that after my father left the court today, he received a lot of impeachment memorials from the Censorate and the Cabinet, all of which accused the Jiang family's illegitimate son of occupying the people's land and committing evil deeds."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ji asked, "What do you think about this, Pan'er?"

Zhao Pan said solemnly: "A thousand-mile dam can be breached by an ant hole. This time, my uncle will definitely bring down the Jiang family."

Lu Ji smiled and patted his nephew's shoulder.

Zhao Pan stood up and bowed deeply to Lu Ji: "Uncle, if you help Pan Er ascend to the position of crown prince, after I take power, I will definitely give you the honor of being involved in politics, and the Lu family will become the most famous family in our Great Zhou."

After meeting his nephew Zhao Pan, Lu Ji did not return to his eldest sister's bedroom, but left the palace first.

While waiting for Wang Fengyi at the palace gate, Lu Ji happened to meet Prime Minister Jiang who had just come out of the Qinzheng Hall.

In just a few days, the old man seemed to have aged a lot.

Lu Ji bowed to him: "Prime Minister Jiang."

The old man changed his usual kind appearance and snorted coldly at Lu Ji: "Admiral Lu has resorted to trickery on my son in order to bring me down. Humph! Mean tricks!"

Lu Ji sneered: "Prime Minister Jiang failed to manage his family properly and allowed his illegitimate son to cause harm to the people. Why do you bother to blame others?"

The old man replied sinisterly, "He's just a bastard. At most, I will sever the father-son relationship with him." Then he snorted coldly, "Admiral Lu wants to use this to shake me, but I'm afraid his plan will fail."

Lu Ji said calmly: "Then let's wait and see."

If Concubine Duan had not instigated the Saint to force a marriage, Lu Ji would not have been so eager to take action against the Jiang family without seeing the Saint's intentions clearly.

But now the Jiang family has touched his bottom line, and Lu Ji doesn't want to delay any longer.

Now the two families seemed to be at loggerheads with each other, and Prime Minister Jiang no longer pretended. He said a few cold words to Lu Ji and then left in anger.

Lu Ji looked normal.

The Jiang family is in danger right now, and the initiative is in his hands.

After standing at the palace gate and waiting for less than half an hour, Wang Fengyi came out with the palace servants.

At this moment, the daughter of the Wang family had already recovered as usual, still looking dignified and respectable. When she saw Lu Ji, she stepped forward with a smile and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, cousin."

His tone was gentle and his demeanor was steady, as if the unpleasant argument between them before entering the palace this morning had never happened.

Seeing this, Lu Ji smiled, with a hint of helplessness in his words: "My cousin is indeed a good daughter trained by the Wang family."

Wang Fengyi naturally understood what he meant. She looked up at Lu Ji and asked, "Are you praising me, cousin?"

Lu Ji did not answer the question directly, but said in a roundabout way: "When it comes to noble lady demeanor, my cousin is a role model."

It's not a compliment, but rather has a slightly derogatory tone.

Wang Fengyi was not annoyed, and replied slowly: "As a noble lady, the future wife of a noble family, you should behave properly. As the son of a duke, hasn't anyone taught you to abide by the rules and etiquette?"

If we continue talking, we'll start arguing again.

I have never seen such a cold and hard woman.

She doesn't look like a woman at all.

A daughter of the Wang family is only suitable to enter the palace as a queen and serve as a model of rules.

"Is my cousin mad at me again?"

Seeing Lu Ji frowning, Wang Fengyi spoke carefully, with a meaningful tone: "I am just abiding by the rules, and I don't mean to deliberately annoy you."

Lu Ji remained silent, and she continued earnestly: "My cousin is in a high position and has great power, and I don't know how many eyes are watching him. I said this to warn him to be cautious in his words and deeds, and to be humble and kind."

Listening to her subtle advice, Lu Ji had an illusion that he was back in the school of his childhood and was being lectured by the old teacher.

The whole article is full of moral principles, which are very annoying.

He hated being restrained the most. In order to make the woman shut up, Lu Ji said impatiently, "Stop talking. I'm not angry with you."

The nagging advice finally stopped. Lu Ji looked up at the sky and breathed a sigh of relief.

If he had a quarrel with Qin Xiaoning, she would not dare to lose her temper when he lost his temper, but would cry aggrievedly until she softened her heart and vented her temper, and then she would start to reason with him.

In terms of knowledge and good manners, the little girl is not inferior to the girl from the Wang family.

But she understood his own temper, and every time she advised and reasoned with him, he would listen. Unlike this girl from the Wang family, whose nagging only made him annoyed.

Since she was engaged to him, Lu Ji always unconsciously compared Wang Fengyi with Qin Xiaoning.

No matter how you compare, this girl from the Wang family is not as good as Qin Xiaoning.

It was not to his liking at all.

A far cry from his little girl.