Chapter 344 Establishing Rules

Lu Ji didn't even raise his eyelids and replied coldly: "I'm not hungry, you can just use it well."

The man had a cold face and looked unhappy all over.

Looking at his appearance, who can eat?

Finally, the Duchess's wife, with a sullen look on her face, ordered the breakfast to be taken away.

This time, the harsh sound of fiddling with the teacup finally stopped, and the man finally calmed down. He looked up at the Duke's wife and Li Lanchun and the others, and said lightly: "A Ning just came in. In terms of the rules, mother and sister-in-law should give her more advice."

Having said that, anyone with ears can hear that the man is clearly saying the opposite of what he means.

I’m afraid that others will be mean to my wife.

The Duke's wife glared at her son fiercely, then turned away with a cold face.

Li Lanchun frowned, pondered for a long time, and said with a dry laugh: "Second brother, you are overthinking. Although our family has a lot of rules, mother has always been tolerant and has never done anything mean. Even if the family rules in the mansion have always been strict with new brides, the new brides in our family, starting from me and then to my third brother's wife in the second room, have all just gone through the motions and put on a show. None of them has ever been wronged in this regard."

Lu Ji smiled.

It was a laugh, but it was a very forced one.

"How can An Ning compare with my eldest sister-in-law and my younger sister-in-law?" Lu Ji's voice was chilling: "You two are from high-class families, with supporters behind you, so you are naturally more confident. But An Ning is different."

He turned his eyes to look at Qin Xiaoning, and then said: "Plus, she has a soft personality, so she is bound to suffer losses when encountering things."

This clearly means that the people in the house were made angry by his wife.

What the man said was right. Just now the whole family was sitting there eating, and his pregnant wife was standing there serving them.

Although it is a rule, in Lu Ji's eyes, it is very glaring and heartbreaking.

As soon as Lu Ji's explosive words came out, Li Lanchun was choked and stared blankly. The Duke's wife finally couldn't help but speak.

As usual, she rolled her eyes at her son, then said coldly, "You know how to love your wife, but our family is a family with rules after all. No matter what, these rules cannot be broken."

When she was talking about the rules with Qin Xiaoning just now, she was just pretending to do so. But now when the Duke's wife was talking to her son, she acted as if she was going to handle the matter in a businesslike manner.

"You are a prince now. This is a mansion bestowed by the saint. If you can't stand the constraints of your family, you can move out. I have no objection. Anyway, you are used to being disobedient. I will just treat you as if I don't have a son." The Duchess's wife said angrily.

Lu Ji raised his eyes to glance at his mother, and then said angrily: "Mom wants to drive me away, I won't say anything, but please don't say that I can't stand the restraint. Ning is my wife, and she has a soft temper. As a man, I protect her more, there is nothing wrong with that."

Both mother and son have stubborn tempers.

When the Duke's wife heard this, she snorted angrily: "If you want to go, go ahead. No one will stop you. There is no man in the world who doesn't have a wife. I have never seen such a useless person as you."

"I just feel sorry for my wife. I don't think this is a worthless thing." Lu Ji said stubbornly, "Does watching your mother tormenting your wife mean being filial?"

After Lu Ji's conversation, the Duke's wife was so angry that her face turned pale.

Qin Xiaoning winked at Lu Ji, urging him to shut up, but this guy insisted on being stubborn.

Seeing that the mother and son were arguing more and more fiercely, Qin Xiaoning had no choice but to take them away first: "Mother, your daughter-in-law will go back first and will come to serve you tomorrow morning." Li Lanchun followed suit and said: "According to the rules, you still have to pay your respects to your grandmother. It's getting late, go quickly."

Drive this guy away quickly to avoid a big war.

Lu Ji was pulled up by Qin Xiaoning, and under Qin Xiaoning's guidance, he said to the Duke's wife, "Mother, I will take Ah Ning to pay my respects to Grandmother first."

Finally, he said, "Tomorrow morning, take a rest. Ah Ning and I will come and serve you breakfast."

The Duke's wife seemed to have heard a huge joke.

Hehe smiled coldly: "I dare not trouble the prince."

She raised her eyes and rolled her eyes at her son fiercely: "From now on, you should come to my place less often. If you don't come, I will feel more comfortable and can eat two more bowls of rice."

This son is just not considerate. Not only is he not considerate, he is also irritating.

The Duke's wife's tone was full of annoyance.

From childhood to adulthood, Lu Ji was beaten and scolded the most by his mother, so he had a tough skin. When he saw his mother ordered to let the people go, his expression was not as unhappy as before. He took his wife and strode out of the door.

When they were outside and there was no one around, Qin Xiaoning couldn't help but start scolding Lu Ji.

"Why are you following me? Didn't I tell you that I can handle this myself?"

Before she could finish, Lu Ji interrupted, "How are you going to deal with it? Are you just going to stand there and take the heat?"

"Who made me angry?" Qin Xiaoning rolled her eyes at him and continued, "It's the custom for a bride to serve her mother-in-law at meals. It's the norm in every family. How come you're being bullied?"

"It's fine that you serve mother, but the eldest sister-in-law and the sixth sister also sit there and ask you to serve them. What's going on?" Lu Ji snorted coldly: "You are pregnant with my flesh and blood. Everyone sits down to eat, but you are the only one standing. Mother really went too far."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have contradicted her like that just now." Lu Ji said unconvinced.

Seeing this, Qin Xiaoning patiently told him everything that had happened, and then said, "In short, mother didn't mean to embarrass me. You just thought too much."

But Lu Ji didn't believe it.

The man frowned and stared at the little woman, saying seriously, "A Ning, you don't have to be so submissive. Mother is angry with me, and she is wrong to involve you because of this. I don't want you to be caught in the middle and get angry."

In other families, the son is caught between his mother and his wife, but in their family, it is the other way around.

Qin Xiaoning also knew that the Duke's wife was mainly angry with Lu Ji. From the beginning to the end, she had never made things difficult for her. It was just that the rift between mother and son was ultimately caused by Lu Ji marrying her secretly. Qin Xiaoning couldn't just ignore it.

As a new bride, easing the relationship at home is her top priority.

Qin Xiaoning really didn't know how to explain to Lu Ji: "My mother-in-law didn't make me angry, and I don't feel wronged. Anyway, if you don't get involved in the future, everything will be fine."

As they were talking, the young couple arrived at the Madam's Shulan Garden. As soon as they reached the gate, the gatekeeper stopped them and said, "The Madam has not finished her meal yet. I will go and tell them. Please wait for a moment, Your Majesty and Princess."

The servant said to wait a moment, but the two of them stood at the gate and waited for nearly half an hour before someone finally came out, but the door was turned away.

"The Madam said that she is not feeling well today and cannot see the princess. Please go back first."