Chapter 350 Wang Fengyi bows to Qin Xiaoning

The man was wearing a python robe with a coiled dragon pattern and stood there with a dignified demeanor, glancing at Wang Fengyi with cold eyes.

The meaning was obvious. He was waiting for her to bow and salute Qin Xiaoning.

The man had a powerful aura, and under his dignified gaze, Wang Fengyi's face turned pale immediately.

The huge palace fell into awkward silence because of Lu Ji's sudden attack on Wang Fengyi.

Finally, Qin Xiaoning spoke, and she slowly said to Lu Ji: "Since the Queen Mother said that there is no way to distinguish between superiors and inferiors, then my cousin and I should just greet each other with equal courtesy when we meet in the future."

However, Lu Ji seemed to be deliberately trying to embarrass Wang Fengyi. Before Qin Xiaoning finished speaking, he interrupted her and said, "I will make my own decision on this matter."

The man looked so domineering and majestic that even Qin Xiaoning couldn't help but choke.

Wang Fengyi's face was already extremely pale.

"Lu Ji, it was you who wanted to break off the engagement, you went back on your word and destroyed my promise. Now, please don't go too far!" Wang Fengyi's eyes were wide with anger, and she squeezed out these words viciously from between her teeth.

Faced with Wang Fengyi's sharp words, Lu Ji remained unmoved.

He smiled coldly and replied, "I am the regent king, and even the princes have to pay respect to me. You are just a promoted princess. I want you to pay respect to my princess. This is in accordance with the rules and is reasonable."

Lu Ji refused to give in and looked like he was determined to persist to the end.

Qin Xiaoning didn't want to make things too awkward with Wang Fengyi in the palace, so her small hand under her wide sleeves quietly pulled Lu Ji's sleeve, trying to persuade him to stop, but the man didn't move at all.

Wang Fengyi was so angry that she was shaking all over. She said to Lu Ji angrily, "What if I don't pay my respects to your princess? Does your Majesty dare to put me in the Ye Ting Prison?"

"That won't happen." Lu Ji said coldly, "I will order you to be driven out of the palace, and order you to reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors in the mansion before you leave."

He was driven out of the palace and ordered to reflect on his mistakes. If this were the case, it would surely be known to the whole city.

Not only Wang Fengyi's face would be lost, but the face of the entire Langya Wang family would be disgraced.

"How dare you!" Wang Fengyi was so angry that her shoulders shook like leaves in the wind. She pointed at Lu Ji and cursed, "Lu Ji, you are a despicable villain."

Lu Ji glared at her coldly and said in a calm voice, "You have committed a serious crime by insulting an important minister, Wang Fengyi. It would not be unfair if you were sent to the Ye Ting Prison."

As soon as Lu Ji finished speaking, the personal guards wearing soft armor outside the door had already taken action. As long as Lu Ji gave an order, the guards would come over to take the person away.

The atmosphere in the hall had reached freezing point, and even Qin Xiaoning didn't dare to speak rashly to improve the situation.

"Forget it, forget it. Today is a good day, so let's not make a fuss." Empress Dowager Lu, who had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, finally spoke.

She glanced at Lu Ji meaningfully, then looked at Wang Fengyi and said slowly, "I didn't think it through. You two asked me about the hierarchy just now, and I didn't get around to it. A-di is right. Logically speaking, A-Ning's status is indeed more noble."

Empress Dowager Lu paused and said half jokingly, "The Emperor's empress has not yet entered the palace. Among all the women in the world, except for me, the Regent Princess is the most respected."

Lu Ji's expression softened slightly when he heard this, and he clasped his fists towards Queen Mother Lu: "The Queen Mother is wise."

Empress Dowager Lu secretly glanced at her brother, then looked at Wang Fengyi and said, "The palace is different from the outside world. The rules here are as strict as the sky. Cousin, since An Ning is of higher status than you, you should greet her." "We are all relatives after all, so don't make things too awkward. If it really gets embarrassing, no one will look good."

Although Empress Dowager Lu spoke gently, she was actually scheming, and Wang Fengyi was in a difficult situation.

Lu Ji's cold eyes were fixed on her, and Wang Fengyi felt as if a thorn was on her back. The lightly-armored guards outside the palace still maintained the posture of coming in to escort someone. In the huge palace, all the palace servants and maids inside and outside, all their eyes were focused on her.

Wang Fengyi had never suffered such humiliation in her life.

She gritted her teeth secretly, but finally bowed and greeted Qin Xiaoning.

The always proud daughter of the Wang clan of Langya lowered her eyes and bowed to Qin Xiaoning, who was sitting beside Empress Dowager Lu, with reluctance in her voice: "May the princess be well."

When she stood up, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Empress Dowager, I'll take my leave first." Wang Fengyi almost fled.

The daughter of Wang family of Langya had never suffered such humiliation.

When the man disappeared, Empress Dowager Lu said to Lu Ji, "Brother, you really went too far."

Lu Ji sat down on the chair, took the teacup from the palace servant, took a sip slowly, snorted coldly, and said, "Wang Fengyi found such a scoundrel to mess around in the mansion in order to humiliate An Ning. Isn't An Ning humiliated? She was jealous of my doting on An Ning, and she dragged An Ning into the water during the Dragon Boat Festival, making me bear the stigma of favoring a concubine and destroying my wife. Isn't it humiliating for me, Lu Ji?"

As shrewd as Lu Ji is, women's little tricks can naturally not escape his keen eyes.

It's just that he was constrained at the time and had to choose to endure.

Empress Dowager Lu laughed when she heard this, and half jokingly said, "People say that you favor your concubine over your wife, but that's not an injustice to you."

"Don't make fun of me, elder sister." Lu Ji said back, and then he started to criticize the Wang family, "Now that An Ning has married into the family, grandma is still making things difficult for her. This Wang family of Langya is simply making things difficult for me."

The man has always hated evil, and now he even resented his own grandmother.

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Lu turned her eyes to Qin Xiaoning and asked, "Did Grandmother embarrass you?"

Qin Xiaoning smiled and answered truthfully, "Empress Dowager, please don't listen to his exaggeration. It's just that I went to pay my respects to her these past two days and was turned away twice."

The lady did not make things difficult for him as Lu Ji said, at least not now. Qin Xiaoning was not used to wrongly accusing anyone.

When Empress Dowager Lu heard this, she understood most of the situation. Lu Ji wanted to show off his power to Wang Fengyi today, and he did it for the lady dowager to see.

It turns out that someone has wronged his wife, and this person will retaliate double.

Empress Dowager Lu couldn't help but laugh: "Brother, it's a good thing that you protect your daughter-in-law, but you can't wrongly accuse Grandmother like this."

Lu Ji did not hide his true feelings and said frankly: "As a junior, I will naturally not go to argue with my grandmother, but the other members of the Wang family will probably have to follow suit."

As he said this, he smiled coldly: "Why? My woman has been wronged by the Wang family, and you want me to swallow my anger, don't you think?"