Resisting the Wind and Splendor

A sneer broke the deadlock between the two.

Consort Rui was furious, but laughed instead: "Fine, very well, my son is indeed not qualified to be your man."

“Mother, she is not a bad person by nature, she is just still young…” Lu Fengjin felt a chill run down his spine.

He rarely had the chance to see his mother smile like that.

The last time I saw her was when she was laughing as she executed the old nanny who had served her for many years.

Lu Fengjin continued to explain, "Mother, Yuan'er had no intention of offending you, Your Majesty..."

"Lu Fengjin, are you going to bow down to her?" Tuoba Feiyuan, who had been so smug just moments before, suddenly turned extremely ugly.

She knew, of course, Consort Rui's identity, and she knew that disobeying her would not end well.

But what she wanted was a sincere heart.

This is her best chance to test whether Lu Fengjin is truly sincere towards her.

If Lu Fengjin cannot protect her now, she will have no status in the Prince's Mansion in the future.

She wasn't really stupid; she just wanted to take a gamble.

Consort Rui, however, lost all her patience.

"Somebody come!"

At her command, two guards rushed in.

"Drag her out and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"

"Yes!" The two immediately walked towards Tuoba Feiyuan.

"Mother!" Lu Fengjin tried to stop her.

Consort Rui's eyes turned icy, a ruthless glint appearing in them: "Do you want me to punish her, or do you want me to execute her?"

Lu Fengjin's whole body stiffened.

Two guards had already pulled Tuoba Feiyuan up.

Enraged, Tuoba Feiyuan slapped one of them with a palm.

However, she was injured in the shoulder today and was unable to use her internal energy, so this palm strike had no power.

She was quickly dragged off the bed by the guards.

"Lu Fengjin!" As she was being dragged away, Tuoba Feiyuan turned back and glared at Lu Fengjin in disbelief: "You're the one who said you would protect me?"

"Yuan'er..."

"Jade must be carved to become a useful object. If you still want her to stay in the Prince's mansion, you'd better behave yourself!" Consort Rui said angrily.

Helpless, Lu Fengjin could only lower his eyes and stop looking at Tuoba Feiyuan.

Tuoba Feiyuan never expected that the board would actually fall on her.

Each blow was so heavy, so painful!

At first, she gritted her teeth and endured it, never uttering a sound.

After a few blows, she couldn't hold back anymore. Her screams turned into screams, and finally she burst into tears: "Lu Fengjin, A-Jin... Ah! Ah ah... A-Jin, save me, ah..."

Lu Fengjin was restless in the room, wanting to rush out, but he didn't dare to take a step because Consort Rui was there.

Consort Rui, however, remained calm and composed, accepting the fragrant tea offered by Granny Xiu and taking a small sip.

She ignored the screams of Tuoba Feiyuan outside.

"Is this the woman you brought back?" Consort Rui looked at her son, her eyes filled with displeasure. "You abandoned Ali, who had known and cherished you for so many years, for such a wild girl?"

"Mother, I never intended to abandon Ali. It was Ali who asked Chu Xiaohe to ask Father to cancel the engagement." Tuoba Feiyuan's voice disturbed Lu Fengjin's peace of mind.

Incidentally, he also directed his resentment at Chu Yueli.

"Your Majesty, I never expected A-Li to be so petty and intolerant of other women. How can she possibly be the mother of a nation if she is like this?"

Consort Rui thought for a moment, and her anger towards her son finally subsided somewhat: "I never expected her to be so petty. I always thought she was dignified and generous, but I was wrong about her. However..."

Consort Rui looked at her son, then changed the subject: "Do you know that Prince Mo is returning to the capital?"

"Fourth Imperial Brother is returning?" Lu Fengjin's eyes darkened. "Why haven't I heard of this?"

“I overheard it by chance when I was serving ginseng tea to His Majesty.” Consort Rui looked at him and frowned. “The day Prince Mo’s face was disfigured in the great battle and he was forced to flee to the northern frontier, although you did not directly cause the incident, you are not unrelated to it.”

"This time he quelled the chaos in the northern frontier and returned to the capital in triumph. The first person he will deal with upon his return will undoubtedly be you. At a time like this, you actually fell out with the Duke's mansion. How will you contend with Prince Mo in the future?"

The memory of that battle immediately flashed through Lu Fengjin's mind.

The Mo King was lured to the northern frontier, but he took advantage of the situation and seized Qizhou.

From then on, Mo Wang guarded the northern frontier and quelled the rebellion. He made great achievements and returned to the capital in triumph, becoming the well-known God of War of Dongling.

But the person who gave him advice and strategies in that battle was Chu Yueli!

But does the Fourth Prince know whether he truly knows that his real enemy is Ali?