Everyone was kneeling on the ground, making Yan Yuning, who was standing still, seem out of place.
Yan Yuning felt so embarrassed that her scalp tingled. She bowed and saluted King Xuan, Queen Xuan, and the eldest princess Xuan Zhaoyang in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
Before King Xuan could ask her to stand up, Xuan Yanyu stepped forward and helped her up.
King Xuan glared at the people kneeling on the ground and shouted, "Everyone, stand up."
The maids shuddered and stood up tremblingly.
"What's going on?" Prince Xuan looked at Concubine Wu.
Concubine Wu's eyes were evasive, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am not happy."
Now she really felt a little regretful. She didn't expect that Second Miss Yan actually had a special relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Why didn't I see you kneeling on the ground?" King Xuan's eyes were grim.
Isn't this a slap in his face?
How could it be like for his concubine to kneel down before a princess who had not yet been crowned?
Even if he was canonized, he could not let his concubines kneel down to her.
She hasn't even married Yu'er yet, but she's already so presumptuous in the Xuanwang Palace. It's simply not worthy of being in a noble position.
He had been unhappy since she instigated Yu'er to marry only her, and now it annoyed him even more.
“Your Majesty, I noticed that Second Miss Yan did not bow to me, so I reprimanded her for not knowing the rules. But…but Second Miss Yan said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoiled me, so she relied on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to pester me.” Concubine Wu said with a hint of grievance.
She could see that His Majesty wanted to support her.
Xuan Yanyu chuckled and said, "She doesn't even need to bow to me, so why should she bow to you? Could it be that you are more noble than me?"
Concubine Wu lowered her eyelids and looked at Prince Xuan pitifully.
Yan Yuning pursed her lips and said calmly, "Lady Wu, I didn't know your identity at first. After I knew it, I wanted to pay my respects, but you asked me to kneel down. I didn't want to kneel, so you let your maid beat me until I kneeled down."
"I said I didn't know the rules, so I just had to bow. Why are you so persistent? You said who allowed me to speak to you in a questioning tone, and then I said that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who allowed it, and then you knelt in front of me for no reason."
Yan Yuning turned to look at Prince Xuan and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, may I ask what the rules are for Concubine Wu to follow?"
Xuan Zhaoyang raised her eyebrows. This little girl dared to ask her the emperor?
King Xuan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Yan Yuning, who lowered his head slightly politely after speaking.
He thought she would not say anything and let Yu'er protect her, but he didn't expect her to be so bold and even dare to question him. She was really spoiled by Yu'er!
"Why doesn't the Emperor answer?" Xuan Yanyu said with a smile in the corner of his eyes.
King Xuan, who had no place to vent his anger, walked forward and patted Xuan Yanyu's shoulder, once again lamenting his own incompetence.
It's so disappointing that this brat has no competition at all.
I can't bear to really beat him for being so disobedient.
He is truly the most cowardly of all the Xuan Kings in history!!
Yan Yuning pursed her lips.
Xuan Yanyu: “…”
There is no dust on my shoulders, so there is no need for the Emperor to come over and pat them.
Prince Xuan looked stern and glanced at Concubine Wu from above, "That girl from the Yan family said, right? If she doesn't kneel down for you, you will beat her until she kneels down?"
"Your Majesty... No, that's all Miss Yan's nonsense." He couldn't admit it at this moment.
"No, that's what she said." Yan Yuning interrupted.
Prince Xuan looked at Yan Yuning, and before he could open his mouth, Yan Yuning said, "I didn't know the rules. When I heard Concubine Wu falsely accuse me, I hurriedly defended myself. Your Majesty, please continue asking."
She also knew that it was not good to interrupt. Concubine Wu was talking nonsense. She could see that Prince Xuan was very unhappy that Xuan Yanyu was venting his anger for her, so in order to prevent Xuan Yanyu from speaking, she said something extra.
Xuan Zhaoyang pursed his lips and smiled, and the second Xuan Xixi appeared.
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