"No bowing." Lingxi said unflinchingly. "I see the Heavenly Fire as one of my own; I don't want to watch her jump into a fire pit."
"Lingxi, what do you mean by this!" Cao Xuerou said coldly upon hearing these words.
"What do you think I mean?" Lingxi retorted sharply. "The Southern Barbarian Palace has wolfish ambitions, wanting to control our Holy Flame Palace through marriage—did you think I wouldn't know that?"
"But you agreed, didn't you?" Cao Xuerou laughed inexplicably.
"Yes, I agreed, but I've changed my mind." Lingxi was worthy of being Ye Chen's mother; even when being unreasonable, she was so justifiably confident.
"Hmph." Cao Xuerou sneered. "Do you take my Southern Barbarian Palace as somewhere you can come and go as you please?"
"Anyway, I've changed my mind today, and there will be no bowing." Lingxi said.
"You think you can just decide there will be no bowing?" Cao Xuerou laughed in sheer anger. "Today, you will bow whether you want to or not!"
