If not abolished

Chapter 192 Apology

"Young Prince, the Queen invited you to dinner. Why did you hide in your room and refuse to come out as soon as you came back today?" The palace servant who came to look for him knocked on the door in confusion.

"I got it. I'll be there right away." Zhu Zhankai shouted outside.

After a while, Zhu Zhankai came to the dining room, "Mother."

"Hurry up and sit down. You must be tired after a day of classes. I asked the kitchen to prepare your favorite dishes. The weather is still a bit hot. Come and have some white fungus and lotus seed soup to cool down." As she spoke, Concubine Guo diligently served him a bowl of soup and placed it in front of him.

If it were any other day, Zhu Zhankai would have gladly accepted it, but today, he was hesitant to take action.

Even though Concubine Guo was careless, she noticed that something was wrong with her son today, and immediately asked worriedly, "Is the food not to your liking, or is there something wrong?"

"Mother, I..." Zhu Zhankai looked at the palace maids around him, not knowing how to start.

Concubine Guo naturally saw her son's embarrassment and immediately said, "No need to serve today, you all go down first."

"Yes." The palace servants went out after a while.

"Now that everyone is out, can we talk now?" After everyone had left, Concubine Guo looked at him and said.

"Here's what happened. Today..."

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Zhu Zhankai recounted what had happened today, and after listening to it, Concubine Guo was furious.

"What did mother always tell you? Don't act too ostentatiously. Are you sure Zhu Zhanyin's injury is not serious?"

"Well, my son really didn't mean it at that time. He was just tugging with Seventh Brother and accidentally hurt him on the face. Will Empress Li..." Zhu Zhankai asked fearfully.

Concubine Guo said unhappily, "You're scared now, but it's too late. Since you're still showing off the horse that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave you among your brothers, your mother will tell the Crown Princess tomorrow to send the horse back to prevent you from getting into trouble." Concubine Guo felt a little heart-broken at the thought. She had originally wanted to join forces with Li to overthrow the Crown Princess, but now this incident happened again. It seemed that she had to go to Li's place.

"Mother, that was given to me by my eldest brother. You can't send it back. I promise I won't do this again. Please forgive me this time?" Zhu Zhanjie begged with tears in his eyes. If it were usual, Concubine Guo would feel sorry for her son and would soften her heart when she saw his tearful look. But now...

"How can you guarantee it? As long as I eliminate this source, you will have no chance to make mistakes. Also, if you make a mistake next time and hide without telling anyone, I will punish you severely." After saying that, Concubine Guo stood up immediately and pulled Zhu Zhanjie with her.

When Zhu Zhankai saw his mother pulling him away like this, he was so scared that he thought she was going to hit him, so he grabbed the corner of the table and didn't move.

"What are you doing? I'm going to take you to your Queen Li to apologize to your fourth brother. No matter if you were careless or not, you were at fault first. If you hadn't been so ostentatious, it wouldn't have happened. Besides, no one is perfect. Since it has already happened, you have to face it, not avoid it. Apologize to your fourth brother and admit your mistake to Queen Li later. Do you understand?"

"I got it." Zhu Zhankai said in a low voice. He was relieved to hear that he was not going to be beaten. But when he heard that he was going to be asked to apologize, he became a little timid again.

Seeing him lower his head, Concubine Guo frowned, "Speak louder later. A real man should be brave enough to admit his mistakes. It's not right to be so timid."

"Got it." Zhu Zhankai looked up and said loudly.