"Your Highness knows you are wrong and accepts the punishment. Your Majesty, I accept whatever punishment you give me."

"You..." King Xuan narrowed his eyes.

Is he spoiling Yu'er too much?

Let him dare to provoke him again and again.

Now it seems that Yu'er's laziness is not a good thing for Xuan Zhao.

Is it possible that in the future, after Yu'er succeeds to the throne, Yan Yuning will be willful, and Yu'er will also be late for the morning court like before?

Needless to say, he also knew the reason why Yu'er was late that day.

"Kneel down."

Xuan Yanyu pursed his lips. There was a seriousness on King Xuan’s face that he had never seen since he was a child.

"Father, I was late the other day because Ning Ning had a nosebleed for no apparent reason. I was worried, so I asked Imperial Doctor Wen to check my pulse and found nothing wrong. Only then did I rush to the court with peace of mind."

When he woke up in the morning, Ningning pulled him. Just as he was about to get up, he found that blood was flowing out of Ningning's nose. It was not until the imperial physician Wen felt that there was nothing wrong with his pulse that he had the heart to come to the morning court.

"Really?" King Xuan asked solemnly.

"If your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask Imperial Doctor Wen to come and ask. I won't deliberately use Ningning's health to get away with it."

King Xuan snorted, "That's not a reason. This reason is not enough to make you late for the morning court."

"I understand, son." Xuan Yanyu admitted his mistake with a good attitude.

"Kneel down in the ancestral hall and think carefully about what you should do as a prince." Prince Xuan looked at Eunuch Feng who was waiting on the side and said, "Send someone to watch over the prince."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

King Xuan was still angry and didn't say how long Xuan Yanyu should kneel.

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The prince's bedroom.

Yan Yuning, who had been waiting for Xuan Yanyu for a long time, stood up all of a sudden and muttered to herself, "Why hasn't Xuan Yanyu come back yet?"

"Crown Princess." Yan Yu Ning was just about to find someone to check when Qiu Ci ran in breathlessly.

"I just heard from Ye Chen that His Highness was punished by His Majesty and is kneeling in the ancestral hall. His Highness was also fined a year's salary by His Majesty. Ye Chen and Ye An also knelt with His Highness."

Yan Yuning's eyebrows jumped, "What is the origin?"

"Your Highness, you were late for court today." Qiu Ci asked in confusion, "It's not your first time to attend court, how could you be late?"

Yan Yuning bit her lip and blamed her. If she hadn't been hungry last night and secretly ate some cakes, she wouldn't have had morning sickness and wouldn't have disturbed Xuan Yanyu.

"Crown Princess, shall we go and see His Highness?" Qiu Ci asked.

"No." Yan Yuning slowly sat down on the sandalwood chair.

If she looked at Xuan Yanyu, it would definitely make King Xuan unhappy.

Just because Xuan Yanyu was late for the morning court, considering that King Xuan doted on him, he would not punish him.

It was very likely that Prince Xuan punished Xuan Yanyu for her. Just like Qiu Ci said, it was not the first time that Xuan Yanyu attended the morning court, so why was he suddenly late?

King Xuan knew Xuan Yanyu better, so it was impossible for him not to guess the reason.

She glanced at Xuan Yanyu. King Xuan was angry and would not let Xuan Yanyu leave the ancestral hall.

She didn't think that after a while, when King Xuan's anger had subsided, he might personally go to the ancestral hall to pick up Xuan Yanyu.

She had never been punished since she was a child, but she was punished by King Xuan because of her. She didn't know if Xuan Yanyu would feel uncomfortable.

The man who Yan Yuning guessed was feeling unwell was now lying leisurely on the mat with his legs crossed and his hands behind his head. Ye Chen and Ye An were kneeling on his left and right sides.