If this gets out, wouldn't it become a huge laughing stock? Being inferior now will make him unable to hold his head up high for the rest of his life.
Lotus would rather be punished than see her master suffer such injustice.
Gu Jiangli had already read Hehua's feelings from her eyes.
She gently shook her head at the lotus flower, giving it a reassuring look.
Then he turned to the eldest princess and said:
“The Princess is particular about etiquette, and my palace servants were indeed impolite and deserve to be punished. However, since they deserve to be punished for their impoliteness, shouldn’t others also be punished for their impoliteness?”
The eldest princess gave a cold laugh: "Heh, is there anyone here more ill-mannered than the servants of your Delan Palace?"
"Yes." Gu Jiangli's cold gaze shot towards the five or six-year-old child behind the nanny. "The young prince is the eldest princess's child and His Majesty's nephew. In that case, he is my junior."
"When I see an elder, let alone a grand ceremony, since entering the palace, I haven't even heard the young prince address me once, nor have I seen him bow to me. It seems that the young prince is just as ill-mannered as I am as the palace servants."
“If the eldest princess wants to punish the people in my palace, I will not object. The young prince has made the same mistake as them, so let’s punish them together.”
The eldest princess stepped in front of the child, saying, "You are utterly lawless! He is, after all, a son of the Chu royal family. How dare he bow to a mere concubine like you?"
"Your Highness, please be careful with your words. The young prince does not have the surname Chu."
Gu Jiangli's provocative remark silenced the princess.
Judging from the princess's pale face, she was clearly very angry. Even the nanny who hadn't spoken until now stepped forward to support her shoulders.
"You...very good! Consort Chen, I will make you pay for every word you uttered today!"
Instead of making threats, Princess, why don't you teach the young prince what proper etiquette is?
The princess's lips twitched, she grabbed the child's shoulder and stormed out.
"You just wait." He didn't forget to utter a harsh threat before leaving.
The old nanny followed in a flustered and bewildered manner, while the entourage brought by the princess exchanged bewildered glances before leaving dejectedly.
The palace servants kneeling on the ground in the Hall of Delan breathed a sigh of relief.
Before they could thank Gu Jiangli, Gu Jiangli told them to leave.
Only she and Hehua, whose eyes were still red, remained in the hall.
Seeing that the crisis had been resolved, the lotus flower instantly shed a large tear.
"Your Majesty, I am not afraid of being punished. You have just offended the Princess, and your future days will probably be even more difficult."
She cried sadly, and Gu Jiangli placed his hand on the back of her hand, but had no intention of comforting her.
During her conversation with the princess, she discovered something she had long forgotten.
The eldest princess mentioned the "Chu royal bloodline." Does this mean that the Chu family bloodline now only consists of her and the emperor?
"Lotus, don't cry. Let me ask you, does His Majesty have no other brothers or sisters besides this one sister? Did the late Emperor only have these two children?"
Lotus wiped away her tears in a daze and said in a daze, "This servant remembers that the late emperor had more than just Your Majesty and the eldest princess."
"What about the others? Did they die while fighting for the throne?"
Lotus shook her head. "This servant doesn't know, and no one dares to ask about this."
Gu Jiangli's eyes darkened.
She sensed that the fog surrounding the emperor seemed to have dissipated somewhat, revealing a clear corner of him.
If we follow this line of thought, we will surely be able to dispel the fog.
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