Seeing Lu Ben like this.
Lu clan could no longer suppress her fear.
She too felt that what she had done today seemed truly rather foolish.
Listening to Lu Ben's words, Lu clan was now filled with lingering dread.
"Father."
"What should we do?"
"His Majesty and the Crown Prince won't be displeased with me, will they?"
"They won't strip me of my authority over the Eastern Palace's internal affairs, will they?" Lu clan asked with a worried expression.
"If it were this matter alone, it might make His Majesty and the Crown Prince dissatisfied. But you are deeply favored by the Crown Prince, so they may simply think you are a shortsighted woman who understands little. Perhaps it will not provoke His Majesty's anger," Lu Ben said after carefully analyzing the matter.
"But if His Majesty remembers this, it will not be good for me or Yun Wen."
"I truly made a mistake today." Lu clan's face was full of regret.
"Go on. Did anything else happen before His Majesty today?" Lu Ben asked sternly.
Lu clan thought for a moment, then immediately wore a look of disgust. "Father, something really almost happened in the hall today."
"That bastard Zhu Yunteng was indeed not well-behaved. He actually wanted to tell His Majesty and the Crown Prince about his circumstances in the Eastern Palace. Luckily, I threatened him with the maid by his side. Otherwise, he truly would have said it."
"Though I am confident I can keep others in the Eastern Palace from telling the Crown Prince the truth, it would not be good if it drew His Majesty's attention."
At those words!
Lu Ben's expression did not improve. Instead, it became even uglier. He stared fixedly at Lu clan, his eyes filled with intense disappointment.
"Foolish! How could