Upon hearing this.
Zhu Biao frowned, a flicker of anger rising on his face.
"Go summon Zhu Yunteng." Zhu Biao said coldly.
At the side.
The Lu clan immediately shot a meaningful look at the maid beside her.
The maid bowed, then promptly withdrew from the Eastern Palace's main hall.
Inside one of the Eastern Palace's side halls.
More than a dozen maids and eunuchs stood guard outside.
They appeared to be attending to the legitimate young master, Zhu Yunteng, but in truth, they were there to watch him.
With a bang.
Inside the hall, Zhu Yunteng looked fearfully toward the door. The person who entered was the trusted maid at the Lu clan's side.
"Young Master Yunteng."
"His Highness the Crown Prince has summoned you." Upon arriving, the maid spoke to Zhu Yunteng with lofty arrogance.
"F-Father... why has Father summoned me?" Zhu Yunteng asked tremblingly.
He was not yet ten years old. Though he was the legitimate young master of the Eastern Palace, his treatment was in truth worse than that of an ordinary young master. By now, the Eastern Palace was completely under the Lu clan's control; she held everything in her grasp, from food and clothing to lodging and travel.
"Why ask so much nonsense?"
"If you don't go, be careful His Highness the Crown Prince punishes you." the maid said coldly.
She had no respect for Zhu Yunteng either, treating him as though he were an insignificant servant who could be discarded at any time.
Faced with this.
Fear filled Zhu Yunteng's eyes.
He turned a pleading gaze toward a maid at the side.
She was Zhu Yunteng's only maid.
No.
She was the maid his mother had left him. Within this vast Eastern Palace.
Ever since his mother had passed away, ever since his