The Imperial palace, the Empress palace.
"I was wrong father please forgive me!"
Grand Chancellor Zhao glanced down at his daughter and shook his head as he sat on the couch. "Stand!"
"Y-yes father!" She scrambled to her feet before her father said anything else.
Grand chancellor Zhao narrowed his eyes at her, "You must have thought that I would forget your foolish actions because you gave a superficial apology.
She blanched as he said that and quickly avoided his gaze. As usual, he had seen through her play, there was no need to pretend.
"Your rash actions evaluated the situation. Did you have to cause a scene?"
"I... That is..."
He raised his hand, "Shut up, don't bother responding. I do not know how long I would have to clean up after you".