Jiang Ning lowered his head, not daring to utter a word.
Li Hongyuan then spoke: "Emperor Father, this matter is entirely due to Princess Ling'an's imperious behavior; it has little to do with the Princess Consort."
The Emperor scoffed coldly: "Just a few words of admonishment from me and you can't bear it? Considering this, why did you throw Ling'an into the Crystal Clear Manor? Are you deliberately causing friction between the Princess of Ling'an and the Princess Consort? Crown Prince, have you lost your senses, or are you being malicious?"
Jiang Ning glanced at Li Hongyuan, thinking to herself that a father and son duo was still, in the end, a father and son duo.
The Emperor was able to guess the Crown Prince's intentions with an accuracy of 80 to 90 percent, and the Crown Prince was also clear about the Emperor's motive for forcing Ling'an into the East Palace.
