Close to the Heart
As soon as Zhao Lan arrived at her family manor, she was instructed that her father was waiting in his story and her suspicions were immediately confirmed. Her mother was not ill. She had simply come here to be scolded.
Zhao Lan inwardly sighed as she walked into the study to see her father's disapproving glare. She braced herself and respectfully bowed in greeting, "Father."
Prime minister Zhao ignored her greeting, instead, he sternly asked, "Are you aware of what you have done wrong?"
Zhao Lan let out an irritated breath and straightened up, "It's not my fault th-"
"How is it not your fault?!" Prime minister Zhao cut her off, "Not only have you allowed someone else to climb over your head, I even learned that you have not even managed to even get one night after all this time! After all this time, what did you think you're in the palace for?!" Prime minister Zhao raged.