Chronic Poison

The emperor turned to the empress and reproached, "Yu'er, you're the one who taught the crown prince. He won't even eat what I give him, right?"

Quick to clarify, the Empress responded, "No! I did teach the Crown Prince not to eat food given by others, but I didn't instruct him to refuse the Emperor's offerings."

"It's mainly because the Crown Prince is still young, and he doesn't differentiate in his treatment towards me for a moment."

The empress silently grumbled. Could the crown prince be blamed for this? After all, it was the Emperor's lack of attention to him that led to such behavior. What kind of father would neglect his own son to the point where the child regarded him as a stranger?

Suppressing the anger in his eyes, the emperor reflected on himself amicably. "Forget it, it's all my fault. In the future, I will come often to accompany the crown prince until he grows up."