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Chapter 3502: 4.1102 Not Giving You Face

Empress Dowager Chen still wanted to say something, but she saw the Emperor wave his hand and say indifferently, "Since the Crown Prince doesn't want to bring Master Dan, then so be it."

Shan Yisu nodded understandingly.

Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help but frown, feeling quite vexed.

To be fair, the Crown Prince was an extraordinary man, a dragon among men, and handsome, but his heart was truly too honest.

Look at him now, with so many family members sitting here, the Crown Prince only had eyes for the Crown Princess.

A dignified Crown Prince, busy fussing over his wife all day—just by looking at how he served food, one could tell he did this often at home!

Empress Dowager Chen's gaze towards Qiao Mu became sharper, like she was looking at a disastrous demoness, her eyes filled with disapproval.

Qiao Mu, however, couldn't be bothered with the old woman.

Anyway, those who couldn't stand her would never find her pleasing, no matter how they looked at her.

She wasn't going to live with this old woman in the future, so why bother getting into an argument with her? She couldn't even be bothered to respond.

While she ignored the old woman, the old woman didn't seem inclined to let her off, constantly looking for a fault to pick.

After only a few bites of food, the old woman's calm voice was heard saying, "King Zheng, I heard that you recently had some unpleasantness with the Crown Princess? Is that true?"

Mo Xikang's fingers tightened slightly, hiding a trace of anger in his eyes, and he lowered his head, remaining silent.

Shi Yongyan, King Zheng's consort, who sat beside him, quickly smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "What's the matter, thank you, Empress Dowager, for your concern. Speaking of which, the Crown Princess is indeed the King's sister-in-law; how could the King be at odds with her?"

"Oh?" The old Empress Dowager looked sharply at Shi Yongyan, then turned to look at Qiao Mu, "I heard that the Crown Princess recently dealt with King Zheng's brother, Su Xihua, at the academy?"

"Your old self certainly heard a lot of things," Qiao Mu retorted pointedly and mockingly, her attitude naturally disrespectful.

The Empress Dowager's eyes immediately flared with anger. She had long known this girl was extremely disrespectful to her. Now, seeing her dare to mock her so ambiguously in front of the Emperor, she slammed her wine cup onto the table with a "bang!"

"How rude!" Empress Dowager Chen turned to the Emperor and earnestly advised, "Your Majesty has seen it with your own eyes; the Crown Princess is so unruly, how can she bear the responsibility of a Queen Mother in the future?"

"In my opinion, we should find two discipline māmā (nanny instructors) to properly teach the Crown Princess palace etiquette."

Mo Lian angrily threw his wine cup, stood up without a word, pulling his wife with him.

He coldly dropped a sentence: "From now on, Father Emperor, you don't need to invite my wife and me to such small banquets where miscellaneous people gather."

Everyone immediately looked awkward.

Did the Crown Prince mean that everyone present, except his Father Emperor, was "miscellaneous people"?

Empress Dowager Chen was almost overturned with anger by Crown Prince Mo. Supported by others, she tremblingly rose, pointing in the Crown Prince's direction and "you-ing" for a long time.

The Emperor also couldn't help but feel annoyed. Although he had been very filial to the Empress Dowager for many years out of respect for the late Emperor, at this moment, between his son and the Empress Dowager, he decisively chose his son...

So he couldn't help but complain, "Empress Dowager, why do you keep bringing up discipline māmā?"

"The Crown Princess is a spiritual realm cultivator and usually needs to cultivate." The implication was, who has that much free time to spend all day learning your palace etiquette?