"I must ask you to go to Shuijing Hall to apologize to Zhang Shunyuan. You are Wu Fei, and she is merely a concubine. If you apologize, she won't refuse to forgive you. Once her anger is quelled, Minister Zhang won't make things difficult for your father."
Zhao Mei turned back angrily, "Then doesn't Father care if Zhang Shunyuan makes things difficult for me?"
"How could your father not care? But what can your father do? My official position isn't as high as Minister Zhang's. You've seen the Emperor's stance; he's on Minister Zhang's side. Really, why did you provoke Zhang Shunyuan?"
"Her health is so frail. How many more years can she live?"
"Who in the palace doesn't know that Zhang Shunyuan is especially indulged by the Emperor? Yet who really goes near her? It's just to avoid causing any trouble. It's your fault for not thinking, and now look what happened—lost the Emperor's favor and dragged your father down with you."
Zhao Shen was also irritated.
