"There is no need for any punishment!"
The Yongzhao Emperor replied, then added with a strange, mocking tone, "If the Grand Princess finds out I punished you and she faints again, wouldn't I be branded with the charge of being unfilial?"
How could Marquis Yanping fail to grasp the underlying meaning behind the Yongzhao Emperor's words? He hurriedly kowtowed in admission of his fault: "Your subject is terrified. I beg Your Majesty for forgiveness!"
Chapter 147