"Is that the wrong attitude?" Emperor Xuanming said lightly, "I see you don't feel you've done anything wrong at all."
"Your Majesty, it was my mistake." Chu Heng paused and seamlessly adopted a wronged posture.
Emperor Xuanming's mouth twitched slightly, "Hmph, then tell me, where did you go wrong?"
"My mistake was not reporting this matter to Your Majesty sooner." Chu Heng quickly came up with a reason.
Emperor Xuanming squinted his eyes and said, "Since you know you've erred, shouldn't you make amends?"
"...Indeed, but I don't know how Your Majesty would like me to compensate." Chu Heng would be silly not to realize Emperor Xuanming was intentionally stretching this out.
"I want to do business with Madam Chu, it's for my personal estate, not the Ministry of Revenue. Minister Chu, would you mind going home and putting in a good word with Madam Chu?"
"Your Majesty, aren't you plainly asking me to go home and talk in her ear?" Chu Heng was a bit speechless.
