"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Mrs. Gao, utterly furious, her face flushed red as she retorted angrily.
But Ye Chutang seemed indifferent to her response, unbothered by her clamor. She simply lifted her chin slightly, her calm, placid gaze sweeping silently past her.
Mrs. Gao's heart sank, and a strange chill crept over her.
Seeing a tall, slender figure in the corner of her eye, Mrs. Gao hurried forward to plead her case: "Young Master! Th-There must be some misunderstanding! How could it have come to this—"
But Shen Yanchuan had no patience to listen to her. He merely tilted his head slightly, glancing in the direction of the Imperial Palace.
That single glance made Ye Shixian's heart pound. Without a second thought, she stepped forward and pulled Mrs. Gao back!
"Mother! Don't say any more!"
'At a time like this, if we insist on stopping them, we'll be the ones to suffer in the end! They're dead set on investigating us today!'
