"You're neither royalty nor a noble, and you don't even hold an official position. When all is said and done, you're nothing more than a dog the Third Prince keeps in his estate. What right do you have to inspect the jade token?"
Chu Tinghan had shown Old Huo not the slightest courtesy. Her face was cold as she rebuked him sharply.
As the daughter of the most powerful Army King in Chu—Prince Liang—Chu Tinghan could afford to disregard anyone in the entire imperial capital. Even if she encountered a holy son of the Five Great Families and Seven Sects, she could still refuse to show him any respect if she was unwilling.
Much less Old Huo.
Old Huo had the authority of a steward within the Third Prince's Estate, but he indeed held neither a title nor an official position, and he was certainly not royalty.
Chu Tinghan had no need to put on a pleasant face for him.
"This old man naturally has no right to inspect the jade token. But I wonder whether Princess Chu Tinghan believes His Highness the Third Prince has the right to inspect it?"
"Since you intend to search the Third Prince's Estate, shouldn't you inform His Highness the Third Prince as well?"
"His Highness is currently absent from the estate, yet you're barging in by force. Isn't that rather discourteous?"
"Could it be that you think there's no one in Prince Liang's Estate?"
At once, nearly seventy martial artists shot into the air and charged toward Old Huo.
Old Huo assumed a stance, preparing to strike.
The voice continued, "Lin Bai, this old man has no wish to make an enemy of you. It's just that Prince Liang's actions are somewhat inappropriate."
Old Huo raised a hand and swept it outward. A