Grand Duke of the Li Family asked pleasantly, but even through the screen, Xia Chujian could feel that indescribable pressure.
So this was the aura of the true upper echelon of the Four Great Noble Families! Xia Chujian watched without blinking.
Then, on the Virtual Display Screen's live broadcast, the Grand Duke of the Li Family and his wife, Rong Chunqiu, walked up the steps of the small building together.
The Imperial Inner Attendants kneeling on the ground looked up at their backs. They wanted to say something, but each of them was tongue-tied and unable to utter a word.
The black-clad people brought by the Li Family had already taken up positions in groups of two or three around the area, vigilantly watching their surroundings.
It seemed that if anyone dared barge in, they would draw a gun and fire three shots without asking questions, killing them on the spot!
That was probably the caliber expected of top-tier security personnel—or professional Assassins...
Xia Chujian herself was a Bounty Hunter, so she was very familiar with that sort of aura.
Bounty Hunter was really just a more tactful term for a professional assassin.
After the old Duke of the Li Family and his wife entered the small building, the live broadcast did not continue.
The streamer and the security personnel all remained stationed outside the small building's entrance.
For a while, the livestream page was utterly silent, without even a single comment scrolling across it.
The entire Empire was holding its breath, waiting for what came next.
At the same time, Cabinet Chief Quan Juntai, the Military's Five Chief of Staff, the Speakers of the Senate's Upper and Lower Houses, Chief Inspector of Special Security Bureau Huo Yushen, Crown Princess Tantai Jing, and Nine Doubts Consort Quan Jiuyi were holding