Princess!
A princess, no less!
The renowned and exceedingly favored Princess Changle, no less!
Manager Guo felt as though ten thousand grass-mud horses were stampeding through his heart. All he wanted was to deal with Ye Zhen, the man who had killed his son. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that the plainly dressed young girl standing beside that brat would be a princess!
Didn't princesses travel with eight hundred attendants and three thousand guards?
Yet she had blended into Haiyuan City like an ordinary person, only to run right into him. Wasn't this setting him up?
Manager Guo could not have been more wronged. He truly had never harbored the slightest thought of disrespecting a princess. Even if someone lent him ten times the courage, he would not dare, would he?
But now, it was too late to say anything.
Having served Marquis Haiyuan inside and out for so many years, Manager Guo had spent his life dealing with the powerful and noble. He knew all too well what his current situation meant.
The grave crime of offending an imperial princess—under normal circumstances, being executed alone would already be a blessing granted by Heaven, an extravagant mercy.
But in most cases, what awaited him would be... the extermination of his entire clan!
Of course, there were exceptions. If Marquis Haiyuan remembered all his years of service and toil, perhaps he might spare his life.
"Guards! This villain dared disturb Her Highness the Princess's carriage! Drag him away, confiscate his entire household, and exterminate his clan!" Marquis Haiyuan pointed at Manager Guo and roared. His expression was so furious that he wished he could flay Manager Guo on the spot.
Of all people, who did you have to offend?
You offended Princess Changle, and even ordered the city