"What... isn't that Deputy Steward Zhou? What happened to him?"
"I heard he offended the Heir Apparent."
"The Heir Apparent? That sickly weakling? He..."
"Shut up, unless you want to die."
"What's there to be afraid of? Everyone knows the Heir Apparent is weak and useless, and won't live much longer. The whole Household is about to change hands."
"About to? It already has. Deputy Steward Zhou's ended up like this, and you're still mouthing off? Think you're tougher than he is?"
By now, the area in front of the Household's main hall was packed with people. They were all servants of the Household.
After the Old Prince passed away and the chief steward went missing, Deputy Steward Zhou had managed everything in the Household. He had become its de facto authority.
Perhaps that was exactly why Deputy Steward Zhou had grown more and more arrogant, until he no longer even acknowledged the Heir Apparent.
Now he lay on the ground, his face twisted in pain and both hands covering his mouth. Blood kept seeping between his fingers.
Two servants stood beside Deputy Steward Zhou, trembling.
Chen Changan sat in a reclining chair, quietly watching the crowd before him. Mu Yunyao and the Town Heaven Army guards stood by to protect him.
"I didn't expect there to be so many people in the Household."
"Is everyone here?" Chen Changan asked with a faint smile.
"Reporting to the Heir Apparent, there are two hundred and thirty-five people in the Household, from top to bottom. They're all here."
Hearing the guard's report, Chen Changan smiled and nodded.
"Does everyone here know who I am?"
Chen Changan's question left the more than two hundred people in the Household stunned.
What kind of question was that?
"You... are the Heir Apparent!"
"Good!"
"I am