That Embroidered Uniform Guard could only hurriedly apologize and go handle the matter.
He had barely taken a few steps outside when a colleague hurried in from outside. Seeing his state, the man asked in a low voice.
"Did you offend Lord Liu?"
"Nothing. What are you here for?"
"To deliver a message. Someone wants to see Lord Liu."
After delivering the news, the Embroidered Uniform Guard hurried inside and said to Liu Yirui, who was sitting in his chair with a livid expression.
"Lord Liu, a Miss Zhou Luoqing requests an audience. She says her father is Zhou He, Vice Minister of Justice."
"Why would Vice Minister Zhou's daughter want to see me?"
"She says it's because of Captain Tang."
"..."
Liu Yirui's chest hurt with anger. Tang Yu had been arrested—how had the news spread so quickly?
Just as he was about to say he would not see her and have someone drive her away, another Embroidered Uniform Guard came running over from outside.
"My lord, the eldest miss of the Zhu Family requests an audience. She says she's here to see Tang Yu."
"???"
"My lord, the second miss from Minister Li's family is here. She asks whether we've locked Tang Yu up."
"My lord..."
One Embroidered Uniform Guard after another came to report that some family's young miss had arrived.
The entrance to the Northern Pacification Commission, usually a desolate place ordinary people avoided at all costs, was now crowded with a flock of young women.
Liu Yirui was already furious. Had these women gotten water in their brains?
What did Tang Yu's arrest have to do with them?
"Not seeing any of them! Drive them all away! Tell them to get lost!"
Liu Yirui shouted in exasperation.
"My lord, the eldest miss of the Luo