Inside the main hall.
The red-haired Fire Blaze Marquis sat high in the seat of honor. On either side sat two elders of the main clan and the elders of the marquis's estate. Of course, Rong Xinglan was also seated at the very end, holding her son. Rong Xinglan was somewhat trembling with fear; sitting together with the Marquis and the elders made her legs go weak. Dongbo Xueying, meanwhile, could only endure it. With his state of mind, pretending to be a child was not difficult, though it did feel a little awkward.
Endure it, endure it, Dongbo Xueying silently told himself.
"Bring that fool in." Fire Blaze Marquis spotted Yingshan Liehu standing obediently in the distance outside the hall, waiting. Though this son of his was rather useless, in the end...