As the people of Prince Shu's Residence were gradually gathered in the front courtyard, the cries of children, the chaotic footsteps, and the questions from those brought over all turned the entire Prince's Residence into a noisy uproar.
"Is everyone here?" Ma Shunde asked.
After receiving an affirmative answer, he waved a hand. The people from the Imperial City Office immediately surged in, flooding into the various courtyards and beginning to search every room one by one.
The main focus was the principal courtyard, especially the study with its paper documents, which received particularly thorough attention.
Besides that, people examined every member of Prince Shu's Residence one by one. From the masters above to the servants below, every single one had to be checked against the records.
Prince Shu's expression turned grave. He understood.
Heh. So the Imperial City Office's people knew Prince Shu's circumstances quite well?
They even knew exactly how many masters and servants there were, what they looked like, and their ages.
Otherwise, where had this list come from? Where had all this information come from?
Prince Shu had always known that the Imperial City Office kept watch over the civil and military officials, and that it naturally monitored every Prince's Residence, including the Imperial Grandson.
But he had not expected their surveillance over Prince Shu's Residence to have reached such a degree!
Prince Shu's expression shifted as he looked at Ma Shunde, his gaze revealing indifference.
While Prince Shu's Residence was in a state of chickens flying and dogs leaping, Ma Shunde's expression was somewhat different from usual.
In the past, whenever he received such an assignment, he would certainly have been brimming with satisfaction.
But now, he felt that things remained while people had changed. He still stood here, playing the role of investigator; those