The commoners outside pointed into the residence and whispered among themselves.
Attendant Li had chairs brought over and invited Lord Qin to sit.
Lord Qin paused for a moment, then bowed to Xia Wanwan. "After you, Princess!"
"Princess?" The Tian Family members froze.
Tian Peng was so frightened that he straightened his weak, agonizingly painful body.
Could this two-year-old toddler before them be Princess Ximing, whom the emperor had bestowed that title upon?
How had their Tian Family managed to provoke a princess?
Could it be...
They could not help suspecting that the Liu Minister's Residence was behind some sort of conspiracy.
Li Qian must have brought her here!
But the next moment, Lord Qin said to Attendant Li, "Yesterday, two boys from your Vice Minister's Residence angered the Princess. Today, she came to fight your other son. I happened to run into her on my way here."
That explanation was perfectly reasonable.
Yet Attendant Li broke into a cold sweat.
He only had one son left!
The little princess could not be allowed to pummel this one too!
Standing nearby, Li Shuqi was drenched in sweat!
Xia Wanwan watched the scene with wide eyes. "Deal with what's... happening here first. Don't get in the way of my... fight..."
Lord Qin nodded. "I received a report and brought men here to hear the case. Who has the final say here? Give me a brief account of what happened!"
Liu Shi had already told him what had happened on the way over.
But he needed proper grounds to act, so the formalities still had to be observed!
Hearing him ask who had the final say, the two Tian Family elders immediately tottered forward and pointed at Tian. "My lord, the vice minister's mother has the final say."
They knew that as