At those words, Liu Wan turned to look at Zi Mu.
Sure enough, his eyes were red and his fists clenched as he struggled to suppress his rising anger.
She immediately ordered the people beside her, "Drive him away!"
Normally, when she encountered vagrants and the like, she would give them some silver to accumulate virtue.
But now, seeing Zi Mu lose control like this, she had a dim suspicion that the vagrant before them must have a blood-deep feud with him.
Zi Mu would be taking the Autumn Examination next month. She could not let anything disturb his emotions at a time like this.
She hurriedly told her people to drive the man away.
Unexpectedly, the vagrant hurled himself into a stone pillar nearby. His head split open and blood streamed down. Sitting on the ground, he wailed, thrashed, and rolled about, shouting, "Murder! Murder! In broad daylight, a wealthy family has stolen my son and wants to kill me to silence me!"
The commotion soon drew a crowd of onlookers.
The townspeople covered their mouths in shock.
Someone recognized the carriage as belonging to the Ninth Prince's Residence!
Hearing that there was a juicy scandal involving the Ninth Prince's Residence, even more people gathered. They pointed at the carriage, their shock beyond words.
The weak always sided with the weak, so some began criticizing the Ninth Prince's Residence, while others withheld judgment until they knew the whole story.
Liu Zimu had initially managed to restrain his urge to kill this filthy dog. But when he saw the beast behave like this, drawing a crowd and ruining his mother's reputation along with that of the Ninth Prince's Residence, he could bear it no longer.
He clenched his fists and stepped forward, but Liu Wan caught his arm. "Zi Mu,