A sudden clamor erupted in the courtyard.
Someone kicked the courtyard gate open in a frantic rush, then stumbled inside.
He was beside himself with urgency, but all the sect members had gathered in the courtyard today. Unable to get through, he could only crane his neck and cry out in alarm, "Make way! I have urgent news!! Hurry, make way!!"
But the "founding heroes" had finally seized a chance to show their faces before the sect leader. It was bad enough that they had been too slow to squeeze to the front themselves-why would they let a latecomer push his way there so easily?
Shoving, mockery, and complaints erupted all at once, and the little courtyard instantly became exceptionally noisy.
The people inside who had been listening to the lecture in boredom perked up, shaking off their earlier lethargy as they craned their necks to look outside!
[Wow, wow, wow, has someone started fighting?!]
[Darn it! Why are there so many people outside?!]
Jiang Yingcheng was terribly frustrated. [Chengcheng can't see clearly like this!]
Duke Wang held out for two breaths before the little one's cuteness defeated him. He scooped her up and, as he walked outside, settled her onto his shoulders so she could use her height advantage to enjoy the spectacle up close!
"Ooh!!" Jiang Yingcheng was beside herself with excitement. "They're fighting, they're fighting!!"
Gu Ruizhou, who had been away from the capital for several years and had no idea that the atmosphere at court had become like this: "..."
The leader of the Heavenly Origin Sect, who had never suffered such an indignity in all the years since founding his sect: "..."
They had looked sleepy while he preached, yet now they were so lively they looked ready to dash outside and run a dozen