Zhang Haogong stepped forward and volunteered an introduction. "Sir, these are the righteous men who noticed those human traffickers behaving suspiciously in the alley last night and came to help apprehend them."
The gratitude and admiration in those words would have moved anyone who heard them, yet Chu Zian failed to react at all-
Under his burning gaze, the men in the corner who could hear the little girl's thoughts slowly curled their lips into smiles, raised their hands, and revealed the tokens hidden in their sleeves.
The golden color nearly dazzled his eyes, while the gold dragons carved upon them seized his entire attention. Chu Zian stared in astonishment at the fleeting glimpse of the word "Imperial," his whole body stiffening into a statue.
After a long while, he raised his hand with painstaking slowness and braced himself against the edge of the Court Desk.
Everything this little girl had said in her thoughts... was actually true!!
She really was His Majesty's most beloved Eleventh Princess, and these men...
His trembling gaze settled on the righteous men who had stepped forward to help.
These men were actually Emperor Mingze's most mysterious Shadow Guards?!
A tangle of thoughts swirled ceaselessly through his mind. After turning things over several times, Chu Zian suddenly thrust out his chest!
Previously, he had worried that this case was rather troublesome because it involved the Wang Family. Now, however, he feared nothing!
Under all the heavens, who could possibly have a more solid backer than the one he had right now?!
Who! Else! Could?!
"Zhang Haogong," Chu Zian said with a light cough, "Wang Xiuxian's words are not entirely without reason. Do you have anything else to add?"
These Human Traffickers could have been hired by the Wang Family to abduct the Zhang family's eldest