Outside the gates of the Marquis's Residence.
Orderly footsteps rang out without pause.
They were so loud that even at an intersection far from the Marquis's Residence, they could be heard with perfect clarity.
Many commoners on the street stopped in their tracks, turning their gazes toward the Marquis's Residence.
Some looked puzzled, others shocked.
What... was the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate planning to do?!
At that moment, inside the main hall of the Marquis's Residence.
Jiang Jingcheng sat drinking tea and chatting casually with Shen Yun.
Just then, a general hurried inside.
"Marquis!"
Cold sweat covered the general's forehead. "S-something terrible has happened!"
In his urgency, the general even stumbled over his words.
"Hmm?"
Jiang Jingcheng frowned and looked at the general. "Why are you so flustered? What terrible thing could have happened?"
"It's the Heir Apparent!"
"Hmm? Someone bullied the boy?"
At those words, Jiang Jingcheng's brows immediately knitted.
"No!"
"Then that little brat bullied someone else?"
"Not that either!"
The general gave a bitter smile. "The Heir Apparent... he has assembled every soldier of our estate stationed in Capital City!"
"What the hell?"
Jiang Jingcheng shot to his feet. "Every soldier of our estate has been assembled?"
He sucked in a breath. "What is that little brat trying to do?!"
"Well..."
The general lowered his head awkwardly. "Apparently, he's... going to the Ministry of Justice to demand someone's release!"
"The Ministry of Justice?"
Something quickly occurred to Jiang Jingcheng, and he frowned. "Who from our estate has been detained by the Ministry of Justice?"
"Thousand-household Commander Zhang!"
The general explained, "They went to deliver wine to the restaurants today and got into an argument with people from the Ministry of Justice, so the Ministry of Justice used force!"
"They also sent word that if the Heir Apparent