"Heir Jiang, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
Once Xie Qiulai came back to his senses, he immediately grew frantic and hurried to stop Jiang Xiaobai.
Indeed, that seat of honor belonged to their Young Prince.
If the Young Prince arrived later and saw Jiang Xiaobai sitting there, the consequences were all too easy to imagine.
And he could not shoulder that responsibility!
"I am the Duke of the State's heir, after all!"
Jiang Xiaobai looked at the frantic Xie Qiulai and gave a soft snort. "I'm merely standing in as chairman. What's unacceptable about that?"
"But..."
"No buts. That settles it!"
Without giving Xie Qiulai another chance to speak, Jiang Xiaobai waved a hand. "I've decided on your Young Prince's behalf!"
"As for the chairman's position, yes, let's happily leave it to me... for the time being!"
"..."
Xie Qiulai stood there in a daze, his mouth hanging open.
Indeed, he had seen shameless people before, but never anyone... this outrageously shameless!
Just how thick did this fellow's skin have to be for him to say something so utterly brazen?
But Jiang Xiaobai was already seated there. Even if Xie Qiulai wanted to drive him out of the chair, he did not dare lay a hand on him. He could only stand there as more and more cold sweat gathered on his forehead.
The representatives of the Eight Great Trading Houses, the merchants present, and even the middle-aged woman all gave Jiang Xiaobai a surprised look.
This heir of the Jiang Family certainly had some nerve.
"Shameless scoundrel! What a shameless scoundrel!"
Helian Zhaoyue watched Jiang Xiaobai, her pearly teeth clenched and her eyes brimming with anger.
That bastard never showed the slightest restraint, no matter where he went.
He behaved that way in the Imperial Court, and he was no