"You're the Secretariat Clerk from the Inspector of the Capital Command?!"
Inside the Court of the Commandant of Justice, Chen Qian sat in the seat of honor, gritting his teeth as he stared fixedly at the Secretariat Clerk before him.
The Secretariat Clerk said quietly, "I am."
"How old are you?!"
"I'm twenty..."
"Twenty?!"
Chen Qian immediately sneered. He looked at the little fellow before him, who did not even reach his chest and whose face was still utterly childish. And he had the gall to claim he was twenty??
Chen Qian slammed the desk before him. "Tell me the truth!"
The Secretariat Clerk was so frightened by Chen Qian that he burst into loud sobs.
Chen Qian was dumbfounded. He wanted to throw the fellow into prison, but looking at his age, he restrained his anger.
He turned to Xun Yu beside him.
This man had just been appointed Commandant of Justice, becoming Chen Qian's deputy.
With Xun Yi having secured his footing, the Xun Family's chickens and dogs had all ascended to heaven, its members taking up important positions one after another.
When Chen Qian stared at him, Xun Yu looked somewhat embarrassed.
"Duke Chen, perhaps there's been some misunderstanding."
"Indeed. I'll leave this Secretariat Clerk Xun to you, Commandant of Justice Xun, to discipline."
Chen Qian spoke coldly, placing particular emphasis on the name Xun.
Xun Yu hurried forward and ordered the attendants to take the child away.
Chen Qian knew that official appointments at the Imperial Court were somewhat chaotic, but he had never imagined they could be this chaotic. A child barely over ten was actually a Secretariat Clerk in Great Wei's Inspector of the Capital Command??
Yet this Secretariat Clerk's personal records explicitly stated that he was twenty this year.
This was fucking twenty??