"Commandery Princess, since they've invited us, my senior brother and I might as well go with them," Huang Xiao said with a faint smile.
Huang Xiao paid little heed to this so-called Palace Commander-in-Chief before him. Although Li Jilong's cultivation was not weak, having reached the Lower Peerless realm, he was hardly worth mentioning in Huang Xiao's eyes now.
However, Huang Xiao knew that Li Jilong's position put Zhao Yunya in something of an awkward spot. Li Jilong was indeed responsible for the Imperial Palace's security, and taking him and his Eldest Senior Brother away for questioning fell within his duties.
Of course, Huang Xiao could tell that Li Jilong was making trouble for Zhao Yunya. The two of them had merely happened to walk into it.
Zhao Yunya also knew that Li Jilong could do nothing to Huang Xiao, but she could not swallow this insult. If Huang Xiao and Qingfeng really were taken away by Li Jilong, what would others think of her? Would they think she feared Li Jilong? As a Commandery Princess, if she could not even protect the people she had brought, how could anyone else have faith in her?
Thus, she absolutely would not allow Li Jilong to take Huang Xiao and Qingfeng away.
Yet Li Jilong had pinned her down with his claim of acting under imperial orders, leaving her with no way to refute him.
"You do have some nerve. Take them away!" Li Jilong sneered after hearing Huang Xiao's words.
"And whom are you taking away, Lord Li?" Just as Li Jilong finished speaking, Wang Jin walked back over from the entrance to the Imperial Study and asked coolly.
"Chief Steward Wang, I am merely carrying out my duties. These two men's identities are unclear and require investigation." Since Wang Jin