Just as the words left Xie Pan'Er's mouth, Madam Luo cried out in alarm, forgetting the pain in her knees as she tried to sit up. The words she spoke were full of panic.
Xie Pan'Er sensed something amiss in her mother's words and pressed further.
"What do you mean? What do you mean it would bring ruin to our entire family?"
Madam Luo shut her mouth tightly, refusing to say another word no matter how much Xie Pan'Er probed.
Frustrated, Xie Pan'Er went to ask Xie Wulang, but he was busy chugging wine from his gourd!
The Young Emperor, who was watching the drama unfold, was also dumbstruck. The Ji brothers, too, sensed that this Xie Family was anything but simple.
Xiaosuisui, knowing nothing of this, had started to doze off cluelessly in the Young Emperor's arms, her little tummy rumbling.
The Young Emperor frowned. "Has this girl not had lunch yet?"
