Prince Helian felt a persistent sense of unease. He kept glancing back. Inside the main hall, everyone from the Zhan Mansion was present, as were many members of the Gu family.
It seemed like half of the Qian family's entire household was at the General's Mansion. He had previously assumed it was simply because the child was adorable and had won the elders' affection.
'But the events at Four-direction Mountain had completely changed his perspective. Even if it were their own flesh and blood,' he thought, 'no one would dare to defy the Emperor over something like this.'
The frenzied attitude of these families... they were practically throwing their lives away.
Their attitude toward Xiang Minghou's daughter—the Zhan family, the Gu family, and the Qian family—it was all just too bizarre.
If he hadn't met Ye Qianning himself, he might have suspected the child possessed some power to bewitch people's minds.
