Chapter 70: The Mysterious One
As the commotion only got bigger, AoTian went to look for Lady Shaoyao to find out the situation only to see her not so moved.
A guard from the courtesan quarters reported,
"Madam Shaoyao, there are so much rumours about that Shihong and his mistreatment of women spread to the courtesans. All of them are scared of the fact that they might have be in danger in the future", he bowed.
"Tell me where Young Master Seiren is?", Lady Shaoyao asked.
"That... He and the other young master with him were the ones who brought up Shihong in the first place. Actually they were casually chatting when some courtesans joined them and they answered them because those women probed them. We cannot blame them entirely ", he answered.
"Of course they were", Lady Shaoyao smiled mockingly, "What about you?", she asked the other guard from the back quarters.
"Lord Táng helped with the childbirth and while chatting casually mentioned that he won’t be able to come here freely and then he spoke about how much he loves...", Lady Shaoyao hust waved her hands to signal him to stop. She knows very well how perfect her acting skills are if she gets into it.
"Look at what your daughter has done, Prime Minister. So much for her saying that she doesn’t care", she chuckled but her eyes had no mirth. This girl creating a problem of this scale! This would clearly piss those fox demons off as this is considered a rebellion.
AoTian didn’t know much about this place but he knew that leaving with his children would be the best option. He still didn’t know where his children are.
"Can you control this?", he asked Lady Shaoyao.
"Yes, if I act calmly and smoothly coax them and assure their safety", she said with a smirk. AoTian felt something was weird in her demeanor.
Lady Shaoyao stood near the gate of her courtyard surrounded by the guards,