"That's impossible! Your subordinate didn't even let a mosquito in last night; it is impossible for anyone to have committed theft inside the Prince's courtyard. Your subordinate can guarantee that," Leng Qi said with a resolute expression.
"Did Leng Wu not tell you that from now on, every blade of grass, every tree, every brick, and every tile in Guanju Courtyard—as well as the mistress within—must be guarded just as closely as Chengyang Courtyard?" Chu Hengyuan asked, pronouncing each word with deliberate precision.
At this, Leng Qi panicked. He had completely missed any hint Leng Wu might have tried to give him. If he said no, would Brother Wu be punished? Judging by the Prince's tone, something had happened over at Xiao Jiu's side, and he was now at his wits' end, completely clueless about how to answer.
Chapter 30