Ever since Old Master Xia returned, he had been beside himself. He didn't even eat dinner, just lay in bed, dazed.
"Master, what's the matter with you? Is there something you can't tell me?" Lady Yao moved closer.
Lady Yao was the second wife Old Master Xia had married. She wasn't much to look at but relied on her youth and fertility.
In her first year in the household, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, who were now only three years old—truly a late-life blessing for him.
Normally, Old Master Xia doted on them like precious treasures, while his other children were treated as if they were foundlings, utterly ignored!
"Tell me, why on earth would the Capital City suddenly send an Imperial Censor?" Old Master Xia was somewhat out of sorts. That Imperial Censor doesn't seem to be from the Ministry of Personnel. What on earth could this be about? My heart is pounding!
