The Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice brought government officers into the mansion to conduct a search, while the Miao King stirred up a commotion outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"I'm just an old man who lost his grandson—"
"I don't want to see the old bury the young—"
"Heartless Prime Minister's Mansion, return my grandson—"
He wailed so loudly it seemed to shake the heavens and move the spirits, attracting all the passersby. The once-spacious street was now packed with a dense crowd of onlookers.
The Miao King caused a ruckus, but he neither forced his way in nor resorted to violence. Just as he himself claimed, he was merely an old man desperately searching for his grandson. Even laws seemed powerless against him.
"Oh dear, this old man is truly pitiful."
"Isn't he just?"
"My grandpa is his age. At this stage in life, they can't endure such hardships..."
The onlookers chimed in with sympathy for the Miao King.
Xun Qi's head was about to explode.