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Chapter 5395: One Against a Group

The group of children kneeling on the ground looked, to put it mildly, quite miserable. Besides being bruised and swollen, their eyes were red and puffy like walnuts from crying. Now, upon seeing the little Crown Princess walk into the main hall holding Guang Guang and Little Monk, it truly was like enemies meeting, eyes blazing with added fury. The way those children stared at Guang Guang and Little Monk was simply remarkable.

Then, Lord Lu of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau repeatedly begged for forgiveness, saying to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, "Your Royal Highness, please forgive me. My dog of a son was ill-mannered and offended the young master. This humble official has already severely disciplined him."

Little Lu Yimei, his chubby face streaked with tears, cried even harder upon hearing this.

Qiao Mu looked speechlessly at the group of children kneeling haphazardly, then stepped forward and asked softly, "What happened?"

The entire room immediately fell silent. The crying children, too, looked at each other, their little mouths tightly shut, their small faces flushed, not daring to utter a sound. Clearly, their parents had severely warned them at home not to be presumptuous in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and especially not to shout and cry in front of the Crown Princess!

Little Lu Yimei, with tears and snot streaming down his face, a bruise on his eye, and a swollen chin, pitifully looked at the stoic-faced Crown Princess before him, not daring to even breathe heavily for a moment.

Qiao Mu turned to look at Ning Guangjing, who was cowering like a quail, her gaze sharpening slightly. "Guang Guang. Did you all beat someone?"

Little Monkey didn't dare to speak now either, hiding by the door, his small hands clutching the door, silent.

"Kong Kong, you tell me." The little stoic looked down at Little Monk.

Little Monk blinked, then honestly nodded his bald head. "Yes, we did. Three against a group; we beat them all down."

Everyone: ...

"Why did you fight?" Qiao Mu frowned and asked.

"I don't know," Little Monk looked at Qiao Mu blankly, his expression quite open. "I, I just heard Guang Guang yell 'fight!' Little Monkey charged forward, and I, I thought, I also have to be loyal, so I, I went up too..."

Mo Lian twitched his lips. Feng Chen beside him was laughing so hard he was doubled over. He raised a hand and patted Little Monk's head, praising him, "What a truly loyal and good child."

Little Monk secretly glanced at Qiao Mu. "Mother, did I, did I do something wrong?"

The little stoic ignored him, turning directly to Ning Guangjing. "Guang Guang."

Adult Guang Guang nervously took a step back. Seeing Lady Qiao Qiao's cold gaze sweep over him, he immediately confessed everything. "Auntie, Lu Yimei is too awful. For three days straight, he kept snatching my chicken leg in the dining hall! He also snatched seats! He always acted like the boss and forced us to be his younger brothers! If I didn't teach him a lesson, it would be against the laws of nature!"

Qiao Mu: ...

You idiot, are you still a ten-thousand-year-old Condensing Light Mirror? Before, you were so concerned about appearances that you wouldn't even call me 'auntie.' Now, once you've thrown off the burden of your age, you just let loose! You were supposed to protect Kong Kong, but you immediately got into the role of a child, even fighting over a chicken leg with a kid who's genuinely only seven or eight years old! Aren't you ashamed? Don't you feel guilty?

These three, except for Little Monk who was truly six years old, the other two were only young in appearance. Look at how fiercely they attacked; they beat a whole group of children in minutes...