Despite -- or maybe, because of -- what they had told Chu Yun when he asked for their advice, both Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ziyi were oddly stiff when they met Xiao Zai.
"I'm glad to see you well," Xiao Ziyi said, hands clasped behind her back and head held high. "I promise to bring all the culprits to justice."
Xiao Zai chuckled. "Chu Yun tells me a great number of them are already in the palace's cells."
Xiao Yuan gave him a sheepish look. "Well, I apologise for not doing much when the two of you were unconscious and allowing the Wise Prince to be arrested," he grimaced, "it might not seem like it, but I actually managed to make them concede, because they wanted to expel all the Xiongnu from Zui territory."
Xiao Zai clapped him on the back. "I'm sure you did the best you could."
