"Will the crown prince consort please make a decision on behalf of the Great Sea Monastery! Thoroughly investigate this matter so as to restore peace and tranquility to the Great Sea Monastery." Which of the madams and young misses weren't shrewd characters? Together with Consort Cheng, they curtsied toward the crown prince consort and pleaded thus simultaneously.
Ao'ye coughed lightly, and then Lightning, who had long been waiting in impatience on the other side, bolted out from the pagoda's ruins with a whish. Soon afterwards he shouted in a voice loud enough that everyone could hear, "Crown Prince Consort, this subordinate found out that there is also a man inside this pagoda!"
Everyone: ...
With this, whether it be those who heard him or those who pretended not to have heard him, their expressions all turned extremely weird.
