However, before everyone could shift their attention away, the county magistrate's madam arrived, escorted personally by the arrest officer Xie Zhanfei and a team of government officials. Instantly, everyone realized that this establishment had backing, being under the personal protection of the county magistrate himself. So, what to do? Naturally, they couldn't afford to offend them, and not only that, they needed to ingratiate themselves. Thus, all parties swiftly made the optimal decision: to bring gifts, and it would be ideal to seize the opportunity to curry favor with the magistrate's wife.
Hence, they initiated what one could call the diplomacy of madams.
This included the Shen Family.
