The sunset gradually tilted to the west.
Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xie, however, had not yet returned to the mansion. Old Mrs. Qin sent someone to inquire, prompting Qin Liuxi to have Chief Li take Chen Pi to hire a carriage and wait at the city gate. But before long, Chen Pi galloped back to report that Madam and the others had gotten into a conflict at the city gate.
"It's Assistant Zhao's family members. It seems that there was a failure to yield when everyone wanted to enter the city, and Second Madam couldn't hold back her temper and started arguing. Now the people from the Zhao family who came to pick them up are blocking them, insisting that Madam and the others must kneel and apologize or else they'll be arrested for offending the officials' family," said Chen Pi, glancing at Qin Liuxi's face.
