"Then what do you plan to do with Miss Jianxi?"
"Since the mistake is already made, we'll just go along with the plan." Joanna shrugged. "I can't exactly tell the whole world that Cassie did this to humiliate herself, can I?"
Steward Lawson fell silent.
…
Before long, Jian Xi and Nan Mufeng arrived. Cassie was nowhere to be seen in the hall, which Jian Xi found odd. Steward Lawson secretly gave her a look, and Jian Xi understood a bit of what was going on.
Joanna was extremely shrewd; in this castle, no one could fool her.
Since she knew this whole thing was staged by Cassie herself, why did she still summon her?
"Kneel." Joanna spat out the word with authority.
Jian Xi knelt, but Nan Mufeng yanked her up at once. "You did nothing wrong. You don't have to kneel."
"Nan Mufeng, are you rebelling against me?" Joanna slapped the armrest of her chair. "You kneel too!"
