Shadow of the Red Maple Empire (2)

Yang Qing leaned back in his chair, already feeling the lingering fatigue of what was likely to be a tiresome case.

"What a mess.." he said.

"What a mess indeed..." Yu Gen said echoing his statement while Xia Ting was too absorbed in devouring the eight treasures soup to care about anything else.

"Which family do you want to start with?"

Yang Qing paused for a moment before he answered,

"Let's start with the Gui family, followed by the Zhang family, then the Cheng family, and finally the Mo family before finally finishing it off with the royal family and the Golden Bamboo Pavilion.

All the concerned parties are close by?"

"Yes, they are all in one of the hidden realms used for palace court cases. They can all be summoned at a moment's notice via the teleportation rune link between your courtroom and the realm.."