171 Lin Zhou: Someting Isnst Right 2 (2/2)
”Yes! We should not let them come step inside Lin Zhou!”
”We should embarrass the princess!!”
”Throw something at their entourage!”
They indeed tried to stir up the crowd and let them do the dirty work of attacking the wedding entourage.
The louder they talked, the more people they were attracted. They listened to what the scholars said and if they heard these kinds of things every day, they definitely would be brainwashed. The commoners tended to believe the words of smart scholars. After all, they were respected by the illiterate people.
Their goal was to make the people angry and ruined the wedding using people's rage. What a trick!
”I will handle this,” Yao Ying said leisurely. Battle of words, huh? He was the best choice for this.
Yao Ying walked to the scholars' table while the three of them looked at him, feeling curious about what he would do next. Yao Ying cut them off in the middle of the scholars' boisterous talk, ”Brothers, may I know what is this all about?”
The crowd had gathered around the window, so when Yao Ying suddenly appeared, their focus landed on Yao Ying and felt curious about the young man's sudden appearance.
One of them answered confidently, ”What else? About the upcoming royal marriage between the Qin and Han Kingdoms.” The scholar was able to see from Yao Ying's clothing and aura that he wasn't an ordinary man, so even though he was arrogant, he didn't dare to be impolite. There were a lot of people from different backgrounds at Lin Zhou and because of the marriage, Lin Zhou attracted a lot of people from the other parts of the Shu Kingdom. He was afraid that somehow he accidentally offended someone that shouldn't be offended, so he held back his attitude a little.
”Oh? Let me hear about it more clearly...” Yao Ying pretended that he hadn't heard a thing before this.
The scholars excitedly repeated what they had said.
Yao Ying nodded, pretending to agree to them. ”Ah I see... how do all of you plan to stop them from coming into Lin Zhou? As far as I know, the Shu Kingdom never puts on a ban for them to stay at Lin Zhou.”
The crowd listened to Yao Ying and thought that what he had said was indeed true. They realized that The Emperor never made an announcement about that. Did it mean that the Emperor agree with this marriage?
The scholars started to sweat. Indeed, there was no move from the government and they were doing this because of the money and official position that had been offered to them.
One of them smoothly said, ”Yes, they never put on a ban. However, we are Shu people so we should uphold justice for our kingdom! I'm sure that The Emperor will feel happy if we work for the better of the kingdom! We can't let the other kingdoms join hands!”
Yao Ying could see the way the crowd started to sway to the other party once again. Yao Ying shook his head and pretended to ask curiously, ”Have you ever thought about the consequences if the Emperor actually allows them to enter and all of you tried to prevent the entourage?”
The scholars startled because no one had asked them that way. They just blindly believed in their words. If they were against the Emperor's decree, they would become rebels.
”I'm sure The Emperor will support us!” They insisted, trying to maintain their calmness.
”I'm sure... I'm sure... I'm just asking. The announcement board has no such order from The Emperor... I'm afraid... it will only implicate too many people if we let the people do it,” Yao Ying said in a clear voice and loud enough for the crowd to hear his words.
Someone from the crowd asked, ”What would happen?” And the question was supported by the murmur of the mass. They started to think about how they almost went into trouble for nothing. In reality, the wedding didn't affect their life that much.
It made the scholars' face started to get paler. They were scholars but they hadn't passed the test so they couldn't hold a post in the officialdom. It meant that they weren't as smart as of how they looked like on the surface.