Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into an uproar...
"No way, the execution was supposed to happen today at 3 pm, and now they're saying the Fourth Prince escaped? I don't believe it."
"The Emperor is just putting on a show, he never actually wanted to kill the Fourth Prince, he's doing this on purpose for us to see."
"Exactly, the Emperor has the nerve to say that when a prince commits a crime, he's equal to a commoner, it's clearly fooling us common people. What fairness does the Emperor have? It's only us commoners who suffer."
"Right, right, the Emperor doesn't keep his word, let's not believe him from now on."
In the tea house, everyone was agitated. They had been excited all night, losing sleep at midnight, coming here to celebrate that the Fourth Prince finally got his just desserts, but now that they heard the Fourth Prince escaped, they were naturally very emotional.
