After a grand welcoming ceremony, the old Emperor showed his face and intentionally enjoyed the festivity with the "people."
The term "people" is indeed subject to discussion.
After all, the "people" who could reach the old Emperor were carefully selected.
If one doesn't look beyond Jiangnan, the Great Yu Dynasty indeed appears to be a flourishing era.
In reality, although the old Emperor declared magnificent martial prowess, crushing assassination attempts from all forces and severely injuring two Martial Saints, many internal contradictions were merely temporarily suppressed and not fundamentally resolved.
Throughout these years, every year there have been severe natural disasters.
Where there are natural disasters, there are bound to be human disasters.