Qian Fu looked away and toward the enraged commoners. Once a rumor took hold, not even imperial authority could easily suppress it. Even if they used force to stamp out the gossip...
...the result would only alienate the people further.
They wouldn't dare say it aloud, but deep down, a profound distrust for the imperial family would take root.
Qian Fanji didn't care about the issue of citizenship; he just hadn't expected Dean Chen to be so deeply implicated.
'Was Dean Chen threatened with having his citizenship revoked to force the issue of Ye Qianning's burial in the imperial mausoleum?'
"Look, Yuan Yintang is still moving! Kill him!"
"Kill him...!"
When the onlookers saw Yuan Yintang twitch, they immediately surged forward, viciously kicking the bloody, mangled figure.
Where one went, another followed. In an instant, the crowd swarmed him, eager to beat him to death.
