"Go!"
Li Junyan urged and took the lead to walk outside.
Lin Qi didn't dare to delay and hurriedly followed behind.
After watching them go away, Sang Jueqian returned to the grocery store.
After a while, Li Junyan walked out of the palace.
The wide streets outside the palace were now filled with people.
As soon as these people saw Li Junyan, they immediately knelt down.
"Please, Your Majesty, burn this witch to death!"
"Please, Your Majesty, burn this witch to death!"
"Please, Your Majesty, burn this witch to death!"
These people, including men and women, old and young, shouted loudly at this moment, and their voices reached the sky.
Even though the rain was very loud, it could not block out their beautiful voices.
Li Junyan stood at the gate of Prince Chen's mansion, looking down at the people kneeling on the ground, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is the witch?"
"Zhao Wanxi, the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, is a witch! It has been raining since she was about to come to Tingzhou, and now it is raining heavily and continuously.
Not only has it flooded the crops, but now it's about to flood the houses and kill all the people in the city. She is a witch, my Lord!
"Your Majesty, please have mercy on the people of Tingzhou and burn this witch to death!"
"Your Majesty, please have mercy on the people of Tingzhou and burn this witch to death!"
"Burn the witch to death!"
"Burn the witch to death!"
At this time, the people are angry and their indignation is difficult to calm down, and it cannot be suppressed by force.
Li Junyan frowned and waited until they all quieted down before asking again.
He sank his energy into his dantian and spoke in a loud voice that could be heard by everyone present.
“There is no witch in this world, and no one can control the wind and rain or influence the weather.
Whether it's the drought in the past or the heavy rain now, they are all natural disasters, not man-made disasters, and cannot be controlled by one person."
"But before, someone clearly said that the rain was due to her arrival, and that she was the Rain Goddess and the Dragon Girl!"
“When it first started to rain, people attributed it to her, saying it was good luck.
Now the rain has caused a disaster, but they say it has nothing to do with her. How can we believe it?"
"Yes! Prince, we know you have a kind heart, but you shouldn't be kind in this regard!"
"If the prince cannot make a decision, then the people of Tingzhou are willing to shoulder the responsibility! If the minister or the court blames us, we are willing to be executed! We will absolutely not implicate the prince!"
"I only beg Your Majesty to show mercy and save my family. I am willing to die for this! But before I die, the witch must be burned to death first!"
"Yes! I am willing to die, but the witch must be burned to death!"
"Burn the witch to death!"
"Burn to death!"
The voices of the people were getting louder and louder, and even through the high walls of Prince Chen's Mansion and the large and small courtyards, they reached Zhao Wanxi's ears.
These days, Zhao Wanxi has been nervous every moment, always afraid that she will die in Tingzhou.
Now hearing these words, Zhao Wanxi was so frightened that she screamed continuously.
"It's not me! It's not me! It has nothing to do with me! I didn't ask for those words to be spread!"
"I'm not a rain god! I'm not some dragon lady! Rain has nothing to do with me!"
"Why are you burning me to death? I want to find my father! I want to go back to Chang'an!"
"I am the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, the future Princess of Chen. Who dares to burn me to death?"
Zhao Wanxi shouted as she ran around the house, smashing everything that could be smashed and pushing down everything that could be pushed down.
Her maidservant tried to comfort her, but her sharp nails scratched her face and arms.
Eunuch Li, who came over to inquire, had a complicated expression when he heard the mess in the room.
The guards standing by were even more anxious.
"Eunuch Li, what should we do? That news—"
"Shut up!" Eunuch Li immediately scolded him, "What news is there? You need to know what to say and what not to say."
The guard's expression changed again and again, and finally he lowered his head, not daring to say another word.
It was obvious that the news was spread by Eunuch Li in order to plot against Prince Chen and force him to marry the Shangshu's legitimate daughter.
Everything was fine at the beginning, and things did develop in the direction they had imagined.
But why did it suddenly become like this?
The more the guard thought about it, the more frightened he became. Suddenly, he had a guess and looked horrified.
"Eunuch Li, do you think it's because of the goddess?"
Eunuch Li frowned and looked at him, "What do you mean by that? Explain clearly?"
The guard swallowed and continued, "Could it be that because we slandered the goddess, spread rumors, and spoke ill of her before, the heavens are angry, so this rain is continuous, just to punish us. Are we going to die in Tingzhou?"
The guard said this with a look of horror on his face.
Although he was not afraid of death, he didn't want to die like this.
Eunuch Li's expression was even uglier.
He was the chief steward beside the emperor. Even though he was not second only to the emperor, he was still the object of flattery by concubines and ministers inside and outside the palace.
Even the Crown Prince and King Jing treated him with great courtesy whenever they saw him.
He was at the peak of his career, how could he die like this?
no!
He must not die here!
Just as Eunuch Li's expression changed again and again, the door in front of him suddenly opened from the inside, and Zhao Wanxi appeared at the door.
"It's you!"
Zhao Wanxi stared at Eunuch Li intently, "You were the one who spread those rumors. You're the one who made me like this. Why did you do this?
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