"Ah...! It hurts... it hurts so much." The injured citizen was a middle-aged man, clutching his thigh as he rolled on the ground in agony.

Strangely enough, this move seemed quite effective, as the other citizens were intimidated and began to retreat.

After all, they were just ordinary citizens. Although a moment ago in the heat of the moment, they felt like facing death wasn’t scary, the sight of real blood still terrified them immensely. Perhaps this is human nature!

At this moment, a commotion arose from the outskirts, and the citizens quickly made way.

Turning their heads to look, they saw a lavish sedan chair approaching, marked on the outside with the symbol of the War Prince’s Mansion.

"The War Prince has arrived."

"That’s wonderful, the Prince has come to stand up for us."

The citizens turned their heads and knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly...

"War Prince, you are our guardian, you must stand up for us. We’re so miserable, so bitter, the Emperor doesn’t treat us as humans at all."

Even before the sedan chair stopped, the citizens were already kneeling and crying out their grievances.

Long Rui was dressed in a dark blue robe, his face as ever covered by a mask, with a tall and slender figure. His hair was all gathered atop of his head, bound by a silver hair crown.

He stepped down from the sedan chair and turned to gently help Xuexue down.

"Lady, be careful."

"Mm, thank you, Prince."

Once the two stood firm, they saw the citizens kneeling all around.

Long Rui, holding Xuexue’s hand, bowed his head and asked the citizens, "Why have you gathered here?"

The citizens explained the reason to Long Rui.

It turned out that this morning, a large group of little kids wandered through the streets singing nursery rhymes. The gist of the rhyme was that the Fourth Prince was a murderous demon, having killed many due to practicing an evil technique, causing Moli Country to fall into chaos.

The news spread rapidly from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and within no time, it circulated across the entire Capital. At this point, the citizens were in an uproar.

Indeed, from the murderous demon to chaos, they experienced countless fears, and some had lost their families, holding in this frustration for too long.

Their anger was suddenly ignited. In their rage, someone shouted, "Let’s go to the Imperial Palace to confront the Emperor. As the Emperor, he is indulging his son in committing crimes. We are all his subjects; how can he treat us this way?"

Hearing this, everyone agreed, and thus a furious crowd surged towards the Imperial Palace...

Along the way, citizens who heard they were going to demand justice from the Emperor joined the crowd.

By the time they reached the Imperial Palace, the crowd had grown to several thousand. Standing at the gate, their shouts frightened the guards stationed there half to death, thinking there was a rebellion.

Later, calming themselves, they realized it was just a massive gathering of citizens and sighed in relief, but still dared not relax. The Imperial Guard Commander hurriedly ran inside to report to the Emperor.

Long Rui glanced at Xuexue beside him, thinking, his wife acted faster than him, spreading the news throughout the Capital so swiftly.

Unexpectedly, Xuexue leaned toward his ear and asked softly, "Prince, didn’t you sleep last night? How did you send the news out so quickly?"

Long Rui paused, surprised that this wasn’t his wife’s doing, then who was responsible?

Long Rui’s eyes filled with doubt.

Xuexue, puzzled, asked, "Prince, what’s wrong?"

Long Rui looked at Xuexue and said, "It wasn’t me."

Xuexue froze for a moment, "What?"

Long Rui: "I said this matter wasn’t my doing."

Although Long Rui’s words seemed absurd and others may not understand, Xuexue comprehended. Long Rui indicated that the matter concerning the Fourth Prince wasn’t leaked by him, then who else could it be?