Chapter 339

Stealing a chicken only to lose the rice!

Wu Meiniang was filled with extreme unwillingness, but she still had to nod and agree: "This young girl is willing to stay as a servant to repay Your Majesty's life-saving grace."

"Very good!" Qin Mu nodded, delivering another heavy blow to Wu Meiniang's heart: "Since you were a laundry maid before, then go to the laundry workshop and be a washing maid! It happens to be your old profession."

You!

The anger in Wu Meiniang's heart flared up instantly.

She breathed rapidly, using all her strength to suppress the rising fire, and managed a forced smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"That's great, little sister! Now you are no longer in danger."

The innocent and lively Changle held Wu Meiniang's hand, jumping for joy.

Staying with Qin Mu, Zhangsun Wugou, and the others was great in every way, except for one thing: there were no playmates. Now that a little sister of similar age had appeared, Changle was naturally extremely happy.

"Your Majesty, this is bad; the commoners gathered outside are increasing, and their emotions are becoming more and more unstable." Wei Zhongxian walked in from outside once again.

"Husband, you must think of a way quickly."

"That's right, Qin Mu. This matter must be handled properly; otherwise, we will be very passive."

Zhangsun Wugou and Li Xueyan both said with worry.

"Rest assured, I already have an idea."

Qin Mu stood up and walked toward the palace gate with a leisurely pace.

Wu Meiniang stared at Qin Mu's back, lost in thought.

He is not much older than me, yet he can build such a powerful empire; now I finally understand why.

At the palace gate.

Tens of thousands of commoners were gathered at this moment.

Bustling and noisy, the momentum was massive.

Li Er and Fang Xuanling were hidden in the crowd, quietly waiting for the next development of the situation.

"Xuanling, I didn't expect things to blow up this big! The Cui clan incited so many commoners; the title of head of the Yizhou noble families really isn't for nothing."

Looking at the crowded flow of people, a trace of fear suddenly rose in Li Er's heart.

He had seen the power of the noble families before, but he had never seen such a shocking scene.

Inciting tens of thousands of commoners to surround the palace!

Looking through history books, he had never seen such a vile political incident.

It seems...

This time Qin Mu has kicked an iron plate!

I want to see what kind of method you have to resolve this.

"That's right, Master. It seems I was still a bit naive. I really didn't expect the Cui clan to think of this move, letting the commoners take the blame for them; it is truly vicious."

"In this way, the commoners who have no power to truss a chicken have become the sharpest weapons at this moment!"

Fang Xuanling's face was also extremely grave.

He had thought the Cui clan would go to the palace to demand an explanation from Qin Mu, but he didn't expect the Cui family to play such a hand directly.

They didn't even need to show their faces to force Qin Mu into a desperate situation.

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but have a hypothesis appear in his mind.

If he were Qin Mu, what would he do?

Kill these tens of thousands of commoners?

That would already cross the bottom line of morality.

Only a beast would attack commoners who have no power to truss a chicken.

If Qin Mu wants to be compared to the emperors of the ages, he absolutely cannot do this!

Bow his head and admit his mistake?

Hand over the murderer?

No!

This is also not Qin Mu's style!

Mobilize the army to disperse the commoners?

This method is feasible.

However...

It is just too clumsy!

Qin Mu is a genius artist; he could never implement such a clumsy method.

Not only could Qin Mu himself not accept it, but even Fang Xuanling could not accept it!

The image of Qin Mu in his heart is extremely perfect.

Using such a method to resolve this matter is no different from making a fool of himself in public.

Then...

What other method could there be?

After deep thought for a long time, Fang Xuanling could not help but smile bitterly.

Unsolvable!

There is simply no way.

"Fellow villagers, the Great Qin Emperor's guards actually killed someone in the street; is there still any law?"

"We will not give up until the murderer is handed over!"

"That's right! You must give us an explanation, otherwise we will rebel against Great Qin!"

"Rebel against Great Qin!"

The mountain-shaking and sea-roaring sound almost wanted to submerge the palace before them.

Shocking to the heart!

"Creak—"

The heavy palace gate opened with a rumble, and a figure appeared before everyone.

An emperor-like aura soared into the sky, shrouding under this patch of dark clouds.

Instantly!

The noisy crowd became silent.

Everyone looked nervously at the figure that was getting closer and closer.

Qin Mu stood before the palace gate.

The black dragon brocade robe fluttered in the wind, snapping loudly!

"Gulp!"

Some people standing at the very front of the crowd could not even withstand this imperial pressure.

"This kid's aura is even stronger than before!"

Li Er's face became increasingly grave.

Beads of cold sweat slid down his cheeks.

As an emperor himself, he understood very well how terrifying the aura radiating from Qin Mu was.

"He has grown again!"

Fang Xuanling also nodded silently, a terrifying thought suddenly appearing in his heart.

If he were the Crown Prince of Great Tang, how wonderful would that be?

"Fellow villagers, don't be afraid, we have done nothing wrong, don't be afraid of him!"

"That's right! If the Emperor cannot give an explanation, we absolutely cannot compromise."

"Well said, we must have an explanation!"

Several abrupt voices suddenly appeared in the crowd.

Led by these people, the commoners emboldened themselves one after another and began to face Qin Mu directly.

A unique aura gradually condensed within the crowd, seemingly contending with Qin Mu.

What kind of scene is this?

The imperial aura condensed by one person is contending with tens of thousands of people.

What is even more unbelievable is that Qin Mu's aura is even steadily suppressing everyone.

Wu Meiniang, who followed, saw this scene and trembled uncontrollably all over.