CHAPTER 354: CHAPTER 264: THE INSTIGATOR

"She suddenly acted on a whim to see us in chaos. But for those in trouble, she’s demanding their lives."

"Isn’t that right? My child is being delayed to death."

A voice unfavorable to Jun Ning emerged, and immediately another voice agreed. Such voices increased, more and more.

A somewhat uncontrollable trend.

And these voices, in the end, escalated from accusations to wishing Jun Ning’s death.

"You’re a spoiled girl, living well yourself, blind to others’ hardships. Do you even know my son is about to die?"

"People like you don’t deserve to live. You should just die!"

"Shut up..."

Jun Ning said nothing, calmly watching those cursing her below the city wall. Ye Ying, who flew down to check on the child’s condition, couldn’t bear it and spoke.

"Why should we shut up? Dare to act but don’t dare to be spoken about?" A voice in the crowd retorted Ye Ying.

Some still echoed, "You are just that girl’s lackey, so you speak for her without considering our common people’s hardships at all."

Ye Ying noticed those speaking. Whenever he or Jun Ning’s side spoke even a word, rebuttals, questioning, disdain, and aggressive voices would immediately emerge.

And if it were ordinary questioning it’d be okay, but these voices obviously stirred up anger and dissatisfaction in people’s hearts, inciting rebellions, making them want to enter the city more.

After memorizing those two faces, Ye Ying looked at the child with a head injury, then took him from his parents, flew with him up to the city wall, and had people sent by the Crown Prince to protect Jun Ning take him for treatment.

After ensuring the child was taken care of, he flew down from the city wall again, looking for those ill-intentioned individuals in the crowd.

When people under the leader and Sairu City’s guards appeared, uniting to enclose and protect the citizens outside the gate, he handed the captured individuals to Sairu City’s guards to hold or detain them temporarily.

The guards couldn’t detain them yet, so they could only have them pinned to the ground.

The ones pinned voiced dissatisfaction immediately, "What is the meaning of this, no talking allowed? Getting caught for speaking the truth?"

"Not just caught, seeing them with their hands on their swords, are they going to kill?"

Another said, "Judging by their posture, they’re not just going to kill us, but everyone here. Otherwise, why did so many of them suddenly appear and surround us with weapons?"

With these words, the emotions within the citizens were stirred up.

They can’t help but think, suddenly the city gates are closed, and so many soldiers appear with weapons surrounding them, what exactly are they planning?

Are they truly going to kill us?

They could stay silent, endure the anger of not entering the city. But they can’t just die like this!

Then, someone in the crowd spoke again, "If we all work together, seize these soldiers’ swords and weapons, and kill them, we can survive."

"Either they die, or we die. Everyone, don’t stand idle, fight for our lives, let’s go at them."

"This gentleman is right, let’s fight them. Plus, if we kill them, we can enter the city."

After some impassioned words, the people in the crowd began to act.

The scene instantly descended into chaos.

The soldiers and people from Black Water Village, initially prepared by Jun Ning to protect the citizens, were instead attacked by citizens.

The chaos grew uncontrollable, completely unlike what Jun Ning expected.

But, it wasn’t entirely unsolvable.

Jun Ning narrowed her eyes, muttering, "These Alien Clan members mingling in the crowd, stirring up discord, trying to have us fight among ourselves, then reap the benefits. Hmph, I won’t let you succeed."

Jun Ning left people to protect Jing Shu and descended from the city wall herself.

Standing on the crowd’s perimeter, she called to Ye Ying, "Ye Ying, grab those Alien Clan members inciting everyone."

Upon hearing, Ye Ying immediately brought the two nearest to him before Jun Ning.

Jun Ning drew the sword from Ye Ying’s waist, placing it against the neck of an Alien Clan member kneeling, loudly stating, "I, Princess Anle of the Eastern Chu Kingdom, stand with everyone today, please don’t be misled and used."

Princess Anle?

Even in the distant Sairu City, far from the Imperial City. Even if the people here don’t know how many sons the current emperor has, or which is the most promising, or the least. They’ve all heard of Princess Anle.

She’s the emperor’s only daughter among many children, indulged and favored, living in luxury.

Everyone envies her, wants to be her, to meet her.

What kind of girl could receive such endless affection?

But there was no opportunity.

With someone claiming to be Princess Anle appearing now, aren’t they drawn in?

The chaos among the crowd ceased immediately, and everyone looked towards the one claiming to be Princess Anle.

Those who initially incited the crowd were about to question if this Princess Anle was a fake, advising not to be deceived, but got rendered speechless by the sudden grand scene.

At this moment, whether from the city wall or Sairu City’s guards below, along with forces from Black Water Village’s leader.

Everyone kneeled and shouted, "To Princess Anle, may she live thousands of years."

The sound was deafening.

Such a scene, no one had ever seen.

And never seen any fraud convincing the city gate guards to kneel as well.

So, the Princess Anle before them must be the real Princess Anle.

After confirming this, everyone curiously examined this yet-to-be-ten girl, full of nobility and untouchable.

Her skin was fair, dressed in a waist-tied green narrow-sleeved immortal dress, wearing two golden hairpins, a noble white jade gold necklace, and a pair of pure gold bracelets.

Ordinarily, wearing gold might give a nouveau riche vibe, but on Jun Ning, it exudes elegance and nobility.

Truly the emperor’s treasured gem!

Many gazed at her, utterly entranced.

"You all got fooled by her claim to be Princess Anle, huh? Remember, she wants us dead."

"She wants everyone dead! We can’t sit back and let ourselves be tricked by a few words of hers."