After all, at this moment, even the eunuchs by his side had ceased speaking.
Upon uttering those words, Chu Ruoyan felt as if half the bones in her body had been removed, making her sway as if ready to collapse at any moment. However, she stood firm in the center of the great hall, like a stubborn ghost, observing the expressions of the people around her—some relaxed, some calm, and even joyful. She laughed twice and then remarked, "Yet, you keep saying 'comet appears, disaster arises,' where is this disaster exactly?"
With a raise of her hand, she pointed at Shang Ruyi, her trembling fingertip seemed like a blade glinting with cold light, yearning to pierce her through: "She claims she wants to relieve the disaster and help the people, and she's truly a Bodhisattva? There's simply no—"
Before she could finish speaking, another peal of thunder echoed.
