Time ticked by. More and more people arrived at the royal capital, until shacha people filled the space for hundreds of thousands of kilometers around the wormhole!
The major conglomerates stood back and watched. None wanted to wade into this mess.
The Inspector's team had been blocked there for three hours, and the case had gone straight to a Cabinet Imperial Inspection.
One Cabinet Minister after another stepped forward, but none could persuade the crowd. Everyone demanded a public inspection of the production line.
It was hardly a difficult request. Among those making it were first-rate scientists of considerable standing.
As long as the public was barred from inspecting the production line, no explanation from the cabinet would satisfy them, however convincing it sounded!
That was when the three conglomerates under Anunnaki's control came into play.
All three had a voice in the cabinet. At Dulan's direction, they seized the chance to speak up for Han Bi and push to have his name cleared.
After all, the public questioned not only Qian Liu's conspiracy case, but the charges against Han Bi as well.
Angry at how the evidence against Qian Liu had been handled, the crowd also raised doubts about Han Bi's charges and demanded a Cabinet Imperial Inspection.
If the cabinet failed to give a satisfactory answer within three hours, the matter would escalate into a Grand Imperial Inspection presided over by the emperor himself! The Cabinet Ministers all knew Han Bi had been framed by Qian Liu.
The criminals Qian Liu had arranged only needed to recant, and Han Bi could be released without charges.
The public now wanted the cabinet to get to the bottom of both cases. Qian Liu was the emperor's man, so without the emperor's approval, the cabinet would certainly protect him.
That left