The Apology at Nuwa Temple

All the people of the Shang Dynasty suddenly felt a strong sense of solidarity!

They were gradually beginning to realize something!

Someone had deliberately been badmouthing King Zhou in Chaoge, trying to bring down the Shang Dynasty!

"Exactly! We've been fooled all these years!"

"It must be those feudal lords plotting to seize our Great King's supreme throne. That's why they've been doing this!"

"Just look at the Great King. He doesn't look like a tyrant at all!"

"Maybe even this whole business with Mei Bo was their doing!"

"They just wanted us to see the Great King make mistakes, to see his worst side!"

"That's right! The Great King is so pitiful!"

As they talked, someone even began to feel sorry for King Zhou!

Watching from the sidelines, Shen Gongbao suddenly didn't know what to say!

Shen Gongbao smiled faintly.

"Looks like this Edict of Self-Blame worked perfectly!"

In just a few short days, King Zhou's popularity had soared to a terrifying level in Chaoge—and even throughout the Shang Dynasty.

Meanwhile, the voices opposing King Zhou had gone from being deafeningly loud to being met with universal condemnation whenever they were heard.

"Damn it, did King Zhou suddenly wake up or something?"

"Why has he gotten so clever about everything lately?"

"This isn't like him at all!"

Xiqi, Dongyi, and many other feudal states were deeply displeased with King Zhou's recent performance.

He had been so capable these days—almost too clever!

King Zhou was acting so cleverly that they didn't know how to get at him.

If they kept sending people to Chaoge to badmouth him, those people would now be beaten up and thrown out of the city the moment they tried.

But if they went straight to war, then, just as Shen Gongbao had said, they would