Encountering Troublesome Commoners on the Road-What Laws Exist in Yan Territory?

Jiakang City!

On the main city road, the carriage was stopped again.

Yuwen Liqian brushed aside the curtain and frowned at both sides of the road. It seemed that quite a few people were standing ahead.

How many times had they been stopped already?

Su Beihai, Jiakang City's prefect, who was riding alongside them, looked somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly said,

"Princess, please do not be disturbed. Wait a moment for this humble official!"

Yuwen Liqian was also rather helpless. She had heard those words several times already.

Since they had set foot on the imperial highway from the riverside port, the roads had been broad enough for four horses to travel abreast. Even in the Han Kingdom, such a sight was rare.

Yet as the carriage slowly entered the main city, that peace and smooth passage quietly vanished, replaced by constant stoppages and congestion.

They had been stopping and starting all along the way!

This time, they had been held up for half the time it took an incense stick to burn, and the commotion ahead was especially fierce.

Yuwen Liqian simply stepped out of the carriage, wanting to see what exactly was going on.

The maid promptly supported the princess as she emerged from the carriage and stood on the carriage's footboard.

Yuwen Liqian was somewhat startled by the sight before her.

She saw—

A dense crowd had gathered on the main city road. Some stood, some sat, and they had nearly blocked the entire street so tightly that not even water could pass through.

A bustling sea of people!

Bursts of noisy chatter rose from the crowd, mixed with conversations and shouts in all sorts of accents, turning what should have been a quiet street into a clamorous uproar.

Judging by their clothes, they seemed to be from