His words caused an uproar. More than one person had heard the news, but now that it had been said aloud, everyone looked toward Tang Changsheng, who was exchanging greetings with the elders. They were all startled. Could it really be true? It seemed all but certain...
Though her title was only County Princess, Fan Wan'er was the Crown Prince's only daughter and the Imperial Family's sole third-generation heir. She was certain to become a princess one day, and might even become Great Chu's empress.
No one could possibly take the marriage of someone like her lightly. And from the look of things, Princess Pingyin's husband would, in all likelihood, be Tang Changsheng!
Curiosity and resentment welled up in everyone. Where had an unknown fellow like Tang Changsheng come from? What had he done to deserve Princess Pingyin's hand?
Shutters began clicking without end, and countless lenses swung toward him.
The Imperial Family had openly let Tang Changsheng appear without trying to hide him. Many people understood that this was meant to let the news spread.
Every reporter knew why the Elder Council was meeting today. They also knew how important the matter was.
But compared with Princess Pingyin's marriage, that matter suddenly seemed less important... at least to most reporters and ordinary people.
Great Chu was too powerful. Confidence and pride ran so deep in its people's bones that they thought little of the danger.
Besides, this hardly counted as a crisis...
After all, the trouble had broken out in an Overseas Territory far from Great Chu itself. If this "riot" had not been so large, with so many dead, ordinary citizens would have had little interest in such a distant, out-of-the-way place.
By contrast, the marriage of the princess held dear by the people of Great Chu, and