The assembled ministers erupted in an uproar.
"Lady Su is actually a demon?"
"How brazen! How outrageous! A demon dared occupy the Imperial Harem? Could even the Grand Tutor have been deceived?"
"We absolutely cannot let her off lightly. We must ask the Imperial Preceptor to eliminate the demon."
"Those amorous affairs in the palace were probably all the demon's doing..."
"I hear demons are skilled at harvesting vitality. His Majesty has had only two sons in all these years. Could it be..."
Many people shook their heads inwardly. Had Wen Zhong been here, things might have been better. Unfortunately, the old man was in the south.
However loyal or capable they were, they were ultimately mortals, unable to escape conventional prejudices. In the world of today, a demon was a demon, born to do evil. Few people bothered distinguishing good demons from bad.
The Marquis of Jizhou had done something so absurd in his youth, ordering the people of Jizhou to distinguish between good and evil demons. It had made him a laughingstock for quite some time before eventually coming to nothing.
That was precisely why the Seven Monsters of Mount Mei had to appear in human form even when doing good deeds to earn merit. They even feared being driven out by the common people if their true forms were exposed, and thus dared not fight Yun Zhongzi.
The members of the Interception Sect wanted to intervene, but things were different now. Back in Heavenly Emperor Fuxi's era, when Zhao Gongming attained the Dao, a mortal sovereign's word was law. Never mind Randeng or Yun Zhongzi-even Yuanshi Tianzun had to show him some respect.
After the last Human King, Yu the Great, died and Xia Qi proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, the so-called kings of the mortal