My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 166: Jiangnan Commoners Closing In Step by Step

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Jiangnan Commoners Closing In Step by Step

What?

Yan Lian looked utterly confused.

But Chu Baihan didn’t plan to explain anymore. She took Jingjing’s hand and then said to them, "The Princess needs to return to the Li Residence to prepare some things now."

After saying this, she quickly left with Jingjing.

"Brother Yan Lin, what did Sister-in-law mean by that?"

Yan Lian really couldn’t hold back, and he curiously asked Yan Lin.

A faint gleam flickered in Yan Lin’s eyes.

He knew her character well; she wouldn’t joke at such a time...

Could it be that her words were actually true?

A world, thousands of years later, could it be she knows about it?

"Keep a close watch on the people from Siminghui," Yan Lin said without further conversation to Yan Lian, then mounted his horse and went off.

...

Late at night.

Chu Baihan had Nan Xing carry two large chests to prepare to leave the Li Residence.

"I will accompany you," came a deep voice from behind her.

Her eyelids twitched slightly.

She quickly turned around and, indeed, saw Yan Lin standing behind her.

Moreover, he was still wearing his clothes from the daytime.

Had he been here waiting for a long time?

"There’s no need; the Princess can manage on her own, you..."

"The situation outside is not right; I will accompany you," Yan Lin said gravely.

The situation outside is not right? What does that mean?

Just then, Chu Baihan heard noises from outside.

When she looked outside, she saw many people surrounding the Li Residence, holding torches in their hands.

"Princess, if you successfully pray for rain today, then you are the living Buddha of our Southwest,"

Just at that moment, Li Shang, wearing official robes, came running over, breathing heavily.

"Lord Li, you have finally shown yourself. How have you been managing the disaster these days?" Chu Baihan coldly questioned upon seeing him.

At these words, Li Shang’s expression stiffened.

He touched his nose and sheepishly said, "My abilities are limited. I’m not up to the task yet..."

He had originally thought these matters would be simple to resolve, even coming up with a method to divert water through canals.

But he did not realize that implementing it would be so difficult.

Moreover, the people of Jiangnan could not wait any longer.

He had been hiding inside the Li Residence, where people from the Siminghui were delivering large quantities of water daily, so he thought the disaster was not severe.

Who knew that handling it himself would be fraught with difficulties?

"Princess, I lack the talent to solve the water shortage from its root. But you can, Princess. You’re already prepared to pray for rain, aren’t you? The calamity of Jiangnan will soon be over," Li Shang said cheerfully.

"The Princess praying for rain?" Chu Baihan’s eyes turned cold.

Exactly who said she could pray for rain?

"Yes, it’s already spread throughout Jiangnan. The people say, if you truly make it rain, you are a living Buddha among us," Li Shang continued, smiling broadly.

"Exactly who let this information out?"

A murderous glint flashed in Chu Baihan’s eyes.

Jiangnan was already unstable, and she had no full confidence of successfully praying for rain tonight.

If she failed, morale would unquestionably suffer dramatically, public sentiment would collapse, and the situation would become even more severe than several months without rain.

"The prince is still investigating," Yan Lin said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing his words, Chu Baihan glanced at him sidelong.

She had only told Yan Lin and Yan Lian about this matter.

"The princess has not doubted you," she said plainly.

"Hm?"

Yan Lin looked up at her, his expression dark and murky.

"You... are not such people." Taking a deep breath, she said sternly.

By now, they could only bite the bullet and attempt the rain prayer.

She gave Nan Xing a look, then hurriedly walked out the door.

Seeing this, Yan Lin immediately cried out, "Don’t!"

But he was obviously a step too late, as she had already reached the doorway.

It was at this time that Chu Baihan also noticed that something was off with the people’s mood.

"I hope the Princess is successful in praying for rain,"

the people knelt down en masse, though their plea carried an underlying tone of forcefulness.

"Princess, you must succeed in praying for rain, right? Otherwise, you would not have dared to offend the deities so brazenly last night,"

a bearded man exclaimed loudly, looking up.

"Offend the deities?" Chu Baihan furrowed her brow, puzzled.

At that moment, Yan Lian came back from the street; he ran to Chu Baihan and urgently said, "The eighth prince, these people have gone mad."

"What happened?"

"Last night, didn’t you and the eighth prince go to the ruined temple outside the city to save the eldest prince? You turned the temple upside down, and somehow the news spread, and now everyone is saying that you offended the deities there,"

Yan Lian said through gritted teeth.

How could there be such ignorant people?

Chu Baihan found the argument laughable too, when had the people of Jiangnan become so ignorant?

But before she could speak, the people spoke up first: "Princess, you may not know, but because of your commotion last night, half of the wells in our city have run dry already."

"Exactly, according to the previous rate, it would have taken several more days for so many wells to dry up. But almost overnight, many people’s water supply was cut off. If it wasn’t due to offending the deities, how could such a bizarre phenomenon occur?"

"That’s right, the deities must be angry now. We never worshipped them before, and first, they made Jiangnan experience a millennial rarity, and then overnight, our well water was gone."

"..."

"This is the reason I didn’t let you come out earlier. These people have already blamed all the faults on us," Yan Lin said in a grave tone.

Li Shang, standing nearby, stroked his beard and then reprimanded, "You are all confused, these are the honorable Princess and Prince Yan Lin, how dare you question them?"

His words, instead of helping, incited more outrage among the populace.

Some of the people quickly stood up, then angrily said, "At first, when we saw Prince Yan Lin arresting people from Siminghui, opening wells and reservoirs for us to get water, we were grateful to him. But now that we think about it, he was just trying to make amends for his disrespect to the deities last night."

"Exactly, prince or princess, what does that matter? We have no water now, in a few days we all will die, what more do we have to fear!"

"Yes, what do we have to fear! We aren’t afraid of losing what we don’t have, even if you behead us today, what would it matter, our lives are worthless anyway!"

"..."

The rage of the people was fully aroused, and one by one they stood up, glaring fiercely at Chu Baihan and the others.

The irony of it all.

Dutifully during the day, they had been grateful to Yan Lin and the others.

It just proved an old adage, in times of crisis, true human nature reveals itself.

"Return our water source, exchange our water source!"

Driven by someone, the mood among the people intensified, and they began to advance threateningly towards Chu Baihan and others.