The petitioners came over and smirked at the sight.
Their goal was to stir things up to reach the Emperor. This was the people's will; if the Emperor disregarded it and allowed Ye Zi'an to remain in office, it would be sheer incompetence!
If the Emperor complied with the people's will and dismissed Ye Zi'an from office, it would be a good outcome.
Therefore, the people kneeling at the palace gates were a case of killing two birds with one stone.
"This prince must go and see," Prince Zhuang snorted. He needed to keep an eye on these people to prevent them from stirring trouble with rumors; otherwise, he wouldn't spare them in the future.
Upon hearing that the Prime Minister and others were going to see the Emperor, the crowd shouted again.
"Indeed, we plead with the Emperor to dismiss Ye Zi'an from office. We don't want this kind of official as our leader!"
"We plead with the Emperor to dismiss Ye Zi'an from office!"
"We plead with the Emperor..."
