Yet even so, the people were unwilling to accept this reality.
Fear and despair had already caused many to suffer mental breakdowns; they had eagerly awaited rescue, only to find their executioners.
Who could endure that?
The woman who had previously questioned them stared at Ran Qingchen with a suspicious face:
"I, a simple housewife, know nothing, but I can discern truth from falsehood, and I refuse to believe that the reinforcements outside are here to kill us!
I don't care if you are Lord Ran or Ran Xia, I suspect you of being the rebel, deliberately deceiving us to avoid the rescuing soldiers, and then attacking us..."
The woman's words sparked doubt among some people.
Consequently, many started to echo her sentiments.
No one believed that the court would abandon them; never in history had the court slaughtered its own people.
They began to doubt Ran Qingchen's motives.
