"Yes indeed, my lord President, please reconsider!"
Wails were ubiquitous in the council chamber, but Gong Liang merely sneered, "All you lords are wealthy gentry with achievements from the dragon's court, having abundant family properties. Yet, why don't you think about the common people on the streets outside, with no work to start and no rice to cook? They are on the brink of starvation, and yet you speak of morality!"
"You immature youngster!"
"Shallow and despicable!"
The eminent scholars were utterly shamed and enraged, glaring fiercely at Gong Liang.
The young man was naturally frightened, but at this moment, he held his neck taut, refusing to budge an inch.
As the increasingly agitated parties seemed about to engage in physical combat in the council chamber, Tang Luo finally spoke out to stop it: "Enough, everyone sit down."
