Chapter 666 Fear and Panic

These scholars might be famous and distinguished. They might look down on many rules and societal norms as men in the prime of their youth, but they were still ordinary people at the end of the day.

When something threatened their lives, even the lives of their families, they would still panic and do something unexpected.

The cowardly scholar was a good example.

When he saw Wu Yao refusing to let them go, he panicked and cried, "Once the Crown Princess finishes her performance, we'll all die with her! We must leave now!"

His voice was loud, and the men and women were only separated by a short distance. They used a path near the women's area on their way out, and the commotion they made had drawn the women's attention. Therefore, everyone at the banquet heard his words.

When the women processed those words, they exchanged looks. They didn't know what the scholar meant. Could there be another meaning to Ning Xueyan's per