496. The Milky Way pours down

True Qi rumbled forth with the thunderous sound, its roar echoing for more than a dozen miles. Li Pei's action was to stabilize the public's heart at the first opportunity.

Almost a million officials and citizens around Chengtian Gate Square heard it all clearly yet harbored doubts:

"The Imperial Court has grain? Is that true or false?"

"It can't be false, right? The Emperor announced it publicly..."

Under normal circumstances, an Emperor's words—the "golden mouth and jade words"—shouldn't be taken lightly; a public declaration would not be false.

But the common people of the Imperial City had no shortage of one thing, and that was the swift spread of news.

At this moment, someone hesitated, "My uncle works at the Tongzhou Granary... It's already empty there."