Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2141

"Did you hear that?"

The friend was confused, asking, "Hear what?"

The passerby immediately whispered the words they had just heard.

Their friend, looking puzzled, was about to tell them not to speak nonsense when the paper figure on their back swiftly transferred to another passerby.

That person soon turned to their companion and asked, "Did you hear someone speaking?"

Since they were close by, the two of them quickly compared what they had heard, and to their surprise, the details were almost identical.

As for the friends who had been walking with them, what started as disbelief gradually turned into doubt. Eventually, they, too, were convinced.

When only one person had heard something out of the ordinary, they usually chose to disbelieve. But when a second and then a third person began talking about the same thing, even the most skeptical were left with no choice but to believe.

That day, countless people across the capital and even within the palace heard those faint whispers in their ears. One told ten, ten told a hundred.

By the time the news of the antonement rite finally returned from the ceremony, and the Chancellor's faction received the order to begin spreading their narrative, they discovered—too late—that the public already knew.

Worse still, the people reacted to the news with a sense of confirmation.

The Chancellor's operatives, who had planned to stir public sentiment, found themselves on the back foot. The moment they tried to speak, they were met with skeptical looks.

"Surely you are not among those the Chancellor dispatched beforehand, to weave falsehoods and turn the hearts of the people?"

The people weren't buying it. They were, as they said, very clear-headed, and no one could pull the wool over their eyes now.