The power these people wield is clearly immense.
In almost no time at all, all kinds of rumors about whether the Gu Clan ought to return governance to the Emperor had spread across the realm.
No, perhaps it is not that these people's power is so great.
Even if their influence were greater still, how could it possibly surpass that of the Imperial Censorate?
It is simply that there are too many of them!
And what's more, the matter involves the Gu Clan; that alone is what the people of the realm pay most attention to.
Do not forget, the Gu Clan's returning power to the throne is itself already a historical precedent.
The deeds of generation after generation have long been passed down in story form, becoming common knowledge in the hearts of the common folk.
The common people naturally do not wish to shatter the current prosperity.
But it still comes back to the same point—
