Behind this group of people, there must be their reliance.
Thinking this way, the young Emperor is already contemplating whether or not to order Lin Yi to stop adding water.
But if they stop diluting water, although it might calm the refugees, it would result in heavy losses on his own part.
First of all, his prestige would be greatly diminished.
This is equivalent to yielding to the instigator behind the scenes.
Undoubtedly, this would severely undermine his own deterrence.
The speaking power that he had just regained through control over the three Military Guards might also be lost by a large margin.
After all, since the young Emperor had seized control of the three Guards, the Civil and Military Officials of the court had begun to fear him somewhat.
As the old saying goes, "Truth is only within the range of cannons."
Because it's unclear where the young Emperor's bottom line is, it can be said this is also a test by the Civil and Military Officials on the young Emperor.
