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 ...