Could what the Right Chancellor is about to do actually have something to do with them personally?
But then, thinking it over, they all shook their heads. If it really had something to do with them, he probably wouldn't be saying it on this kind of occasion.
If he wanted to deal with them, he definitely wouldn't say it in front of so many people all at once.
That would only stir up even greater public outrage; better to pick them off one by one instead.
Of course, all of this was nothing more than their own speculation. As for the actual situation, none of them could know.
They could only wait for the Right Chancellor down below to go on speaking.
So much so that, for a time, everyone's gaze turned toward the Right Chancellor, eyes practically not daring to blink as they stared that way, afraid they'd miss even a word or two and thus miss the great matter that was about to follow.
