Chapter 2266: Chapter 2266: Dare Not Interfere
Noble Consort Wang: "Your Majesty, you need not feel guilty. Eunuch Li went mad. For the sake of your imperial health, for the peace and well‑being of the people of the realm, he deserved to die."
The Emperor said with a guilty look on his face, "Even if that’s true, whenever I think of how he died with his eyes open, I feel terrible! After all, Eunuch Li has followed Me for so many years, and for him to die just like that, I truly have wronged him."
Noble Consort Wang couldn’t help praising him, saying, "Your Majesty is truly loyal and sentimental."
Just then, a Little Eunuch stood at the doorway of the bedchamber and shrilled his report: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant has brought the Imperial Guard Commander to report the situation to you."
As soon as the Emperor heard that, he flared up. This Little Eunuch had no sense at all. The Imperial Guard Commander was a normal man, and Noble Consort Wang was on his bed. Letting him come in to report—wouldn’t that mean letting another man ogle his woman?
Utterly outrageous. How did this Little Eunuch do his job?
"Noble Consort Wang is with Me. Whatever the Commander has to say, he can report it from the doorway." The Emperor’s voice was full of displeasure.
Anyone with half a brain could hear that the Emperor was angry!
The Imperial Guard Commander was bitter to the core. This time he’d really been screwed over by the Little Eunuch. When they came just now, the Little Eunuch hadn’t told him Noble Consort Wang was in the Emperor’s bedchamber. If he’d known, even if you gave him the courage of a water vat, he wouldn’t have dared come over.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Kneeling obediently at the bedchamber door, the leader of the Imperial Guards reported, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the War Prince pursued the murderous Demon into the Imperial Palace. The Imperial Experts in the palace are currently encircling and attempting to capture the murderous Demon. We have inadvertently disturbed Your Majesty; please forgive us."
The Emperor was startled; he sat bolt upright on the bed and hurriedly asked, "What? The murderous Demon has entered the Imperial Palace?"
"Yes. The War Prince has been pursuing him all the way here."
"What does this murderous Demon look like?"
"His appearance is quite terrifying. His eyes and lips are both black, like some kind of monster."
This time the Emperor couldn’t stay calm. He hurriedly got out of bed and said, "Xiao Shunzi, come in and help Me get dressed. I want to go see what on earth this murderous Demon is."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The Little Eunuch entered the bedchamber from the doorway, bent at the waist.
Since eunuchs were incomplete men, the Emperor had no scruples about them. The Imperial Guard Commander was different; like him, he was a solid, real man, so naturally the Emperor would not allow him to enter the bedchamber.
Noble Consort Wang, still on the bed, said worriedly, "Your Majesty, the murderous Demon is too dangerous. You’d better not go out. Wouldn’t it be better to wait until they’ve caught him before you go out?"
The Emperor said angrily, "This man has thrown the entire Imperial City into chaos. I actually want to see for Myself just what this murderous Demon really is!"
The Imperial Guard Commander, kneeling at the doorway, heard this and immediately cried out, "Your Majesty, you must not!"
The Emperor was displeased and said in a deep voice, "What is it? Even you want to block Me now?"
The Commander hurried to explain, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the War Prince said this person has practiced Evil Cultivation and is the very source of this outbreak of madness. Your imperial health is of utmost importance and concerns the safety of the entire Moli Country. You absolutely must not go out and risk Yourself."
In closing, he raised his voice and said, "I beg Your Majesty to think twice."
On hearing this, Noble Consort Wang was also startled. She hastily urged, "Your Majesty, the Commander is right. Your safety is paramount. Don’t go out; just wait here!"
But for some reason, the Emperor—who had always been very afraid of death—insisted on going out to take a look.
In the end, the Commander and Noble Consort Wang had no way to handle him and could only comply with the Emperor’s wishes.
Well, the Emperor was the ruler above all. Once he decided on something, who would dare to stop him?
