Chapter 462: An Absurd Reques (1/2)
Seeing that Pei Rumo had no intention of backing down or withdrawing his request, the old emperor felt a sense of unease. Did he knock his head in the ruins?!
“I want Luo Chu as my consort.” Pei Rumo repeated his words.
“That’s absurd!”
As soon as Pei Rumo repeated what he said, the old emperor flung an inkstone at him in a fit of rage. The inkstone smashed against Pei Rumo’s head with a loud “Crack!” A streak of red spurted from his forehead and onto the carpet in an arc of blood. His blood blended in with the patterns on the carpet.
De Quan scurried out of the door and rushed to get an imperial physician to look at Pei Rumo’s wound.
Pei Rumo had already expected his father to throw something at him in anger. When he repeated what he said, he had already enveloped himself in spirit qi in preparation. He only allowed the ink stone to graze himself in order to invoke a sense of pity in the old emperor’s heart.
The old emperor was shocked to the core. Why did his son not dodge and allow himself to get hit? Why was he so worked up then his son brought up the name of a woman who was supposed to be dead? Thoughts raced through his mind as he struggled to regain his composure.
When De Quan brought the Imperial Physician in, he saw that neither of them had moved an inch.
Pei Rumo was staring wordlessly at his Emperor Father as the blood dripped down his forehead and blurred his vision. The old emperor was standing before the Dragon Throne, with arms clasped behind his back, as if observing Pei Rumo.
Upon seeing this sight, the Imperial Physician immediately knelt down in an act of obeisance
“Your Majesty, your Highness.”
His words echoed through the Throne Room. No one motioned for him to stand up or to start treating Pei Rumo’s wounds. The Imperial Physician felt extremely tense and anxious, as if he were kneeling upon a bed of hot coals.
The old emperor spoke up, breaking the silence, “Go and bandage the First Prince’s injury.”
The Imperial Physician felt a sense of relief wash over him as he rushed to Pei Rumo’s side and prepared to treat him.
To his surprise, Pei Rumo stopped him from doing so. The blood on his forehead was nearly dry and his gaze didn’t waver as he stared at the old emperor. “I am still waiting for your reply, father.”
The old emperor seemed to have lost all his willpower and strength as he collapsed back onto his chair. He pointed a trembling finger at Pei Rumo and said, “When will you stop?! Will you only stop when you anger me to death?!”
He might be the First Prince, but to the old emperor, he was merely a pawn in the game of chess. When his father told him that he had to achieve accolades in the battlefield, he listened and went to battle, sustaining injuries as a result. When his father told him that he had to be at the top of his field, he even went to make an enemy out of his younger brother, just to appease his father!