381 The Furious Emperor (1/2)

Yan looked towards the letter on his hand with a face devoid of any emotion, yet his eyes were burning with rage. On the side, Shu knew very well that his Master was terribly angry at the sudden attack towards Soujin's family. Not to mention, this time there were causalities and the wounded person was someone close to them.

He looked towards the rising sun outside with fury. This morning court will be the place for him to let all of his rage out. He would not allow those idle officials to get away with just saying that they were going to investigate the matter.

”Shu, help me dress up,” Yan ordered.

Shu swiftly took Yan's clothes and helped the other party to wear them. Amidst Yan dark face, he knew that this morning court won't end up in peace because those assassins had touched his bottom line.

It was a very important bottom line of this Emperor.

The emperor walked down the corridor with a dark face. The servants and the maids didn't dare to look at him as they trembled on the side. All along, the atmosphere in the palace had been quite calm and natural because Yan was quite an easy going person. However, this time they would tremble when Yan passed over them.

This made them remembered the prestige of an emperor was not something to be looked down into. No matter how much amiable Yan usually looked, he was still the emperor and they cannot be casual with him. Did they think with the other party usually friendly gesture, he was someone they could trample?

Right now, at this very moment, they were reminded once again: no one was allowed to trample on the prestige of the royal family!

The moment Yan stepped into the court, all of the officials caught their breath. They can feel the coldness from Yan as he looked at them coldly. They had heard about the matter of Soujin's wife getting attacked yesterday, but none of them expected that the emperor would be this angry.

As Yan walked towards his throne, step by step, the stifling pressure increased. The officials were all bowing down, no one dared to raise their head. They have the feeling that once they did, they would lose their life.

It was a feeling that they had never experienced coming from this amiable and easy going Emperor before.

Amidst the silent officials, Yan suddenly opened his mouth, ”Have you heard what happened yesterday?”

With the commotion from Soujin's residence yesterday, there was no way for them to not know what had happened.

”We… heard that Prince Soujin residence was attacked,” one of the officials opened his mouth and uttered out. His voice cracked a bit, yet he still braved himself to answer.

”And what do you think of the matter?” Yan asked again.

An official from the defense part quickly kneeled down, ”It was our fault that the defense in this kingdom is not safe enough. Please punish us, Emperor!”

”50 beatings for each of them,” Yan said in a cold voice, ”After that make sure to return back because your task is not over yet.”

The officials didn't expect that Yan would suddenly give them punishment. They thought that they could talk their way out, but before anything else, Yan had given the order to punish them heavily. 50 beatings… they were sure that they wouldn't be able to sit down anymore after that.

”What are you waiting for? Do it now or do you want me to increase it?” Yan asked menacingly.

The guards immediately moved forward and dragged the officials out to the punishment room on the side. The other officials didn't dare to raise their head in fear they might offend the emperor. They knew that this new emperor wouldn't let them off if they caught his eyes. The sound of the beating near them already gave them the warning to not shot their mouth carelessly.

After the beating has been over, the officials returned to the hall again. Their steps were limpid and their face paled, but they didn't dare to complain.