Chapter 241 - Ill Fates~ (2/2)

”Be quiet.” The Emperor barked and then calmly said, ”As the son of heaven, I naturally know heaven's will better than anyone else.”

Prime minister Zhao knit his brows and lowered his head. He could not argue with that statement. He honestly did not expect the Emperor to be this smitten over the Lei family's daughter.

{...Has he lost his head? Does he not understand the gravity of this decision?...}

Prime minister Zhao was disappointed. He had always thought the Emperor was the reasonable, calculating sort, just like his father....But now that he thought about it, even the late Emperor seemed to have lost his mind when it came to one woman. Prime minister Zhao inwardly sighed.

{...Truly like father like son...}

When the old man was reciting the information, the emperor got up and walked down. The eunuch presented the information to the Emperor, he glanced over it and then directed it to be shown to Defense minister Lei to confirm Lei Xing's details.

Instead of looking at the chart details, Defense minister Lei bowed and said, ”Your majesty, you should not put your own interests before that of the people. Proceed with c-”

”Confirm.” The Emperor ordered. He was not in the mood to indulge pointless bickering over something he knew was not a problem. He did not need to be told about his compatibility with his wife. He knew better than anyone else how compatible they were.

Defense minister Lei hesitated, this was truly not a good move.

Regardless of whether this compatibility issue was true or fabricated, the Emperor reacting this way will escalate this issue to greater heights. It will inevitably cause trouble down the road. He was not in support of this, so Defense minister Lei tried to caution the Emperor again, ”Your majesty, it is best not to make a hasty d-”

”The next person who voices an unnecessary opinion will be imprisoned indefinitely. Regardless of who you are.” The Emperor angrily ordered, glancing around the hall. The officials all immediately stood on high alert and kept whatever opinions they had to themselves. The Emperor then narrowed his eyes at Defense minister Lei in a challenge and coldly said, ”Confirm.”

Defnese minister Lei quietly sighed, looked over the details and informed, ”It is correct.”

”Good.” The Emperor said and the book was brought back to him. He stared at the information, looking for inspiration.

Naturally, he was not a seer and did not know the first thing about divining auspicious dates, so he stared at it for a while and in the end just went, ”The date will be on my birth date, a month from now.” He personally never cared for his birthday and no one else seemed to care. So there was never a reason to celebrate, but with this, he will now have a cause to celebrate the day.

It was a great choice, a perfect choice...Like Lei Xing.

The Minister of Rites immediately advised, ”Your majesty, that is not enough tim-”

”Make it enough.” The Emperor cut him off and then menacingly said, ”This is the end of this matter. The date has been chosen, make preparations and if anything goes wrong..I will hold each and every one of you here accountable. Is that clear?” The Emperor finished fixing his glare on Prime minister Zhao, who promptly bowed his head and all the other ministers followed suit.

The Emperor gave the room one last sweeping glance and then stormed off.

Prime minister Zhao inwardly sighed in annoyance. This did not go at all as he planned. After the Emperor left the hall, he straightened up and looked at Defense minister Lei's frowning face and felt a bit pacified.

It was not a total loss and it would not be too bad if they let the Emperor do as he liked.

After all, the Emperor had a high standing amongst the people, they even considered him to be almost god-like. But the people are fickle-minded and the moment things go bad, they will turn on him. And this decision today will haunt him and in the end, he will have no choice to succ.u.mb to the cries of his people to pacify the heavens by correcting this error he made this day.

And then, the Lei family will fall. The higher they rise, the harder they will fall and it will be a great sight to see.

Prime minister Zhao will naturally make sure to be there to watch. He had almost forgotten his sister's words, patience naturally reaps the highest rewards. Becoming Empress was easy, staying Empress was a problem.

The moment things go wrong in this country, and they will go wrong naturally or otherwise.  Lei Xing will naturally fall and the position will naturally become vacant again.