Chapter 12: Yikes! The Emperors Question was too much for the Prince Consort to answer! (2 / 2)
Go ahead, keep talking!
Xu Yanmiao was confused by the stare. He didn’t have much political experience, so he could only guess.
[The old emperor wants to save face and doesn’t want today’s events to spread. But a group of second-rank officials can’t just kill someone, so they might plan to kill a small official like me as a warning to others?]
The second-rank officials: “…”
Killing a ninth-rank official, does that even have any deterrent effect?
The old emperor was so angry he almost tilted backwards. He just wanted to poke Xu Yanmiao on the forehead and tell him: Stop overthinking political matters. With your scheming, you won’t survive three days in the court!
After getting angry, he immediately turned his head to the other side, pretending to casually look around.
[Eh? Looking at the Prime Minister again? Maybe he was just casually glancing earlier.]
The old emperor relaxed his expression but still felt uncomfortable.