"Your Majesty!!" The ministers cried out in unison, but they could not stop him from leaving. They could only watch the emperor depart.
The main hall of Gansheng was silent, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Li Xiao was helped up, and everyone asked him for advice.
"Grand Tutor, this matter cannot be left like this. Before the imperial edict is issued, we must stop His Majesty. My lord, you are the backbone, you must be the vanguard for us!"
Li Xiao frowned and nodded, "I understand. Here's what we'll do: one of you will go and stop the imperial edict-bearing hawk, and the rest of you will come with me to the Shengde Hall to intercept His Majesty."
"Okay, okay, let's go."
When they arrived at Shengde Hall, they were told that the emperor had gone to the inner palace to see the empress dowager and that it was unknown when he would return.
Li Xiao gritted his teeth and took the lead in kneeling down, saying, "I will kneel here to my death today, but I will still demand that Your Majesty rescind your decree."
Others followed suit.
Unexpectedly, several imperial guards came out and lifted Li Xiao up. "My lord, His Majesty said that your health is too weak to be subjected to such exertion, and has specially ordered us to escort you back."
Before Li Xiao could react, he was carried away quickly by several men. "Hey, hey, you bastards, put me down, put me down—"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Several more imperial guards came out with smiles and said, "Gentlemen, would you like us to carry you out ourselves?"
Hawking stood up, flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.
The others understood the emperor's determination in this matter and got up one after another, leaving dejectedly.
Feng Lizhen and Zhang Rengui looked the worst, and they gave Bai Fengmei a very unfriendly look when they left.
Bai Fengmei shook his head awkwardly at his other comrades, signaling them to calm down, and said he would immediately go back to send a message to Xiao Zhixing.
Xiao Zhixing leaned against the couch, deep in thought, wondering how she should respond.
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