Chapter 11.2: The Dog Emperor Faints

The crown prince jumped up from the stretcher, disregarding his appearance, with his hair disheveled, like a madwoman, he began to pace around the Eastern Palace in a frenzy.

The antiques and rare calligraphy in the study were gone!

The garden was filled with dirt pits, and the rare potted plants he had searched for so long, along with a giant ancient tree, were all missing!

In the secret chamber, the mountain of gold bricks, various privately crafted weapons, and the treasured spring palace paintings were all completely gone!

The more the crown prince looked, the angrier he became, and the colder his heart felt. This was his life’s savings! How could it just be gone?!

What was even more infuriating was that those damned thieves had hung his undergarments on the outer wall of the Eastern Palace, attracting a crowd to gawk at them early in the morning. Now the whole capital knew his measurements!

“Ah! I’m so furious! Send a message to the military, lock down the entire city, and capture the culprits. If you can’t catch the culprits, don’t bother living!”

Meanwhile, in the palace, everyone was also in a state of panic.

As soon as the old emperor woke up, he found himself lying on the cold floor. Thinking he was cursed, he immediately sat up.

This movement caused all his injuries to throb painfully, and he instantly recalled what had happened yesterday.

It was simply outrageous! As the ruler of a nation, he had been publicly robbed of his council hall, and even stepped on in the chaos!

The old emperor was so furious that his blood pressure skyrocketed, and when he saw the bare sleeping chamber, he was driven to the brink of madness.

“Xiao Fuzi! Hurry and help me change clothes! Where’s my breakfast?!”

“Your… Your Majesty… the Clothing Bureau and the Imperial Kitchen have both been emptied by thieves…”

“Bastards! What the hell are the Imperial Guards doing? How could they not catch the thieves by now?!”

The old emperor instinctively reached for something to throw at the kneeling Xiao Fuzi, only to grasp at empty air. It dawned on him that there was truly nothing left around him.

“Your Majesty, Minister Zhang is doing everything he can to track down the thieves. The ladies’ chambers have also been emptied, and they are all outside kneeling, begging you to make a decision for them.”

The old emperor, with his hair disheveled, paced angrily in the hall.

Make a decision?

He himself had no way to seek justice! How could he spare the time to make decisions for them?

Fortunately, they had raided the Prime Minister’s residence and the Warlord’s Estate today, which should help ease the financial crisis.

Not long after, he heard someone report:

“Your… Your Majesty, the Warlord’s Estate was brutally robbed yesterday, and the residence is completely empty. The commander of the Imperial Guards found nothing.”

“Your Majesty, the Eastern Palace has also been emptied, and the crown prince has fainted from anger.”

“Your Majesty, the three northern provinces have suffered from drought for months, and there are now over a hundred thousand disaster victims urgently needing the court to allocate funds for disaster relief.”

“Your Majesty, the Northern Li Kingdom launched a surprise attack on our Great Qian border ten days ago, having captured three cities. We urgently need the court to send troops for rescue.”

“…”

“Pfft—”

One piece of bad news after another bombarded the old emperor like bombs. Finally, unable to withstand the blows, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted again.