As Zhu Yu approached, the livestream camera finally revealed Liu Che’s current state. The system’s feed was high-definition, and the reaction among the emperors of the Han Dynasty was explosive.
Ministers of the Emperor Wu era felt a sudden darkness cloud their vision; several elders nearly collapsed. Wei Qing’s eyes were bloodshot as he slammed his fist into a nearby pillar. "My lord is humiliated, yet as a subject, I am powerless to act. This is a dereliction of duty—a true dereliction!" He longed to step into the screen and take the blows for the Emperor; with his martial prowess, that scoundrel would have been no match for him.
"Who is that scoundrel’s kin?" Sang Hongyang asked, his face twisted with rage. To them, the Emperor’s humiliation was their own. "If we cannot serve justice for His Majesty in the future, we shall take it out on his ancestors!" Many ministers echoed his sentiment, though they were left wondering where to find the wretch’s lineage.
Chapter 28