Just now, they had been so focused on delivering the baby inside that they had no time to pay attention to anything else. They had not even noticed Minghe Palace shaking, thinking it was caused by thunder outside.
"Ah... It's happening again... Heaven's thunder is striking again..."
They had initially held back out of consideration for the Emperor and Empress Dowager, so even the bolder eunuchs had not run around recklessly. But now, they could not hold out any longer.
"Demon... Consort Wan must be a demon. The child she gave birth to must be a demon too."
"Demonic Consort! Consort Wan is a Demonic Consort!"
At that moment, someone noticed the direction of Qian Yuan Hall.
"My heavens, over there... That place was struck too..."
"Where is that?"
"It... It seems to be Qian Yuan Hall..."
Qian Yuan Hall?
"Then... Isn't that where the Emperor... The Emperor..."
Qian Yuan Hall was where the Emperor conducted his affairs in front and where he lived in back. It had been struck by lightning too. Could it be... Could it be that he was not the true Son of Heaven, and that was why Heaven had grown furious?
The Empress Dowager could no longer remain composed. She tightly seized her son's hand. "Moli... Moli..."
Jin Moli's face was gloomy and murderous. "Guards! Guards! Chop down every one of these people who dare to wag their tongues!"
"Let me see who still dares to spout such nonsense!"
"Wait."
Su Qiao, who had been standing quietly in the back, slowly walked forward.
"If the Emperor continues this slaughter, would that not anger Heaven even more?"
"What if Heaven brings down severe punishment upon the Black Obsidian Nation and brings about the disaster of its destruction? What then?"
Jin Moli's face darkened as he suppressed