[Having heard what Ma Bao said, you already knew of the so-called imperial decree from the court.]
[Lu Yu had long since run out of patience. Before the eunuch behind Ma Bao could even take out the edict, it suddenly exploded in midair.]
[It turned into scraps of paper dancing across the sky, while the silk fragments fluttered down like white snow.]
[The little eunuch's face turned deathly pale in an instant, terror written all over his face. He knelt on the ground and looked uneasily toward his own Heavenly Official, Chief Eunuch Ma Bao.]
[Destroying an imperial edict was a grave crime, enough to cost a man his head. He was utterly at a loss, unable to understand why such an accident had happened. How could a lowly eunuch like him bear responsibility for such a crime?]
[Ma Bao crouched down and picked up the scraps one by one, clenching them tightly in his hand.]
[Liu Jinchan sighed, his expression complicated.]
[The seven disciples behind Lu Yu all glared with their eyes wide, filled with righteous indignation.]
[Yang Su in particular was beside himself with fury, savage light flashing in his eyes.]
[Kyoto actually dared to imprison Old Master Lu, then send an edict to Mount Zhongnan ordering his martial uncle to go to Kyoto and answer for it.]
[Lu Chen's father had been imprisoned on charges of association.]
[Their uncle had once served the Eighth Prince's Prince Jing's Manor. But after the Eighth Prince fled the capital and declared himself Prince Jing, he openly stood against the imperial court.]
[Because he had a wife and daughter at home, their uncle chose to remain in Kyoto.]
[For all these years, their uncle had concealed his name and identity within the Lu Clan, serving as Mother's personal guard. Who would