Wanwan refused to accept the edict, and the emperor was drenched in sweat.
The Empress Dowager was watching from the dais, as were his Ninth Imperial Younger Brother and the Imperial Consort Dowager.
That damned Marquis Jing'an has left me looking bad on all sides.
I didn't even say anything, yet you dared to open your mouth!
He desperately wanted to give Marquis Jing'an another kick.
But he held himself back.
He crouched down and coaxed the baby with a fawning grin.
"Wanwan, you don't have to kneel to me. Just accept the edict!"
The little girl turned her round face away and huffed, "I don't wanna!"
Anyone else who showed His Majesty so little respect would have been dragged out and beheaded long ago.
But this was Wanwan. If he dared to behead her, never mind the Empress Dowager and Prince in his own family-even the divine Grandmaster in the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup would never spare him.
"I've already taught him a lesson for you. What will it take for you to accept the edict?" Looking utterly miserable, the emperor shot Liu Wan a glance, asking her to coax the girl.
"Didn't you... want me to kneel to you?" Xia Wanwan's little lips jutted out in a huge pout. She had no interest in anything she had to kneel to obtain.
She had her own little pride.
Hmph! I dare to kneel, but which of you dares to accept it? Heavenly lightning will strike you until not even a scrap remains!
The emperor jumped in fright at her thoughts.
He desperately wanted to say, Would it help if I knelt to you?
As Xia Wanwan spoke, she started to kneel. "Then I'll kneel and show you."
Let's see which of you can withstand this heavenly lightning!
The emperor reached