Another five days passed.
The man in the Golden Flying Fish Uniform arrived at the office each morning and left at dusk, spending the intervening hours handling case files in the Commanding Commissioner's office.
He did not even enter the Forbidden City, much less submit an impeachment memorial after reaching the limits of his endurance!
Neither the court nor the public held out any hope anymore.
Could Jia Commanding Commissioner's utter capitulation ease the relationship between sovereign and subject?
The most unyielding, hot-blooded man in All Under Heaven had turned a blind eye to his family's humiliation to preserve his position at the pinnacle of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. At last, he had bowed and scraped within the ruthless Forbidden City!
Inside the Imperial Garden, Emperor Jingde's face was taut, his imperial eyes filled with darkness as he said in a chilling tone:
"We do not fear that treacherous wretch making a scene. What We detest is precisely this cowardly capitulation of his!"
"That Jia fellow is a disgrace to the State and Altars. Even if he knelt in the Imperial Garden for seven days and nights, gouged out his own eyes, and severed his own limbs to atone before Us, We would still turn him into a human swine. Otherwise, where would imperial dignity lie?"
Empress Yin immediately echoed him:
"Your Majesty is wise."
"That treacherous wretch is already afraid and dares not oppose Your Majesty. What should we do next?"
She ground her teeth in hatred. The Ancestral Hall Guardian was itching to act, merely waiting for that bastard to impeach her, the emperor's lawful wife. Yet the bastard had proved so pathetic!
Emperor Jingde's face turned livid as he enunciated every word:
"Keep pressing him!!"
"Trample his limits again and again! Make him the laughingstock of Great