"Thud!"
Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming was solidly embedded in a stone wall in the courtyard.
The stone wall was pitch-black throughout, standing in the courtyard like a screen, its surface densely covered in bizarre humanoid indentations. Clearly, Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming was far from the first person to be swatted into it, nor would he be the last.
The palace attendants in the courtyard were plainly long accustomed to this sight. They merely glanced over before continuing with their work.
Only the two junior chief stewards stepped forward, carefully prying Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming out of the stone wall.
"Third Highness, are you all right?" the two chief attendants asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Go back to your work~"
Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming waved a hand carelessly.
His ancestor knew how to hold back. That blow had hurt, but it had not truly injured him. Still, it proved that his ancestor was genuinely enraged.
He immediately shouted toward the hall, "Ancestor, since you don't want to see me, I won't stay here and offend your eyes. I'll get lost right away~"
With that, he patted down his disheveled robe and briskly prepared to "get lost."
Yet before he could "get lost" from the courtyard, Demon Emperor Crimson Prison's roar came from within Vast Heaven Hall. "Get lost, my ass! Get back here."
As his voice fell, a ripple in space appeared behind Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming.
Immediately afterward, a powerful hand reached out from within, seized the back of his collar, and directly hauled him back into the inner hall.
Looking at Demon Emperor Crimson Prison, whose face was still full of fury, Third Imperial Prince Shentu Jingming blinked innocently. "Ancestor, wasn't swatting me away your way of telling me to get lost? Why did