Chapter 338: You Will Pay the Price_1

Overwhelmed with distress, he wished he could take her into his own body to soothe her pain.

"Emperor! Emperor! Emperor!"

"Emperor!"

Outside the well, a group of people was shouting in panic.

The Emperor looked up at the well. He saw a darkened head peek over the edge and heard it shout, "The Emperor is at the bottom of the well!"

A swarm of people hurried over immediately.

The Emperor held the princess in his arms, used his Inner Strength, pushed against the wall of the well with his feet, and gracefully jumped out with her.

The crowd was immediately overcome with fear and fell to their knees.

Eunuch Wu, who often served the Emperor, knelt tremblingly on the ground, "Your Majesty! You really scare your old servant!"

"You are the sovereign of the nation, an avatar of divine authority, how could you jump into a well!"

"Would you all have had me leave the princess to die?" the Emperor roared in anger.

"Your Majesty! There is the guard, you could have..."