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Chapter 3938 4.1538 Your Majesty, Please Be Our Judge!

The Emperor of Cangzhou pinched his brow, a furious expression on his face.

Still vexed by his son's issues, now Marquis Anxing shows up, God knows what kind of trouble he's going to stir up now!

Did he think he had so much time to deal with all their petty problems?

He was about to have the eunuch dismiss him when Marquis Anxing, weeping, knelt and crawled in. Upon seeing the Emperor, he burst into loud sobs, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I beg you to be our judge, Your Majesty! My Xiangchang is gone, waah waah waah..."

The Emperor of Cangzhou's angry eyes suddenly narrowed slightly. He pinched his temples and pressed his throbbing head. "Wasn't Xiangchang training with the Royal Academy in Phoenix Wood Forest? What happened?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Someone set an ambush on Xiangchang's way back, pursuing and killing her for a thousand li, a thousand li!" Marquis Anxing cried, old tears streaming down his face.

"Your Majesty didn't see Xiangchang when she returned. Her whole body barely had a single good piece of flesh! Waah waah waah, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I beg you to be our judge, for my daughter and me! The culprits must be severely punished!"

The Emperor of Cangzhou patiently asked, "Then do you know who the culprits are?"

"This old subject, this old subject knows!!" Marquis Anxing's eyes widened, raging. "Those hidden guards who pursued her along the way were from Divine Province! Although this old subject found no flaws on them, but considering this journey and Xiangchang's grudges, with such great power, it must be the Crown Princess of Divine Province!"

Marquis Anxing cried, sniffling and weeping, tears and snot flowing freely.

"This old subject has already confirmed it. Xiangchang said exactly this before she breathed her last! Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I beg Your Majesty to be our judge!"

The Emperor of Cangzhou's head was already about to explode; now, with his crying, he grew even more agitated and angrily rebuked, "Then what do you want me to do??"

"Severely punish the Crown Princess of Divine Province!"

The Emperor of Cangzhou couldn't help but be exasperated. "The Crown Princess of Divine Province is in the Imperial Capital of Divine Province; my arm doesn't reach that far!"

"Your Majesty! If Your Majesty is unwilling to be our judge, this old subject's suffering will have nowhere to be expressed, waah waah waah." Marquis Anxing was practically rolling on the floor in tears.

Chief Eunuch Laifu quickly waddled forward a few steps, quietly advising, "Marquis, please don't make such a fuss anymore. Your Majesty handles state affairs and is already very exhausted by the end of the day. Our Fourth Prince is still making a fuss at the Lone Mountain Imperial Mausoleum; can you please rest for a bit?"

Marquis Anxing cried, old tears flowing profusely. "Your Majesty, how am I making a fuss? If Your Majesty refuses to be the judge for this old subject and his daughter, who else in this world can be our judge!!"

"Waah waah waah..."

"Waah waah waah..."

A vein pulsed on the Emperor of Cangzhou's forehead.

"Your Majesty, Prince Dongshan requests an audience!"

Chief Eunuch Laifu and the younger eunuchs behind him exchanged glances.

What was going on today?

Are they deliberately choosing times when the Great Emperor is in a bad mood to come and get scolded?

Prince Dongshan, Wu Heng, strode in, completely ignoring Marquis Anxing, who was sprawled on the ground, crying and making a scene.

Prince Dongshan, Wu Heng, was direct in his manner. He simply clasped his fists and bowed to His Majesty, then said, "This humble subject has received news that this evening, in Little Li Town, Eagle City, in the south, there was a large-scale outbreak of corpse puppets."

"The entire Little Li Town, over a thousand people from top to bottom, all perished in this catastrophe."

The Great Emperor's pupils constricted. He abruptly turned to Prince Dongshan, Wu Heng, his eyes sharpening.

"How is it?"

"A written imperial order from the Great Emperor is required to mobilize the Eagle City Garrison Army nearby to go and suppress those corpse puppets."

The Emperor of Cangzhou is besieged by problems: his distraught Fourth Prince, and now a wailing Marquis Anxing demanding retribution for his daughter Xiangchang, whom he claims was killed by the Crown Princess of Divine Province. The Marquis's accusations clearly infuriate the Emperor, who dismisses the possibility of intervening in Divine Province. Amidst this chaos, Prince Dongshan arrives with grave news of a large-scale corpse puppet outbreak in Little Li Town, revealing the Emperor's authority is needed to dispatch troops.