The attendant left the study as reverently as when he came.
The study was once again quiet.
Liu Gu returned to his table. He picked up his brush and moved it across the canvas forcefully. The brush eventually broke the paper. He threw the brush on the table with a loud thud.
Two eunuchs who were startled by the noise hurried to the table.
Liu Gu said indifferently. "Clean this up."
"At once."
Half a day later, Liu Gu was going through the memorials when the attendant hurried into his study with an emergency report in his hand. His forehead was wet with sweat as he held the report with two hands above his head as he said, "Your Majesty, a report from Liang Province."
"Read it." Liu Gu did not bother with personally reading it.
