This was obviously not up for negotiation so Emperor Lin called out to his servants to carry his son before scurrying out of the main hall like his pants were on fire.
Emperor Zhao watched with bloodshot eyes as his only support ran off leaving him to deal with the aftermath. It was then that he realised he had made a miscalculation. It never crossed his mind that his plan would fail and not only fail but fail miserably. What made it worse was that he held back his escape thinking Prince Yao kidnapping the Qie Family would successfully twist the Marshal's arm and he would finally concede but the emperor was too naive.
At least he still had the cloaked man waiting on standby to rescue him and with that thought in mind he pushed away his fear and sent out a distress signal. To stall for time he decided to converse with the Marshal and delay the envitable.
