"I don’t care what kind of official you are, you killed my Little Kid, and a life must be paid with a life."

The woman fiercely threw down the stone in her hand, and punched and kicked Zhao Yin again until she was exhausted. Only then did she collapse to the ground, howling and crying, "My poor child, why are you so unfortunate, taken by this villain at such a young age and lost your life, ah, ooh ooh... Heaven is blind! Don’t you know we poor people are suffering? The Emperor is a foolish ruler; he is poisoning us common folk."

Such outrageous words would undoubtedly cause a huge uproar on any other day, but those present remained numb.

After all, these days, with more and more children disappearing, murderous demons appearing, and sudden outrages erupting, every origin points to the Imperial Family.

The Emperor has not yet passed judgment on the Fourth Prince, clearly showing favoritism.

Now rumors are circulating that the Emperor is the mastermind behind the case of missing children.

Everyone is disappointed in the Emperor.

Zhao Yin, knocked unconscious on the ground, was still not spared, with people stepping forward to give him a beating. Not only did no one show him sympathy, but they also felt he deserved it.

Well, Zhao Yin killed so many children, killing him would also be justified, not to mention he isn’t dead yet, just passed out.

Families who found their children happily carried them home. Those who didn’t, in their sorrow, harbored even more hatred for Zhao Yin. Even though he was unconscious, they stepped forward to kick him a few times, venting their anger.

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yin, unconscious on the ground, was beaten beyond recognition by the crowd.

"The Emperor has gone too far, treating us like this," said the family of the missing children, indignant.

"He’s the Emperor, what can we do?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Yeah, we can only blame our children’s unfortunate fate!"

After voicing some complaints, everyone went back home.

Early the next morning, this matter reached the Imperial Palace, and the Emperor was furious.

Lately, he’s been overwhelmed with the witchcraft incidents, and now Zhao Yin is causing so much trouble, isn’t this just adding chaos for him?

Sitting on the Dragon Throne, the Emperor angrily said, "Someone, summon Zhao Yin, I have something to discuss with him."

Daring to leak the incident of the Insect People and claiming he was the mastermind, Zhao Yin must have grown tired of living.

The Little Eunuch, trembling, said, "Your Majesty, Minister Zhao hasn’t returned to the palace these past few days."

"What? Since when? How do I not know about this, who allowed him to leave the palace?" The Emperor questioned repeatedly.

Didn’t he repeatedly order Zhao Yin not to leave the palace? How has he disappeared for so many days without anyone reporting back to him?

The Little Eunuch: "Your Majesty has been busy with the witchcraft incidents, neglecting food and rest, and this servant did not dare to bother you, so I never reported it."

The Emperor, infuriated by the Little Eunuch, thought how can such an important issue go unreported to him and how this Little Eunuch wasn’t one-tenth as clever as Eunuch Li.

The Emperor almost roared, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry and send someone to find him back."

Rumors are spreading all over the Capital, saying that the current Emperor, to deal with the War Prince, didn’t hesitate to have Zhao Yin study the sinister Gu technique, using hundreds of children in experiments, all of whom died. The remaining dozen or so children are filled with insects, unable to speak or move. Living in such a state, it would have been better to perish in the experiments to avoid further suffering.