Umezawa Toshiro never thought that his loyal subordinate, Asano Koji, who had a somewhat playboy personality, would actually harm the Emperor and even dare to do so in the Imperial Palace. His first thought was that Asano must have gone mad.

  But the most important thing now is to save His Majesty the Emperor. If the Emperor dies here, all of Japan will fall into chaos, and he, Mei Tetsuro, will also be killed by those officials and generals from the Cabinet, the government, and the military.

  Because Umeya Shōjirō also had many political enemies.

  Don't look at Meizumi Yoshirō's small stature and old age, but his movements are still very agile. He jumped up from the tatami mat in one go and pounced on Asano Kaichiro's front, hugging Asano Kaichiro's lower back, while shouting loudly: "Come quickly, guards, guards, hurry to protect His Majesty the Emperor."

  At this moment, Asano Kaichi was like a ghost, incredibly powerful, and with one swift motion, he flung Matsudaira Moriyuki far away. Then, crouching down again, he used the inkstone in his hand to strike Showa Emperor's head.

  One stroke, two strokes, three strokes, four strokes, five strokes.

  Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

  He mechanically smashed, regardless of the fact that Emperor Hirohito's head had already been deformed, regardless of the blood that had flowed all over the floor, and regardless of the white gel-like substance that had stained the inkstone paperweight in his hand, he just kept smashing.

  Suddenly, a loud gunshot broke the silence of the imperial palace.

  Ten or so minutes later, all members of the Japanese cabinet received this shocking news and everyone rushed to the Imperial Palace at incredible speed.

  Japanese Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso, Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, Home Minister Saburo Ando, Finance Minister Sanroku Izotani, Army Minister Kenryo Sugiura, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, Justice Minister Iwao Matsusaka, Education Minister Tamon Niimi, Welfare Minister Jitsuzo Kuriyama, Agriculture Minister Shigeo Nishimori, Munitions Minister Ginjiro Fujiwara, Communications Minister Tadatsugu Hatano

  Of course, although these people have arrived here, only Prime Minister Matsumoto Jo, Foreign Minister Shigenori Kuroda, Army Minister Michio Sugiyama, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai and Finance Minister Ichizō Hatoyama can enter the house. Others can only wait for news outside the Matsunoma.

  "What's going on with Your Majesty? Is there still a chance for rescue?" Kojima Kunihide asked again, not giving up.

  Although the doctors in the palace and the emergency doctor who rushed over were treating Emperor Showa together, anyone with a bit of sense could guess that the emperor was beyond saving. Who have you seen survive with their brains beaten out?

  "What the hell is going on? Why did this happen?" Suguru Motoda said loudly. At that time, many people still didn't understand what was happening inside.

  "Hurry up and call the captain of today's guard duty over here, and tell him what happened." Kojima Kuniaki shouted to the guards.

  Soon, today's duty officer rushed over, but that pale face also made people know that he must have been scared silly.

  "Tell us what's going on, and be thorough about it. Don't leave out a single detail." Foreign Minister Akira Kōhei asked calmly.

  At this time, the Chamberlain replied somewhat stutteringly: "Several cabinet members, today Major General Tetsuzo Mei and Colonel Kaichi Asano came to the palace to report on the situation in China. Usually every month, Major General Mei also comes to report once, and that Colonel Asano has followed him several times."

  ōkura Sōshi Ishikawajō Tarō said in a low voice, "Get to the point."

  "Yes, we were on duty outside when we suddenly heard the voice of Mei Tsuruo shouting loudly from inside the house, 'Come quickly and protect His Majesty', so we rushed in. That's when we saw Shigenobu Asano had already knocked His Majesty to the ground, with blood flowing all over the floor. Then we opened fire."

  Several cabinet ministers furrowed their brows, and Sugiyama Moto asked, "Did you kill Asano Kaei?"

  "No, we wounded him, but his life is not in danger." The captain of the guard hastily replied.

  "Where is Asano Kaichi now? And where is Umezawa Toshirō?" Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso asked.

  "Asano Kaichi has been subdued, and Matsudaira Uheida is also under our control in a separate room, waiting for questioning by the higher-ups." The chief guard did a good job this time.

  "Go and bring Mei Zhenmei Zhang to here, we have something to ask him. Right, that guy called Qian Yejiayi, send someone to treat his wounds, don't let him die, this person is very key, must keep him alive." Kojima Kunihide ordered.

  The captain of the guard received his orders and left.

  At this time, Mezuru Yoshirō was locked in a room. Although the furnishings inside the palace were exquisite, the flowers inserted in the antique vase on the table should have been done this morning, and the shape was very beautiful, and the chrysanthemums were also very fresh. However, Mezuru Yoshirō had no mood to appreciate these now.

  He is now plunged into deep distress.

  Now he has remorse, regret and worry in his heart.

  With his life experience and current status, these emotions should have been eliminated long ago. Meizumi Yoshitaro once thought so too, that he could remain calm in the face of all problems. But today, he suddenly found out that when faced with real problems, he still produced these negative emotions.

  Asano Kaei, that scoundrel, how dare he lay hands on and kill the Emperor, what a terrible thing to do.

  As someone who has seen life and death, Mei Tsuruo is very certain that Emperor Hirohito is dead and cannot die again. Now there is no room for redemption, he does not know what kind of situation he will face next.

  Umetsu Yoshijiro swept the flower arrangement off the table with one stroke, and the ceramic vase shattered on the ground with a loud crash, scattering into fragments all over the floor. The beautiful chrysanthemums also rolled to the ground, losing their lovely appearance.

  Normally, Mei Shinjiro wouldn't have acted this way in the palace, but now his heart was filled with frustration and he had lost some of his composure.

  The door was pushed open and the chief guard walked in, looked at the fragments of vases on the ground, and said nothing. He walked to Mei Zhen Meizhilao's side and respectfully said: "General, the Prime Minister and several cabinet members are asking for you."

  Maezuru Yoshirō immediately stood up from his chair, just as he was about to take a step, suddenly stopped again, and carefully adjusted his clothes before following the chamberlain out of the room. Not long after, Maezuru Yoshirō was led into the room where Kojima Kansuke and others were waiting.

  He glanced at the people in the room and hastily asked, "How is the Emperor's injury? Is his life in danger?"

  In fact, Umetsu Toshiro was well aware of the severity of the Emperor's injuries, but he still had a glimmer of hope. Moreover, if he didn't show concern for the Emperor's physical condition first, he would have failed in his duty as a subject, and if people were to misunderstand that he really wanted the Emperor to die, it would be even more disadvantageous for him to handle future matters.

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