Chapter 40: 152
The abnormalities coming from the throne room of the imperial palace made countless imperial guards nervous.
At this moment, not only the palace, but even the Star Torch was burning exceptionally vigorously, and the noise almost alarmed all the high-level officials on Terra.
No place is more important than the Imperial Palace.
All the high lords stopped their extremely heavy work and turned their attention to the palace. There had been no abnormalities in the palace for many years. The envoys of the high lords all rushed to the palace to find out what had happened.
The Imperial Guard began to assemble.
The imperial guards in the palace also rushed towards the throne room.
The imperial guards who were as powerful as demigods were extremely nervous at this moment. The purpose of their existence was to protect the Emperor.
Groups of Imperial Guards took up arms, and even those who had died among the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards Fearless, were dispatched.
They gathered in front of the throne room riding their Galatus-type Contemptor Dreadnoughts.
However, faced with the abnormalities coming from the throne room, the groups of imperial guards did not open the door and enter.
Even for ordinary guardsmen, the throne room where the Golden Throne is located is absolutely forbidden to enter.
Only the Lord Commander of the Guards has the right to decide who can enter the throne room.
They were awaiting the arrival of their commander, Trajan Valoris.
It didn't take long before the current commander of the Imperial Guards, Trajan, arrived in front of the throne hall under the protection of an entire company of shield guards.
The scars on his face from countless battles made his face look particularly damaged. Every wound on his face was left by extremely powerful enemies, and those enemies also died in his hands.
Trajan, the most powerful commander of the Imperial Guards since its establishment, had never seen such a situation in the throne room.
"Commander Trajan! Should we open the door to the throne room!"
Faced with the current abnormality, Trajan made a prompt decision and ordered the Imperial Guards to prepare to meet the enemy. Any regulations seemed insignificant in the face of the safety of the God-Emperor.
But just as Trajan was about to lead all the imperial guards into the throne room, the voice of an imperial oracle came from the communicator.
"Commander Trajan, I heard the Emperor's clear command!"
"Clear orders! What did the Emperor say?!"
It is difficult for the emperor sitting on the Golden Throne to clearly convey his will to his followers, and he can often only convey vague meanings to some specific people.
The imperial envoys are the emperor's summoners.
They could receive vague and ambiguous revelations from the God-Emperor during meditation and dreams, and these revelations usually required them to guess and discuss, but this time the orders were relatively clear.
This was the first time that these imperial envoys had encountered such a situation.
"The Emperor told me not to worry and not to enter the throne room. He needs you to send someone to the Calixis Sector to find a wandering trader named Gaoyi Monget and assist him."
"Rogue Trader?! Does the Emperor have more revelations?!"
"That's all. The Emperor's voice quickly disappeared from my mind." The Emperor's oracle's voice was full of loss.
At this time, the throne room fell into silence again.
It was as if the monstrous spiritual energy had never appeared.
Trajan looked up at the door of the throne room. He didn't understand why a wandering trader was worthy of the Emperor's attention and why they, the Imperial Guards, were sent to assist.
This has never happened since the establishment of the Imperial Guards.
Soon after the Emperor ascended the Golden Throne, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman signed an agreement with the Custodes.
Their actions were confined to the palace.
However, the Imperial Guards were not always so obedient. They would sneak out of the palace from time to time to maintain their own network or secretly eliminate those they considered threatening. However, there was one thing they strictly adhered to, which was not to get involved in the political affairs of the Human Empire.
Even during the period of apostasy, when Vandire used the Emperor's orders to wreak havoc on the entire Empire, they never stepped out of the palace to resolve it. Only when the dispute affected the palace would they take action and destroy the enemy with crushing force.
It has to be said that what the Imperial Guards did was incomprehensible. Obviously, each of them was an unparalleled warrior, politician, and artist. Their 100% loyalty would allow them to make the empire a better place when they participated in the empire's government affairs, but they did not do it.
Even if they were only on Terra temporarily, replacing or even punishing some of the High Lords could reduce the efficiency and corruption of the Empire countless times.
The Imperial Guards' intelligence network is spread everywhere. They are well aware of everything that is happening outside, but they turn a blind eye.
Guilliman probably would not have imagined that the Custodes would follow only part of the restriction order so closely, just as he could not understand why the Astartes would still follow the Codex Astartes he wrote word for word after so many years.
However, no agreement or order can transcend the will of the Emperor.
Even though Trajan did not yet know what was going on, he intended to act in accordance with the Emperor's orders.
The Calixis sector is far away, and they must set off immediately.
"Gather a team of Chosen Emperors and head to the Calixis sector first." Trajan gave his orders.
The palace is still the most important, and he cannot mobilize too much manpower.
Not long ago, Chaos launched a surprise attack on Terra, and even severely damaged the Imperial Fists' ship, the Phalanx. Now the Phalanx, which has been guarding Terra all year round, has also headed to Cadia.
Terra's defensive strength has been greatly weakened.
Some imperial guards who do not belong to the Shield Company and are called the Chosen Ones can complete this task.
The chosen one immediately boarded the warship and left Terra through the secret channels of the Imperial Guard.
"Captain Trajan, the emissaries from the high lords are asking if there is any problem in the palace? How should we answer?"
"No need to explain too much, just tell them that the palace is safe."
Trajan also saw the performance of the high lords. The emperor had given these high lords the right to manage the empire, which he could not change.
He also recognized the hard work of these high lords, but the foolish things they did also made Trajan extremely distrustful of them, and he did not intend to let these high lords hinder them from executing the emperor's orders.
Involving these guys will only make it worse!
"Activate our intelligence network in Caliss. I need to know who this Gao Yi Mengget is as soon as possible!"
"I'll do it right away!"
The imperial guards returned to their posts again, as if nothing had happened.
At this time, Gao Yi on the Starry Sky Pioneer also woke up slowly.
In the medical room, biological priests, pharmacists, and even medical soldiers surrounded them.
When Gao Yi opened his eyes, everyone around him burst into cheers.
"The Lord is awake!"
Gao Yi looked around...
Kerrigan was also lying not far away.
"What happened?"
"Lord! A terrifying golden spiritual energy suddenly erupted from your body, and then you fell into a coma. This has been the fifth day since you fell into a coma. After examination, there is nothing wrong with your body...
Bishop Holt said that you may have received further blessings from the Emperor, so let us just wait quietly."
"Has it been 5 days since you were in a coma? How is Kerrigan?"
"Your daughter is fine, and her physical signs are stable."
Gao Yi sensed Kerrigan's presence and felt relieved