Bab 349: DownCast

Eunuch Li seemed to panic a bit when his request was met with silence and so he added, "I know that is not a good time for me to leave, with everything happening... But I worry that she might have another outburst while away. Song mama cannot handle her on her own and the other servants all naturally fear her, they will be of no help, and that monk..." Eunuch Li knit his brows and let out a breath, "Your mother needs me, please grant this request." He resolutely finished with knit eyebrows and eyes lowered. 

Eunuch Li's mind was clearly made up and the Emperor could not refuse him and he truly had no valid reason to. In the Empress dowager's current state, she could not be expected to be in command of any troops. It would be another disaster if she got into one of her murderous rage moods.