The Emperor had gone to bed again, and slept a few hours.
The emperor went into exile, where he died a couple of years later.
The Emperor went back inside, closed the massive door himself.
Is there any other human enterprise where the emperor has been going around naked for so long?
Who was the Emperor going to foist upon him, and why?
Emperors come and go, but it is the people who sustain.
There should have been some sort of training manual for this job, steps that an emperor went through in each emergency situation.
The emperor then went on further to punish people for petty crimes.
"The emperor is going to ride with his army?"
The Emperor couldn't simply go on giving ground forever.