Imperial Musth

First thing every morning and just before dusk every evening, the chief minister, R. Rossum, takes the emperor, Flavius Stultimus, for a carefully monitored walk through the imperial estate. The emperor is not allowed to walk off leash for fear he might disappear. There is great danger to the kingdom and the empire during the season of musth when the emperor's hormones go berserk. Thousands of illegitimate offspring have had to be 'silenced' by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Four Laws. Rumor in the human settlements has it that the android dragnet has let some slip through.