The emperor doesn't lack for clothing its just only bulletproof up to a point and a lot of security is actually down to trust and so when an apparently trusted

The emperor doesn't lack for clothing its just only bulletproof up to a point and a lot of security is actually down to trust and so when an apparently trusted individual walked up and put a rifle to the emperors chest the bullet got through. Nothing of value was learned. Everyone on earth knew a bad patch pushed by a trusted party could potentially get through.