or just put the laptop on a desk or table or something.
Also, I thought it was pretty stupid that the emperor died anyway, shouldn't he have had more guards since he was the emperor? 3 people is hardly protections for a leader. After all the Khajiiti Mane have 100 or so guards by them at all times and he had 3 when they were expecting an assassination attempt. They should have just moved him out of the city with a huge battalion and headed for Cloud Ruler Temple. But instead they decide to move him through some old ruins and sewers where he can easily be ambushed and destroy the fate of the empire. Idiots.