The royal assignnt arrived.
Mu Yan and his two younger brothers stood in front of a giant golden hall. Ten steps led to the hall like ten steps to heaven. With a golden roof and red body, the hall looked extrely majestic.
From afar one could see its grandness.
Eunuchs and servants entered left and right, bowing to Mu Yan when they saw him.
Dressed in a clear white eunuch robe, he was wearing the Royal Eunuch garnt officially conferred to him by the Immortal Diligence Eunuch Palace. On his top was the accompanying tael-shaped hat.
From his waist hung a dragon-phoenix jade piece carved out with his own hand, one made of blue spirit jade, the other of red.
His sleeves were long, his hands always put together in front of him, ready to cup his hands or bow.
In his private ti he was sowhat casual, but outside, he kept the appearance of the most loyal and strict eunuch.
The younger eunuchs passing him by felt as if an eagle looked at them, instantly straightening their backs as they walked.
His two younger brothers were also dressed formally, although their robes were rely grey unawakened eunuch robes. But following behind him, they had a sense of authority above their grade.
He walked forward with steady steps, every one calculated.
In front of the ten steps, he didn’t budge nor bow. Heaven? In the empire, the highest will was that of the emperor. In his heart the highest authority was that of the world, followed by people.
At the top of the steps, he saw the large palace hall even more clearly.
There were several eunuchs in front already, eight in total.
Naturally Mu Yan was the last, he had made sure to do so.
A display of power maybe, but more importantly, he wanted to put pressure on them.
And he had done exactly that.
When the eunuchs saw his bearing, they were all about to bow, thinking for a mont it was a eunuch of a higher rank.
In just a mont they realised it, but already halfway into a bow, they were embarrassed and turned the bow into a greeting "Greetings, senior eunuch!"
"No need for formality among us," Mu Yan instantly cleared the air of embarrassnt. Truth be told, he viewed these eunuchs as competitors but also as brothers. He would in no way try to blemish them in the presence of others.
While he was greeting them, in front, there were three n dressed in white-azure robes while ten n in white-crimson armour stood guard in front of the hall.
From their aura, Mu Yan felt that only one of the three n was a foundation-building cultivator, while one of the guards on each side was also of this stage.
The guards had stern faces, difficult to perceive. But of the three officials, the one on the left clearly had a grin. He was quickly reprimanded and lowered his head, but Mu Yan could still see it clearly.
How could he not understand?
In the Immortal Ning Dynasty, eunuchs in rank were second only to the imperial family. This is why their robes were all clear and of one colour, while the robes and armour of the others had a second colour of azure, crimson or erald.
For this very reason, there has always been a rivalry between the eunuchs and the other two factions about legitimacy.
Mu Yan only looked over coldly at them before turning over, standing on the side.
He turned to A’qi.
A’qi understood and stepped forward to the only other Royal Eunuch with a strong aura.
He cupped his hands in greetings before walking a step forward and whispering sothing quietly. Initially the others wanted to listen in, but the Royal Eunuch quickly intervened and created a wind barrier, shielding A’qi from being spied on.
Listening to him, the Royal Eunuch thought for a mont before looking over to Mu Yan.
He looked deeply at Mu Yan and felt his aura – a clear and pure aura, not a hastened breakthrough but a full score like him. In addition, the mont he looked over, he felt a dragon spying from the depths of the lake and a phoenix perching on the clouds looking down.
Although not threatening, their aura alone put pressure on him.
He had his own talent and quickly left the reverie, but this montary glimpse told him a lot.
Not hesitating anymore, he nodded to Mu Yan before clearing the wind barrier.
No other words were exchanged. Mu Yan knew that the other eunuch agreed with his idea.
Ti passed and soon several guards were escorting many boys and a few girls, everyone accompanied by a lady in long gowns.
They casually walked up the steps before entering the plaza in front of them.
So of the boys looked over, while the ladies and girls all looked towards the front, walking past the azure-robed n.
These n seed annoyed at this display, but they said no more and waited until everyone entered.
Finally, when they did so, the azure-robed man in front looked at the eunuchs and said "The Royal Assignnt will begin inside. Are all the Royal Eunuchs prepared and understand the rules of the assignnt?"
Just as one of the eunuchs in white robes was about to answer, Ren Yu in grey-robed stepped forward and bowed "My elder brother and all the eunuchs have been prepared. Please make way for our entrance, esteed eight-ranked official."
When the official saw this, a frown ford on his face.
He wanted to rebut, but just then, he heard a sound behind him.
The guards opened the gates right away, ignoring his commands.
This was naturally another display of power.
While the eunuchs seed like an eyesore because their importance was clearly above theirs, in the end, there was no conflict of interest.
On the other hand, the conflict between the literati and the martial has been a long-established matter.
Now, these guards sided with the Royal Eunuchs and instantly followed their display of power, rendering the literati as a lower.
Mu Yan, seeing this, smiled imperceptibly. Naturally he had commanded Ren Yu to do this after he saw the officials act so arrogant.
Hah, want to make a joke of them and see them argue? Then you should be prepared to embarrass yourself.
He stood up and walked forward, only waiting for a mont. When he saw that the other foundation-building Royal Eunuch walked forward next to him, he stepped forward, ignoring the official who seed to be about to argue.
In the world, ti was too precious to waste on any more displays of power.
Now he entered the hall with expectations. When he left, he would beco a true Royal Eunuch, with Royal Descendants to care for and raise into nobles, officials or generals.
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