The Powerless Young Emperor

A strange smile appeared on his old face.

Lin Yi was left standing there with a conflicted and helpless expression.

Pull out the weeds in this hot weather? He knew he was getting bullied.

Moreover, he was here to learn how to do hair and makeup, not to learn how to clear weeds or do chores.

Even if he wanted to stay in the palace, he didn't stay here to be a slave.

Of course, he didn't mind "serving" certain people at certain hours.

Swish…

Just as Lin Yi was frowning and wondering if he should leave, he heard a whooshing sound.

Immediately, a hoe flew out of the room that the old eunuch had entered.

In the end, it was embedded into the tree beside Lin Yi with a bang.

The head was buried into the tree trunk, and Lin Yi was shocked by the force.

"WTF! What kind of strength is this?"

...

Back in the current imperial court.

The young emperor sat on the dragon throne, and the civil and military officials below her stood to the left and right.

"If there's anything, report it. If there's nothing, leave the court…"

As soon as the eunuch in front of the hall announced that, the entire court immediately fell into such silence that one could hear a pin drop.

The young emperor's cold gaze swept across all the civil and military officials below. When she saw how these people wouldn't meet her gaze, she wanted to sigh in resignation.

Such a situation didn't mean that the entire empire was safe. Instead, it meant that she, the emperor, was about to be completely taken over.

That's right. The civil and military officials below could be divided into two factions.

One of the two factions belonged to Lord Yong'an, the emperor's fourth uncle, and the other belonged to Lord Yongding, the emperor's sixth uncle.

As for the young emperor, no one in the royal court dared to support her.

These two factions were almost equally matched, and neither could do anything to the other.

Lord Yong'an had almost all six ministers under his command. People working in the six ministers of the imperial court were all his men.

This also allowed him to control the upper echelons of Dayou.

Not only that, but the eight thousand guardians of the palace were also in his hands.

All the guards in the palace would follow Lord Yong'an's order.

As for Lord Yongding, although he didn't control any high-level officials in Dayou, more than half of the officials in Dayou were very close to him.

In addition, he controlled the capital's guards, which was a troop of 20,000 people in the imperial camp. This made him an important figure in the imperial court.

This also made the two forces evenly matched, and neither could really do anything to the other.

Of course, there was another benefit to this. To the young emperor, she was relatively safe in this situation.

After all, the two sides were restricting each other.

Either side had the ability to replace the young emperor, but neither dared to do so.

If either of them took action against the young emperor, they would be accused of usurping the throne.

The other party would definitely use the excuse of quelling the chaos to kill the first party.

Then, the winner would be able to take over the throne of Dayou with a proper excuse.

Both Lord Yong'an and Lord Youngding knew this very well.

It was precisely because of this that they tacitly chose to only take the young emperor's authority.

Neither tried to overthrow the young emperor.

Some people might ask, then wouldn't the young emperor recruit ministers and nurture his own team?

The answer was yes. She had tried to do that.

After all, she was a legitimate heir to the throne, so some people would choose to follow her.

However, when the people who chose to follow the young emperor had accidents one after another, everyone understood what was going on.

In the end, whenever one revealed that they wanted to be on the same side as the emperor, they would be eliminated by the two lords immediately.

This made everyone give up on the idea of siding with the young emperor.

Even the late emperor's trusted subordinates had kept their loyalty to themselves, not daring to reveal anything.

Of course, there were very few neutral factions in the royal court.

They didn't belong to the young emperor, nor to the two lords.

For example, the empress's father was General Mu.

General Mu was one of the founding ministers of Dayou and was also a capable subordinate of the old emperor.

He didn't have much military power now and only controlled a 5,000-strong Left Guardian of the Capital.

However, his position in the army couldn't be shaken.

It was precisely because of this that both Lord Yong'an and Lord Yongding extended an olive branch to him, wanting to recruit him into their camp.

However, General Mu had strong principles and was very loyal to the old emperor.

He never agreed with the ambitions of the two lords.

Because of this, he offended the two lords, so they began to suppress him in all sorts of ways.

The most direct effect was that the Left Guardian's annual salary had never been paid on time.

Of course, that was only the simplest example.

As a result, the old general was in a passive position in the imperial court. He was ostracized and isolated everywhere.

Why didn't he choose to support the young emperor under such circumstances?

This was also what the old general was worried about.

In the war where the old emperor died, the young emperor was arranged to supervise the empire.

However, no one expected the old emperor to die on the battlefield.

When the old general returned after defeating the rebels, he realized that the situation in the imperial court had changed.

It was no longer something he could resolve.

The young emperor, who had lost control, no longer had any power in his hands.

The general himself was also in a situation where he couldn't even protect himself. If he sided with the young emperor, he would probably only bring disaster to the young emperor.

Therefore, ever since he returned from that battle, the old general had been trying his best not to go to court.

After a while, the two lords stopped paying attention to him.

However, this time, when he suddenly married his daughter to the emperor, the two lords were enraged.

The two of them had already begun to plan how to eliminate the old general.

Of course, all that didn't mean that the young emperor was all alone without any cards up her sleeves.

In addition to the current situation in the imperial court, the young emperor actually had some hidden tricks.

For example, the two women in white that Lin Yi had seen before belonged to the young emperor.

Although there weren't many of them, they were all very capable.