Chapter 28: You're Ruthless

Regardless of her relationship with the young Emperor, the things she bestows hold tremendous power to outsiders.

She took the dirt in her hand and carelessly smeared it across the coarse Eunuch Clothes she originally wore, before quickly slipping into the new clothes.

Really, though, even though this new set is also Eunuch Clothes, it feels different.

At the very least, after putting them on, I feel much more secure.

I won't be bullied by just any eunuch or Palace Maid after leaving this place.

With a click, she secured the Jade belt and then purposefully coughed towards the old eunuch.

Hearing the deliberate cough, the old eunuch continued to fan himself with a pu fan and then slightly lifted his eyelids.

Upon seeing Lin Yi proudly gazing at him, the old eunuch's mouth twitched, but he said nothing and closed his eyes again.

Just as Lin Yi was about to boast, he saw the old eunuch flick his wrist, followed by the sound of a faint whistle.

Then, the worn wooden cabinet not far from Lin Yi let out a dull thud.

When Lin Yi focused his gaze, he saw that, unbeknownst to him, the door of the wooden cabinet had broken off its hinges.

Under Lin Yi's watchful eyes, it toppled toward him.

Seeing this, Lin Yi immediately exclaimed, "Fuck!" and with a swift movement, he dodged the 'attack range' of the door.

At the same time, his heart filled with disbelief.

What did that old eunuch just do???

A simple flick of his sleeve, and the door falls to the ground??

How did he do that?

Could it be that this old eunuch is actually a Martial Arts expert???

While shocked, Lin Yi's gaze instinctively swept over towards the wardrobe.

He wanted to see how the old eunuch did it.

However, as the dust kicked up by the falling door started to disperse, Lin Yi fanned the air in front of him to get a better look.

In the next moment, before he could clearly see why the door had fallen, he was dumbstruck on the spot.

Not only that, but he forgot to close his gaping mouth, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

It took a long while before he could mutter four words:

"Holy shit, that's ruthless!"

Turns out, upon closer inspection, he saw that the wardrobe with the collapsed door was now filled with heaps of clothes.

And all these clothes, without exception, were eunuch uniforms.

But that wasn't the shocking part. What stunned Lin Yi was not the usual dull colors like the ones on the body of the old eunuch.

On the contrary, they were made of fine black brocade.

Just a quick scan was enough for Lin Yi to affirm, these were the good stuff!

Although he wasn't too familiar with the ranking of Eunuch Clothes, he had so far only seen one old eunuch named Liu wearing black Eunuch Clothes in front of the young Emperor.

But unlike Eunuch Liu's clothes, which were just black brocade and only had an imperial character embroidered, there were no other embellishments.

The clothes in front of Lin Yi now, although stacked in a heap making it hard to see the full design, but the glimpses of the python patterns allowed Lin Yi to instantly think of a name!

Python Robe!

These were actually Python Robes!

And not just one!

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All these items together, there are at least three to five pieces.

At this, Lin Yi's eyes went wide as saucers, and he turned his head in shock to look at the old eunuch who was still shaking his fan, resting with his eyes closed.

"Could this old eunuch be one of those hidden masters from the legends??"

After all, isn't that how they are always portrayed on TV?

Especially considering how this guy just casually waved his hand, and the door of the wardrobe was taken off its hinges from across the room—what a skill!

With this thought in mind, Lin Yi's gaze shifted to the door lying on the ground.

He really wanted to see what kind of technique this was.

However, as he slowly squatted down, his brows knitted slightly.

At the same time, his hand slowly reached out towards the ground.

It was at this moment, the old eunuch, who had been lying on the bed with his eyes shut, pretending to be...uh, not pretending but resting with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, the old eunuch coughed:

"Ahem, have all the weeds outside been pulled out?? Just right, go wash the clothes in my wardrobe."

Interrupted by this abrupt voice, Lin Yi then withdrew his gaze and, after considering the difference between his own purple robe and the other's black Python Robe, eventually spoke:

"Uh, I haven't finished pulling the weeds, I just came to try on the clothes to see if they fit. Well, I'll go back to weeding now..."

With those words, he turned and walked outside.

Sigh, a great man can bend and stretch. Since I'm not as skilled as others, a tactical retreat for now will do.

And after Lin Yi left the room and gently closed the door behind him, the old eunuch lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes sharply.

He looked around cautiously to the outside, and only after making sure that Lin Yi had left did he let out a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, he rolled off the bed and quickly started to get busy.

As the old eunuch moved, the door panel, which had been lying quietly on the floor, started to move.

There was a very thin thread, right where Lin Yi had been about to touch, connected between the door panel and the old eunuch's arm.

He bent down to pick up the door panel and then gently leaned it back on the wardrobe.

In an instant, the wardrobe was back to its original state.

"Phew, the young people nowadays really have no martial arts ethics. If I hadn't reacted quickly enough, that damn kid might have noticed something was off by now.

Alas, I wonder if there's still hope for this old man's aspirations."

While he spoke, he had already put the thin line back into his pocket.

At the same time, he mused to himself that he definitely could not use this trick in front of this brat again.

Otherwise, it would definitely blow his cover.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi, a bit disheartened, walked out of the room, and without any hesitation, he headed straight out of the etiquette room's courtyard.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw several little eunuchs hastily walking by.

But upon seeing Lin Yi, they still hurriedly paused to salute and uttered respectful greetings to the "great Eunuch."

Honestly speaking, Lin Yi in his purple attire was quite intimidating. After all, even within the Rituals Office, only about twenty people could wear purple robes.

Let's not forget there were nearly three hundred people in the Rituals Office.

Moreover, Lin Yi had the imperial symbol embroidered on his chest and a finely crafted Engraved Tiger Jade Belt around his waist.

"Hey, what are you all hurrying to do?"

…End of chapter…

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