Right Martial Guardian

After hearing the young emperor's story and what he saw in the court today, Lin Yi finally understood how deep the waters of this court were.

Even though he was from the 21st century, he couldn't help but frown.

The young emperor had wondered if Lin Yi would laugh at her and leave her because of her incompetence. When she suddenly heard how sorry Lin Yi felt for her, she almost burst into tears.

All these years, ever since her father died, no one had treated her sincerely.

Back then, she was still young and thought that her uncles genuinely cared about her. That was why she handed over her power bit by bit.

Who would have thought that she would end up like this?

"Gosh, this girl doesn't even have control of the palace now. That won't do!

"It's like having a camera installed in her home by an outsider. There's no privacy at all.

"How is she going to fight back when even her own home isn't safe?"

When he heard the young emperor say that even the guards outside the palace weren't her men, Lin Yi couldn't stand it anymore.

Although the young emperor didn't know what a camera was, she could still understand what Lin Yi meant.

There was a forlorn look on her face.

There was no other way. The number of people loyal to her was really limited. Other than the people in charge of protecting her safety, she really didn't have the strength to fight for the right to guard the outer city of the palace.

Even if she could win this battle, she wouldn't have loyal guards to guard the place.

As for the hidden force, it was her final trump card that couldn't be revealed to outsiders.

No one could know their existence.

Otherwise, she wouldn't even have her last line of defense.

"Your Majesty, who's in charge of the garrison outside the Imperial City now?"

"The 8,000 Right Martial Guardians guarding the Imperial Palace are all in the hands of Lord Yong'an. The 20,000 True Sovereign Battalion guards are controlled by Lord Yongding."

Lin Yi couldn't help but feel amazed.

These 28,000 people had locked the young emperor firmly in the Imperial City.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that if the thousands of guards in the inner city of the palace were to be turned against the young emperor by these two lords, the young emperor would be dead meat.

When that happened, she wouldn't have any chance at all.

"Your Majesty, how much military power does the empress's father still have?"

"Five thousand Left Martial Guardians."

The young emperor's answer was very straightforward, and Lin Yi almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Good lord. She had spent so much effort to marry the empress, but in the end, there were only five thousand soldiers. That was so…

However, in the current situation, five thousand was a very considerable force.

Of course, some might wonder if the mighty Dayou Dynasty only had less than 50,000 soldiers.

Of course not. However, other than these regular soldiers, the rest were the garrisons of the various cities and the prefecture soldiers who were farmers during the peaceful period.

When there was no war, no one had the right to hoard soldiers.

"Your Majesty, do you want General Mu's Left Martial Guardian to take over the Imperial City?"

Hearing this, the young emperor calmed down, but when she looked at Lin Yi, there was a hint of intimacy in her eyes.

However, she hid it well, and Lin Yi didn't notice it at all.

Hearing this, she nodded slightly.

"That's right. Although there are only five thousand people in the Left Martial Guardian, with the people in the inner city, we can gather eight thousand people. Defending the Imperial City won't be a problem.

"However, I don't know how to let the Left Guardian replace the Right Guardian. Lord Yong'an would never let that happen.

"At that time, if I fall out with him, I'm afraid my situation will be even more difficult."

At this point, the young emperor frowned slightly.

Lin Yi felt so sorry for her.

Lin Yi had a problem with being protective of his own people. He had been like this since he was young.

Ever since the young emperor showed him her breasts and used him as a blanket last night, he saw her as his woman. Maybe the young emperor didn't see it that way, but he did.

This was just like the occasion when Lin Yi slept in the pretty nanny's arms during lunch break when he was in kindergarten. From then on, if anyone dared to upset that pretty nanny, he would rush up and teach that little kid a lesson.

At the same time, he would shout in a childish voice, "Don't bully my woman!"

It was as if he and the nanny were a couple.

Although Lin Yi didn't dare to say it aloud, deep down, he didn't want to see anyone bully the young emperor.

It was precisely because of this that when he saw the young emperor's haggard appearance, he was very upset.

He would have walked over and hugged the stubborn girl if he weren't scared of her flying into a rage.

Of course, what he didn't know was that these bold thoughts in his head had all been heard by the young emperor.

It made the young emperor rather emotional.

Her pretty face couldn't help but blush a little.

"Don't we have a trusted aide among the Right Martial Guards? Or is there anyone we can rope in?"

When she heard the word "we", the young emperor was obviously stunned. Then, her face turned even redder.

However, she still replied,

"Indeed, I don't have any trusted aides. However, the deputy general of the Right Martial Guards, Fan Niu, is the son of General Fan, who was one of my father's most capable subordinates and died on the battlefield with my father…"

At this point, the young emperor was clearly a little down.

However, she still suppressed the pain in her heart and continued.

"Although Fan Niu didn't show any intention of joining me, he has never disobeyed my orders. Moreover, although he is a deputy general in the Right Martial Guards, he has always been ostracized by General Chen Baicheng.

"However, old General Fan's prestige had never dissipated, so Chen Baicheng had never been able to touch Fan Niu.

"Why? Why are you asking this? Do you want to plant someone in the Right Martial Guards?"

"But that won't work. I've appointed officers to the Right Martial Guards.

"Although there are no obvious obstacles, the person I sent over was seriously injured in a few days from falling off a horse."

Lin Yi couldn't help but frown.

He knew that falling off the horse and being seriously injured was just an excuse. The real reason was probably that the person had been set up by those people.

That showed how ruthless those people were.

Looking at the worried young emperor, Lin Yi smiled a little.

"That's right! I want to take down the Right Martial Guards!"