Chapter 362 - 299, small flag officer
Chen Ji stepped out from the end of the line, passing by the Yulin Army, Chen Liqin, Li Xuan, and the Crown Prince, looking straight ahead. Everyone’s eyes followed him as he slowly walked towards the brightly lit Renshou Palace.
An official from Honglu Temple looked at the Crown Prince, Junior Scholar, and Yulin Army Commander still waiting for orders outside the palace, then at the back of Chen Ji, his eyes filled with confusion, but he could only suppress it silently.
In front of Renshou Palace stood the "Filial Piety and Brotherly Love Stele", with the first line of the inscription: Filial piety and brotherly love are the foundation of benevolence.
Chen Ji’s gaze swept over the inscription, not in the mood to read further.
Just before stepping into the palace gate.
A middle-aged man in a Python Robe at the gate calmly said, "Answer whatever His Majesty asks you, do not act on your own, and do not deceive the Emperor."
This Python Robe eunuch was imposing, not like a court minister, but rather like a prince.
In the offices of the Inner Court, only two people could wear Python Robes: one was Chief Eunuch Xu Wenhe, known as the Prime Minister or Poison Minister; the other was Chief Eunuch Wu Xiu, who had just seized control of the Jiefan Guard from the Prime Minister and was attending to His Majesty.
The one in front of him should be Wu Xiu.
Chen Ji cupped his hands and said, "Understood."
He lifted his robe and stepped over the high threshold. Inside the hall, he saw someone sitting cross-legged like a dragon behind the hanging gauze curtains. On the beams hung wooden plaques with "Five Thunder Talisman" consecrated by the Laojun Mountain Dao Court, and the ceiling was painted with the twenty-eight constellations. The floor was covered with green gold bricks from the Imperial Kiln of Suzhou Prefecture, etched with the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper.