The palace eunuchs remained silent as cicadas in winter, their fear of Zhou Yi deepening even further.
"Why aren't you hurrying to gather the money?"
Zhou Yi ordered those around him, "Follow them, and make sure to search thoroughly; not a single copper coin can be missed!"
"As you command."
His subordinates swiftly took action, grabbing the godsons of Eunuch Zhu and searching their residences for gold and silver.
The palace's violent institution, the Palace Guards, practiced the Epiphyllum Treasure Tome, a cultivation technique that drastically shortens life. The eunuchs of the other eleven divisions rarely practiced martial arts, and even if they did, it was only for strengthening the body and to no avail as resistance.
Zhou Yi said with a smile, "Godfather, I have long heard of your golden furniture, and today I shall feast my eyes."
