"Did His Majesty ask you to come here? Tell me, what is it now?"
Lin Yi had such an attitude because of what this guy had just shown.
As someone from the 21st century, he could see through such things.
Just from the fact that the purple-robed eunuch had beaten up the young eunuch who had been rude to him, Lin Yi could tell that the young emperor definitely needed him for something.
Was he needed to serve the empress again tonight?
At the thought of this, Lin Yi couldn't help but get excited.
He couldn't stop thinking about what happened the other night.
The young emperor was watching when all that happened, which was even more exciting.
If it wasn't for his status, he would have rushed to the Tranquil Palace a long time ago. He could "reload" in ten minutes, not to mention that it had been nearly a day since his last bedroom activity.
"Master Lin is indeed smart. I'm here to deliver an oral decree to His Majesty."
He sounded like he was bootlicking, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Lin Yi was fantasizing about what kind of trick he should use when sleeping with the empress when he suddenly heard that. He was disappointed.
If the young emperor wanted to sleep with him herself, she would definitely not pass on any oral decree. She would have just summoned him.
But now, she wouldn't let him leave this godforsaken place. That was a little annoying.
Seeing the eunuch's respectful attitude toward him, Lin Yi immediately threw the grass in his hand to the ground.
"Go ahead. I'm listening."
Lin Yi had such an attitude wasn't because he wanted to bully others. He was just really dissatisfied with the young emperor.
No matter what, he saved her life yesterday and then helped her deal with the empress.
If she couldn't reward him with anything, the least she could do was send him to such an awful place.
"If she keeps doing this, I'll have to charge an interest next time I sleep with the empress."
While he was waiting to listen to the oral decree, the eunuch had a troubled expression. After a long while, he said in a low voice,
"Master Lin, I'm about to read the oral decree. Shouldn't you kneel down…"
Lin Yi drew the lewd scenes out of his mind. Only then did he realize that he and the purple-robed eunuch were the only ones standing.
As for the other palace maids and eunuchs, they were already kneeling on the ground.
This also made Lin Yi realize that he had to kneel down to accept the decree.
However, although he knew in his heart that he had to do that, and he had knelt before the young emperor already, he really couldn't kneel before a eunuch.
Therefore, he could only squat down. After all, everyone around him was kneeling with their heads lowered. Other than the eunuch, no one was looking at him.
As for what the eunuch thought, that was none of his business. He believed that this guy wouldn't take it too seriously.
"Little Lin, accept the decree."
Eunuch or not, Lin Yi would never refer to himself as someone's servant unless he had no other choice.
As expected, although the eunuch saw that Lin Yi was just squatting there, he had no choice. After all, Lin Yi was now favored by His Majesty.
Therefore, the eunuch chose to turn a blind eye.
In any case, he was just here to pass on an oral decree. As long as it could be passed on, it would be fine. He wasn't stupid, so he wouldn't want to offend Lin Yi.
Hence, he didn't feel conflicted. As long as that guy wasn't standing there, it was fine.
"Lin Yi, listen to the decree. I see that Little Lin is agile and smart. He's very to my liking.
"From today onward, he'll be promoted to the imperial eunuch with a purple robe and two lines.
"He's bestowed with a jade belt and a hundred taels of silver.
"Seeing that you're quite fragile, you can study well in this etiquette room during the day and come to the imperial study at night to be on duty. Don't let down my painstaking efforts.
"That's all."
After saying this, the eunuch immediately put on a flattering expression and quickly took a step forward to help Lin Yi up.
At the same time, he kept congratulating Lin Yi.
He reached out and took the new purple robe from the eunuch behind him. He held it up with both hands and carefully handed it to Lin Yi.
On the purple robe, there was a sparkling white jade belt.
Seeing Lin Yi here, Lin Yi finally felt a little better.
He thought, "I guess she does have a heart. I didn't work so hard last night for nothing.
However, when he thought of the second half of the young emperor's words, he couldn't help but start to complain about the young emperor in his head.
"She's not a good person at all. Don't let you down? You're really trying to torture me to death.
"What? So I have to cultivate wasteland in this etiquette room during the day, and then I can't get any rest at night. I have to serve Your Majesty in bed?"
However, at least he had been promoted. This could make his life in the palace more comfortable.
Moreover, after being promoted, he should be able to have relatively more freedom.
With that, he would be able to make better preparations for his escape from the palace.
But staying here during the day made Lin Yi really worried.
However, when he thought of the purple eunuch uniform, his eyes lit up.
No matter what, he could be considered the head of eunuchs. Moreover, there was an embroidered mark on his chest.
If he remembered correctly, the old eunuch who asked him to pluck the weeds was wearing a rough cloth robe, right?
Did this mean that his level was higher than the old man's?
"Does that mean that I'll call the shots in this place from now on?
"Although this place is a little dilapidated, it's a quiet corner.
"It'll be safer for me to tinker with some 'high-tech' stuff here."
At the thought of this, Lin Yi smiled and reached out to take the clothes handed over by the eunuch. After thanking the latter, he looked past the eunuch.
It was obvious that Lin Yi was waiting for the hundred taels of silver.
The eunuch was obviously a smart person, so he naturally saw through Lin Yi's intentions at a glance.
Hence, he took a small box about ten centimeters square from his subordinate behind him.
Then, he gently opened it under Lin Yi's eyes.
Lin Yi quickly leaned his head over.
To be honest, this was the first time he had seen ancient silver in his two lifetimes. For a moment, Lin Yi was really curious.