No eunuch thought of coming to Qinghe to convey the imperial edict.
After all, delivering imperial edicts to other places is a lucrative job, and delivering imperial edicts to Lin Hai is a good job with a probability of success.
If Lin Hai accepted the order, everyone would probably be happy. If nothing else, the eunuch who delivered the order would at least get a crystal souvenir from Qinghe and then go back happily to report.
If Lin Hai didn't accept the order, then someone would most likely be in trouble. Since Lin Hai himself wouldn't allow himself to be in trouble, and the Emperor was far away in Zhongdu, he wouldn't be in trouble either, so the one who would be in trouble would definitely be the eunuch.
Either he was killed by Lin Hai and then reported to the emperor that he had encountered bandits; or he was driven out by Qinghe and then killed by the emperor for his poor performance.
Therefore, from the fact that who was sent to convey the imperial edict to Qinghe, one can probably see the changes in power within the palace.
"By the way, who do you work for?" Lin Hai sat in the main seat, with senior officers of the entire Qinghe First Army standing on both sides. Cheng Guorong and Ding Lin, who had just finished kneeling as punishment and had not yet written a post-war summary report and had huge dark circles under his eyes, stood behind Lin Hai with knives in his hands.
Judging from the posture, it doesn't look like he is ready to accept the order.
A middle-aged eunuch came in. He was wearing a Qiaoshi crown with a blue ribbon drooping beside it, indicating his rank. He was dressed in the blue-gray eunuch's daily summer and autumn clothes, and a top with a purple-red border on the outside. The top had been carefully ironed, but I don't know how he did it in the military camp.
The peacock embroidered on the top is lifelike and looks completely unworn, just like a new piece of clothing.
Oh no, this should be new clothes.
Everyone in Qinghe has lived a hard life, so they can see through these clothes at a glance. Today is probably the first day they have worn them.
As for the bottom, well, what are you looking at below a eunuch?
There is nothing below!
The eunuch was quite sensible. He did not act as if he was here to convey an imperial decree. Instead, he knelt down as soon as he entered the room and saluted Lin Hai respectfully. While smiling coquettishly, he shouted "Greetings to the Earl of Qinghe, Congratulations to the Earl of Qinghe on his great victory".
The peacock embroidered with gold thread was suddenly knocked into the mud, which made Lin Hai feel inexplicably distressed.
To be honest, the eunuch was also confused.
Logically speaking, this is the central military tent, why isn't there even a carpet?
When they led troops into battle, they lived frugally, meaning they didn't bring along servants, cooks, maids, and nannies. It wasn't like you, the dignified Lord Qinghe leading the army himself, yet the tent was covered in mud...
I shouldn’t have kneeled if I had known.
"Get up, get up." We don't have so many rules here.
Lin Hai laughed in silence.
As the host of this place, Lin Hai said that there are not so many rules here. It is basically just a polite remark. If you believe it, you are too young.
This eunuch had been working in the palace for decades, so it was impossible for him not to recognize such words. Naturally, he did not dare to be rude. He could only thank Qinghe Bo and then slowly stood up.
"You have just been promoted to the fourth rank, right?" Lin Hai looked at him with interest and pointed at the peacock on the eunuch's body that was already stained with mud.
In fact, Lin Hai's question is unreasonable. According to the official system of the Daliang Empire, an earl is only of the fourth rank or about the fourth rank. Even an earl like Lin Hai is actually only of the fourth rank.
So the two have equal status.
Well, whoever believes this will die.
A eunuch who had just been promoted to the fourth rank did not even have the power to decide whether to eat dry rice or porridge at noon. If he had two young eunuchs around him, he could occasionally put on the airs of a leader. But now he was alone. If he really wanted to argue with Lin Hai about status, he would most likely encounter the "Khmer rebel army and unfortunately die for his country" here.
"In reply to the Earl of Qinghe," the middle-aged eunuch completely put himself in the position of a subordinate and replied with a smile, "This is the rank that Your Majesty awarded me before I left, considering my hard work in traveling all the way to Qinghe. Besides, I'm here to deliver your imperial decree. If my rank is lower, wouldn't people look down on Qinghe?"
"Well, you can talk. Tell me, what's your name and who does it belong to?" Lin Hai laughed. As expected, he was promoted before leaving, which can be regarded as an act of putting the pension first.
The eunuch wasn't surprised at all and said, "My name is Hong Jiu. I used to work in the laundry department. When I heard I could come to Qinghe to meet Lord Bo, I applied for the job. I never expected that I would enter the palace at the age of ten and spend twenty years washing clothes before I could become a manager in the laundry department. But now that I've come to you, I've been promoted to the fourth rank. You are my great benefactor."
Lin Hai didn't say anything and continued watching Hong Jiu's performance.
Hong Jiu praised Lin Hai passionately, like a rapper. Seeing that Lin Hai didn't move, and the military officers on both sides were also watching him, with no intention of paying any attention to him, he added: "Before I left, I took Yan Zipei, the eunuch, as my godfather. The godfather said that Qinghe Bo is one of their own, and this time he wants me to do my best to serve you."
"Oh." Lin Hai smiled and said, "Old Yan's people, they are our own people."
Then he turned to Cheng Guorong and Ding Lin and said, "Why are you always standing? Aren't you tired? Go sit down. And bring a chair for Eunuch Hong too. Don't be so restrained."
"What else did Old Yan say?" Lin Hai asked as he looked at Hong Jiu who had half of his butt gently placed on the bench.
To be honest, he really admired these masters who could sit still and persist for several hours. How did they train their waist and horse skills? Could it be that the eunuchs in the imperial palace all had special skills to protect themselves?
"Master Gan said that you must accept the emperor's edict this time. What you do is up to you, but you must accept it." Hong Jiu stood up while speaking, pulled out an imperial edict from his sleeve, and held it above his head with both hands.
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