With money, even just to fill one's stomach, and by pulling strings and cultivating relationships, a servant can live a slightly better, more respectable life in this cannibalistic palace.
Chu Yuan scoffed, "Is it just the items bestowed upon us by the higher-ups?"
Everything in the palace, from food to supplies, is exquisite. With so many people and so much work, it's normal for things to be a little short or lacking in some areas. As long as it's not excessive, no one will suspect anything.
Not to mention the craftsmen who make knitting and yarn. Any handkerchief or sachet, as long as it's said to have come from the palace, can be exchanged for some money.
Yuanbao smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise. These sordid deeds cannot be hidden from Your Majesty's eyes."
However, Yuanbao is just a middleman; it doesn't matter what they're selling. As long as it's not something like the Imperial Seal of the State that could lead to execution, this servant can exchange them all for money.
The young eunuch was quite arrogant, but Chu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when she observed that his speech and behavior were measured and that he was cunning but not deceitful.
Honesty is the best form of surrender.
It seems she didn't lose her bet.
"I am pleased that you are willing to tell the truth. Let's go and keep moving forward."
The fact that he was able to evade layers of screening and smuggle palace items out to sell proves that he was very familiar with the routes out of the palace, for which Chu Yuan should thank God.
On the way, Chu Yuan asked, "Yuanbao, which palace did you serve in before?"
Yuanbao did not stop walking. "Your Majesty, Yuanbao is just an insignificant third-class eunuch in Yuanchen Palace."
"Yuanchen Palace?" Chu Yuan glanced at him silently. "Is it the palace of Consort Chen?"
Yuanbao nodded. "Exactly."
Chu Yuan had some vague suspicions. Today's assassination attempt was far too smooth, so unstoppable that it left everyone helpless. Coupled with the subsequent separation and confinement of men and women, it was not hard to see that it was all pre-planned.
But Dugu Xuancheng used to be a cowardly playboy prince, even worse than the lazy Dugu Ling. Chu Yuan believed that he could secretly train so many experts, but could he really make all the Imperial Guards and Forbidden Army defect on his own?
Dugu Tianxiong is not a tyrant, so there is no situation where everyone can condemn and kill him. The current situation can only be explained by one thing: there are still people in the palace who are on Dugu Xuancheng's side!
This person's rank is quite high.
Just as Chu Yuan was pondering this, Yuanbao, who was leading the way, stopped. "Your Majesty, we've arrived."
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