Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 52 - All Jealous

52: Chapter 52: All Jealous

52 -52: All Jealous

Upon hearing, Lin Yi gave a mysterious smile, then waved over a few soldiers and said when they approached:

“Let me show you something.”

As he spoke, he reached out and immediately opened a large box next to him.

In that instant, the contents inside were revealed.

The soldiers, seeing this, were immediately stunned.

Moreover, they all involuntarily gasped in shock, their voices trembling as they said:

“Is, is, is that silver??”

Hearing this, Lin Yi chuckled, and immediately closed the box again with a hand.

He didn’t forget to have his men continue to tie it up securely before turning around and nodding towards those still staring intently at the wooden box, saying:

“Right, just now His Majesty rewarded Commander Chen, but that reward was for the Commander.

His Majesty always treats everyone equally, thus he knows well that our soldiers have it tough, and specially instructed me to bring this silver to reward our brothers.”

With these words, the crowd was even more stunned, looking at Lin Yi with faces full of disbelief:

“What??

Is Eunuch not just joking with us??

Is this silver really a reward from His Majesty for us?”

It’s no wonder their reaction was so extreme; their highest monthly salary was just a tael of silver, and that was because they were in the Imperial Guard.

If they were not part of the Right Martial Guard guarding the Imperial City, their monthly military pay would only amount to a few hundred coins.

Yet now, seeing such a large box of silver, it was definitely over fifty thousand taels.

With fewer than ten thousand people on their side, if it were to be distributed, wouldn’t each person get several taels of silver!

This was equivalent to half a year’s worth of their salaries.

How could they not be shocked?

“Haha, I brought all this shiny silver here, could it possibly be fake?

Come on, brother, lead the way, let’s go and distribute the silver by decree!”

Having heard this confirmation from Lin Yi’s mouth, they no longer doubted him.

Not only that, their initially arrogant demeanor vanished instantly.

In its place was surprisingly great friendliness.

It’s a joke, this was the God of Wealth here to distribute silver!

How could one possibly offend such a person?

Even though General Chen had orders, who would care about the upper echelons’ conflicts when faced with silver!

It is known that they hadn’t received their military pay for over half a year.

Hence, under their lead, Lin Yi once again reached the front of that large residence unobstructed.

This time, however, these people did not enter the large residence but led Lin Yi around it to a relatively low building.

Lin Yi looked up and saw a signboard hanging on the door of the small courtyard that read ‘Right Martial Guard Command’.

This made Lin Yi couldn’t help but complain inwardly how awful Chen Baicheng really was, occupying that large residence for himself but leaving this government office so shabby.

However, this was also good, at least it would probably annoy those below.

Perhaps it was only due to Chen Baicheng’s intimidation that these people obediently followed orders.

If that was really the case, it might make it even easier for him to implement his plan.

When Lin Yi arrived, he sure enough saw those officials he had met previously in Chen Baicheng’s residence hall.

Not just those ten, but even a General dressed as an Armored General whom Lin Yi had not seen before.

However, judging by this man’s attire, he clearly held a high position within the Right Martial Guard.

After briefly thinking, a name emerged in Lin Yi’s mind: ‘Fan Niu.’

This must be it.

This time, without Chen Baicheng around, and coupled with the scene that transpired during the previous decree announcement, as soon as Lin Yi took out the Holy Decree, he didn’t even need to speak before everyone bowed respectfully on their own volition.

This scene made Fan Niu’s eyes widen in surprise.

He secretly speculated in his heart, what could this mean, and why were these people so submissive?

Could it be that the Emperor had bribed them all?

For a moment, his mind was tumultuous, and he also began to recall the words the Emperor had sent someone to convey to him.

Could it be that the Emperor truly intended to move against the Right Martial Guard?

But where did she muster the courage?

Moreover, in the Right Martial Guard, apart from himself, almost all of the other ten high and low-ranking generals were Chen Baicheng’s men!

With these people around, one could say no one would choose to defect!

While he was lost in wild thoughts, Lin Yi’s voice rang out:

“By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees:

The Great Commander of the Right Martial Guard, Chen Baicheng, has outstanding capabilities and shoulders responsibilities; effective from today, he is promoted to the Great Commander of the Imperial Guards.

However, as the Right Martial Guard is extremely critical, although Commander Chen has been promoted, the position cannot remain vacant for even a day.

And since external appointees may be hard to accept, and considering that all the ministers have outstanding abilities, I have decided that starting from today, all officials of the Right Martial Guard will be promoted by one rank.

The former Deputy Commander, Fan Niu, is promoted to Great Commander, and will receive the salary of a Third Grade officer, and awarded a hundred acres of good land.

The former Capital Commandant, Li Bai, is promoted to Deputy Commander, receiving Fourth Grade officer’s salary, and awarded a hundred acres of good land…”

Lin Yi spoke swiftly, hardly giving anyone much time to think, and began reading out the names of the eleven people present.

As each name was called out, the corresponding person’s heart skipped a beat.

However, upon hearing the contents, they couldn’t help but feel deliriously happy.

Even the idea of Fan Niu being promoted to the position of Great Commander was no longer met with resistance.

One could say that everyone was utterly immersed in the joy of their promotion and wealth.

And what none of them noticed was that they had completely forgotten to think about Chen Baicheng.

Or rather, they simply couldn’t afford to think about it.

With Chen Baicheng around, one could say there was no room for promotion.

But they never expected happiness to come so unexpectedly.

Not one of them would have ever imagined that Chen Baicheng’s departure could actually bring such tangible benefits to each of them.

And at this moment, Lin Yi had not yet finished speaking, as the voice reading the Holy Decree continued.

Two individuals who had not had their names read out yet were visibly anxious on their faces.

Their expressions seemed as if they feared they weren’t included in the Emperor’s Holy Decree.

Finally, as Lin Yi’s voice called out their names, their faces broke into uncontrollable smiles.

“In addition to the aforementioned eleven, the Chiliarchs, Centurions, and squad leaders of the Right Martial Guard will all correspondingly be promoted by one level.

Those whose current ranks are insufficient may coordinate to serve in other military branches.

Furthermore, deeply appreciative of the soldiers’ hardships, I have decided to open the true Inner Hall, taking out tens of thousands of taels of silver to reward the soldiers of the Right Martial Guard.

To show my appreciation, each soldier is awarded ten taels of silver…

Decreed~”

The soldiers who had been kneeling nearby and watching the officials with envy never expected that in the end, they too would receive their share.

…End of chapter…