Old Palace Maid (1)

"I want to go in. I'm putting this pot of flowers in the Imperial Garden." Ye Lang spoke directly, without declaring his identity, making it difficult for anyone to let him through.

"My apologies, please show your pass!" said the palace gate guard.

To deliver something inside, one had to have a pass. Usually, the people procuring goods were palace personnel, and outsiders would not be involved. Of course, there were special circumstances; in such cases, there would generally be a pass, and someone would accompany them inside.

"I don't have a pass. Oh, right, will this do?" Ye Lang suddenly remembered that the Vermilion Bird Emperor had once given him a token. Not only could it command troops and generals, it also granted passage anywhere within Vermilion Bird, including the Imperial Palace.

In fact, even without the Vermilion Bird Emperor's token, Ye Lang only needed to produce Princess Longji's jade token for it to work just as well. The same went for the Cold-Blooded Group's token. He simply did not know that those two carried such authority and assumed the one from the Vermilion Bird Emperor would work.

"Ah! My lord, please!"

The moment Ye Lang produced the token, the palace gate guard immediately spoke with respect. He had only heard of this token and seen its design; he had never seen the real thing. It was a token of extraordinarily high authority, an authority not possessed by any court minister. Forget entering and leaving the Imperial Palace—even mobilizing its guards would not be a problem.

Precisely because of that, this token had almost never been issued. Who would have thought that the young man before him possessed one? A person could not be judged by appearance. Fortunately, he had not offended him just now, or he would not