"Eunuch Lu, may I ask why Her Highness the Princess summoned me?" Ye Zhen asked quietly as he followed close behind Eunuch Lu into the inner residence of the Princess's Mansion.
This newly appointed Eunuch Lu looked rather more agreeable than He Jin, but he acted as though he had not heard Ye Zhen at all and simply kept leading the way.
A few breaths later, Ye Zhen casually took several chests of jewels from the Xitian Commandery royal palace treasury out of his Crimson Moon Soul Ring and generously stuffed them into Eunuch Lu's hands.
After dealing with Zhao Zhong, Ye Zhen had become thoroughly familiar with this sort of thing.
"Th-this..." Eunuch Lu looked somewhat troubled. Clearly, having only just risen to such a position, he had not yet grown accustomed to this.
"A small token of my regard. I hope Eunuch Lu will look after me in the future! Tell me what you can reveal, and for what cannot be revealed, I will not ask a single word!"
At that, the wrinkles at the corners of Eunuch Lu's eyes seemed to melt away beneath his smile. He swiftly put the chests of jewels into his Storage Ring, then lowered his voice and said to Ye Zhen, "A junior assistant from the Ministry of Rites, Honors Division has arrived. That junior assistant requested an audience with the Princess, and afterward, Her Highness ordered this old servant to summon Commander Ye. As for anything else, this old servant does not know."
The moment he heard the words Ministry of Rites and Honors Division, Ye Zhen knew what was happening. Most likely, his Military Merit for slaying Devil Race members at Lei Ze Ridge had been verified. Since people from the Ministry of Rites had come, they should be here