The position of Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace was not high-ranking—only Principal Fourth Rank in Great Zhou—but countless officials feared it as they would a tiger.
The reason was simple: the Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace was the Emperor's household slave!
As the saying went, even when beating a dog, one had to look to its master. In a sense, the household slave Zhao Shuo, Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace, represented the face of Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long.
Ye Zhen had beaten Zhao Shuo, tied his four limbs together like a pig's, paraded him around nearly as though displaying him through the streets, and only then entered the palace.
In essence, Ye Zhen had once again slapped Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long's old face until it rang with sharp smacks.
Yet when Ye Zhen, Prince Xun, and Prince Dui delivered the newly appointed Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace, bound like a pig, before Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long, Ji Long's fingers trembled with fury—but he could not utter a single word of rebuke against Ye Zhen and Prince Xun.
The reason was simple: household slave!
What was wrong with a master punishing his own slave?
A slave who bullied his master was to be executed without delay!
The newly appointed Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace, Zhao Shuo, was a slave. In the narrow sense, his master was Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long; in the broader sense, every member of the imperial clan was his master.
Ye Zhen, who had just gained the qualification to marry Princess Changle, could also be considered a member of the imperial clan.
Then what this newly appointed Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace, Zhao Shuo, had done today was precisely a slave bullying his master!
Of course, that said, Great Zhou had many