Five months later, Ye Zhen, who had spent those five months recuperating—or rather, cultivating—in Jiangzhou, received an Imperial Decree from Founding Ancestor Ji Bang.
The person who delivered the decree came as a great surprise to Ye Zhen.
Yu Chaoen!
His official title was Yu Le, Eunuch in Charge of the Imperial Front.
Because of Founding Ancestor Ji Bang, although five months had passed, there had been no further news of Changle. Ye Zhen had not taken the initiative to inquire about Changle in the slightest, much less contact Yu Chaoen.
More often than not, no news was good news.
Yet seeing Yu Chaoen himself serving as the decree-bearing eunuch today came as a considerable surprise.
In just half a year, Yu Chaoen had risen from an inconspicuous deputy steward of the kitchens to the red-hot Eunuch in Charge of the Imperial Front. It was truly beyond Ye Zhen's expectations.
Even with the foundation of having once been Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace, such a meteoric rise should not have been possible.
Within the palace's Internal Inspectorate, the highest-ranking position was generally that of Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace. Yet the one closest to the emperor was the Eunuch in Charge of the Imperial Front.
More often than not, the Eunuch in Charge of the Imperial Front was the Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace's designated successor.
In other words, in the span of only half a year, Yu Chaoen had once again earned Founding Ancestor Ji Bang's trust and favor, returning to the heart of power within the Internal Inspectorate.
The very thought of the process felt dreamlike.
Of course, there was another possibility: Founding Ancestor Ji Bang, or Old Ancestors Yu He of the Secret Directorate, had taken a liking to Yu Chaoen.
That possibility was