"Welcome, Commander."
Song Qilin, head of the Central Rear Office, was the first to clasp his fists in salute.
"Welcome, Commander."
Immediately afterward, every Embroidered Uniform Guard in the Central Rear Office shouted in unison.
Behind Song Qilin stood four Deputy Thousand-Household Officers, followed by the Hundred-Household Officers. As a Banner Chief, Tang Yu's position was already somewhere in the middle.
Commander Su Caiyi nodded, calmly accepting everyone's welcome. Her gaze swept across the crowd before she slowly said, "Everyone has worked hard. Kyoto has suffered from rampaging thieves for many years, but through the efforts of all my colleagues, they have finally been eliminated. The court will naturally not forget your contributions..."
As Commander Su Caiyi spoke, Tang Yu's gaze quietly settled on her spirited, heroic face.
Throughout the tens of thousands of years of the Great Cloud Dynasty, Su Caiyi was the only female cultivator to rise to the position of Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. In fact, there were scarcely any female cultivators in the Embroidered Uniform Guard system at all.
Yet after becoming Commander, Su Caiyi had held her position remarkably firmly. Unlike the previous Commanders, who had all met miserable ends, the current Emperor trusted her greatly.
The family behind her was one of the rare top-tier clans worthy of being called a family of four generations of dukes and ministers. Both her grandfather and father were important ministers of the current court.
After Commander Su Caiyi finished speaking, the old eunuch who had arrived alongside her held up an imperial decree and announced the rewards for the entire Central Rear Office, raising everyone's benefits by a notch.
The reward filled everyone with delight. The Central Rear Office had always received the worst treatment among the fourteen offices; now, things had finally improved somewhat.