Chapter 116: Chief of the Eunuchs, the West Depot at Work [1]
"Your subject Yu Huatian pays his respects to Your Majesty!"
"This old servant Cao Zhengchun pays his respects to Your Majesty!"
Inside the hall, Yu Huatian and Cao Zhengchun bowed to Zhu Youxiao on the dragon throne.
Cao Zhengchun stood half a step behind Yu Huatian, and their forms of address also revealed the difference in their current standing.
Zhu Youxiao did not notice this detail. He waved a hand, looking at the blood-drenched Yu Huatian with a flicker of gratification in his eyes, and said:
"Thank you for your efforts, my minister."
Seeing the dried crusts of blood on Yu Huatian, he knew how fierce tonight's battle had been without needing an explanation.
This only strengthened his resolve to entrust Yu Huatian with important responsibilities.
Of the countless officials at court, only the young man before him deserved his trust.
"In Your Majesty's service, I would not shrink from ten thousand deaths. I would never presume to speak of hardship." Yu Huatian's expression was calm, but with his bloodstained face and the pungent reek of blood clinging to him, he looked like a fiend that had crawled out of hell, enough to frighten countless people away.
In truth, unless necessary, Yu Huatian did not want to appear before Zhu Youxiao in this state.
But the man he had killed tonight had, after all, been a prince of Ming, the renowned Iron Gallant Divine Marquis, Zhu Youxiao's own imperial uncle.
Yu Huatian wanted Zhu Youxiao to see exactly what price he had paid to secure his throne.
Moreover, Zhu Wushi was now dead, and Dragon Guard Mountain Villa was finished.
His next plan was to replace Zhu Wushi and truly stand beneath one man and above ten thousand