Chief Assistant Chen Wen's sentence " Emperor, you actually didn't die " had caused him to be demoted from his position as Chief Assistant of the cabinet. He really had to do something.
If it were any other minister, he would have been thrown into the imperial prison and flown to the afterlife alongside that quack.
The so-called tongue roll, call people do not credit. Xia Jian fully displayed his ability to flatter Zhu Jianshen. His high-sounding words made Zhu Jianshen's face extremely happy.
Noble Consort Feng was also verbally rewarded by the Emperor, but her good luck seemed to have been sucked away by Xia Jian alone. Other than the verbal rewards, she did not receive any benefits.
However, Xia Jian was different. Now, the seal of the ceremonial supervisor was under his control!
What was a ceremonial director?
The head of the twelve wardens who managed the internal affairs of the palace. He was in charge of the emperor's documents, seals, and etiquette in the palace.
Although Xia Jian was only a third-grade official in the outer court, his authority was comparable to the cabinet's chief assistant!
This was also why when the Transformation Monarch Cheng suggested that Xia Jian be the acting eunuch, the civil officials were like cats whose tails had been stepped on.
Eunuchs, eunuchs, only those with rank would have an official position. Xia Jian was just a small eunuch in the past and could not be called a eunuch.
The rewards were given and the punishments were punished. After the matter was settled, everyone left Yangxin Palace Hall, leaving only Emperor Cheng and Wan Zhen 'er to be lovey-dovey.
When the Emperor asked him what else he wanted, Xia Jian instantly thought of the position of the East Chamber, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and even the military power of the Divine Arms Battalion, one of the three battalions of the Imperial Guards!
However, he didn't dare to say it. If he said it, it would be no different from courting death. Even if he was the person who saved the life of the Transformation Monarch, he couldn't say it.
[Ding-dong. System Notification: The Lucky Bread's usage time limit has ended.]”
Only then did Xia Jian understand that so many bad things had happened this morning, and they had all turned into good things at the last moment.
Xia Jian said," System, give me another dozen of such good things!"
After being promoted, he became the acting seal eunuch of the ceremonial director and became a person with high authority.
After Xia Jian became the acting seal eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, the first thing he did was to return to the inner kitchen!
The kitchen belongs to the food supervisor and does not belong to the jurisdiction of the ceremony supervisor.
The eunuch in charge of the Food Supervisor was Hai Fugui, the eunuch who had chosen Xia Jian to be the cook.
At this moment, Hai Fugui was following behind Xia Jian like a slave.
Logically speaking, they were both supervisors of the 12th prison and had the same position, so Hai Fugui did not have to flatter Xia Jian like this.
However, the difference in actual power was too great.
The Food Supervisor was merely a yamen in charge of the imperial food, the food in the palace, and the banquets. Its power could not be any smaller, and it naturally could not be compared to a yamen with high power like the Rites Supervisor.
When he left the kitchen today, Li Wenhua had pointed at his nose and scolded him.
If he didn't find trouble with Li Wenhua, he wouldn't be Xia Jian.
At his request, all the eunuchs in the dining room stood in line according to their height.
Xia Jian reported the names of the eunuchs who had bullied him one by one. Every eunuch who was reported received twenty slaps.
Finally, when he reported Li Wenhua's name, Xia Jian's lips curled into a cruel smile.
If it was possible, he really wanted to kill this dog who relied on his power. However, this was the Imperial Palace. If he wanted to kill someone, he, a newly appointed eunuch with a seal, could be considered to have reached the end of his career.
Faced with Xia Jian's sinister smile, Li Wenhua peed his pants unconsciously. The skin on his face twitched as if he had been frightened to the point of cramping.
Eunuchs didn't have that kind of thing. They couldn't feel the urge to pee, so they couldn't hold it in. Many times, they would pee directly in their pants.
Xia Jian looked at Li Wenhua and said lightly,"
"A hundred."
A hundred slaps, this was a wooden plank. How many slaps could a thin eunuch withstand?
When Li Wenhua heard that it was 100, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and hugged Xia Jian's feet to beg for forgiveness.
"Get lost." Xia Jian kicked Li Wenhua and said,""Hit him, hit him hard!"
They held Li Wenhua down and hit him with the wooden planks. He screamed miserably until there was no more sound. Xia Jian then asked people to carry him away.
"Jing Feiwen, Yi Gaozhuo, Fang Ziming, Mei Yuanlong!”
Xia Jian called out the names of the four people in one breath, and the four of them stepped forward with delighted smiles on their faces. After all, they had been standing on Xia Fei's side before this.
The few of them thought that there was something good about Xia Jian calling the four of them. In the end, when Xia Jian opened his mouth, the four of them were dumbfounded.
"I remember that I have some silver with you and asked you to take care of it for me. Now, I want to leave this place too.”
Xia Jian wanted to take back the stolen money. The four of them were also smart. They quickly took out the bribes they had received from their waist pockets and handed them to Xia Jian respectfully.
Xia Jian took a look and reached out to the four of them, but he didn't take them. Instead, he used his hand to gently slap Jing Feiwen's face a few times and said,""Eunuch Jing, are you playing tricks with me? I asked you to keep 300 taels of silver!”
"Eunuch Yi, Eunuch Fang, Eunuch Mei, the three of you will also receive a hundred taels each.”
Ten taels became one hundred taels, fifty taels became three hundred taels. Only then did the four realize how black-hearted this newly appointed palm-print eunuch was.
At the same time, they regretted that they had been blinded by pig fat back then. Why did they accept this bastard's black money?
Facing Xia Jian's forceful plunder, the four of them did not dare to say anything at all. Now that he was the seal eunuch of the ceremonial director, if he was unhappy, wouldn't it be easy for him to kill them in secret?
Xia Jian looked at the four people's embarrassed expressions and smiled evilly. He was secretly delighted!
The feeling of power was too beautiful!
Since he was now the Seal Eunuch of the Bureau of Rites and had such great power, if he did not live happily, what meaning would there be?
Xia Jian stood up and left. When he reached the door, he stopped and said,"Tell Li Wenhua that he can't lose a single cent of his 1,000 taels!”
A thousand taels? This was money that the eunuchs of the inner kitchen could not earn in their entire lives!
Seeing Xia Jian leave, everyone finally felt relieved.
Jing Yi, Fang Mei, and the other two originally felt extremely unlucky to have met such a black-hearted fellow like Xia Jian. However, after taking a look at Li Wenhua, who had been knocked out, he was glad that he had not offended Xia Jian.
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