Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 101: Quite Good at Elevating the Issue

Behind this group of people, there must be their reliance.

Thinking this way, the young Emperor is already contemplating whether or not to order Lin Yi to stop adding water.

But if they stop diluting water, although it might calm the refugees, it would result in heavy losses on his own part.

First of all, his prestige would be greatly diminished.

This is equivalent to yielding to the instigator behind the scenes.

Undoubtedly, this would severely undermine his own deterrence.

The speaking power that he had just regained through control over the three Military Guards might also be lost by a large margin.

After all, since the young Emperor had seized control of the three Guards, the Civil and Military Officials of the court had begun to fear him somewhat.

As the old saying goes, "Truth is only within the range of cannons."

Because it’s unclear where the young Emperor’s bottom line is, it can be said this is also a test by the Civil and Military Officials on the young Emperor.

At this juncture, if the young Emperor takes a step back, they would advance further, and vice versa.

Once the bottom line of the young Emperor is tested, it might become difficult for him to assert authority in the future.

Not only the young Emperor is aware of this, even Lin Yi, who is currently below the city walls, knows this very well.

Whether he can control the world and rest on the beauty’s knees in the future, much depends on the young Emperor.

Only by making the young Emperor stronger, can he himself live the good life.

Just as the young Emperor was about to run out of patience with their attacks on Lin Yi and consider ordering Lin Yi to stop adding water, he saw Lin Yi suddenly make a move below.

He walked straight to the refugee who was leading the trouble, then his gaze fixed firmly on him.

The man, seeing this, was clearly startled.

From Lin Yi’s attire, he seemed to be the eunuch in charge of distributing porridge this time.

Remembering his objective, the man steeled himself and locked eyes with Lin Yi.

His eyes were also filled with contempt.

Not only that, but he also started shouting loudly:

"What are you looking at me for? Are we not allowed to speak the truth?

Is there no law under the Emperor’s feet?

I know you’re all important figures, but you shouldn’t oppress us commoners like this..."

After witnessing this scene, Lin Yi finally confirmed his suspicions.

If this guy were really a refugee, he would stand on his hands and pee.

Not to mention anything else, these refugees have been exhausted from fleeing famine.

Such a powerful shout is absolutely impossible.

Moreover, Lin Yi clearly saw a large, shiny gold ring on the palm the man had inadvertently raised!

Just from this point, it’s enough to deny that he is one of the local beggars or ordinary citizens.

This guy, with some rather plump build and eloquent speech,

Lin Yi can be one hundred percent certain that this man’s background is definitely not ordinary!

Of course, even though Lin Yi saw the gold ring on the man’s hand, he had no intention of exposing him.

After all, the man could simply claim he was a landlord or similar.

Among these displaced people, there are indeed some small landlords.

Therefore, just relying on this point alone is not enough to prove the man’s false identity.

It’s important to note that there are over thirty thousand disaster victims here; if they act rashly and arrest someone without clarifying the matter, it would only lead the victims to wild speculations.

Unable to instigate rebellion right away,

Lin Yi kept his eyes fixed on his interlocutor for a while before curling his lips into a meaningful smile.

This unexpected reaction left the speaker somewhat puzzled.

Under such circumstances, how could he still manage to smile?

Shouldn’t he be frowning with worry at this time?

However, these concerns were none of his business; fulfilling his master’s tasks was all that mattered.

Thus he deliberately raised his voice and shouted again:

"Why does this gentleman laugh? Do you find it amusing to bully us common folk?

Has it come to the point where court officials now act this way?"

His words were charged with severe criticism.

Especially when he implicated the Civil and Military Officials of the court, the walls were buzzing with chaos.

People were almost pointing directly at Lin Yi and cursively shouting.

Even the Emperor looked extremely displeased.

She never expected that her painstaking effort to come out would lead to such a scenario.

It was as if they were telling her, "Don’t bother leaving the Imperial Palace; the outside world is not yours."

Yet under such circumstances, amid the curses from the officials and the outcry from the refugees, Lin Yi acted as if he had not heard any of the opposition.

He simply waved his hand to signal the armed Right Martial Guard soldiers not to be anxious.

After that, he turned around and approached the large iron pot filled with rice porridge.

At this moment, whether up on the walls or down below, everyone’s eyes were fixed on Lin Yi.

Everyone wanted to see what he would do.

Could he be planning to personally serve porridge to these refugees?

Does this pot of freshly cooked thick rice porridge contain no added water?

Could it be that he aims to demonstrate his stance with this action to defuse the situation?

Not only the common people but also the Emperor and Civil and Military Officials on the wall thought so.

Seeing this scene, the officials also secretly mused that the eunuch indeed had some tricks up his sleeve.

After all, nobody saw him personally issuing the order to dilute the porridge.

Now, if he serves the porridge personally to the disaster victims and claims ignorance, promising stricter oversight in the future, it would be like hitting cotton with a punch.

Of course, this scenario also satisfied some people’s intentions.

If this porridge wasn’t watered down, it would rapidly diminish the Emperor’s food reserve.

Soon, having their people queue up to snatch the porridge would drain the food supply in less than half a month!

Even if the Emperor decides to buy grain with money, how much could she afford for the expensive grain?

Seemingly recognizing something, both the Fourth Prince and Minister of Revenue, Zhang Liang, exchanged glances and displayed a meaningful smile.

However, what happened next completely stunned everyone.

Watching Lin Yi’s actions, everyone instantly turned as still as posts.

Even the Emperor was so surprised that her mouth gaped open.

In such an atmosphere, Lin Yi suddenly grabbed the ladle from the large iron pot.

However, instead of serving porridge to the refugees, under everyone’s watchful eyes, he unexpectedly...

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