图片偷拍区/综合图片

Jin Rou returned back to the first floor to fetch Mrs. Lei, "Let\'s go."

Everyone was looking at them like they were some kind of celebrity. After all, what happened a while ago still lingered on their minds. Just imagine, a noble young master was defeated in a bet. It would be an utter humiliation for the family he was in. They didn\'t care about that, though. What mattered was the entertainment.

As a matter of fact, some were gloating to what happened to Young Master Andrei. He pushed around so many people and always had the tendency to pull his weight around, so many people hated him in actuality. They just didn\'t have the guts to say it since the Riess Family was a major noble family of the empire and with their military strength, they could exterminate any opposing clans if it was their will.

"Where are we going to?" Mrs. Lei asked, perplexed. She couldn\'t still digest everything that happened.

"I will check if my master\'s descendants are behaving exactly as how they are told." Jin Rou smirked, "Let\'s go."

---

Lin Imperial Capital, Lin Imperial Clan. Jin Rou arrived by the gates of the clan which alarmed the soldiers stationed.

"Who are you people?" One soldier asked. His alertness was extremely high and on guard.

"Here." Jin Rou tossed a token which Aunt Lina gave to him. She said that it would help him enter the palace without hindrance.

Seeing the token, the soldier immediately withdrew his alertness and his face was filled now with respect, "Dear Guests, please enter. Sorry for the disturbance."

"Wham!" The large metal gate slowly opened and Jin and Mrs. Lei entered immediately.

The palace maids who were cleaning was surprised to see visitors around. No one had scheduled to have a visit today since their palace wasn\'t open for visitations. The looming threat above the empire was scary enough to stop visitors from coming around. But now, two people actually visited them?

"Uhm, how may I help you two?" The head maid, Ash, spoke in a calm manner. Her voice was cold, however there was a hint of gentleness there that a maid should have.

"I want to meet your emperor." Jin Rou didn\'t beat around the bush and cut chase to the point.

"Do you have a scheduled meeting with His Majesty?" Head Maid Ash asked.

"No." Jin Rou shook his head.

"Then I\'m afraid that it will not be possible. As of now, the imperial clan isn\'t receiving any guests since we are busy attending to more important and urgent businesses. I am very sorry but you can come back next time and schedule a meeting with His Majesty." Head Maid Ash didn\'t hesitate to reject Jin Rou with coldness.

"Is that so?" Jin Rou had expected this response and took out the token once again. He gave it to the head maid for her to examine.

The head maid gave a shocking expression as her eyes widened from seeing the token, "This is... the Token of Authority!"

Ash had been a maid for so many years now and as a matter of fact, she even worked under the late Feng Lin. He was the only one who could give tokens like this as the token had a unique signature of Feng Lin himself. He gave only three of this token to those persons who he trusted the most.

Why would this young lad have one? Stolen? That wasn\'t possible. All of those that had been given a token were all apex existences. How could it be stolen?

"So, can I meet him now?" Jin Rou asked.

Head Maid Ash\'s expression was solemn. She took a deep breath and said, "I will first tell this to His Majesty, will it be okay?"

"Sure." Jin Rou smiled.

---

"Head Maid Ash Owens greets Your Majesty." Head Maid Ash knelt down in one knee and spoke filled with respect. Currently, the emperor was talking to his two princes about something.

"Ash, you are the first one who should know that we are in the middle of an important conversation." The First Prince, Dilan Lin, sneered. He was clearly displeased.

The second prince, Lang Lin, had only observed the head maid with indifference while the emperor was waiting for the reason.

"I am very sorry, Your Majesty and Your Highnesses. This is an utmost urgent matter so I have to deliver it to you as soon as possible." Head Maid Ash explained, "Someone who has a Token of Authority is seeking for Your Majesty the Emperor\'s audience right now. And by the looks of it, he isn\'t taking a no."

Everyone was surprised. Someone with a Token of Authority?

"Who is he?" Naturally, this was the first to be asked.

"I... I don\'t know his name." Head Maid Ash stuttered. She missed an important information because of hurry, "However, I am very certain that this is the first time I have seen him."

The two princes wanted to say something but they knew it wasn\'t their right place to do so.

"Interesting." Emperor Lin cracked his brains but to no avail of who might be this person. Ancestor Feng Lin had never said anything of who he gave tokens to as he knew it was confidential. Though, the emperor already had some hunches regarding this, "Since he\'s here, invite him in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The head maid bowed once again and fetched Jin Rou who was waiting outside.

---

Upon getting clearance, Jin Rou was escorted to the Imperial Hall by the head maid and briefed him about some things. The moment the head maid opened the door, Jin Rou didn\'t even bother to look at her and walked straight to the emperor which horrified her.

Jin Rou only stopped by several inches away from the emperor. He looked at Emperor Lin and the two princes who was stupefied by his action.

"Alright, since I\'m now here, I\'m going to take over." Jin Rou spoke as if it was a mere casual matter which made the emperor and the princes, along with the head maid, speechless.

The arrogance of this man when he spoke was overwhelming!