Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 76: Start of the Royal Assignment

Entering the large hall, Mu Yan saw the previous ladies standing on the right side.

They were waiting in line, with the children next to them moving a bit. Two ladies, one at the left end, the other on the right end, seemed extremely graceful. The children next to them were quiet and stood calmly, observing the eunuchs that entered.

Mu Yan and the other Royal Eunuch who was called Lu Shang walked up front, especially Mu Yan.

When the ladies saw both, they knew these were the main eunuchs this time. Their children would likely fall into their care.

While the ladies were on the right, the eunuchs walked to the left. Mu Yan and Lu Shang moved as if they had discussed the matter already. Mu Yan stood at the far right while Lu Shang on the far left. Instantly, the ladies had a feeling of calculation.

Once everyone entered, another group of people walked from behind the hall. They walked left and right, all white-crimson armoured guards, led by two guards with red-crimson armour.

They created the last line with a strong aura spreading from them.

Right then, another person entered followed by two red-robed eunuchs.

Like the eunuchs, he wore a pure red robe, but on his robe, there was a curling dragon pattern spreading from the back to the front. He wore a red dragon crown and looked majestic.

He walked right up to the top seat on the platform up front, the eunuchs positioning behind him.

One of the eunuchs shouted aloud "His Highness the Imperial Prince Ning Siyuan has entered the Royal Throne!"

"Long live His Highness the Imperial Prince!" every eunuch and every lady, even the children, bowed instantly 90 degrees, looking at the prince with respect.

While the royal family and their descendants had the suffix ’royal’, the direct descendants of the current emperor were called ’Imperial’. Once the new emperor rose, they would lose the imperial suffix and become royal. This was a symbol of inheritance right.

Mu Yan thought about it in his mind and knew the position of the prince in front of him: he was the 37th prince. A rank quite high since he was in the top 50!

After each rank the quality of princes would generally lower, since they were younger and hadn’t experienced as much of their father’s reign. The ranks were top 3, top 10, top 50 and top 100. Anything afterward was too far away.

Thinking of the long line of names he had to memorise, Mu Yan felt a bit resentful. The royal family had too many names and wasted many good names!

And as far as he knew, there were currently 76 princes! This meant at least 24 more would follow, each of which he would have to memorise!

Returning back to the present, the imperial prince raised his hand "You may stand up," he commanded.

All the eunuchs stood up directly, only looking at the royal prince with some respect now, not concerned too deeply anymore. They, after all, had the suffix Royal too. While they didn’t disrespect the prince in front of them, his current achievements were mediocre and his potential basically exhausted, while their potential was at least the same rank as his.

Since his rank was so low, he would sooner or later be degraded to the Royal suffix, not better than them.

As for the two eunuchs behind him? Naturally they were Servant Eunuchs, mostly from the Royal Servant Eunuch Palace. While Head Eunuch and Envoy Eunuch, the positions A’qi and Ren Yu strived for, were only one rank below Royal Eunuch, these Servant Eunuchs were at least two ranks below.

On the other side of the hall, the ladies were all still in a bit of a reverie, the children even more so.

To them, these ranks were far away. Even their husbands were a rank lower than this prince’s, not to mention that married people weren’t allowed to enter any of the branches of Official, Military or Royal.

The other eunuch behind the prince shouted this time, "The Royal Assignment of the Year 7.293.901 of the Imperial Calendar officially starts now!

As per the rules, the assignment is split into three stages:

First, Trial. Second, Questionnaire. Third, Discussion."

The prince raised his hand once more, "I hereby declare the start of the Royal Assignment.

The first assignment starts now!"

Right after he said this, the children up front looked over while the eunuchs turned to Mu Yan and Lu Shang.

Ren Yu didn’t wait for the others and instantly announced, "Those who cross mountains are wanderers. Those who cross rivers are travellers. How do you call those that cross mountains and rivers?"

The so-called trial was merely a sequenced arrangement of tests to see who is compatible with the eunuch’s teachings.

Naturally, Mu Yan created this trial, but he told his brothers to ask for him.

When the children heard the question, most of them were confused. Only three slowly stepped forward. Upon urging, finally, a fourth stepped forward.

The first in the middle said "They are wanderers and travellers at the same time!"

The second next to him was about to answer when he heard Ren Yu say "Step back. Hesitation is the first step to negligence; Royal Eunuch Mu Yan cultivates good fortune based on merit."

Hearing this, the lady behind sighed slightly and reached out to her son, calling him back.

On the far left, a young boy in regal attire answered "Those who cross the mountains and rivers are great generals that conquer the wilderness and clear the world of pests!"

Like the first one, he didn’t receive an answer.

Finally, the one on the far right answered "They must be great scholars who cultivate themselves in world to achieve sagehood!"

When he heard this, Mu Yan nodded imperceptibly. This was the kind of answer he liked.

Ren Yu only looked at them shortly before saying "Biting meat is called eating, swallowing water is called drinking. When one does both, it’s called dining. One who does not know the difference between things after their fusion is not qualified to enter Royal Eunuch Mu Yan’s lineage."

With this, the one in the middle stepped back while Ren Yu returned to his position.

A’qi walked forward and bowed to the two before saying "The second trial is a trial of might. Both of you have one minute to attack me and make me leave my position."