Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

"Oh?"

Lu Chen looked at the gold-plated document in front of him in amazement, and said to Jiang Chengyue beside him with a surprised look on his face: "Two hundred thousand stones of food and grass, ten thousand high-grade spirit stones, a number of medium-grade and low-grade spirit stones, and tens of thousands of spirit materials. Wow, such a big deal."

"Is the King of Sui so sensible?"

Jiang Chengyue's expression was a little strange.

She was not completely ignorant of this great uncle who was of a high generation but not very old. Although he could not be said to be notorious, he was not a good person either. He was just not as outrageous as King Yu.

After all, under the previous policy of royal family raising pigs, most of the royal family members were actually not that good.

but now
Shaking his head, Jiang Chengyue threw away his distracting thoughts, and then said softly: "Lu Shaobao, should we accept these supplies?"

Lu Chen did not respond immediately, but instead asked, "Did the King of Sui make any requests?"

Jiang Chengyue shook his head again.

"No, just"

She paused for an inexplicable moment, then continued, "This batch of supplies was personally led by Sui Wang's Crown Prince Jiang Yunke to deliver it. Sui Wang's letter said that the Crown Prince has always had the ambition to serve the country and is interested in many minor paths. I heard that you, Master Lu, are proficient in all paths and have made great achievements. I hope you can keep the Crown Prince in Lingyun Mansion to fulfill his ambition."

"But the Sui King also said that if you, Lu Shaobao, do not want to use the Crown Prince, the Sui King will also send this batch of supplies to the army as a token of his appreciation."

Hearing this, Lu Chen thought about it for a moment, then nodded slightly with a look of understanding.

"I see."

During the Rebellion of the Two States, the Sui Palace was as docile as a rabbit, which was completely different from King Yu. Although the Sui Palace was not a very good person, it always abided by its duties and never overstepped the line, and never touched things that were not allowed, such as official grain.

At the same time, the King of Sui was well versed in the art of self-preservation and had a strong ability to judge the situation and respond accordingly. As soon as the court showed signs of a major purge, he distributed his wealth in advance to appease the people and clasped his fists to the King of Sui's Palace.

A very smart person.

He didn't have a very good impression of King Sui, but he was just too lazy to argue with him.

As for Jiang Yunke, there were some information about him in Xuanjiwei's data, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. He took a quick look at it and threw it aside after making sure that there was no threat to the Sui Palace.

He only knew that he had a decent reputation, some talent, and was a rare breed among the second generation of the royal family. However, since he would most likely not have to deal with the Sui Palace on this trip and he could always refuse the recruitment of local officials, he did not think much about it.

But no one would have thought that this man would give up his position as a prince and actually lower himself to come work at Lingyun Mansion.

The King of Sui agreed.

On the contrary, people looked up to him, a villain who had brought devastating disaster to the royal families and powerful families and gentry in the two states.

"Lu Shaobao." Jiang Chengyue asked, "Do you want to let the prince enter Lingyun Mansion?"

"No."

Lu Chen shook his head.

Hearing this, Jiang Chengyue couldn't help but feel a little surprised, as if she didn't expect Lu Chen to refuse.

However, she was not going to say anything on Jiang Yunke's behalf. Lu Chen must have his reasons for doing so, and she was not familiar with the emperor's uncle, so there was no need for her to do so.

However, just when he was about to nod in agreement and let Jiang Yunke go back to where he came from——

"Let him do what I want to do, just like you do."

Hearing this sudden supplement, Jiang Chengyue couldn't help but be stunned. "Ah?"

I saw her mouth slightly open, with a look of surprise on her face.

"same as me?"

You have to know that not just anyone can stay by Lu Chen's side. Now, apart from the two Return to Oneness cultivators, the only person who is qualified to always be by his side is her, the princess appointed by the empress.

Although Jiang Yunke had a very high status and was the elder of the Yun generation, he was still far from being great. Even if he didn't want a salary, even if he had to give away hundreds of thousands of dan of grain, it wouldn't be enough.

This is not just a question of ability, but more of trust and necessity.

If there is no ability or trust, why is it necessary to value a prince so much?
Sending him to Lingyun Mansion to give some advice on a whim would be worthy of the "good intentions" of Sui Wang Mansion, okay...

Seeing her puzzled expression, Lu Chen did not keep her in suspense and said bluntly: "I need to set a benchmark. It is just the right time for Prince Sui to come here."

Benchmark?

Jiang Chengyue started to think about it subconsciously.

She was not stupid and quickly understood what Lu Chen meant.

"What do you need me to do?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "No, just do your current job well."

Jiang Chengyue was the assistant sent by the empress. To him, she was just a secretary. He had never had any respect for the royal family. Since she was a secretary, of course she had to complete all the related matters.

He would not be afraid to order Jiang Chengyue around just because of her identity. He would just do whatever she wanted. With him, identity, personal connections and the like were of no use.

Jiang Chengyue didn't think there was anything wrong with this. After Lu Chen told her to invite Jiang Yunke over, she simply said "OK" and went out to do her business.

Just as the storm was about to arise in the seven provinces.

Tai'an Province, with its capital in Linzi.

Under the city wall, a 50,000-man black-armored army was standing in line in a solemn manner.

Da da
Jiang Chengdao, wearing heavy black armor and a ferocious mask on his head, stood facing the wind, one hand tightly grasping the hemp rope, the other hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, looking to the south.

He didn't move, as if he was waiting for something.

Without the order from the Holy King, the entire army naturally would not dare to make the slightest move.

About half a minute later, a sound of breaking wind suddenly occurred on the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, a petite figure slowly fell from mid-air, and finally hovered steadily in front of Jiang Chengdao.

"I, the humble servant of the Ministry of Heavenly Secrets, pay my respects to His Majesty the Holy King."

As he spoke, the figure bowed respectfully towards Jiang Chengdao.

Jiang Chengdao looked at Fu Xian.

"Thank you for your hard work. Have you figured out whether this trip will be good or bad?"

(End of this chapter)