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

"Return to Beijing?"

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, then frowned.

"Your Majesty, the Seven Provinces are now in chaos. The noble families and sects in various places are becoming increasingly restless. I'm afraid they have been accumulating strength. Undercurrents have already surged in various places. If I return to the capital now and the news spreads, it may be detrimental to the subsequent situation in the Seven Provinces."

"It doesn't matter."

Jiang Chengwan pinched her small chin and said meaningfully:

"Although following the procedures is steady, it is still a bit slow and takes up too much energy. Neither I nor you, Lu Qing, have the time to deal with those people. In this case, it is better to expose a flaw first and let some stinky rats in the gutter come out. This way, it will be much easier to clean up."

"In this way, Lu Qing, you can also relax a lot, right?"

At the end of his words, he was still thinking about Lu Chen.

Lu Chen didn't hear anything unusual, but he quickly understood what Jiang Chengwan meant.

Yet he still frowned.

"But if this happens, the situation will escalate and harm the local areas. If it cannot be dealt with in time, I am afraid that the people in various places will be harmed, which will be detrimental to the revival of the court and cause great losses."

Hearing Lu Chen say this, although she had expected it, Jiang Chengwan still sighed helplessly.

If other officials had heard of the emperor's arrangements, they would have shouted "Your Majesty is wise" long ago. As for what would happen to the people in various places afterwards, how many people would die, how long it would take to resume production, how to appease the people, quell public grievances, provide relief to refugees, etc., it was none of their business.

It would be enough as long as he had the political achievement of assisting the emperor in quelling the rebellion in the seven provinces.

However, this is also one of the reasons why Jiang Chengwan admires Lu Chen. After all, only those who truly care about the country will have the people in their hearts.

"Lu Qing doesn't need to worry about this issue."

Jiang Chengwan told the contingency plan she had prepared in advance.

"I will use the Heavenly Movement Formation to send Elder Xiao to Yuzhou to serve as the temporary governor of seven provinces. Although her talent is not as good as yours, she is also a rare capable minister. She has always been mature and prudent. In addition, she was the governor of Yuzhou two years ago and has considerable prestige in the local area."

"With her here, there won't be any problems in the southwest in the short term. Besides, your prestige in the Qingning provinces is too strong, Lu Qing. Those people will just avoid the front and lie dormant, hiding in the dark. Only when you rush back to the capital in this matter and the court shows panic, will they have the courage to show up."

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Lu Chen always felt that when the empress mentioned Xiao Yun, she emphasized the word "old".

Although Xiao Yun is indeed a generation older than her, she has a secret method to maintain her beauty. Now she looks like a mature and intimate elder sister. It always feels a bit rude to use the word "old" to describe her.

Even though she has entered the cabinet, ranked second in command, and become a veritable "cabinet elder", it is still the same.

Shaking his head, Lu Chen shook off the inexplicable thoughts in his mind and continued, "Since Your Majesty intends to let Lord Xiao take charge of the overall situation, then I am relieved."

Indeed, Xiao Yun's abilities are obvious to all.

As for what he said about not being as good as him, in his opinion, it was entirely because the empress had a filter for him, and the filter affected her judgment.

To be honest, Xiao Yun, a man who rose to a high position entirely through his own abilities and outstanding political achievements, might have been limited by the limitations of the times and his vision was not as broad as his, but his talent was absolutely unquestionable.

She was the most talented woman in Luojing at that time. Her talent did not only refer to her talent in poetry, but also her talent in governing the country.

If the late emperor had not suddenly passed away, and Queen Mother Zhao had not seized power so quickly and decisively, Xiao Yun would have been among the ministers chosen by the late emperor before his death. Such a great woman was actually not as good as a young man in his early twenties in the eyes of the empress. To be honest, this filter was a bit outrageous.

But Lu Chen didn't intend to care about these.

What the emperor thinks is her own business. If he speaks well of Xiao Yun, it might bring trouble to Xiao Yun. After all, as an emperor, what he hates most is the ministers forming factions. So some things are better to be known by oneself and there is no need to say more.

He still has this political wisdom.

Seeing Lu Chen agreed, Jiang Chengwan breathed a sigh of relief.

It was her sudden idea to let Xiao Yun temporarily replace Lu Chen in Yuzhou, and there were two intentions behind this.

Firstly, the assassination had already happened, and the means were so strange, no one knew whether the enemy had more strange means. In this case, she did not want to put Lu Chen in danger. Even if there were two powerful men in the Return to Oneness Realm to guard him personally, she would still feel uneasy.

Facts have proved that a strong person in the Return to One Realm cannot ensure absolute safety. She is now somewhat fortunate that she gave the power of the First Emperor to Lu Chen, otherwise he would be a corpse now.

Therefore, she would definitely not let Lu Chen go to Yuzhou again before ensuring that Yuzhou was completely safe.

Of course, she would not take back the power. She would just change from being in charge of Yuzhou to being in charge of the court and remotely controlling seven provinces. Although it would consume a lot of resources to launch the communication array, compared with Lu Chen's safety, it was nothing.

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Secondly, what she said just now was not entirely an excuse to deal with Lu Chen and trick him back to the capital, but she really wanted to take advantage of Lu Chen's assassination and the fact that the First Emperor's power was not in the capital to lure out the enemies hiding in the dark and eliminate them one by one.

Since things have already happened, we must find a way to use the existing conditions to create a situation that is beneficial to us.

Her brain reacted very quickly and she came up with a plan in just a few breaths. However, Lu Chen was an upright and kind person and was not very suitable to carry out her plan.

So she pushed Xiao Yun out.

Moreover, Lu Chen and Xiao Yun had a very good relationship. When she was still a puppet emperor, Xiao Yun helped the then fledgling Lu Chen more than once. This was a timely help, comparable to a life-saving grace.

If Lu Chen returned to the court and Fu Hua and Chai Hongyu were not around, the two close friends might go out for a drink and reminisce about the past, which would definitely seriously affect official business.

These are turbulent times, so it's better to separate them a little.

Of course, this last consideration is only incidental and not the main point.

When Jiang Chengwan thought of this, her eyes shook slightly.

Well, I am doing this all for the good of Da Xia, and I have no distractions.

It's not to guard against anything.

"In that case, it shouldn't be too late."

Lu Chen didn't know what Jiang Chengwan was thinking at the moment, nor did he notice the strange look that flashed across her face. He continued to speak seriously:
"I will go back to the palace to arrange for my return to the capital. Your Majesty, please arrange for Lord Xiao to go to Yuzhou as soon as possible. This matter should be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Yes, I know."

After the matter was settled, Lu Chen lifted the formation and returned to Lingyun Mansion without delay. At the same time, he asked Chai Hongyu to call the main officials of Lingyun Mansion to Lingyun Hall. If they could not come back within an hour, he would send them the stone with the photo of the meeting. (End of this chapter)