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

Gu Si Miao put down the document in her hand, raised her head and looked at the person who came.

Facing the other person's gentle gaze, her expression did not change at all, and her aura was as cold as ever.

"It's you, Big Brother."

As she opened her red lips, she gestured to her left and right.

"Come here, serve some tea."

Since she was a fellow student visiting, she naturally had to show courtesy.

"promise."

After the attendant left, Gu Simiao said calmly to the senior brother: "Senior brother, please sit down."

A hint of surprise flashed across Bo Yuan's handsome face at Gu Si Miao's indifferent attitude, as if he didn't expect that his junior sister, whom he hadn't seen for many years, would not have any emotion when she saw him.

But he didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded, then walked to a chair not far away and sat down.

Gu Si Miao calmly put away the documents on the table and put them aside. Then she turned around, exchanged a few pleasantries, and got straight to the point: "I wonder why Senior Brother came here this time?"

A business-like attitude.

Bo Yuan looked at Gu Si Miao deeply and said softly, "It's nothing serious, it's just that Master has been missing you recently. It happens to be the sect's 10,000-year celebration, and the Sect Master and Master want to invite you to attend, preach to the younger generations, and let our Tianjian Peak brothers and sisters have a good reunion."

"Keep in touch with each other so as to avoid estrangement in the future."

There are no dynasties that last for ten thousand years in this world, but there are sects that last for ten thousand years.

The Xuantian Sect that Gu Simiao joined back then was a major sect with a history of ten thousand years and one of the top ten sects on the mainland.

As the most outstanding disciple of Xuantian Sect in hundreds of years and a great figure of the time, she has entered the Guiyi realm at the age of just over 20 and is an unparalleled strong person who has the opportunity to embark on the supreme immortal path. Naturally, she exists as the face of the sect.

The invitation was a matter of course and on the surface there seemed to be nothing suspicious about it.

But Gu Simiao shook her head and refused without hesitation: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother, I've been busy with official duties recently and really don't have time to return to the sect to attend the ceremony. Please apologize to Master and the Sect Master on my behalf."

Hearing this, Bo Yuan still smiled, without any sign of surprise on his face.

"Junior sister, this is not good."

His voice is very soft and full of charm, which inexplicably gives people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze.

"Since you left the sect, you have never returned. Master and the sect master have been missing you for a long time. The brothers and sisters in Tianjian Peak also miss you and want to reminisce with you. If you don't join them, they will be very sad."

"Although you have a cold personality, I know you are not a heartless person."

However, before he could finish his words, Gu Si Miao waved at him, signaling him not to continue.

"I'm sorry, Senior Brother, I have made up my mind. Please don't say any more."

When she said this, her face was full of determination and she didn't explain anything.

Seeing this, Bo Yuan finally frowned slightly.

He opened his mouth, seemed to be about to say something, but stopped himself. In the end, he sighed softly, looking helpless.

"Junior sister, are you so obsessed with worldly power?"

As he spoke, a look of sadness and regret appeared on his face.

"For the sake of power, have you even thrown away the kindness of your teacher and the friendship of your fellow students?"

Gu Si Miao's expression remained unchanged.

"If you want to think so, Senior Brother, then just treat me as such a person."

After a pause, she reached out her hand, picked up the document beside her and prepared to continue processing it, while saying to Bo Yuan: "As for how to tell Master and Sect Master, it's up to you, Senior Brother. I never live by other people's opinions."

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Bo Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Gu Si Miao was not interested in playing mushrooms with him, and said bluntly: "Big Brother, do you have anything else to do? If not, please leave. I have to work."

After hearing such an impolite order to leave, Bo Yuan's expression changed.

After a moment, he suddenly laughed bitterly.

"Junior sister, let me tell you the truth."

Gu Si Miao’s little hand on the document paused for a moment.

Bo Yuan took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Master and the Sect Master asked Junior Sister to return to the Sect. The Ten Thousand Years Ceremony is one aspect, but the more important thing is, in fact..."

Gu Si Miao's face darkened, and before he could finish, she said coldly, "For those people in the south, huh?"

There was a hint of coldness in his tone.

Upon hearing this, Bo Yuan had a look on his face that said, "As expected."

"It seems that Junior Sister has expected this." He sat up straight and said seriously, "Yes, Master and Sect Master do not want you to serve the court anymore, or in other words, they do not want you to be loyal to the current emperor."

Gu Si Miao didn't say anything, just looked at Bo Yuan quietly, motioning him to continue.

Being looked at by her like this, Bo Yuan inexplicably felt a sense of pressure.

He exhaled heavily, and then continued, "The sect leader said that the current emperor did not gain the throne legitimately, and he is suspected of being the sage king who is causing chaos in politics. He does not respect the holy way, despises cultivators, values ​​villains and distances himself from wise officials, relies on acrobatics and disrupts the righteous way, and has done many perverse things in an attempt to overthrow the prosperity of cultivation, forcing countless people of noble character and lofty ideals to go south and start an uprising."

"Now that the King of Chu has raised an army and issued a proclamation to all directions, people with lofty ideals from all over the country have responded and gathered to follow him. As cultivators, we are deeply indebted to the country. How can we sit back and do nothing?"

Gu Si Miao glanced at him.

"No need to say such righteous nonsense."

Her tone became more and more impolite.

"In other words, the sect has decided to interfere in the affairs of secular imperial power?"

Bo Yuan was choked, but did not refute anything.

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Gu Si Miao was right. What he said just now was indeed righteous nonsense, just an excuse to fool those below. Anyone who believed it was a fool.

They were all from aristocratic families, and they knew very well what the essence of the so-called manifestos such as "clearing the court of corrupt officials" was.

It all comes down to the word "interest".

But he didn't admit it either.

No matter what, slogans cannot be overturned casually.

After a while, he slowly spoke, saying meaningfully: "Junior sister, you should know what is the most important thing for a cultivator who is devoted to the holy way, and the current court has deviated from the way to govern the world."

"The Sect Master and Master have no other options. It is our duty to protect the paradise of the Great Dao."

This is true.

After all, this is a question of the fundamental interests of the cultivator class.

If the court was just an ordinary internal reshuffle, with those in power competing for the highest power, then no matter how fiercely they fought, the sect would not be able to survive, not even if the dynasty changed. However, Jiang Chengwan was determined to implement the so-called new policy proposed by that damned favorite minister.

Among the new policies, both the performance evaluation system and the reform of the imperial examination system seriously damaged the interests of most practitioners. The advocacy of developing a thousand paths simultaneously also threatened the foundation of the holy path.

Gu Simiao, who practiced both holy and martial arts, naturally knew all of this.

It was precisely because she knew this that she could roughly guess the other party's intention the moment she saw Bo Yuan.

So, there's nothing to be polite about.

Different road non-phase plan.

"Are you finished?"

Gu Si Miao once again focused on the document in front of her.

"If you have finished, please go ahead. I have many urgent matters to deal with, so I will not keep you here."

Although she did not make a clear statement, her attitude said it all.

She won't waver.

Even if she was expelled from the sect, even if she was cursed by fellow disciples who once admired her, even if she had to give up everything she had, she would not give up.

Just like Lu Chen would rather be alone than be loyal to the empress.

The only difference is that Lu Chen gave up everything to be loyal to the empress, while she did it simply for someone else.

The family motto of the Dingyuan Marquisate is to be loyal to the country, not to be loyal to the emperor.

Seeing her like this, Bo Yuan immediately realized that he might return empty-handed this time.

"Junior sister, you will regret this."

After leaving these words, he got up and left.

"Regret? Haha."

Looking at his departing back, Gu Si Miao smiled nonchalantly, but the next second, her expression became a little solemn.

"The noble families, powerful clans, and foreign races are all ready to make a move. Now even the sects have gotten involved. The situation is becoming increasingly difficult, but..."

"Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, I will flatten them all for you."

She inexplicably raised her hand and touched the ordinary-looking hairpin on her head, which was totally incompatible with her current power and status, with a look of determination in her eyes.

"Huaiyu, as long as you are here, I can do anything." (End of this chapter)