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

Time flies like a white horse, in the blink of an eye, two days have passed.

dawn.

Lu Chen walked quickly on the street with few pedestrians, and just passed through Chongde Lane, when he heard a familiar voice behind him:

"Huaiyu, stay here."

After only being stunned for a moment, Lu Chen realized that "Huaiyu" was the watchword of the original owner with the same name and surname as him, and the voice was calling him, so he hurriedly stopped and turned to look.

Soon, he saw a slender figure standing quietly in the tranquility of the morning under the archway of Chongde Lane not far away. With the light of the morning light in the east, the graceful figure exuded A breath of reverie.

With just one glance, one can see that she is a very charming beauty.

However, after seeing the person's appearance clearly, Lu Chen suddenly raised his hand, bowed to her with a straight face, and responded in a slightly respectful tone:

"Xiao Shangshu."

That's right, that beauty is none other than Xiao Yun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who has frequent government affairs with him, who is currently serving as a post in the engineering department.

A senior official of the second rank!

"Um."

Xiao Yun nodded, and walked in front of him, her eyes stayed on the brand-new seventh-rank court clothes on him for a moment, and her eyes became inexplicably subtle.

"Huaiyu is dressed so formally, is he going to the Huangji Gate to meet the Holy King Cangming?"

Lu Chen moved the corners of his mouth, and was about to reply, when a deep voice suddenly came from the side alleyway:

"Why does Xiao Shangshu need to ask more questions?"

At the end of the sentence, a tall middle-aged man dressed in a third-grade court uniform came out of the alley.

Lu Chen turned his head to look, and soon recognized his identity.

The left servant of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Zongyun.

Yes, another high official.

Lu Chen bowed to him politely, "Wu Shilang."

Wu Zongyun put his hands behind his back and said to Xiao Yun with a dignified look:

"Since the first emperor passed away six years ago, the demon empress decreed that the crown prince was abolished and the young emperor was established, and the government and the people have been disturbed by his thieves, causing disasters for all people. Leading more than 200,000 armored soldiers out of the holy land and going south to help the country, and wiped out the rebels with the power of the Nine Nethers. The Holy King of Cangming officially entered the court with his army of hundreds of victories. On the occasion of renewing the grand plan, my generation of monks should gather together, and this young man must also be a man of lofty ideals, so he will naturally go to welcome the Holy King of Cangming and do his part for the upcoming great order of the world."

'Big batch! '

After hearing half of it, Lu Chen couldn't help giving him a thumbs up secretly, thinking:

'As expected of being a political messer, to be able to speak so righteously and righteously of the seller seeking glory. It is not unreasonable for this guy to be able to keep his position as a high-ranking official during the reign of the Empress Dowager~'

Now every courtier knows that the Queen Mother's party has been completely defeated. If there is no accident, the Holy King Cangming will step through the Huangji Gate in at most two hours and take that step to the sky.

But even so, even if only for a moment, as long as the empress is still sitting on the dragon chair, she is still the emperor of Daxia. Standing in the position of the Holy King of Cangming everywhere, and putting a layer of justice on him in advance, isn't this a traitor seeking glory?

A look of contempt flashed across Xiao Yun's beautiful face.

She ignored Wu Zongyun, but looked at Lu Chen, frowned slightly, and then sighed inexplicably.

"Huaiyu, do you really decide that you want to go to Huangji Gate to be a flatterer who is looked down upon like those disloyal and unrighteous people?"

Hearing this, Wu Zongyun's face suddenly darkened.

"I waited for this move to comply with the destiny. What I welcome is the legendary holy king, so that the common people can avoid the suffering of chaos and war. How can there be infidelity and injustice?"

"Wu Shilang." Xiao Yun frowned even deeper, she glanced at Wu Zongyun coldly, and said: "Did your master never teach you not to interrupt when others are talking, otherwise you will appear very ugly?" Uneducated."

Wu Zongyun stared, then shook his hands suddenly: "I just can't understand Xiao Shangshu's misleading people's future."

"Lu Ge's appearance is imposing and his manner is uncommon. At first glance, he is not a mediocre person. He must have a bright future in the future. How can such a talent be buried? Xiao Shangshu, it's all right for you to be high-minded. If you are sick at home, with the attitude of the holy king of Cangming, you will not care about it, but why do you hinder those who are aspirant from going forward?"

In fact, he didn't value Lu Chen, but valued something that Lu Chen had on him.

For example, Lu Chen confronted the matter of the Holy King Cangming so stubbornly before.

If someone can make him "abandon darkness and turn to light", it will be a big boost to the prestige of the Holy King.

Even such a stubborn loyalist was subdued by the Holy King, which means that the Holy King is indeed the one that everyone expects, and is qualified to be the existence of the Lord of the World.

Those who advise Lu Chen to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light" may leave a good impression on the heart of His Royal Highness, who is about to rule the world.

Hearing what Wu Zhongyun said, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

If this guy wants to find someone to take the lead, he just says it, how can there be so much nonsense.

Xiao Yun snorted coldly, "Master Wu knows the truth, don't deceive yourself like this."

"People who don't know current affairs are really unreasonable."

Wu Zongyun held his hands behind his back again, no longer looked at Xiao Yun, but turned around, and said to Lu Chen: "Mr. Lu, don't waste your words here and delay your future. The old man happens to be going to Huangji Gate from here. You and I Come along, let's go together."

Xiao Yun also ignored him, and then said to Lu Chen:

"Huaiyu, let's go back. Although it is irreversible that the Cangming Sacred King entered the capital, as Shenghe courtiers, even if we don't do things that cannot be done for the sake of our sect and relatives, we can't destroy our conscience. .”

After bluntly expressing her attitude, she didn't say any more, but quietly looked at the man in front of her who dared to toughen up the Queen Mother Zhao, and stood up to defend the majesty of the Empress when the Holy King Cangming was in full swing. What kind of choice will be made at this time of great change.

Whether to stick to the previous beliefs, or to follow the current situation and go with the flow.

Should she go north and go to Huangjimen to welcome the Holy King of Cangming to Luojing like court officials such as Wang Zhizhi who can't wait to beg for mercy, or turn around and go back to Xicheng mansion on Xiyuan Road as she hoped? Do what you can't do, don't follow others, just let it go.

The latter is also the choice of a considerable number of courtiers.

Under the gaze of the two, Lu Chen shook his head, then cupped his hands to Wu Zongyun, and said neither humble nor overbearing:

"Wu Shilang misunderstood."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zongyun's eyes flashed coldness, but Xiao Yun's expression relaxed, and he looked at Lu Chen with a hint of appreciation.

Lu Chen continued: "I have never thought of going to Huangji Gate, so I didn't go along with Wu Shilang."

These words made Wu Zongyun feel like being teased for an instant. He immediately changed his face in anger, and said with a sneer: "What a 'never before', young man, don't be too hypocritical, if you didn't intend to go to Huangjimen to greet you Holy King Cangming, why do you want to go out at this time, are you planning to go to the government office to be on duty?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yun also frowned.

Indeed, if Lu Chen was like her and did not intend to welcome the Holy King of Cangming from the beginning, then he would not go out at all, even though the Holy King of Cangming had threatened after defeating the imperial guards that he would not embarrass anyone in Luojing City. A man without a weapon.

But now that great changes are imminent, and Cangming's army is bound to enter the city under martial law, it is extremely risky to run outside at this time, so she thinks that Lu Chen's original thoughts must be the same as Wu Zongyun's, but she persuaded her and didn't want to admit it.

As for being on duty in the Sixth Section Gallery... Xiao Yun never thought about it, because it was impossible.

Although this is the time to be on duty, but now the sky is about to change, who still has the heart to take care of government affairs.

Moreover, all ministries and government offices are located in Ziji City, which has become a place of death that all officials can't avoid. If anyone goes to Ziji City at this critical moment, it is tantamount to blatantly following the Holy King Cangming who is about to ascend the throne. If you fight against it, the end will be miserable.

No one knows what will happen to the Empress, but one thing is for sure - the person who is going to do something bad hates having outsiders around.

The Holy King Cangming can let Sheng He's courtiers be upright, but he will never tolerate their death.

Therefore, unless someone is absolutely loyal to Emperor Shenghe, for the sake of her completely disregarding the sect and relatives behind her, giving up her own future, and disregarding everything else, it is absolutely impossible to go to Ziji City now.

But Emperor Shenghe was just a puppet used by the Empress Dowager Zhao because King Qin was too young to inherit the throne. How could a courtier do this for such a puppet emperor who had no prestige? Being able to stick to the bottom line in his heart and not welcome the Holy King of Cangming is already worthy of the late emperor, let alone other things.

Wu Zongyun mentioned this just to ridicule Lu Chen's hypocrisy. This is simply an impossible option.

However……

There is a saying that nothing is absolute.

Regarding Wu Zongyun's last provocative words, Lu Chen actually nodded slightly.

"Wu Shilang is right, I am indeed planning to go to the Sixth Section Gallery to handle official business."

boom!

These words were like a thunderclap on the ground, instantly shaking Wu Zongyun and Xiao Yun's heads, making them completely stunned, unable to recover for a while.

They never expected that Lu Chen would say the most impossible words.