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

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Under the domineering pressure of the Holy King, Lu Chen only felt like he was carrying a mountain on his back, and every bone and every joint in his body kept making chilling noises.

At the same time, bursts of extremely intense pain spread into his mind from all around his body, constantly torturing his will and spirit.

But even so, Lu Chen still gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and persisted with all his might.

Snapped!

The floor under his feet split open under the ravaging force, and the powerful force continued to disperse, causing the cracks under Lu Chen's feet to spread rapidly to the surroundings.

Seeing this scene, Li Zheng and others all sneered.

From the first time Lu Chen stood up to speak out for the Empress, they didn't like him.

Everyone has been studying hard for more than ten years, burying their heads in hard work, and when they were high-spirited scholars in high school, they also cared about the world, wholeheartedly serving the people, and serving the country loyally.

But after years of ups and downs in the officialdom, his ideals were shattered by the cruel reality, and he had to drift with the tide, and then joined forces with others to form cliques for personal gain.

Seeing Lu Chen, it was as if they had seen their former selves, the ideals and conscience that they didn't want to see, that had long been abandoned.

It's like looking at a demon mirror.

No one wants to face their ugly self, and Lu Chen's existence seems to remind them how shameful it is to forget their original aspirations and betray their original lofty ideals.

So, even if Lu Chen didn't do anything, they still hated Lu Chen.

Li Zheng snorted softly.

"Stubborn, His Royal Highness the Holy King is about to create a prosperous age in Central Continent. It's nothing more than this guy doesn't want to follow His Royal Highness the Holy King, but he is trying to stop the flood of the prosperous age. Such a foolish person can be ranked in the court. Sure enough, the current imperial court It is no longer worthy of me waiting for people with lofty ideals to work for it."

"Who said it wasn't?"

Xie Hongyun caressed his beard with one hand, and said leisurely: "The demon queen has been in chaos for six years, and has already exhausted the fortune of the Great Xia. There is a saying in the "Book of Changes": 'If you are poor, you will change. If you change, you will be successful. It's all over, so there's no need to dwell on the past anymore, now is the time to welcome the new dynasty and assist His Highness the Holy King to create an unprecedented new pattern, anyone who tries to stop it will be crushed by the torrent of the new era Gotta smash."

"The division of the world, the change of dynasties, this destiny, how can human power change it?"

Others also spoke in agreement.

"Lu Huaiyu dared to stop the change of the number of days and disobeyed the destiny. This is an unforgivable crime, and death is not a pity."

"There are such ignorant people in the world!"

"This beast should be a disgrace to our monks!"

"Extremely extreme."

"Please don't be merciful, the Holy King. This crime cannot be punished. If you don't get rid of it, it won't be enough to calm the hearts of practitioners in the world. His Royal Highness kills this beast and removes his fame. He is doing justice for the heavens..."

"..."

A group of courtiers who were the first to declare their support for the Holy King Cangming waved their flags and shouted, trying to put a cloak of justice on Jiang Chengdao's move.

At the same time, I also put on a fig leaf for myself.

What Lu Chen said and did was completely opposite to what they were at this time.

As long as you deny Lu Chen, his utter loyalty to the empress, and all his actions, and make the world think he is wrong, then the actions of those who stand against him are right.

This practice of negating others to gain recognition for themselves has long been familiar to them.

Same now.

Victory is justice.

As long as the Holy King wins and becomes the winner sitting on the Dragon Throne, everything will naturally go as they wish.

Who made them represent the interests and positions of the Holy King now...

Lu Chen's ears were buzzing, the scene in front of him gradually became blurred, and even his consciousness became heavier and heavier, but he could still barely hear the shouts of Li Zheng and others.

Hearing what they said, although Lu Chen was physically tortured, his heart was ecstatic.

That's right, that's how it should be said.

Lao Tzu is a remnant of the old era, and there is no boat in the new world that can carry Lao Tzu... Ahh! The new dynasty will absolutely not tolerate Lao Tzu's loyalty to the previous dynasty.

What was the name of the old man who yelled the most? Oh, Li Zheng, Shaoqing of Dali Temple!

Good man, with talents like you here, why should I, Lu Chen, worry about the impediment to immortality?

When Lao Tzu becomes the Immortal King, he will definitely "beat me violently" and wait for today's grace!

However, he was so excited that he didn't notice that after hearing the words of Li Zheng and others, the eyes of the empress behind him and the holy king of Cangming in front of him had bursts of horrific coldness.

puff!

Lu Chen spit out a mouthful of blood from the corner of his mouth, his face became pale as paper, and his firm eyes also showed an abnormal sluggish look at this time.

Not only that, under the raging power of the Holy King, the skin on his body gradually cracked, and dark red blood oozed from the wound, and in just a moment, pools of blood stained his brand-new official robe, making him look extremely miserable.

However, if someone with some medical skills is here, you can see that Lu Chen's body is full of skin trauma.

Although the pain of the flesh is extremely tormenting to the spirit, if the will is not strong, you will faint on the spot in a short while, but this type of injury will heal itself after a few days even if you leave it alone, and it will not hurt the root at all.

It just looks miserable.

Jiang Chengwan tightly clenched her little hands under the dragon robe.

She didn't know how to describe her mood at the moment.

Facing Lu Chen's unparalleled loyal minister, who is rare in this world, seeing him would rather die than take half a step back. She just felt that she couldn't control the agitation in her chest more and more.

Even when he was in a desperate situation and had to wear a weak mask every day to pretend that he had never been out of breath when dealing with Queen Mother Zhao, he became inexplicably anxious at this moment.

The ups and downs of his chest were not as smooth as before.

She, who was supposed to become as hard as iron during the six years of tempering, quietly revealed a trace of imperceptible weakness at this time.

Seeing Lu Chen's miserable state, Li Zheng and the others applauded, and even begged Jiang Chengdao to step up his efforts to crush this unsightly idiot into a puddle of meat.

The words that came out became even more unbearable.

And at this moment——

"enough!"

Hearing Li Zheng and others' increasingly shameless words, the empress finally couldn't bear it and scolded angrily.

At this moment, the terrifying coercion on Lu Chen's body that gradually suffocated him suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared before, and the surrounding air that had been frozen under the authority of the Holy King also instantly relaxed.

Everything returned to calm again.

"Eh?"

Lu Chen's eyes widened suddenly, full of doubt and uneasiness.

what's going on?

Hearing the empress's angry reprimand, Li Zheng immediately snorted with disdain.

Emperor's Wrath? joke!

Not to mention that the Holy King has controlled Luo Jing now, even when the Empress Dowager Zhao was in power, they never paid attention to the Empress.

It's just a puppet, with the majesty of a fart, you don't need to care about it at all.

However, they didn't notice that Lu Chen raised his head in bewilderment and stared at Jiang Chengdao in astonishment.

At this time, the empress suddenly strode forward, stretching out her hand at the same time, pointing her white jade finger at Li Zheng who was looking at her as if watching a joke, and said to Jiang Chengdao on the horseback: "King Cangming, take those few Let me take down that barking dog with a broken spine, and send it to prison!"

Hearing this, Li Zheng couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahaha!"

He laughed wildly unscrupulously. Although Xie Hongyun and others were a little more restrained than him, they couldn't help laughing.

It's just a puppet emperor supported by Queen Mother Zhao for the convenience of control, why? Do you really think that you are the so-called co-lord of the world?

How dare you order the Holy King Cangming?

Even the serious Great Xia Emperor is not qualified to order the legendary strongest in Central Continent. You, a puppet emperor without majesty, how can you have the courage to dictate to the Holy King?

Moreover, His Royal Highness the Holy King still intends to rule the world. You, an eyesore stumbling block, don't ask His Highness the Holy King to give you a good time, but you still don't know how to give orders to the Holy King.

Do you think you are not miserable enough?

Ha ha ha ha

It's a pity that it seems too early for them to be happy.

Just as they were laughing wildly, a voice that seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hell suddenly sounded in their ears——

"Minister, obey the order!"

? ? ?

The insolent laughter stopped abruptly.

Like Lu Chen, they looked at Jiang Chengdao in astonishment.

In the next second, all the courtiers stared wide-eyed at the same time, and their eyes were full of horror.

I saw Jiang Chengdao, who was originally invincible, suddenly arched his body, stepped on the pedal with his left foot, but quickly broke away from the other pedal with his right foot, turned over and got off the horse skillfully, and then bowed respectfully towards the empress. present.

Seeing this scene, Li Zheng, Xie Hongyun and others felt an extremely strong sense of something bad at the same time.

In the cold winter, they only felt a coldness that was colder than the surrounding cold wind suddenly rising from their feet and spreading throughout their bodies in an instant, making them shiver subconsciously.

Chen Li is not something a person who is about to become emperor can do...

In an instant, an unbelievable possibility that had arisen in the bottom of his heart when the Cangming Holy King refused to go to the Holy Lindao to enter the Huangji Gate flashed in his mind.

Then, it occupied the whole mind in an instant.

"Could it be..."

As if to confirm their guesses and ominous premonitions, after Jiang Chengdao got up, he waved his hand violently and shouted loudly: "Where is the Xuanwu Guard?!"

Before the words fell, all the Xuanwu guards took a step forward almost instinctively.

"The final general is here, please give an order from His Highness the Holy King!"

Jiang Chengdao turned around, looked at Li Zheng and the others as if they were dead people, pointed at them and raised his voice:

"Get it for me!"

"promise!"

When the order was issued, the Xuanwu Guards moved instantly, and then rushed towards the courtiers who hadn't fully reacted like a torrent of Xuanjia, and captured them effortlessly.

With the empress's first public statement, the situation was completely reversed in just a few breaths.

It wasn't until Li Zheng and others were escorted away by the Xuanwu guards, that Lu Chen finally came to his senses.

Looking at the back of Xuanwuwei escorting his "good teammate" who had been "God Assist" before leaving, Lu Chen couldn't help but the corners of his eyes twitched wildly.

"What the hell? I'm on the wrong team again?"