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

It was a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a graceful figure and a standard royal princess dress. The collar and belt were embroidered with golden phoenixes, which were luxurious and elegant.

Her long black hair was gently tied up by a jade hairpin, and a few strands of black hair hung on her shoulders, dancing in the wind, adding a bit of agility.

Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, revealing a quiet intelligence. The corners of her lips were slightly raised, with a warm smile, as if it could soothe people's hearts. Every move was gentle and measured, and every step seemed to be unhurried, just like a lady walking out of an ancient painting, exuding classical beauty.

After seeing the girl's appearance clearly, Lu Chen subconsciously searched carefully in his memory.

But no matter how he recalled, he could not find any clues related to this girl.

At this moment, Chai Hongyu on the side suddenly spoke up and reminded quietly: "It's Princess Linqing, the ninth daughter of the late emperor."

Hearing the title of Princess Linqing, Lu Chen finally remembered that when the empress personally led the army to Xingping County, it seemed that this person was the one who stayed in Luojing to supervise the country and acted as a tool for stamping.

Realizing the identity of the visitor, the confusion on Lu Chen's face did not fade much.

This girl...neither I nor my predecessor know her at all...what is she doing to me?

But even if I am confused, I still have to be polite when I see the royal family.

So as soon as Princess Linqing came up to him, Lu Chen bowed and said, "Meet Princess Linqing."

Princess Linqing smiled slightly and said, "Lu Shaobao, there is no need to be polite. If the imperial sister sees it, she will blame me for being ignorant."

Her voice sounded soft and sticky like her appearance, like a spring breeze blowing on the face, making people feel inexplicably comfortable.

However, Lu Chen always felt something was strange.

Shaking his head, he was too lazy to think about it and went straight to the point: "I wonder why the princess is looking for me?"

He was 100% sure that this was the first time he met this girl and they were not familiar with each other. Even if they met by chance, she would not take the initiative to say hello. Since she took the initiative to talk to him, she must have something to ask him.

Princess Linqing did not show any dissatisfaction with Lu Chen's straightforward way of speaking, and the soft smile on her face did not change at all.

It seemed that she had expected it.

"That's right."

She didn't waste any words and directly explained her purpose: "My sister said that as a royal family, we should serve the court, have the ambition to revive Daxia, create a prosperous era, and benefit the people. We should not rely on the legacy of the previous emperor to eat and wait for death, and become a parasite that can only rely on the court and suck the blood of the people to live a life of luxury."

"So she hopes that I will go to Yuzhou, follow Lu Shaobao, learn more about the laws of governance, understand the way of governing, and experience the difficulties of people's livelihood, so that I can benefit the local people when I am crowned as the queen in the future, so as not to be as cruel and inhumane as King Yu and bring disaster to the area."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was speechless.

Well, there is another burden.

This is the orthodox royal family that the empress personally threw over, a legitimate princess, whose identity and status are far from comparable to the royal relatives.

And the fate of the princes and princesses of the empress's generation, that is, her brothers and sisters, is really not good.

First, the heroic fifth prince disappeared mysteriously, and it is still unknown whether he is dead or alive;

Then, no one knows what the previous emperor did to die, which directly led to a rare phenomenon in the world. Later, including himself and the original crown prince, all the royal family members disappeared directly, and the entire Great Xia Empire was in chaos.

Finally, Queen Mother Zhao came to power. In order to pave the way for her own son Jiang Chengyun, she killed a group of threatening royal family members.

Now Jiang Chengwan is almost alone. There are only two or three brothers and sisters who have survived many disasters and orthodox royal family members. The only remaining family affection is estimated that even if she is not a sister, she will be very good to Princess Linqing who poses no threat.

This burden can't be shaken off.

"Since it is the order of your majesty."

Although helpless, Lu Chen still pinched his nose and accepted it: "I will do it."

It's just a little tail, just pretend she doesn't exist. Anyway, she didn't say what position she would be given. Just watch and learn more, follow her, and talk less.

As for whether it was surveillance or not, Lu Chen hadn't thought about it.

First, the empress would never do that, and second, he was afraid of surveillance.

Hearing that he agreed directly, Princess Linqing chuckled and bowed slightly.

"Then I'll have to trouble Master Lu to take care of me."

"Your Highness is polite."

Princess Linqing stood up, then thought for a while, and said, "By the way, when I arrive in Yuzhou in the future, my identity will inevitably cause trouble for Master Lu, and when I go out, I should keep everything simple, so Master Lu should call me by my name in the future."

"My name is Chengyue, Master Lu can call me by my nickname [Xiaoyue]."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

Isn't it... that all the women of your Jiang family have no sense of boundaries?

The empress is like this, how can you, the only remaining princess of the royal family, also be the same?

Do you understand the difference between the monarch and the minister? !

After a few habitual complaints, Lu Chen still responded: "Then from now on, I will call your Highness the Princess Miss Xiaoyue."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, agreed to meet again when they set off, and then said goodbye to each other.

Chai Hongyu, who was standing aside, watched Princess Linqing leave gracefully, and her fiery red eyes slightly glowed with a strange light.

That petty Emperor actually sent his sweet and gentle sister to follow this piece of wood. It always feels... a bit strange...

Are you guarding against something?

The general went to Northern Hebei, and Commander Fu was stationed in the capital. If nothing else goes wrong, I should be the only Guiyi Realm warrior accompanying Lu Lang to Yuzhou this time.

I hope I'm overthinking it

Thinking of this, she habitually touched the bridge of her nose.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Chen gave Chai Hongyu a strange look.

"nothing."

Chai Hongyu shook her head and said nothing more.

Although Lu Chen was confused, he did not pursue the question further, but turned around and walked towards Xuanji Gate.

Princess Linqing and so on were just an insignificant episode to him, so there was no need to care about it.

After entering Ziji City, Chai Hongyu escorted Lu Chen all the way to the public house where the Ministry of Industry was located before turning around and leaving.

"Congratulations, sir, on your promotion!"

In the public room, as soon as he saw Lu Chen coming, he quickly stood up and held his hands in congratulations.

They didn't say any other flattery, just a simple congratulation.

After working with Lu Chen for so long, they all naturally know that Lu Chen is an extremely down-to-earth person and doesn't like to engage in such frivolous things. If he deliberately flatters someone and doesn't say it even if he can't flatter him, he will be reprimanded instead.

So, just do your duty.

Lu Chen just glanced at them lightly, then waved to them, thanked them calmly, told them to do their job well, and walked towards the entrance of his hall.

The emperor wanted to meet, but the backlog of official documents also had to be dealt with.

There were not many official documents on the desk, a little less than usual. They were all important documents that he, the Minister of Works, had to handle personally. Obviously, during his absence, the official documents of the Ministry of Works had been screened. Official business that is not particularly important will not be presented to his desk.

The workload is directly reduced by half.

After finishing processing the last official document, he suddenly remembered something. He did not get up immediately. Instead, after a slight hesitation, he took a piece of white paper and wrote a few big words on it -

[General Outline of Change and Development Plan] (End of Chapter)