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

"As long as it goes well, it will be good, as long as it goes well..."

She has been in charge of the world for six full years and has always firmly held onto the supreme power. Naturally, she has more than just Luo Jing's 80 forbidden troops.

For Gu Simiao, the nephew-in-law who has become one of the eight pillars of the country at a very fast speed, she still has the attention she deserves.

Who makes her value her family the most~

"Mother."

Jiang Chengyun was a little unhappy at being ignored. He looked at Xia Houyan with an unhappy face and said loudly: "What are you and General Xiahou talking about?"

Queen Mother Zhao chuckled and said slowly: "I'm telling you a truth."

Jiang Chengyun asked directly: "What's the reason?"

Queen Mother Zhao quietly looked outside the villa. In the criss-crossing streets, the people of Motian City were struggling to walk on the snow from time to time. Her eyes were full of indifference, as if she was watching ants fighting desperately. Heaven and earth are fighting for their lives.

"A truth you must know about luck."

Jiang Chengyun asked further.

Queen Mother Zhao stood up, then turned around and looked down at her biological son in front of her.

"Yun'er, when your mother takes back this country for you, you can officially take the position your father left for you, but before that, you have to remember one thing."

"What are you talking about?"

Queen Mother Zhao did not speak immediately, but gestured to Xia Houyan with her eyes.

Xia Houyan immediately understood, bowed slightly towards Jiang Chengyun and the Queen Mother Zhao, and said solemnly: "It's getting late. The Queen Mother and His Highness the King of Qin should take a rest early, and I will leave."

"Well, let's go."

Xia Houyan turned and left.

When his tall figure completely disappeared from the attic entrance, the soundproofing technique was activated instantly.

Until then, Queen Mother Zhao finally spoke.

"Yun'er, remember..."

Queen Mother Zhao took Jiang Chengyun's little hand and walked slowly towards the case not far away.

As she moved around, her voice became deeper and deeper.

He also became more and more solemn.

"In this world, anything anyone promises you doesn't count. Only what you can do counts."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengyun couldn't help but blink.

After thinking for a while, he slowly responded: "Mother, do you mean that even if my son becomes the emperor, I can't trust his subordinates?"

Queen Mother Zhao smiled and said nothing.

Neither admit nor deny.

Jiang Chengyun thought he was right. He was excited at first, and then said rather tangledly: "But, Queen Mother, loyal ministers like General Gu and his wife, and General Xiahou, are still trustworthy, right?"

Queen Mother Zhao helped him sit down, and then she lay down on the extremely soft Yunmian lounge chair beside her.

"There has never been a truly virtuous minister in this world."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and there was a trace of laziness in her voice.

“Wise and unworthy, sometimes it’s not up to them.”

Jiang Chengyun tilted his head in confusion.

The Empress Dowager Zhao shook the recliner, and with the slight shaking, continued to speak: "A king must know the ways of his subordinates. Don't just look at the loyal, traitorous, virtuous and mediocre people on the surface, but look at what they can do and what they can do. , what does it do, is it easy to use, and can it be used.”

"Those who are useful, easy to use and can be used are virtuous ministers; those who are useless, difficult or even impossible to use are mediocre ministers."

Jiang Chengyun nodded in understanding.

"As the saying goes, soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. People will also change according to the environment they are in. Nothing in this world is ever static. Those ministers, when they are virtuous, use them. If they are not virtuous, they will let them go. Or...kill him!"

Chapter 130

"General, you are back."

As soon as Gu Simiao returned to the city lord's palace, Cang Yue, the commander of the personal guards, greeted her.

"Cangyue."

Gu Simiao dismounted and handed the reins of Cangyun BMW to the soldiers on the side. Then while walking inside, she asked Cang Yue: "How are you preparing for what you explained before?"

"Reply to the general."

Cang Yue solemnly said: "The [-] soldiers and horses of Qingming Guard, Qingxuan Guard and Qingfeng Guard have been divided into twelve groups and rushed to the designated location according to the general's instructions. It is expected that the process of strengthening the formation will be completed within five days."

"very good."

Gu Simiao nodded and said in a deep voice:

"I have ordered that, with the exception of the 30 Guards troops who are about to move out on the southern front and are operating together with the Queen Mother's people, the rest of the Guards troops will act as planned and seize the time. However, those who delay their actions will be punished for the crime of delaying military flights. !”

"promise!"

Cang Yue turned around and left, and Gu Simiao walked alone towards the bedroom in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

click...

The moment the bedroom door closed, she suddenly took a deep breath, and then her breathing gradually became rapid.

The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time completely exploded at this moment.

She raised her trembling little hands and pressed her heart slightly hard to suppress the violent fluctuations inside.

After a while, she put down her hand.

The confusion that originally remained in his eyes completely dissipated at this moment.

"Six days..."

He turned his head and looked out the window at the snowstorm that was coming again. Like gibbering, words that only he could hear slowly sounded out.

"Give me another six days, and I will be able to repay you with a great achievement, so that from now on... you will rise steadily, be as stable as a mountain in the court, and then... create the peaceful world you want..."

…………

On the third day after the Gu family was released from prison, the atmosphere in the entire Luo Jing government and the public suddenly became a little strange.

One fast horse after another kept shuttling through Suzaku Street, and the face of the messenger on horseback was almost full of anxiety.

In this extremely tense atmosphere, Lu Chen took a day off and went to the mansion rewarded by the empress to work for most of the day.

Of course, he also changed the house deed and land deed to Luo Xiaoyu's name.

Unknowingly, Luo Xiaoyu's net worth skyrocketed again, and she became Luo Jing's little rich woman.

It's just that she didn't know anything about it and continued to play the role of a maid next to Lu Chen.

The mansion rewarded by the empress is located in the east city, not far from Ziji City. It is a five-story house. The former owner was the former Minister of Household Affairs. After the empress liquidated and confiscated the house, it became an asset of the imperial court.

In other words, the empress's assets can be rewarded to whomever she wants.

But in the end, it fell into Luo Xiaoyu's pocket...

Naturally, it is inevitable to celebrate with wine when moving to a new house. This is also one of the best opportunities in ancient feudal society to receive gifts and give gifts, and to curry favor with Shangguan and climb up the ladder.

It's just that although Lu Chen is now the leading celebrity in the Yongchu Dynasty, he is too upright, does not show the slightest bit of "humanity and sophistication" that he should have, and is too incompatible with the officialdom.

Therefore no one dared to curry favor with him.

Not to mention whether or not he was able to curry favor, Lu Chen was accused of forming a clique for personal gain and giving and receiving privately.

Although high risk means high returns, the risk is so ridiculously high that people simply dare not take the risk.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Chen, a mudslide that was not tolerated in official circles, was naturally rejected by traditional court officials such as Qian Yiqian.

Such an unconventional official is still in the emperor's heart and is trusted by the empress. This is not a good thing for the officialdom.

In the end, the only people who came to congratulate him after he was dismissed were Fang Ping, Xiao Yi, and a few others who were ostracized by the Queen Mother's gang like him at the beginning, but they were not as "proud" as he was.

The gifts they gave were also very simple. Most of them were scholar's things such as the Four Treasures of the Study, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting. They were not valuable things.

Presumably, they also considered that Lu Chen was so upright and must be an honest official. They valued the meaning of the gift rather than the gift itself.

Lu Chen naturally had no objection to this, but felt that it would save a lot of trouble.

After all, maintaining a character and acting all day is quite tiring.

This kind of scene will not help to achieve the goal of immortality, but may affect the system's judgment. It would be better to have one less scene.

When he asked the servants hired in advance to bring Xiao Yi in, he was about to close the door and open the banquet.

At the corner of the street not far away, a figure that made him quite unexpected slowly walked out——

Liu Dongyang, the second-rank high-ranking official in the current dynasty, was the Minister of the Ministry of War with the name of Cangshi Gong.

Liu Dongyang walked over quickly with a gift box in his hand.

Although he was a little surprised, Lu Chen still stood up and greeted him, but before he could say hello, Liu Dongyang took the initiative to speak and said with a smile: "At the end of the morning meeting, I just heard Qian Shangshu mention that Lu Guishi moved to a new house today. , I couldn’t prepare any good gifts in my hurry. Fortunately, I am somewhat unknown in the literary world, so I specially wrote a congratulatory message for you, Lu Gaishi, and asked Lu Gaishan not to dislike it.”

Of course Lu Chen wouldn't dislike it.

Or maybe he didn't care at all.

After being polite politely, he directly took the gift box from Liu Dongyang's hand, handed it to the servant beside him, and then led Liu Dongyang through the door.

As for Liu Dongyang, who had a political disagreement with him not long ago, he made a special trip here to congratulate him on moving to his new home... Lu Chen thought about it for a while and figured out what was going on.

It's probably because this guy doesn't care about the situation and the person, and he won't feel disgusted with him because of the official business in the court.

After all, his personality is too likable for a truly honest and upright minister.

After thinking about this, Lu Chen made up his mind to stay away from this guy in the future.

As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, he is afraid of the well rope for ten years. After suffering the loss of Fang Ping, a backstabber, he really has no good impression of these celebrities and virtuous ministers. The "good teammates" who jumped out to dig holes for him became more and more pleasing to him.

I can't wait to chop off the chicken head and burn the yellow paper on the spot.

Since he knew that Liu Dongyang was from the same group as him, or that Fang Ping, Xiao Yi and others who came to congratulate him today were from the same group as him, Lu Chen didn't bother to say more to them.

Just go through the process.