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

"What? Then Lu Chen won't be here today?"

Mrs. Zhao frowned, and said loudly to Gu Simiao who just came back from the door, her face was full of dissatisfaction.

"Ah."

Gu Simiao nodded calmly, and replied: "Someone from the palace just told me that Huaiyu is discussing important matters with His Majesty at this time, and it is estimated that he will not leave the palace until Ziji City is locked, so we don't have to wait."

Hearing this, Zhao Shi frowned even tighter.

"Then our preparations for most of the day were in vain?!"

"So what in vain!"

Gu Yanming, who sat on the main seat, said coldly: "Master Lu is outstanding in talent and learning, and he is the pillar of the country. If His Majesty wants to rejuvenate the Great Xia, he must rely heavily on talents like Mr. Lu. With such a heavy burden on his body, Mr. Lu will do everything for him." In the country, it is natural to focus on state affairs, how can state affairs be important for mere banquets?"

These words obviously did not satisfy Mrs. Zhao.

"Husband, you can't say that."

She pouted and complained dissatisfiedly: "Although he is indeed kind to our Gu family, it's true, but Miao Er gave him half of the great achievements of killing the demon queen, allowing him to be promoted directly to the rank of nobles, which is a step up to the sky! No matter how great the kindness is, it is not as great as the credit given to him by Miao Er. If Miao Er did not take the initiative to give credit to him, His Majesty might not rely on him as much as he does now. Besides, if it weren't for sharing the credit, Miao Er might already be a first-class man now." The king is gone."

"Miao'er is so kind to him and invites him to visit. Even if it is a big deal, he has to put it aside and take a leave of absence from His Majesty..."

"Bullshit!"

Hearing Zhao's words, Gu Yanming immediately became angry.

"Lord Lu bet everything to guarantee Miao'er back then, otherwise our Gu family would have been dragged to the vegetable market and beheaded long ago, and reunited in Huangquan. What's the point of the power of splashing the sky?"

He stared at his wife angrily and said in a thunderous voice: "Master Lu's great kindness to our Gu family is like reincarnation. If you dare to say such shameless words again, don't blame me for ignoring the old love between husband and wife!"

Being reprimanded by Gu Yanming like this, Zhao's face turned blue and white.

Seeing the Patriarch's anger, the other members of the Gu family did not dare to reveal the small thoughts in their hearts, and kept silent. Even Gu Simiao's younger brother, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, shrank behind Gu Simiao, not daring to show his head.

I was afraid that his father, who had always been extremely strict with him, would hang him up and beat him up.

Seeing her father reprimanding her mother like this, Gu Simiao secretly sighed in her heart, and then stepped forward to comfort her.

To be honest, she didn't like her mother very much either.

Greedy for power and power, ignorant, sees small gains and forgets righteousness.

Moreover, she is too extroverted, always taking advantage of Mrs. Dingyuanhou's mansion to make profits for her natal family.

It was as if those uncles, cousins ​​and cousins ​​were her only relatives.

That's why my father has a good temper and tolerated her misbehavior again and again.

But man's patience is limited.

When the Demon Queen was in chaos, she even forced her daughter to die in order to get her family to join the Demon Queen's ship...

At that moment, not only her father completely gave up on her, even her as a daughter was completely disheartened.

It's just that no matter how bad Mrs. Zhao is, she is still her mother after all, and she can't turn a blind eye to her.

And when she opened her mouth, although Gu Yanming was still angry, he still shook his head, didn't say anything serious, just sighed heavily.

Alas...my family is unfortunate...

The atmosphere of the entire Gu family became extremely dull for a moment.

If Lu Chen doesn't come, we still have to eat.

It's just that under the heavy atmosphere, the sumptuous dishes carefully prepared on the long table are tasteless to the Gu family.

"Miaoer."

Gu Yanming spoke suddenly.

Everyone's expression froze immediately, and they didn't dare to move their chopsticks again.

"father."

Gu Simiao put down the bowls and chopsticks, said yes, then turned her head to look over.

Although her mother is quite vicious, Gu Simiao still respects Gu Yanming as her father.

Since she was a child, Gu Yanming has always cared for her, no matter how busy she is, as soon as she opens her mouth, she will put everything down and come to accompany her.

And never interfere with her choice.

If she wanted to enter martial arts, he would spend huge sums of money to collect all kinds of treasures from heaven and earth to prepare a medicine pool for her. If she didn't want to go to the top ten sects, he would help her decline Da Zong's solicitation, and he did not hesitate to offend those so-called great sages.

It can be said that Gu Yanming, as a father, really owes her nothing.

Therefore, Gu Yanming taught her since she was a child that the Gu family has been loyal and good for generations, and that they must never be indebted to the country, and that everything should be done with the country's affairs in mind. His first reaction was to find a way to exterminate him and the remnants of the party all over the world, and eliminate harm for the country.

Gu Yanming looked at this twenty-five-year-old daughter who still had no plans to marry, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Master Lu is busy with official business, so he didn't mean to break the appointment, and young people should put their career first, so don't blame him."

Gu Simiao nodded, and said softly, "Don't worry, Dad, I know."

There is nothing to complain about.

The emperor summoned him, could he, as a courtier, resist the decree and disrespect?

Since it wasn't intentional, she naturally wouldn't blame it for no reason.

"That's good."

Seeing his daughter obeying obediently, Gu Yanming couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, then inexplicably cast a glance at Zhao Shi who was eating stewed rice, a look of disgust flashed quietly in his eyes.

Then he suddenly took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Miao'er, let me tell you something for my father."

Seeing that he was so serious, Gu Simiao's face immediately turned serious.

"Dad, you say."

Gu Yanming put down the chopsticks in his hand, and under the curious and nervous eyes of everyone, he said slowly:

"Now that your Majesty has made you the Duke of Taihe County, it's time to prepare for the establishment of a mansion. Tomorrow...you and your father can change your household registration."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

"Patriarch can't!"

"Miao'er deserves His Majesty's trust. Now is the time when the Gu family is soaring into the sky. If Miao'er opens the house at this time, how will outsiders think of our Gu family?"

"Patriarch think twice!"

"..."

Several clan elders tried to persuade them one after another, and Zhao's face was also horrified.

"Yes, husband, the elders are right. Our Gu family will still point to Miao'er from now on. How can we let Miao'er open the house and separate from the family at such a critical moment? Besides, Miao'er hasn't gotten married yet... ....”

However, before she finished speaking, Gu Yanming abruptly reprimanded: "Because Miao'er has not yet married, the old man should let her open a mansion and get rid of the burden of Dingyuanhou's mansion!"

Hearing this, the elders of the clan suddenly widened their eyes and looked at Gu Yanming in disbelief.

Is this what a patriarch should say?

At this moment, they were extremely dissatisfied with Gu Yanming.

But they dare not attack.

After all, who gave birth to a good daughter who was only 25 years old and became a first-rank official?

But hearing what Gu Yanming said, Gu Simiao's eyes couldn't help trembling slightly.

Gu Yanming turned his head, looked at Gu Simiao, and said solemnly: "Now that the Gu family's crimes have been cleared, when the New Yuan Ceremony is over, I will take them back to Nanpi as a father. Since you are trusted by His Majesty, Miaoer, you should be like Lord Lu." Do everything you can to be loyal to the country, share your worries for His Majesty, and don't worry about other things."

Hearing this, Gu Simiao was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"Daughter remembered."

.................

Time flew by, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, almost every time when he was on duty, Lu Chen would be called into the Zichen Palace to teach the empress arithmetic, and discuss with her about changing the treatment of the clan, and he would not leave the palace until midnight.

Just like the Holy King Cangming back then.

During the day, he was busy with the handover of official duties and various complicated appointment procedures such as engraving the official seal of the spirit minister, and he had to teach the emperor at night.

From ninety-nine multiplication to quadratic equations in one yuan, from the area of ​​a rectangle to the Pythagorean theorem, statistics...

With such continuous rotation every day, if it wasn't for a bowl of miraculous tonic soup at the end of class every night, he might be drained.

Except for the commute to and from work, and the time to eat and go to the bathroom, he hardly had a moment to spare, let alone go to Zuixianju with Gu Simiao to drink it as he told the empress before, and the sky was dark.

On the fourth day, the empress finally forcibly gave him a day off and forced him to rest at home for a day.

And this day happened to be the day when Gu Simiao officially took up the post of Shenwu General and had to leave Beijing to go to the Forbidden Army camp to familiarize himself with the military affairs of the various armies.

Knowing that Lu Chen finally got to rest, Luo Xiaoyu, the invisible rich woman, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period, Lu Chen went out early and returned late every day, even when he returned to the mansion, he had to fight at night with the lights on, and deal with official business overnight, and went to the palace to be on duty early the next morning. On average, the rest time in a day was only more than an hour.

Although it is a good thing to gain the emperor's trust, it is a bit too hard.

Luo Xiaoyu saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, but she couldn't stop it, so she could only worry secretly, for fear that this cousin who had become an overtime madman would die suddenly.

It's all right now, His Majesty personally ordered him to rest at home, after Luo Xiaoyu sent the Xuanzhi eunuch from the palace away, she almost jumped up in displeasure.

After Lu Chen took the decree, she used all the calming methods she learned during this period, as if she wanted to make up for Lu Chen's lack of energy in the past few days.

Although Lu Chen was helpless, he didn't reject Luo Xiaoyu's kindness, and pinched his nose to drink up the black and strange-smelling Dabu Tang.

Then there was a nosebleed.

After all, after finishing his work in Zichen Palace every day, the empress would give him a bowl of miraculous tonic soup, no matter how overtime he worked every day, his body would be nothing to worry about.

Today, I don't know if the precious ingredients for making the big tonic soup have been used up, so I gave him a day off.

It would be strange if Luo Xiaoyu didn't give him a nosebleed after such a big tonic.

He was used to being busy, and when he was free, Lu Chen felt a little uncomfortable.

Being idle and bored, he took out the collection of books in the mansion and looked through them, constantly reading the history of the previous dynasty and Great Xia, to deepen his understanding of this world of high martial arts.

And just when he finished reading the brief history of Zhongzhou, Luo Xiaoyu's light footsteps suddenly came from outside.

"Cousin, there is a woman named Fu Yu asking to see me outside."