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

"Then how do you know that Mr. Lu was not slandered? Could it be that our Gu family's situation was much better than Mr. Lu's?"

Zhao was at a loss for words.

"Hmph, long hair but short knowledge!"

Gu Simiao: "..."

She looked at her silver-white waist-length hair in a speechless voice.

This old man's temperament is a bit similar to Lu Chen's piece of wood...

Could it be said that the true loyal ministers are all careless and straightforward?

The younger brothers and sisters continued to cook food, acting as an invisible person as much as possible, turning a deaf ear to everything around them.

Gu Yanming turned his head again and looked at Gu Simiao.

"Miao'er, my father said that no one has the right to interfere with your life in the future, so you can make up your own mind on how to make a decision on this matter, but you have to remember one thing."

After a pause, his voice became a little heavy.

"Lord Lu is very kind to our Gu family. No matter what, we can't do anything to let him down."

Obviously, he also felt that this incident seemed a little unusual.

"Ah."

Gu Simiao nodded.

"I know, Dad."

Seeing that his daughter's face did not waver in the slightest, a smile gradually appeared on Gu Yanming's extremely serious face.

.........

Facts have proved that what Mrs. Zhao heard in Baoxiang Temple about the appeal against Lu Chen was not a rumor.

Early the next morning, when Lu Chen opened the door of the mansion, he saw a crowd of people outside.

Dozens of Guozijian Gongsheng in Confucian scarves and shirts and hundreds of scribes in blue shirts were gathered around the door. When they saw him coming out, everyone stared at him immediately.

"The thief Lu is out!"

Several Gongsheng students shouted, and then violently stimulated the spiritual power in their bodies, while constantly cursing Lu Chen's anti-thief, everyone got it and punished him, while walking towards Lu Chen quickly.

The others immediately followed.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen couldn't help squinting his eyes.

oh?Is it coming so soon...

Facing the menacing group of hot-blooded teenagers and hot-blooded youths, Lu Chen didn't show any fear on his face, as if he didn't see them, he stepped forward calmly and walked forward.

Seeing that Lu Chen ran away without turning around, but walked towards this side without any precautions, everyone was stunned, apparently they did not expect Lu Chen to be so brave.

But they were just stunned for a moment, and then sneered in the next second, and then quickened their pace, with a look of impatience on their faces.

However, their sneer lasted for less than a second, and then instantly froze on their faces with a sudden chill.

click...

Accompanied by a crisp sound, these uninvited guests suddenly found that they could not move their feet. At the same time, an extremely cold breath quickly spread from their feet. In an instant, their feet completely lost consciousness.

"what!!"

A Gongsheng screamed suddenly, but saw that his feet had formed a layer of frost at some point, and he was firmly fixed on the ground, unable to move at all.

Not only him, when other people looked down at their legs, they immediately found out in horror that their feet were also frozen.

"This...this is..."

Before they could react, an extremely terrifying aura suddenly appeared out of thin air, like a mountain pressing down heavily, instantly oppressing them almost out of breath. The whole person could do nothing but breathe desperately to survive instinctively. no.

He couldn't say a single word of the words that scolded Lu Chen before.

pat...

Soon, someone fell heavily on the ground, panting greedily and violently, exhaling white mist continuously.

"Good day, Huaiyu."

As the Gongsheng fell to the ground one by one, a crisp voice sounded softly.

A moment later, Gu Simiao's graceful figure slowly appeared in front of Lu Chen, looking at him with a smile on her face.

"I happened to pass by, let's go to court together."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was speechless.

Gu's mansion is between his house and Zhuque Street, Gu Simiao's route to court is westward, only he will pass by Gu's mansion on his way to court, there is no such thing as Gu Simiao passing by Lu's mansion on his way to court.

He didn't believe a single hair on his leg.

But what else can he say if the girl is kind?

Shaking his head, Lu Chen walked over to Gu Simiao directly past a group of Gongsheng scribes who fell to the ground.

"Miss Gu, do you know that they will come to Lu's residence today to make things difficult for me?"

"Ah."

Gu Simiao didn't deny it, and didn't bother to pretend.

"Heard some bad rumors yesterday."

"yes…"

Lu Chen sighed softly, didn't ask any more questions, but walked forward on his own.

Gu Simiao turned around and followed.

And when the two of them went up side by side.

clatter…

Under an inconspicuous roof not far away, with a burst of air shaking, several ghost-like figures slowly appeared. When seeing Gu Simiao filled with extremely huge spiritual power, following Lu Chen step by step, Unanimously, they retracted the blade in their hands into the scabbard.

Immediately afterwards, several people looked at each other, and then two of them slammed their feet hard and flew towards the direction of Ziji City, while the others jumped up and came to a group of Gongsheng who were easily subdued by Gu Simiao.

Chapter 164 Chai Hongyu

As expected, the fact that Lu Chen and Chai Hongyu depended on life and death and fought side by side was completely exposed, and pictures of the two of them sharing weal and woe and not giving up each other continued to spread at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, many "people with lofty ideals" from Yuzhou beat the Dengwen drum, and some people went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to report.

Not only that, Lu Chen's residence in Xicheng was also patronized by some capable people with a heart for the country. After digging three feet, they actually found some suspicious things that were very likely to be related to the rebels. It was spread out at the first time, and it spread in just two days.

When they learned that the recognized No. [-] loyal minister of Yongchu was so close to a rebel leader, many people with lofty ideals were completely angry and felt deeply deceived.

Not only them, but many courtiers who disliked Lu Chen, as well as wealthy families in Beijing, dignitaries, aristocratic families, and even common people who didn't know the truth, began to scold Lu Chen severely at this time.

As Yan Song said.

Looking back at the scene recorded in the stone, it doesn't matter what happened in it, nor who recorded it, nor whether it can be used as evidence to directly allow the empress to capture Lu Chen. To a certain extent, it is not critical.

The key point is the relationship between Lu Chen and the rebel general.

As we all know, whether it is a retrospective stone or a talisman, or a phonogram and a projection talisman, the things recorded in it are unchangeable facts. After all, there is no PS in this world.

As long as Lu Chen can't prove that he and Chai Hongyu are innocent, he will be deeply involved and unable to extricate himself.

Rumors are an extremely terrifying force in this world where information is not well-developed.

Although the empress is strong and able to control the court, she is still unable to control the hearts of the people.

And obviously, empty words are never as easy to win people's trust as obvious evidence.

Although Lu Chen proved himself, this kind of empty self-proof seemed pale and powerless.

Even if Fu Wei, who was also a party involved in the catastrophe, testified in person, it could not change the fact that Chai Hongyu gave up his life to save Lu Chen.

It is obvious what ordinary people would think of when a traitor desperately tried to save a court official who was a great threat to them.

Lu Chen couldn't prove himself, even if Chen Cang and the others stopped talking, the situation would become more and more unfavorable for him, until he fell into the abyss completely, beyond redemption.

There is no need to rush.

In this case, unless another person involved in this incident comes forward in person and presents strong evidence to prove Lu Chen's innocence, Lu Chen's reputation will be completely ruined.

But is it possible?

When Lu Chen's reputation is completely discredited and he is branded as a traitor, if the empress forcibly favors him, she will really put the country and society at risk.

As the matter continued to ferment, more and more people joined the denunciation of the collapse under the impetus of caring people.

However, no matter how much they condemned, the Empress never ordered Lu Chen to be dismissed from office. Instead, she tried her best to comfort and encourage him, allowing him to work with peace of mind. Everything else is up to her.

Gu Simiao, who was the great general of the current dynasty, was on and off duty with Lu Chen every day, and they never left each other.

With this strong martial artist in the Unity Realm, even if he left Ziji City, no one would be able to do anything to get Lu Chen.

Except for the other generals of the Zhu Kingdom who came to Luojing one after another to participate in the New Yuan Ceremony, few people in Beijing could withstand Gu Simiao's terrifying coercion.

Amidst countless insults and denunciations, Lu Chen still lived a fulfilling life as a senior official, handling all the official duties of the minister of the Ministry of Industry every day.

And on the fifth day after the Lu Xiwen was issued, this incident finally ushered in its climax.

The entire Guozijian was completely shut down, and almost all the supervisors, tribute students, teachers, and celebrities came to sit cross-legged in front of Xuanji Gate, as if they would not give up unless Lu Chen was punished, and were even willing to die for it.

After the mobilization of the Imperial College, many people of insight went to Xuanji Gate one after another, and many wealthy families sent people to the streets to hold up banners, scolding Lu Chen for being treacherous and cunning, and his crimes should not be punished.

At this time, in the Tai Chi Hall.

The empress stared gloomyly at the bottom and knelt down on the ground, with Chen Cang as the leader, begging to kill Lu Chen to secure the world's courtiers.

"That is to say, if I don't follow their wishes, they will not be able to kneel at the Xuanji Gate?"

The cold voice made everyone tremble.

They knew that the empress was completely angry.

But... now, if they back down, it is uncertain whether there will be a chance to drive Lu Chen, an ignorant lunatic, out of the court in the future.

Chen Cang knocked his head heavily on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the government and the public are now in a state of turmoil. The matter has reached such a point. The matter of Lu Chen has now aroused great public resentment. The court must give an explanation to the people of the world as soon as possible. Otherwise, His Majesty's holy name will be damaged, the prestige of the court will be lost, and the majesty of the national law will be damaged. There is mourning, the consequences are really unpredictable!"