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

Zheng Zhong said very solemnly: "I beg your Majesty to put the Daxia River, Mountain and Sheji as the most important thing!"

As soon as the two finished speaking, the others raised their voices and shouted.

"I beg Your Majesty to give priority to the Great Xia's country and society!"

"..."

The empress clenched the armrest of the dragon chair tightly and smiled coldly.

"What if I don't agree?"

Hearing this, Chen Cang and the others immediately became tense.

At this point, His Majesty still refuses to give up. Is Lu Chen really that important to His Majesty...

At this time, Yan Song suddenly stood up, with a serious expression on his face:

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a message."

The Empress narrowed her eyes.

"speak."

Yan Song coughed twice, and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, the situation is so serious this time, it's no longer the time to care about truth and falsehood. The most urgent thing is to appease the hearts of the people. The imperial court can no longer stand the toss."

He spoke slowly, neither accused Lu Chen of the same crime as Chen Cang and the others, nor exonerated Lu Chen, but looked at the current situation rationally from the perspective of a neutral person.

"If your Majesty can't bear to kill Lu Shilang to appease the public anger, I have an expedient plan. You might as well decree to remove Lu Shilang from his official position and put him in prison, so as to appease the people, and at the same time secretly send someone to investigate the truth. Collect evidence, or wait for this turmoil to pass and the matter to fade away, and then find an opportunity to rehabilitate Lu Shilang, and it will not be too late to reactivate Lu Shilang."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes moved immediately.

This Yan Song, there is something...

However, no matter what calculations the old fox had in mind, these words still fit his heart.

It couldn't be more suitable.

So, without waiting for the empress to speak, he stood up and bowed to the empress.

"Your Majesty's kindness, I am deeply grateful to you, but the current situation is not optimistic. In the current state affairs, I am insignificant. Your Majesty should focus on the overall situation. In any case, I can only be grateful to Your Majesty, and have no complaints!"

Hearing this, the empress was slightly moved.

Even if he knew it was slander, he would sacrifice himself without hesitation for the sake of the overall situation.

Sure enough, this is Lu Chen, a unparalleled national soldier who only has the righteousness of the country in his heart, as long as it is for Da Xia, he will give everything without hesitation...

Such a courtier, how could she let him suffer the slightest grievance? !

After a while, she opened her mouth and was about to say something.

But at this moment-

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

There was a sudden sound of urgent footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, a flustered eunuch with an indescribably shocked look in his eyes hurriedly stepped across the threshold of the Tai Chi Hall, walked to the Central Avenue, knelt down heavily on the ground, and panted heavily. Angrily, he stammered and said:

"Outside the Xuanji gate... there is a woman in red... please... ask for an audience!"

The woman in red?

Hearing this word, everyone couldn't help but startled.

It's about this time, what about the woman in red and the woman in blue, just drive them away and it's over.

Your Majesty's golden body, can anyone see it if he wants to?

However, a familiar premonition suddenly rose in Lu Chen's heart.

Could it be that……

The next second, as if to confirm his guess, the eunuch suddenly raised his head and said surprisingly:

"The woman in red...the woman in red looks exactly the same as the woman who was dependent on Mr. Lu for life and death in the previous imaging circle, and she also claimed that she...she is Chai Hongyu!!!"

Chapter 165 Benevolence and Righteousness

As soon as the eunuch's words fell, there was an instant silence in the Taiji Hall, and almost everyone's eyes widened subconsciously, with obvious shock on their faces.

After a while, Liu Dongyang's lips moved.

"Who did you say? Who asked for an audience?"

The eunuch swallowed, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and the words became very clear:

"Chai Hongyu... is the female rebel who has ravaged the three provinces of Qingning and Ningxia for many years, asking for an audience!"

"what?!"

Zheng Zhong opened his mouth with an expression of disbelief.

"How is this possible? Are you sure it's her? Have you verified your identity? Will someone impersonate..."

However, before his words fell, Gu Simiao, who had fully reacted not far away, suddenly snorted coldly.

"What? Looking back at the woman in red who fought side by side with Lu Shilang in the video, you are [-]% sure that it is Chai Hongyu herself, and when Chai Hongyu appears at this time, you can see and touch it, you have to doubt it gone?"

She stared at Zheng Zhong coldly, a cold killing intent suddenly flashed across her pretty face.

"Could it be that in this world, only what you are willing to believe can be true, and what you don't want to believe is false?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhong couldn't help but see a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead.

"The general misunderstood, and I have absolutely no intention of doing so."

"Then what do you mean?!"

Gu Simiao asked.

"I just find it strange."

Zheng Zhong retorted: "If it's the real Chai Hongyu, how could she take the initiative to send her to your door as a rebel general? Even if Lu Chen is her..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly instinctively felt a terrifying chill rising from the bottom of his heart, and the previous warning from the empress in the court hall sounded in his mind, and he shivered subconsciously, and then quickly changed his words:

"In short, it's too abnormal for a rebel leader to come to Ziji City and throw himself into the trap. Isn't it natural for me to have doubts?"

Gu Simiao sneered.

"Then Lu Shilang, a loyal minister who died for His Majesty several times, has something to do with the rebels, is it normal in your eyes?"

The eunuch also said at the right time: "The watchmen of the Xiexie Division have verified that the spirit of the woman in red is exactly the same as that of the Holy Maiden of Burning Heaven who was pictured on the arrest warrant. It is indeed Chai Hongyu herself."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhong subconsciously wanted to defend himself.

However, at this moment-

"Come on."

It was the Empress who spoke.

She glanced at Zheng Zhong expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Push this daring lunatic who tried to interfere with my judgment out of the Xuanji Gate, and he will be punished twenty times."

The moment the Empress' words fell, Zheng Zhong's complexion turned pale, and he shouted that he was wronged.

Qian Yiqian and others also stepped forward to intercede.

However, the Empress didn't agree with them at all, and waved her hand directly, asking the imperial guards to take Zheng Zhong down.

After Zheng Zhong was taken away, the courtiers who had just stood up to ask the Empress to put the overall situation first, and begged the Empress to kill Lu Chen felt a chill in their hearts and dared not speak again.

His majesty was really angry that he was so resolute in punishing the third rank official!

The people of the Lu faction put down their flags and drums, and the Tai Chi Hall quickly fell silent.

Afterwards, the Empress ordered that Chai and Hongyu be present.

After about a cup of tea, a crisp sound of interlaced metal suddenly sounded outside the Tai Chi Hall.

"Kangdang...Kangdang..."

coming!

Everyone's expression froze immediately.

Not long after, Xuanjiwei walked in escorting a pretty woman in red with her hands and feet bound by spirit locks.

The moment he saw the woman in red, Lu Chen knew that he couldn't keep his back.

That's right, the woman in red is undoubtedly Chai Hongyu herself.

After Chai Hongyu entered the Tai Chi Hall, she directly ignored the eyes of all civil and military officials with different expressions, and quickly searched for something among them.

When she saw Lu Chen standing at the forefront of the civil servants, the uneasiness and eagerness that had been deeply hidden on her face disappeared almost instantly, and was replaced by an obvious look of joy. It seemed that Lu Chen was safe and sound now. The big good thing is general.

After a while, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, revealing a reassuring smile.

Seeing the smile on her face, for some reason, Lu Chen felt anxious for no reason. Suddenly, the words Chai Hongyu said to him when he came here on purpose to save (backstab) him at a critical moment appeared in his mind.

In the next second, a complex look gradually appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, the Empress suddenly spoke.

"You are Chai Hongyu?"

Her voice was cold, but at the same time, there was a majesty that made people want to kneel subconsciously.

However, this coercion did not seem to have any effect on Chai Hongyu.

She raised her head as normal, and the moment she met the eyes of the empress sitting high on the dragon chair, her red lips parted slightly:

"Exactly."

"Why?"

The empress held onto the dragon chair tightly, looked at Chai Hongyu, and slowly asked the question that all the courtiers were eager to know——

"You are at odds with the imperial court. Countless court officials died at your hands. There are many people in the imperial court who hate you to the core, and even increase the amount of rewards for this. Why do you, the leader of the rebels, come to Ziji City on your own initiative? , and let the Xuanji Guards catch him without a fight?"

"because……"

Chai Hongyu turned her head, took a deep look at Lu Chen's back, and said without hesitation: