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

Chapter 193 Finished ahead of schedule?

Since the Empress last time resisted all opinions and allowed Lu Chen to change the course of the Ministry of Industry, for ten consecutive days, no major incidents occurred in the court.

During this period of time, the Empress was busy with government affairs every day, and Fu Wei, who was in charge of the Tiance Mansion, also began to work hard on the policy of supporting the clan. Gu Simiao spent most of her time training soldiers in the Forbidden Army Camp, and recently, for some reason, the Empress suddenly Many affairs were directly skipped to Xiao Yun, the chief assistant Yan Song, so that Xiao Yun was extremely busy with official duties every day.

She is obviously the second assistant, but the empress trusts her more than the first assistant Yan Song.

After everyone got busy, Lu Chen immediately became quieter.

Of course, he was actually busy too.

On the side of the Ministry of Industry, what he wants to manage is not just the Promise Palace project, but also large projects such as city defense construction, official road layout, repair and maintenance.

At the same time, he had to proceed with the establishment of the Tiangong Division Yamen, at least to set up a team first.

So he has been so busy recently that he hardly touches the ground.

On this day, as usual, Lu Chen, who had just come to court, was working in the office of the Ministry of Industry without distraction, focusing all his attention on the paperwork in front of him, and didn't care about the surroundings at all.

I don't know how long it took, and I don't know how many documents he had read and approved. Lu Chen suddenly felt that his eyes were a little sore, so he put down the documents temporarily, then stretched out his hand, rubbed his eyes, and then opened his hands habitually, ready to stretch. waist.

"Aha......"

However, at this moment-

"Well......"

The left hand that was opened to the back suddenly touched something soft and soft.

Accompanied by a dull sound that seemed to be there, Lu Chen, who had withdrawn his attention from the official document, suddenly smelled a rather familiar fragrance.

Ok?

The special touch made Lu Chen startled, and then subconsciously turned his head to look.

click...

Only a soft sound was heard, and the touch disappeared instantly.

After seeing the scene behind him clearly, Lu Chen's eyes suddenly twitched.

In the next second, he stood up abruptly, then bowed forward and saluted: "My humble servant sees Your Majesty."

However, she saw the empress dressed in a red dragon robe, who did not know when she came over, standing there gracefully.

"Cough cough."

The Empress coughed lightly, and continued:

"Lu Qing doesn't need to be too polite."

However, Lu Chen did not straighten up, but cupped his hands again, and said with a serious face: "I am so careless that I failed to notice His Majesty's arrival, and even offended the body of the dragon. Please punish me for disrespect."

Hearing this, the empress looked away inexplicably.

"I didn't say hello in advance and walked up behind Lu Qing rashly. This is my fault. It's fine that Lu Qing doesn't blame me for being abrupt. How can I blame Lu Qing for being disrespectful?"

As she said that, she stepped up, walked to a chair not far away, and sat down holding the hem of her clothes.

Lu Chen then straightened up and thanked the empress.

That's right, the feudal society is such nonsense. It is obvious that I am right, it is the emperor's problem, but the emperor is the supreme in the world, and the emperor cannot make mistakes, so no matter what, the fault can only be someone else.

Lu Chen asked seriously: "I don't know why your Majesty is here?"

Speaking of serious business, the empress immediately restrained her mind, then frowned slightly.

"Lu Qing, I just received some bad news."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but look terrified.

"What bad news?"

The Empress took a deep breath and said slowly: "Xue Yi, the right servant of the former Ministry of Industry, was attacked by bandits in the area of ​​Daze Township on his way home after retirement, and 21 members of his family were unfortunately killed."

Xue Yi?

The former right servant of the Ministry of Industry?

Hearing this news, Lu Chen couldn't help but startled.

The next second, his mind flashed back to the tricks discovered during the inspection of the warehouse at the Wuji Palace construction site and the unreasonable material loss of the large array.

And, where is the most critical waste.

According to Xu Sanping, Xue Yi dumped the waste privately, which is a personal act. In other words, this matter will probably not be recorded.

Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed quietly.

Bandits attack retired court officials and drive them all to death?interesting……

Lu Chen was deep in thought and remained silent. The Empress didn't make any noise to interrupt, but stayed quietly aside, silently watching Lu Chen's thoughtful state.

After a few breaths, Lu Chen's eyes recovered.

"Lu Qing."

The moment Lu Chen came back to his senses, the empress spoke slowly and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

I, Li Yuanfang, just sit and watch!

Lu Chen shook his head, pushed away the messy thoughts in his mind, then frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Xue Yi will not have an accident sooner or later, but I suspect that the so-called waste has something tricky Something happened."

"Besides, Xue Yi is from Taizhou. Luo Jing has a direct official route to Taizhou, and he is a high-ranking third-rank scholar. He can use the official route to return to his hometown. As long as his whereabouts are not exposed, how can he Will it be so easy to be cornered by bandits?"

"So, Weichen believes that there must be something strange about this matter."

The empress obviously thought so too. When she heard Lu Chen say this, there was no look of surprise on her face.

"Since this is the case, I will send Xuanjiwei to secretly..."

"There is no need to send Xuanji Guards to do such a thing."

Unexpectedly, Lu Chen shook his head when faced with the queen's natural decision

"The top priority now is to get rid of the thieves who dare to attack and kill the officials of the imperial court as soon as possible. No matter what, officials represent the imperial court to a certain extent. Killing officials maliciously is to provoke the majesty of our Great Xia Dynasty. This is a crime that cannot be punished." If these lawless thieves are not brought to justice as soon as possible, what will be the prestige of the Great Xia?"

After a pause, he continued: "Now that the Demon Empress has been in chaos for six years, the local armaments are slack, and it is difficult to use them. To suppress the bandits, you have to rely on the power of the Xuanji Guards. Besides, the Xuanji Guards are currently short of manpower. There must be enough Xuanjiwei masters for His Majesty to drive, there are not many people who can be dispatched, and the limited power cannot be used on such obvious things, but now there are still many important matters that need to be solved by Xuanjiwei .”

Hearing this, the empress only thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Lu Qing's words are reasonable, but I didn't think carefully."

Seeing the empress obediently admitting her shortcomings, Lu Chen felt a slight sense of weirdness for no reason.

Is this...the so-called Lixian Corporal?

It doesn't feel right...

At this time, the empress suddenly reached out, picked up the teapot next to her, and poured two cups of tea.

"Lu Qing, let's have some tea first."

She said it with a natural face, but she directly picked up a bowl of tea and handed it to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen: "???"

Looking at the teacup in front of him, Lu Chen was momentarily confused.

"Just like I said before."

Seeing Lu Chen standing there stupidly, the empress looked calm and calm.

"Lu Qing, to me, you are not only a loyal minister who is unparalleled in loyalty, a virtuous minister who studies heaven and man, a minister with outstanding talents, a minister who has made great contributions to the court, and a minister who can entrust great things to you. You are also my good teacher and helpful friend. It’s a confidant, between you and me, you don’t need to care about the common etiquette of the monarch and his subjects, just get along as a confidant and friend.”

These words are like a certain magical right hand, constantly breaking all kinds of fantasies in Lu Chen's heart about becoming immortal by taking shortcuts.

Lu Chen reacted, feeling the almost unshakable trust in these words, but sighed inexplicably.

"Your Majesty, courtesy cannot be abandoned."

The Empress shook her head, noncommittal to Lu Chen's insistence.

She stood up, put the teacup in Lu Chen's hand, then sat down again, picked up another cup of tea, and took a sip.

"Okay, let's get on with the business."

Lu Chen couldn't help but feel speechless while holding the tea cup in his hand.

Your Majesty, even if you don't care about the difference between monarch and minister, you have to take into account the difference between men and women, right?

You have no sense of boundaries, it's easy to be misunderstood, okay?

There must be a lot of Xuanji guards around here secretly protecting them. They are all members of the Holy King Cangming, and the current power of the empress comes from the saintly power of the Holy King Cangming. When the empress seizes power, do you really think she is doing it purely to help the country?

Come on, how could there be a monarch in this world who would give up everything for another country?What's more, Cangmingjing and Daxia have no subordination relationship in the actual sense at all, and they are supporting the shitty community.

This guy is 100% thinking about the Empress.

If the Holy King Cangming mistakenly thinks that he is awesome... well, then things will be a big deal.

Besides, the Holy King Cangming was the one who saved the Empress in her desperate situation, a true hero who saved the beauty, for the Empress, a girl of twenty-eight years old, met such a peerless hero at the age when her heart was most likely to germinate , the result is simply self-evident.

And he, Lu Chen, was just an Ouhuang (non-Chief) who got lucky, said the most "correct" words at the most "correct" time, and made the "most correct" choice.

The empress was so unconscious, Lu Chen really wanted to ask her face to face: Are you not afraid that your future emperor will have opinions on you?

But if he asked this question, he would probably have to be invited to drink tea by Zhu Xiesi, and the system rewards would not even be considered.

Shaking his head, Lu Chen didn't bother to think about it.

Never mind him, whatever you like.

Lu Chen took a sip of tea, and then continued: "Your Majesty, the matter of Xue Yi must be investigated, but no matter what the results of the investigation are, whether there is evidence, or whether the truth can be revealed, we should not focus on the matter itself, but should focus on the matter itself. Focus on the problems reflected in this matter and the ways and means to solve them."

Hearing this, the empress couldn't help but change her expression.

"Lu Qing, what do you mean..."

Lu Chen pondered for a while, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty holds the important weapon of the country in his hand, and he can break it with strength. Why bother with the dark thieves on the battlefield they are familiar with? Rather than that, it is better to directly compare Xue Yi's murder with The waste matter is connected in series, and this is the reason for changing the system."

Hearing this, the empress immediately understood.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something more, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.

Then two figures in sixth-grade court clothes walked in.

But it was Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan who hadn't seen each other for a long time.