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

For some reason, there was an inexplicable sense of excitement and admiration on their faces, and a festive atmosphere permeated their whole people, and their steps were brisk.

"Master Lu, we have brought you good news!"

As soon as the two came in, Zhang Xuan couldn't wait to shout.

However, in the next second, after seeing the empress, the originally excited voice stopped abruptly, and then bowed heavily to the empress together with Wang Qi:

"My humble minister Wang Qi..."

"My humble minister Zhang Xuan..."

"Meet Your Majesty."

The moment the two of them entered the door, the softness and warmth on the empress's face disappeared almost instantly, replaced by the supreme majesty as the supreme being in the world, and the unparalleled domineering aura unique to the emperor who controls the world.

She turned her head slightly and looked at the two expressionlessly.

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Xuan and Wang Qi stood up at the same time.

The empress asked again: "Just now you said that you came to announce the good news to Lu Qing?"

"Return to His Majesty."

Wang Qi nodded calmly, and replied, "Exactly."

"Oh?"

Lu Chen was a little baffled, but he showed a look of humiliation.

"Where does the joy come from?"

Zhang Xuan chuckled, and then said in a rough voice, "Master, you are asking the question knowingly."

Lu Chen: "???"

Wang Qi on the side didn't have his twisted guts, and said bluntly: "Master Lu, the two projects of Wuji Palace have been completed today, and I'm here to ask your lord to order someone to verify the completion status."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Chen and the empress couldn't help being slightly surprised.

"Completed?"

Lu Chen asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes."

Wang Qi is as direct as ever.

"The Promise Palace has been completely repaired, and it is no different from before the Battle of Luojing. The various formations and facilities required for the New Yuan Ceremony have also been arranged and built. I have verified all of them with the new regulations according to your instructions, my lord. Once again, it has been ensured that it meets the engineering requirements and can be reported at any time."

After getting the confirmation, Lu Chen was a little confused.

What the hell, according to the previous progress, if the project of Wuji Palace is to be completed, no matter what, it will take more than ten days, right?Why is it that the completion time was brought forward after he moved his heart of compassion and formulated the regulations to take care of these laborers as much as possible?

What's the situation?

Logically speaking, even if he fills the stomachs of the laboring people, increases their physical strength, allocates work and rest time reasonably, and increases work efficiency, after this set up, at most, the work will be completed on time as the original schedule.

Why now...

A look of surprise flashed across the empress's face.

"So fast?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, it's all thanks to Master Lu's strategizing. If Master Lu hadn't been pedantic about heaven and man, formulated the perfect new regulations with my incomprehensible knowledge, and pushed forward vigorously against all opinions, the project of the Promise Palace would have been able to achieve even greater success." Not being able to complete the project on time is a problem, how can it be like this, not only did not increase the additional expenditure, but it was completed ahead of schedule."

"Not only that, this time the people who were conscripted into the Promise Palace not only didn't have the slightest complaint against the imperial court, but they talked about the court's goodness everywhere. Every day, they chanted His Majesty's sages and praised Master Lu's benevolence."

Hearing this, a light flashed quietly in the eyes of the empress.

Then she suddenly thought of it, and before the two of them could speak again, she stood up suddenly.

"Lu Qing, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Let me go to the Wuji Palace with you to have a look. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Lu Qing's name of benevolence with my own eyes."

Lu Chen: "..."

Chapter 194 Mr. Lu, is this your wife?

Promise Palace.

When the empress walked into the gate of the palace together with Lu Chen and several chief inspectors from the Ministry of Industry and saw the scene inside, she couldn't help being startled.

As we all know, the Promise Palace was one of the battlefields when the Holy King Cangming led his army to defeat the Forbidden Army in Luojing City and helped the Empress ascend to the throne of power over the world.

Where the Cangming army's iron hooves passed, apart from the numerous bones of the imperial guards, there were also pieces of rubble and rubble.

The destructive power caused by the charge of the cavalry, while completely defeating the imperial guards, also inevitably caused considerable damage to the Wuji Palace, a royal place that symbolized the Jiang family's supreme monarchy.

Although it has not reached the point of ruins, it is not to the extent that it can be repaired casually.

but now......

Looking around, the ground paved with bluestone and square tiles is extremely smooth. There are no traces of the potholes and dents and cracks left by the iron hooves of the Cangming cavalry that were visible everywhere during the previous construction.

Looking all the way along the road paved with Cangyun stone in the center of the ground, at the end, the white and flawless white jade steps come into view. In the center of the stone steps, there is a huge rectangular stone carving.

On this big and thick stone carving, nine soaring dragons are engraved, with teeth and claws, appearing and disappearing among the clouds.

Each giant dragon is carved extremely delicately and lifelike, as if there are really nine giant dragons hidden among them.

Rich aura surrounded the surroundings, dense inscriptions the size of fingernails flashed from time to time, and the whole area was inexplicably filled with a solemn and solemn atmosphere.

On the jade steps of Kowloon, the majestic Wuji Palace stands majestically.

Around the main hall, there are towering old trees, green trees, red walls and yellow tiles, resplendent and resplendent, showing the royal air.

Whether it is the palace or the ground, or the palace walls, green plants, etc., there is no trace of the war left at all at this time, and it is even more magnificent than the Promise Palace before the war.

And around the palace, four five-foot-high four-image pillars piled up of purple jade were erected at the corners of the four directions. The surfaces of the pillars were inlaid with one after another high-grade spirit stones, and the surroundings were engraved with mithril. The countless magic circles formed by the runes.

In front of the gate of the Wuji Hall, a three-foot-wide and 33-foot-long corridor has been erected at this time, and the end of the corridor is connected to a high platform with a large array of celestial phenomena.

It was the place where the emperor announced to the emperor of heaven and earth, and it was also the place where the empress looked down on the world during the New Yuan Ceremony.

Looking at the scene not far away that has changed greatly compared to the previous visit to the construction site, Lu Chen suddenly exclaimed "Damn it" in his heart.

Since he came to a meeting last time, announced the implementation of the new regulations, and then appointed Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan to replace Xu Sanping and others as the chief officers, he has not been here again.

After all, unless they do nothing or act recklessly, the Ministry of Industry still has a lot of official affairs to deal with.

Moreover, there are so many things involved in establishing the Tiangong Division from scratch, it is naturally impossible for him to focus on one thing.

Anyway, what should be done has already been done, what will happen to the project of the Promise Palace, whether the project is delayed or completed in time, no matter what the result is, he can accept it, so naturally he doesn't need to pay too much attention to it.

He expected various results, but he didn't expect the one in front of him.

"Lu Qing, you have taught me another vivid lesson."

The empress looked at it for a while, and the corners of her mouth suddenly raised.

"Sure enough, I didn't misunderstand the person. You are indeed my good minister of the auxiliary country."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

He naturally knew what the Empress was referring to.

When Zhou Yushi impeached him in the court before, he said that as long as he treats the people with sincerity, the people will definitely repay him with righteousness. expectations.

Nima, he was just talking hard at that time. In fact, he had already made up his mind about the delay of the project. At that time, he believed that as long as the people's nutrition and physical fitness kept up, and they worked and rested normally, even if the working hours were reduced, even if they couldn't meet the deadline It won't be long after the deadline, and there is even a chance to finish it on time.

How could he have imagined that what he said in the court hall had actually become a reality.

Really... the benevolent are invincible?

The current situation of Wuji Palace has undoubtedly confirmed his remarks at that time, and has even become the most reasonable belief of the empress, a wise monarch.

The most important thing is that he seems to have... somehow done something extraordinary.

"Your Majesty, it is too early to say this."

After regaining his composure, Lu Chen's expression quickly returned to its previous calmness.

"The project of the Promise Palace has not yet been completed and accepted. There may be omissions in some aspects. It needs to be checked carefully before a judgment can be made. Moreover, the closer it is to success, the more cautious it should be."

Hearing this, Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan immediately looked at Lu Chen with admiration.

How excellent is it to be neither arrogant nor impetuous, keep a clear mind at all times, and not be affected by external objects and appearances?

The empress smiled.

"Lu Qing is as rigorous and conscientious as ever, and she is not surprised by favor or shame."

"Your Majesty is overrated."

Lu Chen responded casually, and then said to the inspectors behind him: "It's not too late, let's go and inspect the completion of the project now."

"Yes! Your lord."

The crowd did not drag their feet. After bowing their hands, they bowed to the empress again, and then strode forward.

After the examiner left, the Empress spoke again.

"Let's go, Lu Qing, come with me to meet the people who were touched by your kindness. Now I urgently want to know how they did it and why in Lu Qing you implemented the new policy of treating them extremely kindly. After the charter, there will be such amazing results."

Lu Chen nodded, and then led the Empress towards the labor camp in the distance that had obviously been repaired and whose conditions were many times better than the refugee camp at the beginning.

Not to mention that the empress was curious, he also wanted to know what was going on.

According to the past file records of the Ministry of Industry and the judgments made on the people's power based on the experience of many projects, no matter how squeezed and overdrawn the people's power, according to the progress of the project of the Promise Palace, the original method can barely ensure the completion of the project.

Based on his previous experience in judging the people's strength, Lu Chen could only give the workers good food and drink to keep their physical strength at peak condition. Logically speaking, at best, they could only finish the work on time.

Why is it so early?

Could it be that they can collectively explode into small universes?

Before reaching the camp, the Empress saw that even if they didn't have to work, even if there were no guards around, there were still some laboring people spontaneously cleaning the corners around the camp with cleaning or polishing tools. At the same time, the edges and corners of some humble stone slabs were carefully polished.

Seeing this scene, the empress couldn't help but let out a soft breath.

And right now.