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

The more Your Majesty favors Lu Chen unreservedly and is incompatible with the officialdom they believe in, the stronger their sense of crisis will be.

Especially the honorable ones, Yan Guogong Zheng Yue, Zhao Guogong Chang Sun Cheng and others almost knit their brows together. On the side of the civil servants, many courtiers also frowned, but Yan Song, the head of the civil servants, was expressionless , as if he didn't hear anything, his eyes didn't change at all.

As always, calm.

Stabler than an old dog.

As for the newly promoted Xiao Yun, the newly appointed Great General of the Divine Martial Arts, Gu Simiao, although she frowned at this time, she still didn't say a word, and she had no intention of speaking out to persuade her.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Lu Chen bowed to the empress, and naturally refused: "But this is not in line with etiquette, let's forget it."

"I remember, there doesn't seem to be such a rule in etiquette, right?"

There was a slight smile on the corner of the queen's mouth, obviously she had expected Lu Chen's rejection, then she looked at Xiao Yun in front of her, and said lightly:

"Is that right? Xiao Aiqing."

Xiao Yun, who was named, nodded helplessly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is indeed no rule that subjects cannot stand on stage with the king to watch the ceremony."

After being promoted to the Third Pavilion, she was responsible for supervising the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so it was natural that she could not understand the rules of etiquette.

After being confirmed, the empress turned her head and looked at Lu Chen.

"Did you hear it too? Lu Qing, since the ancestors and ancestors did not leave this rule, it is not considered a breach of etiquette for the courtiers and the king to watch the ceremony together. Why should Lu Qing be entangled in this?"

As she spoke, she suddenly took a few steps forward, approached Lu Chen, and said softly:

"What's more, didn't Lu Qing tell me before that a king should know the principle of goodness like water and know how to change it? How come you are so timid when you really need to act like this? This is not like your vigorous and resolute style, Lu Qing ah."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help being speechless for a while.

Your sister, is this what I said earlier?

"Your Majesty, although it is true to say so, this matter has been since ancient times..."

"Is it true that this has been the case since ancient times?"

Before Lu Chen could finish speaking, the Empress shook her head.

"Water has no permanent momentum, and soldiers have no permanent shape. Therefore, the best strategy is to make the best use of the situation. Lu Qing, this is the truth you taught me."

The corner of Lu Chen's mouth twitched violently.

Gan, the truths I taught you about feelings are all tools you use to argue with me, right?

"Servant Lu."

At this time, Xiao Yun suddenly spoke.

She glanced at the Empress first, and a gleam of light flashed in her bright eyes.

"Since His Majesty insisted and did not violate the rules of etiquette, you should not reject His Majesty's good intentions. What's more... disobeying the holy will is not the way to be a minister."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes froze immediately.

Going against human design is not a good thing...

So he didn't refuse any more.

"In this way, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your love."

Seeing that he finally stopped refusing, the empress smiled first, and then the corner of her eye rested on Xiao Yun imperceptibly for a moment.

But she didn't say much, just nodded, turned around, and continued walking forward.

Lu Chen followed her obediently.

At the same time, as the empress approached the crape myrtle altar, the magic circles on both sides of the corridor suddenly started to operate.

bang bang bang! !

Accompanied by a dull sound, countless fist-sized runes instantly appeared on both sides of the corridor, and quickly gathered in a certain order to form magic circles. Finally, these magic circles were continuously connected together, and in an instant they were connected into a nearly A large array of hundreds of feet in size.

Swish!

Those big formations had not been in operation for a long time, and suddenly they all shot out a purple-golden light, flying towards all directions at high speed, and disappeared into the distant sky in an instant.

And at the moment when these light beams flew out, as if it had been rehearsed in advance, countless subjects below knelt down on the ground at the same time, and the Xuanji Guards, the newly formed Imperial Army and tens of thousands of elite Cangling Army raised their spears at the same time.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"..."

At this moment, Luojing's gongs and drums shook the sky, and the cannons fired together, and the crowd was unprecedented.

Millions of Luojing soldiers and civilians shouted in unison, and the torrent-like loud noise resounded through the sky, like the sky falling apart.

The empress and Lu Chen walked forward step by step amidst the shouts of the subjects.

"Lu Qing."

The empress walking in front suddenly spoke again.

"Are you ready?"

At this time, the two of them had reached the end of the corridor.

There is no one behind.

The nearest Gu Simiao, Yan Song and Jiang Xu, the Zongzheng of the Tianzong Mansion, are all a hundred steps away from them.

Lu Chen looked at the Empress with some puzzlement.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

"It's time to cast a spell."

As she said that, the empress paused, and then waved her hand, and the sword of extreme dao, which she hadn't seen for a long time, appeared in her hand out of thin air.

At this time, Lu Chen noticed that before he knew it, he had walked to the center of a large formation with purple light constantly flowing, and the eyes of the formation under his feet continuously overflowed with a mysterious aura, causing the two of them to be gradually attracted by the purple light. shrouded in fog.

The empress turned around, walked up to Lu Chen with the Jidao Sword, then held the sword behind her back, with the blade facing the formation at her feet, and her other hand gently covering the hilt of the sword.

"Lu Qing, reach out your hand."

Lu Chen stretched out his hand as he said.

"Put it on the back of my hand, and hold the hilt with the other hand like me, and then activate the spiritual power in my body to activate the secret method of the sword of extremes."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help hesitating.

"Your Majesty, this..."

"Listen to my orders."

The queen said softly.

"The time is coming, Lu Qing, you don't want me to fail to show up on such an important occasion and break the trust of the world, do you?"

you don't want anything...

What you said, it seems like you are bullying someone...

Lu Chen shook his head, but didn't say any more, and directly followed the Empress' instructions, holding the sword in one hand, and gently covering the back of the Empress' little hand with the other hand.

In an instant, an astonishingly warm touch came.

The empress's little white and flawless hands were like a piece of warm jade, which made people's hearts tremble.

But only for a moment, he put that bit of charm behind him.

Not to mention the solemn and solemn occasion and atmosphere now, just facing a 16-year-old girl, he, an adult who is a circle older in mental age, can't think of any evil thoughts.

At this time, I don't know if it was an illusion, Lu Chen suddenly felt the touch of the palm, the temperature seemed to rise a little, and there was a moist feeling at the same time, so he subconsciously looked at the face of the empress.

The Empress's complexion remained unchanged.

It is indeed an illusion.

And just when Lu Chen was thinking about whether to apologize to the Empress and say that his hands were sweaty...

"Extremely..."

The empress' eyes suddenly condensed, and majestic spiritual power suddenly surged out of her body, instantly merging with Lu Chen's spiritual power, and then continued to pour into the sword of the extreme.

At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly remembered that he seemed to be the only courtier who could use the Emperor's Sword, the Extreme Sword.

As soon as he thought about it, he "understood" that it turned out that the empress allowed him to observe the ceremony in order to use his power to strengthen the power of the ultimate secret method, so as to take the most important ritual effect of the Xinyuan Ceremony and the prestige established thereby to a higher level.

After understanding this, he immediately had a clear face.

Sure enough, the Empress never does inexplicable things.

Ding!

Only a crisp sound was heard, and the sword of Jidao suddenly shone brightly, and the dazzling brilliance instantly enveloped the two of them.

"Jiuxiao!"

The empress gave a sharp shout, and the spells in the Jidao Sword and the magic circle under her feet were activated at the same time.

The next second—

click!

Lu Chen only felt the corridor under his feet shake suddenly, and then he saw that the end close to the civil and military officials suddenly cracked.

Then, before he could react, the smooth crack suddenly expanded, and then the two ends were completely separated.

"Lu Qing, stand still!"

In a daze, the empress's voice sounded again.

woohoo!

The moment the Queen's voice fell, Lu Chen suddenly felt his feet sink, and a huge thrust came from his feet suddenly. In an instant, the surrounding scenery suddenly began to retreat continuously, and the civil and military officials behind him disappeared completely in the blink of an eye. .

Instead, there is thinner and colder air, and clouds that are getting closer.

Fuck?Ascension?

Caught off guard, when this thought flashed through Lu Chen's mind, his body stumbled and he fell towards the empress.