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

Upon hearing this, the two of them suddenly turned pale.

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Ziji City, Taiji Hall.

early morning.

The empress walked into the palace on time and sat on the dragon chair, with the Holy King Cangming standing at her head.

"Greetings to my emperor, may my emperor be in peace."

All the civil and military officials on both sides bowed and saluted.

The queen nodded.

"All the gentlemen are flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Everyone straightened up, and then the eunuchs on both sides of the dragon chair shouted: "If you have something to do, leave the court if there is nothing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a purple robe standing at the forefront of the array of civil servants suddenly took a step forward.

Seeing this, the other courtiers suddenly looked stern.

In the Taiji Palace, the people who are at the front regardless of whether they are civil or military are the current big shots who have great say in the court.

The closer the position is to the emperor, the more powerful it is.

For example, the positions of the important ministers of the Three Pavilions were right under the emperor's nose. They could be seen at a glance and were extremely conspicuous.

These big bosses seldom speak, but as long as they submit a letter to make an announcement, the matter will be no small matter. At this time, except for the censor and the officials who are responsible for the matter, others generally will not speak to disturb.

Although the position of the middle-aged man is not as good as that of Sange, it is still quite conspicuous.

In fact, he was the important minister of the dynasty - Cangshi Gong, Liu Dongyang, who had already been worshiped as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War during the late emperor's time, and was now awarded the important position of Minister of War by the empress.

After Liu Dongyang stood up, he clenched the wat tablet in his hand and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

The empress nodded slightly.

"Liu Aiqing, please speak."

Liu Dongyang bowed slightly, and then said: "Your Majesty, according to reliable information, the Rouran Khanate has been undergoing frequent changes recently. King Ahuntu of Rouran has gathered hundreds of thousands of string-controllers to station troops in the Baiye area. It seems that he is taking advantage of the situation to send troops. But the Cang Ling Army guarding Huangzhou turned a blind eye to this and did not do anything to obstruct it."

After a pause, he continued: "Moreover, the guards in the seven western provinces such as Xichuan Province, Jingxiang Province, and Tianlan Province have recently seemed to have strange movements. Their generals have either reported illness or returned home for some reason. He is often absent from the army, and he is gone for more than ten days at a time, and his behavior is quite suspicious..."

Upon hearing this, the empress' face suddenly tightened.

Is it finally here...?

Chapter 84 Deception

Rumble boom! ! !

Dazzling purple thunder and lightning pierced the sky, flashing continuously in the thick dark clouds, and constantly making frightening loud noises, as if there was a giant sky-devouring beast in the clouds that was about to destroy the world, trembling and terrifying.

Feeling the heart-shaking power of heaven and earth in the sky, Xiao Yun's face gradually became solemn after she had just arrived at the Tianmen River Dam.

"so……"

She had her hands clasped behind her back, and the softness of the past could not be seen on her face. Instead, there was a daunting majesty, and her whole person exuded a capable and decisive temperament.

"After Huaiyu knew the ins and outs of this matter, he gave up his original plan to come here and let you come here on your own, while he took the Xuanji Guards to Yuzhou City to take charge of the overall situation?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiao."

Zhang Shiping bowed slightly, cupped his fists and said: "After the Governor and I separated, he took the rescued people and rushed towards Yuzhou City. With the official itinerary and the extraordinary BMW under their seats, With strong legs, we expect to reach Ping County, which is about dozens of miles away from Yuzhou, tonight."

"Really……"

After listening to Zhang Shiping's story, a layer of worry gradually appeared in Xiao Yun's eyes.

She was not worried about Lu Chen's safety.

Not to mention anything else, Fu Huan, the commander of the Xuanji Guards whom she could not see through at all, could basically ensure Lu Chen's safety, not to mention the fact that there were more than 200 Xuanji Guards accompanying him.

The defense around Lu Chen was impeccable from the outside, so there was nothing to worry about.

What she was really worried about was Lu Chen's upright, upright, people-oriented and evil-hating character, plus the sword of the extreme in his hand, which represented the supreme imperial power and had the privilege of "cut first and then show off". The result of these two combined , it’s not as simple as one plus one.

The officialdom of Yuzhou can be gleaned from this incident.

As soon as she arrived at the dam area, she saw more than two thousand extremely thin "laborers" standing there as if waiting for death. Within a moment, she realized something was unusual.

After all, if you really wanted to quell the flood, you wouldn't let these people who can't carry the burden come over to waste food.

But now, in the entire Yuzhou, including King Yu, except that she can use the thin face she gained from helping Lu Chen gain a foothold in the officialdom many times in the past to slightly prevent Lu Chen from acting on his own initiative, no one can stop him from holding the Human Emperor in his hand. The sword of him.

What's more, he has Fu Huan and other peerless masters guarding him...

"Things are starting to get troublesome..."

Xiao Yun murmured softly, with a tangled look on her face.

Now that the empress has taken charge of the dynasty for the first time, although she has the undivided support of the Holy King, her foundation is shallow after all. Currently, she only fully controls the Sili area, and her authority has not penetrated into the entire world. If the officialdom of Yuzhou is turned upside down by Lu Chen at this time... …

However, even if she realized this, she had no choice but to write a letter to Lu Chen.

She has the great responsibility of flood control, and she must not leave until the flood situation, which is obviously extremely serious now, is over.

Otherwise, once the floods burst their banks, the land on both sides of several provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Qingjiang River would turn into a marsh overnight. The consequences would be more serious, and in severe cases, it would even shake the foundation of Daxia's rule.

Therefore, facing this situation, she could only give a bitter smile, shake her head, and forcefully suppress the worries in her heart. Then, while reporting to Luo Jing, she wrote a letter to Lu Chen, turned around, and began to devote herself to water control. thing.

………………

Just as Xiao Yun was methodically arranging for the Yuzhou Guards and Suizhou Guards who were gradually arriving in the dam area to repair the dam, arrange large formations, dig canals and discharge floods, etc., just as Zhang Shiping expected, Lu Chen and others, under the dark sky, At this time we came to the boundary of Ping County.

The official road from Tianmen River Dam to Yuzhou City passes through Pingxian County, so it is a convenient way to come here.

However, Lu Chen was not in a hurry to go to Ping County, but sent the people back to the village first.

However, when he escorted the cheerful Li Wei and other villagers from Gouer Village to the entrance of the village, and watched their backs eagerly running towards their homes, he suddenly felt an uncomfortable cold air floating around them.

At the same time, Fu Hua's eyes narrowed and she stared solemnly at the quiet village not far away.

"It's death!"

As she spoke, her expression became colder.

"The aura of death that only appears in desolate places where all living things are lost."

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

"That is to say..."

Fu Huan nodded silently.

"There was no living person in this village before we came here."

The next second, as if to confirm Fu Hua's judgment, an extremely sad exclamation suddenly sounded from a farmhouse not far away:

"mother!!"

Immediately afterwards, like toppled polydominoes, shrill cries of grief rang out one after another from the surrounding farmhouses——

"father!"

"Grandpa!!"

"grandmother!"

"Mother! No!!!"

"..."

The exclamations came and went, and after a while, they gradually subsided.

Lu Chen had obviously realized something, and his expression became heavier.

"Let's go."

He slowly rode up and walked towards the nearest house.

Xuan Jiwei followed closely behind.

When he reached the house with the door wide open, Lu Chen got off his horse and walked in with heavy steps.

And when he walked through the small courtyard and came to the back room, the moment he saw the scene clearly, his eyes widened even though he had been mentally prepared.

But under the dark and crude house, which was leaking from all directions, Li Wei was holding a corpse tightly and crying.

"Mom! Didn't you say that there is still some food left at home, so that the children can leave with peace of mind? Why..."

"Why did you lie to the child!!"

There was an unpleasant smell of decay in the air.

The corpse Li Wei was holding now had no human appearance at all.

There is no fleshiness in the whole body, either skin or bones. The limbs are actually thinner than a rolling pin. The extremely withered chest shows an extremely clear outline of the ribs. At the position of the head, there is a terrifying feeling in the two deep hollows. breath.

That is the appearance that only a person who is extremely hungry will show.

She was starved to death!

It was the first time he saw such a miserable scene in the real world, several times more miserable than the so-called horror movies on TV. Lu Chen couldn't react for a while.

pat...

After coming to his senses, he took a deep look at the corpse, then turned and left the house.

At this moment, he didn't know what to say.

But he knows what he should do.

After leaving Li Wei's home, Lu Chen took everyone to the grain drying field and waited quietly in the rain.

About a quarter of an hour later, the villagers began to walk out of their lifeless homes.

They were extremely thin and easily carried the bodies of their dead relatives, which barely weighed twenty kilograms. They came to Lu Chen and the others, knelt down slowly, and then landed heavily on the ground full of mud and puddles. Kowtowed, feeling extremely sad

"Sir! Please make the decision for us!"

Lu Chen did not speak immediately, but turned his head and looked at Fu Hua and Fang Yu who were holding up spiritual shields to protect him from the rain, and said calmly: "Remove the spiritual shields."