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

'Gan, this bastard Holy King Cangming, it's not a good time to come, but he comes right when I'm about to be dismissed from office, can't it be a day later! !It’s only one day away! ! ! '

It would be cool if he had even the slightest bit of affection for this bastard who suddenly came out to stab him in the back.

Seeing that the duck he was about to get was gone, he almost lost his temper and went to the sky.

'Bitch thief, I am at odds with you! '

At this time, Luo Xiaoyu finally noticed something strange on Lu Chen's face, and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Cousin, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad? You seem very unhappy..."

"No, Xiaoyu, you are dazzled!"

Lu Chen turned his head and looked out the window. He clenched his fists and veins popped out on the back of his hands.

"Your Majesty will have the opportunity to rule personally. The Great Xia will be rejuvenated and the future of Zhongzhou's hundreds of millions of people will be promising. With my help, Your Majesty will definitely become a generation of saintly kings who are as successful as Taizu and as virtuous as Wen Jing. This is a great joy. , how could I be unhappy?!"

pat!

While speaking, Lu Chen's knuckles suddenly made a crisp sound under the quilt.

"Huh? Really?"

Xiao Yu looked at Lu Chen with confusion on his face, always feeling that this cousin with a troublesome upright character was a bit strange.

"of course."

Lu Chen didn't even look back. He turned his back to Xiao Yu and said through clenched teeth: "I'm almost dying of joy now!"

Xiao Yu: "..."

Although she was a little confused, Luo Xiaoyu had always been sensible. Seeing that her cousin kept looking at the rainy scene outside the window, as if he wanted to be alone for a while, she didn't ask any more questions, and left while humming a song and carrying the washbasin. .

After Xiao Yu left, Lu Chen finally calmed down and calmed down.

It's over, it's useless to think about it.

If you have this time, you might as well think more about what to do next.

He has no merits. Before time travel, he was just an ordinary social animal, the kind who was squeezed to death suddenly. He is neither a gifted genius nor a special talent, but he has a perseverance and becomes more courageous with every setback. strong heart.

It was just a failure. Although the consequences of this failure were a bit serious, it was not irreversible.

If you want to be voluntarily dismissed from office, there is definitely a chance.

He put on his shoes and got out of bed, walked to the desk and picked up the newspaper, repeatedly checking the contents, hoping to find some ideas from it.

"Ok?"

After carefully reading the above content with his own understanding, his eyes suddenly moved.

"There's something wrong..."

Chapter 10 Unparalleled Loyalty and Righteousness

After five days, the court meeting was finally held again in Ziji City.

Although Lu Chen's injuries were not completely healed, he still put on his court clothes early in the morning, left Chongde Lane, walked north along Zhuque Street, and walked quickly towards Ziji City.

On the way, Lu Chen could smell the faint smell of blood in the surrounding air.

Looking around on both sides, you can see traces of fierce battles from time to time.

In recent days, those black armor soldiers who appeared from nowhere have been dispatched. Just like when the Queen Mother first came to power, the palaces of courtiers in the capital were visited by them from time to time.

Bachelor of Lingyunge, Bachelor of Wenyuange, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel, Commander of the Xiuyi Guards, Commander of the Yulin Guards, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works, Head of the Criminal Department, Head of the Household Department, and Li Ke Everything is going well...

More than [-] courtiers and their family members, ranging from high-ranking officials of the first rank to minor officials of the seventh rank, were taken to the prison and awaited execution.

The reason why the court arrested them is very simple——

In the palace of the Queen Mother, which was characterized as being "controlled by evil spirits", Xuanwu Guards found a large number of treacherous letters, account books, etc., all of which were more or less related to the arrested officials.

And it's directly related.

Thus, the first round of political liquidation after the Queen Mother's fall began.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the captured courtiers are basically the people closest to the Queen Mother and die-hard followers of the Queen Mother.

They are either children of the Zhao family, in-laws, or family members who are closely related to the Zhao family, disciples of the sect, or direct relatives of small families who rely on the Zhao family.

As the so-called one person attains the Tao, the dog ascends to heaven.

After the Queen Mother came to power, she promoted almost all the people who were close to the Zhao family and could be promoted. Most of the high-power official positions and important positions were replaced by her own people, firmly controlling the government.

Of course, if you want to maintain the normal operation of the court, you definitely need capable people to actually do the work. This is also the foundation of ministerial power.

It is impossible for all of the Queen Mother's followers to be talented people with outstanding abilities, or to say that they completely abandon their literary style to kneel down and lick the Queen Mother. There are really very few people with outstanding talents and learning.

Therefore, not all the people in the court are from the Queen Mother, but these people with real talents and knowledge cannot change anything.

As the official document stamped with the jade seal was issued, the armed forces such as the Yulin Guards, the Xiuyi Guards, and the Imperial Guards controlled by the Queen Mother's line in the capital were completely defeated by the Xuanwu Guards. human hands.

Luo Jing's trend has completely changed!

It no longer matters whether the Queen Mother Zhao was really controlled by evil spirits before, because no matter what, the interest groups headed by her will inevitably be eliminated one by one by the new talkers.

After the old forces disappear, new forces will inevitably take their place.

The key to this new force lies in the Holy King Cangming who holds the absolute right to speak in Luo Jing at this time.

His attitude will determine the future direction of Luo Jing and even the entire Daxia.

But at this time, no matter whether it is a big shot in the court or a wealthy family, no one can guess his attitude at this time before coming into contact with the Holy King Cangming.

After all, there has never been a precedent for a holy king to interfere with secular imperial power.

No one knows how he led tens of thousands of tiger and wolf troops to Ziji City without anyone noticing, eradicating all the power of the Queen Mother's line, or what his purpose was.

Is it because he can't stand what the Queen Mother's family has done and wants to do justice for heaven? Or is it because Saint King Cangming was the enemy of Queen Mother Zhao before he was selected by the Holy Relic? Or maybe he fell in love with the empress's beauty in the prosperous age and did not hesitate to help her. She took back her power in order to have a happy marriage.

Or perhaps, he planned to "serve the emperor's orders but not submit them", take the powerful minister as the starting point, take the step to reach the sky, and become the first holy emperor in the history of Central Continent to rule the nine states with the supreme holy power of the holy relics.

Although the Holy Kings of the Four Realms have always kept their peace and have not done anything out of the ordinary for tens of thousands of years, as long as it is a Central Plains dynasty that has a jade seal, they will nominally submit to it.

But just because something hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't happen.

Perhaps, this generation of Cangming Saint Kings has mastered some ability that can break the restriction that holy relics can only exert their power in the holy realm, and then they developed ambitions.

After Lu Chen calmed down in the past two days, he thought a lot about the Holy King Cangming, and also checked and collected a lot of information about the Holy King of the Four Realms, so as to analyze the current situation in Luojing in order to find out who can be quickly method of dismissal from office.

Therefore, he had a lot of speculations about the sudden disruption caused by Saint King Cangming.

In fact, it's not just him, all the forces in Luojing, the center of the world, are racking their brains to guess the attitude and plans of Holy King Cangming.

It's just that they want to understand the intentions of Saint King Cangming for the sake of their respective families, sects, and interests. Only in this way can they find opportunities to seize resources and strengthen themselves.

But Lu Chen simply wanted to be dismissed reasonably.

Among the many speculations, the most likely possibility is that Saint King Cangming has mastered the ability to use the power of holy relics in the outside world to a certain extent, so he wants to take the step to reach the sky, just like Erzhu Rongna in his original world. General.

If you think about it carefully, it's quite similar.

We were also living in a time when the emperor was weak and the queen mother came to rule. They were also the kings of the north, and they both led tiger and wolf troops to the capital to seize power, and even took away the queen mother and her son.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen felt even more that Saint King Cangming was here to usurp the throne.

To achieve this goal, starting from a powerful minister, gradually controlling and encroaching on the imperial power of Daxia, and establishing one's own supremacy at the top is undoubtedly the most time-saving and labor-saving way.

If you think in this way, you can predict the operations such as controlling the capital, entering the center of the empire, and supporting the puppet emperor at the same time. After all, these are routine operations for heroes to seize power and reach the peak.

Then, according to normal logic, if Saint King Cangming wants to dominate the world, he must attack a small group and win over a large group.

When the warlords and powerful clans shook hands and made peace, the emperor should scratch his head and cherish his few lives.

Therefore, apart from eradicating the Queen Mother's gang members, Saint King Cangming will definitely find ways to establish his authority, and then give some benefits to those powerful families, cultivate party members, and establish people who are close to the party. At the same time, he will use the method of pulling one faction against another to establish his own influence at the top. Supreme authority.

If this is really the case...then just think of a way to become one of the "few people" attacked by Saint King Cangming...

In this way, everything becomes simple.

Of course, these are just Lu Chen's guesses. Although speculations in other directions are unlikely, they are still possible. Therefore, no matter what the plan is, it must wait until the attitude of Holy King Cangming is confirmed before it can be implemented.

The first great court meeting after the Luo Jing Incident was the best opportunity.

You only need to carefully observe the attitude of Holy King Cangming towards the empress and the ministers during the court, as well as some of the arrangements afterwards, and you can see some clues.

After thinking of this and having an idea, Lu Chen calmed down, took a deep breath, walked quickly into the Xuanji Gate guarded by hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers, and walked towards the direction of Taiji Hall. go.

"Huh? Huaiyu?"

When passing by the Liuke Corridor, a slightly surprised voice suddenly came from behind.

Huaiyu was the name of the predecessor. Lu Chen immediately recognized that the person was calling him, so he stopped and looked back.

But he saw a handsome young man about the same age as him, but wearing a sixth-grade court uniform, trotting towards him.

After searching the memory of his predecessor for a while, Lu Chen recognized the person——

My former senior fellow student, Xiao Yi, also known as Ruoyu, was a son of a wealthy family.

"It's you, Ruoyu."

After a simple greeting, Xiao Yi asked: "Why are you here? Didn't you say that courtiers who are ill can ask for leave? You were injured by the Queen Mother's Lingtian Fengwei before, and your injury is not healed yet. Even if No one will impeach you if you take leave and stay home.”

At this point, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "And now the situation in the DPRK and China is unclear. At this time, it is even more important to find ways to avoid this muddy water. If you can't come, don't come. Now many courtiers are using their bodies to Just wait and see on the excuse of being sick, what are you doing here when you are really injured?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen pretended to sigh.

"The attitude of Holy King Cangming is ambiguous, I can't trust His Majesty."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Yi couldn't help but froze, and the scene slowly emerged in his mind when Lu Chen asked for His Majesty's life in the Tai Chi Palace, and refused to give in even though he gritted his teeth and forced himself to faint under the Queen Mother's supreme power.

A hint of respect quietly flashed in his eyes as he looked at Lu Chen.

Recalling that when he was practicing together in the sect, Lu Chen was always upright and seemed to have a natural hatred and responsibility for the injustices in the world. If he could become an official in the future, he would serve the emperor and serve the people. The appearance of peace for all eternity.

This junior brother with amazing talent is such a pure person...

But even if he thought so, Xiao Yi couldn't help but lower his voice and reminded: "I know you are loyal to His Majesty, but what's the point of going to court? The Holy King of Cangming has now completely controlled Luo Jing, and He also used a mysterious technique to isolate Luo Jing from the outside world. He was probably planning to wait for the Cangming Army to arrive and completely control Luo Jing with absolute power. In this way, no matter what he wanted to do, no one could stop him. No."

"What's more, as one of the four holy kings with the inheritance of holy relics, he is extremely powerful..."

His words were filled with concern for his friends.

Precisely because he knew Lu Chen's temper, he was worried that Lu Chen would do something wrong and offend the Holy King Cangming just like he suddenly offended the Queen Mother to death.

He admired Lu Chen's loyalty and loyalty, knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and heading for the tigers in the mountains, but he did not approve of Lu Chen's reckless way of doing things.