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

While making a generous statement, Lu Chen thought happily in his heart, expressing his position + provocation, he should have completely offended the Holy King Cangming to death.

If he is not cleared of the loyal emperor who dared to challenge the authority of the officials, the prestige of the Holy King Cangming may be damaged. Without enough prestige, it is easy to be despised by the officials and difficult to control the court.

Therefore, in order to ensure his supreme authority, the Holy King Cangming will most likely take immediate action to drive him out of the court.

Anyway, the Empress is a puppet emperor, so the Holy King Cangming rubbed it into a ball and flattened it casually, and it's not just a matter of him dismissing someone?

However, just when he was complacent about his acting skills, the little hands under the sleeves of the empress who was sitting high on the dragon chair suddenly tightened, and her originally calm breathing became a little heavy for no reason. The ups and downs in places that are a bit too developed for people of the same age gradually become larger.

Five days ago, when Lu Chen relentlessly pleaded for her life under the majesty of the Queen Mother Zhao, that strange feeling rose from the bottom of her heart, and then quickly spread throughout her body through the meridian system, making her feel a sense of tingling comfort.

The originally extremely weak disguise quietly revealed a flaw for a moment.

There was a hint of softness in Lu Chen's eyes under the twelve jade locks.

At the same time, Jiang Chengdao's mouth hidden under the visor also slowly outlined a meaningful smile.

Should it be said that foolish people have foolish blessings, or that loyal people must be blessed by God...

Even if this kid has limited aptitude and cannot become Wang Zuozhi's talent, he will definitely become the most trusted person of the imperial sister.

It must be priceless in the future...

After all, as the saying goes, Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees people's hearts for a long time, and the icing on the cake cannot be compared to giving charcoal in the snow.

Since Lu Chen was able to abide by the integrity of his minister even when the emperor was in a desperate situation, he only had eyes for the emperor and the court, and he had no second thoughts, which proved that he was a rare and loyal minister.

Although he is already a holy king, Jiang Chengdao was born in the royal family after all, and he has a natural liking for loyal people. Seeing that his younger sister Jiang Chengwan has such a devoted courtier, he subconsciously felt a little envious.

Think back when he was the prince, why didn't he meet such a good courtier...

After thinking about it, it can only be attributed to Jiang Chengwan's fate and not him.

Compared with the two movie king-level royal families on the high platform, the courtiers below had different expressions after hearing Lu Chen's words.

Courtiers such as Li Zheng, Xie Hongyun, and Wang Zhi naturally had mocking expressions on their faces, obviously looking down on Lu Chen, a foolish and loyal person who is ignorant of current affairs.

On the faces of the courtiers who didn't stand up with them and take the initiative to show their goodwill to Jiang Chengdao, the hesitant look that was originally in a dilemma struggled more violently, obviously a battle between heaven and man was going on in their hearts.

More courtiers were slightly moved, and couldn't help turning their heads to look at Lu Chen, who firmly expressed his loyalty to the empress and angrily scolded Sanfa and the Holy King Cangming.

For a loyal subject like Lu Chen, you can say that he is stupid, that he doesn't know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and how to be an official, but you can't say that he is wrong.

After all, loyalty is a noble character passed down from generation to generation by Yan Xia's people. Anyone who says that Lu Chen is wrong is denying Yan Xia's inheritance.

This is a matter of principle, whoever touches it will die.

Li Zheng and the others are veterans in the officialdom, so naturally they would not make such a low-level mistake and confront him on the moral high ground occupied by Lu Chen.

People are already able to shit and pee at will on the commanding heights of morality, and they are asking for trouble in the past.

However, since Lu Chen dared to declare openly that he was the Empress' loyalist in front of so many people, there was no need for them to talk nonsense with him.

As a high-ranking official of the court, why bother with a waste who is destined to be expelled from the court?

So Li Zheng smiled happily, and then said with "a look of reverence":

"Lu Ge is unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, and I admire him."

Xie Hongyun also chimed in: "Lu Geshi's loyalty to His Majesty, the world can learn from it, and I am willing to bow down."

On the surface, he was praising Lu Chen, but in fact, he was blaming him in front of the Holy King Cangming, trying to put Lu Chen to death.

In their opinion, the more they praised Lu Chen, the more they recognized Lu Chen's loyalty, the more the Cangming Holy King hated Lu Chen, and even asked the empress to issue an order on the spot to expel this ignorant idiot The court will never be used.

Otherwise, why keep this blind and loyal person? Chinese New Year?

"snort!"

As if to comply with their expectations, Jiang Chengdao snorted coldly at the right time.

"I really didn't expect that there would be such a loyal and loyal person like Lu Geshi in the world. This king has seen it for a long time."

As soon as these words came out, Li Zheng and the others suddenly smiled.

The words of the Holy King Cangming are basically equivalent to announcing Lu Chen's fate in advance.

How dare you show your loyalty to the emperor in front of powerful ministers? Isn't this lighting a lantern in the toilet?

Is it true that people have come all the way to Luojing to help the empress regain power and help the country?

"Don't bother to talk about him."

Lu Chen didn't show any face to everyone, and said in a cold voice: "Such a shocking case, I believe that it can only be heard by the three courts according to Da Xia's law, and it must not be handled by others, otherwise, what is the majesty of the court?"

As he spoke, he straightened his chest and stared at Jiang Chengdao without flinching. The moment his eyes met, he spoke again, speaking in a very solemn way:

"His Royal Highness, I am very grateful to you for leading the army into Beijing to eliminate the Demon Queen's party and save His Majesty from the fire and water, but every yard counts. No matter what, Your Majesty is the Lord of the world, and the Holy King is the same as you, They are all just ministers, and those who are ministers should be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, abide by their duties, and cannot exceed half a point."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao could not help but narrow his eyes.

"Oh? Lu Geshi is accusing the king of arrogance?"

At the same time as the voice fell, a majestic force surged out of Jiang Chengdao's body, covering the entire Tai Chi Hall in an instant.

Everyone felt that the air around them froze in an instant, and even breathing became a little difficult.

Such a powerful might, even stronger than the Empress Dowager's Ling Tian Fengwei!

Is this the power of the strongest person in the world who can control the power of the holy relic... It really is terrifying!

The indiscriminate coercion made everyone's breathing suddenly stagnate, and Lu Chen was no exception.

But like Ling Tianfengwei who faced the Queen Mother before, his expression did not waver in the slightest.

"That's right."

He gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice: "In my opinion, when His Royal Highness the Holy King spoke to His Majesty just now, there was no respect for His Majesty in the words, but there was a sense of persecution."

Hearing this, the smile on Jiang Chengdao's face grew stronger.

"Let's not talk about whether this king has the intention of persecuting your majesty, if this king really does, what should Lu Ji do?"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the courtiers suddenly changed.

? ? ?

They never expected that Jiang Chengdao would say such a thing.

Nima, you won't act anymore, are you so arrogant? !

We must know that logically speaking, there is a process in between when the hero seizes power and finally takes that step to the sky.

Occupying the capital, executing the queen mother's party, intimidating all officials, controlling the court, and even changing the emperor are all routine operations for a tyrant to seize power, but he has just become a powerful minister and does not hide his ambition...

Although what he just said was hypothetical, it seemed like he was joking, but who would take this as a joke?

Who dares to joke about such a thing?

But when they thought of Jiang Chengdao's identity, they were relieved.

After all, before Jiang Chengdao, there had never been a precedent for a holy king to interfere with the affairs of a secular dynasty. Their past cognitions were not applicable to the first holy king who became a hero in history.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a holy king, one of the strongest in Central Continent with the power of the supreme holy spirit, even as an ambitious hero, he is so different.

When Lu Chen heard about Jiang Chengdao, he also instinctively froze.

After reacting, he couldn't help being ecstatic.

The more arrogant and domineering Jiang Chengdao was, the more he could not tolerate him who dared to challenge his authority.

For him who is eager to be dismissed from office, it will be more beneficial.

However, although Lu Chen was very excited in his heart, on the surface, his expression was extremely heavy.

In terms of acting, he believes that he will not lose to anyone.

I saw him clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said word by word:

"As the saying goes, the master humiliates his ministers to death. No matter what, I will never sit back and watch anyone disrespect your majesty! Even if everyone submits to your majesty, the Holy King, even if the whole world betrays your majesty, I will never Abandon Your Majesty!"

Speaking of this, Lu Chen suddenly raised his head and said impassionedly:

"Unless I'm not in court, as long as I, Lu Huaiyu, are in court for a day, His Majesty will never be ashamed!"

The moment the voice fell, Jiang Chengwan only felt her breathing suddenly stagnate, and something indescribable surged out of her chest, causing her to let out a heavy panting inexplicably.

She gently raised her hand and pressed it on her increasingly violent chest, looking straight at Lu Chen.

After a while, she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

But at this moment——

Boom! !

In the direction of the city gate in the distance, accompanied by a loud bang, a burst of dazzling flames shot up into the sky, instantly dyeing the sky there red.

Like a blooming red lotus, bright and evil.