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

For the Cangming Army, which has been fighting the evil spirits to the death all year round, the Forbidden Army, which has already been frightened by the Holy King and the Xuanwu Guard, is almost like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, vulnerable to a single blow.

Therefore, the moment the 200,000 Cangming Army, which traveled day and night, stepped into Luojing's jurisdiction, the Imperial Army's defeat was already doomed.

"On December 10, the sixth year of Shenghe, the demon queen Zhao and the traitor Xia Houyan led 800,000 rebels to storm the capital, but they were defeated by Xuanwuwei, and the army retreated 30 li.

On the next day, the Holy King Cangming personally led 20,000 Xuanwu Guards to take the initiative to attack, and fought fiercely with the rebels twenty miles away from the east city. Weary and gradually exhausted, he was besieged.

At the end of the war, 200,000 Cangming troops suddenly arrived and attacked the rear of the rebel army. The rebel army was defeated. The demon queen Zhao, the rebel Xia Houyan, the false king Jiang Chengyun, and some rebel leaders fled away with the remnants of the rebel army. The king led his army to chase them..."

Looking at the content in the mansion newspaper, Lu Chen's eyes couldn't help but shine.

Steady!

Originally, the Holy King Cangming was able to control Luojing with only 30,000 Xuanwu guards and severely damaged 800,000 forbidden troops. Now that the main force of the 200,000 Cangming army has rushed to the capital, there is no chance of a comeback.

This world will eventually belong to the hands of the Holy King Cangming.

It can only be said that he is indeed the first ambitious holy king in the history of Central Continent. In just five days, the holy king of Cangming made Luo Jing, the center of the world, completely change hands. Unbelievably powerful.

The Empress Dowager's luck is so bad that such a perfect pentagonal warrior suddenly appeared during her time in power.

Moreover, the extremely powerful Holy King has had prestige since ancient times, and is not inferior to the royal family. As long as the Holy King can use the power of the holy relic outside the holy realm, it must be much easier than other forces to really seize the world.

"Now the Holy King Cangming is chasing death and chasing the north, no matter whether he can capture the queen mother or not, after he returns to the court, his momentum will definitely reach its peak. At that time, it will be no problem to abolish the empress on the spot."

After putting down the mansion newspaper, Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and pondered.

"Based on my previous performance, the Holy King Cangming will definitely not tolerate the existence of a diehard emperor like me. He will definitely find a reason to remove my officials and put them in prison, or even chop them up with a single knife. At the same time, I will remove all official positions. How about it, this officer...I'm lost!"

Thinking of this, Lu Chen became excited.

"cousin."

At this moment, Luo Xiaoyu's voice suddenly sounded outside:

"Are you in there?"

Lu Chen immediately put away his thoughts and sat up.

"exist."

Luo Xiaoyu pushed the door open and entered, then said softly: "Cousin, Mr. Xiao is here, and he is waiting in the living room now, do you want to see him?"

Xiao Yi? What is he here for?

Lu Chen still has a good impression of this good friend from his predecessor.

It's not because of Xiao Yi's good background, but because of the sincere friendship between Xiao Yi and his predecessor.

When he was studying in Zongmen, Xiao Yi took good care of his predecessor. When his predecessor was a Jinshi in the imperial examination high school, and was awarded engineering to Shizhong, Xiao Yi once persuaded him that his predecessor's personality was not suitable for being a spokesman for the science and Taoism in such a situation. , It is not even suitable to be an official in the capital, so you might as well ask yourself to be released on the grounds of "lack of experience".

It's a pity that the predecessor didn't listen.

Facts have proved that his judgment was correct. When his predecessor took office as an engineer, he discovered that there were a lot of tricks in many imperial projects. He immediately wrote to the emperor, but nothing was found.

He angrily went to the palace to face the saint, and then... there was no more.

Therefore, when he heard that Xiao Yi was looking for him, although Lu Chen didn't know why he was looking for him at this time, he still stood up without thinking much.

"Go and receive me, I'll be right over."

"OK."

Luo Xiaoyu responded, got up and walked towards the living room.

Lu Chen took care of himself a little, so as not to be too rude, and then left the door.

When he came to the living room, he saw Xiao Yi sitting on the chair below the head seat drinking tea.

After Lu Chen walked into the living room, he greeted Xiao Yi first, then sat down on the main seat, and asked straight to the point:

"If brother Yu came here on a special trip, why?"

Xiao Yi put down his teacup with a solemn look on his face.

"Huaiyu, do you believe me?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then nodded his head heavily: "Brother Ruoyu has always cared about me, so I naturally believe in Brother Ruoyu."

Hearing this answer, Xiao Yi was quietly relieved.

"That's good."

As he said that, he suddenly reached into his arms, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Lu Chen.

"Huaiyu, please read this letter first."

Lu Chen didn't know why, but he opened the envelope and read it.

After a while, he suddenly glared angrily, and slammed the letter paper on the table with a "slap".

"It makes no sense!!"

The content of this letter is very simple. In a nutshell, Li Zheng said that the Holy King Cangming had completely wiped out the rebels and relieved the danger in Luojing.

Moreover, the Holy King intends to enter the capital through the Huangji Gate, where only the emperor can lead a team, and bring meritorious service to the court. Enough affirmation and glory for the soldiers of the Cangming Army who have made great contributions to the dynasty.

Of course, if you are "unwell", you don't have to go, but if you "go to court with a sickness", it is unreasonable.

Li Zheng called on all "people of insight" to follow the meaning expressed by the Holy King Cangming, not to go to the palace to be on duty tomorrow, but to rush to the gate of Huangji in advance to welcome the army of the Holy King Cangming.

If you are sick, you should stay in the mansion honestly, don't be ignorant of good and bad, which will only increase your unhappiness.

Inside and outside the words, there is a hint of threat.

Li Zheng also went to pursue the "rebels" this time, and has been following the Holy King of Cangming, so his words still have some credibility, and there is no need to lie about such things, and it is of no benefit to him at all.

As the empress' "die loyal", how could Lu Chen not be angry when he saw this news?

Although he was so "angry" that the smile on the corner of his mouth could hardly be concealed, he still suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart, and yelled at Li Zheng and other shameless villains, just in front of Xiao Yi. For a quarter of an hour, the words they used were not repetitive.

In the end, after scolding for too long, his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry, so he stopped and took a big sip of tea.

Xiao Yi was dumbfounded when he heard that, he never expected that Lu Chen's scolding skills would be so fierce.

As if meeting Lu Chen for the first time, Xiao Yi stared at him blankly, unable to recover for a long time.

"The shameless traitor, who dared to betray His Majesty, such an unfaithful and unrighteous person, was able to rank in the court. It is really a misfortune for the country and a great harm for the people..."

Hearing that Lu Chen was about to start scolding again, Xiao Yi finally realized that he made a special trip to find him this time, not to see him scolding.

"Huaiyu, listen to my advice."

Xiao Yiyu said earnestly: "Your Majesty today is destined to be just a puppet at the mercy of others, without any hope of taking power, and is not worthy of your allegiance at all. Moreover, Luo Jing is now in the hands of the Cangming Army, and he only waits for the return of the Cangming Sacred King's class teacher." In the court, everything will be settled, and your loyalty is destined to have no rewards, so... you should give up this meaningless loyalty."

"Tomorrow, if you can't bear to see His Majesty's unbearable things, you can pretend to be sick at home. Although you must have been hated by the Holy King Cangming before you collided with the Holy King, as long as you don't stop at this critical moment Stand up and fight against him, and the situation will have a chance to recover."

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately frowned.

What? Is there any chance of redemption? This is not going to work!

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Chen shook his head, and then said righteously: "If you can be given up, can you still call it loyalty?"

As he spoke, he slowly raised his hand, and put away the letter in his hand like evidence.

"If you don't need to say too much, Brother Yu, I know that what you say is for my own good, and I also know that choosing to be loyal to His Majesty at this time is a stupid thing that ordinary people can't understand. what, but..."

Lu Chen's eyes narrowed, and then he said forcefully to Xiao Yi:

"As long as His Majesty never betrayed me, I will never betray His Majesty."

For his answer, Xiao Yi seemed to have expected it, but he sighed heavily.

"Is it worth it?"

"worth!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Chen's answer was still decisive.

Nonsense, as long as you give up your official status and immediately ascend to immortality, this kind of bargain is so cheap that everyone will rush to do it right?

Xiao Yi said again: "So, Huaiyu, you are going to go tomorrow morning..."

Before Xiao Yi could finish speaking, Lu Chen responded naturally: "As an official of the court, I must go to Dianmao to attend the court meeting on time."

"Ziji City is full of Xuanwu Guards. Your Majesty is firmly [protected] by thousands of elite experts who can easily kill the Habayashi Guards and the Warrior Battalion. You can't change anything at all..."

Lu Chen didn't care about Xiao Yi's continuous pouring of cold water, but just showed a helpless and determined smile.

"Where righteousness lies, even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there!"

Hearing these words, Xiao Yi couldn't help trembling in his heart, even his voice trembled slightly.

"If you don't come back..."

"Then it will never come back!"

After all, before Xiao Yi could speak again, Lu Chen left the hall without looking back.

Looking at Lu Chen's slightly thin but inexplicably tall back, the expression on Xiao Yi's face gradually became complicated.