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

After the fall of Queen Mother Zhao, another official earthquake broke out without warning.

Including Wang Zhi, a senior official of the second rank, all the officials who went to Huangji Gate were captured by Xuanwu Guards, and they were escorted to the prison together with their families, facing the Queen Mother's party feathers who were arrested before.

For a while, the dungeon became overcrowded.

Questioning crimes, ransacking homes, arresting people, and detaining people, Xuanwuwei constantly shuttled around the city of Luojing under the order of the empress.

A few days ago, the scene when the Queen Mother Zhao just fell from power was staged again.

No one could have imagined that the puppet emperor who was not favored by anyone turned out to be the real driving force behind the overthrow of Queen Mother Zhao.

And the Holy King Cangming is just a knife in her hand.

And this knife was also used by her as a touchstone to test the reaction of the officials.

The results are obvious.

Except for Lu Chen, almost everyone failed to pass her trial completely.

Of course, some courtiers can't get full marks, so it's okay to get a pass.

Courtiers such as Xiao Yun who did not respond to Li Zheng's call to go to Huangjimen to welcome the Holy King, although they are not as devoted to the Empress as Lu Chen is, they still have the conscience of a cultivator and their duty as a courtier of the Great Xia , is still available.

In other words, they are the good ministers that the Empress wants to distinguish.

Lu Chen was a surprise that exceeded expectations.

Therefore, although a loyal minister like Lu Chen is rare and rare, it is not impossible to use those good ministers who abide by their duties.

It's just that grudges are inevitable, and it's impossible to trust Lu Chen unreservedly like he did to Lu Chen.

After two great changes in succession, the number of officials in the court was reduced by nearly half, and a large number of vacancies were vacated. Even the Sange Great Seal was vacant by two, and the entire Daxia Central Administrative Organization was almost paralyzed.

The appointment of officials has become the most urgent matter at present.

Other matters, such as calming people's hearts, cleaning up the mess, hunting down the Queen Mother's party members, clearing the remnant party, cleaning up the court, stabilizing the border, etc., also need to be dealt with as soon as possible in order to stabilize the rule.

Therefore, after the Huangjimen incident was over, the empress threw herself into extremely complicated government affairs.

With the full support of the Cangming Army controlled by Jiang Chengdao, the power transition of the empress is relatively smooth.

Although no one knows why the Holy King, who has almost never interfered in the internal affairs of the Central Continent Dynasty for tens of thousands of years, broke the convention and came all the way to help the Empress regain her supreme power as emperor, but no matter what the reason, as long as the Holy King supports the Empress, The status of the Empress is unshakable.

It's the same even if she doesn't have any team besides Lu Chen.

The power of the Holy King is so domineering, completely unreasonable.

The busy empress has no time to take care of Lu Chen for the time being, and just issued a notice with a big seal, stating that the Holy King Cangming will take the lead in removing the demon queen who caused the disaster. He didn't hesitate to show off to Lu Chen.

He even compared him to a famous minister in ancient times, and highly affirmed him. His words were full of praise, and the pen and ink he used was not much less than that of the holy king.

Of course, those courtiers who chose to stay behind closed doors during the matter of Huangjimen, neither welcoming the holy king nor entering the palace to protect the empress, also used a few strokes of praise in the announcement.

After all, no matter whether they are pretending to be high-minded and willing to sell for a price, or they are unwilling to submit because of their conscience, since they have not betrayed Da Xia on the surface, then even if they are guilty, they are not guilty of death, and now they are When employing people, there is no need to be too harsh on them.

In fact, if it weren't for Lu Chen's ridiculously dazzling jewel in front of him, the Empress would probably have praised them a few more words for the sake of the overall situation. The courtiers who welcome the "new emperor" are much better.

But with Lu Chen present, their performance was too inferior in comparison, and naturally they couldn't be compared with Lu Chen in the empress's mind. A little praise for them was already the result of her taking care of the overall situation.

This is equivalent to the fact that the courtiers who were not involved in the matter of Huangjimen were relieved as soon as the announcement defining the incident was released, and then at the same time, they focused on the name praised by the empress in the announcement.

People who admired or despised Lu Chen before had only one thought at this moment:

This son Jane is in the emperor's heart, and the future is bound to be bright and bright, the future is boundless, and he must not be taken lightly!

Some active courtiers have even started to inquire about Lu Chen's past, preferences and background.

People who can be in court are basically not stupid.

Lu Chen has given up on the empress twice in a row. This friendship is like a gift in the snow to the empress. Its status in the empress's heart is definitely not as important as the holy king who helped her seize power.

If there is no accident, Lu Chen will definitely become a big celebrity in the female emperor's dynasty and an absolute favorite.

It certainly doesn't hurt to befriend it.

Although this person looks stupid and not very upright, maybe one day the power will change when he is in his hands?

Aren't all the officials in the past dynasties like this?

As the so-called way of life, that is, the art of contingency, one should not be paranoid.

In their view, as long as they have been officials for a long time, they will naturally understand this truth. It is impossible to always follow the principle of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country and taking the world as their own responsibility.

As a result, the courtyard in Xicheng, where Lu Chen temporarily lived, suddenly became very popular. Every day, people came to give gifts and hand over invitations.

However, Lu Chen had only one response to this——

"Xiao Yu, no matter who it is in the future, whether it's a gift or a greeting card, throw them all out!"

After he knew the content of the announcement, he was naturally not as complacent as those courtiers thought, but was so depressed that he wanted to die, regretting not following the crowd, and followed Wu Zongyun to Huangji Gate to welcome the new emperor.

Otherwise, his name would definitely be included in the imperial decree to deal with rebels.

But the matter has come to this point, no matter how entangled it is, there is no point in it. With this energy, it is better to think about what to do in the future.

After all, the current situation is too unfavorable for him.

He couldn't resign, and he was a loyal and courageous person in his previous life, but he was on the wrong team, and somehow became the number one loyal minister of the Empress.

If you don't do anything, you will definitely be promoted continuously by the empress, who knows when you will be able to touch the system rewards.

Therefore, something had to be done, at least to think of an excuse for refusing to be promoted.

As a result, he was racking his brains to figure out how to get rid of this obstructive official uniform, and at least keep the seventh-rank petty officials from being promoted, so as to obtain the system rewards that are bound to be much richer than the last short cycle in this long cycle. , these people rushed over to add trouble to him.

Congratulations to Mr. Lu, who is in the emperor's heart and is favored by His Majesty. He will surely make great achievements in the future, and he must support him a lot.

These words are simply rubbing salt in his wounds, if he can be happy, he will be a ghost.

Hearing what he said, Xiao Yu, who had been busy for a long time, couldn't help being stunned.

"ah?"

After reacting, she hesitated and said, "Cousin... this... this is not good..."

Lu Chen said with a look of disdain: "It's just a group of stalkers who will cling to whoever gets the power. What else can they do other than forming a clique for personal gain and deceiving others? These shameless villains who only know how to make money, Sooner or later, I will read them a book from His Majesty, how can I be with them?"

As he said that, he snorted again, "Don't talk about being with them, I feel ashamed just talking to them, Xiao Yu, if you don't want your cousin I can't even eat today, send them away quickly Come on, I want to throw up when I see them."

Such extreme words made Xiao Yu speechless for a while.

I always feel that my cousin is not suitable to be an official...

As soon as you open your mouth, you will offend people to death. Sooner or later, enemies will be everywhere, and you will be isolated and excluded by all courtiers.

If he was in that situation, no matter how much the empress favored him, he would be kicked out of the court sooner or later if he was not tolerated by the officialdom.

Naturally, she didn't know that thinking this way, this was originally Lu Chen's plan.

His purpose is to take off this official uniform, so in the officialdom, naturally, the more hated he is, the better.

He wished that the entire officialdom was a "good teammate" who tried everything possible to drive him out of Shilin.

Therefore, not only is he not afraid of offending people, but he tries every means to become a mudslide in the officialdom and be hated by them. Only in this way can he have more chances of being dismissed from office.

Xiao Yu opened her mouth, wanting to persuade her a few more words, but seeing how determined Lu Chen was, she knew it would be useless to say more, so she sighed helplessly, turned around and walked towards the hall.

Now that Lu Chen has made up his mind, she can only do as he said.

pat...

After Xiao Yu left, there was an imperceptible sound on the roof of Lu Chen's room, and then a black shadow suddenly rushed out and flew towards Ziji City.