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

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 air around him.

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

In the past few days, those Xuanjia soldiers who came out of nowhere have been dispatched continuously, just like when the Empress Dowager first came to power, courtiers' mansions in Beijing were patronized by them from time to time.

Bachelor of Tianji Pavilion, Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Officials, Commander of the Embroidered Guards, Commander of the Habayashi Guards, Zuo Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Chief of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Chief of the Ministry of Households, and Officials Give it all.

From senior officials of the first rank to minor officials of the seventh rank, more than 300 courtiers and their family members were arrested in prison, waiting to be released.

The reason why the imperial court arrested them was very simple——

In the empress dowager's bedroom, which was characterized as "under the control of evil spirits", Xuanwu Wei found a large number of letters and account books with outrageous contents, and all of these things were related to the arrested officials to some extent.

And it's directly related.

Thus, the first round of political liquidation after the downfall of the Empress Dowager began.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the arrested courtiers are basically the people closest to the Queen Mother, the hardcore Queen Mother's henchmen.

They may be Zhao family's children, in-laws, or family children who are closely related to the Zhao family, disciples of the sect, or direct relatives of small families who are backed by the Zhao family.

As the saying goes, one person attains the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven.

After the queen mother took power, she promoted almost all the people who were close to the Zhao family and who could be promoted. Most of the high-ranking official positions and important positions were replaced by her own people, and she firmly controlled the government.

Of course, in order to maintain the normal operation of the court, capable people must be required to really work, which is also the foundation of ministerial power.

It is impossible for the queen mother's party members to be all talents with outstanding abilities, or to say that they completely abandon the character of literati and kneel and lick the queen mother. There are very few people with outstanding talents.

Therefore, not all the queen mothers are in the court, but these people with real talents and learning can't change anything.

Following the issuance of the official document with the jade seal, and the armed forces of the Habayashi Guard, Embroidery Guard, and Imperial Guards controlled by the Empress Dowager's family in Beijing were completely defeated by the Xuanwu Guard, and the entire Luojing City has fallen into a situation where they can control the Xuanwu Guard. human hands.

Luo Jing's direction has completely changed!

It doesn't matter 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 eradicated one by one by the new speaker.

After the old forces disappear, there will inevitably be new ones to take their place.

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

His attitude will determine the future direction of Luo Jing, and even the entire Great Xia.

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

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

No one knows how he led tens of thousands of tiger and wolf troops to descend to Ziji City without anyone noticing, and wiped out all the forces of the Queen Mother's family, and they don't know what his purpose is.

Is it because I can't understand what the Queen Mother is doing and wants to do justice for the heavens; or the Holy King Cangming was the enemy of the Queen Mother Zhao before being selected by the holy relic; She regained power in order to have a kiss.

Or, he intends to "follow the emperor's order to not be a minister", start with a powerful minister, take that step to the sky, and become the first emperor in the history of Central Continent to rule Kyushu with the supreme power of a holy relic.

Although the holy kings of the four realms have always kept their own place and have never done anything out of the ordinary for tens of thousands of years, as long as it is the Central Plains dynasty that has the jade seal, they will all submit to it in name.

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

Perhaps, this generation of Cangming Holy King has mastered some kind of ability that can break the restriction that holy relics can only exert their power in the holy realm, and then breeds ambition.

After calming down these two days, Lu Chen thought a lot about the Holy King of Cangming, and also consulted 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 defeated. The way to dismiss from office.

Therefore, he had a lot of guesses about the sudden disturbance of the Holy 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 plan of the Holy King Cangming.

It's just that they want to find out the intentions of the Holy 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 biggest possibility is that the Holy King Cangming has the ability to use the power of holy relics to a certain extent in the outside world, so he wants to take that step to the sky, just like Er Zhurong in his original world. so-so.

If you think about it, it's kind of like that.

In the same era where the emperor was weak and the empress dowager ruled the court, he was also the king of the northern border, and both led tiger and wolf troops to Beijing to seize power, and even took away the empress dowager, mother and son.

Thinking about it this way, Lu Chen felt even more that the Holy King Cangming was here to usurp the throne.

To achieve this goal, it is undoubtedly the most time-saving and labor-saving way to start from a powerful minister, gradually control the imperial power that erodes Da Xia, and at the same time establish one's own supremacy at the top.

If you think about it in this way, it is conceivable to control the capital under the pretext of stepping into the center of the empire, and at the same time support the puppet emperor.

Then, according to the normal logic, if the Holy King Cangming wants to control the world, he has to attack a small group and win over a large number.

When warlords and powerful clans shake hands and make peace, the emperor should touch his head and cherish his few lives.

Therefore, after eradicating the Queen Mother's cliques, the Holy King Cangming will definitely find a way to establish his prestige, and then give some benefits to those influential families, cultivate the cliques, establish a pro-party, and at the same time use the method of pulling one faction to beat the other to establish his own at the top Supreme authority.

If this is the case, then, as long as you find a way to become the "small group" attacked by the Holy King of Cangming, it will be fine.

In this way, everything becomes simple.

Of course, this is just Lu Chen's speculation. Although the possibility of other speculations is not high, it is still possible. Therefore, no matter what the plan is, it can only be implemented after confirming the attitude of the Cangming Holy King.

And the first court meeting after Luo Jing's change is the best opportunity.

You only need to observe the attitude of the Cangming Holy King at the court meeting to the empress and the officials, as well as some arrangements afterwards, and you can see some clues.

Thinking of this, after thinking about it, Lu Chen calmed down, took a deep breath, stepped into the Xuanji Gate guarded by hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers, and walked in the direction of the Taiji Hall. go.

"Huh? Huaiyu?"

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

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

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

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

The predecessor's brother from the same family, a son of a wealthy family, Xiao Yi, whose name is Ruoyu.

"It's you, Ruoyu."

After a simple greeting, Xiao Yi asked: "Why are you here? Didn't you say that courtiers who are sick can ask for leave? You were injured by the Queen Mother's Ling Tian Fengwei before, and now the injury is still not healed. No one will impeach you if you take time off and stay at home."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Besides, the current situation in the court is unclear. At this time, we should try our best to avoid this muddy water. If you can't come, you won't come. Now many courtiers are using their bodies to Waiting and watching under the excuse of being ill, what are you doing here when you are really injured?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen pretended to let out a long sigh.

"Sacred King Cangming has an ambiguous attitude, I am worried about His Majesty."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Yi couldn't help being stunned, and the scene of Lu Chen pleading for His Majesty in the Taiji Hall before, even though he gritted his teeth and forcibly passed out under the empress dowager's supreme power, slowly emerged in his mind, he refused to give in.

There was a flash of respect in Lu Chen's gaze.

Recalling back when we practiced together in the sect, Lu Chen was always upright, and seemed to have a natural hatred and responsibility for the injustices in the world. The appearance of eternal peace.

This amazingly talented junior is such a pure person

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

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

Inside and outside the words, it is full of concern for friends.

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

He admired Lu Chen's loyalty, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and his devotion to the tigers, but he didn't approve of Lu Chen's reckless way of doing things.

However, before he finished speaking, Lu Chen shook his head.

"It's one thing to be able to do it, but another thing to do it. In any case, as a courtier of Shenghe, I can't just watch His Majesty be humiliated. As the saying goes, if the Lord humiliates his ministers to death, if His Majesty is humiliated , what face do I have to survive in this world?"

As he said that, before Xiao Yi could speak again, Lu Chen put his hands behind his hands, took another step, and walked towards the Tai Chi Hall with great determination.

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Looking at Lu Chen's slightly thin, but inexplicably tall figure that makes people feel humbled, Xiao Yi's handsome face gradually revealed a complicated look.