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

After the three-day fiscal meeting, the government and the public soon gradually returned to calm.

Lu Chen was also reported by Chai Hongyu for secretly working overtime at home and was given a five-day leave.

At the same time, Jiang Chengwan also ordered that Lu Chen was not allowed to be consulted for instructions on matters of any size within the court within these five days, and she would personally approve them. Lu Chen was strictly ordered to go out for fun during the break or rest at home, but in short, he was not allowed to have any official duties.

As a result, Lu Chen was completely free.

Fortunately, he had already arranged all the affairs of the Ministry of Works and the Department of Heavenly Works on the second day after the court meeting. After all, he was going to the Ministry of Household Affairs soon, and he could not let go of the perfect situation of the Ministry of Works.

Although it is still unknown who Jiang Chengwan will arrange to succeed him as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, whether it is the promotion of Sun Michang, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry who has been like a transparent person this year, or the parachuting of a "famous person", the Ministry of Industry has already taken a step forward. No train on track will be stopped.

Unless the empress loses her power and allows the civil servants to take power again.

Don't think that if he leaves the Ministry of Works to work in the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Works will no longer be under his control. With his current power and prestige, even if he is demoted to work in the Ministry of Works, he will still have the final say in the Ministry of Works.

This is the case with today's officialdom.

Although his current position has nothing to do with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, when it comes to important matters such as merit examinations, promotions, demotions, appointments and dismissals of officials, the Empress first asks not the Three Pavilions and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but him, the Minister of Works and the Minister of Civil Affairs. Tiangong Division Sizheng.

Therefore, for him now, it doesn't matter what position he is in. As long as he wants to manage it, he can manage it with Jiang Chengwan's unconditional support.

Even if his energy is not enough to take care of both, he still has enough control in the general direction.

"cousin."

On a rare day off, Luo Xiaoyu happily ran outside Lu Chen's bedroom early in the morning.

"Are you awake?"

Lu Chen opened his eyes speechlessly, and then said helplessly: "I'm awake now..."

Click…

The door was pushed open quickly, and then Luo Xiaoyu, who had become more and more graceful, appeared at the door of Lu Chen's bedroom with the first ray of sunshine in the morning.

"Cousin, get up quickly, Sister Gu is here."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but be startled.

Gu Simiao? Why did this guy come back to Beijing again?

The reason why I say "again" is because two months ago, the empress gave her a strict order, telling her to calm down, concentrate on training the imperial army, consolidate Zhili's defense, and not to run to the capital all the time if there was nothing to do, so as not to delay military affairs.

Therefore, he had not seen Gu Simiao for a long time, and the Lu family was reluctantly a little quieter.

but now……

Sneaking back? Or maybe the empress couldn't bear to keep squeezing her and asked her to come back and take a vacation?

"What does she want from me?"

In doubt, he asked directly: "Also, did she come alone?"

Luo Xiaoyu responded: "Sister Gu came here alone. As for the purpose of Sister Gu's visit...she didn't tell me. Maybe there was something important that it was inconvenient for me to know."

Lu Chen opened the quilt and stood up to get dressed.

"Xiao Yu, please go over and entertain us first. I'll come over after tidying up."

Luo Xiaoyu nodded, responded, then turned and left.

After half a quarter of an hour, Lu Chen tidied up a little, tidied himself up to the point where he didn't look too ugly, and then walked towards the living room unhurriedly.

At the same time, outside Lu Mansion Gate, at the edge of the street corner on the east side, in the originally empty shadow, the air suddenly shook strangely.

A moment later, amid the violent distortion, seven or eight figures suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Looking carefully, these figures are all slim young women.

The youngest is in his early twenties, and the oldest is only around thirty years old. They are dressed in casual clothes, looking like ordinary people, but if you look closely, they all have an inexplicable sense of neatness and heroic appearance.

The sharp aura they exuded inadvertently made them somewhat conspicuous.

After a moment, everyone suddenly turned their heads at the same time and looked at the woman in the middle, and then the oldest person said:

"Cang Yue, are you sure the reason why the general has not thought about food and tea in the past two months is because of Mr. Lu?"

Yes, the person they were looking at was none other than Gu Simiao's trusted general who had been relying on him ever since he became the commander-in-chief of the Cang Ling Army. He was also a leader among the younger generation in Great Xia and one of the three deputy commanders of the Imperial Guard— —Dingyuan General Cang Yue.

"Don't worry, Sister Yingyue, you can't make a mistake."

Cang Yue said with determination:

"You didn't officially transfer to the capital last year, so you're asking this question. But if you knew what the general had done this year, you wouldn't doubt my judgment."

Hearing this, Su Yingyue immediately asked: "What has the general done this year?"

Others also hurriedly urged Cang Yue to stop talking and speak quickly.

"It all started when the general took us to Beijing last year to receive the title."

Cang Yue coughed lightly and said slowly: "Since taking charge of the Forbidden Army, the general has seemed to be a different person. Not only does he not focus all his energy on the army like he did in Huangzhou, but he also has to deal with important matters. After completing his military duties, I would rush back to Luojing as soon as I had the opportunity. After I noticed something unusual about the general, every time the general returned to Beijing, I tried to find a way to keep up, and then I discovered..."

At this point, she paused slightly.

Yingyue's eyes narrowed slightly, and then she interrupted before Cangyue could continue:

"Every time the General returns to Beijing, is it to find Mr. Lu?"

Of course, they were no strangers to Lu Chen.

In other words, any official with a certain status in the Daxia officialdom nowadays, whether civil or military, would be familiar with Lu Chen.

Not to mention that Lu Chen was the benefactor who saved their beloved General He clan.

As for Cang Yue following the general, she has been secretly observing this kind of thing for a whole year...it is urgent to follow the authority, but no one cares about it at this time.

She also cares about the general...

Of course, they who came here with Cang Yue at this time did not criticize Cang Yue's position.

"That's right."

Cang Yue nodded heavily, and then said solemnly:

"No matter it's windy or rainy, blizzard or scorching sun, the general will find time to return to Beijing to visit Mr. Lu. Even if he just meets once, the general will be satisfied. Sister Yingyue, you are a family man, and you are with your brother-in-law. We have come together after going through hardships, you should know what it means for the General to be like this, right?"

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Yingyue spoke slowly: "General, has she fallen in love with Mr. Lu..."

There was a hint of disbelief in his voice.

You must know that Gu Simiao is the only outstanding person in the history of Daxia who has successfully broken through to the realm of unity in his early twenties. Logically speaking, shouldn't such a gifted person be dedicated to pursuing the truth and have no other thoughts?

According to the tradition of the spiritual world, even if you are interested in finding a Taoist partner, you should fall in love with someone who is equally gifted, right?

How could you be tempted by an ordinary monk?

Yes, Lu Chen was indeed a great benefactor who saved the Gu family, but kindness is kindness, gratitude is gratitude, and feelings are completely different things.

What's more, Gu Simiao has always been a warrior who pursues the ultimate in martial arts since she joined the Cang Ling Army. She has never been seen wearing red clothes. Even in casual clothes, they are just loose cloth robes. She almost doesn't regard herself as a woman, so pure. Will cultivators really fall into the mortal world?

Others thought the same thing.

After all, they were not involved and had not personally experienced what Gu Simiao had experienced. They really could not understand Gu Simiao's thoughts.

But no matter how unbelievable they were, the fact was before their eyes, and they couldn't help but not believe it.

It was impossible for Cang Yue to joke about this kind of thing. Gu Simiao was indeed absent-minded during this period in the army. She was distracted from time to time. Later, it even got to the point where she didn't think about food or tea, and even got a minor illness.

That's right, as a strong person in the Guiyi Realm, she actually rested for half a day because of illness. It was simply a fantasy.

If it weren't for the love-sickness, it would be really hard to explain.

Cang Yue nodded again.

"pretty close."

Yingyue suppressed the surprise in her heart and asked calmly: "What do you think, Mr. Lu?"

"have no idea."

Cang Yue did not show off, and honestly stated the conclusion she had observed for a year: "The general is too restrained in this regard, and Master Lu is too focused on national affairs and has not paid attention to the general's thoughts, so now. It’s just the general’s unrequited love.”

Hearing this, Yingyue was dumbfounded.

Their family's great general, the darling daughter of heaven, and a peerless figure, could fall in love with a man four or five years younger than themselves, but they still have unrequited love?

Isn’t this too nonsense?

"so."

Cang Yue spoke again and solemnly said: "This is why I brought you here today."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces suddenly showed a look of understanding.

"Shall we work together to find ways to fulfill the feelings of the general and Mr. Lu?"

"Um."

Cang Yue responded.

"The general has been kind to us. When we were harmed by traitors, fell into the trap of the Rouran Army, and were heavily surrounded, if the general had not fought against everyone's opinions and risked his life to lead the army to rescue us, we would have been saved. If we break out of the encirclement, we might have been captured by those barbarians and died of humiliation."

"This kindness is like reincarnation. Now is the time for us to repay the great kindness of the general. No matter what, we will help the general to capture the city and seize the land, and take down this difficult-to-conquer city of Lord Lu!" (End of this chapter)