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

dark.

Endless darkness.

Cang Yue felt as if she had been abandoned by the world, and there was nothing in front of her. She subconsciously wanted to raise her hand, but she couldn't even feel it.

All that can be felt is endless loneliness and helplessness.

"Where is this? What am I doing?"

He obviously has consciousness, but cannot connect to the outside world, like a forgotten ghost.

In a daze, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"is her?"

It’s Mr. Lu’s voice!

Although she had only been in contact with this great husband who made the general so enamored of him for a short time, she had an extremely deep impression.

After a while, memories came in like a tide and merged with his consciousness, and his sanity began to slowly recover.

The strong impact of information flow has also made the voices from the outside extremely blurred.

Gradually, she recalled everything that happened before she fell into coma.

In order to help the general get married, she prevented her sisters from moving together. She did not hesitate to use her spiritual power to activate the secret technique and fell into a weak state. Thieves attacked Xingping County. The sisters wanted to help the general, but a group of powerful monsters suddenly appeared. attack

Blood balls fell from the sky and she was affected.

Blood plague.

The memory fragments disappeared.

She subconsciously sensed the situation in her body and wanted to control the spiritual power in her spiritual veins to break through the fog in her consciousness.

However, within just a few breaths, she gave up.

Because she discovered that the spiritual veins that could be used easily and freely were now extremely stiff, and more than 90% of the spiritual veins could not be sensed at all, and the spiritual power that could be used was very little.

It was as if that part of the spiritual vein no longer belonged to her.

"I see. Are you infected with the blood plague?"

Thinking of this, a desperate thought began to emerge quickly.

"Am I going to die here?"

Faced with the threat of death, strong unwillingness began to emerge crazily.

As a general in the army and one of the most powerful men in the Daxia Empire, she could not be illiterate. Although she did not know much about such a terrible spiritual disaster as blood plague, she still knew about it.

She knew very well what would happen if a cultivator contracted the blood plague.

It was precisely because of this that she felt a sense of despair.

Originally, with her strength, the possibility of contracting the blood plague was very slim, but in order to activate the secret technique, she completely exhausted the spiritual power in her body, giving the plague aura a chance to take advantage of. Later, she was inexplicably besieged by a big demon, and the sisters It's hard to protect her, and even if I try my best, I can only distract those big monsters away.

She never thought that it was just a sudden action, but she would be involved in it.

Who would have thought that the land of Gyeonggi, at the feet of the emperor, and Xingping County, a very prosperous place, would be targeted by thieves, with government scum acting as internal agents, so that the defense of the entire county was directly paralyzed, giving the thieves a chance to attack. Take advantage of the opportunity.

Soon, she realized her current situation.

His body was infected with blood plague, his spiritual veins were almost completely out of control, and the danger of blood explosion was very close at hand;

Moreover, since she was in the hinterland of the county, it was impossible for her not to be discovered by the court, and she could not hide her identity as a warrior. The court's treatment of sick cultivators was always simple and rough.

The worst thing is that in order to hide her identity in front of Gu Simiao and ensure that nothing goes wrong, she didn't take any of the spirit tokens with her. She looked like an ordinary person, and even Gu Simiao couldn't recognize her at the scene.

Would the imperial court risk a bloody battle for an ordinary civilian warrior?

The answer is obvious.

These factors will undoubtedly point to a cruel result.

As soon as she thought of this, she smiled helplessly.

While memory is being restored, perception is also rapidly condensing.

But even so, her consciousness still couldn't connect to her body, and she couldn't even open her eyes.

If it weren't for her high level of cultivation and strength, second only to Gu Simiao in the Cang Ling Army, and a little stronger than Xuan Feng, who is also the right-hand man of the general, she might not even be able to recover her sanity, let alone Open your senses and observe the outside world.

And just when she was desperately trying to put her perception outside and wanted to observe the outside world.

Lu Chen's voice sounded again, like a beam of light, flashing through the boundless darkness in an instant——

"No matter what, the imperial court cannot abandon any of its subjects."

As these words fell, the scene in the ward gradually reflected in Cang Yue's perception.

Cang Yue's heart trembled slightly.

In the ward, she saw the young empress, the Holy King Cangming whose face could not be seen clearly with the mask on, saw herself lying on the hospital bed, and saw a little girl tinkering with something.

And Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu Chen, stood beside the hospital bed with firm eyes and a resolute attitude.

After Lu Chen said these words, he quickly took action before she could react.

First, she was moved to the outskirts, and then the empress and Holy King Cangming set up defensive formations at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen asked the little girl to take out a huge iron lump.

The surface of the iron lump was covered with countless incantations refined from mithril, talismans, flame gold and other possessed spiritual objects. These incantations formed extremely mysterious spells. There were ten of them that she could recognize. Several kinds.

Just looking at it makes one's scalp tingle.

What's this?

Cang Yue, who has gone through hundreds of battles and has a rich resume and extensive knowledge, can't figure out what the iron lump is.

It is neither a magic circle nor a spiritual equipment. It does not even have the most basic spiritual channels on the surface, but it carries complex spells. The spiritual power fluctuations of the spiritual stones can be vaguely sensed inside. She is the first to use such a weird thing. once seen.

In the midst of doubt, he saw the little girl opening the iron door. In an instant, the white mist inside overflowed, giving the entire temple a hazy feeling in just a moment.

Lu Chen lifted her up and stepped into the iron lump in the smoke.

"Liyue."

"clear!"

The little girl responded, then walked to the iron knot, and moved her hands quickly, constantly activating the spells on the surface.

At the same time, the moment Lu Chen brought her into Tie Qiao Dao, her body actually levitated, and finally she floated quietly in front of Lu Chen.

After her body stabilized, Lu Chen said again: "Okay, let's do it."

After saying that, he retreated directly.

Bang!

The iron door slowly fell.

Following a soft sound, Liyue waved her little hand, her five fingers changing rapidly, and her fingertips quickly traced across the incantation on the iron surface, creating a series of blue ripples.

When all the seals were activated, the iron knot suddenly began to tremble violently.

Boom, boom, boom! ! !

Bursts of dull sounds came from the iron door. After a few breaths, several red pointers on the iron door continued to move to the right.

After a while, a cylindrical air outlet on the top of the iron knob began to release a rich white mist. The mist was filled with extremely rich spiritual energy.

Even with her weak perception, Cang Yue could clearly feel that the aura of the entire temple was much stronger.

Cang Yue was immediately shocked when she noticed the change in spiritual energy.

How is this going?

Why did the spiritual energy... suddenly become so much stronger...

that treasure

In a daze, more and more white mist appeared. As time passed, the entire temple was almost enveloped in this spiritual energy flow, like a fairyland.

The little girl named Liyue kept walking back and forth among various strange machines, as if she was observing something.

The more she observed, the tighter her brows furrowed and her face became more solemn.

"not good!"

After a while, she suddenly frowned and shouted to Lu Chen loudly: "Mr. Governor! The spiritual veins in her body are beginning to dry up! Moreover, her spiritual appearance is becoming more and more blurred, and the root spiritual power is rapidly condensing! "

"It failed. It seems that stripping away spiritual power alone cannot prevent the blood epidemic from deepening!"

Lu Chen's expression changed slightly.

It wasn't just because of Liyue's words, the more reason was that in the endoscope in front of him, the horrifying lump of flesh was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the tube connecting the bottom to the internal organs was also expanding and contracting at an extremely fast speed.

"Stress reaction? Or the thing that condensed the epidemic spiritual energy sensed something."

Such a drastic change made him and Liyue instinctively have an idea——

Bloody explosion!

"What a strong, manic power! Lord Governor!"

Liyue suddenly took off the device next to her ear, and at the same time took off the lens. She walked over to Lu Chen in one quick step and said to Lu Chen eagerly:

"Get out of here quickly, that girl looks like she's about to burst with blood!"

Jiang Chengdao and Jiang Chengwan also came over.

"Let's go, Lu Qing, we have done our best, and we are satisfied."

As soon as the words fell, Cang Yue's heart darkened, and the glimmer of hope that had just risen dissipated.

She had experienced Lu Chen's unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, and she also knew why her general was so obsessed with him.

It was obvious that her current status was just that of an ordinary citizen. Lu Chen was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, a second-rank official, and the most popular person in the dynasty, but he was willing to risk a bloody explosion and go to such great lengths to save her.

This alone was enough to shock and convince her.

Just as the Empress said, Lu Chen could do this for an ordinary person, and he really felt guilty.

Since ancient times, there have been only a handful of scholar-bureaucrats like Lu Chen who loved the people as their own children.

In terms of character, among all the officials and scholar-bureaucrats in the world today, no one can compare with him.

Even if he pulls away at this time, no one will blame him, no one is even qualified to blame him.

Including Cang Yue himself.

After all, if something cannot be done, what can be done?

I can only blame myself for being unlucky and having a bad life.

Moreover, he knew his own situation. His spiritual veins were exhausted and it was difficult to resist the erosion of the plague spirit. Now he was completely suppressed by the plague spirit, and a bloody explosion would occur at any time.

It was completely impossible for Lu Chen to rescue him in this situation.

Lu Chen was not her husband-in-law, so he had no obligation to risk everything to save her.

And just when this thought flashed through Cang Yue's mind, and she was about to accept the tragic fate of a bloody explosion——

"As long as there is no blood explosion, there is still a chance."

Under everyone's gaze, Lu Chen shook his head.

"It's not time to give up yet."

As he spoke, he actually took steps and walked towards the iron lump without hesitation.

Seeing Lu Chen's resolute figure, Cang Yue couldn't help but feel trembling.

"But."

Liyue looked hesitant, but she kept moving her feet, taking three steps at a time and then two steps to keep up with Lu Chen.

"Blood explosion."

"Do not worry."

Before she could finish speaking, Lu Chen interrupted directly: "With His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Holy King here, even a blood explosion will never hurt me at all."

After a pause, his tone became firm and decisive.

"I believe in His Majesty and His Majesty the Holy King, just as His Majesty trusts me."

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Chengwan swallowed back the words he originally wanted to persuade after hesitating for a moment. (End of chapter)