Under the thick night, the huge Luojing was silent.

In Purple Pole City.

The public houses of all the government offices were already dark at this time, but the lights in the Zichen Hall were still bright.

The empress in a dragon robe leaned on the back of the dragon chair, staring at the scene projected in the shadow stone in front of her with blazing eyes.

I saw that in the video, two middle-aged men were drinking and talking, it was Hu Yan and Wang Licheng, who had just dispersed.

I don't know how long it took, as Wang Licheng said goodbye and left, the image in the lingering stone came to an abrupt end.

"A jar of jade liquor for a few hundred taels of silver is like drinking water, and my courtiers are really arrogant and extraordinary."

The moment the image disappeared, the empress's lips opened slightly, but her voice was filled with chills.

"10,000 taels of silver, a county and a quarter of taxes, I will give it when I say it, my people are so rich now, it is really an eye-opener for me."

"And the matter of grace push, if I remember correctly, it has always been a grace that only the descendants of those who have made meritorious contributions to the dynasty are eligible to receive, and the Ministry of Rites is fully responsible, why can Hu Yan and the official of the Criminal Department get involved?"

A sentence of soul questions echoed in the Zichen Palace.

However, there was no one to answer her question.

The Cangming Saint King is not in Ziji City now, in the huge Zichen Palace, except for the empress, there is only one masked man in a black night robe, who is the Xuanji Guard who has been monitoring Hu Yan.

From the bumpy figure, it can be judged that she is a woman.

At this time, she was half-kneeling on the ground, not moving at all, not saying a word, and the whole person exuded a trace of capable temperament.

Her breathing was extremely steady, so steady that it barely caused the ubiquitous aura fluctuations around her, making her presence completely undetectable.

This is a special breathing method that can only be mastered by first-class martial artists, and it is also the basic method for monitoring monks who have advanced cultivation.

Spying on courtiers is something that the emperor would not normally do.

In Great Xia, only those who become cultivators have the opportunity to become officials, and the scholars in the Shinong industry and commerce refer to the monks among the cultivators.

Cultivators are cultivating themselves by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so as to obtain the existence of extraordinary power, and they are also the collective name of monks and warriors.

In addition to penance, if a practitioner wants to break through, he must become enlightened.

The premise of enlightenment is to have one's own way, and then it is the key to enlightenment such as "general trend" and "chance".

There are thousands of avenues.

Whether it is the mainstream way of sages, martial arts, or the way of poetry that breaks new ground, or the way of counting, the way of medicine, the way of things, the way of stars, the way of cooking, the way of businessmen and other paths, they can all build the foundation of the Tao and step into the long road of seeking the Tao.

Each cultivator can choose his own path, and after building the foundation, he can also have multiple paths in parallel.

However, although there are many avenues and they are different, according to the direction of the use of spiritual power, cultivators are generally only divided into monks and martial artists.

The former emphasizes the law, and the latter emphasizes the work.

The former cultivates the gods, and the latter refines the body.

The reason why monks are highly respected is that they can reconcile the five elements of yin and yang with their own majestic aura, which affects the aura of a place to a certain extent, reducing the risk of aura gathering to form a devastating spiritual disaster, and its existence is beneficial to all the people of the world.

Moreover, although the monk is proficient in magic, his physical strength is not strong, only a little stronger than the ordinary people of the flesh, relatively speaking, it is much easier to control than the warrior, and its existence itself is relatively beneficial to the person in power, and it is not like the warrior who has a mundane and difficult physique, and can use strong martial arts to dominate the world.

It's just that most monks are more sensitive to aura fluctuations, and the higher the cultivation, the more so, so it's not easy to monitor.

And the monks who can enter the court as officials are basically not too weak, and if they want to monitor, they must at least send first-class warriors with extraordinary skills.

First-class martial artists are not cabbages, even the most elite Xuanwu guards in the Cangming army are only a few hundred, and some of them have been sent to protect Lu Chen.

If it weren't for Lu Chen's application for a retrial of Xia Yan's case, and Hu Yan happened to be the official of Jing Xiangchun of the Criminal Department, who was in charge of the various files of this case and tried it together, the empress would not have noticed this person at all, let alone use a precious first-class martial artist to spy on a five-rank petty official.

But I didn't expect that this has always been quite famous, and before the Queen Mother came to power, he could get a good evaluation every time Jingcha, and he was promoted all the way from the chief to the "good official" in the current criminal department, and he was so unbearable inside.

Compared with Lu Chen, a pure minister who has always been the same in front of him, no matter who has been before or after, it is simply one heaven and one earth.

There is no comparison at all!

"Check!"

The empress threw the information related to Hu Yan to the ground as if she were throwing garbage.

"Find out all the past since this fang, especially the evidence of corruption and perversion of the law! And find out the relationship between this fang and the Ministry of Rites or other ministries, and uproot all these moths involved in forming parties and selfishness, and leave no one behind! ”

The words fell, and a trace of fluctuation finally flashed in the eyes of the Xuanji Wei who had been half-kneeling on the ground.

"No!"

After a simple response, the air around her suddenly shook strangely, and the next second, her figure suddenly disappeared out of thin air, and there was no trace of it.

Just like when she came, there was no trace.

After Xuan Jiwei left, the empress did not continue to look at the twists and turns, but stood up, walked to the window with her hands in her hands, and looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky.

I don't know what came to mind, but her bright eyes gradually lost focus and became more and more hazy.

After a moment, the corners of her mouth lifted inexplicably, outlining a touching smile.

was controlled by the queen mother as a puppet for six years, so that she tempered her ability to hide her emotions and insight into people's hearts, after sitting on the throne, every time she contacted the courtiers below, she would always subconsciously compare it with Lu Chen.

And the more she compared, the more she could feel Lu Chen's preciousness.

She even had the feeling that even if the whole world betrayed her, Lu Chen would stand in front of her unswervingly and shelter her from the wind and rain.

It was as if Lu Chen was a treasure given to her by the heavens.

The moon is like white frost, spread on her little face, the skin that is already white as snow is shining under the moonlight, and she seems to have gathered all the beauty in the world at this time, and the beauty is suffocating.

"What is he doing now? Are you still tossing and turning for Xia Yan's case? ”

There was a hint of concern in the whispering voice.

As the supreme monarch of the Great Xia Empire, on weekdays, especially in front of people, she must maintain the power of the emperor who controls the world, and cannot show a trace of weakness.

It is only in the dead of night that she will slightly lose her spirit of holding the world and looking at the world, revealing the only trace of softness left in her heart.

In fact, she had already guessed half right.

At this time, Lu Chen was tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep at night.

However, he couldn't sleep, but it wasn't because he was worried about how to overturn Xia Yan's case.

It's just that I can't sleep because of the excitement.

Tomorrow, as long as the dust settles on Xia Yan's case, he, the guarantor, will have to leave the officialdom immediately.

Then, soar in place!

Thinking that he was about to soar to the immortal realm and become an immortal king, how could Lu Chen not be excited?

Tossing and turning on the bed, Lu Chen couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

It wasn't until late at night that he felt a wave of fatigue set in.

So when he got up from the bed, the heavy dark circles under his eyes and his haggard face almost scared Xiao Yu who came to wash his face with a basin of warm water.

"Cousin, what's wrong with you? Why are you so emaciated? ”

Lu Chen waved his hand: "It's okay, I accidentally drank too much tea last night, and I was a little excited." ”

With that, he stood up, and then Xiao Yu put on his court clothes with a worried gaze.

"Cousin, why don't you take a leave of absence today?" Xiao Yu said with a concerned face.

Lu Chen shook his head.

"No, Your Majesty is now in charge of the court, the court is understaffed, but the affairs of the court and China are extremely heavy, and there is no slackness, otherwise if there is a slight delay, it may cause very serious consequences!"

Just kidding, he has been busy for so long, for today, how could he ask for leave on such an important day?

Even if he climbs, he has to climb to the Xuanji Gate and participate in the triage of the three divisions.

Hearing Lu Chen say this, although Xiao Yu was anxious, he knew that he couldn't persuade this cousin, who had always been very stubborn, so he had to take the trouble to tell him to pay attention to recuperation when he had time, and not to be too reluctant.

Lu Chen responded repeatedly, then yawned and left the house, and walked slowly towards the Xuanji Gate.

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