Since the empress last tried to dispel public opinion and allowed Lu Chen to change course on the Ministry of Industry, for ten consecutive days, nothing major happened in the court.

During this time, the empress was busy dealing with court affairs every day, and Fu Huan, who was in charge of the Tiance Mansion, also began to exert her strength in the strategy of supporting the clan, Gu Simiao spent most of her time training soldiers in the forbidden army camp, and recently, for some reason, the empress suddenly skipped many affairs directly and handed them over to Xiao Yun to deal with, so that Xiao Yun had extremely heavy official duties every day.

is obviously the second assistant, but the empress's trust in her is obviously better than that of the first assistant Yan Song.

After everyone got busy, Lu Chen's side immediately quieted a lot.

Of course, he's actually busy, too.

On the Ministry of Industry, he has to manage not only the Wuji Palace project, but also major projects such as city defense construction, official road layout, repair and maintenance.

At the same time, he also had to start pushing forward the establishment of the Tiangong Division's yamen, at least he had to build the team first.

So he's been so busy lately that he's barely touching the ground.

On this day, Lu Chen, who had just left the court, was working in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry without distractions, as usual, and focused all his attention on the documents in front of him, not caring about the surroundings at all.

I don't know how long it took, and I don't know how many documents were approved, Lu Chen suddenly felt that his eyes were a little sour, so he put down the documents for a while, then stretched out his hand, rubbed his eyes, and then habitually opened his hand, ready to stretch.

"Hah."

However, at this very moment-

"Hmm"

The left hand, which was open to the back, suddenly touched something soft.

With a muffled sound that seemed to be nothing, Lu Chen, who had withdrawn his attention from the official document, suddenly smelled a rather familiar fragrance.

Well?

The special touch suddenly made Lu Chen stunned, and then subconsciously turned his head to look.

Click

Only a soft sound was heard, and the touch disappeared instantly.

And after seeing the scene behind him, Lu Chen suddenly twitched the corner of his eyes.

In the next second, he stood up suddenly, and then bowed forward and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty." ”

But I saw a red dragon robe, and the empress who didn't know when she came over was standing there vividly.

"Ahem."

The empress coughed lightly, and continued:

"Lu Qing doesn't have to be polite."

Lu Chen didn't straighten up by the trend, but arched his hand again, and said with a serious face: "Weichen was careless, he didn't even notice His Majesty's arrival, so he offended the dragon body, please treat Weichen for the crime of disrespect."

Hearing this, the empress inexplicably looked away.

"It was I who didn't say hello in advance, and walked behind Lu Qing rashly, and that's it...... This is my fault, Lu Qing doesn't blame me for being abrupt, how can I blame Lu Qing for losing his manners? ”

With that, she walked to a chair not far away, and sat down with the hem of her clothes.

Only then did Lu Chen straighten up and thank the empress.

That's right, feudal society is such nonsense, obviously he is not wrong, it is the emperor's problem, but the emperor is the supreme in the world, and it is impossible for the emperor to make mistakes, so no matter what, the fault can only be someone else.

Lu Chen asked with a serious face: "I don't know why Your Majesty is here?" ”

Speaking of business, the empress suddenly gathered her mind, and then frowned slightly.

"Lu Qing, I just received bad news."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but turn pale.

"What's the bad news?"

The empress took a breath and said slowly: "Xue Yi, the right attendant of the former Ministry of Works, was attacked by thieves in the area of Daze Township on the way back to his hometown, and twenty-one members of his family were unfortunately killed. ”

Xue Yi?

The right attendant of the former Ministry of Works?

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

In the next second, in his mind, he instantly remembered the greasy and unreasonable material loss found when he inspected the warehouse when he was at the construction site of Wuji Palace before.

and, most critically, where the waste goes.

According to Xu Sanping, the waste was dumped by Xue Yi privately, and it was a personal act, in other words, this matter will probably not be recorded.

At this thought, his eyes narrowed quietly.

Bandits attack retired court officials and exterminate them all? Interesting......

Lu Chen was silent in thought, and the empress did not make a sound to disturb, but stayed quietly aside, silently watching Lu Chen's thoughtful appearance.

After a few breaths, Lu Chen's eyes regained their brightness.

"Lu Qing."

At the moment when Lu Chen came back to her senses, the empress slowly spoke and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

I, Li Yuanfang, sat and watched!

Lu Chen shook his head, shook off the messy thoughts in his mind, and then frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, then Xue Yi didn't have an accident sooner or later, but it happened when Weichen suspected that the so-called waste materials were other tricks." ”

"Besides, Xue Yi is a person from Taizhou, Luo Jing has a direct official road to Taizhou, and he is a high-ranking scholar with the third grade, and he can completely enable the official Dao's divine array to return to his hometown, as long as his whereabouts are not exposed, how can he be so easily forced into a desperate situation by thieves?"

"Therefore, Weichen thinks that there must be something strange about this matter."

The empress obviously thought so too, and when she heard Lu Chen say this, there was no surprise on her face.

"In that case, I'm going to send Xuanji Wei to secretly ......"

"There's no need to send Xuan Jiwei to do such a thing."

Unexpectedly, in the face of the empress's natural decision, Lu Chen shook his head

"The top priority now is to get rid of the thieves who dare to attack and kill the officials of the imperial court as soon as possible, no matter what, the officials represent the imperial court to a certain extent, and the malicious killing of officials is to provoke the majesty of my Great Xia Dynasty, this is a great crime that cannot be punished, if these lawless thieves are not brought to justice as soon as possible, where is the prestige of the Great Xia Kingdom?"

After a pause, he said again: "And now that the demon queen has been in chaos for six years, the local armament is lax, and it is embarrassing to be useful, and the matter of killing thieves has to rely on the power of Xuanjiwei, and Xuanjiwei is now understaffed, and there must be enough Xuanjiwei masters in the capital for His Majesty to drive, and there are not many people who can be sent, so they can't use their limited strength in such obvious things, and now there are still many important things to rely on Xuanjiwei to solve." ”

Hearing this, the empress only thought for a moment and nodded.

"What Lu Qing said is reasonable, but I didn't think about it."

Seeing the empress obediently admit her shortcomings, Lu Chen inexplicably felt a slight sense of weirdness.

And that's... The so-called Corporal Lixian?

Doesn't feel right......

At this time, the empress suddenly stretched out her hand, picked up the teapot next to her, and poured two cups of tea.

"Lu Qing, let's take a sip of tea first."

She said with a natural face, and actually picked up a bowl of tea directly and handed it to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen: "??? ”

Looking at the teacup in front of him, Lu Chen was instantly stunned.

"It's like I said before."

Seeing Lu Chen standing there stunned, the empress looked light.

"Lu Qing, as far as I am concerned, you are not only a loyal minister with unparalleled loyalty, a virtuous minister who is a scholar of heaven and man, a capable minister with outstanding talents, a hero who has made great contributions to the court, a minister who can entrust great things, but also a mentor and friend to me, and even a confidant.

These words were like a magical right hand, constantly breaking all kinds of illusions in Lu Chen's heart about becoming immortals by shortcuts.

Lu Chen reacted, feeling the almost unshakable trust in these words, but sighed inexplicably.

"Your Majesty, the ceremony must not be abolished."

The empress shook her head, noncommittal to Lu Chen's insistence.

She stood up, put the teacup in Lu Chen's hand, then sat down again, picked up another cup of tea, and took a sip gently.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Lu Chen held the teacup in his hand and couldn't help but be a little speechless.

Your Majesty, even if you don't care about the difference between monarchs and ministers, you have to take into account the difference between men and women, right?

You have no sense of boundaries so much, it's easy for people to misunderstand, okay?

There must be a large number of Xuanji guards in the vicinity who are secretly protecting, these are all the people of the Cangming Holy King, and the current power of the empress is all from the power of the saint of the Cangming Holy King.

Please, how can there be a monarch in this world who has given everything he has for the sake of another country? What's more, Cangming Realm and Great Xia have no subordination relationship in the actual sense at all, and Kuang supports a fart of the society.

This guy is 100% thinking about the empress.

If the Holy King of Cangming mistakenly thinks that he is a cow... Well, that's a big deal.

Moreover, the Holy King of Cangming is the one who saved the empress in a desperate situation, a real hero who saves beauty, for the empress, a girl who is twenty-eight years old, when she meets such a hero at the age when she is most likely to sprout her heart, the result is self-evident.

And he, Lu Chen, is just a shit luck who said the most "correct" words at the most "correct" time and made the "most correct" choice (non-chieftain).

The empress was so unconscious, Lu Chen really wanted to ask her face to face: Aren't you afraid that your future emperor will have an opinion on you?

But if this is asked, he will probably have to be invited to tea by the Evil Division, and don't think about the system reward.

Shaking his head, Lu Chen didn't bother to think about it anymore.

Whatever, love it.

Lu Chen took a sip of tea, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Xue Yi's matter must be investigated, but no matter what the results of the investigation are, whether there is evidence or not, whether it can be revealed, we should not focus on the matter itself, but should focus on the problems reflected in this matter and the ways and means to solve them." ”

Hearing this, the empress couldn't help but move.

"Lu Qing, what do you mean..."

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty holds the heavy weapon of the country in his hand, and he can break it with his own strength, so why should he be entangled with the thieves in the dark on the battlefield they are familiar with?" Rather than this, it is better to directly connect the murder of Xue Yi with the waste matter, and use this as a reason to change the system. ”

Hearing this, the empress suddenly understood.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something more, but just then, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.

Then two figures in six-grade court clothes walked in.

But they are Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan, who have not been seen for a long time.

For some reason, their faces inexplicably revealed a sense of excitement and reverence, and the whole person was filled with a festive atmosphere, and their steps were vigorous.

"Lord Lu, we have good news for you!"

As soon as the two came in, Zhang Xuan couldn't wait to shout.

However, in the next second, after seeing that the empress was also there, the originally excited voice stopped abruptly, and then bowed heavily to the empress with Wang Qi:

"Weichen Wang Qi..."

"Weichen Zhang Xuan..."

"Meet Your Majesty."

At the moment when the two entered the door, the softness and warmth on the empress's face disappeared almost instantly, and was replaced by the supreme majesty of being the supreme of the world, as well as the unparalleled domineering spirit unique to the emperor who ruled the world.

She turned her head slightly and looked at the two of them with a blank expression.

"Flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Xuan and Wang Qi got up at the same time.

The empress asked again: "Just now you said that you came to report the good news to Lu Qing?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words."

Wang Qi nodded calmly and replied, "That's right." ”

"Oh?"

Lu Chen was a little baffled, but he showed a pampered and unfazed look.

"Where does the joy come from?"

Zhang Xuan smiled, and then said in a slightly rough voice: "My lord, you are asking knowingly." ”

Lu Chen: "??? ”

Wang Qi on the side didn't have his crooked intestines, and said bluntly: "Lord Huilu, the two projects of Wuji Palace have been completed today, and we have come to ask your lord to order someone to verify the completion of the project." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Chen and the empress couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

"Done?"

Lu Chen asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes."

Wang Qi is as direct as ever.

"Wuji Palace has been completely renovated, and it is no different from before the Battle of Luojing, and all kinds of large arrays and facilities required for the New Yuan Grand Ceremony have also been arranged and built.

After receiving the confirmation, Lu Chen was suddenly a little confused.

What the hell, according to the previous progress, if the project of Wuji Palace is to be completed, it will have to be carried out for more than ten days, right? Why did he move his compassion and formulate a charter to take care of these laborers as much as possible, but why did he advance the completion time?

What's going on?

It stands to reason that even if he fills the stomachs of those laborers, increases their physical strength, reasonably allocates work and rest time, and increases work efficiency, this set will be completed on time as the original schedule at most.

Why now...

A look of surprise flashed across the empress's face.

"So fast?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Majesty, this is all thanks to Lord Lu's strategizing, if it weren't for Lord Lu's pedantic celestial beings, who formulated the perfect new charter with our incomprehensible knowledge, and vigorously promoted it despite public opinion, it would be a question whether the project of Wuji Palace could even be completed on time, and how could it be like now, not only did it not increase additional expenditures, but it was completed ahead of schedule."

"Not only that, but the people who were conscripted to obey the labor in Wuji Palace this time not only did not have the slightest complaint against the imperial court, but instead chanted the good of the imperial court everywhere, chanting Your Majesty's holy wisdom every day and praising Lord Lu's benevolence."

Hearing this, a gleam quietly flashed in the empress's eyes.

Then she didn't know that she suddenly thought of it, and before the two of them could speak again, she suddenly stood up.

"Lu Qing, hearing is false, seeing is believing, I will go to Wuji Palace with you to have a look, speaking of which, I haven't seen Lu Qing's name of benevolence with my own eyes."

Lu Chen: "."

(End of chapter)