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

It was a girl who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a graceful figure and a standard royal dress. Her collar and belt were embroidered with a golden phoenix, which was luxurious yet elegant.

The waterfall-like long black hair was gently tied up by a jade hairpin, and a few strands of green silk hung down on the shoulders, dancing lightly in the wind, adding a bit of agility.

Her eyebrows are picturesque, exuding a quiet intelligence, her lips are slightly raised, with a warm smile, which seems to soothe people's hearts. Every move is gentle and measured, and every step seems leisurely, as if she walked out of an ancient painting. Ladies, exuding classic beauty.

After seeing the girl's appearance clearly, Lu Chen subconsciously searched through his memory carefully.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't find any clues related to this girl.

At this moment, Chai Hongyu suddenly spoke and reminded in a low voice: "It's Princess Linqing, the ninth daughter of the late emperor."

Hearing the title of Princess Linqing, Lu Chen finally remembered that when the empress personally led the army to Xingping County, she seemed to be the one who stayed in Luojing to supervise the country and act as a stamping tool.

After realizing the identity of the visitor, the confusion on Lu Chen's face did not fade much.

This girl...neither I nor my predecessor know me at all...Why did she come to me?
But doubts remain doubts. When you see the royal family, you still have to show the proper etiquette.

So as soon as Princess Linqing walked up to her, Lu Chen raised his hands and saluted, "I've met Princess Linqing before."

Princess Linqing smiled slightly and said: "Lu Shaobao doesn't have to be polite. If the imperial sister sees it, she will blame me for being ignorant."

Her voice was the same as her appearance, it sounded soft and waxy, like the spring breeze blowing on the face, making people feel inexplicably comfortable and comfortable.

However, Lu Chen always felt that something was strange.

Shaking his head, he didn't want to think too much, so he went straight to the point: "I wonder why Your Highness the Princess is looking for Wei Chen?"

He was 100% sure that it was the first time for him to meet this girl, and he was completely unfamiliar with her. Even if they met by chance, they would not take the initiative to say hello. Since she took the initiative to talk to her, she must have something to do with him.

Regarding Lu Chen's straightforward way of speaking, Princess Linqing showed no dissatisfaction in her eyes, and the soft smile on her face did not change at all.

It seems to have been expected.

"Is such that."

She did not waste any nonsense and explained her purpose directly: "Sister Huang said that as a royal family, you should serve the imperial court. You should have the ambition to revitalize the Xia Dynasty, create a prosperous age, and benefit the people. You should not rely on the shadow of the late emperor to make ends meet. To die, you can only rely on the imperial court and become a worm that sucks the blood of all people and lives in wealth."

"So she hopes that I will go to Yuzhou, stay with Lu Shaobao, learn more about politics, understand the ways of government, and experience the difficulties of people's livelihood firsthand, so that I can become a queen in the future and benefit the local people, so as not to be as cruel and unkind as King Yu , for disaster."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was immediately speechless.

Okay, here’s another bottle of oil.

This is still an orthodox royal family that the empress personally threw over. The empress is a serious princess, whose status and status are far beyond those of the royal relatives.

Moreover, the fate of the prince of the empress's generation, Di Ji, her brothers and sisters, is not very good.

First, the majestic and heroic fifth prince disappeared mysteriously, and it is still unknown whether he is dead or alive;
Then it is unknown what the late emperor did to die, which directly led to a rare phenomenon in the world that could not be seen in a thousand years. Then, including himself and the original crown prince, all the royal family disappeared from the world, and the entire Great Xia Empire was in chaos.

Finally, Empress Dowager Zhao came to power, and in order to pave the way for her son Jiang Chengyun, she killed a group of threatening royals.

As a result, Jiang Chengwan is almost alone now. The brothers and sisters who have survived through many tribulations and the orthodox clan members only have two or three kittens. The only family ties left are probably even if she is not a sister, she will not be a threat to Lin. Princess Qing is also very good.

I'm afraid I can't get rid of this oil bottle.

"Since it is His Majesty's order."

Although helpless, Lu Chen still pinched his nose and recognized it: "Wei Chen should do as he is told."

It's just an extra little tail. Just pretend she doesn't exist. Anyway, I didn't say what position I would give her. I just want to watch more, learn more, follow her, and talk less.

As for whether it was surveillance or something, Lu Chen had never thought about it.

Firstly, there is no way that the empress would do this, and secondly... he was afraid of being watched by someone.

Hearing his immediate agreement, Princess Linqing chuckled and felt slightly blessed.

"Then please take care of me, Shaobao Lu." "Your Highness, you're welcome."

Princess Linqing straightened up, then thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, when I arrive in Yuzhou in the future, my identity will inevitably cause trouble to Lu Shaobao, and when I am away from home, I should keep everything simple, so Lu Shaobao should call me by my name in the future. "

"My name is Chengyue, Lu Shaobao can just call me by my nickname [Xiaoyue]."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

No...Are all the women of your generation from the Jiang family so boundless?

The empress is like this, why are you, the only remaining princess in the clan, like this?

Do you understand what the difference between monarch and minister is? !

After habitually complaining a few words, Lu Chen still responded: "Then I will call you Princess Xiaoyue from now on."

The two of them were polite for a while, and after agreeing to meet again when setting off, they said goodbye to each other.

Chai Hongyu on the side looked at the beautiful figure of Princess Linqing leaving calmly, her fiery red eyes shone with a strange light.

That petty Emperor actually sent his sweet and gentle sister to follow this piece of wood. It always feels... a bit strange...

Are you guarding against something?

The general went to Northern Hebei, and Commander Fu was stationed in the capital. If nothing else goes wrong, I should be the only Guiyi Realm warrior accompanying Lu Lang to Yuzhou this time.

I hope I'm overthinking it
Thinking of this, she habitually touched the bridge of her nose.

"what happened?"

Lu Chen gave Chai Hongyu a strange look.

"nothing."

Chai Hongyu shook her head and said nothing more.

Although Lu Chen was confused, he didn't ask further, but turned around and walked towards Xuanji Gate.

Princess Linqing and so on were just an insignificant episode to him, so there was no need to care about it.

After entering Ziji City, Chai Hongyu escorted Lu Chen all the way to the public house where the Ministry of Industry was located before turning around and leaving.

"Congratulations, sir, on your promotion!"

In the public room, as soon as he saw Lu Chen coming, he quickly stood up and held his hands in congratulations.

They didn't say any other flattery, just a simple congratulation.

After working with Lu Chen for so long, they all naturally know that Lu Chen is a very down-to-earth person and doesn't like to engage in such frivolous things. If he deliberately flatters someone and doesn't say it even if he can't flatter him, he will be reprimanded instead.

So, just do your duty.

Lu Chen just glanced at them lightly, then waved to them, thanked them calmly, told them to do their job well, and walked towards the entrance of his hall.

The emperor wanted to meet, but the backlog of official documents also had to be dealt with.

There were not many official documents on the desk, fewer than usual. They were all important documents that he, the Minister of Works, had to handle personally. Obviously, during his absence, the official documents of the Ministry of Works had been screened. Official business that is not particularly important will not be presented to his desk.

The workload is directly reduced by half.

After finishing processing the last official document, he suddenly remembered something. He did not get up immediately. Instead, after a slight hesitation, he took a piece of white paper and wrote a few big words on it -

[General Outline of Change and Development Plan] (End of Chapter)