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

Ever since that day when Su Ning was provided with new ideas and received great inspiration, she locked herself in the laboratory.

Lu Chen went to Tiangongsi for more than ten days and didn't see her again.

If I want to ask about the progress and whether there are any problems encountered during the experiment, I can only ask other people to relay the information.

It was not known whether Su Ning was too focused on the experiment, or she forgot herself and stamped Lu Chen's face that day, and after she came to her senses, she was ashamed to see Lu Chen and deliberately hid.

Lu Chen didn't care, as long as he knew the approximate progress.

That day, after returning to Lingyun Mansion from Tiangongsi, he directly activated the remote communication technique.

Soon, Xiao Yun's slightly tired voice came from all around the magic circle.

"Huaiyu?"

"Ah."

Lu Chen responded, and then asked: "What's the situation in the seven provinces? Have those people made any moves?"

The resources consumed by activating the formation were extremely terrifying, so Lu Chen naturally would not open the formation specifically to chat with Xiao Yun. He went straight to the point and talked about business.

"After the Xiao family's secret operation, there were many unusual movements among the noble families and sects near Jianghuai, Jingxiang, and the surrounding areas. According to the information I got from the Xiao family, six peak masters from the Wuchen Sect, five from the Tianxin Sect, and seven from the Juefan Sect. The three major sects basically sent 30% of their combat power here."

"Many aristocratic families in the seven provinces also went south to revolt. The spiritual energy flow in the nine prefectures and seventy counties in Huaijing Prefecture, Yong'an Prefecture, Tianxing Prefecture, etc. was abnormal, and cultivators were frequently coming and going. There were records of abnormal operation of the official roads and formations nearby."

"Five of the princes of the provinces have close ties with the Xiao family, and three of them have already been confirmed to have betrayed the court. However, the generals who guard the country and assist the country in various places don't pay much attention to the aristocratic families. Instead, they are very close to the King of Sui."

"Now all the spearheads are pointed at Sui and Yu states. Xiao Yue, the head of the Xiao family, has repeatedly asked me to provide the troop deployment maps of various important places in the south, hand over the list of hidden entrants of the Xuanji Guard, and let me plant their people in Lingyun Mansion."

"I guess they will make some big moves in a month or so."

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Xiao Yun explained in detail what happened after Lu Chen left Yuzhou without stopping. Lu Chen sometimes nodded and sometimes pondered.

After Xiao Yun finished speaking, Lu Chen said, "Keep luring you into the trap and be prepared. I will order Fu Ya, Cang Yue, Zhang Yi and the others to cooperate with you and try to keep the losses to a minimum. Don't destroy the hard-earned peace of the people."

"Well, I see."

Xiao Yun's answer was very straightforward.

"I will contact you as soon as there is any situation with the Xiao family. In addition, I have secretly cultivated a force in recent years, named [Hongluan]. Although they are not as elite as the Xuanji Guards, they have also recruited many talented people and have a strong foundation. With them operating in secret, there will not be any major chaos in the seven provinces."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel slightly moved.

The power cultivated in secret. This is a taboo for a minister. Even telling me this kind of thing, this gentle elder sister is really defenseless against me.
"Sister Yun, thank you for your hard work. And."

At this point, he paused for no reason.

The conversation with Fu Xian before returning to Beijing emerged in his mind, and a hint of melancholy flashed across his face.

"Over the years, thanks to Sister Yun's care and support, I am where I am today. I will never forget your kindness. If there is a chance, I will definitely repay you generously."

Hearing this, Xiao Yun, who was far away in Yuzhou, was stunned for a moment. Her woman's sixth sense made her instinctively realize that something was wrong.

There was a hint of hesitation on her pretty oval face.

"Why do you say this suddenly?"

Xiao Yun smiled indifferently.

"As for repaying me, when this matter is over, when I return to the capital, you can temporarily put aside your official duties and come to my house to welcome me. We can get drunk together, and then take me to your fiefdom for a few days."

"it is good!"

Lu Chen's answer was brief and powerful, without any hesitation.

"Then it's settled. Let's stop here for now. Long-distance communication consumes too much energy. I'm going to close the magic circle first."

After saying this, he gestured to the officials beside the formation.

Soon, the light of the magic circle dissipated, and Xiao Yun's breathing, which had obviously become heavier, also completely disappeared at this moment.

Yuzhou.

Lingyun Mansion.

Xiao Yun stared blankly at the communication array in front of him that was dimming, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"Am I overthinking it?"

It was unknown how long it took for her eyes to regain focus. She murmured something and then walked out of Thousand Winds Hall.

"Somebody come!"

"The humble position is here."

A guard in black armor stepped forward quickly and asked respectfully, "What do you want, Elder Xiao?"

Xiao Yun said in a deep voice: "Please ask Commander Fu to come to Lingyun Mansion and tell him that we have something important to discuss." Currently, the only person in Yuzhou who has a close relationship with Lu Chen is Fu Ya.

She now urgently wanted to know if anything else happened on the day Lu Chen left besides the assassination, or if he encountered any accidents on his way back to Beijing, or met any special people.

The one who escorted Lu Chen back was Chai Hongyu. That woman was just like herself, so there must be no problem with her. If Lu Chen encountered any problems, they must have come from outside.

She was not a martial artist and had nothing in common with Chai Hongyu and Fu Hua. Although they all knew each other's thoughts, they were not very familiar with each other because they had no intersection. They only met occasionally at Lu Chen's house and chatted casually.

Fu Ya and Chai Hongyu are very close, and through Fu Ya I can definitely get in touch with Chai Hongyu and ask about the situation.

"Yes!"

The black-armored guard responded and turned to leave.

Watching his back gradually moving away, Xiao Yun's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.

This ominous feeling, what exactly is the problem?

On the other side, Luojing, Ziwei Palace.

"Brother Royal."

Jiang Chengwan looked at the jade talisman floating in front of him with a stern expression, and his voice was solemn.

"Can't you even tell me the content of the conversation between Fu Xian and Lu Qing?"

Not long after Chai Hongyu came back, she told her about Fu Xian's visit to Lu Chen on the way back to Beijing. Knowing the peculiarities of the Holy Land Tianji Division, she immediately became uneasy.

These days, Jiang Chengdao has been asked to figure out what is going on.

The reason why she didn't ask Lu Chen was because she knew it would be useless even if she asked. If she could tell her, Lu Chen would definitely not hide it, and once he chose to hide it, this matter would not be small.

She had seen Lu Chen's loyalty to the country, and it could be said that no one in the world could be more sensible and consider the overall situation than him.

Since we can't ask Lu Chen, we can only start with the other party involved.

However, Fu Xian seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth afterwards. She neither returned to the Holy Land nor went to look for the Holy King. No one knew where she had gone. Even if Jiang Chengdao wanted to ask, he couldn't find anyone to ask.

"Feel sorry."

Jiang Chengran's apologetic voice sounded.

"The Department of Heavenly Secrets is the most special existence in Cangming Realm. Every Grand Diviner unswervingly carries out his or her mission. Even the Lord of the Holy Realm cannot interfere. But what is certain is that everything they do is for the Holy Realm and for the lives of all the people in the entire Central Continent."

But she might not consider Lu Chen!

A hint of murderous intent suddenly flashed in Jiang Chengwan's eyes.

But she did not say this, instead she took a deep breath and said slowly: "Brother, you should know how important Lu Qing is to the court now, right?"

"The ministers who are the pillars of the state are the foundation of the empire. They are also the key to whether Great Xia can revive and return to, or even surpass, the heyday of all previous dynasties."

Jiang Chengdao responded without any hesitation and spoke highly of Lu Chen.

Although he has been on the Eastern Front in the past few months, he is not just fighting. He is also responsible for the post-war restoration of the ruled areas, and is in charge of both military and political affairs.

Those who were responsible for assisting him were the officials trained through the new policy, mainly the Xuan Ji Wei who had followed Lu Chen to Yuzhou to control the flood and had been personally taught by Lu Chen.

Of course, those people are no longer Xuan Ji Wei, but have become civil servants, but they are still strong and powerful.

As soon as these new policy backbones who had become Lu Chen's team arrived at the local areas, they launched a vigorous rectification in the way Lu Chen taught them, including surveying the land, cracking down on the powerful, understanding the people's sentiments, redressing grievances for the people and winning their hearts, and restricting the aristocratic families.

After a combination of various policies, the post-war ruled areas were like a blank sheet of paper, on which they constantly painted pictures of prosperity.

Moreover, Lu Chen's disciples are particularly hardworking and basically do everything by themselves. The intensity of their policy follow-up is unprecedented. The saying that imperial power should not extend to the countryside is no longer a thing of the past.

Basically, once he conquered an area, that place would quickly become a stable rear base.

This shows how powerful Lu Chen's disciples are. The importance of Lu Chen himself to the court is also self-evident.

Lu Chen felt that Jiang Chengdao was indispensable to the current court. Didn't Jiang Chengdao think so too?

"In that case."

Jiang Chengwan focused slightly and said in a deep voice: "Give him the Holy Talisman on me. If he encounters any danger, you can detect it in advance and teleport directly to him. With you here, plus the complete power of a saint, I can be completely relieved."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao hesitated.

"There is only one Holy Jade. Give it to Lu Chen. Your Majesty, what will you do?"

"I have completely mastered the sword spirit of the Extreme Sword." Jiang Chengwan said nonchalantly, "And Luojing is completely under my control. Nothing will happen to me while I am in Luojing."

Jiang Chengdao pondered for a while and nodded.

"In that case, then I will follow your Majesty's instructions."

Seeing that he agreed, Jiang Chengwan finally breathed a sigh of relief. (End of this chapter)