In the winter of the sixth year of Shenghe.
The imperial capital Luojing.
Ziji City, Taiji Hall.
Early morning.
"My lord, Lu Chen is in trouble with the engineering department. I sincerely request the Queen Mother to return the power to Your Majesty!"
In the splendid Tai Chi Hall, a sonorous and powerful voice resounded throughout the hall, instantly causing waves in the hearts of everyone present.
The words just fell.
The faces of all the ministers and officials all showed expressions of astonishment, as if they had heard some fantasy.
Even the maids who served the emperor and the queen mother who listened behind the curtain beside the dragon chair, the surrounding eunuchs, and the internal guards standing on both sides all showed unbelievable shock.
They couldn't help but be surprised.
Six years ago, the late emperor and the rest of the royal family died in a sudden strange phenomenon. After the then empress Zhao quickly stabilized the situation with extraordinary skill and bloody methods, she used her dignity as the queen mother to stabilize the situation. He was called the emperor when he came to the dynasty, and he was always in charge of the dynasty and ruled the world.
Six years have passed, and the Queen Mother's followers are now everywhere in the government and the public, and the 800,000 Imperial Guards in the imperial capital are also under her control.
It can be said that she can abolish the establishment at any time as long as she wants.
The empress sitting on the dragon throne was not actually the Queen Mother Zhao’s biological child.
However, because only the royal family over ten years old can inherit the most sacred object of the Great Xia Empire [Jade Seal], and she and the late emperor's last direct prince were less than four years old at the time, so she had to support a puppet emperor until her death. Until the emperor can inherit the most sacred things of the empire.
The empress was the one who had no foundation and was the easiest to control from the surviving royal family members who were over ten years old.
Now, she and the late emperor's last direct prince, King Qin, who was already "famous" at the age of nine, will turn ten in ten days. It is self-evident what will happen then.
Everything is a foregone conclusion, just waiting for the moment when everything comes true.
As for the fate of the empress who has been like a puppet on strings for the past six years after she is deposed, almost everyone knows it well.
Therefore, they never imagined that now that King Qin's accession to the throne was a foregone conclusion, there would be someone who would be loyal to such an emperor who was destined to be deposed and challenge the supreme authority of the Empress Dowager Zhao who now held the highest power in the Great Xia Empire.
Because he was so shocked, for a while, there was no sound in the court, and you could hear a pin drop.
On the dragon throne, the young emperor who had only been twenty-eight years old but had officially ruled the world for six years suddenly tightened her small hands hidden under the dragon robe. On her timid little face, the eyes that were originally full of timidity flashed quietly. A touch of splendor.
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded next to him:
"oh?"
But it was Queen Mother Zhao who was under the bead curtain who spoke.
At this moment, there was an endless coldness in her eyes when she looked at Lu Chen, as if she was looking at a dead person.
"I am old and my ears are not working very well. I didn't hear clearly just now. Please ask this Qing family member to repeat it to me."
While speaking, a terrifying aura surged out and instantly spread to every corner of the Tai Chi Hall.
Lu Chen felt his body suddenly sink. The air around him solidified, and his body felt like a huge mountain, making him breathless.
At the same time, a group of the Queen Mother's followers stood up one after another, angrily scolded Lu Chen, verbally and physically, as if they wanted to kill him on the spot.
If it were an ordinary Daxia official, facing the terrifying aura of the Queen Mother, he would have been frightened right now and would have knelt down to beg for mercy.
But Lu Chen gritted his teeth and endured it forcefully.
Although his slightly thin body was trembling, he looked like he would fall to the ground at any time.
However, his knees and waist did not bend even one inch!
Even though it was swaying like a candle in the wind, it never fell.
His face was full of determination, without any wavering.
Suppressed by the invisible terrifying aura, he raised his head with difficulty, paying no attention to the angry, mocking, or fool-like looks around him, and turned a deaf ear to the scoldings of the court bosses.
I saw him opening his mouth with great difficulty and saying every word:
"I...the engineering major is in charge...Lu Chen..."
Hearing these extremely strenuous but unwilling to surrender words, all the courtiers who reacted could not help but feel their scalps numb.
Is this young man crazy?
As the saying goes, "I have been studying hard for more than ten years, and I don't know how many times I have been practicing hard." After going through a lot of hardships to get the official robe, who has finally earned the official status, who would give up this powerful position and the gathering of power? What about the chance of enlightenment?
And with the Queen Mother's current control and power over the court, let alone a small seventh-grade scientific officer, even the few bachelors in the cabinet can just say it, and stick to it.
What's more, the emperor is still a puppet with no hope of recovery... not worthy of allegiance at all.
Just because she personally nominated you as a Jinshi during the imperial examination and gave you a few words of encouragement, are you going to go to pieces for her?
How stupid do you have to be to do something so stupid as to make a fool of your own future? !
Doesn't he want this great official position?
In fact, they got it right!
Now Lu Chen doesn't want to be an official at all.
The reason why I emphasize the word "now" is because he is not actually the talented Confucian scholar who became a Jinshi in high school at a young age, but a time traveler from Blue Star.
Yes, time traveler.
The reason why he is so desperate now is not at all because he is loyal to the empress, but because he accidentally activated a system called "The Way of Being an Official" after digesting the memory of his predecessor.
From the name, it seems like a system where you can become stronger as long as you get promoted.
But the truth is exactly the opposite!
This system seems to have a bug. Not only is it not artificially retarded, it cannot speak or communicate, its functional mechanism is also very strange.
To put it simply, the reward mechanism is the opposite of the promotion system.
As long as he doesn't get promoted and stays the same, he will continue to get stronger.
At the end of the first small cycle, he got a yellow-level sixth-level elixir directly from the system, five top-grade great restoration pills, and a tendon-cleansing and marrow-cutting pill. Moreover, his spiritual veins were expanded, and the spiritual power in his body also expanded. With a little refinement, he, an ordinary person, instantly became a lot more powerful than the original owner who had been practicing hard for many years.
And if you are demoted, you will be directly rewarded a hundred times!
If he is deposed, the system can even directly transform him into a great person, making him an immortal immediately and becoming the king of immortality!
Moreover, if you die while serving as an official, you can immediately become an immortal, but the cause of death must be related to being an official.
But who would want to die unless it was absolutely necessary? If there was a choice, then of course it would be more comfortable to be dismissed from office.
Under the current circumstances, it is not difficult to be dismissed from office.
Of course, the system also lists many restrictions, such as not being able to resign, not being able to rebel, not being able to take actions that are out of character or illogical.
For example, you can't curse the emperor and his officials for no reason, seek death for no apparent reason, and so on.
But as long as he is dismissed from office in a reasonable and reasonable manner, he can still become an immortal!
If that's the case, then why not be an official?
Wouldn't it be nice to just look for an opportunity to die and become an immortal king instantly?
It's not easy to be promoted, but not easy to be demoted?
As the saying goes, when the leader sings, I cut the song, when the leader picks up the food, I turn the table, when the leader drinks water, I brake... In short, just follow the experience of getting promoted and do the opposite!
Even if the Queen Mother doesn't show any shame and just kills him, it will still be a bloody gain!
Therefore, it was his best choice to openly write to the Queen Mother in the court to return power, support the Empress, and directly offend the Queen Mother to death.
Anyway, the original owner was a very upright person, so his loyalty was natural.
Otherwise, why would he mess with the Queen Mother when he was full?
Don't talk about loyalty, he is not the original owner, but a serious modern man, who can be loyal to the empress.
Therefore, with a strong longing for the future, he directly withstood the terrifying momentum of the Queen Mother and said with great difficulty:
"I...I beg the Queen Mother...don't be greedy for power..."
Seeing how tenacious he was, as if he had put life and death at risk, and was loyal to the empress at all costs, a hint of emotion quietly flashed across the poker faces of some of the originally expressionless courtiers.
Although the empress still looked timid, her little hands hidden under her sleeves were tightly clenched, as if she was holding back something, and her nails dug deeply into her flesh without even realizing it.
"Ah……"
A familiar sneer sounded from the side, and the empress' heart suddenly tightened.
Sure enough, the next second, the air around Lu Chen suddenly solidified violently again, and the invisible force suppressing him instantly increased by several percent.
"Hmm!!"
Lu Chen couldn't help but let out a painful groan, and after a moment, a trail of bright red blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Even the courtiers who were watching with cold eyes could clearly feel the Queen Mother's majesty. The official uniforms on her body moved without any wind. One can imagine how furious the Queen Mother was at this time.
All the courtiers couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, thinking that this boy might not be able to hold on any longer and fall to the ground.
In their view, facing the domineering pressure of the Queen Mother alone, let alone a small seventh-rank official who had just entered the court, even a big shot like the Sixth Minister of the Ministry might not be able to withstand it.
Looking down at Lu Chen, who was struggling to hold on under the power of the Queen Mother, the Empress couldn't help but breathe slightly. She clenched her teeth tightly under her lips, but her face was still the same timid look as before, and she kept all her truest thoughts and Emotions are hidden deep inside.
However, even though the back felt like being pressed down by Mount Tai, the skin on the body continued to break under this huge force, intense pain spread throughout the body, breathing became more and more difficult, and the scene in front of him became increasingly blurry, but...
Lu Chen never fell!
The shaking of the body became larger and larger, and the rise and fall of the chest became more and more intense.
The bun fell down while shaking, and the long black hair broke free and fell loosely, covering his face.
But he still held on to his body that was gradually losing consciousness.
I saw him raising his head extremely stiffly, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and the whole person looked extremely miserable. However, those blood-red eyes were still looking at the Empress Dowager Zhao under the bead curtain with tenacity, and tried his best to slowly and slowly He spoke words that seemed to be stained with a layer of blood:
"Please Queen Mother... return the power to Your Majesty... so that... the hearts of... all the people... in the world..."
The last weak words stopped abruptly before he finished speaking, and there was no more sound. No matter how much pressure the Queen Mother exerted, his body did not move at all, as if it was completely frozen.
Seeing that he didn't respond for a while, the Queen Mother asked a courtier who was relatively close to him to go up and check.
The courtier stepped forward, called Lu Chen several times, and waved his hand. When he found that he still didn't respond, he stretched out his hand to spread his long black hair.
When he showed Lu Chen's current appearance in front of everyone, all the courtiers couldn't help but gasped and were stunned for a moment.
Lu Chen's eyes were wide open, and his bloodshot eyes were locked on the bead curtain next to the dragon chair. He never deviated even half an inch from the beginning to the end, as if that was his only persistence in this life and would never waver.
"Queen Mother..."
There was a slight tremor in the courtier's voice: "The Queen Mother...he...he fainted..."
Even if he completely lost consciousness, his body was still obeying his extremely powerful will, without giving in at all, and just stood there unyieldingly.
For the sake of the empress, he was able to look at the ruler beside the dragon throne without fear, who truly held the supreme power of the Great Xia Empire, even if he lost his official position, became a commoner who would never be used, or even was exiled thousands of miles away. No matter what!
What loyalty this is!
Some courtiers were completely moved.
The empress's eyes were slightly red, but she soon returned to her original timid look. Then, when the empress dowager stood up with an ugly face, she glanced at Lu Chen very deeply, silently taking in Lu Chen's figure at this moment. The ground is burned into my heart.
