Such a huge change occurred in Luo Jing, and the entire capital was like a frightened bird. They locked the door tightly and watched in horror as groups of black-armored soldiers shuttled through the streets outside the door.
All the people in Beijing prayed at home, not to be involved in this turmoil.
They have suffered enough in the past few years.
Since the Queen Mother came into power six years ago, the lives of the people in Beijing, which could barely be considered relatively prosperous, have gradually plummeted.
Taxes are getting higher and higher, there are more and more tax items, and labor is becoming more and more onerous.
At the same time, the number of arrogant and domineering dandies in the capital was increasing day by day. Especially in the first two years of the Queen Mother's reign, the Xiuyi Guards and the Yulin Guards were frequently dispatched to arrest "rebellious ministers" and "corrupt officials" and raid the mansion. , is to eliminate a certain "anti-thief" and implicate ten clans.
Frequent turmoil made the people in the capital uneasy. At that time, they were afraid that they would somehow become the "tenth clan" of a courtier who intended to rebel. Many wealthy families with considerable wealth moved away from the capital.
It can be said that since the late emperor took over a country that had turned into a mess from his father who only cared about enjoying himself and ignored government affairs, he worked hard for 25 years to create a rejuvenating situation and accumulated a strong family fortune. After the Empress Dowager Zhao came to power, In just six years, they were completely defeated.
That is to say, things have been going well in the past few years, otherwise who knows what will happen.
Of course, ordinary people do not understand the current situation in the court. They only know that their living standards have become so poor. It is probably because there is a traitor in the court. The emperor is not aware of it and allows the traitor to deceive the superiors and deceive the people.
Therefore, the empress's prestige among the people was extremely limited. Even if an emperor were changed immediately and the "virtuous and famous" King Qin became the emperor, the people would not react at all.
Some people even clapped their hands and cheered.
Not to mention the aristocratic families, sects and gentry that are rich in "people of insight".
In their eyes, the empress was nothing more than a transitional puppet. Not only was she powerless in the court, but she also had no background outside the court. She had no control over the military and political affairs, and could be manipulated by anyone. Flat iron waste.
Therefore, even if they were beaten to death, they would not have thought that the tiger and wolf divisions patrolling the streets of Luojing at this time were actually men and horses taking orders from the empress.
Of course, until now, they still don't know that the empress has completed a desperate comeback.
I just knew that Ziji City had changed hands.
Because those Xuanjia soldiers wearing Xuanjia and exuding a bloody evil aura could not be the Queen Mother's men at all, and the Yulin Guards and Imperial Guards under the Queen Mother's control were dying and escaping, so naturally Zi Zi News of a huge change in Ji City was conveyed.
All day long, Xuanwu Guards were running around the city, and from time to time a series of horse hooves could be heard on the streets.
Sometimes there will be sounds of begging for mercy or fierce clashes of weapons, and then there will be a frightening smell of blood.
After two days of uneasiness, on the third day early in the morning, the palace, which had completely calmed down, issued announcements and notices with large seals on people's peace.
After seeing the content above, almost everyone's eyes widened in shock.
"What are you talking about? The Queen Mother and some of the courtiers, as well as the Yulin Guards and the Imperial Guard generals have been controlled by the evil spirit. In the past few days, they frantically mobilized the Yulin Guards and Imperial Guards to plot evil? And His Majesty saw through the evil spirit's movements in advance and secretly reported to Cangming The Holy King asked for help and made arrangements in advance, thus breaking the evil plot in one fell swoop?"
Luojing West City, in a slightly shabby small courtyard.
Lu Chen looked in disbelief at Luo Xiaoyu, who hurried over to tell him the "good news" with an excited look on his face.
"And after the conspiracy failed, Xie Sui used the terrifying Xie Sui secret technique to escape with the Queen Mother under the siege of Cangming Army?"
"Yes, cousin, that's what the announcement says!"
Luo Xiaoyu put her small hand on her chest, suppressing her violently beating heart, and said happily: "This is really great. Originally, I thought there was a rebellion in Luojing City. There must be rebels everywhere outside. I am afraid of rebels every day. Breaking in..."
She spoke quickly and confided to Lu Chen her feelings over the past few days.
To be honest, she had been staying at home shivering and scared for the past few days. She listened to the footsteps outside from time to time and the occasional screams. Faced with this situation that she had never experienced since she was a child, she Several times I nearly collapsed in extreme panic.
I didn't sleep for a whole day and night. Even if I couldn't bear to take a nap, I still had to carry a pair of sharp scissors in my arms.
Now that she saw the announcement and knew what was happening outside, her tense nerves finally relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"And now that the Queen Mother has been abducted by evil spirits and her life and death are unknown, there is definitely no way to remove your cousin from your official position."
Speaking of this, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and a bright color suddenly flashed through her moving eyes.
"Oops! Cousin, now that the Queen Mother is missing, and His Royal Highness the Holy King has come all the way from Cangming, thousands of miles away, to see King Qin, I think he will definitely step forward to help His Majesty stabilize the situation. In this case... wouldn't His Majesty want to be in charge? Cousin, you have braved the disgrace of the world to speak out and request the Queen Mother to return power to Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty did not say anything on your lips, you will definitely keep your loyalty and friendship firmly in mind... ..”
Hearing this, Lu Chen's mouth suddenly twitched.
What Xiao Yu can think of, he can naturally think of.
Because of this, he felt that things seemed to be developing in a direction that was not good for him.
The ominous premonition grew stronger.
Xiao Yu, who became more and more enthusiastic as he talked, didn't notice the strange look on Lu Chen's face at this time, and continued with a happy face:
"Wow!! Cousin, you are probably a blessing in disguise!! After this incident, His Majesty must know that you are a loyal and virtuous minister, and maybe he will entrust you with an important task soon, and because of the friendship from last time, Your Majesty will certainly not dismiss officials at will like the Queen Mother. Cousin, you have always taken the world as your own responsibility, and you have an upright character. You can't tolerate sand in your eyes. It is easy to offend others. But with this friendship, your Majesty will not like my cousin in the future. If you speak out and remonstrate, I will not dismiss you directly. At most, I will arrange for you to have a well-paid idle position, and I will not treat you badly, cousin."
Hearing this, the corners of Lu Chen's eyes suddenly twitched crazily, and his face gradually showed a look of despair.
To him, it didn't matter whether the Queen Mother was really controlled by evil spirits as stated in the announcement.
The confessions of the top masters who had fought tooth and nail to protect the Queen Mother, and Zhu Xie Si's testimony that those masters did not lie were not important.
What's important is that his plan to stand up to the Queen Mother's Ling Tianfengwei, just to anger her and be dismissed from office, failed inexplicably.
The decree of dismissal from office that should have been issued two days ago was also the key to his transformation into immortality, but it was just gone.
After all, he only offended the Queen Mother. With the Queen Mother gone, this extremely important imperial edict to him would have been aborted without even thinking about it.
What's even more deceiving is that, as Xiao Yu said, as long as the empress is not a ruthless white-eyed wolf, her previous performance in Tai Chi Hall must have been remembered by her.
If she really takes power, it will definitely not be a good thing for him who only wants to be dismissed from office reasonably.
Originally, one could be dismissed casually and become an immortal immediately after completing the system conditions. However, after such a period of time, the difficulty suddenly increased visibly to the naked eye.
Lu Chen became extremely angry when he thought of this.
'Gan, this bastard Holy King Cangming, it's not a good time to come, but he comes right when I'm about to be dismissed from office, can't it be a day later! ! It’s just one day away! ! ! '
It would be cool if he had even the slightest bit of affection for this bastard who suddenly came out to stab him in the back.
Seeing that the duck he was about to get was gone, he almost lost his temper and went to the sky.
'Bitch thief, I am at odds with you! '
At this time, Luo Xiaoyu finally noticed something strange on Lu Chen's face, and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Cousin, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad? You seem very unhappy..."
"No, Xiaoyu, you are dazzled!"
Lu Chen turned his head and looked out the window. He clenched his fists and veins popped out on the back of his hands.
"Your Majesty will have the opportunity to rule personally. The Great Xia will be rejuvenated and the future of Zhongzhou's hundreds of millions of people will be promising. With my help, Your Majesty will definitely become a generation of saintly kings who are as successful as Taizu and as virtuous as Wen Jing. This is a great joy. , how could I be unhappy?!"
Snap!
While speaking, Lu Chen's knuckles suddenly made a crisp sound under the quilt.
"Huh? Really?"
Xiao Yu looked at Lu Chen with confusion on his face, always feeling that this cousin with a troublesome upright character was a bit strange.
"certainly."
Lu Chen didn't even look back. He turned his back to Xiao Yu and said through clenched teeth: "I'm almost dying of joy now!"
Xiao Yu: "..."
Although she was a little confused, Luo Xiaoyu had always been sensible. Seeing that her cousin kept looking at the rainy scene outside the window, as if he wanted to be alone for a while, she didn't ask any more questions, and left while humming a song and carrying the washbasin. .
After Xiao Yu left, Lu Chen finally calmed down and calmed down.
The matter has come to this, and it is useless to think too much about it.
If you have this time, you might as well think more about what to do next.
He has no merits. Before time travel, he was just an ordinary social animal, the kind who was squeezed to death suddenly. He is neither a gifted genius nor a special talent, but he has a perseverance and becomes more courageous with every setback. strong heart.
It was just a failure. Although the consequences of this failure were a bit serious, it was not irreversible.
If you want to be voluntarily dismissed from office, there is definitely a chance.
He put on his shoes and got out of bed, walked to the desk and picked up the newspaper, repeatedly checking the contents, hoping to find some ideas from it.
"Um?"
After carefully reading the above content with his own understanding, his eyes suddenly moved.
"There's something wrong..."
