Under the thick darkness of night, the huge Luojing was silent.
In Ziji City.
All the public rooms in the government offices were now dark, but the lights in Zichen Hall were still brightly lit.
The empress in dragon robe leaned against the back of the dragon chair, gazing at the scene projected in the shadow stone in front of her with bright eyes.
In the image, two middle-aged men were drinking and chatting, it was Hu Yan and Wang Licheng who had just dispersed.
After an unknown amount of time, as Wang Licheng said goodbye and left, the image in the photo stone suddenly stopped.
"A jar of several hundred taels of silver worth of jade liquor was drunk as much as water. My ministers are indeed so heroic and magnanimous."
The moment the image disappeared, the empress's red lips opened slightly, but her voice was filled with chills.
"Ten thousand taels of silver, one county's land and one season's tax, give it as you say. My people are so rich now, it really opens my eyes."
"Furthermore, if I remember correctly, the favor has always been reserved for the descendants of people who have made contributions to the country. The Ministry of Rites is fully responsible for it. Why can Hu Yanyi, a minister of the Ministry of Punishment, get involved?"
Questions from the soul echoed in the Zichen Palace.
However, no one could answer her question at this time.
Saint King Cangming is not in Ziji City now. In the huge Zichen Palace, apart from the empress, there is only one masked man wearing black night clothes, who is the Xuanji Guard who has been monitoring Hu Yan just now.
From the uneven body shape, it can be judged that she is a woman.
At this time, she was half-kneeling on the ground, motionless and silent, with a hint of capable temperament all over her body.
Her breathing was extremely steady, so steady that it would hardly cause fluctuations in the aura that was everywhere around her, making her presence completely invisible.
This is a special breathing method that can only be mastered by first-class warriors. It is also a basic method for monitoring advanced monks.
The emperor generally would not do such things as spying on courtiers.
In Daxia, only those who became cultivators had the opportunity to become officials. Scholars among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce refers to monks among cultivators.
Cultivators are beings who obtain extraordinary power by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to temper themselves. They are also the collective name for monks and warriors.
In addition to hard training, if a practitioner wants to make a breakthrough, he must achieve enlightenment.
The prerequisite for enlightenment is to have one's own way, and then "general trends" and "opportunities" are the keys to enlightenment.
There are many avenues.
Whether it is the mainstream way of sages, martial arts, or the alternative way of poetry, or the way of calculation, medicine, the way of investigating things, the way of stars, the way of cooking, the way of merchants, etc., we can all build a path. Ji, embark on the long road of seeking the truth.
Each cultivator can choose his own path, and after establishing the foundation, he can also practice multiple paths in parallel.
However, although there are many avenues, each of which is different, cultivators can generally only be divided into monks and warriors based on the direction of their spiritual power.
The former emphasizes the law, while the latter emphasizes merit.
The former cultivates the spirit, and the latter refines the body.
The reason why monks are highly respected is because they can harmonize the yin and yang and the five elements with their aura, influence the spiritual energy of a place to a certain extent, and reduce the risk of spiritual energy gathering to form devastating spiritual disasters. Their existence is beneficial to all people in the world.
Moreover, although monks are proficient in magic, their physical strength is not strong. They are only slightly stronger than ordinary people with mortal bodies. Relatively speaking, they are much easier to control than warriors. Their existence itself is relatively beneficial to those in power, unlike warriors. He has a physique that is difficult for ordinary people to control, and he can dominate the world with his tyrannical martial arts.
It's just that most monks are sensitive to spiritual energy fluctuations, and the higher the level of cultivation, the more so, so monitoring them is not easy.
The monks who can serve as officials in the court are basically not too weak. If you want to monitor them, you must at least send a first-class warrior with extraordinary skills.
First-class warriors are not a big deal. Even the most elite Xuanwu Guards in the Cangming Army only have a few hundred, and some of them are even sent to protect Lu Chen.
If it weren't for Lu Chen's application for a retrial of Xia Yan's case, and Hu Yan happened to be the official of the Ministry of Punishment in Jingxiang, who was responsible for organizing and reviewing the various files of the case, the empress would not have noticed this person at all, let alone used it. A precious first-class warrior monitors a fifth-grade official.
But I didn't expect that this "good official" who had always had a good reputation and had received good evaluations every time before the Queen Mother came to power, and who had been promoted from chief to now the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, would be so miserable inside.
Compared with Lu Chen, a pure minister who always behaved the same, no matter who he was in front of or behind, it was like heaven and earth.
There is absolutely no comparison!
"check!"
The empress threw the information related to Hu Yan to the ground as hard as throwing away garbage.
"Find out all the evidence of this person's past since he became an official, especially the evidence of corruption and bending the law! Also find out the relationship between this person and the Ministry of Rites or other ministries, and root out all these worms involved in forming parties for personal gain, leaving no one behind! "
After the words fell, a trace of fluctuation finally flashed in the eyes of the Xuanji guard who had been half-kneeling on the ground.
"promise!"
After a simple response, the air around her suddenly shook strangely, and the next second, her figure suddenly disappeared out of thin air, never to be seen again.
Just as she came, without a trace.
After Xuan Jiwei left, the empress did not continue to read the memorial. Instead, she stood up, walked to the window with her hands behind her back, and looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky.
She didn't know what she thought of, but her bright eyes gradually lost focus and became increasingly hazy.
After a moment, the corners of her mouth raised inexplicably, outlining a touching smile.
Being controlled by the Queen Mother as a puppet for six full years allowed her to develop the ability to hide emotions and see into people's hearts. After taking the throne, every time she came into contact with the courtiers below, she would always subconsciously compare them with Lu Chen.
And the more she compared them, the more she felt how precious Lu Chen was.
She even had the feeling that even if the whole world betrayed her, Lu Chen would stand unswervingly in front of her and protect her from the wind and rain.
It was as if Lu Chen was a treasure given to her by God.
The moon is like white frost, covering her little face that is becoming more and more elegant. Her skin, which is already as white as snow, is shining with a trace of crystal under the moonlight. At this time, she seems to have gathered all the beauty in the world, and her beauty is breathtaking. .
"What is he doing now? Is he still tossing and turning over the Xia Yan case?"
There was a trace of concern in the murmur, which was like gibbering.
As the supreme king of the Great Xia Empire, she must maintain the power of the emperor who controls the world on a daily basis, especially when in front of others, and must not show a trace of weakness.
Only in the dead of night, when no one was around, would she slightly lose her aura of holding the world in her hands and looking down at the world, revealing the only softness left deep in her heart.
In fact she got half of it right.
At this time, Lu Chen was tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep at night.
But he couldn't sleep because he was worried about how to reverse Xia Yan's case.
It was just that I was too excited to sleep.
Tomorrow, as long as the dust of Xia Yan's case is settled, he, the guarantor, will have to leave the officialdom immediately.
Then, soar in place!
How could Lu Chen not be excited when he thought that he was about to ascend to the immortal world and become the Immortal King?
Tossing and turning on the bed, Lu Chen could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
It wasn't until late at night that he felt tired.
So when it was time to go to court, when he got up from the bed, the thick dark circles under his eyes and the haggard look on his face almost frightened Xiao Yu who came over with a basin of warm water to wash his face.
"Cousin, what's wrong with you? Why are you so haggard?"
Lu Chen waved his hand: "It's okay. I accidentally drank too much tea last night and was a little excited."
After saying that, he stood up, and then Xiao Yu put on his court uniform with worried eyes.
"Cousin, why don't you take a day off today." Xiao Yu said with concern on his face.
Lu Chen shook his head.
"No, Your Majesty is now in charge of the dynasty for the first time. The court is short of manpower, but the affairs of the dynasty are extremely heavy. You cannot slack off at all. Otherwise, if there is a slight delay, it may cause very serious consequences!"
Just kidding, he has been working for so long just for today. How could he ask for leave on such an important day?
Even if he had to crawl, he would still climb to Xuanjimen and participate in the trial of the three divisions.
When Xiao Yu heard what Lu Chen said, although Xiao Yu was anxious, he knew that he couldn't persuade his cousin who had always been very stubborn, so he had to take the trouble to explain to him that he should pay attention to resting his mind during his free time and not to force himself too much. .
Lu Chen responded repeatedly, then yawned and left the house, walking slowly towards Xuanji Gate.
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