Chapter 321 Changes

When Lu Chen woke up, it was already the evening of the second day after the meeting.

He was in a coma for six days!

When I woke up, I felt an indescribable feeling of comfort all over my body. It was much more comfortable than when I woke up from a coma before. Whether it was fatigue, hidden injuries, or mental damage accumulated for an unknown period of time due to overwork, all of them were swept away. And Kong, the whole person seemed to be reborn.

Obviously, with the Empress here, it is basically impossible to die from exhaustion.

But now Lu Chen didn't care much about this, so he just sighed a little and didn't think about it anymore.

Compared with this kind of thing, he was more concerned about what happened during the time when he was drugged by Jiang Chengwan.

Of course, as a grown man, he didn't worry about whether Jiang Chengwan would do this or that to him. After all, she had Bai Yueguang who saved her in times of crisis, so she wouldn't plot evil against him, so there was no need to check anything.

What he cares about is whether there will be any changes in the situation in the DPRK during the few days he is away from the DPRK.

Before he fell into coma, Jiang Chengwan told him that he was really worried about letting him join the cabinet.

And this worry has completely become a reality with Gu Simiao's visit and the arrival of an imperial edict.

"Yan Song's disciple was involved in the affairs of Xingping County, and the officials of the Department of Science and Technology also launched an attack, accusing him of forming a clique for personal gain... Yan Song resigned on the grounds that he was too old to bear the heavy responsibility and returned to his hometown. His Majesty did not allow it. After three resignations, he was appointed as the Second Assistant Mr. Xiao took over as the chief assistant of the three pavilions. Qian Yiqian, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhao Bingliang, the Minister of Dali Temple, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Personnel were not strict in their duties. The corpses were given a plain meal. They were suspected of being part of the party, corruption, and bribery. They were immediately dealt with... …”

Lu Chen looked at the announcement about the Great Court Meeting in the Di newspaper with a complicated expression, completely ignoring the imperial decree and the familiar Jidao sword on the side, as well as the appointment letters, official seals, jade amulets, festival axes, etc. neatly placed on the wooden support. Series of certificates.

After a while, he put down the newspaper and then gave an inexplicable wry smile.

Good guy, except for Yan Song, who had almost no flaws, no other high-ranking officials who were close to Yan Song were left behind. Yan Song was directly made into a polished commander and hung up in the Three Pavilions as a mascot. This is no different from becoming an official.

Generally speaking, the elders of the three pavilions will have departments in charge. For example, Xiao Yun is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War. Yan Songyuan was nominally in charge of various matters of the Ministry of Punishments, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Works. It also got to him first.

After all, the emperor is only one person, and it is impossible to handle everything in detail. This is too inefficient. The Great Xia Empire is vast, and there are various events that need to be handled by the court every moment of the day. Most of these complicated government affairs They will all pass through the Three Pavilions.

Unless there is a special explanation, for example, the memorials submitted by Lu Chen basically do not go through the cabinet and are directly submitted to the emperor. For other important events in the empire, the emperor will personally handle them.

Although Jiang Chengwan left him the position of second assistant, he only left him the title of bachelor, and all his real power was wiped out.

If the decision-makers have no decision-making power, then they are just raising pigs.

As for the vacant positions, officials such as Xia Yan who were investigated by the Xuanji Guards from various places and who were really serious about their work could be promoted to the dynasty, or officials could be directly dispatched from Cangming Realm.

"Things will go well when things are slow. Your Majesty... I'm still a little impatient after all..."

Gu Simiao said softly: "Perhaps His Majesty feels that the thunderous means to deal with the rebellion between the hero group and the emperor's relatives this time will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the aristocratic families, sects and other forces, and must be dealt with first."

"Maybe."

Lu Chen shook his head and was noncommittal.

Then he stopped dwelling on the matter and asked Gu Simiao, "Miss Gu, how is your injury now? Have you recovered?"

Gu Simiao smiled slightly: "Thanks to Miss Chai, it's basically nothing serious."

"Yeah...that's good."

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

"Huaiyu."

Gu Simiao subconsciously fiddled with the hair beside her ears and said softly: "I came here this time to say goodbye to you."

"Your Majesty has ordered me to go to the Northern Hebei Province in three days to open a government office and supervise the military of the fifteen provinces. I will organize the army to prepare for war with complete strategies and deter all parties. Later I will have to go to the Forbidden Army to prepare military affairs and hand over military power to the Holy King Cangming. ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but be startled.

"So urgent?"

Gu Simiao nodded: "Well, it's been a little uneasy in the north recently."

The situation in various places in the northern border quickly appeared in Lu Chen's mind.

In the north of the Great Xia Empire, in addition to the extremely special Cangming Realm, there are also many barbarian tribes living in various parts of the desert, the cannibalistic kind. The barbarians in these tribes are extremely tall, born with supernatural powers, and have very powerful combat capabilities. Extremely aggressive.

From the north to the east is the Xuanhai in the north of the East China Sea. There are also sea tribes in it. They often come ashore to plunder, and their strength cannot be underestimated.

The key areas threatened by barbarians and sea tribes were Tianmo Province and Yunzhou, which were guarded by generals from the Zhu Kingdom.

It stands to reason that with the generals of the Zhu Kingdom and the hundreds of thousands of regular troops under their command, it is difficult for the barbarians and the Hai tribe to pose a threat to other states and provinces in northern Daxia...

As soon as he thought about this, Lu Chen quickly realized something.

However, he did not ask, but said in a slightly serious tone: "Miss Gu... you must be more careful during this trip."

"Yeah, I know."

Gu Simiao responded, then raised her eyes slightly and stared at Lu Chen, with a glimmer of light in her moving eyes.

After a moment, he reached into his arms and took out an exquisite light blue butterfly-shaped jade pendant. Then he stretched out his other hand, spread his palm, and placed the butterfly jade in Lu Chen's palm, and then looked at him with doubtful eyes. , slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Huaiyu, this time of separation, you and I are separated from the north and the south. We are far apart. I am afraid that we will have to wait until we return to the court in triumph. This butterfly jade is a protective spiritual outfit that I have specially refined for you in the past few days. Please don’t refuse Huaiyu, just keep it in mind.”

Lu Chen raised his eyebrows.

Think about it?

What thoughts?

How do you read and think?

The next second, he suddenly thought of something, and his scalp felt numb.

"this……"

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but looking at Gu Simiao's little eyes that were obviously full of expectation, he thought of how she would rather die than retreat in Xingping County and protect the people of the city at all costs. What I wanted to say couldn't be said.

Da~

In the end, he still held the butterfly jade.

"In that case, thank you very much, Miss Gu."

Seeing Lu Chen accept it, Gu Simiao suddenly smiled.

"Huaiyu is welcome."

As she spoke, she unconsciously raised her hand and lightly touched the wooden hairpin on her head that was incompatible with her gorgeous attire. The smile on her face inexplicably became softer, as if Lu Chen accepted the gift from her. Things are a great satisfaction to her.

Lu Chen looked along her hand, and when he saw the very familiar hairpin, his whole body went numb.

Damn... no, this girl can't really...

"alright."

Gu Simiao stood up slowly and looked outside.

"It's getting late. It's time for me to go back. Huaiyu, take a good rest and don't be too tired."

"I'll give it to you."

Lu Chen stood up to see him off.

Gu Simiao did not refuse.

The two of them walked side by side towards the door. On the way, Gu Simiao had a slight smile on her face. It was not until they were approaching the door that her eyes gradually dimmed.

"Just send it here."

"Um."

Lu Chen didn't insist anymore.

Gu Simiao took a deep breath, turned around with great difficulty, turned her back to Lu Chen, and took steps lightly.

"By the way, Huaiyu."

Just as she took a step forward, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and said softly: "After this incident, when you and I return home in triumph, we will go to Zuixianju to have a drink together. At that time, I may... have some important words to say. Tell you."

After saying that, as if she was afraid of Lu Chen's rejection, she immediately quickened her pace and left the gate of Boyuan Mansion in a few clicks.

Looking at the beautiful figure gradually disappearing in the night, the expression on Lu Chen's face was inexplicably complicated.

After a while, he looked back and sighed.

"We're in big trouble now" (End of Chapter)