NOVEL NEXT Chapter 38 Pie in the Sky
Chapter 38
"Really don't want to move up?" Emperor Kang Cheng confirmed again.
Lv Desheng shook his head like a rattle, "No, no. I don't want to be a high official. It's good to be like this now. When I'm too old to write and can't help the emperor, or if the emperor has a minister who is better than me, please allow me a few acres of thin land, and I will go back to my hometown to retire."
He said this with the firm belief that they can get along well with each other. This pure trust is very useful to Emperor Kang Cheng. You know, invisible compliments are the most deadly.
This loyalty is touching to hear. At least Emperor Kang Cheng was very touched and comforted. At his age, he has seen a lot of storms and waves, and he has seen a lot of monsters and demons. In fact, few people can touch him, let alone move him.
As the saying goes, learn the arts of literature and martial arts, and sell them to the emperor's family. All the officials who have entered the officialdom have tried their best to climb up, and none of them do not want to be promoted. He has been the emperor for so many years, and he has never heard of his ministers actively asking not to be promoted. There are very few officials like Lu Aiqing who know their own weight and have self-awareness. There are very few ministers who refuse to be promoted and are wholeheartedly concerned about him as the emperor.
Emperor Kang Cheng sighed in his heart and said this unconsciously.
Lv Desheng asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, are there not enough people like me?"
Hearing this, Emperor Kang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "Well, there are quite a few."
In the blink of an eye, Emperor Kang Cheng said again, "This won't work. Others will scold me for being mean and ungrateful. I am the emperor, and I must clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. I will reward those who do well and punish those who do not."
"Your Majesty, I like gold, silver and jewelry." Lv Desheng was a little anxious, and took two steps forward, whispering, "If I have made merit in the future, you can reward me with these. Or, if I have made merit, you can use a small notebook to record it. If I make a mistake one day, I can use this merit to make up for it. Is that okay? Let's say that we will sit in the position of the fifth-rank censor and not move?"
Before Emperor Kang Cheng could answer, Wei Zili came back, but his expression was not right.
Lv Desheng's attention was diverted at once, and Emperor Kang Cheng had to stop the conversation just now.
Then Emperor Kangcheng asked casually, "How is it, is the daughter of Lord Lu doing well in the Empress Dowager's Changle Palace?"
The emperor asked, and then seeing Lord Lu looking at him hopefully, Wei Zili had a headache. He pondered in his mind, how to tell the two people in front of him, and the two masters were against each other?
Emperor Kangcheng, who had been waiting for him for a long time, looked at him, "What?"
Forget it, if you stick your head out, you will get a knife. If you shrink your head, you will get a knife. Wei Zili gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest, Miss Lu's situation is not very good."
As soon as Wei Zili said this, Lu Desheng's heart was pulled, "Your Majesty..."
Emperor Kangcheng gave him a comforting look, indicating Wei Zili to continue.
"Because of the incident a few days ago when Lord Zhao Wenkuan's eldest daughter and Lord Lu's second daughter fell into the water and were rescued by their fiancés, there have been many rumors in Chang'an City recently. Lord Zhao's eldest daughter Zhao Yutan committed suicide twice because of this. The Queen Mother couldn't bear it, so she summoned Lord Lu's beloved daughters Lu Songli, Xie Zhan, Zhao Yutan, and Qin Sheng. I heard that the Queen Mother wanted to remarry them and grant them marriages separately so that they can be happy with each other."
Emperor Kang Cheng wanted to say that it was nonsense. But thinking of the Queen Mother, he swallowed it back, "In the end, did the Queen Mother remarry them?"
"No. Miss Lu Er revealed that she had damaged her physical foundation in order to save her fiancé Xie Zhan."
Hearing this, Lu Desheng burst into tears.
His appearance frightened Emperor Kang Cheng, "Lord Lu, what's wrong with you?"
Lü Desheng looked at Emperor Kang Cheng with red eyes, "Your Majesty, how did she know this? Her mother and I have been hiding it from her."
With pity for the parents in the world, Emperor Kang Cheng patted him on the shoulder and asked Wei Zili, "Then what?"
"Miss Lu Er suffers from heart disease and cannot have children. When my apprentice heard about it, he ran back to report."
In other words, it is still unknown what the situation is over there.
Emperor Kang Cheng kept pacing. Why did the Queen Mother intervene in such a matter? As a son, he also understood the Queen Mother. She rarely gave in to anything she wanted to do. Even if Lord Lu's daughter was already so miserable, she would not care. I'm afraid it's already a done deal.
Trouble, doesn't this hurt Lord Lu's heart? If it were in the past, he would not bother to care, but today she just expressed her loyalty, and his mother turned around and gave her such a knife. Wouldn't she be upset?
"Your Majesty, I feel bad." Lv Desheng wiped the corner of his eyes. He didn't know how many people would point fingers at her for this in the future.
Emperor Kang Cheng also sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it." Such a private matter was exposed, which showed that he was pushed to the extreme.
Hearing this, Lv Desheng's body shook, which meant that the emperor was not going to intervene.
Emperor Kang Cheng saw that he looked like the sky had come down, and he kept blaming himself, "It's all my fault for being useless!"
Emperor Kang Cheng put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth in the hall twice. Finally, he walked to the dragon table, took something out of the drawer, came back, and handed it to Lv Desheng, "Take this, I agree with what you just said."
When Lv Desheng saw what Emperor Kang Cheng handed over, he was immediately shocked and stuttered, "Your Majesty, this-this is too valuable, I can't take it!"
In fact, Emperor Kangcheng was hesitant to give the things away on impulse, but Lv Desheng's refusal made him feel relieved that he had not made a mistake, "Take it." The Lv family is simple-minded, and this thing should not have much impact in his hands.
Neither the emperor nor the minister noticed that a young eunuch saw this scene, his eyes bulged with surprise, and then he quickly and carefully withdrew.
After Lv Desheng put the things in his arms, he whispered to Emperor Kangcheng, "Your Majesty, I want to go back."
"Hmm?"
Lv Desheng smiled shyly and said honestly, "I got such a big treasure, I want to go home quickly and hide it before I feel at ease."
Emperor Kangcheng laughed, "Are you not worried about your daughter?"
Lv Desheng shook his head and said righteously, "I believe that the emperor believes in the Queen Mother." Since the daughter's self-exposing scars has already happened, it is useless to feel distressed. If there is any loss, the worst thing is to lose the marriage with the Xie family. With the treasure in his hand, he is very open-minded.
"Okay, go back." Emperor Kang Cheng also felt a little tired, so he waved his hand and let him go.
Lu Desheng immediately knelt down to thank him, then took the treasure and the emperor's reward and left quickly. At the end, he said he would go back to practice chess for two days and then fight the emperor for 300 rounds.