“Are you saying that for the past few days, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Forbidden Army have been acting crazily, plotting something sinister? And that His Majesty had foreseen the movement of the demonic entity, secretly sought help from the Cangming Holy King, and made arrangements in advance, thereby thwarting the demonic entity’s scheme?”

In a somewhat rundown small courtyard in the western part of Luojing City.

Lu Chen looked at Luo Xiaoyu in disbelief. She had rushed over to tell him this “good news” with an excited expression.

“And after the demonic entity’s plot failed, it used a terrifying demonic secret technique to escape with the Empress Dowager under the siege of the Cangming Army?”

“Yes, Cousin. The announcement says so!”

Luo Xiaoyu placed her small hand over her chest, restraining her rapidly beating heart, and cheerfully said, “This is really great! I thought there was a rebellion within Luojing City, and that marauding soldiers were everywhere outside, fearing that marauders might break in through our doors every day…”

She rapidly recounted her feelings of the past few days to Lu Chen.

Honestly speaking, these past few days had been terrifying for her. She had been trembling at home, fearing incessantly. Every day, she heard footsteps from outside and occasional pitiful screams. Faced with these circumstances she had never experienced before, she had almost collapsed from extreme fear several times.

She hadn’t slept for a whole day and night, and even if she couldn’t hold back, she would still keep a sharp pair of scissors within her embrace.

Now, seeing the announcement and understanding what had been happening outside, her tensed nerves finally relaxed, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

“Moreover, with the Empress Dowager missing and presumably kidnapped by the demonic entity, her life and death unknown, there’s no way they can remove you from your official position, Cousin.”

As she said this, she seemed to suddenly realize something. A bright hue flashed through her captivating eyes.

“Oh my! Cousin, with the Empress Dowager missing now, and the Holy King from the distant Cangming Realm coming to support His Majesty, he’ll surely step forward to stabilize the situation. In that case… won’t His Majesty assume personal rule? And Cousin, you previously bravely advised His Majesty to return the throne to him, defying the world’s conventions. Though His Majesty didn’t explicitly say anything, he must surely remember your loyalty and this bond in his heart…”

Hearing this, Lu Chen’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

If Luo Xiaoyu could think of something, he naturally could as well.

And it was precisely because of this that he felt the situation seemed to be developing in an unfavorable direction for him.

An ominous premonition grew stronger.

However, Luo Xiaoyu, getting more and more excited as she spoke, didn’t notice the expression on Lu Chen’s face. She continued enthusiastically, “Wow!! Cousin, you might actually benefit from this misfortune! After this incident, His Majesty will definitely recognize you as a loyal and virtuous subject. Who knows, he might immediately assign you an important task. With the bond from before, His Majesty won’t casually dismiss officials like the Empress Dowager did. Cousin, you’ve always treated the world as your responsibility, and you have an uncompromising personality. You don’t tolerate wrongdoing. It’s easy for you to offend people, but with this bond, even if His Majesty doesn’t appreciate your frank admonitions, he won’t directly dismiss you. At most, he might assign you to a well-treated, idle position. How does that sound, Cousin?”

Hearing these words, Lu Chen’s eye twitched frantically, and his face gradually wore an expression of desolation.

To him, whether the Empress Dowager had truly been controlled by a demonic entity, as the announcement claimed, was not the main issue.

The testimonies of those top experts who had previously guarded the Empress Dowager, as well as the testimony of the Exorcism Department proving that those experts were telling the truth, didn’t matter much.

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