Jiang Zhou buried his head in a pile of files, and when he saw the evidence, he was terrified and disheartened.

Lu Ling's sudden appearance frightened him so much that he trembled.

"Oh, why are you here? You scared me to death."

Lu Ling was wearing a cloak, and the shadow covered most of his face. He glanced at the thing in front of Jiang Zhou and picked it up to take a look.

"Why do you look at these things?"

Jiang Zhou sighed deeply after hearing this and said as he sorted things out, "I don't want to do it either, but I have to do it now."

He realized something belatedly and looked up suddenly: "Oh, yes, you are back. Where is General Rong?"

Noticing Lu Ling's attire, Jiang Zhou was so frightened that he quickly closed the door, his expression panicking: "Did you kill General Rong?"

Lu Ling remained silent, and Jiang Zhou became even more anxious: "Oh my God, then why did you come back? This is the Empress's territory. If she finds out, you won't be able to escape."

Jiang Zhou was furious: "I told you at the beginning, don't make trouble, don't make trouble. You killed that wizard, and now you killed Rong Qing. This time you are really dead, dead."

Jiang Zhou kept muttering like a nagging mother, and Lu Ling was amused by him. She deliberately said, "Don't worry, even if the empress wants to kill me, I will rescue you first."

Jiang Zhou wanted to hit him: "Is this the time to talk about this? I don't need you to save me, but if the Empress wants to kill you, I... I'm afraid I really can't save you."

Seeing that Jiang Zhou took it seriously, Lu Ling laughed out loud: "Okay, I was just kidding. Rong Qing is alive. The Empress should be able to see him now."

Jiang Zhou: “…”

Disgraceful face, breaking up the friendship!

"Is it fun?" He was scared to death, but Lu Ling was still laughing at him.

"Since Rong Qing is not dead, why are you still wrapped in this? You are playing tricks on me."

Jiang Zhou reached out to lift his cloak as he spoke. Lu Ling raised his hand to block it. Just as he was about to say something, the voice of the silver-armored guard came from outside: "Lu Ling, His Majesty has summoned you."

It's a summons, not an arrest.

Jiang Zhou was completely relieved. It seemed that Lu Ling had not lied to him and Rong Qing was really still alive.

Lu Ling stood up to see the empress, and Jiang Zhou followed immediately. Along the way, he was displeased with Lu Ling's cloak, but knowing that Lu Ling would not listen to his advice, he could only shut up.

"I, Lu Ling, pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, I, Jiang Zhou, pay my respects to you."

Noticing Lu Ling's gaze, Jiang Zhou grinned and raised his eyebrows proudly: You didn't expect that I would become an official, brother.

Lu Ling chuckled.

"Stand up."

Sitting in the only seat in the middle was the empress, dressed in gorgeous clothes and with a cold expression.

Her eyes fell on Lu Ling: "Take off your cloak."

Jiang Zhou quickly looked at his brother, but Lu Ling didn't move. His gaze was fixed on the Empress from under his cloak, burning and strange. The corners of his lips curled up slightly. "Your Majesty, are you sure you want to see this? I'm afraid I might scare you."

Xiao Li lowered his eyes and glared at him: "Perhaps you would like the Silver Armored Army to pin you to the ground and strip you naked?"

Lu Ling twitched the corners of his lips and raised his hand helplessly: "I have helped Your Majesty a great favor, don't I deserve Your Majesty's kindness?"

Jiang Zhou was about to complain that Lu Ling was courting death again, but the moment he saw Lu Ling take off his cloak, his face suddenly changed.

"How did you become like this?"

He didn't care that the empress was here. He grabbed Lu Ling's shoulders and stared at Lu Ling's face, his eyes full of shock and heartache.

Half of Lu Ling's face had turned into the same dry, cracked corpse-like state as Rong Qing's face, spreading from the left side of his face to his neck.

Jiang Zhou reached out to touch it, and ended up touching his left hand.

Lu Ling was wearing gloves on his hands. When he pulled them off, it was clear that his hands were not those of a normal person.

Jiang Zhou wanted to continue, but Lu Ling stopped him: "That's enough."

Jiang Zhou cried: "What are you doing? There was someone who could have saved you, but you killed that person and ended up like this."

Lu Ling pushed Jiang Zhou aside and looked up at Xiao Li: "Your Majesty, do you still think my face looks like Lu Yanzhi?"

Xiao Li didn't want to answer such a boring question: "You sacrificed so much to save Rong Qing, what do you want?"

Lu Ling looked at Xiao Li greedily, raised his hand and pointed at her, then pointed at himself.

"I want to stand before His Majesty so openly and honestly, and let His Majesty see me, Lu Ling."

He stared at the figure. She was a woman, but also an emperor. She was not gentle and affectionate, nor was she gentle and charming. Instead, she had the coldness, ruthlessness, and murderous majesty of an emperor, but she was also extremely beautiful.

It is like an indestructible sword of the king, inlaid with the most precious gems.

The most gorgeous appearance, the hardest body, the most powerful attack power, and the supreme power.

The perfection is getting more and more crazy.

"I, Lu Ling, am attracted to Your Majesty the Empress and want to pursue you." He expressed his feelings directly without any concealment.

Jiang Zhou's tears were still on his face, but they dried up instantly when he heard Lu Ling's words.

No, brother, what's in your head?

Even at this time, after making himself like this, he still didn't forget to confess his love to the Empress.

Has this corpse poison entered the brain?

Empress: "Get out!"

Jiang Zhou: As expected...

Lu Ling didn't care about the empress's rejection, he put his cloak back on gracefully.

"Your Majesty, Lu Ling and Lu Yanzhi have always been two different people. I have offended Your Majesty many times before, and Lu Ling deeply regrets and blames himself, but Lu Ling will spend the rest of his life proving my feelings for Your Majesty."

"Since Your Majesty cares about Rong Qing, can Lu Ling use this merit to exchange for a chance to be by Your Majesty's side? I am willing to be Your Majesty's vanguard, working like a slave and guaranteeing my loyalty."

Her Majesty the Empress ruthlessly refused: "Impossible."

If he hadn't killed Duan Ji and found that wizard, it wouldn't be his turn to negotiate terms here.

Xiao Li doesn't need someone as perverse and evil as him. She is enough to be the only crazy one.

"Oh, there's nothing we can do." Lu Ling sighed helplessly, and the next moment, he suddenly attacked Xiao Li.

Rong Qing, who was guarding on one side, immediately tried to stop him, but Lu Ling didn't fight him at all. He just pestered him and rushed to the empress when he found a chance.

That crazy look is scary.

The other silver-armored guards rushed forward and surrounded Xiao Li. Some of them drew their swords and joined in, helping Rong Qing capture Lu Ling.

Even though Lu Ling was pinned down, he wasn't angry or upset, but was actually smiling.

"Your Majesty, kill me, kill me!"

"Push it down!"

Lu Ling was taken away by the silver-armored guards. Xiao Li looked at Jiang Zhou, who was trying hard to minimize his presence. Compared to Lu Ling, Jiang Zhou was too normal. "How can you two become brothers if he's like this?"

Jiang Zhou, who was thinking about how to break up with his brother so that the Empress would believe that they were fine, was suddenly called out. He quickly said, "Your Majesty, Lu Ling just has a bit of a quirky personality. He's actually a very good person. He just seems to have been stimulated by something recently."

The few times he went crazy were all because of Her Majesty the Empress.

He even suspected that the empress had cast some kind of curse on Lu Ling.

Xiao Li:?

Recently, are you sure? When she seized the throne three years ago, Lu Ling also looked abnormal.