In fact, in the second year of entering the Observatory, they received a prompt that the test had been completed.
What I did afterwards was entirely from my heart.
Lu Zhenyan reported eloquently for nearly an hour, and the ministers in the rear were also beaming with joy as they listened.
After he finished speaking, he did not leave. Instead, he stood in the hall, stammering his lips a few times, looking like he had something to say but was unable to.
"Lord Lu," Gu Jinzhi said in a calm but powerful voice, "if you have anything to say, feel free to speak."
Lu Zhenyan took a deep breath, as if she had made a huge decision, and looked up at the throne.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Are you going to...return to Tianque?"
As soon as the words fell, the hall fell into dead silence.
A hint of surprise flashed across Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi's faces at the same time.
Unexpectedly, the cabinet chief who had worked with them for three years could be so perceptive.
Gu Jinzhi pondered for a moment, did not hide anything, and nodded slowly.
After receiving a positive answer, Lu Zhenyan's tall and straight body shook visibly.
The color drained from his face instantly.
The next moment, the knees of this iron-fisted prime minister softened and he knelt down.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
He prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed, his forehead hitting the cold gold bricks with a dull sound.
"No..."
Suppressed, confused cries came from his chest.
Following his action, the other ministers in the hall also fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
Li Wei hated this kind of scene the most. She felt uncomfortable all over and was about to lift the person up.
But his sleeve was pulled.
Gu Jinzhi shook his head gently at her and silently mouthed, "Let him cry."
Only Lu Zhenyan was mentioned, and no one else was mentioned.
Li Wei was silent for a moment and nodded.
......
Lu Zhenyan cried for a long time.
I cry for the three years of prosperity that have been like a dream, I cry for this hard-won world of universal harmony, and I cry even more for the unknown future without the protection of gods.
He is afraid.
He was afraid that all this would be just a flash in the pan.
When the crying subsided, Gu Jinzhi finally spoke: "After the Queen and I leave, there will be a royal family member who will take over the throne."
"I have trained Prince Ding for three years. His character and talents are both top-notch."
"Prime Minister Lu, you must continue to perform your duties diligently, assist the new monarch, and continuously implement the new policies."
Gu Jinzhi's eyes became deep.
"The Queen has already eliminated the stubborn enemies both inside and outside of Dajing, securing at least a hundred years of peace for you."
"What you need to do is to make good use of this time to develop and strengthen this country."
"besides......"
Lu Zhenyan raised her tear-stained face and listened attentively, taking every word into her heart.
Steam engines, flintlock rifles, factories, new scientific expeditions... these things that overturned his cognition in the first half of his life have now become his most firm beliefs.
He nodded vigorously and answered with a choked voice.
But when she thought about the emperor and empress being about to leave, the tears that had just stopped burst out again.
The king and his minister chatted about many things without paying attention to the people around them...
Suddenly, Li Wei raised her head and looked at the ceiling of the hall with carved beams and painted rafters, a solemn look appearing in her beautiful eyes.
Gu Jinzhi noticed her change.
"Time is up?"
Li Wei nodded.
As soon as the words fell.
The entire world, all the sounds, lights, shadows, and colors, faded away in an instant.
Time seemed to stand still.
Lu Zhenyan, kneeling on the ground, kept looking up, turning into a black and white sculpture.
On the throne, the figures of Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi began to become transparent and illusory.
Suddenly, they transformed into two small, glowing figures, broke away from their bodies, and flew towards an infinitely high place.
However, at the moment when the two beams of light disappeared.
The "shell" left on the throne did not disappear.
Instead, new light was injected from the void, and it became solid again.
The solidified world resumed its flow.
Color and sound, return.
Lu Zhenyan blinked, and felt a flash before her eyes, as if nothing had happened.
His Majesty and His Majesty remained seated on the throne.
only......
He looked at the emperor and empress with some confusion.
"Li Wei" and "Gu Jinzhi" smiled at each other, showing an unusual tacit understanding.
Immediately, "Li Wei" turned her gaze to His Highness Lu Zhenyan, her red lips slightly parted, still with that signature frivolous look.
"Oh, it's come true..."
"It seems that I really have to be entangled with the gentry of the world for tens of thousands of years..."
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