【Master, the Soaring Rainbow is a celestial sword; how can ordinary iron compare? But the steel-making methods I've collected from mortals are far superior to those currently used in the Great Yan Dynasty…】
The officials couldn't hear what was said after that; all they heard was that the Junior Tutor looked down on weapons made of ordinary iron and didn't want to look at them!
Waaaaah, she doesn't want to watch!
Waaaaah, she actually said she didn't want to see something this good!
Why would someone use a mouth that's 37 degrees Celsius to utter such cold and heartless words?
Lu Qi immediately covered his chest with his hand, trying his best not to faint.
But tears still streamed down his face. He really wanted to kneel down and tell Yue Fuguang, "If you don't want to see it, someone else does!"
But he dared not eavesdrop on the thoughts of the gods, for even gods undergoing tribulations are still gods.
Exposing this secret is something neither he nor his entire family can bear!
Yue Fuguang watched as Emperor Mingxi's eyes turned red with anxiety, and Lu Qi silently shed tears. For a second, she felt guilty, wondering if her behavior had been too wicked.
The bait smelled so good, it made everyone's mouths water!
Of course, this feeling of guilt and remorse is only momentary. Things that are too easily obtained are not cherished, so she has to make things more difficult for the esteemed gentlemen.
Seeing his colleagues starting to have another episode, each one of them shivering, some people moved aside in disgust and stepped forward to report.
“Your Majesty, the envoy from Northern Li will arrive in Shangjing tomorrow. Should we receive him according to the same standards as last year?” an official from the Court of State Ceremonial stepped forward and asked.
He didn't want to ask, but what could he do when he was in charge of receiving the Northern Lebanese envoy this year?
Normally, we could have just followed the usual procedure, but then the Beili spy incident happened, which involved a marquis and countless hidden agents.
His Majesty is clearly dissatisfied with Beili. He has no idea how to receive the emperor without finding out the court's attitude!
He had originally reported this to his superior, and they agreed to discuss the idea with His Majesty during the morning court session. But the morning court session had only just begun when his superior, Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies You Mingmin, had fallen ill again!
"An envoy from Northern Li?"
【Master, you've forgotten, early next month is Emperor Mingxi's fortieth birthday. Every year on his birthday, neighboring countries send envoys to offer their congratulations. Every year, the Great Yan also sends envoys to other countries to deliver gifts.】
"I see. Da Yan is still too weak. Otherwise, it would be so much more impressive to be the suzerain state, with all nations paying tribute!"
[He's quite weak. This emperor is over forty; he doesn't have many years left to live. There are only twenty days left until his birthday celebration. Have you prepared your gift?]
Gaa!
Gaa!
Someone let out a low moan, like the last gasp of a duck whose neck has been snapped.
Yue Fuguang pretended not to hear it. Anyway, the sound wasn't loud. The two of them made a little noise, but their colleagues next to them covered their mouths tightly.
He's obviously a newcomer who only recently heard the truth and can't handle things. Look at Emperor Mingxi and those who heard the truth first, how calm they are!
Emperor Mingxi: I've heard it too many times, I'm already numb to it! He's actually more curious about what kind of gift the little immortal lord will give him.
My lords: Hearing the news of His Majesty's death again has filled us with panic, but we dare not move!
"Do I need to give a gift? I didn't know!"
In the past, you didn't need to send gifts; you could just wait to receive them. But now, the master is nominally a subject, and must send gifts to the ruler.
"Don't you have a lot of good treasures? Just give him any one of them and it will be enough to be passed down as a national treasure."
【I do have them, but mortals can't use those magical artifacts!】
Emperor Mingxi: Can he say that he still wants it even if he can't use it? My Lord, you really don't need to think so much about him. Just give him any item; he won't be picky!
The Yu family father and son: What should we do if we feel like our child is going to be taken advantage of by His Majesty again? We need an answer even without internet access, it's really urgent!
The anxious Emperor Mingxi and the Yu family then heard the divine artifact continue, "Didn't Emperor Mingxi want to be a wise and benevolent ruler for all time?"
Why don't you send him some technical skills? We know that any ordinary person who can operate these things could easily outperform them by leaps and bounds.
The system is not wrong about this point; the level of technological development here is about the same as that of her hometown during the Qin and Han dynasties.
The worst part is that this place doesn't have the vibrant intellectual and cultural exchange of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods; the ideas and technologies here are very limited.
Although the ideas they revered were a mixture of Legalist, Confucian, and Taoist thought, they were not systematic and were quite strange.
The moonlight shone on Emperor Mingxi, who was looking over, and he blinked his bright eyes, ignoring the anxious look on his face.
She smiled innocently at him, but what she said next infuriated him.
She said, "But he lost his mind a bit in the last few years, so I'm not really keen on giving it to him. Never mind, I'll think about it some more!"
Emperor Mingxi: He went mad in the last few years. How did he go mad? Explain yourself!
Emperor Mingxi roared inwardly, but his face remained largely unchanged except for a brief moment of blushing and paling.
He even took a moment to look at the Crown Prince and his two or three adult princes who were standing at the front.
It's unknown whether the crown prince's death was related to his folly. It's also unknown which of his other sons later managed to seize power and bring about the downfall of the country!
[We were just talking about the envoy from Northern Li, shouldn't the Ninth Prince's biological father be here by now?]
The system's single sentence immediately silenced the adults who were arguing about the reception standards in Beili.
The entire hall fell silent instantly.
What does this mean? What does this mean, Divine Artifact Master? What do you mean by "the Ninth Prince's biological father"? Isn't his biological father sitting right there?
Some people couldn't help but slightly raise their heads and quickly glance upwards.
Their emperor remained seated there motionless, his expression unchanged.
Emperor Mingxi remained expressionless and motionless. It wasn't that he didn't want to react; he simply hadn't reacted at the moment.
His most beloved ninth son has a biological father, so is he a stepfather?
He has doted on this son more than the crown prince in the past two years, so how can he be a stepfather?
Emperor Mingxi, who had a lot of inner thoughts, never considered that his favorite concubine, Consort Zhou, might have cheated on him and cuckolded him, and that he was even raising someone else's son.
Just because he doesn't want to doesn't mean that the adults don't want to!
What if they want to hear about a royal scandal but dare not?
Some of the cleverer ones moved to the side, distancing themselves from the Ninth Prince's maternal grandfather, Consort Xian's father, and his elder brother, the Zhou family father and son.
The Zhou father and son exchanged a glance, both understanding the meaning in each other's eyes: this is a trap for us, we're doomed!
Zhou Qingyu, the elder brother of Consort Zhou, suppressed his trembling legs and did not immediately kneel down to apologize.
Zhou Yan, Zhou Xianfei's father, closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the divine artifact to issue a death notice to their entire family and even their entire clan.
"Isn't the Ninth Prince's father Emperor Mingxi? How could he have any other father?"
【Master, have you forgotten? Didn't I tell you that the Ninth Prince was born from Consort Zhou's affair with another man?】
Clang!
The system's single sentence shattered the spirits of countless people present.
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