Chapter 2356 The Imperial Concubine Vomits Blood
Upon hearing this, Tong Sinian hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. My hand is fine now."
After saying that, he carefully raised his hand and rolled up his sleeves.
Everyone present gasped. Xiao Xinping, who was originally nestled in Zhu Feng's arms, let out a "wow" and stretched his neck, staring at Tong Sinian's hand with his eyes wide open.
His hand - or rather, the hand that was originally severed, has now been replaced by a mecha hand!
Nan Yan was startled at first, but immediately a smile appeared on her face.
She whispered, "It's done!"
Facing the astonished eyes of the crowd, Tong Sinian was very calm. He moved slightly, and the mecha hand also moved, just like an ordinary hand.
Zhu Feng said: "This is——"
Tong Sinian lowered his head and said softly, "Thanks to the kindness of His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine, Master Tang created this mecha hand for me. After several modifications, it is now indistinguishable from a real hand. I can now get up, lie down, and move around without any problems."
"Okay, very good."
Zhu Feng nodded and a smile appeared on his face.
He said, "This time I am sending an envoy to the Western Regions, and it is natural for you to serve as guides. However—"
Having said this, he paused, looked at Gu Yiyou and Tong Sinian, and slowly said: "Guides don't hold any official positions. In fact, they are just guides hired by the court. Do you understand what I mean?"
Hearing this, Gu Yiyou and Tong Sinian were very calm.
Zhu Feng’s meaning is also very simple.
If they really wanted to be given an official position, it would be very easy, but now, the Gu family already has a cabinet minister, Gu Tingqiu. After He Yi actually withdrew from the cabinet, Gu Tingqiu has become equivalent to the chief minister of the cabinet.
A few days ago, Si Muyun was also promoted.
And the most important thing is that as a noble concubine, Si Nanyan holds the phoenix seal in the harem. Although she does not have the identity of a queen, she has the status and actual power of a queen.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Feng could no longer allow her family to grow.
After all, balance is very important in the entire dynasty and harem.
No one wants another "Duke Chengguo" to appear or another Wu rebellion to happen.
Tong Sinian said calmly, "I understand what the emperor said."
“…”
"Common people do not seek to be officials, they only seek to do their work."
I don't want to be an official, I just want to do things.
Hearing this, Zhu Feng was somewhat moved. He looked at Tong Sinian and Gu Yiyou who was standing beside him, then looked at Gu Tingqiu who was sitting next to them and nodded slightly with a satisfied expression on his face, and also sighed softly.
He said, "Your words really touched my heart."
“…”
"If all the civil and military officials in the court could have the same mindset as you, then my great cause would be just around the corner."
As he spoke, he raised his glass to the two of them.
The two were flattered and hurriedly raised their glasses to drink with the emperor.
After drinking the glass of wine, Zhu Feng said, "This matter is settled. Since you two will serve as guides, I will have someone communicate with you at any time regarding specific matters. You must also prepare well these days. A mission to the Western Regions is no easy task."
The two said at the same time: "I obey your order."
Zhu Feng nodded in satisfaction, then said, "You all, sit down."
The two men sat down.
After this matter was dealt with, the atmosphere of the entire dinner became more relaxed. Nan Yan sat next to Zhu Feng, a smile of emotion on her face. She knew that Zhu Feng's main purpose in inviting the Gu and Xu families to the banquet tonight was to arrange a marriage between Prince Wei and Gu Qiqing. However, the reason why he asked Gu Tingqiu to bring these two young people into the palace was also to finalize this matter.
In fact, she had vaguely had such an idea in her mind.
After returning from the northwest, she thought that the Parthian Empire had sent special envoys to the Yan Kingdom, and also asked Zhu Feng for the golden jade burial suit. Whether it was really given to them as a gift or a return visit, the Yan Kingdom would sooner or later send special envoys to the Western Regions.
Besides, restarting the Silk Road has been Zhu Feng’s long-cherished wish.
When it comes to these things, a guide is indispensable.
Although she did not take the initiative to mention the brothers Gu Yiyou and Tong Sinian to the emperor again, she knew in her heart that these two people had traveled to the Western Regions and were very familiar with the local customs and practices. As guides, they were the most suitable candidates.
However, Tong Sinian’s broken hand is a problem.
Therefore, she pleaded with the emperor to transfer Tang Zhaoyun from Shazhouwei back to the capital. These days, he went to Gu Mansion in his free time to make this mecha hand for Tong Sinian. Over the past few months, he had experienced several failures.
Now, it can be considered as "merit complete".
And now, all the political affairs and family affairs have been dealt with.
She sat beside him, smiling slightly, and then said, "Your Majesty, we originally agreed not to discuss government affairs today, but we have done so anyway. Now, everyone is hungry, so let's have some wine and food first."
Zhu Feng laughed: "It is indeed my negligence."
So he said, "Everyone, start eating."
Everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating. However, even though they were eating, they were all surprised by Tong Sinian's hands because they had never seen Tang Zhaoyun's mecha craftsmanship before. While eating, they kept their eyes on his hands.
However, Tong Sinian picked up the chopsticks and touched the cup without any mistake.
Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes seemed to be tied to Tong Sinian's hand by a string, full of astonishment and surprise. She even forgot to put the food she had picked up into her mouth.
Nan Yan was originally chatting and laughing with everyone, but when she turned around inadvertently and saw Xu Xiaoxiao like this, she couldn't help laughing.
This evening banquet lasted until very late.
During the banquet, both the host and the guests were naturally happy.
Although the banquet ended very late and everyone was a little drunk when they went home, it did not affect the morning court the next day. As soon as Zhu Feng came to court, he issued several imperial edicts in succession.
The first was to announce the marriage between the King of Wei and Miss Gu Qiqing of the Gu family.
Because they were still in the mourning period, the two were only engaged, and the wedding could be held after the King of Wei completed the three-year mourning period.
The second is that King Wei served as the Prefect of Jingzhao.
As soon as this imperial edict was issued, the world was naturally in an uproar.
Everyone also understood that the position of King Wei's crown prince had basically been determined.
The third imperial edict was to enthrone the newly born little prince Zhu Chengjun as King of Han.
This is unprecedented.
However, compared to Prince Yin Jing of King Wei, the fact that a newborn baby was canonized as a prince did not seem to be a big news.
Especially in the harem, once the news spread, everyone had their own thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Chen Lianxiang sneered and said, "After so much difficulty giving birth to a son, she can't even touch the edge of the throne of the crown prince. This imperial concubine is probably going to vomit blood."
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