"Huh? What are you doing?"
After a short while, Liu Hong, feeling much better in his eyes, slowly opened them and noticed the actions of the others.
"Your Majesty, you were just lost in thought when we felt that you were surrounded by divine light, as if a god had descended to earth. That's why we unconsciously acted this way!"
After Zhang Rang finished speaking, the others nodded in agreement, looking at Liu Hong with admiration in their eyes.
"Hehe~ Alright, get up, everyone!"
Seeing everyone's expressions, Liu Hong chuckled lightly and didn't say anything more. Instead, he turned and walked towards Deyang Palace. Although he didn't understand what had happened, judging from the expressions on their faces, it seemed to be a good thing for him.
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong also quickly got up and followed closely behind Liu Hong.
Before long, Liu Hong and the others returned to Deyang Palace.
In front of Deyang Palace, Xiao Hong was leading several palace maids carrying food boxes and waiting there.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects!"
"Hehe~ No need for formalities!"
Liu Hong smiled at Xiao Hong, then looked at the food boxes in the hands of the palace maids behind her and shook his head helplessly.
Liu Hong looked at Xiao Hong and said softly, "Xiao Hong, in the future, when the Empress Dowager sends people to deliver food, just have the palace maids do it. As a lady-in-waiting by the Empress Dowager's side, you should spend more time with her!"
Xiao Hong smiled gently, "Your Majesty, this is the Empress Dowager's order. She is to make sure you eat well!"
"All right!!"
Liu Hong looked somewhat helpless, then shrugged and turned to walk into the hall.
Sitting at the table, Liu Hong ate while holding his bowl and chopsticks, and asked, "By the way, Xiao Hong, what has the Empress Dowager been doing these past two days?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hong narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has summoned the ladies of the Song, Dong, Yin, and Ma families, and has asked for portraits of their daughters, saying that she wants to fill Your Majesty's harem!"
"Pfft~ cough cough~"
Liu Hong, who was eating, couldn't help but spit out his food and cough involuntarily after hearing Xiao Hong's words.
"His Majesty....!"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Rang gasped softly and quickly stepped forward to gently pat Liu Hong's back.
After the coughing subsided, Liu Hong gently waved his hand, signaling Zhang Rang to leave.
Then Liu Hong looked up at Xiao Hong and asked, "Is what you said true? Did the Empress Dowager really say that?"
Xiao Hong nodded and said with a smile, "How could I dare to deceive Your Majesty? Besides, the Empress Dowager even sent people to deliver portraits of their daughters to Hejian and give them to the Holy Mother!"
"Uh~"
Liu Hong's expression immediately became somewhat unnatural. The Empress Dowager had actually given the woman's portrait to his own birth mother? It seemed she was serious this time.
But he was only twelve years old. Liu Hong looked down at his small frame. Was it okay to get married so early, at such a young age?
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who were serving nearby, lit up upon hearing the news and began to make their own plans.
Seeing Liu Hong's appearance, Xiao Hong couldn't help but smile, then said softly:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Empress Dowager said that these women should stay at home for the time being, and they will be brought to the Inner Palace when you are a little older!"
"Oh, that's good!"
Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that people in this era generally got married very young, he still felt a little uneasy, after all, he was still quite young.
Before long, Liu Hong had eaten most of the food that Xiao Hong had brought, and Xiao Hong led several palace maids to start cleaning up.
After finishing tidying up, Xiao Hong bowed to Liu Hong and said, "This concubine will take her leave now!"
Liu Hong nodded. "Yes, go back and convey my regards to the Empress Dowager!"
"promise!"
Xiao Hong responded softly, then led the palace maids out of the hall.
After Xiaohong left, Liu Hong began another busy day.
"Zhao Zhong".
"Yes, sir!"
Liu Hong took out several blueprints for manufacturing coal stoves and handed them to Zhao Zhong. "Go and deliver these blueprints to Lü Qiang and Sikong. Tell Sikong that he can delegate the task of manufacturing coal stoves to his subordinates."
Then you go to Jizhou and Xuzhou and deliver the blueprints to the Zhen family, the Mi family, and Wenhe!
"promise!"
Zhao Zhong took the blueprints and carefully tucked them into his pocket.
After Zhao Zhong left, Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang and said, "You'll have to do a bit of work. Take the caravan to western Liaoning. There are some things that Wen Xian isn't really suited to do. Go and help him out!"
Zhang Rang quickly replied respectfully, "Your Majesty is too kind. As long as I can share Your Majesty's burdens, how could it be hard for me?"
Liu Hong smiled and said, "Alright! Let's go back and prepare, and set off tomorrow!"
"promise!"
After Zhang Rang's figure disappeared, Liu Hong also hunched over his desk and began to work.
Meanwhile, as the court assembly ended, several imperial edicts were issued by the Ministry of Personnel and sent to various places. The content of the discussions among the civil and military officials in the court also reached the ears of the local people and powerful families.
The series of news messages left everyone feeling overwhelmed.
The College of Engineering has recently developed a blast furnace ironmaking technology to increase iron production, established a training center for doctoral students from the three colleges to give public lectures, implemented a series of preferential policies to encourage students to join the three colleges, and discussed increasing the number of admissions for next year's assessment, etc. All of these have aroused great interest among the students.
In an instant, the entire area surrounding Luoyang was bustling with activity, as people gathered together to discuss topics that interested them.
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