"Let him in," Zhu Houzhao said lightly.”
"Yes," Eunuch Sun respectfully replied. Then, he went outside the hall and led Cheng Fei Fei in.
At this moment, Cheng Fei's eyes were red and his expression was a little downcast. He was no longer as lively as when Zhu Houzhao first saw him.
"This lowly subject is in the wrong. Greetings to the emperor!”
When they arrived at Yangxin Hall, Cheng Fei bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand.”
"Many thanks, Your Majesty."
Cheng Fei thanked Zhu Houzhao and slowly stood up. He then cupped his fists at Zhu Houzhao and said,"Emperor, this lowly official's father has already passed away in the imperial prison. This lowly official wishes to move his body out of the imperial prison for burial.”
Zhu Houzhao was not surprised to hear this. Gu Santong's internal injuries could not last long, and he was relying on his own strength to support himself. After he passed his strength to Yu Huatian, he was naturally not far from death.
Gu Santong was only able to stay for a few more days because he had held back a little when he imparted his strength to Yu Huatian.
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly. I'll let Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the East Chamber, personally bring you to move Gu Santong's body out for burial.”
"Cheng Fei thanks the emperor for his kindness!"
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Cheng Fei once again knelt down before Zhu Houzhao and spoke respectfully.
"No need for formalities," Zhu Houzhao said lightly.
Cheng Fei Fei bowed to Zhu Houzhao again and stood to the side.
Then, Zhu Houzhao summoned Cao Zhengchun and ordered him to move Gu Santong's body out of the prison with Cheng Fei.
"Ding! A check-in mission has been issued. Host, please go to the tomb of Gu Santong and sign in. Mission reward: One Martial Arts Deduction Card, one Wind Cloud World's Sword Saint Dugu's Holy Spirit Sword Technique.”
Cheng Fei 'er and Cao Zhengchun had just left when the system notification suddenly sounded in Zhu Houzhao's mind.
" Interesting. I'll just treat it as paying my respects to Gu Santong. Because of him, I've gained a lot of benefits," Zhu Houzhao muttered to himself as the corners of his mouth curled up slightly when he heard the System's voice.
" Nie Feng, go with Cheng Fei and help him with the burial of Gu Santong. After the burial, come back and lead the way for me. I'll pay my respects to this former number one expert," Zhu Houzhao said to Nie Feng after pondering for a moment.
" Yes," Nie Feng replied respectfully. Then, he left Yangxin Palace Hall and headed towards the ninth level of the imperial prison.
After Nie Feng left, Zhu Houzhao continued to cultivate.
Zhu Houzhao knew very well that in this Integrated Martial Arts World, not only was status important, but one's own strength was also very important!
Time flew by.
Soon, the next day arrived.
During the morning court session, Zhu Houzhao directly arranged his trusted officials to fill important positions that were vacant, further strengthening his control over the Great Ming Dynasty.
Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, looked drowsy and didn't say anything.
Iron-guts God-Marquis Zhu Buduan and the others also didn't say anything.
Cao Zhengchun and his men from the East Chamber didn't dare to make a sound.
The Divine Constabulary also remained silent.
When the other officials saw this, naturally, no one came out to make trouble for themselves.
Thus, Zhu Houzhao's arrangements went very smoothly.
After that, the officials reported some trivial matters of the court, and the morning court session was considered to have ended.
After the court session, Zhu Houzhao had just returned to Yangxin Palace Hall when Nie Feng, whom he had sent out yesterday, returned.
"Nie Feng greets the emperor!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Nie Feng immediately bowed and spoke respectfully.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said lightly,""No need for formalities."
" Thank you, Your Majesty." Nie Feng thanked him and stood up.
"I asked you to help me bury Gu Santong. Why did you come back so soon?" Zhu Houzhao said lightly.”
"Replying to the Emperor, Cheng Fei has already buried Senior Gu this morning."”
Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he quickly thought of Cheng Fei's background. It was not surprising that he would bury Gu Santong so hastily.
After pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao said,"In that case, this one will go and pay respects to this former number one expert of Great Ming. You and Bu Jingyun will follow.”
"Yes."
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun greeted him respectfully.
Zhu Houzhao immediately changed into a set of ordinary clothes. Following Nie Feng's guidance, the three of them headed towards Gu Santong's tomb.
When Zhu Houzhao and the other two arrived in front of Gu Santong's tomb, they saw that besides Cheng Fei 'er and Cheng Huan, there was another famous figure in Great Ming. It was the Iron Gut Divine Marquis, Zhu Budian.
"Greetings, Emperor!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao arrive, Zhu Budian and Cheng Fei hurriedly saluted him respectfully.
When Cheng Huan heard their voices, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.
"No need for formalities," Zhu Houzhao said lightly.
" Thank you, Your Majesty." The three of them thanked Zhu Houzhao and stood up again.
" I didn't expect that the Emperor would come to pay his respects to Brother Gu. Brother Gu's death was worthy," Zhu Budian said to Zhu Houzhao in a deep voice after he stood up.
Zhu Houzhao said lightly,"I'm here to pay my respects to a senior expert. It's not a big deal. It's just a pity that Mr. Gu is unable to serve my Ming Dynasty."”
"Don't worry, Emperor. I will replace my father and serve the Emperor faithfully."”
"That's for the best." Zhu Houzhao nodded.”
Zhu Budian's eyes flickered as he watched this scene.
Then, Zhu Houzhao also paid his respects to Gu Santong and sprinkled some joss paper for him.
"Ding, sign-in successful!"
Strangely enough, just as Zhu Houzhao finished scattering paper money for Gu Santong, a system notification sounded in his mind.
"Reward: Martial Arts Deduction Card. It could deduce incomplete martial arts to perfection, and could also deduce existing martial arts to a higher level of neo martial arts.”
"Reward: Wind Cloud World Sacred Spirit Sword Technique.”
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