Chapter 3067 I'm off

Tingfu said, "I just heard a few guards outside talking. It seems that there was movement on the other side of the river last night. It seems that a lot of troops have been gathered."

"oh?"

Nan Yan frowned slightly.

In fact, she has been counting the days, and today is the tenth day.

Xu Shifeng had been in Jiangbei for a full ten days, which was enough time for him to mobilize naval forces from all over the place and integrate them a little. So today should be—

Thinking of this, she looked up and saw Qingting had just finished combing her hair.

Nan Yan looked at herself in the mirror and asked, "Has breakfast not been delivered yet?"

As she was speaking, the little palace maid Dong'er walked to the door. She didn't dare to come in. She just bowed to Nan Yan from a distance and said softly, "Your Highness, the Young Master has sent someone to invite you to have breakfast in Wuying Palace."

"oh?"

Nan Yan raised her eyebrows slightly.

Although Zhu Chengjin would invite her over for meals from time to time these days, there was no precedent of inviting her over for breakfast.

She thought for a moment, then stood up, holding onto the edge of the table. Tingfu immediately said, "Madam, what is he doing—"

Nan Yan smiled faintly and said, "I think he wants to show off in front of me."

Tingfu asked, "Are they going to send troops?"

"Um."

"That—nothing?"

"Of course I have to go. If I don't go, how can I enjoy the fun?"

After saying that, Nan Yan looked down at the clothes she was wearing. Because the weather had been getting hotter recently, she changed into the new clothes Zhu Chengjin had made for her. Qingting had always thought that she would be a man of integrity and not touch those things, but she didn't expect that Nan Yan would accept everything Zhu Chengjin sent her, and even the two little palace maids and eunuchs in the yard, and she would order them around without mercy.

This made Qingting even more confused about her, but also seemed to understand her a little better.

Nan Yan said, "I'd better change my clothes."

After saying that, she asked Tingfu and the little palace maid Dong'er to wait outside, and only left Qingting to change her into an old dress. Nan Yan smoothed her collar, brushed her sleeves, then pushed the door open and walked out, asking Tingfu and Qingting to follow her. Zhu Chengjin's confidant Ge Long was standing outside. When he saw her come out, he also saluted respectfully and led Nan Yan and the others to Wuying Palace.

Along the way, Nan Yan looked at the several palaces in the harem. It seemed that someone was cleaning them and someone was moving things in.

Nan Yan said: "This is——"

Ge Long walked in front and said, "Pick it up, it will be useful."

"oh……"

Nan Yan raised her eyebrows slightly.

Arriving at Wuying Hall, as soon as she entered the main gate, she saw that the large round table inside was already filled with a variety of dishes. The richness did not seem like breakfast at all, but more like a state banquet. Zhu Chengjin and Xu Shizong were already sitting there. When he saw her coming, Zhu Chengjin smiled and said, "You're here."

Nan Yan ignored him and walked over and sat down.

The three of them naturally sat at the three corners of the round table, so they could easily see the two people opposite them. Nan Yan immediately saw that Xu Shizong's face was uglier than when she saw him when she entered the harem. There was a hint of sickly blush in his paleness. As soon as Nan Yan sat down, she heard him coughing several times with his hands covering his mouth.

Even his back, which used to be able to stand straight, became hunched at this time.

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Xu looks good."

To say this is ironic is an understatement.

Xu Shizong looked up and glanced at her, as if he was too angry to speak. He just took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and coughed twice. Nan Yan saw at a glance that after he coughed, there was a trace of glaring red on the handkerchief.

But this time, even Xiaoman beside him was not surprised, but just looked worried.

Obviously, this was not the first time he vomited blood recently.

Zhu Chengjin said, "Military Advisor, you must take care of your health. After all, there is such an important task waiting for you to do."

Xu Shizong took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress the foul air in his chest, and then he said, "Don't worry, my lord. Everything has been arranged on the river bank. Li Chen and Fang Zhen have already led their troops to fight on the river. We will definitely not let the people from Jiangbei get ashore."

Zhu Chengjin smiled faintly and said, "That's not what I'm talking about."

“…”

Xu Shizong was startled and looked up at him, only to see Zhu Chengjin say, "I'm talking about the coronation ceremony you promised me after this incident."

Xu Shizong was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Of course."

Zhu Chengjin then smiled and said, "That's good. Then, I'll use tea instead of wine to wish the military advisor a successful start."

After saying that, he picked up the teacup.

Xu Shizong also picked up the teacup. When the two were about to clink their glasses, a hand reached out from the side and clinked the teacup with theirs. It was Nan Yan, but both of them were caught off guard and startled by her action, and the tea in the cup spilled out.

Xu Shizong looked at Nan Yan with a slightly frown.

Nan Yan said to her, "Why, I can't?"

Xu Shizong said calmly, "Your Excellency toasted me for my victory. I wonder what your Royal Concubine is toasting for now?"

Nan Yan smiled and slowly poured the tea from her cup onto the ground. Seeing the two men's faces suddenly turn ugly, she said, "This cup of tea isn't a toast to you, but a tribute to those who will die innocently in this war."

“…”

"Originally, they were living well, with their own families and lives, but now, they have to fight on the battlefield for your legitimacy and your ambitions. Those who survive are lucky. If they die in this war, this cup of tea from me will appease their souls."

She said this before the war, so of course she had ulterior motives.

Xu Shizong's already unhappy expression turned even uglier. His hand holding the teacup was shaking slightly. Nan Yan smiled and said, "Why, you won't drink the tea I offer you, and you won't drink the tea your master offers you?"

Xu Shizong certainly knew that Nan Yan hated him to the core. Ever since she knew that they had wiped out the entire Jian family, she even wanted to kill him with her own hands, but she never expected that she would suddenly attack him like this at this time.

Not only was it clumsy, it also didn't seem like something someone like her would do.

Xu Shizong frowned slightly and looked at her.

But Nan Yan looked at him with a calm sneer, as if waiting for him to figure out the result.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Zhu Chengjin said, "Military Advisor, there's no need to argue with her. It's getting late."

Xu Shizong glanced at Nan Yan again, but in the end said nothing. He drank the cup of tea, ate a little, then stood up and said, "I'm leaving."