Chapter 3345 Tell me everything you know
Nan Yan looked at the two of them in silence for a while, then took a deep breath and asked, "You've said so much, so where are they?"
This time, Gao Ye was speechless.
However, he wasn't unable to answer the question, but he looked embarrassed, as if he couldn't speak again. He turned to look at Xiyun beside him. Xiyun obviously understood Nanyan's words, and a sad expression immediately appeared on her bright face.
Nan Yan's heart sank.
Then I heard Xiyun slowly say, "My mother gave birth to me, and then she died."
Xiyun grew up in the Western Regions. Unlike the people in the Central Plains, she was not as cautious about the passing of her elders. So the word "death" was like a knife, piercing into Nanyan's originally strong heart.
Nan Yan's breath was interrupted for a moment.
Ruoshui, who was standing beside her, carefully supported her shoulders and said softly, "My Lady."
Nan Yan raised her hand and waved gently, indicating that she was fine, then looked at Xi Yun: "Then, where is father?"
Xiyun said: "He is dead too."
At this moment, Nan Yan, for some reason, laughed out loud despite the pain. As she laughed, her eyes turned red. She also felt a sense of breathlessness, as if an invisible rock was pressing down on her chest, making it impossible for her to breathe. Nan Yan couldn't help but reach out and grab Ruoshui's chest: "Ruoshui, I'm in pain!"
"Mother! Mother!"
Ruoshui was frightened, especially when she saw Nanyan's pale face. She hurriedly bent down and kept touching her chest with her hand. Xiyun on the opposite side was also frightened and shouted "Sister". After thinking for a while, she took a small sniffing bottle from the maid beside her, opened the bottle cap and put it in front of Nanyan's nose. Suddenly, a pungent smell rushed into Nanyan's nose, choking her and making her shiver.
I immediately became much more sober.
She coughed twice, looked up at Xiyun, her eyes red and unable to speak, just gasping for breath. Gao Ye, who was standing beside her, said apologetically, "Don't be offended, Your Majesty. Xiyun—she doesn't understand these things."
Xiyun looked up at him: "Huh?"
Nan Yan smiled bitterly and shook her head.
Speaking of which, although she attaches great importance to her life experience and has never given up investigating over the years, and gradually learned the identities of her biological parents during the investigation, after all, they are just a series of past events told by others. From childhood to adulthood, she has never even seen them, so her feelings for them are indeed not very deep.
But the person in front of me, who looks almost the same as me, is a real, flesh-and-blood relative.
Although it was the first time they met, an indescribable tender feeling had already surged in Nan Yan's heart. Thinking about what Xi Yun had just said, that she was raised by this "young man", Nan Yan couldn't help but reach out to hold Xi Yun's delicate hands.
Xiyun didn't understand why she suddenly became close to him, but he looked at her happily.
Nan Yan said softly, "You don't understand. So, you and I are just like you. You were born by them, but you didn't grow up with them, nor did you receive their love."
“…”
Xiyun seemed to understand what he said, but nodded anyway.
Then he continued, "My dear brother, I love you very much."
Gao Ye watched the two sisters from the side, was silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "Your Highness, I understand the resentment in your heart. However, please also understand Master and Master's wife. As parents, how could they bear to leave their children?"
Nan Yan's eyes turned red after hearing his last sentence.
She looked up at Gao Ye and said, "Oh?"
“…”
"I don't know how to understand."
“…”
"Be considerate of them. You sent a newborn child thousands of miles away, and gave another child to your apprentice to raise."
Although she has a strong personality, she is always gentle in dealing with others and is always considerate of others. But this time, she was obviously angry. Her red eyes showed that she was not only aggrieved, but also revealed an imposing aura in her grievance.
When the imperial concubine became so angry, Gao Ye did not dare to speak.
On the contrary, Xiyun, the favorite concubine of the King of Parthia, looked at Nanyan like this and comforted her softly, "Don't be angry, sister. There are many things you don't know."
Nan Yan frowned and looked at her.
However, with her halting language, it was obviously impossible to explain such a complicated matter clearly. Nan Yan could only look up at Gao Ye, who was standing obediently beside her. She took a deep breath and said, "What is going on?"
Gao Ye then whispered, "I'm afraid the Imperial Concubine has always been resentful of why she had to be away from her mother when she was still a baby. But in fact—"
Hearing this, Nan Yan frowned again.
"Mother?"
Wasn't she sent back by her uncle Si Zhongwen?
She wasn't just away from her mother, she was away from both parents.
But Gao Ye was also confused by her interruption and said, "Yes."
“…”
"Master said that you were sent back to the Central Plains when you were still in your infancy. Master's wife has indeed been upset about this matter. Perhaps that's why she later-"
Before he could finish his words, Nan Yan said anxiously, "He also sent me back to the Central Plains? How is that possible?!"
Gao Ye said seriously, "Master and my uncle sent the Imperial Concubine back to the Central Plains together. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, Master never lies. If he mentioned it, then it must be true."
“……!”
Nan Yan gasped.
For so many years, she always thought that it was only Si Zhongwen who sent her back to Central Plains. This was the first time that someone told her that her father was there too.
Nan Yan still couldn't believe it and said, "But, but in the letter my uncle left for me, there was not a single word about it."
"letter?"
Gao Ye was also confused, so Nan Yan briefly recounted what had happened. Xiyun seemed to understand, but not quite, and just looked at the two of them. Gao Ye pondered for a while before saying, "I can understand this point."
Nan Yan asked, "What's going on?"
Gao Ye said, "Given the identities of Master and Master's Wife, and the fact that they traveled to the Western Regions, the Imperial Concubine should have realized that they absolutely cannot show their whereabouts in the Central Plains again, otherwise - I'm afraid they will bring about a fatal disaster."
Nan Yan immediately understood.
That’s right. Considering his mother Qin Xixi’s identity, and the fact that for so many years afterwards, even the three words Marquis Bowang were not allowed to be mentioned in the court, it was natural that the fact that Si Boyan had returned to the Central Plains could not be made public.
Therefore, Si Zhongwen didn't even dare to mention it in the letter.
Nan Yan pondered for a while, took a deep breath, and said, "What exactly happened back then? Tell me everything you know."
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