Chapter 3579 What is that?
Zhu Feng was silent for a while and then said, "How long have I slept?"
There was some frustration in his tone.
At this moment, no matter who told him that he was not old, he had to admit that time was unforgiving. In the past, when he was in his prime, he had suffered more serious injuries than this, but he would get up on horseback and fight the next day after a night's rest, and he never complained. But this time, it was just the old chest injury that was involved, and he had been in a coma for so long that he could hardly move.
Still in front of Nan Yan——
Although they are already an old couple, he still feels embarrassed.
Nan Yan, in the dim candlelight, immediately noticed the unhappy expression on Zhu Feng's face. She seemed to understand and pursed her lips. She turned around to get a cup of slightly cold tea and brought it to the bedside. She helped him sit up and half leaned against the headboard. She fed him some water in small sips and then whispered, "How long do you think you've slept, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Feng drank two sips of water, and his throat, which was so dry that it was about to burn, finally felt a little better.
I looked out the window again and it was already past three o'clock in the morning.
But who knows which day it is at midnight?
So he whispered, "One day? Or two days?"
As he spoke, he feigned composure and smiled, saying, "I was a little tired from this matter a few days ago. Now that the important matter is over, it's inevitable that I feel relaxed and slept a little longer."
Nan Yan glared at him and said, "Your Majesty has only slept for half a day. Did you sleep too much?"
“……?”
Zhu Feng was stunned.
Half a day? So I only slept for half a day?
So now, or the day he just came back from the steep north slope?
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Nan Yan again, but saw that Nan Yan said nothing, just put the cup of tea aside, sat back, took out a handkerchief to wipe the corner of his mouth. He didn't know whether she was angry or what, but her hand was inevitably a little heavier. Zhu Feng felt that the oily skin at the corner of his mouth was about to be wiped off by her.
So he reached out and slapped the back of her hand: "Be gentle!"
Nan Yan snorted softly and said, "Your Majesty, what are you afraid of? Getting hurt is no problem at all. How could I get hurt just by wiping your mouth?"
Seeing her like this, Zhu Feng felt like she was about to get angry with him again. However, at this moment, he really didn't have the energy to scold her or coax her. He just sighed and said, "If you have any sarcastic remarks, please wait until I feel better. I don't have the energy to talk to you about them right now."
Nan Yan glared at him again with all her might.
In the end, he couldn't bear it, so he undid his clothes and looked inside. He was relieved after making sure that the wound hadn't burst open and the gauze hadn't been stained red.
Seeing her like this, Zhu Feng's heart softened a lot.
She said softly, "Okay, don't worry."
“…”
"This matter has been resolved. I can really take a break now."
Nan Yan said, "Your Majesty must rest even if he doesn't want to."
When Zhu Feng heard this, he looked at her with a smile: "Why, are you still controlling me?"
Nan Yan said, "I have sent word back to the capital. For at least the next month, the Crown Prince should not send any more memorials. He will have to handle any major challenges that come his way. Your Majesty, please rest and recuperate, and don't worry about anything else."
Zhu Feng couldn't help but frown.
Nan Yan's behavior was clearly an interference in government affairs - of course, she had even been in charge of government affairs from behind the scenes when she was unconscious in the past. Now she just asked the prince not to send memorials to him, which was considered a lot less severe. However, as a concubine, she was still breaking the taboo of a hen crowing at dawn by meddling in the affairs of the former court.
Zhu Feng's tone also revealed a bit of sternness, and he said unhappily: "What are you doing?"
Nan Yan said, "If the emperor wants to settle accounts with me, I will obey him without complaint, even if it means being thrown into prison. But this time, the emperor must listen to my arrangements."
As she spoke, she reached out and gently touched Zhu Feng's heart.
This injury was indeed different from any previous one. Even the imperial physician told her implicitly that this injury would probably accompany the emperor for the next few decades. If he was not properly cared for, it might even affect the emperor's lifespan.
Nan Yan had never felt so miserable in her life.
This injury was caused by the northern Dian Emperor Mengke, and now it was aggravated by the southern Yue Emperor Li Wushang. Over the years, Zhu Feng has been worrying about the two. After finally calming down one of them, she absolutely cannot bear to see Zhu Feng being affected again.
How could Zhu Feng not know what was on her mind?
Seeing her eyes red and her fingers trembling like leaves in the wind as they touched her wound, he sighed softly and said, "Okay, you're getting serious now. In fact, even if it wasn't you, I wouldn't ask about the court's affairs anymore."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but murmur, "I just don't know if the prince can handle things."
Nan Yan glanced at him and said, "The Emperor is looking down on me again."
“…”
"Just now, when the Emperor was resting, the Crown Prince sent someone to pay his respects to the Emperor and report on some matters he had handled a few days ago. From what I heard, he handled the matter very appropriately."
Zhu Feng asked, "Oh? What happened?"
Seeing that he was in good spirits, Nan Yan took a candlestick from the other table and placed it on the small table beside the bed. Then she said softly, "A few days ago, the Nanyang countries of Mancijia and Johor sent special envoys to pay homage, but they encountered bandits on the way."
Zhu Feng frowned slightly: "Another pirate from Japan?"
Nan Yan said, "They dare not plunder our coast again, so naturally they are causing trouble at sea. We have always turned a blind eye to this matter, but who would have thought that this time they would take advantage of the special envoy."
Zhu Feng thought for a moment and asked, "How did the prince deal with it?"
Nan Yan said, "The Crown Prince issued a handwritten order demanding that the Emperor hand over the bandit leader to the capital for immediate execution, which appeased the anger of the envoys from the Southeast Asian nations. At the same time, he sent an envoy to Japan to appease the Emperor, and presented him with a gift of five thousand rolls of silk and countless jewels."
“…”
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment before he slowly said, "Using both kindness and severity, leniency and strictness are balanced. That's quite good."
Nan Yan said, "So, Your Majesty, please stop pressuring the Crown Prince on everything and keeping him tied up. In fact, the Crown Prince has grown up now, and Your Majesty can let him do many things. Wouldn't it be better for him to take a break?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her and said with a half-smile, "You just wish I could rest every day, don't you?"
Nan Yan laughed and said, "If that's the case, I'll wake up laughing even in my dreams."
Zhu Feng himself laughed.
But after laughing, his eyes fell on the table again. When he just woke up, he saw Nan Yan holding something in his hand, and then put it on the table.
He asked, "What is that?"
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