Chapter 2038 What you hold in your hand is real
Nan Yan thought for a while and said, "I don't know."
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"My uncle is indeed devoted to me now, but no one knows what choice he will make when faced with that possibility."
Ran Xiaoyu's eyebrows were twisted into a knot.
She whispered, "Your Majesty, do you think Lord Gu will—will abandon you?"
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Nan Yan thought for a while and said, "Actually, I don't think so."
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"But I'm not sure if he will remain loyal to me forever. No matter what benefits are offered to him, he will remain unmoved."
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"Aunt Tongyun once told me a story about a man who wanted to test his horse by putting bundles of things on the horse's back until the horse finally collapsed."
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"Human nature is something that cannot withstand the test, and it is best not to test it."
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“What you hold in your hands is what you truly own. If you lose it, you really have nothing.”
Ran Xiaoyu asked, "So the Queen has made a choice?"
Nan Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Now, the Queen has two conditions in her hand to restrain me."
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"Isn't this trade-off obvious?"
“…”
Ran Xiaoyu glanced at her and said nothing.
Nan Yan looked up and saw the fiery gazes outside, but her eyes were cold.
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Zhu Feng, who stayed in the lobby, also had a cold look in his eyes.
Xiao Shunzi walked over cautiously, and seeing his solemn expression, he didn't dare to say much. He just changed his cup of hot tea and gently placed it next to him.
Then he heard Zhu Feng muttering, "Zhenjue Temple..."
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"Zhenjue Temple..."
Upon hearing these three words, Xiao Shunzi was slightly startled, while Zhu Feng had already said, "Why do the three words Zhenjue Temple sound familiar to me?"
Xiao Shunzi hurriedly said, "The younger sister of the imperial concubine is a nun in the nunnery behind Zhenjue Temple."
“……!”
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows: "That Si, Si——"
"Si Muzhen."
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"Before, she was in the palace... after that incident, the Imperial Concubine became unwell, so she planned to buy a substitute to become a nun. However, she was afraid that the substitute might be insincere and would be blamed by the Bodhisattva, so she asked her younger sister to become a nun as a substitute. It was at Zhenjue Temple."
Zhu Feng asked, "Are you remembering correctly? It's in Zhenjue Temple?"
Xiao Shunzi said, "How dare this servant say anything nonsense?"
Zhu Feng thought about it again and immediately said, "Have someone prepare paper and pen."
Xiao Shunzi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Empress has specially had a room cleaned up for her to use as a study. It's right next door."
"Walk."
"yes."
Zhu Feng left the lobby and immediately went to the study prepared for him by Xu Miaoyin. He took a pen and paper, wrote a letter, sealed it with wax, and handed it to Xiao Shunzi.
"Immediately send a reliable person to deliver the letter back to the capital and hand it to Li Bushang, the Northern Pacification Office. Have him act according to my instructions."
Xiao Shunzi immediately took it: "Yes."
Watching him hurriedly walk out, Zhu Feng stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back.
This Peach Blossom Town lives up to its reputation. Even if you live in such a quiet and elegant manor, you can still see many peach trees outside. Even if the peach blossoms have faded, the huge fruits hanging on the branches are still a beautiful scenery.
But at this moment, his heart was like those branches.
I feel a little breathless because of the pressure of one thing after another.
He murmured, "Prince Wei, Gu Qiqing...Zhenjue Temple..."
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"Xu Xiaoxiao..."
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