Chapter 1422 Walking on the Edge of a Knife
"Your Majesty..."
Ran Xiaoyu was worried and finally couldn't help asking, "What did you see in the cabinet treasury?"
“…”
Hearing Ran Xiaoyu's worried voice and looking at her concerned eyes, Nan Yan was silent for a long time, but did not answer her. She only said softly: "Xiaoyu, bring me a heater."
“…”
"I'm cold."
When Ran Xiaoyu heard this, she hurriedly prepared a heater and a hot water bottle, put one in her hand and stuffed the other into the quilt.
But even so, Nan Yan's pale face was not stained red by the warmth.
On the contrary, there is a sense of transparency like ice and snow.
She really didn't have any heat left in her body.
Ran Xiaoyu was anxious and worried, but looking at Nan Yan, she seemed calm and understood everything clearly. She could even tell herself that she was cold and asked her to prepare a warm stove for her.
Is she awake or confused?
Nan Yan held the heater in both hands, and her pale skin immediately felt a layer of warmth, but a chill continued to surge out from inside, making her shiver slightly.
She was silent for a long time before she slowly said, "I saw a truth."
"The truth? What truth?"
"Someone told me that my father—my biological father—was murdered."
Ran Xiaoyu suddenly gasped.
An ominous feeling arose in her heart. When Ran Xiaoyu spoke, her voice was unusually hoarse. She said, "The Empress's father? Didn't we know who he was? He has passed away? How come—"
Her series of questions made Nan Yan's eyes even more gloomy.
She really didn't know anything about these things.
All possibilities and all speculations belong only to Nan Yan.
But if I tell her now, it's no wonder she's completely clueless. Nan Yan just gave a wry smile and said, "He's my nominal uncle."
“……!”
Ran Xiaoyu gasped again.
Sibo Yan, Marquis of Bowang.
Her brows knitted together, and after a while, she whispered, "Then, who killed him?"
Nan Yan looked at her for a while, then slowly said, "Someone told me that the person who killed him was the current emperor."
"What?!"
This time, Ran Xiaoyu couldn't help it, and she stood up from the bed.
Nan Yan looked up at her and saw her shocked expression.
Ran Xiaoyu couldn't believe her ears: "Your Majesty? How is that possible?!"
“I once thought it was impossible.”
“…”
Hearing her say this, Ran Xiaoyu's heart sank. She slowly squatted down and put her hands on Nan Yan's hands holding the heater. Her hands had obviously warmed up, but they were still shaking.
It's like the soul is crying.
Ran Xiaoyu said dryly: "The truth that the Queen went to the Cabinet Treasury to find out is——"
Nan Yan glanced at her.
This look was deep and solemn.
Just by being looked at by her like this, Ran Xiaoyu could almost feel the huge stone pressing on her heart and the torment it had brought her these days.
But she didn't say a word.
She was so distressed that she held her hand tighter. "What is the truth?"
“…”
This time, Nan Yan did not answer her.
Just smiled at her.
That smile was so desolate.
"What do you think?"
With just these three words, Ran Xiaoyu felt as if she had sunk into an ice cave. In an instant, the warm Yiku Palace suddenly turned into a world of ice and snow.
She and Si Nanyan were almost frozen to death.
Ran Xiaoyu opened her eyes wide, the corners of her eyes turned slightly red, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Yes, yes...?"
Nan Yan looked at her and said, "After I came out of the Treasury, didn't you ask me why I didn't leave quickly?"
"……Um."
"Because I'm waiting for him there."
“…”
"I knew he would come."
“…”
"I know my whereabouts have been monitored the entire time. He came so quickly. Someone must have followed me, reported my whereabouts to those people, and then told him immediately."
"Yes, it's Concubine Ning?"
"I'm afraid there are also Concubine Hui and others."
"Then why is the Empress still waiting for the Emperor?"
"From the beginning, I didn't plan to leave."
“…”
"From the moment I decided to enter the treasury to find the truth, I had already decided where to wait for him."
“…”
"It's just that things will be different after he comes."
"What's the difference?"
Nan Yan smiled desolately and whispered to Ran Xiaoyu, "If he is not, then I, Si Nan Yan, have forced my way into the cabinet treasury. I am a criminal who has deceived the emperor. I should be punished and sent back to the cold palace."
“…”
"From now on, I will be in the cold palace and will never come out again."
Ran Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat.
She trembled and said, "If he is——"
"If he is,"
Nan Yan smiled again.
But this time, her smile had a little more warmth, probably because something hot emerged from those deep and bottomless eyes, burning her eye circles slightly red, and also making her smile, in the desolation, have a bit of contradiction and pain like a mixture of ice and fire.
"If he is," she repeated, her voice choking, "then I'll tell him that I was there and helped him burn the memorials."
“…”
“That was the first thing I did for him.”
Ran Xiaoyu understood immediately.
The Cabinet Treasury was their common memory, but Zhu Feng had forgotten it after he lost his memory. Nan Yan deliberately stayed there to arouse Zhu Feng's suspicion, and then told him about the past.
Her voice was hoarse and trembling as she said, "Your Majesty, please let the Emperor know that you still have feelings for him."
“…”
"In this way, the emperor will reconcile with you."
“…”
"Then, Your Majesty can stay in Yikun Palace instead of returning to the cold palace."
Nan Yan glanced at her and nodded slightly.
Ran Xiaoyu was shivering from the cold, and at this moment, she suddenly shivered violently again.
She had never been so cold.
She also didn't expect that Nan Yan had this plan.
Everything is in her plan.
Regardless of the truth, she had already found a way out. One of them was to remain unknown from now on, or even die in the cold palace; the other was like this—
Return to Yiku Palace and become the imperial concubine who is second only to the emperor in the harem again.
But she knew that this was a real road full of thorns.
In fact, it is like walking on a knife edge.
Ran Xiaoyu said: "My Lady..."
“…”
"That time, you and Li Bushan disappeared for a long time in the camp. Was it because of this incident—"
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