Chapter 2293 I want a word from the emperor
Zhu Feng said solemnly, "You're so burned up, are you still calm?"
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"If you were burned to charcoal or ash, I would believe you could remain calm."
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Nan Yan bit her lower lip and after a long while, she finally said in a hoarse voice, "I can't burn into charcoal or ash myself. Only Your Majesty can grind my bones into dust."
Zhu Feng frowned and looked at her, saying, "You still want to argue with me, don't you?"
Nan Yan turned her head away and said nothing.
There was only one candle in the room, but it happened to be on the other side of the bed. The faint candlelight was blocked by Zhu Feng's tall figure, and the bed was almost pitch black.
But her eyes were exceptionally bright.
Perhaps because people with fever have wet eyes and tears in them, Zhu Feng could also see her eyes flickering slightly, as if she had endless things to say.
But he gritted his teeth and refused to say another word.
Zhu Feng, who was originally a little angry because of her stubbornness, let out a long sigh at this time, softened his voice, and said, "Okay."
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"Don't you think about it? You're already a mother of two children, and you're still like this?"
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"You want your children to follow your example, right?"
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Hearing this, Nan Yan's deep breath was slightly stifled. She turned her head and looked at Zhu Feng. Finally, the tense expression on her face eased a little. Zhu Feng then pulled her out of the quilt, helped her sit against the head of the bed, and straightened the quilt again and covered her with it.
Just from these few movements, one could feel the sultry aura coming from Nan Yan.
He reached out and touched her face again. It was still wet with sweat, so he said, "Ask Wang Baizhi to come over and take a look."
Nan Yan hurriedly said, "No."
"Um?"
Seeing Zhu Feng's face darken again, Nan Yan said, "It has retreated a lot."
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"Calling someone here in the middle of the night, if someone didn't know, they would think something serious had happened to me."
"You think this is a small matter?"
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"Do you know that if you develop a disease during your confinement period, it will be with you for the rest of your life? Do you want me to feel guilty for the rest of my life?"
Nan Yan glanced at him, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.
After a long silence, she murmured softly, "It's not that serious. Besides, Tongyun has been guarding me all the time. With her medical skills, it's just a fever. There's no way it could cause a serious illness."
"By the way, Tongyun."
When this was mentioned, Zhu Feng's expression darkened even more, and he said, "She is so disobedient too. It seems that she should be punished as well."
"also?"
Nan Yan was slightly stunned when she heard this.
Immediately, in the quiet night outside, I heard the sound of people screaming from afar.
Listening to the sound, it seems like thinking of autumn.
She suddenly opened her eyes wide in shock: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you——"
Zhu Feng said, "Beating her is a small punishment but a big warning."
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"As a noble concubine, how should you be punished for deceiving the emperor?"
At this time, Nan Yan no longer cared about how she would be punished. She had never been afraid of being punished by the emperor, especially now that the emperor was in front of her. She more or less understood what was going on.
He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please spare her."
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"I will teach her, she knows she is wrong."
Zhu Feng said coldly: "It's too late."
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"After she receives these twenty strokes of the cane and has six months' worth of silver and rice deducted from her income, she'll naturally understand where her mistakes lie."
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"But it doesn't matter whether she knows or not."
Zhu Feng said coldly, "A person like this is not worthy of staying by your side. If her words and actions affect my daughter and corrupt her, even if I kill her entire clan, it won't make up for it. Therefore, I absolutely cannot allow someone like this who would harm innocent people to stay by my side."
Nan Yan was terrified and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't do it."
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"She knows she's wrong, and she's admitted it."
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"Your Majesty, you can't sentence her to death right away. You have to give her a chance to reform, right?"
Zhu Feng said, "Anything else is fine."
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"But you can't have such a person by your side, by Xinping's side."
Nan Yan was anxious. She struggled to get up from the bed with her weak arms and knelt down in front of Zhu Feng. Zhu Feng frowned and immediately grabbed her: "What are you doing?"
Nan Yan said, "Your Majesty, it is ultimately my fault for not disciplining her properly. Your Majesty has given her a beating and fined her for six months of grain. That is enough."
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"I will teach her well and prevent her from making the same mistakes again."
As he spoke, the screams outside had died down. Apparently, the twenty strokes of the cane had been completed.
After a while, Xiao Shunzi's footsteps were heard.
He ran to the door, but naturally didn't dare to come in rashly. He said softly, "Your Majesty, the beating is over."
Zhu Feng let out a deep breath and was about to make his decision when Nan Yan got anxious and grabbed his hand.
"emperor!"
Although the fever had subsided, her palms were still hot.
This grab on Zhu Feng's wrist felt like being burned by a branding iron. Zhu Feng didn't jump away immediately, but just frowned slightly, then lowered his head to look at her red eyes and her sparkling eyes filled with tears.
My hands are so burned, you can see how hard these two days have been.
Seeing her like this, Zhu Feng's brows knitted into a knot. He was silent for a long while, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "Drag her away and let her recuperate. Once she's recovered, she can serve the imperial concubine."
"yes."
Xiao Shunzi immediately took the order and left.
After hearing Zhu Feng's instructions, Nan Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately collapsed. Zhu Feng hurriedly reached out to hold her and carried her back to the bed.
She was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat again.
After having a fever for two days, she already had little strength left, and now she didn't even have the strength to sit on the head of the bed. Seeing her like this, Zhu Feng simply sat on the head of the bed and let her lie in his arms.
Feeling your chest pressed against your back.
It was the most familiar feeling, so solid and so warm. I could even feel his breathing with his heartbeat and the powerful rise and fall of his chest.
Nan Yan couldn't help but feel her eyes getting hot.
This is such a familiar feeling, but it also seems so strange that I haven't felt it for a long time.
She lowered her head, trying not to let him see her tears welling up.
Zhu Feng, however, saw every little change in her.
He whispered, "What's wrong?"
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"Didn't I do what you wanted? Why are you still not happy?"
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"Or do you want me to admit my mistake to you?"
Nan Yan bit her lower lip and said in a hoarse voice, "I dare not ask the emperor to admit his mistake. This time, it was my fault for not disciplining my children properly."
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"But I just want a word from the emperor."
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