Chapter 629: A Place Not on the Map
Nan Yan was stunned by his scolding.
But she could clearly feel his hot chest rising and falling violently, pressing on her, even making her feel a little suffocated.
She stammered, "Then—"
“…”
Zhu Feng looked at her for a long time before he calmed down his heavy breathing and let out a long sigh.
"I," he said, "just want you to—"
“…”
"Just stay."
“…”
Nan Yan looked at him with her eyes wide open in confusion, and felt his hands that were tightly clasped around her wrists slowly loosen, and he fell down beside her.
A hand embraced her.
She was in a daze and began to understand.
He wanted me to stay and accompany him.
That's all.
Feeling his breath on her face and ears, Nan Yan blushed slightly. She turned her head and looked at the cold face so close to her.
There was a look of fatigue on top.
These days, I can't sleep day and night.
Maybe he didn't get enough rest these days.
The two of them looked at each other like this, and could almost see their own reflections in each other's pupils.
Nan Yan was silent for a long time, then said softly, "Yeah."
“…”
Zhu Feng didn't say anything else, but slowly closed his eyes.
He really just rested like this.
After a while, his breathing became even and long.
Already asleep.
Nan Yan, on the other hand, couldn't sleep. Looking at his tired face, she reached out and gently stroked his face.
His skin was rough, the result of more than ten years of exposure to the wind, frost, rain and snow in the north.
But it doesn't affect his handsomeness at all, instead it makes him more masculine, like a rock, giving people the feeling that they can completely rely on him.
She looked at it and couldn't take her eyes off it.
After an unknown amount of time, fatigue set in, and she slowly leaned her face over and touched her forehead to his.
Closed his eyes.
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They spent the next few days on the boat.
Everyone paid attention to it every day, and gradually discovered that the relationship between the emperor and the imperial concubine, although not as sweet as it was right after the enthronement, had eased somewhat.
There is no cold war anymore.
After all, the imperial concubine stayed in the emperor's cabin every night.
But only Nan Yan knows——
Zhu Feng really didn't touch her.
After a few days, his seasickness was much relieved. He could even walk on the deck during the day and enjoy the scenery, and his energy was restored a lot.
Nan Yan knew very well how energetic this man was.
However, he did not force her when she was worried. He just held her in his arms every night and they slept in each other's arms.
All the calmness and indifference during the day seemed to disappear at night.
The two of them did not regain the sweetness they had after the canonization, but Nan Yan inexplicably felt that every night when they slept in each other's arms and listened to his heartbeat, they seemed to be closer.
That morning, after breakfast, they went on deck again.
Looking at the picturesque mountain and river scenery around her, Nan Yan felt a little heavier than before.
Their ship had been sailing for seven full days.
Every one or two days, news would be sent back from the front, but there was no progress.
Those Dian people were just sailing.
Could it be that they guessed wrong before?
They were going to go north along this canal, and if that was the case, it would not be difficult to guess.
Because the end point of the canal is Beijing!
Do they want to take their grandmother to Dang?
At this time, Zhu Feng instructed a servant to prepare a map, and then took Nan Yan to a large cabin.
This place is like a lobby.
On a large table was a map of the nearby waters.
He walked over and looked at the complicated waterways above, as if wondering where the destination of those people from the Neng Kingdom was.
Nan Yan was also watching from the side.
Suddenly, a servant came running over in a hurry and said a few words to Ye Zheng. Ye Zheng's face changed. He took the secret letter from the servant and ran over immediately.
"emperor!"
Zhu Feng turned around: "What?"
"An urgent secret letter sent back from the front."
When Nan Yan heard this, she immediately came over nervously.
Zhu Feng hurriedly took the letter, unfolded it and took a look. His brows relaxed slightly, then immediately frowned again.
Nan Yan hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, how is it?"
Zhu Feng said solemnly, "They really did change course."
"Oh? Where did they go?"
“…”
Zhu Feng glanced at her, as if he knew that she wouldn't understand even if he explained it. He lowered his head to look at the map on the table and pointed, "They turned in here."
Nan Yan immediately bent down to look.
This Grand Canal is a main road on the map, and many other tributaries and water bodies are interspersed on this main road.
What Zhu Feng was pointing at was a river in front of them, not far away.
A big river.
Moreover, it is a big river that is very close to the edge of the map.
Nan Yan murmured, "What are they doing here, crossing this river?"
Is there anything special about that river?
Zhu Feng said in a deep voice, "They must be trying to use this river to reach another body of water."
"Another body of water?"
Nan Yan listened and subconsciously looked towards the northwest of the map.
The map is gone.
She quickly turned around and looked at Zhu Feng: "Your Majesty, this——"
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't have the map of that side yet."
"No?"
Nan Yan was a little surprised.
Logically, shouldn't the emperor have kept the most detailed maps of the country? Why didn't he?
Nan Yan asked, "Then, does anyone else have it?"
Zhu Feng shook his head.
Since the emperor doesn't have it, then of course no one else can have it either.
Nan Yan was even more surprised.
If this place is located on the border, then it is understandable that there is no map, but this place is the center of Yan State, how could there be no map here?
Nan Yan felt something was wrong.
She asked, "So, where is the upper reaches of this river?"
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment, then said, "The upper reaches of this river is Xingluo Lake."
"Xingluo Lake?"
This seemed to be the first time she heard of it.
Zhu Feng said solemnly, "It's a very large lake, like the sea. There are nearly a thousand islands scattered throughout the lake. The largest ones are dozens of miles in radius, while the smallest ones are only wide enough for one foot to stand on."
“…”
"Besides, the weather in this place changes a lot."
“…”
"It may be sunny and windy in the morning, but it may be rough by noon."
“…”
"So, no one has ever thoroughly understood this place."
“…”
“That’s why there has never been a map of this place.”
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