Chapter 774 Golden Mansion
She couldn't even bring herself to ask that question.
In her eyes, Jian Ruocheng is a gentleman with elegant demeanor and a man with an open mind, but no matter what, he is not the kind of person who would do something behind the scenes to harm others.
Zhu Feng didn't speak immediately.
Just holding her, pressing her cold face against his chest, feeling his strong, steady heartbeat.
After a long time, he said, "I told you a long time ago."
“…”
“The human heart is deep, but the human heart is also shallow.”
“…”
"Jian Ruocheng is such a person."
“…”
Nan Yan suddenly became speechless.
My throat was slightly blocked and my whole body was cold, but something hot surged up from my heart and flowed into my eyes, almost falling out.
After a long while, she stretched out her hands, hugged Zhu Feng, and snuggled into his arms.
She choked and said, "I, I don't believe it. I don't believe he would be like this..."
“…”
She knew that people in this world would change.
Just like Xia Yunting in the past, they used to be good friends, but after she was canonized, she seemed like a different person - or maybe, she didn't change at all, but the bad side, driven by desire, overwhelmed the good side.
Could it be that Jian Ruocheng would be like this too?
Will he change his past open-minded attitude and become what he is now because of the drive of desire?
Nan Yan shook her head in pain: "I don't believe it..."
Zhu Feng didn't say anything.
He used only one hand to gently stroke Nan Yan's back, as if to help her calm her inner pain.
If it were any other time, he would have been furious and would never allow Nan Yan to shed tears for another man, especially Jian Ruocheng.
But this time, not only did he not stop it, he didn't even say a word.
He just hugged Nan Yan tightly in his arms.
After an unknown amount of time, Nan Yan heard a very deep sigh coming from above her head.
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We had originally planned to travel and have fun along the way, but after encountering this incident, everyone's interest in traveling was gone.
What's more, the pregnant concubine almost got into trouble.
Although the imperial physician had checked and said that there was nothing serious, such a check halfway could not completely reassure Zhu Feng. Of course, she had to rush to Hecheng to settle down, and then let the imperial physician check her carefully, and let her recuperate well.
So, for the rest of the time, they did not stop except for the necessary rest.
Finally, we arrived at our destination in the evening of that day. Under the setting sun, the outline of the city wall appeared on the ground.
Crane City is right in front of us.
Nan Yan had been here once before.
However, that time, she followed Arslan and should have entered from the east gate, but this time, this gate was not like the one she passed through last time.
It seems to be the west city gate.
Their team moved forward slowly.
When they were still some distance away from the city gate, Nan Yan had already seen colorful flags fluttering on the city wall, and both sides of the city gate were filled with officials and followers waiting there.
As soon as their convoy arrived, these people immediately knelt down.
"Long live our emperor, long live our emperor, long live our emperor!"
The leader was none other than Duke Chengguo Wu Yingqiu.
Nan Yan hid behind the curtain, watching him carefully. Zhu Feng had already walked outside the golden carriage. Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, he raised his hand calmly and said, "Stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Wu Yingqiu slowly got up from the ground.
Maybe it was because he had been waiting here for so long that his hands and feet were frozen, but he staggered when he stood up, and Wu Ding behind him immediately supported him.
Nan Yan couldn't help but think of the past.
After the Battle of Peking, I followed Zhu Feng out of Peking, also in Henan. When Duke Chengguo came to receive me, the scene seemed to be similar.
But this time, behind them is Hecheng.
Zhu Feng smiled at Wu Yingqiu and said, "The Duke is old, so he shouldn't be waiting at the city gate."
Wu Yingqiu hurriedly said, "The Emperor has arrived, how dare this old minister not greet him?"
Zhu Feng looked up again and looked at the guards standing in neat rows on the city wall.
Then he said, "Well, it's cold today, so let's skip the formalities. Let's go into the city first and then talk in the other garden."
"yes."
Wu Yingqiu nodded, and led everyone to retreat to both sides, making a wide road to the city gate.
Zhu Feng's carriage slowly entered the city gate.
Nan Yan looked at the people standing on both sides of the road, then looked ahead cautiously.
The last time she came here, it was already night, and she couldn't see the surroundings at all. There was almost no one in the city; but this time, she could finally see the whole picture of Hecheng.
Although Hecheng is a small city on the border between Shandong and Henan, it does not have well-developed transportation and is not very prosperous. However, because there is a royal palace here, the streets are very spacious and the shops on both sides are lined up in an orderly manner.
The buildings in the city are not tall, because the city walls are not very high compared to the majestic and towering walls of Peking.
Therefore, the entire Hecheng exudes a sense of dullness.
But perhaps, it was precisely this kind of plainness that made Emperor Gao, who had spent his entire life in military service, choose this place as the location for his temporary palace, because such plainness provides conditions for people to rest in peace.
The carriage moved forward.
There weren't many people on the road, which was obviously arranged in advance by Duke Chengguo. So, after the imperial carriage had been walking for about half an hour, it arrived at the Wu family's Jinlou Villa.
The golden carriage shook slightly and stopped.
Nan Yan immediately felt her breathing tighten.
She subconsciously wanted to reach out and lift the curtain, but her hands were unconsciously weak.
At this time, the guards on both sides had also come up. Ye Zheng walked to the front of the golden carriage and said carefully: "Your Majesty, we have arrived at the villa."
"Um."
Zhu Feng nodded.
The front door of the car was opened, the curtain was lifted to both sides, and Zhu Feng stood up with Nan Yan and walked down.
As soon as she stopped, Nan Yan immediately raised her head.
What I saw before me was a very spacious courtyard with gray walls standing on both sides, stretching as far as the eye could see. Probably, the size of this courtyard occupied the entire street.
Nan Yan saw at a glance the cleanly swept white marble steps in front of her. At the end of the steps was a spacious gate.
There is a large plaque hanging on the gate.
The four big characters "Jinlou Bieyuan" were written in gold. Although it was already late at night, the two lanterns hanging on both sides were already lit, illuminating the four big characters clearly.
Nan Yan stood there in a daze.
Zhu Feng stood beside her, also with his hands behind his back, looking at this "Golden Mansion".
Although he had been stationed in the north for so many years, this was his first time to come to this place.
Before, Emperor Gao liked this place very much.
He took a look, then turned to look at Nan Yan. Just as he was about to ask her to go in together, he saw Nan Yan open her eyes wide, with a complicated expression on her face, looking at this golden building.
Zhu Feng asked, "What's wrong?"
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