Chapter 3429 Don’t want to ask, or don’t dare to ask?
She hesitated for a moment before slowly walking over.
She whispered, "I just don't want to make the emperor unhappy."
"Unhappy?"
Zhu Feng sneered, but there seemed to be a hint of resentment in his sneer as he said, "Why should I be unhappy when you go to see your own daughter?"
Nan Yan also sat down, put her hands on the table, and picked at her nails in a somewhat troubled manner.
She whispered, "She, she is too willful and too ignorant."
"That's good to know."
Zhu Feng seemed to have finally waited for these words and spoke impatiently. Nan Yan looked up at him, only to see Zhu Feng gritting his teeth in anger. After a long pause, he said, "Giving birth to a daughter doesn't look like me at all, she looks exactly like you!"
Nan Yan asked, "Why do they all look like concubines?"
Zhu Feng gritted his teeth and said, "If her stubborn temper isn't like yours, then who else does it resemble? Besides you and your daughter, who else has ever made me angry like this in my life?"
Nan Yan couldn't help but think of what Xin Ping had just said. When she was young and just a female official of Shangbao, she dared to argue about right and wrong in front of the emperor. Yes, in the eyes of others at that time, she was just like Xin Ping in her eyes now, hateful and infuriating. And her current mood is also somewhat similar to Zhu Feng's mood back then.
Nan Yan pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Why did the emperor keep a concubine back then?"
Hearing this, Zhu Feng became even angrier.
But he couldn't get angry, so he just said bitterly: "Why did I keep you here?"
Nan Yan blinked, thought about it again, and couldn't help laughing.
She whispered, "Your Majesty, are you reluctant to part with it?"
"snort!"
Nan Yan's shoulders were shaking from laughing.
After laughing, her expression gradually became serious again, and she said softly, "Your Majesty is half reluctant to let me go, and half, is it because I also have my reasons for arguing with Your Majesty?"
“…”
Hearing this, Zhu Feng's expression gradually became serious.
He glanced at Nan Yan and said nothing.
Nan Yan pondered for a moment and said softly, "Although I have made His Majesty angry, I have never been unreasonable. It's not because His Majesty is reluctant to let me go, but because what I argue for is reasonable, so His Majesty always lets me go."
“…”
"So, what about Xinping?"
Zhu Feng looked at her coldly: "What do you want to say?"
Nan Yan bit her lower lip and hesitated for a long time before she whispered, "The Emperor didn't lock her up this time. Is it because he also felt that she had some reason to make such a fuss?"
“…”
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "So, you're saying that I'm unreasonable."
“…”
"Are you going to say that I am immoral for killing those starving people?"
“…”
"Or perhaps, you want to bring up the past again and accuse me of killing innocent people and being a tyrant?"
Nan Yan was shocked by the last two words and she immediately stood up: "I dare not!"
"snort!"
Zhu Feng sneered, "You don't have to act so pathetic. You don't dare? You've dared to do so many things. Now even your daughter dares to mess with me. How can I know it's not the result of your daily teachings?"
Originally, these words were sharper than a knife, and they would have been fatal in the former dynasty and the harem. However, when Nan Yan heard his words, she didn't know why, there seemed to be a hint of arrogance in his tone, and it was not entirely a blame. Looking at Zhu Feng's face, although he was also angry, that kind of anger seemed to be some distance away from real anger.
She thought about it, laughed dryly twice, and sat back down.
Nan Yan said, "Your Majesty, I don't deserve your words. That daughter wasn't born to me alone."
Zhu Feng glared at her.
Nan Yan said: "If she is good, then she belongs to the emperor. If she is not good, then she belongs to me."
Zhu Feng glared at her again with all his might.
When he came this time, the people around him were fine, but the people around the imperial concubine were very nervous. They stood outside the door and listened and watched from afar, fearing that the imperial concubine would say something wrong and cause trouble. But now, although the two of them were talking to each other, it didn't seem like a quarrel, but rather a bit like a daily bickering. Ruoshui then mustered up the courage to bring in tea and snacks.
But as soon as she reached the door, Nan Yan went over and took it herself, and winked at them to leave.
Ruoshui went out and waved, and Delu and the other palace maids outside all dispersed.
Nan Yan brought the tea to Zhu Feng.
At this time, Zhu Feng suddenly asked: "Why don't you ask?"
“……?”
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what he meant. She calmly placed the plate of snacks in front of him, and then said softly, "The harem can't interfere in politics."
Zhu Feng sneered, "Don't you usually ask less?"
Nan Yan pursed her lips and said nothing.
Zhu Feng asked, "You don't want to ask, or you don't dare to ask?"
It was obvious that he was determined to get a result. Nan Yan sat back next to him, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not that I don't want to..."
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Don't dare?"
Nan Yan looked into his eyes without any hesitation. After a long while, she said softly, "Well, it's not that I don't dare."
As the saying goes, there is no need to chase stray dogs when you are in fine clothes. People in high positions and powerful positions must be more cautious in doing things, so as not to make a single misstep and regret it for the rest of their lives. However, this idea seems to have never been useful in Nan Yan's mind. When she thinks about it carefully, she and Zhu Feng have had fewer disputes over the years. It's not because she doesn't dare to argue, but because there are too few things that the two of them can argue about.
It was just that she used Xue Yun to mock Zhu Feng, and Zhu Feng used "Brother Ye" to mock her.
Sometimes we have to gamble for two days, but then we get together again.
But when it comes to really big things, two people's minds are often more in sync than one.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan said: "But, compared to worrying, I seem to be more relieved."
“…”
Zhu Feng looked at her quietly for a long time. Although he didn't say a word, his originally calm and even somewhat indifferent eyes were now rippled as if the wind had blown up the surface of a lake. In those ripples, there was a hint of pride and a smile.
He said, "Huh."
After saying that, he stood up.
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Your Majesty is leaving now? The tea has been delivered."
Zhu Feng walked out, waving his hands and saying, "I'm going to Jianfu Palace to take a look. Concubine Yi wants to take Yongping to stay here. I have a few words to tell them."
Nan Yan chased to the door and whispered, "Your Majesty, don't you want to go see Xin Ping?"
“…”
Zhu Feng paused and remained silent for a moment before saying, "We'll talk about her after we get to Yongzhou."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Nan Yan silently saluted his back, and after a long while, she sighed, "Alas."
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