Chapter 3573: If you have mountains and hills in your heart, you should see the mountains and rivers
"No military headquarters may be established within three miles of the border, and the permanent garrison may not exceed three thousand troops."
Almost gritting his teeth, Li Wushang read out the third line of the request from the letter. He raised his head and looked at Nan Yan coldly, saying, "If all the troops on the border are under your control, then what's the difference between that and inviting thieves in?"
"Open the door to welcome thieves?"
Nan Yan raised her eyebrows slightly, repeated the four words, and then said with a smile: "It seems that the king did not stay in the Jian Mansion in vain."
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"However, the king not only stayed in the Jian Mansion during those days, but also spent a lot of time in Yongzhou City."
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"You witnessed the war between the two countries firsthand. Since ascending the throne, you must have read many records. I'd like to ask, who has this 'thief' been all this time?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Wushang's face turned pale.
This sentence was extremely sharp. Under normal circumstances, even if two countries were at war, it would be difficult to say this openly. However, when Nan Yan said this, Li Wushang had no room for rebuttal.
In fact, Yue State has always been a threat to Yan State.
Because most of the country is mountainous and not suitable for farming, and unlike the vast north which is suitable for grazing, the people of Yue mainly make a living by fishing and hunting, supplemented by sericulture. But even so, the country is small and sparsely populated, the country is weak and the people are poor. When many materials cannot be obtained, they can only rely on plundering across the border.
Therefore, the people of Yongzhou City have suffered greatly from it.
It was also because Zhu Feng and Xiahou Jiu reopened the situation fifteen years ago, changing the relationship between the two countries from conflict to mutual benefit, that "theft" disappeared from between the two countries.
But the facts are the facts.
Although Li Wushang is now the king of Yue State, he has been exiled to Yongzhou since he was a child. He has experienced the war between the two countries and knows the reasons behind it. So when Nan Yan asked him who the "thief" was, he could not say anything even if he tried to be stubborn.
Nan Yan sneered and said, "I have no intention of engaging in a verbal dispute with you, but you don't want to open the door to thieves, and we don't want to do it even more. My husband has raised a wolf, and I can't give him steel teeth. If I do that, who knows when he'll bite us again?"
If the third requirement in the letter was a knife stabbing into the State of Yue, then Nan Yan's words were a knife stabbing straight into the heart of the King of Yue.
Li Wushang's breathing paused.
After a long silence, he slowly put down the letter in his hand and looked up at Nan Yan: "You hate me."
This sentence is not even a question.
He didn't even wait for Nan Yan's response. He gritted his teeth and smiled, his eyes already reddening uncontrollably, and said, "I know you will hate me."
Nan Yan looked at him calmly, and after a moment of silence, she slowly said, "I wouldn't say I hate you."
Li Wushang said, "You mean to say that you have no extra feelings for me at all, so you can't even hate me, right?"
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Nan Yan originally wanted to wait until the big thing was over before telling him about what happened between them, but at this time, it was obvious that Li Wushang no longer wanted to maintain this superficial peace. She thought about it, turned around and winked at Cui Yuanmei and Ying Shao who were standing behind her. The two of them understood and took a few steps back. Ying Shao still stood where he could see Nan Yan at a glance. After all, this was the emperor's order.
On the other side, Chen Wenxiao also took a few steps back.
In this way, although it seemed from the outside that the platform was still full of people and there was nothing wrong, on the platform, only Li Wushang and Nan Yan were left facing each other.
Zhu Feng, who was sitting in the pergola in the distance, frowned slightly.
Zhu Chengjun immediately asked, "Father?"
Zhu Feng was very calm and only ordered: "Fang Buyuan."
Jinyiwei Commander Fang Buyuan immediately stepped forward and bent over to listen to the order. Zhu Feng said in a deep voice, "Bring the person up."
Fang Buyuan said, "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and hurried downstairs.
Zhu Chengjun and Xinping looked at each other. Although they were young and didn't quite understand what was happening over there, they both keenly sensed what was probably going to happen next.
He said calmly, "Father, Father, please take care of yourself."
Zhu Feng looked down at her, smiled, and ruffled her hair: "Don't worry."
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"Father is just going to pick up your mother."
At the same time, Nan Yan sat on the high platform, being stared at by Li Wushang's wolf eyes for a long time, but she was calm from beginning to end as if nothing had happened, and even exuded a bit of coldness that kept people away from her.
She said slowly, "Of course I have feelings for you. If not, why would I keep you by my side? But you never face them. You only see what you want to see—or rather, you only do what you want to do and don't care about other people's feelings."
As she spoke, she looked up and stared into Li Wushang's eyes.
"Li Wushang, just because of your stubbornness and blindness, how many people have you let down? How many relationships have you betrayed?"
Li Wushang's expression darkened.
He knew that Nan Yan was no longer talking about herself, but Xie Jiaojiao.
Li Wushang gritted his teeth and sneered, "You're still pushing me somewhere else. You blame me for not wanting to take the path you want me to take."
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Nan Yan looked at him for a while, then suddenly said, "I don't blame you."
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"On the contrary, knowing what you have been planning over the years, I actually admire you a little bit."
This sentence was like another stab to Li Wushang. He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I don't want your admiration!"
Nan Yan looked at him for a long moment, then smiled faintly and said, "You see, that's just how you are. Do you know why, after all these years of planning, you're still in his hands? Why are you so smart, so hardworking, and so patient, yet you still can't defeat him?"
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"Li Wushang, you have great ambitions in your heart, so your vision should be broad."
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"It's a pity that you have such a broad mind, but only one leaf can block your view."
Li Wushang looked at her with red eyes. Nan Yan said calmly, "You have been watching me all these years..."
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"How could you possibly win him over?"
Li Wushang said painfully, "That's because you don't know how I've managed to get through all these years, all that patience and hard work. If it weren't for you, if you weren't in front of me every day, if you weren't in my heart every day, I wouldn't be able to make it this far."
Nan Yan smiled faintly: "Maybe."
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"But since you've chosen this path, you shouldn't just look at me."
Li Wushang frowned and was about to say something when Nan Yan said, "You know, the strategy Zhu Feng used to deal with you this time—you should have seen through it."
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