Chapter 3499 Does the Emperor want us to leave?
Zhu Feng sat quietly for a while.
Then, as if he had thought of something, he smiled coldly: "Who doesn't want to benefit from it?"
Hearing this, Nan Yan's heart skipped a beat.
She asked, "Who else?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her but said nothing. Just then, Xiao Shunzi and his men came in to set the table, so Zhu Feng stood up and walked over to the table. Nan Yan looked at his broad shoulders, her brows gradually furrowing, but she didn't ask any further questions.
The food on the table was quite sumptuous, but most of it was light. The more at this time, the more one had to stay calm and refreshed. Only a bowl of thick and dense chicken porridge, sprinkled with green chopped green onions, and the homely flavor of spicy shredded ginger relaxed the originally tense nerves a little.
Zhu Feng glanced down and said with a smile, "I was just thinking of eating this."
Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "The Empress had ordered the kitchen to cook it at noon. It's already cooked till it's soft and fluffy. There's no need to worry if the Emperor eats two more bowls."
Zhu Feng said, "You're talking too much."
Xiao Shunzi chuckled and slapped his lips, and was about to set the dishes, but Zhu Feng had already waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please leave. Let me and the concubine have a quiet meal."
It was common for them to do this, so Xiao Shunzi waved his hand and led Ruoshui and the others out.
There were only two of them left in the room. Nan Yan went to fill half a bowl of porridge and handed it to Zhu Feng. She also filled half a bowl for herself. Zhu Feng looked at her like this and said, "You're eating too little."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "It's rare that the emperor still cares about others."
Zhu Feng glared at her.
Nan Yan then said, "I just came from Xinping's place. I ate some food while I was there."
After hearing this, Zhu Feng seemed to come back to his senses and said, "She still refuses to eat?"
Nan Yan sighed and said, "This girl is being incredibly stubborn this time. She's been hungry for two days and she really refuses to eat anything. I asked the servants, and they even refused to eat the snacks that were secretly delivered to her bedside at night. But luckily, she heard the news when it was passed on just now."
Zhu Feng laughed helplessly: "That suits her wishes."
Nan Yan said, "Isn't it? As soon as she heard about the war, she came back to life and immediately started clamoring for food. Every girl looks forward to fighting and killing all day long. I don't know who she resembles."
Zhu Feng glanced at her and said, "Anyway, she doesn't look like me."
Nan Yan sneered in her heart: Could it be that she is still like me?
But at this moment, she was not in the mood to joke with Zhu Feng. Even if she was carefree, the fighting was still going on outside the city.
Zhu Feng drank two mouthfuls of porridge and then said, "Do you want to go back to Jinling with Xinping first?"
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment.
"ah?"
This question is a bit strange.
From Zhu Feng's perspective, the fighting outside the city would certainly affect the situation inside. If he had just ordered that Xin Ping and he be sent there, it would have been fine. It would have just meant a big fight between him and him. However, he spoke in a negotiating tone.
Moreover, it seemed that he didn't want them to leave.
Nan Yan frowned slightly and looked at him with a complicated expression.
Zhu Feng said, "You know, this is the border. If this battle breaks out, I can't guarantee a complete victory, but there will definitely be some disturbances in the city."
Nan Yan snorted coldly and said, "If the emperor wants to send us away, it's just a matter of a word. I, a weak-kneed concubine, can resist the imperial edict? If you don't want to send us away, then don't pretend. You'll make people laugh at you."
Zhu Feng was choked by her words and clenched his chopsticks tightly: "You——"
Nan Yan looked straight into his eyes without any fear: "Your Majesty, do you want us to leave?"
“…”
The two of them just looked at each other quietly.
Although what she just said would have been enough to get her head chopped off ten times if someone else said it, even if she said it, it was a slap in the emperor's face. However, although Zhu Feng was confronted so harshly, he did not really get angry, but was just a little angry. And this anger did not seem to be because of Nan Yan's backtalk, but because - his own entanglement was too obvious, so people could see through it at once.
The two looked at each other for a long time.
Nan Yan's expression became more and more stern.
Finally, Zhu Feng sighed helplessly, lowered his head and said, "Alright, let's eat."
Nan Yan said, "Hmph."
Zhu Feng said with a sullen face: "Don't let me give you a blow and you're so proud of it!"
Seeing that he was angry, Nan Yan put on a smile again and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry with me. Anyway, I have made up my mind to stay by your side. We all share the same hatred and enemies. If we have the strength, we should use it together and vent our anger on the people of Yue."
Zhu Feng said, "Humph."
Speaking of which, there was a war going on outside the city, but the two of them seemed to be fine, and were even chatting and laughing while eating. There was indeed a bit of a weird light in them. However, at this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the war outside the city gradually died down. Soldiers on both sides suffered casualties and retreated to their respective barracks.
However, while this side was quiet, the South Courtyard was not quiet at all.
Ever since she heard about the war outside the city, Xinping was so excited that she couldn't sit still. Fortunately, she had been hungry for two days and was really weak, so she couldn't make any trouble. However, when Chu Yun and others reheated the food and brought it to her, she had a big meal and immediately felt refreshed.
It was already past midnight, but she was still standing in the middle of the yard, standing on tiptoe and looking towards the south city gate.
Chu Yun came out with a small dress and was about to put it on her shoulders. She said softly, "Your Highness, you should go back and rest. It's already this late. If you don't sleep, you'll have a headache tomorrow."
Xin Ping said: "I won't sleep!"
"Your Highness!"
Chu Yun pouted deliberately and said half-threateningly, "The Queen will be furious if she finds out!"
Xinping glanced back at her, rolled his eyes, and said, "I just ate so much, how can I sleep? I'll have a stomachache if I continue sleeping like this!"
Chu Yun had no choice. This little ancestor had just ignored their dissuasion and drank three whole bowls of porridge and ate half a bowl of braised pork by himself. He was indeed vulnerable after being hungry for so long and then suddenly eating so much.
Chu Yun could only sigh and said, "Then, I will go and make a bowl of sour soup for the princess to help her digest her food, okay?"
Xin Ping was getting impatient with her and immediately waved his hand: "Go!"
Chu Yun shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked away with a smile.
Seeing her leave, Xinping breathed a sigh of relief. Not only could she not sleep at this time, she even wished she could grow a pair of wings so that she could fly out of the South Courtyard, out of Yongzhou City, and go to the battlefield to take a look.
Just then, a servant passed by the gate. Seeing Xinping like this, he walked up to her with a smile and said, "Princess, do you want to go out and see the war going on outside?"
Xinping's eyes lit up, and when he looked at the man again, he found him unfamiliar.
She blinked: "Who are you?"
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