Chapter 3278 You and the Princess Have Been Wronged
Nan Yan looked into his eyes and lowered her voice, "When she was a child, her background was once doubted by the ministers in the court. They all said that she had the blood of the Neng Kingdom. Because of this, I was almost convicted."
When she said these words, she stared at the old uncle without blinking.
Although the old uncle's expression remained unchanged, there was a slight flicker in his eyes.
If a normal person heard his nephew's wife talk about such suffering, he would definitely ask for clarification no matter what. What's more, Princess Xinping's life experience was not only related to the reputation of the imperial concubine, but also to the bloodline of the royal family.
However, the old uncle's expression never changed.
He was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "I know that you and the princess have been wronged."
“…”
Nan Yan opened her eyes slightly and looked at him.
Did he know that he and Xinping had been wronged?
Why does he know?
When Nan Yan subconsciously wanted to ask a question, she heard Xiao Chengjun's crisp cry from the front: "Uncle!"
They both looked up and saw little Chengjun actually running over carefully and happily, holding a sugar-painted phoenix. He held the phoenix high in front of the old uncle and said, "Grandpa Uncle, look at this phoenix I asked them to draw for me. Does it look good?"
The old uncle's expression was a little gloomy at first, but he immediately became happy again and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad."
Xiao Chengjun said, "Uncle, try it."
As he spoke, he brought the phoenix's tail close to the old uncle's mouth.
The old uncle smiled and gently pushed his hand away, saying, "Grandpa, don't eat it. Your heart is already sweet enough. If you eat more, the sweetness will overflow. You should eat it."
Little Chengjun nodded, not quite understanding, and then turned to Nanyan: "Mother, you eat."
Nan Yan reached out and poked his forehead: "Mom is almost dying of your sweetness, just eat it yourself."
Only then did Xiao Chengjun put the candy into his mouth with a smile.
Nan Yan turned to look at the old uncle again, and was about to say something, but the old uncle had already said, "Okay, we've seen enough and eaten enough, let's go back and don't let your father worry."
"good!"
Little Chengjun ate the candy sweetly in one hand, and reached out with the other to grab the old uncle's hand. Nan Yan also knew that it was not good to ask any more questions. The old uncle was obviously avoiding the question intentionally. She did not force it, but just smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back."
So, the group walked back.
When we returned to the Duwei Mansion, it was already dark.
The old prince didn't need anyone to serve him, so he went back to the east wing to rest. Nan Yan saw him off to the door before leaving. She then asked someone to take little Chengjun away, and then she slowly walked back to her room.
Not to mention that he had been scheming all day, trying to find faults in the old uncle's words, trying to get him to tell him something, and the intrigues were exhausting. Just walking for so long, his legs were almost broken. As soon as he entered the door, he collapsed on the couch with a long sigh: "Ouch!"
At this moment, a laughing voice sounded at the door: "Are you so tired?"
Nan Yan craned her neck and saw that it was Zhu Feng.
He walked in slowly with his hands behind his back.
Although she was so tired that her bones felt weak, Nan Yan still gritted her teeth and stood up from the couch. She was about to salute him, but Zhu Feng came forward and pushed her back onto the couch, saying with a smile, "Alright, don't get up if you're so tired."
Nan Yan made a bitter face and tapped her leg with one hand: "I'm so tired."
Zhu Feng glared at her: "Why are you talking about death in such a good mood? You're not shy about it!"
Nan Yan immediately shut her mouth.
Zhu Feng glared at her again, then sat down beside her, picked up her legs and placed them on his knees, gently rubbing them with his hands. Nan Yan felt comfortable and terrified: "Don't let anyone see."
Zhu Feng laughed and said, "Are you afraid of this? How many times have you behaved like a fool in front of me?"
Nan Yan pursed her lips again.
Although Zhu Feng had never done anything to serve others, his fingers were thick and strong. When they pressed on her legs, it felt sore and painful, making her unable to stop. Nan Yan hummed with pleasure.
She asked, "Why doesn't the emperor ask me if I have gotten any information out of the old uncle?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her with a half-smile.
"If you had gotten something out of me, would you still be lying here half-dead? You would have come over and told me long ago."
“…”
Nan Yan glared at him.
But thinking about it, it was not wrong. If I really found out something important, I would definitely run to tell him as soon as possible. I would never wait for him to come here and massage my legs for half a year.
She sighed, "No one understands me better than you."
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "But, did you really not find out anything?"
Nan Yan said: "Not really."
"So what?"
"Your Majesty, you know that the old uncle also knows about my family."
"oh……"
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, then said, "That's not surprising. Your father, uncle, and old uncle-in-law were all civil and military officials who followed Emperor Gao to conquer the country. It's normal for them to know each other."
He looked at Nan Yan again: "Well, have you asked about Concubine Qin?"
Nan Yan shook her head: "Old uncle is too tight-lipped. Moreover, his words, intentionally or unintentionally, hinted to me that there are some things he knows and may tell, but the time is not right yet. He is the elder, so naturally I cannot force him to ask."
Zhu Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Of course. I only have this one elder left now."
"besides,"
Nan Yan took her legs off his knees and said, "Your Majesty, I mentioned to the old uncle how Xinping's background was questioned. He didn't ask anything, but just said that Xinping and I had been wronged."
When Zhu Feng heard this, his brows tightened immediately.
The two of them had never brought this matter up in the open over the years, not only because both sides knew what had happened and there was no need to talk about it, but also because the grievances Nan Yan had suffered in the past were related to Zhu Feng's special circumstances at the time, so she didn't want to provoke him again.
Now, because Xue Yun had cured him of the poison, he would no longer lose his composure when encountering these things like he did in the past.
But even so, when Nan Yan heard these words, she still clearly felt that Zhu Feng's breathing was choked.
She reached out hastily and held his hand.
Intertwining their fingers, she could feel his fingertips were cold, and her palms were covered in cold sweat. Nan Yan subconsciously wanted to say something, but she heard Zhu Feng take a deep breath and then slowly say, "Old uncle is the Queen Mother's brother from her mother's family. He couldn't possibly not know who the Queen Mother gave birth to and who she didn't. Besides, when I was born, Yan Kingdom hadn't even been established yet, so naturally there was no distinction between the monarch and his subjects, and even—"
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