Chapter 3330: Your Majesty, be careful with your words!
Nan Yan said, "What a coincidence! I also have some things in my mind that I don't understand, so I can't sleep. And since you can't sleep either, why don't you come and explain them to me?"
He Yi lowered his head and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is extremely intelligent. If you can't figure it out, how can I possibly know it?"
"That's not necessarily the case."
In the darkness, Nan Yan's eyes were exceptionally bright as she stared at him intently. "Lord He Yi has always been very secretive, just like the bottle of pills he gave me when I first went to Shazhouwei. If he hadn't told me, who would have known that such an ordinary pill could save Ye Zheng's life?"
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"Although the master is silent now, who knows how clear his mind is?"
What she said was a revelation.
When a person's shortcomings are exposed, he naturally feels short of breath, and He Yi's expression also seems a little embarrassed.
Nan Yan then took advantage of the situation and continued, "Master Heyi just told the Emperor that he stayed by his side to create lasting achievements and bring about eternal peace, and that he had no other aspirations. But what was Master Heyi's plan when he left the Emperor Gao and suddenly joined the Emperor, who was still the Prince of Yan?"
He Yi's expression changed a little.
Although he knew that the imperial concubine was not someone to be trifled with, he had never expected that she would ask him a question that the emperor had not even asked, as if stabbing a knife through her own chest.
He Yi's breath became more awkward, and he said softly as if he was in some embarrassment: "My Lady..."
Nan Yan looked at him for a while and said, "It seems that you don't want to answer this question, sir."
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"Then, let me ask this question in a different way."
After she finished speaking, she took a sudden step forward, almost getting in front of He Yi. Although her petite figure was not enough to cause any oppression to such a tall man, that kind of momentum still made He Yi's breath weaker.
Nan Yan said, "If Wen Wuyu's 'crazy talk' can be traced, then the man he mentioned who killed someone in the northwest that year was the old uncle of the emperor, and the woman he saw - presumably, was Empress Xiaoci, right?"
He Yi's eyes flickered, but he didn't refute.
Nan Yan nodded and said, "So, Empress Xiaoci and her brothers traveled thousands of miles to the northwest, killed—killed someone, and then brought the emperor back to the capital, right?"
He Yi lowered his head even lower, but even so, it couldn't hide his messy eyes.
Nan Yan suddenly smiled bitterly.
She said slowly, "If that's true, then I do understand why Emperor Gao gave the Emperor the 'Supreme Forgetfulness' drug, allowing him to forget all his past. The Empress, as his legal mother, is actually his—"
At this point, she hesitated again and again, unable to utter the words "mother's murderer". Her throat choked for a moment before she continued, "If I don't make him forget, I'm afraid he really doesn't know how to live the rest of his life."
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"I don't even know if he can survive."
Although her words sounded a bit cold, they were not entirely unreasonable. The hatred of killing one's mother was irreconcilable. If Emperor Gao did not find a way to make Zhu Feng forget this matter, no one could imagine what he would do if he became disloyal when he grew up.
Perhaps, Emperor Gao did this just to protect his queen.
Or maybe——
He Yi said bitterly: "My Lady..."
Nan Yan slowly pulled her thoughts back and continued, "But, Empress Xiaoci is well-known for her virtue. As far as I know, during the more than ten years she was empress, the harem was peaceful, except for..."
When she said this, her voice was a little hesitant.
He Yi subconsciously glanced up at her. Nan Yan took a deep breath and immediately continued, "Except for Consort Qin, who passed away due to illness, the other concubines all performed their duties well and had a peaceful end. Why would they harbor such hatred for someone they had never even met, traveling thousands of miles to the northwest to hunt her down? Such cruelty, could it really be Empress Xiaoci's doing?"
He Yi's breathing was so low that he couldn't even hear it.
Nan Yan continued, "If that's true, what would the Emperor Gao think of being called Xiaoci?"
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"More importantly—"
Nan Yan said word by word, "How much does the Emperor Gao know about this matter and the Emperor they brought back?"
He Yi's tall figure seemed to be invaded by the night wind, and he was a little unstable. After shaking for a few times, he barely managed to steady his body. When he looked up at Nan Yan, his face showed a panic that he had never had before.
Seeing him like this, Nan Yan's expression became even more serious.
She pressed him step by step, "If he said he knew nothing, then how can we explain that Empress Xiaoci took the emperor back, and he still recognized this son."
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"If he knew——"
As he said this, a strong wind suddenly blew from a distance. The biting cold seemed as if countless cold and invisible blades were wrapped in the wind and were about to pierce the two people. Even Nan Yan herself was a little unsteady on her feet.
He Yi's face turned even paler.
He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, be careful with your words!"
Upon hearing this, Nan Yan's heart sank.
He Yi looked at her again, as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated. After a long while, he repeated, "Your Majesty...be careful with your words!"
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"These things, these things have happened so long ago. Now that the Emperor has accepted the facts before him, what's the point of your Majesty asking more questions?"
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"In fact, this fact alone is enough to make the emperor sad."
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"Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn't have let you leave tonight and stayed alone in the tent. You have been with him for so many years, how could you not understand this?"
Nan Yan frowned and looked at him without saying a word.
When He Yi looked up at her, a hint of worldly concern appeared on his usually calm face for the first time, but it was an indescribable bitterness and sorrow. He whispered, "Sometimes, people do want to know the truth, but is a truth that is too cruel still worth desperately seeking?"
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"It is enough to get a truth that can comfort people."
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"Although I have concealed some things, what I just said is true. Your Majesty has devoted all these years to creating a great cause for His Majesty and bringing eternal peace. Isn't it for this?"
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"Your Majesty should know better than me what to do and what not to do."
Nan Yan took a deep breath.
When she looked at He Yi again, a hint of helplessness appeared in her eyes, as if she suddenly didn't know what to do. After a long while, she slowly turned around, waved her hand and said, "Alright, I understand, you can go down."
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