Chapter 271 A Man in His Fifties
The next day, Nan Yan hid in Shangbaosi again.
Although she couldn't rest well here, at least Du Siyao couldn't cause her trouble. Without her harassment, her illness would get better day by day.
However, in the evening, Jian Ruocheng came again with the imperial edict.
Nan Yan was a little surprised. Normally, there weren't so many imperial edicts to be stamped with seals. But since she had been hiding here for the past two days, there were more imperial edicts.
Jian Ruocheng looked at her still pale face and said, "Are you not well yet?"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Illness comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like a thread being pulled out. How can it be cured so easily?"
However, the fever has subsided a lot and she is feeling a little better.
But in Jian Ruocheng's opinion, she still looked haggard.
It seemed that every time he saw her, she was not having a good time. The first time she came to Jian's house, she fainted in front of him; later, on the way to Yongzhou, she fainted from heatstroke; in the Yongzhou camp, she was abducted and taken to the Yue State camp, leaving her with injuries all over her body.
Finally returned to the palace...
Nan Yan was about to take out the key to open the cabinet and get the jade seal, but suddenly saw him looking at her with a serious expression, and whispered: "Master Jian? What are you thinking about?"
"you--"
Jian Ruocheng suddenly looked up at her.
Nan Yan also looked at him with wide eyes.
"..." Jian Ruocheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Nan Yan, have you ever thought about leaving?"
"leave?"
"Yes, leave here, leave the palace."
"Leaving the palace..."
"Yes, palace maids are selected and released every few years. Besides, you are a female official. If someone pleads for you, or the emperor shows mercy, you can leave the palace."
Nan Yan was a little surprised to hear such words suddenly.
But she quickly shook her head: "I, haven't thought about it."
"Why?"
“…”
Nan Yan was silent for a while before she said softly, "Although I don't like it here either, if I leave here, I will go home."
"Wouldn't it be good for you to go home?"
“…”
Nan Yan looked at him again, as if she found it difficult to speak.
Jian Ruocheng was very sensitive and immediately noticed something: "Your home——"
Nan Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Master Jian's family is very harmonious, so there may be some things that you don't understand. In my family——"
“…”
"Let me put it this way, the reason I agreed to enter the palace is because if I don't, my lady will marry me off."
“…”
"A man in his fifties."
“…”
"Be a concubine."
Jian Ruocheng's face darkened.
Nan Yan lowered her head and said softly, "Old Jian also knew my father. He also knew that my father passed away a long time ago, and there is no one in the family who can make decisions for me."
“…”
"So, now as a female official of the Imperial Household, at least I have something to do, and I get a small salary every month. I'm already very happy."
“…”
"If you send me back——"
Nan Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't even know what my fate will be."
Jian Ruocheng was speechless.
Nan Yan also knew that his family was well-off and harmonious, a rare family of scholars. Naturally, it was difficult for her to imagine the kind of intrigue in her own family.
It is even more difficult to imagine what kind of environment I grew up in.
The two people fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, Jian Ruocheng suddenly said, "What if—you leave the palace and don't go home?"
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