Chapter 1537 What should I choose?
Subconsciously, I closed my eyes.
Zhu Feng's lips were still pressed against her eyelids, and he whispered, "Go to sleep."
After saying this, he sat beside the couch, quietly watching over Nan Yan. After a while, he felt the little woman in his arms breathing steadily and slowly, and knew she was asleep, so he reached out and tucked the blanket around her again.
Then he stood up and walked out, closing the door gently.
Eunuch Yu, who had been preparing to rest outside, greeted him with a smile as soon as he saw him come out: "Your Majesty, why aren't you resting?"
"snort!"
Zhu Feng just rolled his eyes at him.
Then, he left the Yiku Palace with his hands behind his back. Aunt Tongyun and others around him covered their mouths and smiled, and respectfully escorted the emperor to the palace gate.
Zhu Feng returned to the imperial study.
He did not start handling government affairs immediately, but sat in a chair and took out the two sachets he had just received from Nan Yan.
The smell of one is already very faint.
The other one has a rich aroma.
He smelled the very aggressive fragrance that was different from the spices from the Central Plains, and unknowingly, his thoughts drifted away.
It seemed as if a vast desert and an endless wasteland had appeared before my eyes.
"emperor……?"
Eunuch Yu's voice rang in his ears. He looked up and saw Eunuch Yu coming up with hot tea in his hands. He gently placed it in front of him and said, "Your Majesty seems to be in a trance these past two days."
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment before he said, "I'm thinking about something."
"Is it about Lord Ye?"
“…”
"Didn't Lord Ye send back an urgent letter over 800 miles yesterday?"
Zhu Feng said, "His 800-mile express was sent a few days ago. I want to know what he is doing now."
“…”
"Also, this is the first time he hasn't submitted a memorial to me or passed on a message during the New Year."
"Well--"
Eunuch Yu also frowned.
Ye Zheng was brought up by Zhu Feng personally. On the surface, their relationship was that of a monarch and his subject, but in reality, their bond was closer than that of blood brothers.
Every year in the past, no matter whether he was around or not, no matter where he went or what important business he was doing, Ye Zheng would always come back with news and ask how he was doing.
This is the first time, no.
Eunuch Yu hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "This time is different from the past. Lord Ye is deep in Guanxi, and he has the heavy responsibility of guarding Shazhou. In order to live up to the emperor's grace, he will probably be working diligently, and it is inevitable that he will not take things into consideration."
“…”
"Well, I'll have someone send a message to tell him about it."
"No need,"
Zhu Feng raised his hand and waved.
Although his brows were relaxed, several wrinkles were still deeply engraved between his eyebrows. He stared at the two sachets in his hands in silence for a long time before he slowly said, "Let's wait until there's a conclusion to his matter."
“…”
"I also need some time to prepare."
"Well--"
Eunuch Yu looked at the sachet in Zhu Feng's hand and vaguely felt that the emperor seemed to have something important to do again. However, this kind of thing was naturally not something he, as a servant, could ask.
So, just stood there quietly.
After a long while, Zhu Feng held the sachet tightly in his hand, lowered his head and began to look through the documents on the table.
On the other side, Nan Yan slowly opened her eyes long after Zhu Feng left. There was a slight confusion in her eyes, but not completely blurry.
It was hard to tell whether she had fallen asleep or was just dozing off.
However, she remained lying on the couch without moving.
After a long while, he reached into his arms and took out a small object from his purse.
sachet.
It was also a sachet, almost exactly the same as the old one that Zhu Feng took away.
This was what she found in the locked box in her grandmother's room when she returned to the Si family in Jinling.
In fact, he had originally planned to hand all of this over to Zhu Feng after the grand opening ceremony of Chong'en Tower, and to explain it to him clearly. Many things between them seemed to be inextricably intertwined.
But now——
She couldn't tell him completely.
It was like she could no longer give herself completely to him like she had in the past.
As an emperor, his joy and anger were just emotional fluctuations to him, but for himself, they were tests of life and death.
How many times can Si Nanyan withstand this?
At this moment, the door was pushed open a little.
It turned out that it was Ran Xiaoyu standing at the door. Perhaps she was worried about Nan Yan's mood, so she leaned in to take a look. She saw Nan Yan holding the sachet and lying on the couch in a daze.
She walked in quietly and knelt beside the couch.
"Your Majesty..."
“…”
"Your Majesty, did you give the benzoin sachet to the Emperor?"
Nan Yan was silent for a while and nodded slightly.
Ran Xiaoyu hesitated to speak.
Of course, she also knew that she had to bring it out at this time. After all, that idiot Simulan had already said it, and how could the emperor ignore such an important clue?
But--
"Then, Madam, have you told the Emperor that you are going to Yumen Pass?"
“…”
This time, Nan Yan was silent for a little longer.
There was no response.
Ran Xiaoyu understood: "Are you still hesitating, Madam?"
“…”
Nan Yan's throat choked slightly, then she looked up at her and said softly, "Xiao Yu, am I...useless?"
"Mother?"
"I can't even make a decision like this."
“…”
"Even if I don't think about my father, and whether or not there's some deep hatred between him and me, why can't I bring myself to deal with him after he treated me like that?"
“…”
"I'm really useless, right?"
“…”
Ran Xiaoyu looked at her haggard expression and knew that although she appeared calm on the surface and was cared for by the emperor, she was suffering in her heart these days.
Ran Xiaoyu said softly, "Don't say that, Madam."
“…”
"Your Majesty loved the Emperor and couldn't let him go because that love was real. Your Majesty has suffered so much injustice and has a grievance in her heart, so naturally she wants to seek retribution."
“…”
"This isn't a question of whether it's useful or not. It all depends on individual choice."
Hearing this, Nan Yan was slightly startled and turned to look at her.
She didn't expect that Ran Xiaoyu would actually say such words. This seemed to be different from her previous reckless and vengeful character.
She murmured, "Xiaoyu..."
"No matter what your majesty chooses, it's right."
“…”
"The slaves will also stay with the queen."
“…”
Nan Yan looked at her for a long time, then slowly said, "Then, what do you think I should choose?"
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