Chapter 3179 Do you really want to go with him?
"So, you want to go with him?"
Almost at the same time, in Yiku Palace, Nan Yan finally plucked up the courage to ask someone to invite Ran Xiaoyu over. The two sisters who used to be able to talk about anything, now spoke haltingly, like a blunt knife scraping across rough rock, and even every word was filled with excruciating pain.
At the end, Ran Xiaoyu revealed her true thoughts.
Nan Yan opened her eyes wide in shock, looked at her for a long time, and repeated in disbelief: "Are you really going to go with him?"
Ran Xiaoyu knelt in front of her and said softly, "It seems that this is the only way for me."
“…”
Hearing these words, Nan Yan felt as if her heart was cut by a blunt knife again.
She was in so much pain that her breathing became a little short, and she took several long gasps before she could barely get over the heavy feeling. But even so, she still felt extremely uncomfortable, as if a hand was trying to dig her heart out of her body with blood.
She said, "How come?"
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"The Emperor said that he had long known that you entered the palace with other purposes, but he never touched you."
“…”
"There was nothing then, let alone in the future."
“…”
"This time, you didn't make a mistake. If it weren't for you, the emperor wouldn't have been able to turn the tide and save the situation at the last moment. You have rendered great service to the court. The emperor has already made an agreement with me. Upon returning to the capital, he will issue a formal decree to clear your Lan family of the grievances and forgive the members of the Lan family who were exiled."
“…”
"How could it be possible that your only option is to follow Ye Zheng out to sea?"
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"Shouldn't you belong by my side?"
Hearing this, Ran Xiaoyu seemed to smile.
But the burning sensation in her eyes surged up even more violently, burning her whole body so much that she was shivering.
She choked up and said slowly, "Your Highness and I were deeply in love. Even after being canonized as a noble concubine, she still treated me like a sister. I am impatient and don't know the rules, but Your Highness has never used the master's money to pressure me. She always tolerates me. Such love, even death can never repay."
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"But I, the servant, have always stayed by your side with other thoughts in mind."
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"The better Your Majesty treats me, the more I feel I owe you—I've had enough of this feeling over the years. Even if Your Majesty thinks everything can be over, I can't let it go."
Having said this, she raised her head, her round eyes red.
"I have no face to stay with the Empress any longer."
"Xiaoyu..."
Nan Yan was so sad that her eyes turned red. She walked up to her, squatted down, and reached out to hold her hand. Ran Xiaoyu's hands were not as delicate and tender as those of other girls who were candidates for entering the palace, nor were they as rough as those of ordinary palace maids. Her hands were not only rough, but also had many old injuries, which were probably left by practicing martial arts since childhood. Nan Yan now understood why she practiced martial arts since childhood. The things that were engraved in her bones since childhood were now forcibly reversed by herself.
For whom? Need I say more?
Ran Xiaoyu has endured so much for her, how could she bear to force her again?
However, Nan Yan still couldn't bear to let her go. She held her scarred hand in her palm, caressing it inch by inch, and said softly, "Are you really unwilling to stay with me?"
Ran Xiaoyu looked at her with red eyes, tears rolling down drop by drop like beads that had broken off the string.
She said softly, "This slave girl is really having a hard time."
“…”
"My Lady, please let this servant go."
These words were like a blunt knife digging into Nan Yan's heart. She was in so much pain that she couldn't even grit her teeth. She could only look at Ran Xiaoyu's red eyes and the tears that kept flowing. In the end, she could only hold back her tears and reach out to wipe the tears from her face. She only wiped away some, and another wave of tears came again. She could only reach out and pull Ran Xiaoyu into her arms, holding her, and said with a sob, "It's my fault. I only wanted to keep you, but I forgot that you are the one who is suffering the most."
“…”
"If you want to leave, go ahead."
“…”
"I will tell the Emperor to send you off in a safe way."
Ran Xiaoyu leaned in her arms and could only sob and whisper, "Thank you."
When Zhu Feng returned to Yiku Palace at night, he saw Nan Yan's eyes red from crying. Ruoshui and the others did not dare to go into the room to serve her and could only stand outside. When they saw him coming, they hurried over to pay their respects. Zhu Feng waved to them to leave, and then he walked into the room.
As soon as Nan Yan saw him, she immediately stood up and walked over. Before she could kneel down to greet him, Zhu Feng grabbed her arm.
After touching her face and looking at her red and swollen eyes, Zhu Feng said solemnly, "Are you crying?"
Nan Yan lowered her head, her nose still feeling a little sore.
Zhu Feng asked, "Did that girl say she wanted to go with Ye Zheng?"
Nan Yan looked up at him and asked, "Did Ye Zheng also tell the emperor?"
Zhu Feng nodded, took Nan Yan's hand, walked to the couch and sat down, sighed and said, "It seems that the two of them have already discussed it a long time ago, and are just waiting for us to speak."
Recalling that he had seen Ye Zheng go to find Ran Xiaoyu in the Ye Ting before, what Zhu Feng said was obviously right.
Nan Yan raised her eyes to look at him and said softly, "Then your Majesty, what does your Majesty say?"
Zhu Feng gave a bitter smile: "What else can I say?"
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"He wants to go out to sea to find Zhu Chengjin. Can I stop him?"
"Looking for Zhu Chengjin?"
Nan Yan frowned. "He clearly knew that Zhu Chengjin had been poisoned by Qingting and would die sooner or later. Why couldn't the emperor stop him?"
Zhu Feng looked at her for a while, smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, he knew it, but he still wanted to go."
“…”
"How can I stop this?"
Nan Yan looked at him: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Feng said bitterly, "It's true that he wants to go find Zhu Chengjin, and it's also true that he wants to leave me. Don't say that I didn't stop him. If you could have stopped Ran Xiaoyu today, you wouldn't have waited until I came back."
Hearing this, Nan Yan was speechless.
It seems that what Zhu Feng said was right. The two of them, as the masters, were really being controlled by those two people.
Zhu Feng glanced at her again and wiped her still wet eyes with his hand: "You are crying like this, you must have agreed to Ran Xiaoyu."
"……yes."
"What else can I do to force Ye Zheng to stay?"
Hearing him say this, she knew that the only hope in her heart was gone. Nan Yan's eyes became even darker, and she clamped her hands between her knees, feeling extremely sad.
Although she knew that letting them leave would be a good thing for them, people have feelings after all, and only they themselves can feel their feelings. She only felt reluctant and sad in her heart, and she couldn't hide this.
After a long while, she finally said, "Then what does the emperor plan to do?"
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