Chapter 2609 The Emperor Should Not Force Her
Turning around, he happened to walk in and heard Ruoshui's words.
He frowned and said, "Xue Yun ran away?"
As soon as they saw him come in, Ruoshui and the others hurriedly knelt down to greet him. Nan Yan was about to stand up, but Zhu Feng walked over in two steps, held her shoulders, and sat down on the edge of the bed.
He turned to look at Ruoshui and the others and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Ruoshui lowered her head and said softly, "Your Majesty, I don't know exactly what happened. I just heard people outside say that several guards guarding the side rooms were drugged and knocked unconscious. Someone went in to check and found that Doctor Xue was missing."
Zhu Feng frowned.
Nan Yan also frowned.
At this time, someone came to report that Gu Ziyun, a clerk from the Duwei Mansion, was outside asking for a meeting.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng immediately stood up and walked out. Nan Yan, who was leaning against the headboard, also wanted to get up, but at this moment her body felt a little weak. She could only gently remind Zhu Feng from behind, "Your Majesty, please speak slowly if you have anything to say."
I was afraid that he would get furious and chop off people's heads.
Zhu Feng didn't say anything. When he walked to the door, he saw Gu Ziyun kneeling on the wet ground and kowtowing repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life."
Zhu Feng's face was gloomy: "What's going on?"
Gu Ziyun said, "In reply to the emperor, Doctor Xue ran away."
Zhu Feng said, "I know she ran away. I want to know when and how she ran away."
Gu Ziyun hurriedly said, "She came out of the wing less than half an hour after the Emperor and the Empress left the Duwei Mansion to watch the battle at Yulian River. I asked a few guards guarding the door, and they said it was Doctor Xue who drugged them, causing them to faint."
Zhu Feng frowned and asked, "Are you sure you've left the city?"
Gu Ziyun said, "Yes. After I discovered several guards had fainted, I immediately searched the entire Duwei Mansion and Handong Guard, but couldn't find Doctor Xue. The gatekeeper did say that about half an hour after the emperor and the army left, someone seemed to have left the city without even a horse."
"No horse?"
"No, the horses from the Duwei Mansion, as well as the horses from the entire Handong Guard, have all been supplied to the army. There are no horses left here now."
“…”
Zhu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Immediately send out scouts from the mansion to search for her."
Gu Ziyun hurriedly said, "I'll go down and make arrangements right away."
Zhu Feng added, "There's no need to search the road towards the capital. If you want to search, just search the road leading to White Dragon City."
“…”
"After you find her, don't alarm her. Especially remember, don't use violence against her. Just come back and report to me immediately."
"yes."
"besides,"
Zhu Feng gave him a cold look and said, "Go down and receive forty military sticks."
Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyun kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you for not killing me, thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng waved his hand: "Go down."
Gu Ziyun left with many thanks.
Zhu Feng then returned to the room. Nan Yan was sitting at the head of the bed. At this time, she tried her best to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, can you find her?"
Zhu Feng asked, "How far can we go on the grassland in this weather without even riding a horse?"
Nan Yan sighed softly and said, "She, she really is."
“…”
"How can you be so stupid as to just walk out on your own two legs?"
Then she looked at Zhu Feng and asked, "Your Majesty, is she sure that she will return to Bailong City instead of returning to the capital?"
Zhu Feng said, "Since she was able to escape from the Duwei Mansion, she definitely won't want to see us again. Moreover, after the incident with Shen, I sent her mother back to Bailong City. Now she can only return to that family."
Having said that, he chuckled.
You know, Xue Yun wanted to escape from that home.
But now, she can only return to the place she once wanted to escape from. It can be seen how much she has been suffering these days.
Nan Yan looked at him with a look of deep emotion, and it was unclear whether she was laughing at Xue Yun's stupidity or at something else.
She asked, "So, how long does it take to get from here to White Dragon City?"
She vaguely remembered that it took a long time to travel from the capital to Shazhouwei, even after entering the grassland.
Zhu Feng said, "If we ride on horseback, it will take six or seven days."
Nan Yan opened her eyes wide: "Then she walks——"
Zhu Feng said, "It would take an ordinary person more than ten to twenty days to walk. She is a weak woman alone, so I'm afraid it will take a month."
Nan Yan gasped.
It would be so tragic for a person to walk on such a vast grassland for a month.
Moreover, not to mention the possibility of wild beasts appearing on the grassland, it is more likely that people will get lost here and die of thirst or starvation.
She said solemnly: "Why did she——"
Having said this, she raised her head and looked at Zhu Feng. After holding it in for a long time, she couldn't help but whispered softly, "Your Majesty shouldn't force her."
“…”
Zhu Feng glanced at her.
"Do you know what I said to her?"
Nan Yan asked, "Did the emperor tell her about entering the harem as a concubine?"
“…”
"Did you say that over at Yulian River?"
“…”
Zhu Feng was silent for a while and nodded gently.
Nan Yan said, "Even if it is true—but the emperor cannot completely ignore her. She is a girl after all. Now that she has been forced to leave, what if something goes wrong on the way?"
Zhu Feng frowned and looked a little upset.
He only said: "I will send more people to find her as soon as possible."
“…”
"She can't go far in this weather."
Nan Yan smiled bitterly and said, "That may not be the case."
“…”
"From what I've seen of her, she's quite resilient. She's able to insist on leaving at this time. Ordinary scouts probably wouldn't be able to bring her back."
Zhu Feng said, "That's why I told you that even if you find her, there's no need to alarm her."
Nan Yan looked at him and immediately understood that he would go and find Xue Yun himself when the time came.
She immediately said, "When the time comes, I'll go too."
"you?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng looked at her again. He saw that Nan Yan was leaning limply against the head of the bed, her face was sallow, her eyes were a little red, and she had been out of breath when she was talking to him just now.
Zhu Feng asked, "You're already in this state, and you still want to run around?"
Nan Yan hurriedly said: "I'm fine, I just caught a cold——"
But before she could finish her words, she sneezed twice in succession, as if she had been slapped in the face. Zhu Feng saw that her face had turned an abnormally red, and her eyes were much more distracted than before.
In particular, the breath she exhaled, which hit her face directly, was much hotter than usual.
He raised his hand to touch her forehead and immediately frowned.
"I have a fever!"
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