Chapter 3078: What did she betray the Empress about?
That night, the river outside the city was filled with the wreckage of countless ships and corpses, emitting a strong smell of blood. Inside the city of Jinling, the silent imperial palace was filled with an indescribable deathly aura.
It was not until the next morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone into Nan Yan's eyes, which had not been closed all night, that she seemed to come back to life.
There were footsteps outside.
Nan Yan moved her stiff hands and feet, stood up and walked to the window. She looked out through the gap in the window and saw Tingfu leading Qingting out.
Both of them looked back every few steps.
Qingting was looking at Nanyan's room, and Tingfu was looking at her.
Tingfu has been with Nan Yan for a long time. He has been working in the palace for so many years and has also experienced what happened to Nian Qiu. Although he is not very old, he deeply understands that people's hearts are fickle. Even Ran Xiaoyu betrayed Nan Yan like this. It is not surprising that this dragonfly has only been with Nan Yan for such a short time.
However, after all, she watched her family destroyed after they entered Jinling City, so Nan Yan kept her by her side. These days, only the two of them served Nan Yan, and it felt like they were sharing hardships.
Tingfu could never have imagined that a dragonfly would do such a thing.
When he reached the gate of Yikun Palace, he finally couldn't help but whispered, "Miss Qingting, you——"
Qingting kept looking at the main hall of the Yiku Palace with its doors and windows tightly closed. Nan Yan never came out. She knew that after what she had done, it was certainly impossible for the Imperial Concubine to come out to see her off - let alone say goodbye, she probably wouldn't even look at her.
So, she lowered her head.
When she heard Tingfu calling her, she turned to look at Tingfu, only to see the young eunuch looking at her with an expression of indescribable disappointment and shaking his head: "Go away."
Dragonfly lowered his head and walked out of the gate of Yiku Palace.
She had originally followed Nan Yan alone, without even a change of clothes. If she left at this time, she would still be alone. After she walked out, she seemed even more lonely in this empty and deserted palace.
She took two steps, then stopped and turned back to Tingfu and said, "You, please take good care of the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
"She must be very sad."
Tingfu sneered and said, "Don't worry."
“…”
"Even Ran Xiaoyu, who has been with her for so many years, is like this. Even if the queen wants to be sad, she can't be sad about you."
Qingting had not been with Nan Yan for a long time. During this time, she vaguely heard Tingfu mention the name "Ran Xiaoyu" when talking to Nan Yan. She roughly knew that she had served Nan Yan for many years and was almost a confidant of the imperial concubine.
She actually came too.
Moreover, listening to the tone of Fu's voice, it seemed that Ran Xiaoyu had done something to offend the imperial concubine.
Qingting frowned subconsciously: "She also betrayed the Imperial Concubine?"
"also?"
Tingfu's ears were sharp, and he immediately picked up the word. His face suddenly darkened, and he glared at Qingting: "What did you do again?"
Dragonfly's face turned even paler.
She didn't even dare to speak anymore, and turned around and left Yiku Palace in a hurry as if she was escaping.
Tingfu stood at the gate of Yikun Palace, looking at her somewhat embarrassed figure. He gritted his teeth and turned back to the main hall of Yikun Palace. The gate was ajar, and he didn't dare to go in casually. He could only stand at the door and said, "Your Majesty."
Nan Yan's hoarse voice came from inside: "Is the person gone?"
"yes."
"It's better to leave."
"My lady, I have something to say."
"Come in."
Tingfu finally pushed the door open and saw Nanyan walk from the window to the couch and sit down. There was no light in the room, and even though it was daytime, it looked a little dim, and Nanyan's face looked very gloomy as well. She looked at Tingfu and asked, "What's going on?"
Tingfu stepped forward and said with a frown, "Just now, Miss Qingting let something slip while she was talking. She seemed to have betrayed the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
Nan Yan was not surprised.
She simply reached out and brushed the corner of her clothes lightly, saying, "After all, I brought her into the Jinling Imperial Palace, so she's considered one of my people. Since she wants to be with Zhu Chengjin, she naturally has to submit a 'letter of allegiance'."
Tingfu's brows knitted together: "So, what did she pay?"
“…”
"What did she betray the Empress about?"
“…”
Nan Yan didn't say anything, but just narrowed her eyes slightly.
When Tingfu looked up, he saw an indescribable, sharp cold light flashing in Nan Yan's eyes in the dim light.
He immediately realized that Dragonfly might have betrayed something important.
However, ever since they entered Xingluo Lake, discovered Zhu Chengjin's truth, and were brought to Jinling City by him, Nan Yan has been alone by his side and has been unable to do anything big.
What can she betray Nan Yan about?
Thinking of this, he suddenly turned around and walked to the door to take a look outside. The little palace maid Duo'er and the young eunuch Jiang Dahe were very well behaved, staying in the back row of rooms. They didn't dare to come to the front yard unless they were called. So, Tingfu closed the door and walked to Nan Yan again, lowering his voice and saying, "Your Majesty, if she really does—do you want me to take action?"
“…”
Nan Yan didn't say anything, just squinted her eyes and thought for a while.
After a while, she sighed and said, "It's okay."
"Mother?"
"Things have come to this. Even if she really betrayed me, it is irreversible."
Tingfu looked at her with some worry, but since Nan Yan herself said "it's okay", he didn't say anything more.
After thinking for a while, Tingfu said softly, "I'm only worried. Now that they've defeated General Xu, Jiangbei won't be able to make any moves in the short term. And Ran Xiaoyu—and now that the Emperor's life and death are uncertain, I'm afraid they'll become even more unscrupulous."
Nan Yan glanced at him.
She also knew that Tingfu's words "life and death are uncertain" at this time were actually an inadvertent comfort to her.
She said: "Unscrupulous..."
“…”
"That's good. I just hope they can act recklessly."
When Tingfu heard this, he looked up at her in surprise: "My Lady?"
At this moment, a sound seemed to be heard outside again - there were not many people in the Jinling Palace until now, so even during the day, the entire harem was silent. As long as there was a little movement, it would be transmitted to them immediately.
Nan Yan also looked up and looked outside, but the doors and windows were closed and she could not see anything.
She ordered, "Go out and see what happened."
"yes."
Tingfu quickly turned around and ran out.
After a while, he came back with a pale face and knelt in front of Nan Yan: "My Lady, something terrible has happened."
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