Chapter 2934 A Cup of Bitter Wine
"Father?!"
Zhu Chengxuan's frightened voice sounded behind her. Nan Yan looked back and saw that Zhu Chengxuan had probably already dealt with other guests in the lobby. She was really worried about Zhu Feng, so she followed him out.
But unexpectedly, he saw Zhu Feng's face was pale and there was blood at the corners of his mouth.
He was startled and rushed over to support Zhu Feng. Then he looked at Nan Yan's distraught expression and asked hurriedly, "Father? Madam? What happened?"
Zhu Feng was speechless.
He felt a sharp pain in his chest. Although there was no visible wound and no blood, he seemed to feel that his heart was breaking inch by inch, and all the blood was flowing into his heart.
The pain was so severe that he couldn't even breathe.
Seeing that he was out of breath, Zhu Chengxuan knew he couldn't ask him any more questions, so he turned back to look at Nan Yan and asked anxiously, "Your Highness, what happened?"
“…”
Nan Yan glanced at him, bit her lower lip, and said in a low voice, "Ye Zheng...Ye Zheng, let's go."
“……!”
Zhu Chengxuan suddenly opened his eyes wide.
He seemed unable to believe his ears. He stood there blankly for a long time before speaking again, saying in an incredulous voice, "Gone? What, what gone?"
“…”
"Why did you leave?"
“…”
"Where did he go?"
Even he couldn't accept it.
Although Nan Yan tried her best to hold herself together, tears still welled up in her eyes at this moment. She lowered her head and said with a sob, "Gone, just... gone..."
"ah?!"
It was not until this moment that Zhu Chengxuan seemed to finally understand.
He stood there stiffly for a long moment, then subconsciously shook his head and muttered, "How could it be? How could he? He, how could he? How is it possible?"
Nan Yan said softly, "Prince, please stop talking for now. The Emperor can't stand it any longer."
“……!”
After hearing this, Zhu Chengxuan hurriedly lowered his head and looked at Zhu Feng, who had closed his eyes and seemed to be about to faint.
Even they couldn't believe it and were struck by lightning.
And what kind of pain is Zhu Feng suffering in his heart at this moment?
Nan Yan couldn't even imagine it.
She struggled to walk in front of Zhu Feng. Although Ye Zheng's departure was a huge blow to her, she knew very well that the pain in all of their hearts combined was not even one ten-thousandth of the pain Zhu Feng was feeling at the moment. At this time, she had to support him.
Leaning down, she whispered, "Your Majesty, are we going back to the palace now?"
“…”
"I don't think the Emperor will be able to face his ministers in this situation."
“…”
"We have to go back to the palace and slowly deal with this matter. We need to take a long-term approach."
“…”
Zhu Feng had been gritting his teeth until this moment, when he slowly opened his eyes, looked at her, and then looked at Zhu Chengxuan.
He nodded slightly.
Everyone wanted to come over and help him up, but Zhu Feng didn't get up immediately. Instead, he said in a weak voice, "Shunzi, go and give the gift I brought to the prince."
When Xiao Shunzi heard this, he ran away in a hurry.
Zhu Chengxuan didn't know why he was still thinking about the gift at this time, but he could only wait. He reached out and gently wiped Zhu Feng's chest to help him calm down, but saw a trace of blood oozing out from the corner of his mouth.
I'm afraid this is just a hint of vulnerability that he revealed after trying his best to suppress it and was unable to control it.
He opened his eyes and glanced at Zhu Chengxuan.
He said, "The banquet at the mansion shall continue as usual, do not stop it."
"yes."
"If there is anything, I will announce it in the court tomorrow. Don't let your affairs be affected."
"yes."
"Don't let anyone know, I—"
"I understand."
Seeing that he was in so much pain and still struggling, Zhu Chengxuan almost cried out loud.
At this time, Xiao Shunzi ran over with a box in his hand, knelt down and presented it to Zhu Chengxuan, saying, "Your Highness, this is a gift from the Emperor, which he personally copied for you."
Copy it yourself?
Zhu Chengxuan and Nan Yan were stunned when they heard this.
Zhu Chengxuan hurriedly opened the box and saw that it contained a handwritten document.
"Emperor's Style"!
He was startled and looked up at Zhu Feng.
Ordinary people probably don’t know about this thing. Even for people in the royal family, it would be a serious crime to mention it.
It is the code of conduct for emperors.
It turned out that this was the gift Zhu Feng gave him, and he had copied it word for word by hand.
Zhu Chengxuan felt sad and touched at the same time. His eyes turned red and he choked up and said, "Father..."
Zhu Feng must have something to tell him when he gave him this gift, but at this moment, he was already struggling to breathe. He just glanced at Zhu Chengxuan and said breathlessly, "Study hard."
Zhu Chengxuan knelt on the ground with the box in his hands and kowtowed deeply.
"Thank you, Father."
Nan Yan gently reached out her hand to help him up, then said, "Prince, please have someone prepare a rattan chair and carry the emperor out. Just tell the ministers that I am not feeling well, and the emperor has gone back to the palace with me."
Zhu Chengxuan immediately said, "I understand."
He hurriedly called for someone to escort the emperor's carriage. Only after the carriage left the prince's mansion did he straighten his appearance and return to the banquet.
The ministers all asked, but Zhu Chengxuan only smiled and replied, "The Imperial Concubine is feeling unwell, and the Emperor has accompanied her back to the palace. Everyone, let's continue."
Hearing this, others were fine, but one of the people sitting at the table dropped his wine glass on the table.
But Li was not hurt.
As soon as he heard that the imperial concubine was unwell, his face immediately darkened.
But then, taking a look at the prince's expression and thinking about what had just happened, he took a deep breath, regained his usual indifferent expression, and raised his wine glass.
The people around him didn't pay much attention to him, but the prince's words surprised everyone.
After all, everyone saw just now that the emperor's face changed drastically after reading the letter. How could it suddenly become that the imperial concubine was unwell?
I'm just afraid that something might happen, but I don't want them to know.
However, since the prince has said so, no one can say much.
During the banquet, the most calm person was He Yi. After seeing Zhu Feng get the letter, his face changed drastically and he left through the side door, he did not talk about it like everyone else. When he heard the prince's words at this time, he did not show any extra surprise.
He just silently picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
The banquet at the Prince's Mansion was naturally filled with fine wines.
But for some reason, when he took this sip, he felt as if he had drunk a glass of bitter wine. His whole body was surrounded by the bitter taste, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
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