Chapter 3267 The Emperor is Immortal
If there is no one in Baihu City, what is the point of flooding Baihu City?
The study was suddenly plunged into a heavy silence, different from the silence just now when the two of them were silent but quietly together. This silence was like an invisible huge rock pressing down, making it impossible for people to speak or make any sound.
Nan Yan even had difficulty breathing.
Then, Zhu Feng’s face turned pale, he covered his chest with his hands, and took several steps back.
"emperor!"
Seeing him like this, Nan Yan screamed in fear and rushed forward to support his shaky body. However, she felt that the body in her arms, which was already much thinner than before, was like a jade mountain about to fall, and she could hardly hold it. Nan Yan could only shout to the outside: "Shun Zi!"
Xiao Shunzi pushed the door open in a hurry. When he saw this scene, his face turned pale with fright. He hurried over and helped Nan Yan to help Zhu Feng sit back in the chair.
Looking at Zhu Feng's expression, Xiao Shunzi walked to the other side, opened a cabinet, took out a small medicine bottle, poured out a black pill, and put it to Zhu Feng's mouth.
Nan Yan took a look and frowned: "What is this?"
She snatched it up and sniffed it, and a strong bitter smell rushed into her nose.
Xiao Shunzi said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, this is the Heart-Protecting Pill that the Imperial Physician prepared for the Emperor."
"Heart-protecting pill?"
Nan Yan frowned, glanced at Zhu Feng, then glared at Xiao Shunzi. Xiao Shunzi, unable to care for anything else, could only tell him everything. "This is the medicine that Imperial Physician Wang prepared for the Emperor. His old ailments have been flaring up from time to time over the years, and he always ignores the advice of the Empress and the servants, staying up late working in the Imperial Study. Sometimes, he's short of breath and suffers from heartaches. Imperial Physician Wang prepared this medicine specifically for the Emperor."
After hearing what he said, Nan Yan's face turned pale and then dark, and she stared at Zhu Feng with her head down.
Zhu Feng was about to point at Xiao Shunzi and scold him, but at this point, he no longer had the strength to even raise his hands. He could only stare at him, panting, "Traitor!"
Xiao Shunzi shrugged his shoulders slightly.
Although he was under Zhu Feng's command, he had already figured out over the years who was the one in charge of such matters, the emperor or the imperial concubine, and he switched sides without any hesitation.
He originally thought that with the Imperial Concubine's temper, she would probably fly into a rage, but Nan Yan gritted her teeth and said nothing more. She simply poured a cup of hot water herself, added some cold water to warm it up to the perfect temperature, and then held it over to Zhu Feng's mouth: "Take the medicine first."
Zhu Feng took the medicine and drank two sips of water, and his complexion looked much better.
He glared at Xiao Shunzi again.
Nan Yan also stretched out her hand and kept rubbing his chest to help him breathe. Seeing that his forehead was covered with cold sweat, she took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off him, and then said to Xiao Shunzi: "There is nothing for you to do here, you can go down."
Xiao Shunzi was about to turn around and leave as if he had been pardoned, but Nan Yan said, "Give me the bottle."
Xiao Shunzi originally wanted to take the medicine bottle back and put it down, but when he heard this, he looked at Zhu Feng cautiously. Seeing that he did not refute, he could only apologize, hand the bottle to Nan Yan, and then retreat.
Nan Yan wiped Zhu Feng's chest to help him breathe, and after a long while she said, "Is the Emperor feeling better?"
Zhu Feng said, "It's okay."
"Are you okay?"
As soon as Nan Yan said these three words, Zhu Feng knew that she was going to "make trouble" again, so he moved the hand that was covering his chest to hold her hand. Nan Yan wanted to shake him off immediately, but Zhu Feng used a little strength to hold on tightly. However, this force made his face look a little uglier, and he gasped twice in succession. Nan Yan naturally did not dare to move and could only let him hold her hand.
With red eyes, she asked, "How long will Your Majesty keep this secret from me?"
Zhu Feng's face was pale, and he hadn't even caught his breath yet. He looked up at her in a flattering manner and said with a smile, "I'm not hiding this from you on purpose. It's not a big deal."
"Isn't this a big deal? The emperor used medicine, and I didn't even know about it!"
“…”
"Wang Baizhi, Wang Baizhi!"
She sneered and repeated the name twice: "I value him so much, but he actually kept such an important matter from me from beginning to end. It seems——"
"alright!"
Seeing her anger rising, Zhu Feng hurriedly said, "I told him not to tell you. You tell me, he's a court official. Should he listen to you or me?"
Nan Yan was so angry that she gritted her teeth and glared at him.
Zhu Feng's tone had just hardened a bit, but immediately softened again, and he said gently, "It's really not a big deal. It's just that sometimes I can't stand it at night, and I get anxious and sweaty. If it really is a big deal, Wang Baizhi can't bear such a big responsibility, so I will definitely tell you."
This is the truth.
But she was really scared. Seeing Zhu Feng sweating profusely, she couldn't help but feel her eyes turn red.
Zhu Feng quickly pulled her into his arms and said softly, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm really fine. At my age—yes, I'm a little older, but not that old. Of course, my health isn't as good as it used to be, but isn't it the same for everyone as they get older?"
“…”
"You know, I fought many battles in my youth and suffered many injuries. Some of those injuries have healed, but some have become chronic illnesses. I could still control them when I was young, but now—"
At this point, he smiled bitterly and said, "Time is merciless."
Nan Yan immediately said, "The Emperor is not old!"
Although, when she said this, she was held in Zhu Feng's arms, and she could clearly see in the candlelight on the table that there were many more silver strands in his hair than before, and there were some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes - even these were nothing. The two of them lived together day and night, supporting each other, so how could she not know that Zhu Feng's health was indeed not as good as before? To take the simplest example, Zhu Feng now needed someone to coax him into eating a little, while in the past, he could eat a whole table of food by himself.
Moreover, even without those old injuries, ordinary people would not be able to endure staying up late and getting up early for many years.
Nan Yan choked up and repeated, "The Emperor is not old."
Zhu Feng could hear her crying voice, but he just smiled, patted her waist, and said, "I don't care whether you are old or not. What I care about is that before I am too old to move, the world will be peaceful and the seas and rivers will be clear."
As he spoke, he smiled again and said, "I still want to see our son become a successful person."
Nan Yan rubbed her nose and said, "Of course."
Zhu Feng smiled, but then slowly faded. His once frail face once again revealed his usual toughness and determination. He said in a deep voice, "So, I must do what I should do."
After all, we still have to get through this hurdle.
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