Chapter 3228 Someone is thinking about you
She was a little surprised. You know, Zhu Feng had just discussed this matter with the prince in the warm room last night, and it was announced at the morning court this morning. Now, Li Bushang was about to set off. It was too fast.
Nan Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let him in."
Delu immediately turned around and ran out. After a while, he led Li Bushang in.
He was still wearing formal official uniform, and perhaps because he had walked in from outside, he brought a chill of ice and snow with him. Even when he walked into Yonghe Palace, his eyes and expression were cold.
Only when he looked up at Nan Yan did his eyes seem to have a little warmth.
He kowtowed and said, "Greetings to the Imperial Concubine."
Nan Yan sat in a chair and said calmly, "I heard you came to say goodbye to me."
Li Bushang said, "The Emperor has ordered me to take up my post in Yongzhou. Now that I'm gone, I don't know when I can return to the capital. It was Your Majesty who brought me back from Yongzhou, so I—I wanted to come and bid you farewell."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "It's good that you still remember where you came from."
"Where you come from..."
Hearing these two words, the usually calm and composed Li Bu Shang's eyes seemed to be a little confused. He lowered his head and said softly, "I can't forget it."
Seeing him like this, Nan Yan couldn't help but think back to the past.
When she met him in Yongzhou, he was just a skinny, helpless boy. He was chased through the streets for stealing a steamed bun for his seriously ill mother. Nan Yan hadn't thought of that helpless look for a long time since he became a high-ranking official.
Thinking about it now, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Although she knew that there was no unchanging person or thing in the world, and it was naturally a good thing that the child was now in a high position, sometimes she really hoped that some things could remain in the past forever and never change.
Thinking of this, she smiled bitterly in her heart, but still reminded him: "Although you came from Yongzhou, Yongzhou today is different from what it was before. People and things have changed. When you go there, you still have to be careful everywhere and don't take it lightly. You must do the errands assigned by the emperor with all your heart."
Li Bushang said in a deep voice: "I understand."
“…”
"Of course I will—with all my heart."
Nan Yan nodded, then suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, is Xie Jiaojiao going with you?"
"ah?"
Li Bushan was stunned for a moment when she suddenly mentioned this, as if he had completely forgotten this person or this matter. Seeing his sudden realization, Nan Yan smiled faintly and said, "What's wrong? You're going to such a faraway place to take up your post, and you won't even take your wife with you?"
Li Bushang blinked his eyes and then he remembered.
He said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
"Then when does the emperor let you leave?"
"As soon as possible. I'll leave tonight."
"You're leaving tonight, so why don't you tell your family? Besides, you're going to such a far place, and you just said you don't know when you'll be back. How can you not bring your family with you?"
“…”
Li Bushang frowned, and after a long while, he said, "Your Majesty is right."
“…”
"I, I'll send someone back to inform her later."
Nan Yan nodded and said, "Now that you're married, you have to keep your family in mind. You're no longer alone like before. There's someone who cares about you."
“…”
Li Bushang looked up and looked at her deeply.
That look seemed profound, with a hint of yearning. His lips moved briefly, as if he was about to ask something, but after much hesitation, he didn't ask, only saying muffledly, "I understand."
After saying this, he took another deep breath and said, "Then, I will take my leave."
Nan Yan said softly, "Be careful on the road."
"Thank you, Madam."
After saying this, he bowed, turned around and left Yonghe Palace quickly.
Delu stood on the other side of the yard, watching him walk out, frowning slightly. Ruoshui beside him asked, "What are you thinking about? Why are you so lost in thought?"
De Lu asked, "Sister Ruoshui, what is the relationship between this Lord Li and our Empress? Why did he come to see the Empress before leaving for his post?"
Ruoshui said, "I'm not too sure. I just heard that the Empress picked him up from the territory of Yongzhou. He was still young when she picked him up, so he was raised by the Empress and the Emperor, just like the Empress's own son."
"son?"
De Lu shook his head: "I don't think so."
Ruoshui thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I was wrong. He doesn't look like the Empress's son at that age. I think the Empress treats him like a younger brother."
De Lu said: "Brother? He still doesn't look like one."
"So, what does it look like?"
"He, he's like a wolf, looking at the queen as if he wants to swallow her whole."
Ruoshui pouted as she looked at Li Bushang's receding figure and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? He's so much younger than the Empress, and you picked him up. Now that he's married, how could she have such thoughts? Don't talk nonsense. If the Emperor hears this, he'll probably punish you!"
De Lu stuck out his tongue and turned away.
That night, the Jinyiwei set out for Yongzhou. Although the Jinyiwei always traveled light, the wife of Commander Li also went along because the imperial concubine had given the nod.
At the same time, an imperial edict was quickly sent to Yongzhou. A few days later, Taining Guard and Fuyu Guard, which were far away in Yongzhou, also began to mobilize troops and head northwest.
Soon, winter was over.
After the Chinese New Year, the weather became clearer day by day. The thick snow accumulated over the winter melted in the gradually warming breeze, and the spring breeze also brought some good news.
It was the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and all the concubines from various palaces came to pay their respects to the Imperial Concubine early in the morning. Nan Yan spoke to them for a while and then let them go, leaving only Concubine Yi and Princess Yongping. The two of them were teasing the child and chatting privately. After a while, Prince Chengjun of Han came over.
As soon as he entered, he politely bowed to Nan Yan and Li Pan'er: "Greetings to the Concubine Mother, and to the Concubine Yi."
Li Pan'er smiled and said, "Your Highness has grown a lot taller. Now he is almost up to the Emperor's shoulders, right?"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "It's still early."
She pulled her son over, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and said with a smile, "Where did you go to get so sweaty?"
Zhu Chengjun said, "I just practiced swordsmanship with Bie Yu for a while."
"Oh, what about him?"
"He went home. Someone just came from outside the palace and said something happened at home, so he went back."
"Something happened in his family?"
Nan Yan looked at him and asked, "What happened to the Wen family?"
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