Chapter 3612 I punctured your lung?
The weather has been getting colder year by year these years. Nan Yan herself can feel it. The winters are longer and the summers are more bearable than when she was a child. But even so, in June, and with the doors and windows of the imperial study closed all the time, she still felt a sense of stuffiness as soon as she entered.
Zhu Feng sat behind the desk, his face pale, and he also held a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Nan Yan stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng glanced at her and said, "Has the Crown Princess returned?"
"Just got back."
"Why don't you take a break? The sun is so strong outside, you'll get sunburned if you come here."
Nan Yan stood up and walked over to him with a smile: "Can this little bit of sun make someone sick? Your Majesty is really underestimating me. Chang Yi is so young, and he walks around in the sun too, and he doesn't seem to feel uncomfortable."
Zhu Feng also smiled when he heard this.
These words sounded as if he was mocking him.
Even though he was a little reluctant to see a doctor and didn't let Nan Yan nag him, he knew his own body best. His health had indeed deteriorated a lot in the past two years. For example, in this stuffy imperial study, Liu Yueze who just walked out and Nan Yan who just walked in were both sweating from the heat, but all his sweat was just cold sweat.
I reached out to take the teacup on the table and found that all the tea in it was gone.
When Nan Yan saw this, she walked to the other side to refill his water with the teacup. Xiao Shunzi poked his head out to take a look and obediently closed the door of the imperial study.
Nan Yan refilled her water bottle and was returning with her cup when she noticed a few small baskets in the corner of the imperial study, their contents unknown. She calmly handed the cup to Zhu Feng, who took it and drank most of it in one gulp. Nan Yan said, "Your Majesty, don't just drink water. Have you eaten yet?"
Zhu Feng said: "I just ate two pieces of dessert, that's enough."
Nan Yan said, "Dim sum is for fun, how can it be eaten as a meal?"
Zhu Feng was afraid she would ask the imperial kitchen to send food again. Just as she was about to say something, Nan Yan said, "When I was dining with the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince just now, there was a bowl of delicious chicken skin and bamboo shoot soup. I asked them to keep half a bowl and cooked a few mouthfuls of rice in it. It was cooked until it was soft. It was like porridge, but more flavorful. It would be perfect with some side dishes in this weather. Would Your Majesty like to try it?"
Although Zhu Feng didn't feel hungry at first, he felt a little hungry after hearing what she said.
So he said, "Well, send it over and let's take a look."
In fact, over the years, it was all thanks to Nan Yan's ideas that coaxed him to eat a few more bites at every meal.
Nan Yan smiled and said something to the outside immediately. Soon, Aunt Tongyun had someone bring the rice soup. It was already cooked and had been left for a while. The soup was thick and the rice was soft, neither cold nor hot. It was just right at this time. With some sour and spicy side dishes, Zhu Feng ate half a bowl of it without realizing it.
Nan Yan sat across from him, not asking any questions. She just picked up food from time to time with her chopsticks. She waited until Zhu Feng had finished eating before she looked up at Nan Yan and said, "Are you here to bring me food?"
Nan Yan laughed and said, "The Emperor is even more picky than the young master now, so isn't eating the most important thing?"
Zhu Feng glared at her fiercely.
"You want me to rip your mouth off?"
Nan Yan smiled and had the dishes put away. She then made Zhu Feng a cup of tea before saying, "What's that in the corner over there?"
Zhu Feng also took a look and said calmly, "They are some specialties from Shu, such as salted vegetables and moldy tofu."
Nan Yan opened her eyes wide: "Did Liu Yueze bring it?"
Zhu Feng said, "Yes, it's not shameful to carry so many bags into the palace."
Nan Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing. No one in this world would dare to give Zhu Feng random gifts. If the tribute contained some gold, silver, and jewelry, it would be fine, but these salted vegetables and moldy tofu sounded like a joke. How could Liu Yueze, the top leader of Shu, do such a thing?
So he said, "This guy really has an itchy neck."
After saying this, he thought for a moment and said with a half-smile, "He wants to tell the emperor that he is an honest official, right?"
Zhu Feng also glanced at the pile, sighed, and then said, "He doesn't need to explain this. Before he came back, I sent people to Xichuan to take a look. The local people all spoke well of him. However, he himself was not a good person. He used all his salary to build schools. The landscape of Shu was transformed, but he embarrassed himself all the way to Peking."
Nan Yan covered her mouth and laughed.
After laughing, she continued, "That's fine. I've heard that people in Shu know how to eat these side dishes. You can't get them here. I'll have them taken away and put them away so that Your Majesty can have some when he loses his appetite."
Zhu Feng nodded, and Nan Yan let De Lu in, took the things and left.
Looking at Delu's back, Zhu Feng suddenly laughed again and said, "Your trip was worth it. You exchanged a bowl of leftover rice for so many things from me."
Nan Yan glared at him, closed the door, and walked back to sit next to him.
Then he said seriously: "Why did the emperor call Liu Yueze back at this time?"
Zhu Feng glanced at her before saying, "He's been in Xichuan for so many years now. It's time for him to come back and report on his work so I can know what the situation is like over there."
Nan Yan asked, "But why is it this time, not earlier or later?"
Zhu Feng said: "No matter when, he has to come back."
“…”
Having said that, Nan Yan frowned.
She and Zhu Feng weren't king and subject, so they didn't need to use Zen-like metaphors when talking. Although they often bickered back and forth, Zhu Feng never resorted to such evasive tactics when it came to serious matters. The fact that he suddenly summoned Liu Yueze, who hadn't been back to the capital in years, and spoke to her in such a roundabout way clearly indicated a problem.
He was hiding something from her.
However, the two of them have been supporting each other for so many years. Not to mention the important affairs of the court, Nan Yan knows every little thing that goes wrong with Zhu Feng. How could he still be hiding something from her?
unless--
Nan Yan thought for a moment, then suddenly said in a subtle tone, "Your Majesty, are you asking someone about something that you don't want me to know?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng's eyebrows moved.
He raised his head and glanced at Nan Yan. His eyes flickered for a moment, but he didn't avoid her. He just said, "Why are you being so sarcastic?"
Nan Yan sneered, "How could I be so sarcastic? It's obvious that the Emperor is doing something dishonest. Just ask, even if you can call him back from Xichuan. Why be so evasive?"
Zhu Feng sneered, "So I punctured your lungs? Who ran so fast knowing the Xichuan men were coming? And whose news do you want to know?"
…
The two of them immediately became at loggerheads.
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