Chapter 2630 I feel like he is about to leave
After a long silence, he sighed deeply and said, "You have grown up."
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Hearing this, Nan Yan's nose felt sore and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, blurring her vision in an instant.
She choked with sobs and whispered, "Brother Ye..."
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"I, I always miss Brother Ye."
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"It's just that I really didn't expect that Brother Ye has lived like this all these years. You have done so much for us..."
Yan Ye sighed and said, "I've already said it before. I'm not doing this for anyone. It has nothing to do with you, nor with the emperor."
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“I just do it because I want to.”
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"No need to thank me."
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"But you——"
As he spoke, he glanced at Nan Yan and said, "When I left, you were only that old, but now you're already a high-ranking imperial concubine in Yan State. And I heard that the Si family, as well as the Gu family and the Tong family, have all been re-employed because of you."
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"Your father would be very pleased if he knew this."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yan subconsciously widened her eyes and looked up at him.
"Brother Ye, my father——"
"I know,"
Yan Ye said calmly, "When you were canonized as a noble concubine, the Yan Kingdom's court seemed to have a big uproar because of your background."
Nan Yan's eyes turned red.
She whispered, "The Emperor, he protected me, those people didn't do anything to me."
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"It's just that over the years, I still don't know my own background, I don't know where I came from, that feeling is very sad."
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"When I was little, Mu Yun and Mu Lan always said I was a bastard of unknown origin..."
Yan Ye frowned and said in a deep voice, "You don't have to pay attention to these people, and you don't have to pay attention to those words."
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"People in the world often use selfishness as a spear and stupidity as a shield. The more they insult and attack an innocent person, the more they reveal their own despicableness."
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"Besides, your origins are not unknown. It's just that for your safety, no one can tell you your background."
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"But now, you are the emperor's concubine, and he-"
As he spoke, he glanced at the vague figure of Zhu Feng in the distance. He was sitting by the campfire on the other side, staring into the fire, as if he was considering something, or as if he was looking at them through the flames. Yan Ye withdrew his gaze and said, "He can even change the Emperor Gao's national policy, so naturally he won't ignore you because of the Emperor Gao's orders."
Nan Yan whispered, "So, Brother Ye, you know my background?"
Yan Ye nodded: "Yeah."
Nan Yan hurriedly said, "Brother Ye, my father—isn't he, my nominal uncle?"
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"That is, your teacher."
Yan Ye said: "You know everything?"
Nan Yan said, "When I was canonized as a noble concubine, my grandmother gave me a letter left by my father. That's when I learned that I wasn't his biological daughter. But later, due to some things, I guessed that I should still be the daughter of the Si family."
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"It's just that no one can give me a definite answer."
Yan Ye nodded and said, "You guessed right, you are the teacher's daughter."
“……!”
Nan Yan took a deep breath.
Although this answer was almost certain in her heart, without a definite recognition, she was still like a piece of duckweed floating on the water, unable to find her place.
Now, with Yan Ye's affirmation, she seemed to have finally settled down from the feeling of floating in the void.
Nan Yan sat in front of the campfire, looking at the flames that kept leaping and rising.
It was obviously so cold around and the night wind was biting, but the heat made her feel a little dazed. She suddenly smiled, and then she supported her knees with her hands, feeling a little helpless, and gently rubbed them with her palms.
It seems like I don’t know what to do.
After a long time, she choked up and whispered softly, "This, this is great."
As she spoke, she looked up at Yan Ye and smiled with tears in her eyes, "I finally know who I am."
Yan Ye looked at her crying and laughing, sighed softly, and said, "The reason why I didn't tell you and only treated you as my uncle's daughter, and even made people mistakenly believe that you were of unknown origin, was because of Emperor Gao's attitude towards our teacher back then. No one dared to acknowledge you as our teacher's daughter."
Nan Yan looked at him, and raised her hand in panic to wipe away the tears that were welling up in her eyes.
He said, "I've heard that Marquis Bowang—my father—was originally a capable minister who made great contributions to the Emperor Gao and was even granted the title of Marquis Bowang. Why did he suddenly disappear later?"
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"Why? The Emperor Gao no longer allowed anyone to mention him. He even stripped him of his official position. Everything."
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"Why, he gave birth to me, but didn't take care of me?"
She was originally wiping away her tears, but as she spoke, all the grievances she had felt since childhood came flooding out again, along with her tears, which continued to flow like a dam bursting.
Yan Ye looked at her.
After a long time, he sighed softly and said, "I was also young back then."
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"Also, my teacher and uncle seemed to be deliberately hiding this matter, so I don't know much."
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"It's just that I have a vague feeling that it seems to be for a woman."
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Yan Ye looked at her and said, "I think it should be your mother."
“……!”
Nan Yan's heart skipped a beat and she looked up at him.
"My mother? Who is my mother?"
"I don't know either."
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"All I remember is that it was the last negotiation with the Kingdom of Dian that Teacher attended alongside Emperor Gao. The two sides agreed on the demarcation of the northwestern territory."
Nan Yan's heart moved again.
Si Boyan participated in the negotiations with the Kingdom of Dian?
Isn’t that the scene depicted in the painting by Wu Yingqiu that we see on the small building in Jinlou Garden?
In other words, after that, her father, Si Boyan, the Marquis of Bowang who was once famous in the court and the country, disappeared from Yan State. He not only disappeared from the court, but also disappeared from everyone's sight and memory.
Nan Yan hurriedly asked, "Brother Ye, do you know where he went?"
Yan Ye shook his head and said, "I don't know."
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"The teacher has participated in many such negotiations in the past, sometimes with me and sometimes not."
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"And that time, he didn't take me with him."
Nan Yan's heart sank.
Yan Ye said: "Although he didn't take me with him, I seemed to have some feelings at that time."
"What do you feel?"
"I feel like he's leaving."
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