Chapter 2637: Calling him "Brother Ye"
Zhu Feng had been feeling drowsy from the rocking of the carriage, but when he heard the words "Medical Concubine," he felt both angry and amused. He said, "I see she's refusing to do it even if she dies. I'm afraid it's not just because she's thinking of Yan Ye."
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"Think about it yourself. If you were in my shoes, would you accept this title?"
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"Medical Concubine? You're so smart!"
Nan Yan pouted.
Ever since she proposed this title, Zhu Feng had despised her enough. Even Xue Yun had an expression that was hard to swallow when he heard these two words.
She grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction, but slowly leaned into Zhu Feng's arms.
Using his chest as a pillow, she began to feel a little tired as the carriage swayed.
But she did not let her thoughts fall into a sleepy dream, but kept her eyes half open, muttering: "Then how does the emperor feel now?"
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly and looked down at her.
But Nan Yan put one hand on his chest, and gently fiddled with his buttons with her index finger, seemingly casually. But after asking, she looked up at him again.
Zhu Feng asked, "What does it feel like?"
"Just now, I watched Xue Yun leave."
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"Will the emperor be reluctant to let go?"
Zhu Feng tilted his head and looked at her for a moment, then said, "So, when you see your 'Brother Ye' leave, do you feel any reluctance?"
When Nan Yan heard this, she immediately laughed and said, "How can this be the same?"
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"That was when I was a child. Now I have grown up and am also a concubine."
"Now that you've grown up, you still call me 'Brother Ye'?"
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"You said the way I looked at him was disgusting, but it's not disgusting when you call me that? You're an adult, and you're still a noble concubine!"
Nan Yan lowered her head and rolled her eyes.
The reason why she called him that was simply because she had been calling him that since she was a child. When they met again, she called out to him instinctively. Unexpectedly, Zhu Feng still remembered the name.
I couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "What happened between me and Brother Ye is a long time ago."
Zhu Feng said, "Well, the matter between me and Xue Yun is also a thing of the past."
Nan Yan said, "My affairs happened many years ago, but Your Majesty... didn't Your Majesty say that you were moved by her when you saw her desperately banging on the door to save you at the Lotus Heart Hall?"
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"Come to think of it, only a year has passed."
Zhu Feng said: "Even if it was yesterday, as long as it's in the past, it's in the past."
“…”
Nan Yan looked at him for a while, then chuckled.
Without saying anything else, she just slowly leaned over and rested her head on his chest again.
Zhu Feng reached out and gently stroked her hair, saying, "If you still can't let it go, why not wait until I take over Bailong City and take you to the Lotus Heart Hall again so you can also break down that door."
Nan Yan muttered, "Lianxin Hall, that's Brother Ye—that's Yan Ye's place."
Zhu Feng said, "It's mine now."
"……Um?"
Nan Yan was startled, then raised her head to look at him. Zhu Feng lowered his head, looking at her hand on his chest, and said with a half-smile, "From the beginning, you have been thinking about what your 'Brother Ye' gave me, right?"
“…”
When Nan Yan heard this, she knew that he saw through her thoughts.
She immediately laughed and gently slipped her fingers into his clothes. But she knew the rules, so she only put her fingers in a little and didn't move them around. She smiled and said, "So what did he give the emperor? Can I see it?"
Zhu Feng half-closed his eyes and said, "Look if you want."
Nan Yan immediately took out the thing he had put in his arms before, opened it and saw that it was actually a land deed.
The title deed to the Lotus Heart Hall.
Nan Yan's eyes widened: "He even gave this to the emperor!"
Zhu Feng said: "Yeah."
Nan Yan was still a little surprised, looking over it for a long time. You know, with Yan Ye's ability and the savings he had accumulated over the years, buying dozens of manors like this would not be a problem, but it was still an estate, and it was also the bond between him and Xue Yun. He actually gave it to Zhu Feng so generously.
Nan Yan said, "Isn't he too generous?"
Zhu Feng said, "Generous? He's also trying to get rid of me."
Nan Yan was stunned and looked up at him: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Feng said, "This kind of property is different from other properties. As long as the house is still here and the title deed is still there, he must send someone to look after it. If I want to find him, I can always find his whereabouts by following this clue."
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"He gave this to me, under the pretense of driving a nail into the wall before Bailong City surrendered, but in reality, he just wanted to sever this thread."
As he spoke, his eyes dimmed.
He said in a deep voice: "He really wants to leave."
Nan Yan silently folded the deed back up and put it back into his clothes, saying softly, "Is Your Majesty so unwilling to accept this?"
“…”
"So you want to keep him?"
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment before he said, "I've told you before that I want to create a prosperous world that belongs to me, to us, but do you think that just because it's easy to say, it's also easy to do?"
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"That's not something that can be achieved by just one person, one brain, winning two battles, or conquering one or two places."
“…”
“It takes so many people working together.”
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"In fact, on this road, I cannot make any mistakes. If I make a mistake, I might lose everything."
Having said that, he couldn't help but frowned.
Nan Yan looked at him and couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart.
Being in the harem, she was not fully aware of the affairs of the previous dynasty, but she had heard many stories about the prosperous times in ancient and modern times. It was indeed as Zhu Feng said that a prosperous era required an emperor to have comprehensive control over civil and military affairs. Not only should the country be rich and the people strong, but internally, the wealth should be shared among the people and both public and private interests should be sufficient. Externally, the emperor should be able to manage all directions and attract all nations to come to the court, with singing, dancing, poetry and books all flourishing.
Only in this way can it be called a prosperous era.
This is indeed not something that he can do alone.
Zhu Feng said: "I need someone like him by my side."
If it were in the past, he would have tried every possible way.
Even if, even if using some not-so-bright means.
But facing Yan Ye, he couldn't bring himself to do it, not only because this man was extremely brilliant and intelligent, but also because if he wanted to fight with him, he would probably exhaust all his energy to create a prosperous era, and still might not be able to defeat him.
It was also because he really couldn't bear to part with Yan Ye.
I can't bear to let this person go through hardships again.
Nan Yan looked at his lost expression and could only comfort him softly, "Doesn't the emperor still have so many loyal and good ministers? Like He Yi and the others."
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