Chapter 3400: A sudden storm
Zhu Feng had been staying in the cabin for several days. He finally gathered his strength and walked onto the deck. At first, his face was pale and he looked like he was about to vomit at any moment, but Nan Yan patiently helped him walk back and forth twice, and his face looked better. After a while, the ship entered the port, and from a distance, he could see crowds of people on the dock and flags flying.
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Chen Xuan has brought people to welcome you."
Zhu Feng's lips were still pale, and he just nodded slightly.
Nan Yan turned to look at him and asked, "Your Majesty, would you like to eat something more? You look so pale, it might not be good to go down later."
Zhu Feng thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "I can't eat it either."
Nan Yan sighed, reached out and gently patted his back to help him breathe, and said softly, "Your Majesty really should take good care of your body. You can't overwork yourself like you did the past two years. You used to be less prone to seasickness, but this time you're feeling it again."
Zhu Feng smiled bitterly and said, "Stop nagging."
Although he suffered greatly from seasickness, his two concubines and two daughters seemed to have come specially to slap him in the face. They were all safe and sound. The two little princesses in particular ran around on the deck as if they were walking on flat ground. They were amazed at the huge crowds of people on the dock. Xinping stood on tiptoe, clinging to the railing and looking down, and shouted, "Look, father, so many people have come to pick us up."
Zhu Feng's face turned pale as he smiled and nodded.
Yongping, who was standing by, tugged at her clothes and shouted, "Sister, I want to see it too."
Xinping picked her up and let her lie on the fence and look down.
Yongping opened his eyes wide: "Wow!"
Xinping smiled and said, "It's lively."
Yongping nodded vigorously and pointed down with his chubby little hand: "Sister, look, there are red flags, blue flags, and yellow flags..."
She was quite happy to watch, but her chubby little body still had some weight. After a while, Xinping's little arms could no longer support her. She said with sweat on her forehead, "Are you done watching? Sister can't hold me anymore."
Concubine Yi, who was explaining things to the palace maids on the other side, saw this and immediately said, "Oh, you two, be careful, don't fall—"
Before he could finish his words, a gust of wind suddenly blew up on the river.
Suddenly, a wave arose on the surface of the river, and the boat swayed. Xinping lost his balance and fell out, throwing Yongping out with him.
"ah!"
Concubine Yi screamed in fright.
At this moment, Zhu Feng rushed forward, grabbed Xinping's collar with one hand, held Yongping's arm with the other, and pulled them both back.
Nan Yan and Concubine Yi hurried over and each hugged a child.
Xinping was terrified. She thought she was dead, and her face turned pale. When Nanyan held her and asked her about her life, she didn't know what to say. Yongping was still a little dazed, and only said to Concubine Yi: "Mom, the wind is so strong."
Concubine Yi was so scared that she almost cried.
Nan Yan reached out and slapped Xin Ping's buttocks twice, partly to vent her anger and partly to bring her back to her senses. Xin Ping suddenly woke up, looked up at Nan Yan, and said in a tearful voice, "Mother..."
Nan Yan had just been frightened to the point of her heart jumping out of her mouth. Now she was both angry and afraid, and said angrily, "How dare you be so naughty!"
Xinping pouted and almost cried.
At this moment, Zhu Feng, who was standing on the side, was also a little unsteady. He swayed a few times and almost fell. Fortunately, Xiao Shunzi behind him was quick to support him. Nan Yan also hurriedly said, "Is the emperor okay?"
Zhu Feng covered his mouth with his hand, coughed twice, and waved his hand.
The people around only came to their senses at this time. They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed, claiming that they were guilty of capital crimes. Xiao Shunzi and Ruoshui also knelt down.
While holding Yongping, Concubine Yi looked at these people with red eyes, wishing she could chop off all of them. But the emperor and the imperial concubine were both here, so it was not her turn to speak. She could only keep comforting Yongping.
Nan Yan was also a little angry this time. Without waiting for Zhu Feng to speak, she pointed at the people following the princess and said, "Drag them all away. In serious cases, they will be punished with fifty lashes!"
Those people were terrified, but they didn't dare to beg for mercy. They were just dragged down by the people below. After a while, they heard screams coming from the stern.
Everyone was terrified.
Nan Yan glared at the people around her and said through gritted teeth, "Every one of you, save your heads first. If you make any more mistakes along the way, it won't be as simple as a beating. I will kill you!"
Everyone was so scared that they kowtowed repeatedly.
I was about to cry, but when I saw my mother's stern voice, the tears were scared back.
Zhu Feng, on the other hand, was relatively calm. He simply watched the imperial concubine deal with everyone without saying anything. After finally calming his breath, he looked down at his two daughters and asked, "Are you all okay?"
Xinping said softly, "I know I was wrong."
Zhu Feng rubbed her head.
Looking at Xiao Yongping again, she was a little dazed after what she had just said. Her eyes were fixed on her for a long time without saying a word. Concubine Yi was so scared that she was about to cry. Nan Yan walked over to take a look and said softly, "I'm afraid she's frightened. Let someone check on her when we get into the city."
Concubine Yi nodded with a wronged look.
Although everyone was frightened, fortunately it was just a false alarm. As the boat was about to dock, everyone returned to their respective seats. Nan Yan and Concubine Yi took the two princesses away from the side of the boat, fearing that something else might happen. However, after the gust of wind just now, everything was calm again, as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Feng looked down and saw that even the surface of the river was calm.
He couldn't help but frown——
Why did such a gust of wind suddenly blow for no reason?
After a while, the boat stopped.
Suddenly, drums and music sounded at the dock. Zhu Feng, accompanied by two concubines and a group of guards and palace maids, walked down from the boat. In front of him, there was a sea of heads, all kneeling on the ground and shouting "Long live the king". The sound could be heard far away on the river.
Zhu Feng looked around, then walked up to Chen Xuan, looked down at him and said, "Didn't I tell you not to make such a scene? Why aren't you listening?"
Chen Xuan's shoulders twitched slightly.
He was still able to keep his composure, but the officials following him were already trembling and sweating profusely.
Zhu Feng's words were quite polite.
However, if the emperor says you are disobedient, then you are guilty of deceiving the emperor and can be dragged away and beheaded at any time.
Chen Xuan said calmly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was simply thinking about the painstaking efforts Your Majesty has put into rebuilding Jinling City. Your Majesty's return to Jinling today is a significant event, no matter what. I am putting on this grand ceremony to express the people's admiration and respect for Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng frowned slightly and said with a half-smile, "When did you learn to say such polite words?"
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