Chapter 2822 This is intolerable!
Concubine Shun glanced at her. Although Nan Yan didn't say anything, she seemed to have keenly noticed something.
So he said, "Okay."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "That's it."
After saying this, she squatted down again and said to her children seriously, "You will stay here tonight. But you must listen to Concubine Shun's orders. You are not allowed to make any noise, and you are not allowed to leave Yonghe Palace."
“…”
"If you don't behave, Mom will hang you from the tree outside. Do you understand?"
The two children, one big and one small, seemed to understand but were frightened by their mother's serious look and nodded obediently.
Nan Yan raised her head and said to Concubine Shun, "Sister, don't be lenient. If they don't obey, just beat them."
“…”
If it were any other time, Concubine Shun would naturally be polite to her.
After all, he is the imperial concubine's child, who would dare to hit him?
But at this time, looking at the expression on her face and thinking of what she had just said, Concubine Shun seemed to feel the significance of her entrustment even more, and did not respond to the words.
After a brief silence, he said, "Then, Your Majesty, will you not stay in Yonghe Palace tonight?"
Nan Yan said, "I still have something to do."
“…”
Concubine Shun thought about it and didn't ask any more questions.
He only said softly, "Your Majesty, you should also take care of yourself."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Of course, don't worry."
The two of them didn't talk much, and just kept talking. Nan Yan walked to the bed again and looked at Zhu Feng quietly for a while.
It's rare that he can be so relaxed during such a tense time.
If he were still awake, he would probably be more relaxed and at ease facing all this than I am. In comparison, I am really in such a mess.
But it doesn't matter.
Nan Yan smiled and whispered to him in her heart: "Just have a good rest."
"I will protect you."
"I will protect everyone."
After saying this, she turned around and walked back, instructing her two children to listen to Concubine Shun's words, and then she walked out.
She returned to the side hall, took a short rest, and had dinner.
Then, I changed my clothes
Ruoshui originally thought that she would rest after changing her clothes, but she didn't expect that she had changed into clothes for going out. She couldn't help but be stunned: "My queen, the palace gates are closed, where are you going?"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Do you want to stay in Yonghe Palace tonight, or stay with me?"
“…”
In fact, Ruoshui is not very sensitive to danger.
Even though she was in the cabinet today and had heard news from outside that something big might happen in the capital tonight, she was still not nervous at all. Whatever Nan Yan asked her to do, she did it step by step as usual.
Hearing Nan Yan ask her this, she said without thinking: "This servant is here to serve the Majesty, so of course I stay by her side."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "What if it's dangerous to stay with me?"
Ruoshui said, "That doesn't matter."
Nan Yan couldn't help laughing.
She asked Ruoshui to help her comb her hair neatly again, then she got up and walked out. At this time, it was already dark. Ruoshui held a lamp in her hand and saw that the gates of several nearby palaces were all closed.
She couldn't help but ask again: "My Lady, where are we going?"
Nan Yan said, "Just follow me."
Ruoshui didn't dare to ask any more questions and followed Nanyan forward. A lantern could only illuminate the ground in front of them. The two of them walked quietly in the narrow and silent corridor. After a while, they arrived at Yuehua Gate.
Just in time, it’s almost closing time.
Nan Yan led them out of Yuehua Gate.
Ruoshui was stunned.
You know, Yuehua Gate is a gate between the front court and the harem. The imperial concubine went out of this gate at this time to meet the court officials.
But once this door is closed, she will not go back tonight unless it is opened tonight.
She closed her mouth more carefully and didn't dare to say more.
Sure enough, Nan Yan took her for a long walk and arrived at Wuying Palace.
It's brightly lit here.
Likewise, there was a lot of noise.
"It's already the third day, why haven't you let us go home yet?"
"Yes, if you don't go back, your family will be in chaos."
"Your Highness, why don't you let us go back? We have already dealt with the affairs of state. Do you really want to keep me and others locked up in the palace forever?"
"Your Highness, please let us go back!"
Hearing these voices, Nan Yan frowned slightly.
She asked Tingfu to open the door and walked straight in.
All the ministers gathered in the Wuying Hall. They were supposed to handle court affairs here during the day, but unexpectedly, they refused to leave at night.
It was already the third day, and not only the people in the city had run out of patience, but so had the ministers.
King Wei Zhu Chengxuan, who was standing in the hall, felt helpless for a moment in the face of the endless pleas of these old ministers.
If they were as aggressive as Ge Yunli, he could still use the decisiveness of the King of Wei to kill them, but these old ministers begged him one by one, which made him feel a little soft-hearted, but he couldn't let them go, and he was very conflicted.
He said: "You, you are doing this——"
At this time, Ruoshui stood at the door and shouted, "The Imperial Concubine has arrived!"
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly turned around and saw Nan Yan slowly walking in.
She said, "My dear ministers, have you finished your business? Do you feel like going home?"
“…”
The ministers looked at each other, and although they had all quieted down, there was clearly a hint of resentment in their eyes.
After all, forcing court officials to stay in the palace and not allowing them to go home for several days was something that no emperor in history had ever done. If she, a noble concubine, did this, it would arouse the anger of the court officials.
Yan Gu then stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, regardless of whether the government affairs have been handled or not, it has never been lawful to detain court officials in the palace and prevent them from returning home. This is already the third day. How long are you going to keep us locked up?"
Nan Yan looked up at him, then looked at everyone.
Said: "Everyone, do you really want to go home?"
Everyone immediately said, "Of course!"
Nan Yan said, "Okay, after you finish dealing with these things, I will let you go home."
The gate of Wuying Palace opened again, and Tingfu came in with a few young eunuchs, holding piles of documents. Upon closer inspection, they were all reports from various places, some very trivial matters.
Generally speaking, the matters discussed in the court were major issues, while trivial matters were left to the people below to handle.
But now, the imperial concubine is clearly delaying time by doing this.
The ministers' brows furrowed even more tightly.
At this time, several hot-tempered ministers could no longer hold back and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness! We are officials of the court, not slaves. Imprisoning us here to deal with such trivial matters is intolerable!"
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