Chapter 2018 I don’t believe he will betray me
"Do you really think I can't see what you're planning?"
Arslan's expression flickered for a moment, but he remained calm. He looked at Nan Yan calmly and asked, "What am I planning?"
Nan Yan crossed her arms and said coldly, "What you want is not Si Nan Yan, but the Imperial Concubine of Yan State."
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"You don't want me to go with you, but you want the concubine of Yan State to go with you."
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"If I'm not mistaken, you'll let me go with you, but then you'll take me back to Kulun City and present me to Monk. Whether as a gift or, under the guise of a tool to contain the Yan Nation, you'll hand me, this hot potato, to Monk."
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"In this case, the Emperor will definitely use military force against Kulun City."
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"And you can just sit back and watch the fight, right?"
As Nan Yan spoke, the coldness in her eyes intensified. She said, "What a meticulous calculation! It's a plan that kills two birds with one stone."
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"A talent like you shouldn't be the King of Nanli. Maybe becoming a wealthy businessman would be more suitable for you."
Arslan listened to these almost sarcastic words, but it seemed as if he heard some praise.
He even laughed.
While laughing, he said, "Nan Yan, it seems that you are calmer and smarter than I thought."
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"There's just one thing you're wrong about."
"Oh? What was I wrong about?"
Arslan looked at her and said seriously, "I really want to take you away, and it's true that they fought, and I was the one who benefited. But I haven't made up my mind whether to really give you to Monk."
As he spoke, he looked at Nan Yan again.
His eyes flickered slightly, as if he had gotten to know Nan Yan all over again, and then he slowly said, "And what you just said has made me determined."
"What?"
"I won't give you to her."
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"I don't want to give you to anyone."
Nan Yan looked at him coldly and remained silent.
Arslan continued, "Actually, you did guess some things right just now, but there are some things I didn't tell you."
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"I want to take you away, and it's for your own good."
Nan Yan asked, "For my own good?"
Arslan asked, "Aren't you tired?"
"What?"
These three words made Nan Yan frown, and Arslan looked at her and said seriously: "Although I have only heard about some major events that have happened in Yan Country in recent years and don't know exactly what you have been through, but from the way you look now and what you just said, I think I can understand."
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"Nan Yan, aren't you tired?"
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"Following him every day, facing so many people and so many calculations, don't you really feel tired?"
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"Aren't you afraid that one day you will be replaced?"
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"What I'm talking about is not only your status as a noble concubine, but also your position in his heart."
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"Just like now, the appearance of someone next to him has already made you unable to sleep or eat. You still have such a long life ahead of you. Do you really want to continue living like this?"
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"Whether life will be better after you leave, I can't say for sure, but at least it won't be like if you stayed, spending the rest of your life exhausted by such calculations."
“…”
Nan Yan remained silent and did not speak.
Her eyes were fixed on the front, and the dark night made her feel more and more suffocated.
Where is Ran Xiaoyu?
Although it would take some time for me to ask her to go back to light a fire and get water, why hasn't she come back after such a long time?
At this time, Arslan looked at her and said softly, "Don't you have anything to say?"
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Nan Yan turned around and looked at him.
She looked Arslan up and down, finally smiled faintly and said, "I have nothing to say, but I have something to ask you."
Arslan raised his eyebrows slightly: "You ask."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Arslan, are you tired?"
“……!”
As soon as these words came out, Arslan was stunned for a moment.
Nan Yan smiled and continued, "Aren't you tired of scheming like this every day, fighting with people like this, and these are brothers you once trusted so much?"
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"If you gave up your identity as the King of Nanli and became a free and wealthy man in hiding, I can't say whether your life would be better than now, but at least you wouldn't be like you stayed in the Kingdom of Dian, constantly fighting with your brother and drifting further and further apart. In the end, you would end up fighting against each other."
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"But--"
Nan Yan looked at him with a half-smile: "Will you leave?"
Hearing these words, Arslan frowned.
This passage is very familiar.
Because, it was exactly a replica of what he had just said. Nan Yan was just applying it to him, but when he said it with such confidence, he ended up leaving himself speechless.
Nan Yan sneered and said, "Actually, you don't need to answer. Just looking at your current expression, I know you won't leave. Since you yourself won't make such a choice, how can you persuade me?"
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“Who in this world doesn’t feel tired?”
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"Big problems have big ones, small problems have small ones. The only people in this world who have no worries are those mentally disturbed idiots. But I know for sure that I don't want to live my life that way."
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"As a noble concubine, I should bear the worries of a noble concubine."
Arslan frowned slightly: "Can you endure this kind of life forever, to endure having other women coveting him at any time?"
Nan Yan tilted her head and looked at him, saying, "If I go with you, won't this happen?"
"I--"
Arslan hesitated to speak, as if he didn't know how to respond to this question.
Nan Yan said calmly, "If that's the case, then what I should worry about is not other women coveting my man. Instead, I should worry about my own judgment."
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"If a man is good in every way, but no one else thinks he is good except me, then wouldn't I be a failure?"
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"Or maybe, I have to doubt whether this man is as good as I thought."
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"If I don't touch the man a woman falls in love with, then all I can do in the world is find those filthy ruffians, because they are the only ones no one loves."
Arslan fell silent.
Nan Yan said calmly: "So, if you want to coax me to go with you, you'd better come up with another reason. But no matter what you say, I will not easily let my life go to waste."
Having said this, she paused.
He said in a deep voice: "I don't believe he will betray me!"
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