Chapter 1217 Murder in the Dark Night
Zhu Feng took a deep breath.
It turns out that this is what Nan Yan really considered and what she was worried about for him!
Nan Yan continued, "I asked the King of Wei to stay, and I also asked Li Bushang to stay, so that there would be someone to control his condition and protect his safety. This way, the student would have a chance to survive."
“…”
"Your Majesty, the relationship between the students of Jinling and the imperial court is already bad enough. We must not allow the Prince of Wei to commit another 'evil act' of killing students from Bamboo Academy. Otherwise, the people of Jinling will be truly in turmoil!"
“…”
Zhu Feng frowned.
The light in his eyes flickered even more. He was silent for a long time, then slowly stood up and took a step forward, reaching out to grab Nan Yan's arm: "Get up."
"emperor."
"The ground is cold, get up."
“…”
At this time, the weather is the hottest and the ground is still warm, so how can it be cold?
Nan Yan still stood up obediently.
But she still knelt on the hard ground for a long time, and her knees ached. When she stood up, she felt her legs go weak and she almost fell. Zhu Feng hurriedly reached out and hugged her.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, concubine."
Nan Yan shook her head, but leaned obediently in his arms.
Only then did Eunuch Yu catch his breath. He turned around and glanced at Ran Xiaoyu, gave her a wink, and the two of them retreated silently, closing the door.
Zhu Feng half supported and half hugged her, walked to the couch and sat down.
He reached out and rubbed her knee: "Does it hurt?"
"Not bad. Just a little tired."
Running around all day and putting in so much effort would make even the strongest person feel tired.
However, Zhu Feng's thick fingers kneading her knees and calves felt very comfortable, and she felt that the stagnant blood in her body began to flow.
Nan Yan said softly: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Feng lowered his head and massaged her knees, while the wrinkles between his eyebrows were faintly visible. It was obvious that he was still worried about that matter.
Although she explained it clearly, the matter was not resolved.
Zhu Feng said, "So you think that the person we really need to protect these days is that student."
"good."
Nan Yan nodded and said, "If they really dare to harm the King of Wei, it would be murdering the prince, and the emperor could justifiably arrest them all, which would be a loss for them. However, if one student were to die, the King of Wei's reputation would be tarnished, and the rumors they spread about the emperor would be confirmed. This would be a real win-win situation."
Zhu Feng said, "I understand."
"emperor……"
"Don't worry about this matter. I know what to do."
"Um."
As long as Zhu Feng calmed down, he would return to being the majestic and invincible god of war in the north. Indeed, there was no need for him to intervene or worry about it anymore.
Zhu Feng looked at her instead: "Were you scared just now?"
Nan Yan shook her head, smiled and leaned her head on his chest: "Fortunately, I also know that the emperor can't bear to do anything to me."
“You…”
Zhu Feng seemed helpless towards her. He reached out and patted her gently, then gently stroked her hair.
"But, thank goodness you're here."
“…”
Nan Yan didn't say anything, but just leaned obediently in his arms, gently grasping his collar with her hands.
If she hadn't held onto Zhu Feng's legs tightly to stop him at that moment, he would have probably sent people to the Bamboo Academy by now, and things would have been out of control.
His big hands gently stroked Nan Yan's soft hair, as if stroking through flowing water, so gently that it was imperceptible.
But there was a gleam of brilliance in those eyes.
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Soon, it was night.
The Bamboo Academy was so quiet that the only sound left was the rustling of the wind through the bamboo forest. Under the eaves, a few lanterns swayed gently in the wind, and the flickering light and shadows made people even more drowsy.
At this moment, Zhu Chengxuan was dozing off.
He and Li Bushang were arranged to live in a spacious student dormitory with eight people sleeping in a dormitory. However, due to the special events today, the other students were arranged to stay elsewhere. There was only one person lying on the dormitory, Qian Xiuwen, who was seriously injured and unconscious.
Zhu Chengxuan was sitting in a chair beside the bed.
It was almost midnight and he was very tired. His head was dozing off little by little like a chick pecking at rice.
Originally, Li Bushang asked him to go to bed, but he insisted on staying by the bed so that he could get up at night to check on the injured person. As a result, he had not been sitting here for a quarter of an hour when he began to doze off.
On the other side, Li Bushang, who was standing against the wall, also closed his eyes, as if he was resting, but he did not move for a long time, making people suspect that he had fallen asleep.
There were two other students in the room.
One is called Sun Jia and the other is called Wang Shuxing. They were arranged by Jian Ruocheng. Today, they will take turns on duty, which means they will keep an eye on Zhu Chengxuan and the others to prevent any accidents from happening to the injured.
However, they were also very sleepy and leaned against the head of the bed with their clothes on, dozing off.
The room was very quiet, with only the long breathing sounds of a few people and the swaying shadows of bamboo outside the window swaying gently in the wind, as if there were many people walking outside, spying on what was going on in the house.
Time passes by little by little.
Another gust of wind blew in from the gap and blew out the candle.
The whole room fell into darkness.
At this moment, a very light sound was heard in the quiet room, as if it were just a little noise in the wind.
However, in the darkness, there seemed to be a dark shadow slowly approaching the bed.
Just as the black shadow had walked to the bedside and stretched out its hand to the unconscious person on the bed, suddenly, another black shadow flashed in the darkness, as fast as a flash of lightning.
After a sound of breaking wind, Li Bushang's voice suddenly rang out—
“What?!”
"ah--!"
I didn't know what happened, but someone screamed.
In the dark night, such a cry was like thunder, waking up everyone who was originally asleep. Zhu Chengxuan suddenly jumped up from his chair: "What's the matter? What happened? What happened?"
It was pitch black all around him, and he couldn't see anything clearly. He just stretched out his hands and grabbed around randomly in front of him.
"Brother Li, what's wrong?"
"Light up!"
"W-what?"
"Light up!"
Li Bushan's voice in the darkness revealed an irresistible pressure. Zhu Chengxuan involuntarily ran to the table and lit the candlestick.
The room was illuminated by faint candlelight.
Looking back, it was Li Bushang standing beside the bed, holding a hand reaching out to the injured person on the bed.
And that person was one of the students sent to guard them - Wang Shuxing.
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