Chapter 3414: Only One Place Needs Food
Nan Yan asked, "Where is the emperor?"
Ruoshui said softly, "The emperor left early this morning."
Nan Yan frowned and said, "Why don't you wake me up?"
Ruoshui and Tongyun, who was following behind them, exchanged glances, neither daring to speak. Seeing how cautious they were, Nanyan sighed. Yesterday, Zhu Feng had lost his temper and even locked Princess Xinping up. How could anyone around dare to say or do anything more?
Nan Yan asked again: "So where is he now?"
Ruoshui said, "He went to the imperial study."
Nan Yan thought about it and immediately waved for them to bring hot water and a towel. She got up and washed up. Just as she was done, she heard hurried footsteps outside. It was Concubine Yi coming.
"elder sister."
The voice had arrived before the person even entered. Nan Yan turned around and saw Concubine Yi hurriedly entering. She simply bowed and then asked anxiously, "What's going on? I heard that the emperor has locked Xinping up?"
Nan Yan sighed.
She took Concubine Yi's hand and walked to a chair nearby, sat down, and told her everything that happened last night.
Concubine Yi's willow-like eyebrows suddenly frowned.
"How could this happen?"
"Xinping, what's the point of saying so much about this kind of thing?"
"The Emperor is so angry, what should we do?"
Seeing her frantic and constantly mumbling to herself, Nan Yan knew she was truly anxious, but there was nothing anyone could do about it. She could only smile bitterly and say, "People have grown up a little and have their own ideas, but they haven't fully understood things yet. That's the most troublesome thing."
Concubine Yi also sighed.
She thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, where is the person being held?"
Nan Yan said, "Yanchun Pavilion."
Concubine Yi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying, "That's good. It's cool over there."
In fact, in the harem, there was a science to imprisoning someone, how and where to imprison them. Yanchun Pavilion was in the northwest corner of the palace. It was open to the sky and was the coolest place to live in the summer. If Xinping was imprisoned there, at least he would not suffer any torture.
Obviously, Xiao Shunzi did it on purpose.
Concubine Yi asked again, "Then, Your Majesty, do you want to go and ask the Emperor for mercy?"
Nan Yan smiled bitterly and said, "If I could plead for mercy, I would have done so last night. The Emperor is furious right now, and that damned girl is so stubborn, there's no way we can persuade her. In my opinion, we should lock her up for two days. After all, she won't starve or freeze, and it's better to keep her from speaking so recklessly while she's still young and ignorant."
Concubine Yi thought for a moment and said softly, "That's true."
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"I'm going to say something I shouldn't say. Xinping has never suffered any injustice since she was a child. She's too carefree. I'd better take this opportunity to discipline her so that she won't cause trouble in the future."
Nan Yan said unhappily, "It's all because of you."
In her early years, she often followed Zhu Feng out of the palace to inspect various places. Xinping stayed in the palace and was looked after by either Concubine Shun or Concubine Yi. Now that Xinqing has passed away, she can't blame anyone else, so naturally she blames the person in front of her.
Concubine Yi said aggrievedly, "Oh, sister, you've wronged me. Xinping was still young at that time, so sweet-mouthed and well-behaved. Who would have the heart to control her?"
Nan Yan smiled bitterly.
In fact, she knew in her heart that although Concubine Yi cared about her, she was not her biological mother after all, so it was difficult for her to discipline her strictly. She even did not dare to discipline her for the sake of the Imperial Concubine, otherwise she would lose face. In this regard, she really could not be blamed.
In the end, it was because I was absent for too long.
In addition, as children grow up, they will definitely have their own ideas. Even if people are very close to each other, it is impossible for them to have completely consistent ideas. It is only a matter of time before such conflicts arise between parents and children.
The most important thing now is to see who surrenders first.
And the answer is obvious.
It was impossible for Zhu Feng to obey his daughter. Besides, it was not Xinping's turn to make decisions on this matter. However, Zhu Feng obviously had more important things to do now, and the conflict with his daughter could only be resolved by locking her up temporarily.
Concubine Yi continued, "I heard that it was the monks from Da Ci'en Temple who took in the starving people that caused this trouble. In my opinion, it's all their fault. If they hadn't been talking nonsense in front of Xinping, Xinping wouldn't have angered the Emperor."
Nan Yan just sighed.
He said, "The emperor's anger has nothing to do with the starving people taken in by the monks at Da Ci'en Temple."
"It doesn't matter?"
Concubine Yi was stunned for a moment: "What's going on?"
Nan Yan glanced around, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "When we left Da Ci'en Temple yesterday, someone came to report that starving people outside the city had robbed a batch of grain from the imperial court."
"What?!"
This time, Concubine Yi was also horrified: "Is this a rebellion?!"
Nan Yan quickly reached out to cover her mouth and whispered, "What are you yelling about?"
Concubine Yi also hurriedly covered her mouth, but she was really frightened. She thought for a while before saying, "Starving people outside the city? What's going on?"
Nan Yan then told Concubine Yi roughly what she knew.
The more Concubine Yi listened, the more her brows furrowed.
Although she was different from Nan Yan and usually did not dare to discuss any political affairs in front of Zhu Feng, she was the daughter of Li Changshan of Zhuguo after all. She had been influenced by him since childhood and was not the kind of woman who knew nothing about the affairs of the court.
She thought for a moment and said, "Are these people really going to die? Robbing the imperial court's grain, what else could this be but rebellion?"
Nan Yan said, "People are extremely hungry, who cares about anything else?"
Concubine Yi said, "But isn't this too absurd?"
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"Besides, isn't the reason the imperial court transferred grain here to provide relief to these starving people?"
Nan Yan glanced at her and said nothing.
Concubine Yi sensed something strange, turned to look at her, and asked softly, "What? Did I say something wrong?"
Nan Yan said, "The imperial court's food...is not used to feed these starving people."
"What?"
Concubine Yi was shocked again. She thought blankly for a while and said, "Then, what is the purpose of transporting the imperial grain to Nanjing?"
Nan Yan said solemnly, "The imperial court's grain isn't even transported to Nanjing."
This time, Concubine Yi was completely confused.
She thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. She asked doubtfully, "Then where should the imperial court's grain be transported?"
If it were someone else, they would probably be unable to figure it out no matter how hard they tried. However, Nan Yan had always been by Zhu Feng's side, and there was one thing she was very clear about. So, when she heard about it yesterday, she thought about it again and again, and she figured it out.
Now, in the whole Yan Kingdom, only Jinling needs food.
But the food here is still being shipped out, so there is only one place that needs this food -
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