Chapter 2436 To quell the rumor
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a gust of cold wind blowing.
Nan Yan knelt on the ground and felt a familiar breath entering the Wuying Palace, but there was a cold chill in this breath.
Zhu Feng walked in from outside.
Although it was already spring, the weather outside was still very cold. As he walked along, the temperature of the entire Wuying Palace dropped a lot, not knowing whether it was because the cold air from outside was on his body or because the cold air seeped from his heart.
He ignored everyone and walked straight to the chair in front and sat down.
"Stand up."
The voice was also cold and flat.
Everyone said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Then slowly stand up.
Looking up, they saw the expression on Zhu Feng's face - originally, everyone wanted to ask the imperial concubine a few questions after she came, but seeing the imperial concubine's expression, no one dared to speak; and now, seeing the emperor's expression, everyone even breathed cautiously.
In my heart, I understood more and more.
It seems that the rumors in the harem these days that the emperor and the imperial concubine are not on good terms seem to be true.
Because usually, when the emperor saw the imperial concubine kneeling to pay her respects, he would personally go over and help her up, but this time, he just ignored her; everyone cautiously glanced at the imperial concubine out of the corner of their eyes, only to see her standing there, her face indifferent and cold, her eyes only looking at her toes, as if there was no such person in front of her.
Everyone lowered their heads, looking at each other, and no one dared to speak easily.
The Wuying Palace, which was originally quiet, was now so quiet that one could almost hear everyone's breathing and heartbeat.
The clearest sound was the Emperor's breathing.
His breathing was deep and heavy, as if he was breathing fire; and, perhaps it was everyone's illusion, it seemed that after entering here and seeing everyone, his breath became heavier than before.
Just like that, everyone listened to his heavy breathing and didn't dare to move.
Zhu Feng also remained silent.
Sitting and standing at the same time, it felt like a confrontation - although everyone knew that no one in the world dared to confront the emperor face to face like this.
After a long silence, Zhu Feng finally said, "Sit down."
Somehow, the sound sounded a bit like gritting teeth.
Everyone's heart trembled when they heard this, and they hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Then, everyone returned to their seats and sat down, not daring to breathe. After sitting down, they could only lower their heads and stare at their knees.
The atmosphere is still a bit awkward.
Eunuch Yu standing by looked at this and that, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
He waved to the people around him.
Several young palace maids immediately came in with tea and served it to each concubine.
Nan Yan took the tea, but didn't drink it. She just placed it on the small table beside her.
Eunuch Yu glanced at the emperor cautiously.
When I saw this, my heart trembled.
Zhu Feng's face was even gloomier than the sky before the snowstorm, and his eyes were icy cold, as if he wanted to freeze everyone and everything in the place he looked at. However, although his eyes were so cold, his breath seemed heavy and hot, as if there was a fire burning inside him.
After an unknown amount of silence, he said, "I asked you to come here today to make an announcement."
Everyone's breathing tightened.
Everyone looked up at him.
Only Nan Yan was still looking down at her knees, but the hand at her side had involuntarily grasped the corner of her clothes, and cold sweat had soaked the corner of her clothes.
She held her breath.
At this time, Zhu Feng's low voice came: "It's about the sudden death of Kang Jieyu due to illness a few days ago."
When everyone heard this, they were stunned.
Chen Lianxiang was originally smiling, waiting for the emperor to announce that matter, but was suddenly startled when she heard these words.
She subconsciously glanced at the imperial concubine.
Nan Yan remained motionless, as if what happened here, even what the emperor said, had nothing to do with her.
Only Aunt Tongyun, who was standing beside her, clearly felt that her breathing had become heavier at that moment.
But Aunt Tongyun was also surprised.
Wasn't the announcement about Doctor Xue to be made today? Just now, Eunuch Shun had already asked her to change into the clothes prepared by the Imperial Wardrobe. Now that everything was ready, all that was needed was the Emperor's word.
But why did they suddenly talk about Kang Jieyu's "sudden death due to illness"?
Everyone in the Wuying Palace was a little confused.
Zhu Feng didn't even look at her. He stared coldly ahead, as if there was no one in front of him, and spoke to the air: "I know that this matter has caused some rumors in the harem."
Having said this, he lowered his head and swept his cold eyes across everyone's faces.
"You all probably heard it."
When everyone heard this, they all lowered their heads again.
Of course, everyone has heard the rumor.
Some people even participated in spreading the news. After all, this kind of palace secret is the most likely to attract people's attention and is what everyone is most willing to discuss.
I originally thought that it was just talk, but I didn't expect that the emperor would mention it today.
Everyone was trembling with fear, fearing that the emperor would investigate who had said these words and punish them, and they would all be in trouble.
The only one who sat firmly on Mount Tai was Chen Lianxiang.
She knew how the rumor started to spread, and from beginning to end, apart from saying some words that made everyone suspicious, she never said a single word about the rumor.
Therefore, she couldn't be suspected at all.
She waited quietly.
Zhu Feng said coldly, "Most of these rumors involve one person: Xue Yun, the Imperial Physician of the Imperial Hospital. I imagine you're all familiar with this person, right?"
“…”
"Before Concubine Kang died, it was Doctor Xue who treated her."
“…”
"So, the rumors dragged her down. Many of you also think so, right?"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes flickered even more.
Concubine Shun frowned and whispered, "Your Majesty, how could anyone be so bold? Besides, it's Imperial Physician Xue's job to treat Concubine Kang."
Zhu Feng glanced at her.
His tone calmed down a little, and he said, "Yes, it's my job."
“…”
"Originally, people just did their job. It can be said that the clear ones will be clear, and the turbid ones will be turbid. Unfortunately, even though the clear ones will be clear, there are still people who use rumors to throw dirty water on her."
“…”
"So, in order to quell this rumor, I have decided today—"
When he said this, everyone, who were originally a little panicked, subconsciously took a breath.
Nan Yan had been sitting there without moving, and also trembled slightly.
She looked up at Zhu Feng.
And Zhu Feng was also looking at her.
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