Chapter 3157 Neat Stone Tablet
At the moment, she didn't bother to think about what was so strange about this sentence. She just looked at Nanny Su and asked, "Then, does the Emperor Gao know about this?"
Nanny Su's expression looked even more troubled.
But she struggled for a long time, and finally said: "As a servant, I dare not easily speculate on the Emperor's thoughts."
“…”
"However, although my former mistress, like you, was a noble concubine and the head of the imperial harem, she never enjoyed the Emperor's exclusive favor like you do."
“…”
"She even—"
At this point, she hesitated, and Nan Yan asked, "Even what?"
Nanny Su whispered, "Emperor Gao almost never sets foot in her palace."
"oh?"
When Nan Yan heard this, a light flashed in her eyes.
At this moment, there was a sound of people talking outside. Ruoshui knocked on the door and walked in, saying, "My Lady, Master Shangshan sent some food over."
Nan Yan said, "I'd better wait for the emperor to come back before we can use it together."
Ruoshui said, "It was sent here by the Emperor. It seems the Emperor needs to discuss some matters with Master Shangshan and the others, so he can't come back for the time being. I was worried that the Empress would be hungry, so I sent it here first."
"oh……"
Nan Yan listened and nodded: "Let them send it in."
The little Taoist boy named Yuntong ran out very diligently, took the food box from the hand of the visitor and brought it back. Seeing his diligence, Nan Yan smiled, while Nanny Su had already stepped aside and said softly, "Then I will not disturb the Majesty while she eats."
Nan Yan glanced at her.
She also knew that she couldn't squeeze anything more out of Nanny Su, so she said, "Go down."
"I'll take my leave."
After saying that, he turned and walked out.
Nan Yan stared at her back for a moment, lost in thought. When she turned back, Yun Tong and Ruo Shui had already placed the dishes on the table. Although they were all vegetarian, they were exquisitely prepared and delicious. As Nan Yan ate, she asked Yun Tong, "Does anyone here know how to row a boat?"
Yun Tong looked at her with wide eyes: "Where are you going, Madam?"
Nan Yan said, "I won't go far, I'll go to the back mountain."
"That back mountain?"
Nan Yan knew immediately that he must know the location of the mountain behind the Emperor Gao's tomb, so she nodded. Yun Tong said, "I can't row a boat far away, but if we just want to go to the mountain behind, I can row a raft."
"Really?"
Nan Yan smiled and looked at his thin arms. Yun Tong immediately said, "Don't underestimate me. I can row even with two more people."
Nan Yan thought about it and decided that it wasn’t a big deal anyway, so there was no need to bring so many people with her.
So he said, "Okay then. Ruoshui, you take him with you. You two should go downstairs to eat first. After eating and resting for a while, we will go to the back mountain together."
Ruoshui said: "Yes."
So the two of them went down. After Nan Yan had lunch, she sat down and drank tea for a while, then called the two of them over. She took some incense and candles and went out from the back door of the Imperial Tomb Temple. She went down the mountain along a path and walked to the familiar ferry. There was a small bamboo raft parked there. Yun Tong was indeed very agile. After going up, he helped them sit firmly, then picked up a bamboo pole and pushed the big stone at the ferry, and the small bamboo raft slid swayingly to the center of the lake.
Nan Yan smiled and said, "You are really capable."
Yun Tong raised his chin and said, "Master doesn't usually use this, I'm the one who paddles it everywhere."
After hearing this, Nan Yan looked at him with a smile.
As soon as he heard this, he knew that he must have been naughty and secretly paddled the bamboo raft out to play. Yuntong knew that he had said something wrong after saying this, and immediately closed his mouth as if it was sewn with a thread, not daring to say anything more.
Nan Yan and Ruo Shui looked at each other and smiled, and then didn't say much, just looking at the scenery on both sides.
The last time she came here, Xingluo Lake had left her with a huge psychological trauma, especially when her boat was overturned by Guanyin and she was attacked by the water bandits from Tiangang Lianhuanwu, and she almost died at the bottom of the lake. But this time, it was already autumn, and she didn't encounter the Guanyin attack, and the water bandits from Tiangang Lianhuanwu had all been cleared out.
This seemingly mysterious body of water turns out to be just a quiet and beautiful scenery.
In the future, there will be more and more places like this.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan couldn't help but reach out and dip her hand into the emerald green lake water. The cool feeling made her feel refreshed.
Although Yuntong was agile, he was still young and not as strong as an adult. It took him a long time to paddle a short distance. When he finally reached the island, he looked back and found that the water behind him had begun to fog up.
Ruoshui said, "My Lady, after we burn incense, we should go back early."
Nan Yan laughed and said, "Are you scared?"
"Here, here was once——"
"Don't worry."
As Nan Yan walked up the mountain path paved with wet bluestone slabs, she said, "The entire Xingluo Lake has been taken over by the imperial court. We are very safe here."
As she spoke, she looked around again.
He laughed and said, "Even if there are one or two fish that have slipped through the net, they should be hiding from us now."
Ruoshui listened and nodded.
The group quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.
It was not too late at this time and the fog had not yet risen to the top. As soon as Ruoshui went up the mountain, she saw the numerous stone tablets.
She had never been here with Nan Yan before, but she heard some things about it after arriving at the Imperial Tomb Temple. However, when she first saw the stone tablets of these once powerful figures, she was still shocked and dared not breathe.
Nan Yan said, "Follow me, don't wander around."
"yes."
Nan Yan led her to several stone tablets first.
Although not many people came here, the place was very clean. However, it rained a lot in the past two days, and new green grass had grown next to some stone tablets. Yuntong went over and skillfully pulled it out and threw it aside. Ruoshui and Nanyan then took out the incense, candles, and paper money they brought from the basket and lit them.
Nan Yan kowtowed to the ancestors of the Zhu family one by one, praying, hoping that they could bless Zhu Feng to have a smooth and stable life in the future without any more setbacks.
After the prayer, Nan Yan said, "You two clean up this place."
"What about you, my lady?"
"I'll go over there and take a look."
Ruoshui looked up in the direction she pointed and saw a small stone tablet in the distance. She said, "Don't go too far, my lady. It will be foggy soon."
Nan Yan nodded and turned to walk over there.
That stone tablet was the one that Nan Yan saw when she came here before, that was the stone tablet of Concubine Qin Xixi.
After so many years, despite the erosion of wind and rain, the stone tablet has remained unchanged, and the writing on it is very clear. Nan Yan lit three incense sticks and was about to clean up when she found that the area around the stone tablet was very clean, without a single weed.
She frowned slightly: "Hmm?"
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