Chapter 3346 Make the Emperor Fear
Nan Yan pondered for a while, took a deep breath, and said, "Tell me everything you know about what happened back then."
Gao Ye thought for a moment and said, "Looking at the Imperial Concubine's expression just now, I think she is not completely ignorant of the identities of her biological parents, right?"
Nan Yan said: "I do know something."
Gao also nodded and said, "Master...especially the master's wife, her status is special, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand."
When this matter was mentioned, Nan Yan also subconsciously glanced around. However, the Lianxin Guild Hall was heavily guarded. Except for the guards who followed the emperor and the special envoy to the banquet, everyone else stayed away. The pavilion was open on all sides, so there was no need to worry about someone eavesdropping nearby.
So, Nan Yan said: "I just don't understand, with her identity - how could she do that?"
Gao also smiled, turned around to glance at the luncheon, and then said: "The Imperial Concubine and His Majesty the Emperor are so deeply in love, I think they can't be separated for a moment——"
What he said was naturally referring to the fact that the emperor actually allowed his concubine to dress up as a palace maid to meet the envoy of the Parthian Empire. Either the emperor was too absurd, or he had deep feelings for the concubine, so he would not allow her such a ridiculous request.
Speaking of this, Nan Yan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly with a red face.
Xiyun, who had been silent all the time, started laughing when he saw this.
Gao also said, "Your Majesty and His Majesty have such a deep and profound bond, so it's probably hard to understand what would happen if there were no affection between another pair of emperors and concubines."
When Nan Yan heard this, she was suddenly shocked.
She looked at Gao Ye and said in a deep voice, "You mean, between Emperor Gao and mother?"
Gao Ye nodded slightly.
Nan Yan asked, "Who told you?"
Gao Ye said softly, "I have been wandering around the Western Regions since I was young, and I have never even seen what Emperor Gao looks like. Naturally, only Master's wife can tell me this."
Nan Yan vaguely recalled some rumors she had heard before, and now connected them with what Gao Ye had said, and then said: "So, although my mother is the emperor's concubine, the two of them have no feelings for each other, so their marriage is really-"
Gao Ye said: "It's just a deal."
“…”
Nan Yan took a deep breath.
really.
At that time, Concubine Qin had no feelings for Emperor Gao, and although Emperor Gao conferred such an honorable title on Concubine Qin, he almost never stayed overnight in her palace. This is hard to understand no matter how you look at it, but if you say that the union of the two was a transaction, or a cooperation from the beginning, then it is not difficult to understand.
Nan Yan couldn't help but frowned: "Father, is he willing too?"
Gao Ye asked, "Why not?"
“…”
"They are all people who can accomplish great things, and they can help the Emperor Gao achieve great things. For Master and Master's Wife, this is also their great cause. So what does a small sacrifice mean?"
Nan Yan's brows gradually twisted into a knot: "But it is after all - after all, it is a marriage."
Gao couldn't help but glance at her and said softly, "Your Majesty, you attach too much importance to a marriage and underestimate them."
Nan Yan smiled bitterly: "You - they think that they are free and easy."
Gao also said: "Isn't it better to be free and easy than to be slow and indecisive? Moreover, those who achieve great things don't pay attention to small details. In this regard, even if -"
Having said that, he paused for a moment before adding, "I still admire these three people very much."
The three people he mentioned naturally refer to Emperor Gao and Nan Yan's parents.
Nan Yan glanced at him, thought for a moment, and then continued, "So, as far as I know, my mother accompanied the Emperor Gao during his final negotiation with the envoys from the Kingdom of Dian, but she also 'collapsed and died' during that time. Was this actually a pre-planned plan, a coup d'etat?"
Gao Ye said, "Yes."
Nan Yan smiled bitterly: "Emperor Gao... is quite magnanimous."
Although Emperor Gao was the elder, Zhu Feng's father, and her father-in-law, and a brilliant and capable founding emperor, to be fair, the bloody storm he unleashed in the court in his later years showed that he was not a very kind person.
But she kept these words to herself and dared not say a word.
As an emperor, he has to consider his own face. Even if it is a woman he does not love, if she follows him and then goes with someone else, ordinary people may not be able to tolerate it.
Gao Ye seemed to realize this, lowering his voice a bit. He said, "Master and Master's Wife might not be without similar concerns. At least when they later talked to me about what happened back then, I could tell they had some plans. But after all, there's a powerful force behind Master's Wife, and the Emperor Gao needs to be wary of antagonizing them. And Master is even more of a concern. To help the Emperor establish his country, he once borrowed troops from the Western Regions. He has close ties with the powers of those countries, so the Emperor Gao can't help but be wary of him."
Nan Yan nodded.
The power behind my mother is naturally the people from Xingluo Lake, and behind my father are the military forces of the countries in the Western Regions, which is naturally more intimidating.
After all, the reason these two people dared to do such "carefree" things is because they have a strong foundation.
If it were someone else, even Nan Yan herself, she would not be able to make the emperor afraid.
The two of them are extraordinary.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan felt a strange sense of pleasure. After all, knowing her parents weren't ordinary made her, like she was, extraordinary as well. She continued, "After that, Emperor Gao spread the news of Concubine Qin's death in a foreign land and fabricated the disappearance of Marquis Bowang to cover up the incident."
"yes,"
Gao also nodded and said, "Similarly, it cuts off the possibility of them both returning to the Central Plains."
“…”
Upon hearing this, Nan Yan's heart sank again.
Having also lived in the royal family for so many years, how could she not understand that for the royal family, face is sometimes more important than anything else, not to mention the "affair" between a noble concubine and the Marquis of Bowang. No matter what, Emperor Gao could not let anyone know about this until his death, otherwise, his face as an emperor would be completely torn to pieces and thrown at people's feet.
She whispered, "So, shortly after Emperor Gao founded the country, he closed the country's borders, severing the ties that had already been established with the Western Regions. To a large extent, this was to prevent the two of them from returning to the Central Plains?"
Gao Ye said: "Maybe."
Nan Yan frowned and said, "But you just said that father and uncle brought me back with them when I was still a baby. Why is that?"
Gao Ye smiled bitterly and said, "How could the Imperial Concubine not understand? One should not travel far away when one's parents are still alive. Master's mother was still alive at the time, so how could Master completely let go? Although the two were forced to leave, their roots are still here."
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