Chapter 3575 One Person
Upon hearing Zhu Feng's voice, Nan Yan jumped up from her seat. Looking back, she saw him slowly walking up from below. Cui Yuanmei and others carefully protected him. Obviously, they did not expect that the emperor would come after all, and they were all facing a great enemy.
Although the sword that Li Wushang stabbed into Zhu Feng this time was not deep, the old injury was extremely serious. Therefore, Zhu Feng had been lying in bed and unable to move for the past few days. Even when he came here today, everyone treated him like a porcelain doll, fearing that he would be bumped somewhere. But they didn't expect that he would come here in person. Nan Yan had always been very calm, but at this moment, he even broke out in a cold sweat.
She rushed to Zhu Feng's side in two steps, grasped his arm, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty!"
This journey obviously consumed a lot of Zhu Feng's physical strength.
His lips were still pale from blood loss, and his face was red from the scorching sun. He looked up at Nan Yan and said with a forced smile, "Don't panic."
At this time, there is no point in panicking because he is already here.
Nan Yan could only try her best to calm herself down and helped him slowly move forward and sit down.
Li Wushang sat opposite the table, looking at them without saying a word.
At this moment, his face was even paler than Zhu Feng's.
He said, "You're here."
After Zhu Feng sat down, he took a few breaths before looking up at Li Wushang and said calmly, "Your sword strike was not deep to begin with. Although you intended to irritate my old wound, I will not fall until the important matter is resolved."
“…”
Li Wushang remained silent and just looked at him intently.
To be precise, he was looking at the hands of Nan Yan that were tightly holding his arm. Just now, this beloved imperial concubine of Yan Country was sitting in front of him, still calm and composed, like a general commanding thousands of troops in battle, but at this moment, she immediately turned back into Si Nan Yan.
Si Nanyan belongs to Zhu Feng.
The two people sat there, and there was clearly a gap between their bodies, but in his eyes, they were so close together that nothing in the world could separate them.
In fact, what Nan Yan said just now was clear enough.
That's cruel enough.
He has always been a pragmatic person, and he also understands that in this situation, he should not, and there is no need to, feel moved and heartbroken for her anymore, because from now on, he may not even have the chance to see her again. If he feels heartbroken again, he will be making things difficult for himself.
But--
Some pains are beyond your control.
In addition to the belief in returning home, what has accompanied him as he grew up over the past decade is this painful torment.
Perhaps, it will really accompany him for the rest of his life.
Zhu Feng obviously saw through the confusion in the eyes of the child who grew up beside him, but he said nothing. He just turned his gaze to the table again. Li Wushang's hand was on the letter of credence, and his nails were digging into the third line of words.
So he said, "It seems that my guess was correct. You do have doubts about this third point."
Because of his arrival, Chen Wenxiao also came up from behind. Hearing what he said, Chen Wenxiao immediately said: "Your Majesty, your third request does not mean that we should open the door and bow——"
At this point, he thought of Nan Yan's rebuttal and swallowed the word "thief" in his mouth. He then said, "Doesn't this mean we have to open our country wide? If we do that, won't our people live under your sword?"
Zhu Feng smiled faintly and said, "I want to be on good terms with your country. Only by being on good terms can we avoid war. So why would you even think of war?"
Chen Wenxiao said, "Opening the country wide without establishing a military headquarters would be like destroying one's own military strength."
“…”
“No one would do that!”
Zhu Feng said, "But I hope you will do this. I can also guarantee that after you agree to the three demands in the letter, I will withdraw the Yongzhou camp three miles back and station no more than 5,000 troops."
“…”
Li Wushang and Chen Wenxiao were both stunned.
This was obviously Zhu Feng's greatest sincerity. He withdrew the Yongzhou camp three miles back, which meant that there would be no more fighting within six miles at the border between Yue and Yan. The permanent garrison force was no more than 5,000, which was enough to basically guarantee the safety of Yongzhou City and maintain the trade order on the border.
Li Wushang was silent for a while, then asked, "How long will you implement this policy?"
Zhu Feng said: "As long as you live, this policy will not change."
Li Wushang sneered: "In my lifetime? What about after that?"
Zhu Feng said: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings."
“…”
"My sons know what they should do, and I will teach them how to deal with whatever lies ahead."
Speaking of this, Li Wushang's face darkened.
Of course, he was well aware of Zhu Feng's cultivation of his son. The crown prince who was governing the country in the capital was kind-hearted and a king who maintained the status quo. And his youngest son, Zhu Chengjun - in this battle, this boy who was only a dozen years old had already demonstrated his prowess in the Kingdom of Yue. The reason why the peace talks could be carried out so quickly this time was also because those court officials who were frightened by him kept urging Li Wushang.
Zhu Feng's two sons can indeed protect his foundation.
Li Wushang's expression darkened. He stared at Zhu Feng and asked, "You're only thinking about my lifetime? What about you? What about after you die? Don't you have any plans?"
Nan Yan, who was sitting next to him, frowned immediately when she heard this and wanted to say something.
But Zhu Feng reached out and held her hand.
Then, he looked at Li Wushang calmly and said, "I naturally have a plan."
“…”
"However, my plan only lasts until your lifetime."
Nan Yan sat aside, and her expression became uglier the more she listened.
The two of them kept saying "in this lifetime". They said "life", but their intention was "death". Although Nan Yan had not been so taboo in the past, ever since Zhu Feng was injured this time, the word "death" was like a thorn in her heart, which hurt every time it was touched.
She was almost furious.
Li Wushang was also a bit angry. Rather than being angry, he felt a vague sense of unease at Zhu Feng's confident demeanor. He said in a deep voice, "Are you so confident that you can control me in my lifetime?"
Zhu Feng smiled faintly and said, "If not, why would I write this in the letter?"
Li Wushang said in a deep voice: "Why do you do that?"
Zhu Feng said: "Just relying on this person."
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and gestured forward, and then a man walked up from under the platform.
The man was not tall and was wearing a wind cloak. Even though it was sunny and his hat was pulled down low, his appearance could not be seen at all.
I saw this person walking slowly, step by step, behind Zhu Feng.
Then he reached out and lifted the hat covering his face.
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