Chapter 2040: The man is innocent, but guilty of possessing a treasure
Yun Xiang stood aside, watching Xue Yun carefully open the window and look outside, then carefully close it again. She asked softly, puzzled, "Why don't you go over and pay your respects to the Queen?"
“…”
"It seems that the Queen seems to be a little strange towards the young master."
Xue Yun shook his head.
She can't go.
It’s not that she didn’t want to go, but she always remembered what Zhu Feng told her the night before they followed Zhu Feng out of Lianxin Guild Hall and returned to Shazhouwei.
One very important thing is that in the future, when you go to the palace and meet some people, you must be careful about your words and actions and never say anything that shouldn't be said.
The Queen is one of them.
Xue Yun naturally knew what he didn't want him to say.
It was about her detoxifying him.
It seems that the emperor really intends to keep this matter secret. Not only the imperial concubine cannot know about it, but even the queen cannot know about it.
Just now, just by looking at the Queen's figure from afar, she felt the majesty of the Queen of the Central Palace.
I don’t know how many difficulties I will encounter when I enter the palace in the future.
She thought for a moment, then instructed Yun Xiang, "Remember, put away all the herbs I collected along the way. Don't let anyone notice I'm preparing medicine. If anyone asks, just say it's our usual practice as doctors to make medicine."
Yun thought: "Don't worry, sir, I have been keeping it well."
Xue Yun nodded.
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In a blink of an eye, dusk fell.
Nan Yan was still sitting in the chair in the room, with a cup of cold tea at her side, and Ran Xiaoyu was carefully fanning her with a fan.
The master and servant remained silent, not saying a word.
After an unknown amount of time, Ran Xiaoyu looked up at Nan Yan again and said softly, "My Lady."
"Um?"
Nan Yan looked down at her.
Ran Xiaoyu said with a complicated expression: "I have thought about it for a long time. Although what the queen said makes sense, I feel that these are actually - irrelevant."
"oh?"
Nan Yan raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at her: "Do you think these are unimportant?"
"That's right."
"Why?"
"Because there is one most important person whom the Empress has always avoided talking about."
“…”
"It's the Emperor."
Nan Yan's breathing was slightly choked.
"No matter how many people in the palace plot to take over the position of Crown Prince, the final decision still rests with the Emperor, isn't it?"
“…”
"Ever since the Empress became pregnant with her first child, the Emperor has been wholeheartedly hoping that she would give birth to a prince, and he has also wholeheartedly wanted to pass the throne to his and her child."
“…”
"Others may not know this, but Your Majesty knows it best."
“…”
Nan Yan remained silent and did not speak.
Ran Xiaoyu continued, "No matter how many things the Empress holds to restrain you, no matter whether Lord Gu will betray you because of the temptation of the position of Crown Princess, and even no matter what the King of Wei will think in the future, the initiative is always in your hands."
“…”
"As long as the Queen wants it, all the Emperor needs is a word."
“…”
"All of them, all of their efforts, are nothing in the eyes of the Queen, aren't they?"
Nan Yan remained silent until Ran Xiaoyu finished speaking, then she looked up at Ran Xiaoyu.
After a while, he smiled.
Said: "You know it."
Ran Xiaoyu said seriously: "Your Majesty, please don't be perfunctory with this servant. I can see this very clearly."
“…”
"Just now in the hall, the Emperor didn't express his opinion, but instead asked the Empress and the Empress to return and rest. In fact, in his opinion, this matter was not a big deal that could not be solved."
“…”
"Because in the eyes of the Emperor, the position of Crown Prince is never a condition for compromise."
“…”
"He has already made up his mind."
“…”
"I think the reason he didn't say it directly is probably because he was concerned about the Empress's reputation and didn't want to cause discord between the Emperor and the Empress. But I don't think the Emperor would discuss this matter with anyone."
After hearing her words, Nan Yan smiled bitterly.
"I'm really scared of you."
“…”
"As the saying goes, a well-educated apprentice will starve himself to death. You're so clever now. If one day you come to deal with me, I won't even know how I died."
Upon hearing this, Ran Xiaoyu's face changed and she said angrily: "My Lady, you——"
Seeing that she was angry, Nan Yan immediately coaxed her: "Okay, okay, I was just joking."
Ran Xiaoyu blushed with anger and said, "Don't you know what's okay to joke about and what's not okay to joke about, Your Majesty?"
"Okay, okay, I won't say that again."
As Nan Yan spoke, seeing that she was so angry that her face turned red, she took the fan from her hand and fanned her. Ran Xiaoyu snatched the fan back angrily.
Then turn your body to the side.
Nan Yan laughed and reached out to hold her sleeve: "Don't be angry, you haven't gotten married yet, what will happen if you get sick from anger?"
When Ran Xiaoyu heard this, she glared at her again.
Nan Yan sighed and smiled, "Alright, alright, don't be angry. I'm still in a mess here. If you get angry with me again, I really don't know what to do. What if you make the child sick?"
Ran Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and said, "You are talking nonsense, my lady!"
Nan Yan chuckled.
However, after changing her mind, Ran Xiaoyu said, "Why is your Majesty still in such a mess? Wasn't what this servant just said wrong?"
Nan Yan glanced at her, and then seemed to sigh, and then said: "You are right."
“…”
"It's precisely because you're right that I'm in such a mess."
“…”
Ran Xiaoyu frowned and said softly: "My Lady, what do you mean——"
Nan Yan looked up at her and said seriously, "You follow me closely, so of course you understand the emperor's thoughts. But don't you understand my thoughts, too?"
“…”
"When did I ever want my child to compete for the position of Crown Prince?"
“…”
"The Emperor has had this thought since my first pregnancy, but I—"
She was silent for a moment, then smiled faintly: "I don't."
Ran Xiaoyu immediately said, "My Lady... sometimes you can't help but fight."
Nan Yan looked at her.
Ran Xiaoyu said, "After all, who will be the Crown Prince has nothing to do with us servants. I am not trying to encourage Your Majesty to fight for it. My thoughts are only with Your Majesty. I just want to accompany Your Majesty and live a peaceful and smooth life. But the problem is that the Queen has already made such a decision, and Your Majesty will be born soon. The Emperor is in his prime, and from the time he is appointed Crown Prince to the time he abdicates, there are still at least thirty or forty years."
“…”
"Your Majesty can guarantee that there won't be any accidents?"
“…”
"Instead of that, it's better to take the initiative into your own hands."
“…”
"Otherwise—the man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure!"
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