Chapter 3014: Will Ran Xiaoyu really not hurt you?
Nan Yan's face was gloomy, and she said solemnly, "It was on the winter solstice four years ago. I accompanied the emperor on an incognito tour, and you took advantage of the opportunity when the emperor was out looking for the prince and princess to meet me alone and urge me to lead the emperor to Yumen Pass."
“…”
"If I remember correctly, that day, Xiaoyu also went out to look for the prince and princess. However, everyone else came back, but she never did."
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"Normally, she's not like this. If she can't find it, she'll come back and report the news right away."
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"But that day she seemed particularly dazed. She was out for a long time and found nothing. When she came back, she spoke incoherently. If I'm not mistaken, while she was away, you urged me in the restaurant, and you also sent your people to find her and force her to attack me."
“…”
"Feng Shu, she was the one who was killed under your orders, right?"
Zhu Chengjin neither admitted nor denied it, but sneered and said, "You thought of this so quickly. Actually, have you been suspecting her for a long time?"
"Not 'already here,'"
Nan Yan's face was gloomy, and she said with difficulty: "But, I should have suspected her earlier."
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"Because at that time, Feng Shu had met Marquis Bowang in the Western Regions, and I only told her. Feng Shu died after I asked her about it. The person who killed her could only be someone in the palace, or even someone close to me."
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"That's the only one."
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"It's just that no matter what, I can't doubt her. I would rather believe that Feng Shu really hanged herself than believe that it was Xiaoyu who killed her and added those bloodstains to the piece of rag she used to count after her death."
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"No matter how many doubts I have in my heart, I still choose to trust her."
"trust?"
Those two words seemed particularly harsh, and Zhu Chengjin sneered as soon as he heard them. When he repeated them, his voice was as sharp as a knife slicing through one's eardrums. Nan Yan frowned slightly and looked at him, only to see his face full of sarcasm as he said coldly, "In this world, no one is trustworthy except yourself. Anyone can betray you, especially those you seem close to, even family members."
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"What's more, Ran Xiaoyu,"
As he spoke, he sneered at Nan Yan and said, "She is just a slave. In your eyes, she is like a dog. How can such a person be trusted?"
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"No matter how great his achievements are, or how much he risked his life for you, a dog is still a dog. He'll drool and fawn over anyone with a bone. This kind of person should be killed after use. There's no need to treat him like a human being!"
Hearing such harsh words, Nan Yan couldn't help but frown.
She had a vague feeling that what Zhu Chengjin was talking about was not a real dog, or even Ran Xiaoyu.
She immediately remembered that the most important moment in the Jingnan Campaign was when Wu Yingqiu, who was guarding Henan, betrayed the court and sided with Prince Yan. This directly reversed the entire situation of the war and laid the foundation for Zhu Chengjin's defeat and escape.
Wu Yingqiu was once a general under Emperor Gao and could be considered a loyal minister, but he betrayed Zhu Chengjin at the most critical moment.
No wonder Zhu Chengjin was so harsh. This betrayal was like a bloody knife engraved in his life.
He will never forget it until the day he dies.
Nan Yan said coldly, "I have no way to refute what you said. There are indeed some people in this world who would sell out their masters for wealth and fame, high positions and generous salaries, but Ran Xiaoyu is not that kind of person."
Zhu Chengjin suddenly laughed.
He stood up and circled around Nan Yan aimlessly, laughing. His laughter was sharp and heavy, as if it could shake the house down. After he finished laughing, he glared down at Nan Yan with red eyes: "What's the difference? Didn't she betray you just the same?"
“This is different.”
Nan Yan said solemnly: "Although she betrayed me, she never hurt me."
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"She betrayed me not for wealth, fame, or high office, but simply to stay by my side, for the love and warmth she had been unable to find in her life."
Zhu Chengjin narrowed his eyes slightly: "Hearing you say that, you don't blame her at all?"
Nan Yan took a deep breath and said, "Of course I'm angry with her."
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"She could have told me all this. If she was worried that the Emperor and the court wouldn't tolerate her, I would have found a way to help her cover it up. No matter what, we should have faced it together, instead of letting someone take advantage of her weakness and force her to do something that goes against her conscience."
“…”
At this moment, although Nan Yan was angry, she also felt heartbroken.
"With something like this, there's no turning back from the start. By now, she must be completely broken."
Hearing her say this, Zhu Chengjin's eyes somehow flashed with a cold light, and a feeling of resentment suddenly boiled up in his heart, like a karmic fire that was about to engulf him in an instant.
He doesn't believe that there are people in this world who have no desires or demands, nor does he believe that there are open and bright hearts in this world.
Because he has never encountered it, and more because he has experienced too much betrayal.
But the Si Nanyan in front of him was clearly just a frail little woman who was tied to his dragon bed back then. Why did she speak so righteously in front of him?
The more she acted like this, the more he wanted to destroy her faith and confidence.
Thinking of this, Zhu Chengjin sneered and said, "You are indeed a person of noble character. It seems that my uncle has good vision. He actually canonized you as a noble concubine on the first occasion."
Nan Yan said coldly: "I am the imperial concubine of the current dynasty!"
Zhu Chengjin narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a hint of danger in his eyes: "Then, Concubine, do you think that Ran Xiaoyu really won't hurt you?"
Nan Yan stiffened her neck and said, "Of course."
Zhu Chengjin burst into laughter again. He said, "If she really couldn't, then why didn't she warn you at all when you took the boat to Xingluo Lake this time? Doesn't she know that I'm waiting for you here and what I want to do?"
“…”
Hearing this, Nan Yan's heart suddenly sank.
This is actually the haze that has been looming in her heart these days.
It goes without saying that Ran Xiaoyu has feelings for her. Even now that she knows that she is following orders from Zhu Chengjin, Nan Yan would not doubt it. But this time, knowing clearly what dangers she would encounter in Xingluo Lake, she did not even say a word to stop her, or even a hint.
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