Chapter 26: It’s not easy to be a tyrant
Ye Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "Your Highness, this is——"
"Let you do it!"
"yes!"
Ye Zheng ran down in a hurry.
Nan Yan watched his figure quickly disappear at the steps outside, then turned back to look at Zhu Feng. He had already walked to the table in front and sat down, and she hurriedly followed him.
But there was nothing on the table.
Indeed, he was not the emperor, and no one submitted memorials to him. Even if he came here, controlled the entire imperial city, and controlled everyone's lives, he could do nothing.
So, I just sat there quietly.
Nan Yan stood behind him and could only hold her breath, for fear of disturbing him.
I don't know how long it took, but I heard Zhu Feng say something solemnly -
"It seems that even if I want to be a tyrant, it won't be that easy."
Nan Yan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
She had long realized that the word "tyrant" was the most irritating to King Yan among her words. Now, he brought up the same old words again, but the subtle edge in his words no longer seemed to be directed at her.
But it was directed at those who refused to come to court and worship him, and refused to submit to him.
What's even more terrifying is that he just ordered the troops outside the city to enter the city and to close several gates of Jinling. What is he going to do?
It's not easy to be a tyrant. Does he want to -?
Nan Yan didn't dare to breathe, and felt cold sweat on her palms. At this moment, Zhu Feng, facing the empty hall, suddenly said, "Si Nan Yan."
Nan Yan immediately stepped forward: "The servant is here."
"If it were you, what would you do?"
“…”
"Why, you can't speak?"
“…”
"Weren't you so confident and full of morality that day?"
“…”
"Now tell me, if you were in this situation, what would you do?"
“…”
He slowly turned his head, looked at Nan Yan's suddenly pale face, and said coldly: "If you can't answer, you'll be like them."
“…”
Nan Yan bit her lower lip and after a long while, she said softly, "This servant is not going to be like them."
“…”
"I am the same as them."
“…”
"If I were in this moment, I'd probably only think about this: if His Highness were to hold me accountable for all my past actions, I'd probably die ten times over."
“…”
"At a time like this, when you can't even save your own life, how dare you approach His Highness?"
Zhu Feng frowned, turned his head and looked at her coldly, and Nan Yan immediately lowered her head.
Is this woman pretending to be stupid or is she really stupid? I asked her what she would do if she were in my position, but she only thought about herself and those courtiers who were like turtles.
That's right, the lives of these people are like ants. They will die if I move my fingers. Just like her, she is timid in front of me now, and she doesn't have the passionate speech she had that night. She is just afraid of death.
Just thinking about this, his eyes turned contemptuous when he looked at her.
Now, he really had some doubts as to whether the person who had spoken so eloquently in front of him that night was actually her.
But he was no longer surprised. Hadn't he seen too many ugly things people did when they wanted to survive?
The more this happened, the more he felt that human life was worthless.
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