Chapter 2303 If Life Were Only Like This...
But she——
I really don't want to get close to people like this.
Ran Xiaoyu supported Nan Yan and walked towards the garden, saying softly, "What is the Queen going to do?"
Nan Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let's see what she can do."
“…”
"If she behaves herself, it will naturally be good for her, for me, and for the entire harem. I am still just a concubine after all. Besides, the late queen just passed away, and I don't want to cause any major trouble in the harem."
Ran Xiaoyu nodded gently.
She asked again, "Just now, I saw the Madam and that girl named Ruoshui having a very pleasant conversation. What were they talking about?"
Nan Yan laughed and said, "This girl is both clever and eccentric."
She repeated to Ran Xiaoyu what Ruoshui had just said.
Ran Xiaoyu listened, as if she realized something. After thinking for a moment, she said softly, "Then, what plans does the Empress have for her and her master?"
“…”
Nan Yan didn't speak immediately, but just raised her eyebrows slightly.
There seemed to be a calculation in his eyes.
On the other side, in the large altar, the queen's coffin slowly entered the funeral palace. All the officials kowtowed again. After the people from the Xu family who were carrying the coffin came out of the funeral palace, the door slowly closed.
Zhu Feng, who was standing far away, felt a gust of cold wind blowing towards him.
Then, I suddenly felt a sense of emptiness in my heart.
His queen, his wife who had been with him since his youth, had never felt that she had left him during the period of her death and funeral. He always felt that she was by his side and that he could still hear her earnest advice and gentle whispers from time to time.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt a little cold and lonely.
Xu Miaoyin is really gone.
Thinking of this, he held the stone railing in front of him with his hands and exerted a little force without knowing it. The rough stone railing rubbed against the thick calluses on his hands, but it didn't hurt at all.
It's just uncomfortable.
At this moment, a cold voice sounded beside my ears——
"emperor."
Zhu Feng turned around and saw Xu Miaoming standing beside him.
He said, "What's the matter?"
Xu Miaoming seemed to have something to say to him, but seeing him looking at the funeral palace with a heavy face, she seemed to sense something and said softly, "Your Majesty... Although my sister has left, her heart must still be with Your Majesty. If Your Majesty is sad, my sister will also find it difficult to be relieved."
Hearing her say this, Zhu Feng smiled bitterly.
Then he said, "You are right."
“…”
"Your sister married into the Prince of Yan's mansion when she was young and worked hard for most of her life. Now that she is gone, I really shouldn't let her worry about her anymore."
Xu Miaoming walked to his side, thought for a moment, and said, "Although it is hard work, I am happy to do it."
"Huh? How did you know?"
"Your Majesty, please don't forget that for a long time before my sister got married, I was still unmarried and had been at home all the time."
“…”
"I have seen many things that happened to my sister."
Zhu Feng glanced at her and said, "So, what did you see?"
Xu Miaoming thought for a moment and said, "I wonder if the Emperor still remembers that when the late Emperor and my father first mentioned the marriage between the Emperor and my sister, the Emperor wrote a letter to my sister."
Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Speaking of this letter, even he almost forgot about it.
If it weren't for the fact that Yonghe Palace sorted out the Queen's old things and handed them over to the Imperial Concubine a while ago, and he hadn't seen it, this letter would have been completely covered in dust.
Zhu Feng said: "Remember."
Xu Miaoming said, "At that time, the Emperor was in Prince Yan's Mansion and seemed to be in a bad situation, so he wrote to my sister, asking her to think carefully about this marriage."
"Well, your sister finally agreed."
"Then does Your Majesty know what my sister did before she agreed?"
“…”
This time, Zhu Feng was stunned for a moment.
He really didn't know.
So he turned around and looked at Xu Miaoming and said, "What did she do?"
Xu Miaoming said, "My sister made a bold decision. She decided to go to Peking alone to see what the Emperor—then His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan—looked like."
“……!”
Zhu Feng widened his eyes slightly.
Not to mention that he has lost his memory. Even if Xue Yun is now detoxifying him, some of his memories are emerging bit by bit; but even if his memory is restored, he knows nothing about this matter.
Xu Miaoyin actually came to see him secretly before the marriage?
He said, "She, she really came?"
Xu Miaoming nodded and said, "Of course."
“…”
"My father wasn't too strict with my sisters and me. He believed that even girls could travel and broaden their horizons. So when my sister asked to go on a trip, he just gave her a few words of advice and didn't stop her."
This can be considered as the family tradition of the Xu family.
So until now, Xu Xiaoxiao's personality is still carefree and eccentric.
Zhu Feng still couldn't believe it.
"But I—I didn't know about this at the time. There's no record of her ever being received in Prince Yan's mansion."
"Of course, my sister did not enter Prince Yan's Mansion."
“…”
"She only entered the city of Beiping and stayed there for less than a day before leaving."
“……!”
Zhu Feng opened his eyes wide.
If he remembered correctly, Xu Yuan was still an important official in the court at that time, and the Xu family was still in Jinling. If Xu Miaoyin wanted to travel from Jinling to Peking to see him, it would take at least one or two months.
But after she arrived, not only did she not enter Prince Yan's Mansion, she even stayed there for less than a day.
He said with some doubt: "Then she, she——"
Xu Miaoming said: "She didn't see the emperor."
"No? Then why did she go back?"
"My sister later said that upon entering Beiping City, she saw a great jubilation. It turned out that His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan was purging those who had been causing trouble and harming the people from among the Beiping defenders. Some of the most serious offenses were beheaded as a public display."
“…”
"At that time, the common people of Peking slaughtered cattle and sheep and happily sent them to the Prince of Yan's palace, but His Royal Highness refused to let them in, saying that it was his duty."
“…”
"When my sister saw this, she felt that there was no need to meet."
“…”
"Afterwards, she returned to Jinling and agreed to the marriage."
“…”
Zhu Feng fell silent.
Looking back, when he had just arrived in Peking, his future was uncertain. Coupled with his infatuation with Qin Ruolan, he wrote that letter to Xu Miaoyin, hoping that she would consider it carefully.
But I didn't expect——
In the end, she still married into Prince Yan's mansion.
In the decades that followed, despite experiencing so much suffering, she never said a word, not even a word about what happened.
Zhu Feng felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
Shen Chen said: "It is I who have wronged her over the years."
Xu Miaoming was very indifferent and said calmly: "Since my sister is willing, even if it is not a grievance, she will be happy to accept it."
Zhu Feng smiled faintly.
"By the way, Your Majesty,"
Seeing Zhu Feng's mood soften, Xu Miaoming suddenly said, "I have something to ask the Emperor."
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