Chapter 855 It was me who hurt him
When Qin Ruolan finished saying that, a strong wind suddenly blew outside. Nan Yan heard the door clanging in the wind, just like her own heart at this moment.
Jumping around.
She couldn't quite believe her ears, but she seemed to feel that this was how it should be.
She stared blankly at Qin Ruolan for an unknown amount of time before she inexplicably said, "What did you say?"
“…”
Seeing her face suddenly turn pale, Qin Ruolan calmed down again.
She looked at Nan Yan calmly and said word by word: "Prince Wei is my son."
“…”
"He is my son."
“…”
Nan Yan stood up from the chair and took two steps to the side in a panic. Suddenly, she stopped, turned around and walked back, looking down at Qin Ruolan: "You said, the King of Wei is your son? He——"
"Not long after he was born, he was handed over to the Princess of Yan, the Queen, for upbringing."
“…”
"The Queen is his biological mother."
“…”
"And I am nobody."
Nan Yan just felt that her heart was beating irregularly.
Indeed, there should be only this one reason for this matter.
Because of the accident, Xu Miaoyin could not have any more children, so she was asked to adopt a son. This was common practice for wealthy families and in the palace. Qin Ruolan, who was a concubine in Prince Yan's Mansion, could not keep her child with her after it was born, which was also a very common thing.
In fact, it is very rare for Zhu Feng to let Xiao Anping stay by his side all the time.
But--
Nan Yan felt her mind was in turmoil. She looked at Qin Ruolan with a tangled and conflicted gaze. After a long moment, she finally said, "Why?"
After asking these three questions, she herself felt a little confused.
What why?
Why did she give her son, Zhu Chengxuan, to Xu Miaoyin? Or why had she been unable to get close to him all these years? Or why did Zhu Feng never say a word about this matter?
He didn't even intend to tell himself.
Also, if it was true as Qin Ruolan said, that they had a sweet and beautiful past, and if she was as special to Zhu Feng as she was now, then the child she gave birth to, especially a son, should also be loved by Zhu Feng.
Why, he dislikes Zhu Chengxuan so much.
Too many doubts flooded into Nan Yan's mind in an instant. She even felt that she could hear those noisy voices in her ears, as if countless people were asking questions.
And those voices seemed to be his own.
She stared at Qin Ruolan and asked again, "Why?"
“…”
Qin Ruolan's eyes suddenly turned red.
She looked at her for a long time and said, "Because, it's me who is sorry for him."
Nan Yan's heart trembled again.
She was talking about Zhu Feng.
Is she sorry to Zhu Feng?
Nan Yan felt her voice trembling. She reached out to hold the armrest of the chair and slowly sat back in it. Then she looked down at her and said, "Tell me, are you sorry to the emperor?"
"yes."
"What have you done to make him feel sorry?"
Qin Ruolan lowered her head, and her face, which was once as beautiful as a peach, was now pale without a trace of blood.
Her voice was also very low, as if it came from the depths of her heart.
"Your Highness knows that my father, Qin Zhengqi, was once the Grand Secretary of the Dongge during the reign of Emperor Gao, and also... the Junior Tutor of the Crown Prince."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yan raised her eyebrows.
She said, "Of course I know."
Qin Ruolan said: "My father supports the prince."
Just this one sentence seems to make everything clear.
The crown prince of Emperor Gao's reign, Zhu Feng's elder brother, was the most favored by Emperor Gao. Emperor Gao would take him with him wherever he went and personally teach him how to handle state affairs. Every letter he wrote to him has been preserved to this day, and every word and sentence in it taught him according to the standards of a wise ruler.
Qin Zhengqi, a founding hero, became the prince's tutor and taught the prince, which gave him a double insurance.
Qin Ruolan said: "At that time, although Emperor Gao had many children, he had no doubts about the selection of the crown prince. It's just that -"
"Just what?"
"It's just that the Emperor...he still has his own dazzling and extraordinary qualities."
“…”
Nan Yan was silent for a moment, then said, "Of course."
In fact, people like him are always dazzling no matter the time or the environment. This is the essence of a person and cannot be erased.
The other brothers either had no interest in the throne, or had understood Emperor Gao's intentions, or had been defeated in some previous actions. At that time, the only one who could compete was Zhu Feng.
Nan Yan said, "If he's dazzling, if he wants to compete, he'll be a threat to others."
“…”
"And your father, as the Crown Prince's Junior Tutor, must protect the Crown Prince."
“…”
"Of course he's going to... confront the Emperor, right?"
“…”
"And how would he confront the Emperor, who was then the Prince of Yan?" Nan Yan said, slowly looking at the beauty before him, and said, "The beauty trap is the most effective, isn't it?"
Qin Ruolan lowered her head.
And her action was undoubtedly a tacit agreement.
Nan Yan stared at her and asked word by word: "What did you do to him?"
“…”
"Why don't you speak?"
“…”
Qin Ruolan remained silent for a long time, so silent that the whole room seemed to be surrounded by that depressing atmosphere, making it difficult to breathe.
She said dryly: "I, can't say it."
When she said this, her whole body shrank slightly. You know, she usually had an elegant demeanor and was a beauty that walked out of a painting, but now, she looked as if someone was whipping her.
His voice was trembling: "It was me who hurt him."
“…”
"I know he won't forgive me. He has hated me all these years and won't forgive me."
“…”
"So, I also have nothing to say."
Having said this, she raised her head, staring at Nan Yan with red eyes, and said, "But the child is innocent."
“…”
"Noble Concubine, I know you are not a narrow-minded person, no matter what happened between us, but the King of Wei is innocent."
“…”
"I don't want to think about anything right now. I just want to save my child!"
Nan Yan's face was already pale.
Although she had not suffered any harm, it seemed that what Qin Ruolan was talking about tonight was that she had hurt Zhu Feng, and the things that she had been tormented by herself over the years had nothing to do with her.
But why did she feel so much pain?
It felt like a knife was stabbing my heart.
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