Chapter 3337 It’s You
When they heard this voice, everyone was stunned.
Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure slowly walked out from behind the ruins.
"Master Chen?"
Ruoshui had sharp eyes and immediately recognized the person in front of her. Her eyes widened in shock and she looked ahead in disbelief. The person who walked out from behind the ruins was none other than Chen Zixiao!
She asked in surprise: "Master Chen, why are you here?"
The guards were also startled. They had originally thought they had encountered an assassin and were ready to fight, but they didn't expect it to be Chen Zixiao who emerged. It was quite absurd, like a flood sweeping through the Dragon King Temple. For a moment, they didn't know how to react. After all, their duty was to protect the imperial concubine. Chen Zixiao's sudden appearance in this place without any entourage seemed a bit strange. They could only look back at the imperial concubine, swords in hand, waiting for her instructions.
Chen Zixiao looked at them with a complicated expression, and finally walked over and kowtowed to Nan Yan.
"Your humble servant greets the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
Nan Yan was also a little surprised, but she quickly came to her senses.
No wonder, no wonder when someone called the door just now, Xue Fang, who opened the door, said "Who else?" Later, when Nan Yan asked him to leave and wanted to come over to take a look, he also looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.
It turned out that Chen Zixiao had arrived earlier than them.
But what was he coming here for?
Thinking of this, Nan Yan's eyes flickered. She glanced at Chen Zixiao, who was kneeling before her, and quickly regained her composure. She waved to the guards around her, and they all understood and immediately put away their weapons and retreated. Nan Yan then took a step forward, looked down at Chen Zixiao, and said with a half-smile, "So it was Master Chen! You scared me! I thought the Xue family had run into some bad guys."
These words made Chen Zixiao break out in a cold sweat.
He lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "This humble official deserves death for disturbing Her Majesty."
Nan Yan laughed and said, "To say he deserved death is an exaggeration. Your Excellency is a loyal minister to the Emperor, and he must be out here to perform important tasks for the Emperor. On the contrary, I, the Queen, was just wandering around here with nothing to do. Perhaps I frightened Your Excellency, don't you think?"
Chen Zixiao buried his head even lower.
Although what she said was correct, there was a hierarchy and the imperial concubine's status was there. Even if she really had disturbed others, she couldn't say that. The imperial concubine was clearly using this to pressure him.
Chen Zixiao whispered, "I dare not."
Nan Yan smiled and took a few steps forward, looking at the ruins. She then turned back to look at Chen Zixiao, who was clearly sweating, and said, "I just don't know what exactly is Master Chen doing here?"
“…”
This time, Chen Zixiao fell silent.
Nan Yan's expression gradually darkened.
She waved at Ruoshui again, and Ruoshui understood and immediately turned around and stepped aside. There was no trace of the guards around. In the huge Xue family, there were only the two of them left in the empty courtyard. Standing in front of the ruins, the silence was so depressing that it made people feel a little depressed.
Nan Yan slowly stepped forward, looked down at Chen Zixiao, and said, "Since Master Chen won't tell me, why not let me guess?"
As she spoke, she looked up at the ruins.
"Master Chen didn't bring any followers with him. I think what I said just now about you coming here on business is wrong. Master Chen must be here on a personal matter."
“But, what private matter could Master Chen have that is related to the Xue family?”
"This ruin was once the small building where Xue Yun lived. Lord Chen and she—although you have met a few times, as far as I know, you didn't have a deeper relationship, let alone a personal relationship. Therefore, you didn't come to this ruin for her."
"If it's not for her, then it can be for yourself."
Having said that, Nan Yan slowly squatted down, wanting to look into Chen Zixiao's eyes, but Chen Zixiao lowered his head deeply, and all she could see was cold sweat on his forehead and his face was as white as a piece of paper.
Nan Yan lowered her voice and spoke word by word, "So, what did Master Chen do here? Was it for you?"
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"Speaking of the relationship between Master Chen and the Xue family, this palace only remembers one thing, and that is—"
Nan Yan paused at this point, and Chen Zixiao seemed to have sensed something. He trembled slightly and subconsciously raised his head to look at Nan Yan, meeting her cold eyes. Nan Yan said coldly, "The Emperor once asked Master Chen to come to the Xue family to retrieve a note left by Xue Yun. However, the news Master Chen brought back was that not only was the note not found, but the Xue family was hit by an unknown fire, and the small building where Xue Yun lived was completely burned down."
Chen Zixiao's beard twitched, and his eyes flickered as he avoided Nan Yan's sight.
Nan Yan spoke slowly, word by word, "If it was an accident—that would be fine. But, if it was an accident, why would Master Chen appear at the Xue family at this time? And in this ruin?"
“…”
"What are you looking for?"
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"Because last night, when I mentioned that I wanted to visit the Xue family, did that scare you?"
The cold sweat on Chen Zixiao's face dripped down like beads from a broken string. He gritted his teeth and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what do you want to say?"
The moment these words were spoken, they almost confirmed everything Nan Yan had said before.
His mentality was on the verge of collapse.
Nan Yan's eyes grew even colder, and her tone even harder. "With Lord Chen's intelligence, wouldn't you be able to guess what I'm going to say?"
“…”
"That shouldn't be the case. Is Master Chen such a foolish person?"
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"After learning that Xue Yun had concocted an antidote for the Emperor's 'Taishangwangqing' poison, Lord Chen acted decisively and stole the medicine immediately. When the Emperor attempted to retrieve her medical notes, she burned the entire building to prevent further harm. With such vigilance and ruthless determination, it's impossible that she couldn't have anticipated what I was thinking."
The moment she heard these words, Nan Yan felt that Chen Zixiao's whole body stiffened.
But after a moment, he let out another long breath.
As if he had finally let go of something, he raised his head and looked at Nan Yan, a look of calmness on his face as he slowly said, "So, it turns out that the Queen knew about this a long time ago."
Nan Yan's eyes flickered: "It's you."
Chen Zixiao said, "As for the burning of the small building—I did it too obviously. I took the risk because the war was imminent and the Emperor couldn't punish the generals. But as for the theft of the medicine, it's been so long. How could Her Majesty have thought it was me?"
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