Chapter 41: Almost Missed It
By this time, it had already darkened.
A light appeared behind her. Nan Yan turned around and saw several young eunuchs holding lanterns and torches, standing by carefully serving.
Zhu Feng said coldly: "Light the fire."
At his command, everyone immediately threw the torches in their hands towards the pile of memorials.
There was a loud "bang" and a fireball suddenly exploded in the yard, turning into a black smoke that rushed straight into the sky. Nan Yan was standing very close, so she only felt a flash before her eyes and then felt a heat wave rushing towards her.
Before she could react, a hand suddenly reached out from behind, grabbed her collar and pulled hard -
"ah!"
She let out a low cry, staggered back two steps, and bumped into a solid chest. She turned around in panic and saw that it was Zhu Feng.
He was looking coldly at the raging fire in front of him.
He—saved himself?
Nan Yan couldn't believe it: "Your Highness..."
Zhu Feng didn't even look at her, but just looked at the blazing fire in front of him with an expressionless face. His handsome face, like a sculpture, looked particularly profound in the firelight, but his eyes were a little uncertain.
Here are all the memorials submitted since the young emperor ascended the throne.
In other words, from the time when court officials submitted memorials requesting the reduction of the power of the princes, to the time when they set up numerous obstacles around his Prince of Yan's Mansion in Peking, all the way to when he raised his army and fought all the way, he offered advice and suggestions to the emperor.
All the "evidence" was piled here, but he didn't open a single page and just burned it.
This was actually a bit risky for him.
He originally wanted to use these things to eliminate the hostile forces in the court, but now - in order to consider the overall situation, he can only endure it temporarily.
temporary!
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
Nan Yan stood in front of him, still a little frightened. If he hadn't pulled her back just now, she would probably have been engulfed in flames.
But why should he save himself?
She couldn't help but look up at Zhu Feng again, only to see him staring at the flames rising into the sky, his eyes unblinking as he said coldly, "I'm not saving you."
“……?”
"I just don't want you to die so easily."
“…”
"You'd better not die so quickly."
“…”
Nan Yan pursed her lips, lowered her head and retreated to his side.
The fire was burning fiercely, and the billowing smoke and sparks rushed up, and the flames almost illuminated half of the sky.
Everyone stared at the scene in a daze.
At this moment, Zhu Feng suddenly said, "Now, what do you think?"
“…”
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him, only to see that he was still staring straight at the billowing smoke and raging fire in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, she realized that his question was a follow-up to the one she had asked in the Huagai Palace that day.
Nan Yan thought for a moment, then lowered her head and said softly, "Your Highness is kind and benevolent, so how could the people not support him?"
At this time, Zhu Feng slowly turned around and looked down at her.
In the firelight, these little girls looked even smaller, but even if they buried their heads and covered their eyes with thick black eyelashes, they could not conceal the flickering light in them.
Just like that night, in the firelight of Jiaotai Hall, her eyes were as bright as this.
I almost missed it.
Zhu Feng suddenly reached out and grabbed her chin.
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