Chapter 3065: Was that a dream?
He clasped his hands tightly, his fingers intertwined, as if his heart was deeply entangled. After a long moment, he whispered, "My Lady, what if, what if—what should we do?"
Nan Yan glanced at him.
After a moment of silence, he said calmly, "It's useless to think about anything at this time."
“…”
“When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way out. Just do what you can do well.”
Tingfu listened and said softly, "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and greeted Qingting. The two of them tidied up a little bit, and when the whole house was in good order, they left. Nan Yan was left alone in this place that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
In at least ten days, Zhu Chengjin will be ready to ascend the throne.
Even if they were caught off guard before, by this time, three groups of troops from all over Jiangnan were rushing to support Nanjing. It was impossible for all parts of Jiangbei to remain indifferent. The news should have been reported back to the capital.
How will the prince react?
And Zhu Feng, he——
Thinking of this, Nan Yan reached out and hit his forehead hard, as if to drive out all the inappropriate thoughts that came to his mind.
He will be fine, he will definitely be fine.
But where is he now?
Ran Xiaoyu, did you really do it?
What is Ye Zheng thinking now?
She told Tingfu to do what she could, but after being tricked by Zhu Chengjin into being by his side and brought to Jinling, what did she actually accomplish?
Thinking of this, she reached out and touched her chest, as if to soothe her somewhat difficult breathing. After a while, she smoothed her collar and subconsciously stood up and walked out.
But just as I reached the door, I heard rustling sounds in the yard.
When she pushed the door open, she saw the two palace maids and eunuchs that Zhu Chengjin had sent to "serve" her. They were sweeping the yard with brooms. When they saw Nan Yan push the door open, they immediately stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything the Imperial Concubine wants to order?"
“…”
Nan Yan looked at them for a while without saying anything.
These two people were also a little embarrassed.
Of course, they were sent by Zhu Chengjin to keep an eye on Nan Yan, and this matter could not be kept secret. As soon as they appeared in front of Nan Yan, the shrewd imperial concubine knew what the other party was planning, so what they were going to do was clear in the eyes of the imperial concubine.
Nan Yan said calmly, "It's okay, just do your thing."
"yes……"
The two men continued sweeping the floor. Nan Yan stood on the steps and did not leave. She only called out, "Dragonfly."
"Why!"
Qingting immediately came out of the small room at the back and walked up to Nan Yan: "My Lady, is there anything I can do for you?"
Nan Yan asked, "When you went to get your luggage just now, did you see Master Xu?"
Dragonfly shook his head: "No."
"He's out?"
"I heard that we are going out of the city, so we need to prepare some things."
"What?"
"It seems like something. The people crossing the river are going to fight with them, so they need to prepare something."
Nan Yan nodded. After all, Qingting didn't know much about military affairs, so he stuttered when talking about these things. It seemed that they should be building some naval camps on the river bank to prepare for the next big battle.
Nan Yan said, "I understand. What about the people around him?"
The dragonfly said, "Only Xiaoman stayed there to make medicine for him."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Nan Yan and said softly, "It's useless for you to care about him anymore, Your Majesty. We've all moved here, and I'm afraid we won't have many opportunities to meet in the future."
Hearing this, the two people who were sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard into the corner subconsciously stopped, looked up at them, but immediately lowered their heads and continued sweeping.
Nan Yan, on the other hand, raised her eyebrows slightly.
She didn't expect Dragonfly to speak to her like that.
Although this girl was a young girl who lived in seclusion in the boudoir and was ignorant of the world before, it seems that she no longer knows nothing.
It grows fast.
Nan Yan smiled faintly and said, "Alright, you can go down."
Dragonfly nodded: "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the small house at the back. Nan Yan stood at the bottom of the steps, took a look at the scenery in the yard, and turned back to her room.
For the next few days, she stayed quietly in Yiku Palace.
After entering the harem, just as Qingting said, there was no chance to see Xu Shizong again, but Nan Yan still asked people about him every day. He was so busy that he could hardly keep his feet off the ground. Sometimes he couldn't even go back to the palace to rest. Every time he came back, his face was very ugly. Xiaoman boiled medicine for him every day behind the Wuying Palace, but no matter what, as he said, he was still hanging on, and now it was getting more and more difficult.
During this period, Zhu Chengjin came twice.
Just as Nan Yan said, he had never touched her, even when they were dining together sometimes, and Nan Yan's sharp words made him so angry that his face turned pale and he couldn't breathe, but this man never touched Nan Yan.
Days like this, if I hadn't been thinking about Zhu Feng all the time, if I hadn't been counting down the days until the dragon robe was finished and I could cross the river with Xu Shifeng, would have been pretty good.
But all this is superficial.
No matter how relaxed and at ease Nan Yan usually behaves in front of others, or how eloquent she is in front of Zhu Chengjin, at night, when everything is quiet and there is no one around her, she can no longer pretend.
She would shiver wrapped in the quilt, bite the corner of the quilt and cry in her dreams.
In particular, she had been dreaming about Ran Xiaoyu every night recently. She dreamed that she was holding a knife dripping with blood in her hand, and when she walked past her and tried to look for that person, she couldn't find him.
Even the body could not be found.
"emperor……"
Nan Yan knew it was a dream and that everything in the dream was fake, but she just couldn't pull herself out of the dream that entangled her like a poisonous snake every day. On the contrary, her heart sank deeper and deeper, as if sinking into a bottomless abyss. The light above her head was slowly disappearing, and she even almost couldn't breathe.
It feels so uncomfortable.
At this moment, a hand suddenly and gently touched her cheek.
The warm, rough yet slightly gentle feeling was a touch she had been very familiar with over the years. For a moment, the touch of this hand seemed to penetrate into her dream and pull her out of the bottomless abyss.
"emperor!"
Nan Yan suddenly opened her eyes and woke up from her dream.
But all I see is emptiness.
She was the only one sleeping on the bed in the huge Yiku Palace. Even the pillow under her head was wet, stained by her tears.
Was that just a dream?
She was a little dazed and at a loss when there was a light knock on the door.
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