“Right…” Rong Ning stood behind her, her voice clear and calm. “When I was bored and had nothing to do before, I liked to come here to see the night view of Nanyang City. It’s very beautiful and can calm my mind.”
But after traveling all over the country, I didn't really like coming here anymore.
The prosperity of Nanyang City is like an illusion, independent of the world. No matter how chaotic things are outside, it doesn't affect the decadent and extravagant lifestyle here, which is abnormal.
Xie Xizhu listened, frowned her delicate brows and thought for a while about the meaning of her words, and finally said, "Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean."
Rong Ning stood with her hands behind her back, gazing at the bright lights of the city, and said slowly, "Last winter, the Southern Dynasty army was defeated, and the Great Jing army crossed the Muyang River and marched south. When I arrived in Kangye City to stabilize the situation, the north was devastated, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a living hell."
But later, when I returned to Nanyang City and told my sister about these things, she said that Nanyang City was completely unaffected at that time. The people there didn't seem to have any concept of national crisis and continued to live extravagantly.
As Xie Xizhu listened, she recalled those days in her mind, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
“The Great Jing Army didn’t attack,” Rong Ning continued. “The people in Nanyang City couldn’t truly understand the suffering of the northern lands, which were thousands of miles away. Even when my sister was sent to marry a foreign ruler, they didn’t think anything of it and felt it was only natural.”
But Xi Zhu... things shouldn't have turned out this way... The eight kingdoms of the Southern Dynasty are currently weak. If they want to change this situation, it will inevitably affect the interests of the civil service system, so it's normal for there to be resistance.
But your grandfather was the prime minister, the head of all officials, to put it bluntly, second only to the emperor. Sitting in that position, he should have fully supported the emperor, but he didn't. Not only did he not support the emperor, but he also openly opposed him. How could that be allowed?
Xi Zhu, the Prime Minister is the pillar supporting your Xie family, but…”
"Your Highness..." Xie Xizhu turned to look at her and interrupted softly.
His eyes glistened with tears, carrying a plea, begging her to stop talking...
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