Nanyan's nose soured, tears almost came down again.
Just when her eyes were dim with tears, she suddenly noticed a faint, almost invisible light smoke from the wick of the motionless candlestick on the table.
"ah!"
She let out a low cry and almost rushed forward.
With her hands on the table, she barely managed to support her figure, and when she rushed over, a gust of wind blew away the little bit of smoke.
Ran Xiaoyu was taken aback by her: "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"
"Xiaoyu, did you see that?"
"What?"
"This, this candlestick, was still smoking just now, someone lit this candlestick!"
"ah?"
Ran Xiaoyu also came over and looked down, but there was nothing there.
She sighed heavily, and said softly: "Mother, I know you must really want to see Second Young Master Jian, but - he is not here."
"No, he must be here!"
Nan Yan said eagerly while looking around: "Just now, I clearly saw that there is light in this room, and there is smoke in the candlestick, he must have come back here!"
After finishing speaking, she shouted loudly: "Second Young Master, Second Young Master Jian!"
"..."
"I know you're here, can you come out?"
"..."
"I, I know you are very sad. Now you need someone around you to support you. Can you come out? At least let me see that you are okay."
Her voice trembled in mourning, making it even more desolate in this empty and cold room.
However, no one responded to her.
Nan Yan became even more anxious, and even wanted to walk to the door, shouting at the deserted garden in front of her, but was grabbed by Ran Xiaoyu, her eyes were also red, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, don't shout!" gone."
"..."
"Second Master Jian is really not here."
"..."
"There is no one here anymore."
Nan Yan stared blankly at everything around her, her lips trembling slightly, without saying a word, tears fell down again.
Could it be that I was really wrong just now
But she just hoped that Jian Ruocheng would come back, even if he didn't say or do anything, he lost all his relatives and was immersed in great pain. He shouldn't be so lonely. He also needs support and comfort from others. isn't it
Looking at the dark sky in front of her, she said bitterly, "Where are you going?"
Ran Xiaoyu said softly: "Your Majesty, don't be too sad, let's go back first."
"… Um."
Nanyan sucked on her red nose, and walked out with her.
But when they approached the mourning hall, they suddenly heard that the originally quiet mourning hall in front of them became noisy, as if many people had gathered there.
Someone said loudly: "Where is that imperial concubine?"
"We're still waiting for her to give us an explanation!"
"That's right, Mrs. Jane can't just die without knowing why, we want the court to give us an explanation!"
It turned out that some people from outside just came in.
Upon hearing their voices, Ran Xiaoyu immediately frowned, sensing the anger in the crowd, she held Nan Yan back and said, "Ma'am, I'm afraid someone is going to make trouble."
"..."
Looking at the chaotic figure in front of her, Nan Yan also frowned.
Just now, when she was outside, she also felt it.
Although before, when she was in Crane City, some people yelled at her like this, but at that time, it was because Crane City was about to be breached and everyone was on the verge of life and death, so they were desperate, but now—
Ran Xiaoyu said: "Ma'am, do you still want to go there?"
"certainly."
"However, in this way, there is no guarantee that nothing will happen."
Nan Yan said firmly: "But if I don't go there, some rumors will be confirmed today."
"this-"
"I have to go."
After speaking, she took a deep breath and walked forward. Ran Xiaoyu bit her lower lip, knowing that she couldn't avoid it, so she could only follow closely and protect her carefully.
The two walked to the mourning hall.
Sure enough, all the people outside came in, and the quiet courtyard was suddenly crowded, making it very noisy. A few students who had been guarding the spirit inside, as well as the Jin Yiwei, stepped forward to stop them, but the more they blocked, The more passionate they are.
"We want to see the imperial concubine!"
"That's right, the imperial concubine said she wanted to give us an explanation. Did she just leave without saying anything?"
"If that's the case, I'm afraid the imperial court will muddle through this matter!"
Several Jin Yiwei were about to be furious when they suddenly heard Nan Yan's voice from behind—
"You can rest assured that the court will not mix this matter up."
Everyone looked up and saw Nan Yan slowly coming out from behind.
The corners of her eyes were still a little red, but at this moment, facing so many people, her eyes became unwavering again, even a little more forceful, as soon as she met her eyes, the noisy people around her immediately disappeared. Quiet.
Nan Yan slowly walked in front of them.
His eyes swept coldly: "This palace, I don't allow anyone to sneak in!"
Shocked by her aura, the entire lobby was suddenly so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard.
The atmosphere also became a little stiff.
I don't know how long it took before I saw the crowd shake slightly. The old man who took the lead in questioning her just now came up, cupped his hands at her, saluted hastily, and said: "Since the imperial concubine said so firmly, I don’t know if you can give us an explanation.”
Nan Yan looked at him: "You guys, what do you want to explain?"
The old man said: "We want to know why Jane's family was destroyed?"
Nan Yan frowned.
The old man went on to say: "Earlier, Mr. Jian offended the current emperor because of his upright temper. The emperor ordered the ten clans of Jian's family to be exterminated. We all remember this incident very clearly!"
Nan Yan said: "So what?"
"Then may I ask, does the present situation have anything to do with that incident?"
"..."
Nanyan's breath sank for a moment.
Before she could say anything, someone next to her continued, "That's right, the emperor wanted to punish ten families of the Jian family, and now the Jian family has been exterminated. Is there such a coincidence?"
"Besides, we also heard that the Second Young Master Jian was dismissed by the emperor for no reason."
"He is still working for King Ning."
"I'm afraid it's—"
This time, Ran Xiaoyu couldn't bear it anymore, she said coldly, "Prince Ning rebelled and was captured, what are you talking about?"
The old man said with a sneer: "We want to know whether the emperor took this opportunity of King Ning's rebellion to take revenge!"
"Yes, it must be so!"
"The Jian family died unjustly!"