Zhu Feng looked at her and asked, "Just now, why didn't you let Xinping buy that bracelet?"
"...!"
Nan Yan's heart skipped a beat.
She looked up at Zhu Feng, but saw that the latter was looking at her with calm but full of probing eyes. Although it was only a small matter, he seemed to have read something from his attitude.
"Why don't you buy it for her?"
"..."
"It's just a bunch of bracelets."
Nan Yan was silent for a while, then said: "It's just a string of bracelets, I just don't want her to be spoiled."
"Why?"
"..."
"I—my daughter, why can't I be spoiled?"
"..."
Nan Yan was silent for a while, holding the teacup with both hands, feeling the warmth brought by the tea, which indeed dispelled a lot of coldness, but she also knew that the warmth was only temporary, and in such weather, it is not necessary to After a while, the cold wind will take away the temperature of the water.
She said slowly: "Someone is pampering now, what if no one pampers you in the future?"
"..."
"What should she do if the person who dotes on her leaves or changes in the future?"
"..."
"Instead of making her sad at that time, it's better not to spoil her in the first place, and let her know that this world is cruel, and nothing—will last forever."
"..."
Hearing her words, Zhu Feng frowned.
He faintly felt that Nanyan's words were not just about peace of mind.
It was more like talking about herself.
After amnesia, after meeting her, they also had a very good time, not to mention before amnesia, she was the only concubine who gave birth to a child for herself after she ascended the throne, and even risked the world Canonize her as a noble concubine.
It can be seen how much they loved each other at that time.
How much I love her.
but-
What happened a few days ago and the grievances she suffered made her doubt everything, even herself. She thought that everything would dissipate and pass away, and nothing would last forever.
This kind of cognition made Zhu Feng feel faintly annoyed.
After a while, he said in a deep voice, "How do you know that you can't?"
"..."
Nan Yan glanced at him.
However, nothing more was said.
She also felt that what she said just now exposed her emotions too much, and Zhu Feng is not a fool, how could he not see what she was thinking.
As an emperor, how could he tolerate being doubted by others
So, holding the tea in her hand, she lowered her head and took a sip.
Seeing her indifferent look, Zhu Feng frowned even tighter, but when he spoke, his voice was calm, and he said, "That bracelet—"
"Um?"
"Is there anything special?"
"...!"
Nan Yan's heart trembled again.
She didn't look up either, she just looked down at the slightly trembling tea in the cup and said, "No."
"Then why are you looking at it like that?"
Nan Yan just wanted to refute, saying that there was nothing wrong with her, but Zhu Feng said again: "Don't deny it."
"..."
"I saw it."
"..."
"When you saw that string of bracelets, you seemed to think of something."
"..."
"What do you remember?"
"..."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, grabbed Nan Yan's thin shoulders, turned her over to face him, and said in a deep voice, "Last time you told me that in the cabinet treasury, you once burned it together with me." Those memorials. But when I ask you what else you have done, you refuse to say."
"..."
"what else?"
"..."
"Is there something else, and it's related to the bracelet?"
Nan Yan's heart trembled, and she subconsciously raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes flickering, as if asking: How do you know.
Zhu Feng said: "I saw that the people in the palace, especially the empress, concubine Hui, and concubines De, all had coral bead bracelets, but the new concubines did not."
"..."
"You, you were canonized at the beginning of my ascension to the throne, why didn't you have one?"
"..."
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment.
Unexpectedly, he would notice this too.
She hesitated for a while, and then said in a perfunctory tone: "It was a tribute, the emperor rewarded it to the harem, but the concubine did not, so naturally it was not rewarded to the concubine."
Zhu Feng frowned: "Is there really no reward for you?"
"..."
Although he has amnesia, he still has feelings about the past, just like that day, when Nan Yan only talked about the cabinet treasury, that feeling came back to his heart.
Similarly, if you lie to him, he will also feel it.
Nan Yan glanced at him again, sighed lightly, and said, "However, Ye Zheng gave my concubine a bunch."
"oh?"
When Zhu Feng heard this, his eyes lit up.
Since it was a tribute, and it was rewarded to the concubines in the harem, of course Ye Zheng would not get a bunch of them for no reason, let alone send them to Nan Yan for no reason.
He seemed to understand something.
So, his voice softened slightly, and he asked, "Then, where are the things?"
"..."
"Why didn't I see you take it?"
The string of coral beads went through many ups and downs, but finally fell apart, and there was only one left, so I made a bracelet for Xinping.
Like, their relationship.
Nan Yan coughed lightly, and then said, "It's gone."
"..."
Zhu Feng frowned when he heard this.
An uncomfortable atmosphere spread between the two of them, and Nan Yan seemed to have no intention of continuing this topic, and slowly walked to the side and sat down, taking another sip of the tea in his hand.
Sure enough, the cold wind blew for a while, and the tea was already quite cold.
Just then, the door opened.
The waiter in the shop was holding a tray with several dishes in it, walked in cheerfully, and said loudly, "I kept you two waiting for a long time!"
As he said that, he was about to put the things on the table, but Xiao Shunzi and Ran Xiaoyu rushed in and said to him: "Just put it down, leave it to us here."
The waiter in the shop had never seen anyone who entered the restaurant and brought his own servants. However, although they were plainly dressed, they had extraordinary manners. They were obviously not ordinary ladies and gentlemen, so they immediately retreated obediently.
What was delivered was a few cold dishes and a jug of warm wine.
While laying out the plates, Xiao Shunzi said, "Master and Madam, eat first, and the hot dishes will be served in a while."
Although the atmosphere was a bit cold just now, once the good wine and food were served, it was not so stiff.
Zhu Feng turned his head to look at Nan Yan, and said, "Come and sit down."
"..."
"Aren't you hungry? Eat something to fill your stomach first."
Nan Yan came over and sat down, but she had no appetite, and kept looking back out the window.
He said softly, "Why haven't they come back yet?"
Zhu Feng also looked back.
Zhu Chengxuan took Princess Xinping to buy candied haws. He had been there for quite a while, and he should be back by this time.
He thought about it, and said to Xiao Shunzi, "Let someone go and have a look."
"yes."
(end of this chapter)