"You just said that Arisilan went out to talk to someone?"
"yes."
"Who did you go out with?"
"Well, I don't know either," Ran Xiaoyu shook her head, "I've focused on you all along this journey, and I can't take care of their affairs so much."
"..."
Nan Yan frowned slightly.
She murmured: "This person is really strange."
"..."
"Since he is going to take me to the Kingdom of Tan, why does he stay here? After all, he has an appointment with someone."
"..."
"Unfortunately, I couldn't see it today."
"..."
"Hope, he doesn't have a bigger conspiracy."
Even though he said this, Nan Yan could almost feel that Ari Silan had a conspiracy.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have stopped halfway and made a special trip to this Crane City, to this nameless house, to meet the owner here.
You know, he is in the country, and his whereabouts have been exposed, maybe someone is already tracking him now.
Just when she was frowning and concentrating on thinking, Ran Xiaoyu said softly: "Your Majesty."
"Um?"
Nan Yan looked up at her.
Ran Xiaoyu said, "Why did he kidnap you?"
"..."
"What is he going to do to you?"
Nan Yan fell silent.
She thought about it, and then said, "It's not what he wants to do to me."
"..."
"Instead, maybe I need to go to the country."
"Why?"
Ran Xiaoyu was a little surprised: "You want to go to the Kingdom of Tan?"
Nan Yan looked up at her. Under the candlelight, Ran Xiaoyu's widened eyes were full of astonishment and heavy exhaustion. Nan Yan said softly: "You should still remember that on the day I was canonized as a noble concubine, My sister, the letter that Simu Lan took out."
Ran Xiaoyu nodded.
"That letter implied that I might be from the country."
"So what, the emperor doesn't mind."
"However, I can't help but mind that I don't know anything about my biological parents."
Ran Xiaoyu was taken aback, and said: "Your biological parents are still there? Are they still in the country?"
Nan Yan nodded her head, shook her head again, and said, "I don't even know about this."
"..."
"Whether they are still alive, I don't know."
"..."
"Who they are, I don't even know."
"..."
"This time, I just want to figure out who I am."
Ran Xiaoyu looked at her quietly.
Those clear eyes were illuminated by the candlelight, and there was a gleam of light. After a long time, Ran Xiaoyu said softly: "Your Majesty, your life experience—doesn't have anything to do with the royal family of the Tan Kingdom?"
"..."
Nan Yan didn't speak.
But his expression was obviously a bit heavy.
Ran Xiaoyu immediately gasped: "Really?"
"..."
Nan Yan looked at her slowly, but was a little speechless.
In fact, she didn't think about it along the way.
It's just that I dare not think deeper.
Speaking of life experience, it seems to be just a sentence, but you must know that if she is really related to that Princess Tana, if she is really her cousin as Arisilan said—
Then myself and Zhu Feng... what should we do
Zhu Feng doesn't mind marrying someone from the Tang Dynasty.
But, what if it is a member of the royal family of the country
Can he still accept himself so innocently
Even if he can accept it, can the people of Yan Kingdom accept such a noble concubine
At that time, will the ministers of the entire imperial court really want to quarrel with Zhu Feng
Just thinking about it like this made her feel a sharp pain in her heart.
Biting her lower lip, Nan Yan raised her head, looked at Ran Xiaoyu, and said, "Xiaoyu, if I—if my background is really related to the royal family of the Tan Kingdom, if I'm really from the Tan Kingdom."
"..."
"What will you do?"
"..."
Ran Xiaoyu looked at her quietly for a while.
Then he said, "What's the difference?"
"..."
"You are still you."
"..."
"I'm still me, too."
"..."
"Everything is the same as before. I will still be by your side. I will kill whoever dares to touch you!"
"...!"
Hearing her words, Nan Yan's eyes became hot.
She stretched out her hand, gently grabbed Ran Xiaoyu's hand, and said softly, "Xiaoyu, you are so kind to me."
Ran Xiaoyu looked at her, her face seemed a little unaccustomed to such warmth, but she still said seriously: "So, you don't need to have these troubles."
"..."
"If you are treated differently because of your origin, such a person is not worthy of your nostalgia."
Nan Yan smiled and nodded slightly.
Although she knew that things were not as simple as Ran Xiaoyu said.
If her life experience is really as what Ari Silan said, then in the future, the relationship between her and Zhu Feng will become very complicated, perhaps unimaginably complicated.
This is also the reason why she didn't try to escape along the way this time, but was quietly led by Ari Silan to the north.
She needs to know the truth.
But now, there is still a mystery that needs to be solved.
She said: "Xiaoyu, can you find out who this house belongs to. Who did Arisilan meet with today?"
Ran Xiaoyu looked up at her and said, "Yes, yes."
"..."
"But not now."
"..."
"Aren't you leaving tomorrow?"
"..."
"If you want to leave now, I can take you away; if you want to continue to follow Azlan to the country, I will also protect you secretly as before."
"..."
"But it won't work if you check this matter."
Nan Yan frowned: "You stay and investigate this matter."
"..."
"Don't follow us to the country, the journey is too hard, you girl—"
Ran Xiaoyu interrupted her before she finished speaking: "No."
"Why?"
"How can I let you go to the country alone and helpless?"
"..."
"Originally, the emperor asked me to come to you to protect you, but this time, I was useless and let you be taken away by them."
"..."
"If I can't protect you, then I'm really useless."
"But-"
"Don't talk about it," Ran Xiaoyu became stubborn, and said coldly, "I won't listen to you about this matter, Empress Noble Concubine."
"..."
"You think, what happened tonight has not been found out yet. What if the person who wants to kill you does it again in the future? What if Azlan takes another step away, or misses it?"
"..."
"You're dead!"
"..."
"I will never let you fall into such danger again!"
Seeing her like this, Nan Yan knew that she would never obey his arrangement.
In fact, hearing what she said, she broke out in a cold sweat.
Being assassinated is really terrible.
After thinking about it, she could only sigh softly: "Okay."