She stared blankly at him, and something hot and moist came to her eyes.
"No, it's not."
"No?" Zhu Feng frowned: "Then I said I would come back, but you asked someone to remove the food, what do you mean?"
"..."
When Nan Yan spoke, her voice was a little hoarse: "Concubine, I thought the emperor would stay with Concubine Li."
"..."
Zhu Feng's breath sank.
After a while, he said: "Then you still ignore my words!"
Nan Yan lowered her head gently.
Zhu Feng looked at her long eyelashes covering her shining eyes. After a while, he said, "I said, I will come back, and I will definitely come back."
"… yes."
"From now on, you will also remember it for me," he said, "whatever I say is what I say."
"yes."
Fortunately, the action in the imperial dining room was very fast. Aunt Tongyun went down to pass on the message. After a while, someone brought the food again, and the table was full again.
Zhu Feng sat down, but directly handed her the empty bowl in his hand.
"Bring me food."
"..."
Nan Yan didn't speak, but obediently took the bowl, filled a bowl of rice, and served it in front of him.
Zhu Feng said, "What about you?"
"ah?"
"Do you want me to sit here and eat alone?"
"..."
Nan Yan thought for a while, and then gave herself a bowl, but, unlike Zhu Feng's full bowl of rice, what she gave herself was only half a bowl.
Zhu Feng glanced at her, but didn't say anything, just said: "Eat more."
"yes."
Nan Yan lowered her head, eating the food in the bowl in small mouthfuls.
But at this time, Nian Qiu and Aunt Tongyun, who were guarding the door and poked their heads to look in, both heaved a long sigh of relief, Nian Qiu said softly, "At last, everything is alright, right, Aunt?"
Aunt Tongyun said: "I just hope that everything will be fine after the rain."
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It's like hearing their voices.
The following days, the weather remained fine, and their ship sailed northward with few accidents.
Nan Yan looked at the surrounding waters, which were actually very familiar.
Because, when Nanli King Ari Silan hijacked her to go to Tan Kingdom, it was this section of water.
In a blink of an eye, almost a month has passed.
Looking at the rolling mountains on both sides of the river bank, and feeling that the weather is getting colder and colder, snowflakes have begun to fall in the sky.
They have entered the northern region.
And these days, Zhu Feng spends more time with her than before.
Although, it's not exactly like in the past, he came to visit her and Xiaoping almost every day, but, being able to see him, and when the two met, it was no longer the kind of tense or cold atmosphere, all of this, It's already very different.
Nanyan also asked Zhu Chengxuan if there was something wrong that caused Zhu Feng to change.
Zhu Chengxuan himself was a little surprised.
He said: "I don't know if my incense has played a role, but it's true that Father seldom goes to Empress Li's room these days."
"..."
"Although, Empress Li also had tea delivered to the imperial study a few times."
Nan Yan was suddenly a little nervous: "Then, did the emperor drink?"
"have no idea."
Zhu Chengxuan shook his head, and said: "Recently, Father has been alone most of the time and doesn't want anyone to accompany him, so I don't know what he does."
"..."
Nan Yan fell silent.
Zhu Chengxuan looked at her worried look, and said softly: "You don't have to worry too much, Concubine."
"..."
"Father is now like this, it is already very good."
"How can I not worry?"
Nan Yan murmured.
Although now, Zhu Feng's situation seems to be better than before, there is one more thing that weighs on her heart, which is the hexagram that Ye Zheng told her before, that He Yi would move the capital this time.
This time, Zhu Feng went north, and something big might happen.
Thinking of this, she couldn't calm down in her heart.
Nan Yan said: "Your Highness, does He Yi know about the divination for the emperor to move the capital this time?"
Zhu Chengxuan was silent for a while, and then said: "I know that too."
"..."
"Master Heyi also sent me a message."
"..."
"This time I went north, including the arrangements on the ship, Master He Yi reminded me."
"oh?"
Nan Yan was a little surprised when she heard this.
It turned out that Zhu Chengxuan was instructed by He Yi behind his back.
No wonder, everything went well since they boarded the ship this time, and even Zhu Feng began to gradually improve. She thought it was all due to Zhu Chengxuan, but now it seems that it was Heyi who planned the strategy in Beiping.
Of course, compared to the past, Zhu Chengxuan's growth has also been rapid.
If he had met him back then in Beiping, he would have been submissive in front of Zhu Feng, and he couldn't even speak smoothly, he would never have dared to do these things.
Nan Yan asked again: "Then, did Lord He Yi say anything specific about what will happen this time?"
Zhu Chengxuan shook his head.
"According to him, the enemy is hidden in the dark."
"..."
"Not only are the enemies hiding in the dark, but even what they are going to do has not been fully understood yet."
"..."
"So this time going north, we have to be careful about many things, and be careful."
Nan Yan frowned as she listened.
With He Yi's keenness, even he couldn't detect it, so this matter is really tricky.
She sighed.
Seeing her worried look, Zhu Chengxuan felt that he shouldn't put too much pressure on her, so he said softly: "You don't have to worry too much about the imperial concubine. That hexagram is Lei Ze Guimei."
"Lei Ze returns to sister?"
"Yes, speaking of it, it's a hexagram. Femininity prevails over masculinity. The weak take the lead. But he said that there seems to be another vision in the hexagram."
"..."
Although Nanyan has collected miscellaneous knowledge, she has never understood the hexagrams.
She was confused by what Zhu Chengxuan said.
Zhu Chengxuan said: "In short, there is life in death."
"..."
"It's just that an odd number is needed."
"Outlier?"
Nan Yan frowned: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Chengxuan said: "The odd number may be a person or an event. All of this is just nonsense now. We will only know when something happens."
"..."
"Okay, don't say these things anymore, lest people feel depressed. The imperial concubine, the weather is fine today, let's go and have a look on the outside deck."
Nanyan's mind was in chaos, and she was feeling depressed.
His proposal came at the right time.
He simply walked out of the cabin and went to the deck to relax.
Today's weather is indeed good, the wind and snow have stopped, and the sun is rarely shining. Although there is not much heat, it is still very good for people to bask in the sun after spending so long in the cabin.
And when they walked onto the deck, they saw Queen Xu Miaoyin standing in front.
Nan Yan stepped forward and said softly: "I pay my respects to the empress."
Zhu Chengxuan also knelt down and said, "Mother's queen."
Xu Miaoyin looked back to see them, nodded calmly, and said, "Is the imperial concubine also coming out to see the scenery?"
"Yes."
"I haven't seen this kind of scenery very much, it's very different from Jinling."
"..."
"I don't know where it is."
Nan Yan looked around, and the scenery here was somewhat familiar.
She thought for a while and said, "We should be about to enter the territory of Shandong."
"oh?"
"If my concubine remembers correctly, if I walk a little further, I should be at the confluence of the canal and the Yellow River."
"That's it."
Nanyan leaned on the fence and looked ahead.
It should be this section, because she has walked through it more than once, and then went forward to the confluence of the canal and the Yellow River, which is the place where Nanli King Arislan took her ashore.
Then, they arrived at Crane City.
Xu Miaoyin turned her head and said, "Cheng Xuan, where are we going ashore this time?"
"After returning to my mother, this time I will go to Tianjin."
"oh."
Nan Yan said: "Then we don't want to take the road of Crane City?"
"Of course not," Zhu Chengxuan shook his head and said, "The route has already been arranged. Don't take that route."
"..."
Nan Yan nodded lightly.
Although she had walked this distance more than once, she was actually not very familiar with the surrounding area. Since it was He Yi who was pointing Zhu Chengxuan behind her back, there should be his intentions.
Besides—
Crane City.
Thinking of that place, Nan Yan couldn't help feeling overcast again.
There, it seems to be a gathering place for trouble.
When he went to Crane City for the first time, he was kidnapped by Ari Silan; the second time, Zhu Feng took him there, and that time, Ari Silan sent Feng Shu to Zhu Feng's side.
I thought it was just a small episode.
Unexpectedly, these days, they have changed so much.
Xu Miaoyin looked back at her and said, "What's wrong with the imperial concubine? You look so ugly?"
Nan Yan hurriedly shook her head: "Concubine, it's fine."
The queen glanced at her again, and then said: "I will be arriving in Beiping soon, and there are still many things to do. The imperial concubine must take care of her health."
"yes."
A few of them were talking, and there was another sound of footsteps behind them.
Although she hadn't turned her head yet, Nan Yan already sensitively felt an uncomfortable feeling, she turned her head subconsciously, and saw Feng Shu walking out of the cabin.
Seeing her, Nan Yan frowned.
As for Feng Shu, I heard that she was ill and hadn't improved these days. When she saw her today, her face was pale and her eyes were bloodshot.
Although he knew that she was a gorgeous and charming beauty, at this moment, at first glance, her appearance was a bit scary.
Of course, looking at it again, she was still a bright and moving beauty.
She came over and bowed down to Xu Miaoyin and Nanyan respectfully: "I pay my respects to the Empress, and to the Imperial Concubine."