After hearing what he said, Ran Xiaoyu's face suddenly turned pale.

Her eyes flashed, "I, I don't really understand what you mean."

Ye Zheng said: "That's right, there is a person who looks like this on the surface and has such an identity, but what he may have done behind his back is a completely contrary to his identity and his appearance."

“…”

"What would you do if you had someone like this?"

Ran Xiaoyu blinked and said in a deep voice: "You, why did you suddenly ask this question?"

“…”

"Did you find out that the people around you are like this?"

“…”

Ye Zheng did not answer her words, but his brows became tighter than before, and the expression on his face became even more serious.

Ran Xiaoyu's breathing stopped.

He turned to look at him and asked carefully: "Who are you talking about?"

“…”

Ye Zheng was silent for a while, then turned to look at her and said, "You, don't care who I am talking about. Just say, what would you do if you meet such a person and such a thing?"

“…”

Ran Xiaoyu didn't speak immediately.

She held her hands together, and her palms were sweating. In such a cold weather, in the pavilion with air flowing on all sides, the cold sweat made people feel very uncomfortable.

She hesitated for a while before whispering: "Maybe, maybe, she has difficulties?"

Hearing the word "defense", Ye Zheng fell silent.

He murmured, "Doubt?"

“…”

"But what will he have to do?"

“…”

"What are the difficulties that can make him do this?"

Ran Xiaoyu listened on the side, her expression changed for a while, and she could not say anything at all, but when she saw Ye Zheng's entangled expression, she struggled for a while, and said, "These two words are difficult to say."

“…”

"Ye Zheng, there are too many joys and sorrows in this world."

“…”

"Not everyone has the luck of you. They have been with the emperor since childhood, and he still protects you so much, lets you become an official, and gives you a prosperous road. There are still many people in this world living in love and hate entanglement. I am afraid you won't know that kind of feeling."

“…”

After hearing her words, Ye Zheng seemed to have a little awakening.

But when I think about it again, I feel even more confused.

He raised his head and looked at Ran Xiaoyu, and said with a smile: "You, why do you seem to have special feelings about this matter?"

Nan Yan coughed lightly and said, "You are asking some inexplicable things yourself. If I don't say that, what else can I say?"

Ye Zheng thought for a while and smiled and said, "That's true."

Although the matter was not resolved, Ran Xiaoyu's words at least made him feel a little bit in his heart. He let out a long sigh, then he came to his senses, looked at Ran Xiaoyu, and then said, "By the way, why did you say that you are so busy? The Imperial Concubine moved to the bedroom to have a confinement period. The emperor was afraid that someone would disturb her, so that the people in the harem would not have to pay their respects every day. Are you still so busy?"

Ran Xiaoyu bit her lower lip and said, "The Empress is sick."

"What?"

Ye Zheng opened his eyes wide: "Is he sick? What disease? Why haven't you heard of it?"

Seeing him standing up in fear, Ran Xiaoyu immediately pulled him back to the bench and whispered: "You whisper softly, do you want to make trouble all of you?"

Ye Zheng said: "The imperial concubine is sick and everyone knows that she doesn't make trouble. Could it be that she still has to keep it secret?"

“…”

"What the hell is wrong?"

Ran Xiaoyu sighed and told Ye Zheng about what happened in the imperial study two days ago, as well as Xue Yun's incident.

Ye Zheng frowned as he heard this.

He said in a deep voice: "So, did the Imperial Concubine actually receive it for Nianqiu?"

"That's right."

“…”

"Although the Empress herself said that she was not strict in discipline, so she would have caused such a thing. But, what you should know, people's hearts are separated from the belly, how could she know what the people below us think?"

“…”

Ye Zheng was silent for a moment and said, "The words are right."

“…”

"But after all, Nianqiu is under the control of the Empress, so she naturally has some problems with lax discipline. If she did not show such great hostility towards Xue Yun on weekdays, the people below you would probably not have thought of attacking Xue Yun, right?"

When Ran Xiaoyu heard his words, he was speechless.

Indeed, this is the first time that Nan Yan has become hostile to someone who has never harmed him at all.

Ye Zheng said: "The imperial concubine is different from ordinary women. Even if an ordinary woman wants to do bad things, at most, there are two or three people in her family. However, the imperial concubine is now the Queen of Daxing, and she is above all tens of thousands of people in the harem. Her words may be turned upside down."

“…”

"It should be careful."

“…”

"I didn't think it was before, but now I have become an official, and one memorial or one advice will affect the people. Only then do I know that the greater the power, the more I should be alert to this principle."

Ran Xiaoyu sighed and lowered her head.

Ye Zheng said again: "But, it should be that Xue Yun's disease. Why is the Empress sick again?"

Ran Xiaoyu said softly: "That day, after the Empress came back from the Imperial Study Room, she was in a daze. She couldn't eat well in the past two days and couldn't sleep well. This morning, she was paralyzed and couldn't get up. When I touched her, I found that she was also getting burned."

"She has a fever, too?"

"yes."

"Have you hired an imperial physician?"

"She doesn't let her go. Wang Baizhi was originally going to come to ask Ping'an's pulse every day, but she just let her go back."

Hearing this, Ye Zheng smiled bitterly.

He said, "Our Empress, we are angry with the emperor again."

Ran Xiaoyu said: "She is angry if she is gambled, I don't care, but she is doing this, hurting her body. She is still in confinement now, and she has the root of the disease. What can I do in the future?"

Ye Zheng didn't say anything, just looked at the snowy sky outside.

The sky is getting darker and the wind is getting faster and faster.

He suddenly stood up and said, "Forget it, it's getting late. You should go back and take care of the Empress earlier. You are right. Her body is important. She is in confinement now. If she really falls into the root of the disease, it will be difficult to deal with in the future."

Ran Xiaoyu also stood up and looked at him.

There was an uncertain light in his eyes and he said, "Ye Zheng, then the one you said before."

Ye Zheng said: "It's okay, I will find a way myself."

“…”

"Nothing is rare for me."

After saying that, he smiled at Ran Xiaoyu, reached out to stroke her shoulder, and said, "You should go back and take care of the Imperial Concubine."

"Um."

Ran Xiaoyu glanced at him again, and with some reluctance, she turned around and left.
Chapter completed!