"Empress, do you want to go to bed?"

Ruoshui had asked for the third time. In fact, it was just the hour of Hai, and Nan Yan would not go to bed so early. However, she saw that the imperial concubine could not eat or sleep in the past two days because of the princess, and became more and more haggard. Especially after His Majesty the Emperor left today, she sat alone in the corridor, looking at the lost look of the gray sky, as if her soul had been pulled away.

Ruoshui felt so distressed that she wanted her to rest earlier.

But Nanyan was still sitting in the corridor, pillowing one hand under her chin, and said lightly: "Don't urge me."

Ruoshui had no choice but to go into the house and get a piece of clothes to put on for her. Nan Yan pushed her back with a little anxious look and said, "It's not cold."

Ruoshui said firmly: "The dew is heavy at night, but it is still cooler than during the day. The Empress has been sitting here all the time. What if she suffers from a cold?"

Nan Yan said impatiently: "Stop talking."

Ruoshui also knew that she was in a bad mood, so she must have no time to ramble with her at this time, so she could only hold her clothes timidly and stand aside. Nan Yan sat quietly for a while, as if she felt Ruoshui's grievance behind her, so she looked back at her, sighed, and said, "Give the clothes to me."

Ruoshui immediately smiled and drank her clothes diligently.

Nan Yan reached out and closed her clothes, looked at the dark night outside, and couldn't help but say, "You said, where is Xinping now?"

“…”

"She, will she be cold?"

“…”

"Will the person who took her be kind to her?"

These words have been taboos for the entire Nanyuan in the past two days. No one dares to worry about Princess Ping anymore. Although the people below are about to turn the entire Yongzhou City upside down, if you can't find Princess Xinping for a day, that kind of danger will linger in their hearts for one day.

Ruoshui could only say: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the princess is auspicious person and heavenly appearance, and there will be no trouble."

"Heavenly?"

When Nan Yan heard this, he smiled bitterly, "No matter how powerful it is, he can't resist her being so willful and nonsense."

Ruoshui whispered: "Your Highness is still young, so you can't help but be a little willful."

Nan Yan shook his head: "I'm still young? Not young anymore."

“…”

"Even if she is really young, as a princess, she cannot tolerate her being so willful and arbitrary. If she harms herself, she is even more afraid that she will implicate others."

This was the first time Ruoshui heard Nanyan say such words.

She hurriedly said, "Miss, don't be angry. Only after coming back this time, the Empress will strictly admonish the princess."

Nan Yan smiled bitterly: "It's good that she's willing to listen."

Seeing that her mood was getting lower and lower, Ruoshui still said boldly: "Empress, it's getting late. Empress should have a rest earlier. The empress hasn't had a good sleep these days, and her eyes are red."

Nan Yan couldn't help but look out again: "Emperor..."

Ruoshui said: "When the emperor woke up early, he said that he might not come back today?"

“…”

Nanyan sighed, and finally got up and walked into the house.

But just as she was about to step into the door, a heavy roar suddenly came from the distance.

It seemed like a thunder sounded from a very distant horizon. Although it was deafening, because the distance was too far, there was only a little lingering sound left when it came here, but it still caused people's heartbeat to sank.

Nan Yan was so keen that he immediately turned his head to look into the distance.

Unfortunately, the towering courtyard walls around the South Courtyard blocked her vision. She could not see anything. She only felt that the originally quiet night suddenly became noisy.

"What's going on?"

Ruoshui was also stunned for a moment.

The sound just now did sound a little strange. I don’t know if it was her illusion, but she even felt that the ground under her feet trembled.

She murmured, "It's not thunder, right?"

Just as she spoke, another roaring sound came from the distance, and this time it seemed a little clearer.

Nanyan frowned: "No."

She walked into the yard a few steps, raised her head and looked around, as if she wanted to find the direction of the sound. At this time, the lights in the houses on both sides also lit up, and Aunt Tongyun and Delu and a few little palace maids and eunuchs also walked out.

They obviously heard the sound just now.

Aunt Tongyun hurried to Nanyan's side, gave a simple blessing, and said, "Empress, the voice just now--"

Before he finished speaking, another roar came.

This time, the sound was louder and even more deafening.

Moreover, the people in the garden also clearly felt that it was not their illusion, but the ground was really trembling slightly. The few little palace maids had never seen any world, and they couldn't tell where the sound came from. They just felt that the night was a bit scary and said softly: "Is it going to rain?"

"It's thundering?"

Nan Yan looked solemn and shook his head heavily: "No."

Everyone looked at her in surprise. What else could such a voice besides thunder?

On the contrary, Aunt Tongyun, who had been with her for the longest time, also darkened at this time, and she whispered: "Empress, this, this won't be--"

Nan Yan calmly said, "It's someone bumping into the city gate."

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked.

Delu reacted the fastest and immediately said: "Can the Yue people attacked at night? If that is the case, then the army, the emperor is also in the army, should be able to send troops to help immediately, right?"

Several little palace maids around him also hurriedly said, "Yes, I will definitely do it."

"The barracks are not far from the south gate, they will definitely come soon."

"Empress, why don't you go back to the house?"

However, Nan Yan's face darkened a little.

She looked up at the dark night, because such night made their judgment a little slow. She couldn't even tell where the sound came from, but this time, she seemed to hear it clearly.

She said: "No."

Everyone looked at her in confusion, and Ruoshui whispered: "Empress, what isn't it?"

Nanyan Road: "Not the South City Gate."

“…”

"Those who were attacked should be—"

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"North Gate?!"

When the news reached the army, the already solemn atmosphere became heavier at this moment. When Xiang Yuanbo heard the soldiers coming to report, he immediately calmed down.

"You say it again!"

The soldier lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "The 20,000 troops of Yue Kingdom are attacking the north of Yongzhou City."

Everyone present gasped.
Chapter completed!