"Don't you understand?" Rong Changan rolled his eyes, as if warning Yan Li, but Yan Li still couldn't figure it out.
"I don't know what you mean by that."
Chuntao brought the tea, Rong Chang'an flicked her fingers, Taohong understood, she backed out again, closed the door, and went outside the palace gate to watch.
After drinking fragrant tea and moistening his throat, Rong Changan said deeply: "Li Hai is testing us. On the one hand, he is testing whether we have the so-called adultery; on the other hand, he is testing whether we have other intentions. Otherwise, he will It's easy to marry me into the palace, how can you let me out? Even if I go back to the barracks to see my natal family, he will be worried."
"So that's it!" A cold light flashed in Yan Li's eyes, "Since you know what he means, why did you agree to go out?"
Rong Chang'an said: "Since he has laid such a plan for us, we will follow the plan and wash away his suspicion of us."
Yan Li seemed to understand: "You mean, as long as we follow his will and try our best to make some drama outside, making him think that we can't threaten his rule at all, and there can be no so-called ambiguity, he will fight Drop your doubts about us?"
Rong Changan stared at his fair and handsome face.
"Yes, that's exactly what I meant. I thought you couldn't figure it out!"
It's not that Yan Li doesn't understand, he also wants to test Rong Chang'an, whether or not he thought of it. If not, it means that her city is not too deep. If she can figure it out, then her city is really unpredictable, and he has to be more careful in the future.
Even though he already had love for her, he was still on guard. After all, his identity is different, he is a former prince!
"Then how do we play your so-called drama?"
"This is not a place to talk. I will discuss it with you when I leave the palace."
Yan Li also felt the same way, the walls in the imperial palace have ears, there is no guarantee that the person closest to you is the one who betrayed you.
"In this case, then I take my leave!"
What he said was so blunt, without a trace of warmth. She also wanted to tell him that after this disaster relief, he would be promoted by Li Hai to be the current prime minister! But seeing his cold face, Rong Changan's interest in getting close to him also dissipated a lot.
"The tea that should be brewed, you have to drink it before you leave! Why, are you afraid that I will fail to inject medicine in it?"
Yan Li squinted at Rong Chang'an, pondered for a while, then took the hot tea and drank it in one gulp. This tea is really good, sweet and fragrant, after drinking it into his stomach, Yan Li felt that "the wind was blowing slowly in his armpits".
"If you like to drink it, I'll send you a box of peach red tea when you come back. This is the top-quality tea that the vassal kingdom pays tribute to. In Dajing Kingdom, only people in the palace can drink it."
"Come back and talk about it!"
Yan Li left without looking back.
Looking at his back, Rong Changan's face was full of disappointment. It would be good if he was willing to talk to her a few more words; maybe in his heart, there are only four words "Guotai Minan"!
"Peach Red!" Rong Changan called out.
Tao Hong came to the palace in three steps and two steps, curtseyed, and asked: "Empress Empress, do you have any orders?"
Rong Changan's eyes became deep again: "Get ready, go out with me tomorrow for disaster relief!"
But just as Li Hai sat down, another maid came outside, who was by the Queen Mother's side.
"Wan An, Your Majesty!" The maidservant said respectfully.
Li Hai asked, "What's going on with the Queen Mother?"
The maidservant said: "The Empress Dowager said that there is something important to discuss with the Emperor."
Li Hai turned his eyes and thought about it, Rong Chang'an had just left, and the queen mother came again, probably the two of them did the same thing.
"Okay, go back and report, I'll be there right away!"
"Okay, servant girl, go report to the Queen Mother now!"
Li Hai put down the memorial in his hand, Qi Yuyin said: "Change clothes!"
Two servants came in and changed Li Hai into an apricot-yellow beige and a flying dragon crown. A eunuch yelled again outside the upper study:
"Show Fengzao Palace!"
When Li Hai came to the palace, he saw the Empress Dowager and Ziyan sitting on the embroidered table and eating melons. The bronze censer in Boshan next to it was emitting a thin fragrance of smoke. As soon as they smelled it, they knew it was ambergris tribute from the South China Sea.
"I don't know if the queen mother summoned me, what's the matter?" Li Hai asked after making a salute.
The Empress Dowager pointed to the melon on the table: "Your Majesty, come and taste this Dongling melon first. It is grown by Dongling in the Western Han Dynasty. It is sweet and delicious, and it melts in your mouth."
The queen mother summoned him, couldn't it be just to taste melons? If his biological mother asked him to come, he would still believe it; but the current queen mother is not his biological mother, and she is very afraid of her, even if there are good things, she will not ask him to come and share them. Looking at the situation in front of him, he knew that the queen mother called Ziyan first, because Ziyan was her cousin and niece, and they were related by blood, so of course they kissed her.
Naturally, Li Hai didn't point it out, and sat on the Panlong chair beside him.
"I just ate dim sum, my stomach is still full, let the queen mother and Zi Yan taste it first!"
Li Hai has a bright heart, Zi Yan is a person close to the queen mother, no matter how much she loves her, she can't reveal what's in her heart.
"Serve tea to the emperor!" The Empress Dowager ordered Zi Yan.
Zi Yan brought a cup of tea and placed it on Li Hai's table.
"Your Majesty, use it slowly!"
After taking two sips of tea, the Empress Dowager wiped her hands, got off the bed, and coughed twice.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the disaster in the northwest is serious, and you want to send Rong Chang'an and Yan Li to help the disaster. Is there such a thing?"
Zi Yan's heart skipped a beat: The Queen Mother has so many eyes, she will know about the fact that she just left the court!
Li Hai had expected that the Empress Dowager was for this matter, so he said: "There is such a thing!"
The queen mother suddenly looked gloomy, and stared at Li Hai sternly.
"Yan Yushi is capable. This is well known. I have no objection to sending him there. But sending Rong Chang'an is questionable?"
Li Hai said: "I don't know what the mother's so-called discussion refers to?"
The Empress Dowager didn't want Rong Chang'an to go, so naturally she didn't want to allow Chang'an to gain prestige outside. She had prestige among the people and among the ministers, so her position as queen would be deeply rooted. According to the queen mother, it is not a good thing.
And Li Hai never thought that if Rong Chang'an stood up outside, it would affect his rule! But he wanted to take a gamble, if Rong Chang'an really showed signs of disregarding his Li Dynasty, he would imprison her in the inner courtyard of the palace next.
Moreover, among the people accompanying him, he arranged meticulous work, if Rong Changan and Yan Li had any affair, he would never show mercy. He let Changan go out, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Not only can he test Rong Chang'an's ambition, but he also wants to test Yan Li's loyalty to the Li Dynasty.