After Rong Changan left, Ziyan was already sitting beside Li Hai, feeding Li Hai with a piece of Dongling melon. Rong Changan looked disgusting, as if feeding a child.
Rong Changan's eyes flashed, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said with a smile, "I'm late, it's better than some people taking the lead." Looking at Li Hai, he said, "Your Majesty, don't you think so?"
Rong Chang'an wanted to scold Zi Yan for taking her place while she was away. In the palace, the location is very particular. The position closer to the emperor is more noble, and the farther away is lower. For example, the empress must sit next to the emperor, followed by the imperial concubine; now that Ziyan is an imperial concubine, she occupies the position of empress. To put it bluntly, it means that she doesn’t know how to be respected. The crime of usurpation is not an ordinary crime.
Zi Yan looked a little flustered, hugged Li Hai's arm with both hands, snorted coquettishly, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, this concubine didn't mean to seek the queen's position, but was just eager to serve the emperor, so I sat in the queen's position. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
What Li Hai can't stand the most is the pleas of women, especially his favored concubines. Seeing Ziyan's pitiful appearance, Li Hai pleaded for her:
"Queen, Ziyan is also doing it for my own good, that's why she sat in your seat. She made an unintentional mistake, so don't blame her, okay? Just plead for her in front of me."
Now that Li Hai has said that, what else can Rong Changan say.
"I don't mean to blame Sister Ziyan. I am also serving the emperor, why should I care about these red tapes. Sister Ziyan, you can just sit there, I can sit anywhere."
Rong Changan decided to retreat, and sat in whichever position was more humble at the banquet. In the end, Rong Changan actually sat behind Yan Li.
As the empress of a country, how can she sit next to Yushi? If this gets out, wouldn't it become a joke
"Queen, you'd better come back and sit by my side." Li Hai waved to Rong Chang'an.
A smug smile appeared on the corner of Rong Changan's mouth: "No! No! It's better to let Concubine Ziyan sit, she can serve the emperor better than me."
There was irony in the words, and Li Hai and Zi Yan felt very embarrassed when they heard it.
"Zi Yan, why don't you... just go back to your original seat and let the queen sit back in her original seat. Otherwise, this is too inappropriate."
Zi Yan gritted her teeth, and stared at Rong Chang'an with rounded eyes. She took the initiative to sit next to Li Hai, but was rushed back by Li Hai, the embarrassment can be imagined. Holding back his breath, his face turned red, and he secretly scolded Rong Chang'an: scheming bitch!
"The concubine is gone!"
Although Li Hai felt a little bit reluctant, he still said: "Although the position of the imperial concubine is far away from me, her heart is closest to me."
The sound was so small that only Zi Yan could hear it. Zi Yan was so moved that tears flickered in her eyes.
"The emperor treats his courtiers and concubines so well, the ministers and concubines must go through fire and water for the emperor, and they will not say anything!" When she said, her voice was crying.
Li Hai took pity on the fragrance and jade, took out a handkerchief embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns from his body, and wiped the tears from the corners of Zi Yan's eyes for Zi Yan.
"It's just a change of position. Why did Concubine Ziyan cry? Many ministers are here, and everyone sees your jokes!"
As soon as Rong Changan rolled his eyes, he knew that Zi Yan was acting. Rong Changan snorted softly: You act for me, and I will act for you too, let's see who can act better!
Rong Chang'an said to Li Hai: "Since Concubine Ziyan can't bear to be an inch away from the emperor, why not let her sit next to the emperor, and the concubine should just sit in this ordinary position."
The words were very humble, and the ministers all said that the queen was general and generous.
As for the system of these imperial courts, no one knows more clearly than the current prime minister.
Seeing that Ziyan, who is a noble concubine, actually snatched the queen's position, she felt that it was not a big deal. If respect is not respected and humble is not, then in the near future, the country will not be a country. So he got up stubbornly, and said to Zi Yan in a stern voice:
"The long-term stability of a country lies in the order of respect and inferiority, and the orthodoxy of etiquette and law. Like the Zhou Dynasty, it was able to last for eight hundred years because all generations followed the etiquette and law of Duke Zhou. Like the Qin Dynasty, it ignored the etiquette and law, We only respect the law, and within fifty years, the country collapsed. These facts prove that our country can last for a long time only if there is an orderly hierarchy. The emperor has the position of emperor, the queen has the position of queen, and the courtiers have the position of courtiers. This is the order of respect and inferiority. Therefore, please invite the empress and concubine to sit in your own seats..."
The prime minister's words attracted unanimous praise from the ministers. No matter how much Li Hai doted on Ziyan, he couldn't bear the wishes of the ministers, so he said to Ziyan:
"Concubine, you should go back! Stop arguing with the queen."
Ziyan and Rong Changan looked at each other at this moment, one was full of complacency, the other was full of anger and shame. Zi Yan had no choice but to retreat, and Rong Changan returned to her position.
Rong Changan touched the chair with his hand. The chair was a little warm, so he deliberately loudly ordered to the maid behind him: "It's so hot in here, please get me an embroidered mat and spread it on it. This chair still has the temperature of the purple smoke noble concubine." !"
The voice was very loud, Ziyan's face turned red and white, and she clenched her small fists tightly, wishing to punch Rong Changan twice if she wanted to pass by.
Rong Changan sat beside Li Hai, and as soon as he sat down, Li Hai couldn't wait to ask: "Just now what did the queen mother call you to do with Yan Yushi?"
Seeing that Yan Li returned safely, the big stone in Li Hai's heart finally fell.
Rong Changan took a sip of water, then leaned closer to Li Haiergen and said, "The queen mother told us to go over to kill us."
Li Hai was horrified, and stared at Rong Changan with wide eyes: "This... this can't be true, can it?"
Rong Changan smiled, and asked Li Hai: "If it is true, what will the emperor do?"
Li Hai swallowed his saliva, his tongue got stuck, and he didn't know what to say.
"Hahaha, the concubine is joking with the emperor, why does the emperor take it seriously!" Rong Changan covered his mouth and smiled, "The queen mother is the emperor's mother, and the concubine is the wife of the emperor, the queen mother has no reason to kill the concubine."
Rong Changan's joke was not funny, Li Hai wiped the sweat from his forehead, and smiled with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"The queen really knows how to joke."
Rong Changan wanted to test Li Hai, if the queen mother really attacked Yan Li and her, what would happen to Li Hai? From his panicked expression, Rong Changan probably knew the answer.
Li Hai is still too weak, not yet the Queen Mother's opponent.
"The concubine drank a few more glasses at the empress dowager's place, and her speech became a little out of tune. The emperor won't blame the concubine, right?"
Li Hai really wanted to blame Rong Changan, how could he make such a joke, but Rong Changan moved out of the empress dowager, Li Hai didn't dare to say anything.