Zhao Hongru shouted again: "The reward ceremony is over..."
Before the word "shu" was finished, a sedan chair with mane trimmed was seen being carried from the front hall to the front of the Ming Hall.
"Whose sedan chair is this?" Li Hai quietly asked the eunuch. When the eunuch looked around, he saw the words "Fengzao Palace" on the sedan chair, his expression changed, and he quietly replied to Li Hai:
"It's the queen mother's sedan chair!"
Unless the emperor is young, the queen mother cannot be present at the reward ceremony. The queen mother broke the etiquette afterwards.
She doesn't think much of me anymore, she came here at this time, obviously trying to hinder the award ceremony. What a pity, what a pity, the award ceremony is over. It's useless if she gets angry again. Li Hai thought, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.
Rong Changan watched coldly, to see what lively things would happen between Li Hai and the Queen Mother.
The Empress Dowager got off the sedan chair, all the officials were solemn and solemn, Zhao Hongru seemed to see a savior, and rushed to the sedan chair.
"The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old, veteran Zhao Hongru saluted the Empress Dowager!"
The Empress Dowager's face was drooping, as gloomy as the sky before it rained, her eyes were very white, her dry and thin lips were tightly closed, and the emerald pearl on one end was still shaking.
"The emperor rewarded Yan Li as prime minister, why didn't the Ai family get any news?"
The queen mother is blaming Zhao Hongru, why don't she reveal some news to her! If it had been disclosed earlier, Yan Li would not have become prime minister so smoothly.
Why didn't Zhao Hongru know to notify the queen mother in advance, but he was delayed by Li Hai's reward ceremony, and he didn't have any free time.
"I thought... I thought the emperor had already informed the queen mother!"
"Know what!"
The queen mother suddenly said loudly, when they came to Li Hai, Li Hai and Rong Changan quickly knelt down to the queen mother.
"I didn't know the Empress Dowager was here, forgive me!"
The queen mother was full of anger: "Hai'er, do you think that if you are sick, you can do whatever you want?"
Li Hai hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that!"
The empress dowager's face turned purple, and she looked at Li Hai and Rong Chang'an with lightning-like eyes.
"If it's not that I don't take my old body seriously, why am I so anxious to confer the title of prime minister today, but I haven't heard any rumors?"
Li Hai rolled his eyes quickly: "Queen Mother, I saw that you were ill last night. I thought it was not appropriate to use these things to disturb the Queen Mother. I didn't intend to hide it."
The lie is quite well rounded, I just want to deceive the Queen Mother, how easy it is!
The Empress Dowager suddenly looked at Rong Chang'an: "Queen Rong, I think it must be you, the goblin, Daji, who fanned the flames around the emperor and asked him to reward Yan Li quickly, that's why today's ugly scene was performed!"
Li Hai is afraid of the queen mother, but Rong Changan is not afraid of the queen mother.
Rong Changan smiled: "I am from the inner palace, so I dare not interfere in the political affairs outside. Even if the emperor asks who can take over as prime minister, the courtiers and concubines just keep silent. This is a rule passed down through the ages and generations. , cannot be destroyed by us people."
As he spoke, he deliberately raised his eyes slightly to look at the Queen Mother. Women can't interfere in political affairs, there is indeed such a rule, the Queen Mother didn't know how to refute Rong Changan for a while.
"Haier, did Rong Chang'an really propose to you who should be the prime minister?"
Rong Changan's move was really good, he kicked the ball to Li Hai's feet.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Empress has indeed never interfered in the affairs of the foreign court. It is only my own idea to make Yan Li the prime minister."
The Queen Mother turned to look at Yan Li again, who knelt on the ground calmly.
"Yan Li, do you think you are qualified to be the prime minister?" It was obvious that he used his aura to oppress Yan Li, making Yan Li retreat when he knew the difficulty.
Yan Li glanced at Rong Chang'an and Li Hai standing in front of him, they both wanted Yan Li to be prime minister.
"Empress Dowager, since the position is bestowed by the emperor, I dare not refuse it. I am willing to lead all the officials and devote myself to the imperial court before I die!" Yan Li's words were powerful and resounding, even the Empress Dowager was overwhelmed by it.
Rong Changan thought to himself: This is the man I like; he will not be subdued by might, nor will he be seduced by wealth.
"Yan Li, you..." A cold light flashed in the empress dowager's cloudy old eyes.
Li Hai was afraid that the Queen Mother would make a decision that would be unfavorable to Yan Li, so he said from the side: "Queen Mother, Prime Minister Yan is really a rare talent to meet for the country and the people. !"
Rong Changan also said: "This is a matter of the foreign court, I hope the Queen Mother will not interfere too much!"
The Empress Dowager's eyes were sharp, and she stabbed at Rong Chang'an like a knife: "Rong Chang'an, you are getting more and more presumptuous! Do you think you can mess up the imperial court by blowing soft wind beside the emperor's pillow?"
Rong Chang'an pointedly said: "I'm afraid that the person who blows soft wind in the emperor's ear is not a concubine, but someone else!" Rong Chang'an's star eyes turned, and he squinted at Li Hai, "The emperor is smart and wise, how could it be that I am so smart and wise?" What can a woman interfere with? The queen mother sees the emperor as a teenage boy, right?"
What Rong Changan meant was very clear. She wanted to tell the queen mother that Li Hai is no longer a child, and he is no longer the person who just took power. Now that his wings are gradually full, it may not be so easy for the queen mother to cover the sky with one hand.
The queen mother gritted her teeth, and the jewels on her head moved with anger. Let Rong Changan go today, and settle accounts with her later!
"Okay, since the emperor has announced Yan Li as prime minister to all officials, I have not taken back the power to accept orders. It depends on how Yan Li will do things in the future. I was entrusted by the former emperor to protect the country and the people. If the prime minister did something wrong, I must punish him severely!"
Li Hai said: "Of course, why does the Queen Mother need to talk too much! Not only Yan Yushi, but even if I make mistakes, the Queen Mother can punish them."
The queen mother was at a loss for words. No matter how powerful she is, she can't punish the emperor!
"This... I don't mean that." The queen mother was in a hurry, so she didn't care about Chaoyi, and rushed to make Li Hai change the emperor's life. Now that it has been announced, it is a done deal. Feeling relieved, he said:
"Okay, I've suffered another old illness, let's go back first. You guys can continue the ceremony!"
Li Hai and Rong Changan saluted the Queen Mother again: "Queen Mother, go slowly!"
The queen mother didn't turn her head back, and without saying a word, she got on the sedan chair and pulled down the curtain herself. At the last moment, she gave Yan Li a look with murderous intent in her eyes.
The former prime minister can be stabbed to death, Dong Wanshan can be stabbed to death, why is Yan Li an exception? Thinking about it, the corner of the queen mother's mouth curled into a sinister smile.
Yan Li's reward ceremony for the prime minister ended in a quarrel. Despite Yu Li's disagreement, when Li Hai returned to his bedroom, he was furious, tore up several calligraphy and paintings and smashed a bronze incense burner, but he didn't dare to confront the Queen Mother head-on.
The Queen Mother stretched out her finger, and her relatives led the rebellion, forcing the palace to let Li Hai abdicate, but Li Hai had nothing to say.
Forbearance a moment, calm, take a step back, a brighter future. Continue to bear it!
When Yan Li returned to his mansion, there was an old man selling sweet potatoes at the door, who handed Yan Li a dirty letter.
Yan Li carefully looked at the letter and asked, "Who sent it?"
The old man selling sweet potatoes said: "It's a man, with a bowed back and a shrill voice, like a woman."
It should be someone from the palace, but I don't know which palace eunuch it is.
After dismissing the old man and returning to the room, Yan Li opened the letter and wrote only a few words on it: "A prime minister will not live for more than a month!"