Chuntao stood beside her, worrying about her. These few days, Rong Changan couldn't sleep well, eat well, and didn't think about tea, which made Chuntao very worried.
"Queen, please tell me something."
Rong Chang'an said: "Do you still remember the dancers on the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"I remember." Chuntao said, "Why did the queen think of them?"
Rong Chang'an said: "Go and call them here."
"yes!"
People soon came, and they knelt down in front of Rong Changan together: "Little girl kneels to see the empress!"
No matter how unhappy Rong Changan was, he forced a smile on his troubled face: "Pingshen! In the past few days, has the emperor asked you to dance?"
It's okay not to ask about this matter, but when asked, every eye of the dancer is full of resentment. Rong Changan naturally caught their resentment.
"What's the matter? Hasn't the emperor asked you to go for a long time?"
The dancer said bitterly: "The emperor dares to ask us to go now! The imperial concubine Ziyan watched him tightly, forbidding the emperor to watch our sisters dance, and even sent someone to threaten us, saying that if we see us again For dancing "Green Waist", our legs were chopped off. Our sisters were so frightened that we dare not stay in the palace, and have already gone out to work as camp prostitutes."
Rong Chang'an knew about prostitutes. It is to please the women of the government and the army. Of course, it is only to please with skills, not about the body.
"I see. No wonder I haven't seen you at the banquet in the palace for a long time." Rong Changan felt that this was a good opportunity, "If I intend to regroup you and arrange dance music, you still can't dance. ?”
The dancer said: "If it's just for the empress, we're willing; if it's for the emperor, Concubine Ziyan will..."
"People whom the emperor admires, how dare I presume. I invite you here because the emperor misses you. You arrange dance music boldly, and don't worry about other things. She Ziyan is a noble concubine, but there is a queen above the noble concubine, It's not like she doesn't know!"
What Rong Chang'an said was obvious, if Zi Yan was threatening again, the dancer could rely on Rong Chang'an to stand out.
"Since there is a queen to support our sisters, why are we not happy! We are willing to obey the queen's orders."
It's better to dance for the emperor than to dance for the government officials, and the rewards are higher, so why don't they like it.
Rong Changan showed a deep smile on his face: "Then it's settled! You go to rehearse now, "Green Waist" is a song you are familiar with, so you should be able to dance on stage tomorrow, right?"
"Time is running short, but it's rare for the Queen to take care of us so much. Even if we don't sleep tonight, we have to rehearse the song."
After dismissing the dancer who danced "Green Waist", Rong Chang'an secretly sent a reliable imperial guard to deliver a letter written by her to Song Qiang who was in the northern army camp.
Song Qiang opened Rong Chang'an's letter in the army tent: "Tomorrow, the willows will be on the moon, the army will practice, and the smoke will be everywhere, flying sand and rocks, shocking the enemy's heart. I will watch from the north gate of the imperial city and review the army formation. There must be no mistakes!" "Rong Chang'an's own handwriting" was written on the envelope.
After thinking for a while, Song Qiang understood the meaning of Rong Chang'an's letter, and happily said to the Yulin army who delivered the letter: "Please reply to the queen, and I will follow her instructions to practice and inspect the northern army!"
The Imperial Forest Army brought Song Qiang's words to Fengming Palace, and Rong Changan showed a relaxed smile: "With Song Qiang's help, I'm not afraid that Li Hai will not be afraid!"
"Chuntao!" Rong Changan called Chuntao again, "Go and tell the emperor, tomorrow night, I will invite the emperor to the north gate to see the scenery."
"Looking at the scenery?" Chuntao felt that she had misheard, "Queen, are you talking about going to the north gate of the palace to enjoy the scenery?"
"Exactly!"
"What's there to appreciate about the scenery at the North Gate? It's late autumn now, and it's so cold that you can't even shiver if you go there. How can you care about enjoying the scenery?"
Rong Chang'an showed a tolerant smile to Chuntao: "If you are told to go, just go, don't ask so many questions! How can you servants understand the matters of literati and refined scholars."
Chuntao didn't know what was muttering in her mouth, and she went to inform Li Hai with her face full of confusion.
After Li Hai imprisoned Yan Li in Yushitai, he also sent people to Fengming Palace to find out about Rong Changan. The strange thing is that Rong Changan didn't counterattack him immediately, but only strengthened the defense of the Imperial Forest Army outside Fengming Palace.
Why didn't she fight back, what was she waiting for? He has already shown his sword to Rong Changan, why is she still acting so calm? It's as if the incident with the surrender platform never happened. Could it be that Nie Lingzhen and the others didn't confess Li Hai? Rong Chang'an didn't even know that this conspiracy was instigated by Li Hai
Impossible, Rong Changan is so smart and scheming, how could she fail to guess that it was Li Hai who wanted to kill her
Or is the calm in front of you just the calm before the storm
Maybe it was his message that worked. Rong Changan knew that Yan Li was at Yushitai, and Yushitai was already controlled by Li Hai, so Rong Changan didn't dare to do anything to him.
"Yes, that's why Rong Changan didn't retaliate against me." Li Hai muttered in his stomach, "So I must make good use of Yan Li as a chess piece, so that Rong Changan will bow to me."
Li Hai felt very proud of his decision to release the news of Yan Li's detention in a timely manner. In Li Hai's view, it was this news that made Rong Changan give up his plan to fight him.
Just as a smile appeared on his face, he suddenly thought that Song Qiang was now in control of the Northern Army, and Nie Lingzhen and other imperial guards were missing. Rong Changan wanted to crush him to death, just like crushing an ant. Li Hai's eyes suddenly became dark again, and his mood became disturbed.
"Where did Nie Lingzhen go? Was he really killed by Rong Changan?"
"The emperor..."
Eunuch Liu's old voice sounded at the door of Shangshu's room, startling Li Hai, his face pale and panicked.
"Damn it..." Li Hai cursed in his heart, sorted out his emotions, and turned himself into that lofty and graceful emperor, "Eunuch Liu, why are you panicking?"
Eunuch Liu naturally saw the panic flashing across Li Hai's face, and he didn't quite understand it, but he was too embarrassed to ask.
"Report to the emperor, Chuntao is waiting outside!"
Li Hai's body trembled slightly: "Chuntao? She is Rong Changan's personal girl, she must have brought news of Rong Changan."
"Does Chuntao have anything to say?" Li Hai pretended to be relaxed and calm.
Eunuch Liu said: "Chuntao said that Empress Rong would like to invite the emperor to go to the north tower of the palace tomorrow night to see the scenery..."
Li Hai couldn't help laughing, "Look at the scenery? What kind of scenery is there when the north wind is chilly! What's wrong with Empress Rong!"
Eunuch Liu also felt that it was not a pleasant thing to go to the North Tower to see the scenery, and he was also puzzled.
"Since the emperor said that, he must not agree. This old servant will reply to Chuntao."
"Wait!" Li Hai called Eunuch Liu to stop. Under the current state of affairs, Rong Changan asked him to go to the tower, not just to see the scenery, there must be something very important, it should be about Yan Li or the surrender platform, "You Huichuntao, just Said that I agreed to Queen Rong's request and would definitely go tomorrow."