The sound of soft footsteps sounded outside the yard, and at the same time, there was the voice of his day and night thoughts.
"Why did you start drinking so early in the morning? Wouldn't it be lonely to drink alone, and you won't call me!"
Yan Li was overjoyed, his eyes lit up, and he quickly got up and opened the door.
Rong Changan was wearing a taupe-coloured skirt, a brown shawl, and a simple hairpin on her head. She was usually noble and graceful, and she turned into a kind and lovely lady.
"Chang'an, are you here?"
Yan Li walked outside the door and grabbed Rong Changan's hand. He just felt that Rong Changan's hand was so warm, just like the warm east wind could warm his cold heart.
Rong Changan also felt his icy body temperature and took a careful look at him. Although he is not very haggard, there is sadness in his eyes. This kind of sadness is very deep, and it is not just those "leisure worries".
"If I don't come, who will drink with you!"
With that said, Rong Changan followed Yan Li to the study.
It was inconvenient for Chuntao to go in, so she just waited outside the yard. Having nothing to do, he went to the gate to talk to the door.
When Rong Changan saw that there was only wine and no food on the table, he was very indifferent, "Drinking too much wine is not good for your health!"
Yan Li said, "You're right! I'll let the kitchen prepare two or three dishes right away, and we'll talk while drinking."
Rong Changan looked outside the door, it was green in March, the sun was shining brightly, flowers were blooming and willows were green. The general literati, ladies and tourists all went to the suburbs for outings and gardens. But it is also a wonderful and pleasant thing to be in this room with Yan Li, drinking in front of the beautiful scenery.
"Alright! Let's see who gets drunk first between the two of us."
Yan Li smiled, "Of course I got drunk first. And it wasn't the wine that got me drunk, but the beauty."
Rong Changan put his fingers under his nose and giggled, curling his lips, "You prime minister usually has a cold expression and doesn't like to talk, but in fact you can talk sweet words, which made me know a different prime minister Yan."
Yan Li cupped his fists as a salute, "Chang'an, stop making fun of me!"
Rong Changan took a small persuasion cup and poured the wine, "I'll try some good wine."
However, Yan Li snatched the cup.
Rong Changan stared at Yan Li, pretending to be angry and said: "Why, you won't let me drink?"
Yan Li poured out the wine in the glass, and poured another glass, "The glass has been sitting for a long time, and it's not very clean, so it needs to be rinsed with wine. It's ready to drink now."
Yan Li handed the cup to Rong Chang'an, and Rong Chang'an showed a sweet smile on his face, thinking that Yan Li could be so careful and thoughtful.
Rong Changan raised his wide sleeves, turned his back and drank the wine in the glass, stretched out his red tongue and licked his vermilion lips, as if it was aftertaste.
"Well, good wine! It's mellow and sweet, it must not be an ordinary official brewed wine. Where did it come from?"
Yan Li pointed to the pot of wine and said with a smile, "Actually, this is the wine brewed privately in a village in the outskirts. It's hard to be elegant. I didn't expect you to think it tastes good! Or did you deliberately promote this wine?"
Rong Changan said with a smile: "It must be that I drank a lot of good wine in the palace. I got used to it and didn't think there was anything special. After drinking this cup of village mash, I think it is very novel and delicious."
Soon, the cook went to the market and bought a drawer of buns, half a roast goose, a bowl of pickled fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables to put on the table.
Rong Changan looked at it and said with a smile: "I just said I want two or three dishes, why are there so many dishes!"
The two talked while eating and drinking. Seeing Yan Li open his heart, Rong Changan coughed twice and cleared his throat.
"When I came in just now, I heard you speak with embarrassment. What's the matter?"
As soon as he talked about the things in his heart, Yan Li sighed and hesitated to talk.
"What's the matter?" Rong Changan joked, "Is it because you don't have enough wine and you don't want to talk about it?"
As he said that, he wanted to pour wine for Yan Li, but Yan Li stopped.
"Don't drink, don't drink!"
Rong Changan said, "Then tell me quickly, what is it that makes you so sad. In my opinion, this matter is not simple."
Yan Li said, "I can't hide anything from you! Then guess what I'm sad about?"
Rong Changan smiled deeply, as if everything in the world could not be hidden from her.
"If I'm not mistaken, you should be troubled by the Queen Mother's temple. Isn't it?"
Yan Li's body shook slightly, "You...you are really amazing! I am a transparent person in front of you, and I can't hide anything from you."
Whenever Rong Changan figured out what was going on in his mind, Yan Li's back would get chills, and Rong Changan would always give him a terrible feeling.
"Actually, it doesn't take a lot of brain power. You are a person who takes the country and the people as your own responsibility. The things that can make you worry and worry are naturally related to national affairs. And the recent national affairs are nothing more than the emperor's decision to help the queen mother." The temple has been built." Rong Changan said eloquently, what she thought was very mysterious, after she sorted it out, it suddenly became clear.
"So that's how you figured out what was on my mind!" Yan Li had to admire Rong Changan's extraordinary intelligence, "The seemingly simple reasoning can't be deduced by ordinary people. I always thought you were a wizard who knows magic."
wizard? Rong Changan suddenly looked at Yan Li, her eyes flashed with sadness, could it be that she is such an image in his mind? A woman is so smart, do men regard her as a scourge? Don't like such a woman
"You must have given a memorial to the emperor and asked the emperor to stop the construction of the temple, but the emperor wanted to build it wholeheartedly, so he didn't listen to you, did he?"
Yan Li nodded sadly and worriedly, stood up and walked to the door, looking at the willow catkins that started to fly outside.
"Chang'an, look at how good the weather is. The rich and powerful have all gone for outings, but the young men who have been conscripted, and the people who have been deprived of their houses, see the sky is gray. I’m not in the mood to appreciate the beauty.”
Rong Changan stared and pondered for a while. The reason why Li Hai dared to risk the disgrace of the world to help the Queen Mother build a temple must have deep plans. Because Li Hai and the Queen Mother are incompatible with each other, and they are not in a mother-child relationship, Li Hai doesn't care about filial piety or not. Therefore, Li Hai's starting point must be to please the queen mother and stabilize his relatives. Other than that, Rong Changan couldn't think of any other reasons.
"Actually, you just saw a little bit of the tragedy of the entire Dajing Kingdom. I don't know how many tragedies like this are happening all over the country."
Yan Li was taken aback suddenly. As a prime minister, he didn't know that there were so many disasters and tragedies in Dajing, which was really a shame to the prime minister.
"You are in the palace, how do you know things thousands of miles away?"