"What if the ministers don't agree to make me queen?" Rong Chang'an said worriedly.
Yan Li frowned: "Why? Why do they not approve of me making you queen?"
Rong Chang'an said: "In history, no king would appoint the queen of the previous dynasty as the queen. Besides, the ministers left by the court are basically Li Hai's people. They were very afraid of me, and now they want to set up a queen. After that, they will definitely not agree."
"It's up to me to decide, so what can they do! Do they want to interfere in who I choose as my wife?" Yan Li said incredulously.
A hint of helplessness flashed across Rong Chang'an's eyes: "Sometimes, being an emperor means doing things against your will."
Yan Li didn't quite understand Rong Chang'an's words.
"When you have been the emperor for a while, you will know that the emperor is often involuntary."
Yan Li hugged Rong Changan's slender waist from behind, soft and full of elasticity.
"I don't care, I will make you the queen. If anyone objects, I will let him go to other places to be an official. Don't you remember what I told you? I am not the emperor for myself, but for you Be emperor."
Rong Changan was in a daze for a moment, staring at Yan Li who was hugging him tightly with infatuated eyes.
"Okay then, you go to Shang's study room first, and I'll be there later." After a pause, Rong Changan smiled again, "Why do you call yourself me again? If you want to say Zhen, do you understand?"
Yan Li stretched out his index finger and scratched Rong Changan's straight nose: "I know!"
"Chuntao, call them all in!"
Following Rong Changan's call, the eunuchs and maidservants who had been waiting outside for a long time filed in and placed face wash, mouthwash, towels, etc. in front of Yan Li and Rong Changan.
After getting dressed, Yan Li left Fengming Palace and came to Chaoshang's study.
The Shangshufang is a sacred place. In the eyes of ordinary people, the two places that best reflect the emperor's prestige are the Golden Luan Hall and the Shangshufang, because this is where the emperor handles state affairs.
As he was walking, he heard the sound of weeping from inside a red wall, it seemed that the ones who were crying were all women, and they were crying so miserably that Yan Li felt his nose ache.
"Where is behind this wall, and who is locked up?"
The eunuch who was familiar with the story said with a smile on his face: "I tell the emperor, behind this wall is the place where the palace ladies are imprisoned. Some say it is a cold palace, some say it is a prison, and some say it is hell. Anyway, the people locked in it are all People who have made big mistakes don't deserve sympathy."
Hearing such a miserable cry early in the morning made Yan Li very upset. He overthrew Li Hai's world, just to reform the whole country, how could he allow such a place where palace maids were detained
"Lead me to see who is imprisoned inside. If they are not heinous, they can be released and let them live a new life."
"According to the order, this servant will lead the emperor to take a look."
With the eunuch in front and the yellow umbrella behind, Yan Li and his party wandered around the palace and came to that place. If it wasn't for the eunuch leading him, even if Yan Li heard crying, he would definitely not be able to come here. The palace is so big, I don't know how many places there are, and Yan Li has never set foot there!
A brass lock locked the two moon doors, and the cry came from inside. There were two eunuchs with leather whips standing outside the door. They were vicious, but seeing that it was the emperor's law, they all knelt on the ground together and shouted long live.
"Open the door!" From the crack of the door, Yan Li seemed to smell the smell of grievance, and could not help but frown.
After creaking, the two moon doors were opened. Inside is a narrow and low courtyard. If you don't pay attention, you may think it is a place to put sundries.
A group of women sat under the verandah wiping tears, weeping and crying, very miserable.
"You still don't get up and kowtow to the emperor!" The eunuch flicked his whip.
As soon as the maids heard this, they all flocked to Yan Li and knelt down, shouting long live with a crying voice.
Yan Li looked over, all of them had sad faces, little traces of makeup, and their eyes were red and swollen from crying, so he felt compassion.
"I passed by here today, you can tell me why you were arrested here. If it is not a heinous crime, I can release you out of the palace at my discretion."
Those court ladies were relegated here by Li Hai because of a little bit of accidents in the past, but the crime is actually not that big. So, they all rushed over and told Yan Li about their grievances.
"You guys are like this, I can't deal with it. Why don't I order them one by one, and come up and tell me whoever I click on."
The eunuch wondered: "Your Majesty, there are at least two hundred court ladies here. When will this be recorded? There are still ministers waiting in the Shangshu room!"
Yan Li said solemnly: "There are so many grievances here, I can't deal with them, what kind of national affairs are you dealing with! If the grievances persist, it will definitely lead to the country's yin and yang imbalance, and the country will be full of disasters."
Yan Li pointed to one of the maids who was crying the most miserable, "Tell me, how did you get caught here?"
Seeing being set on fire, the court lady danced happily and crawled to Yan Li's side on her knees, as if she was being lucky.
"Your Majesty, the servant girl used to serve tea and water for that stupid gentleman. One time, he accidentally touched the tea bowl and the tea poured on the dragon robe of that stupid gentleman. He got angry and immediately said that he would kill me. It was Eunuch Liu who persuaded me." After a while, that foolish lord gave up the idea of killing me and shut me up in this dark place. Your Majesty is sage, see clearly, and let the servants have a bright road!"
Yan Li couldn't help but feel pity when he heard this. Li Hai is really going too far for a careless person to cause a fatal disaster!
"Don't worry, since I said I want to let you out, I'm going to make a big noise." Yan Li turned to the eunuch next to him and said, "Go to the warehouse to collect money, food and clothes, and bring them here, and I will distribute them to these court ladies. They will have the capital to live in the future, so they won’t be begging on the street.”
When the maid heard this, tears rolled down like raindrops, and she kowtowed like garlic.
"The emperor is wise! The emperor is merciful!"
Wait for the eunuch to withdraw the money, food and clothing. Yan Li asked the maid again, "If you are let out, what do you want to do for a living?"
The maid looked confused, "I... I don't know yet. In the palace, I only know about weaving and tailoring, and I don't know anything else."
Yan Li said: "Since you have the ability to weave and tailor, you can open a cloth shop and work as a tailor when you go out, and spend some money every day. Wouldn't it be good to find a good man to marry and have children?"
The maid was so excited that she didn't know how to thank Yan Li, she cried and said, "The emperor's kindness to rebuild, I will never forget it!"