Hearing her words, Yan Li's face turned pale instantly.
"Oh? How does Concubine Ai think she should be rewarded?" Li Hai asked.
"The concubine thinks that today is a happy day, why not betroth Miss Ziyan to Yan Yushi!"
"Nonsense!" It was the Empress Dowager who spoke, and everyone looked in shock, but Rong Chang'an had already expected such a result. If the Empress Dowager hadn't helped her in her previous life, how could Ziyan have risen to the top.
Rong Changan glanced at Yan Li, who was pale, and asked the queen mother with a smile: "The queen mother thinks that the concubine's arrangement is inappropriate?"
"It's not right, Yan'er is still young, and the Ai family wants to keep her by my side for a few more years."
The Empress Dowager had a daughter in her early years, but she died in this palace wall. Although Ziyan is her niece, she is also the person closest to her. She must cultivate her well and be her successor. Now Rong Changan's One word is going to break her last expectation.
Women in Dajing Kingdom can leave the court at the age of twenty-eight, but Ziyan already has one in twenty-eight, and the queen mother still says she is young, Ziyan couldn't help sneering, and asked aggressively: "My concubine dares to ask the queen mother, who owns the world! "
"Of course it's the emperor's world!"
"Then whose harem is this harem?"
"..."
The queen mother knew that Rong Chang'an was reminding her who is the person in power in the harem now! For a moment, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, his face turned pale and pale.
Rong Chang'an held her head high and looked at the people beside her. She was telling the world that she, Rong Chang'an, was not only decisive on the battlefield, but also unstoppable in this mere harem. She will be honored in this life. World!
"Empress, I don't agree!" Just when everyone was shocked by Rong Chang'an's aura, a firm voice sounded from the side, "I already have a woman I like, so I definitely won't marry Ziyan."
Others may not know it, but Yan Li knows that she is testing him. If he really agrees to marry Ziyan, he may not survive tomorrow; if he refuses, although he indirectly showed his loyalty to Rong Changan, it is also possible I can't get out of the palace today.
However, he is willing to take a gamble!
"Bold, Yan Yushi dares to refuse the queen's reward, isn't he afraid of beheading?" Li Hai scolded, raising his hand to let someone drag him down.
"Your Majesty." Rong Changan suddenly discovered that she also has the potential to be a Daji, she pretended to be obedient and attached herself to Li Hai's chest, "Your Majesty, forget it, my concubine can't bear to beat a mandarin duck."
Li Hai patted her on the back and nodded, and said: "Since this is the case, I will keep Yan Yushi's kindness towards the queen in mind, so I will give Yan Yushi a pair of jade ruyis that Qinglin Kingdom paid tribute to."
"Sir, thank you Lord Long En!" Yan Li kowtowed to thank him.
Then he turned around and left with Ziyan in his arms. No one saw him. Ziyan, who was being hugged, clenched her fists tightly. She was just pretending to be unconscious. She listened to the conversation just now. It will make her so proud all the time!
A storm stopped here.
On the second day, a group of court ladies and eunuchs were sent to the respect room for Rong Changan to choose. There are many faces that Rong Changan is familiar with, especially Chuntao, her former maidservant, that silly girl who was tortured and killed by Ziyan in order to protect her. Rong Changan chose her to be her maidservant; The eunuch, the youngest son, she stayed one by one.
Instead of picking some people she doesn't know well, it's better to keep these bombs by your side and stare at them, and then use them for her when the time is right!
"Empress, this is the horseshoe cake that was just released in the imperial dining room this morning, please try it quickly." Chuntao placed the cake in front of Rong Changan.
"You can just let them do these things in the future. Sit down and eat with me." Rong Chang'an stretched out his hand to pull the little maid in front of him. In the previous life, Chuntao suffered too much for her, and in this life she must be good. make it up to her.
But she didn't want Chuntao to cry and knelt down: "The empress has mercy on me, but the slaves don't dare."
Rong Changan's outstretched hand froze in the air, she forgot that Chuntao is still afraid of her now, and with what happened last night, there is probably no one in the palace who is not afraid of her.
She looked at the person on the ground who was about to cry, withdrew her hand, and said softly, "You go down first."
"Yes!" Chuntao walked out timidly, wiping away tears. That sneaky look at her made Rong Changan want to laugh.
She took a piece of pastry casually and bit into half of it, only to find that there was a note hidden inside. She pulled out the note and unfolded it.
"See you behind the lotus pond rockery!"
Rong Changan thought, she knew who was going to see her, so he stuffed the note into the horseshoe cake again, and then she ate the horseshoe cake.
When she arrived at the appointed place, she didn't see the person she had met, just when she was impatient and wanted to leave. A black figure suddenly jumped down from the rockery and put the knife on her back.
Rong Changan faced the back and couldn't see the people behind her, but she knew it in her heart, she smiled indifferently and said: "It turns out that everyone in the world is deceived by the imperial censor's elegant appearance, and the real secret has always been you."
Yan Li was shocked by the calmness of the woman in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Are you not afraid that I will kill you?"
Rong Changan turned around and saw the man in front of him frowning, with a face with sharp edges and corners, who should not be subservient to others.
"You will not!"
"Are you so sure?" The smile on the corner of Yan Li's mouth was different from usual, a little playful and a little arrogant, "Don't forget, I almost lost my life because of you last night!"
"Isn't he dead?" The smile on the corner of Rong Chang'an's mouth gradually widened, and his eyes fell on his left hand holding the knife. There was a plum blossom mole near the jaw near his thumb, "You should thank me for helping you dispel the emperor's criticism. All your suspicions."
Yan Li understood what she meant. Emperor Li Hai was suspicious by nature, and he was even more worried about him and other powerful ministers. The emperor and the queen mother had also been at odds for many years.
He publicly refused to marry Ziyan last night, which means he has clearly drawn out his relationship with the queen mother. As everyone knows, Rong Changan is Li Hai's confidant, and if he helps her, he will stand by Li Hai's side.
"Empress, remember, we are just cooperating and we each get what we need! I don't want what happened yesterday to happen again!"
After Yan Li finished speaking in a cold voice, he let go of the woman in front of him, turned and left, but he didn't want a palace lady passing by outside the rockery, so he turned around hastily, his lips brushed the warm skin inadvertently, and the two of them froze at the same time.
It wasn't until the footsteps outside gradually faded away that Yan Li found his voice: "I'm offended!"
Rong Changan had been living in the army before, except that he had been intimate with Li Hai in his previous life, how could he have been so frivolous by other men, he couldn't help punching him, but he didn't want to be caught by Yan Li.
Sensing the gaze of the man across from him, Rong Changan became furious, but he still pretended to be calm and let the man hold his wrist. Suddenly, she said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Unexpectedly, the former prince would have such a character, Chang'an has been taught!"