Rong Changan nodded his chin towards Ziyan's basket: "Isn't that?"
Yan Li said: "It was sent by Zi Yan, but they were all meat dishes. I am eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha, so I can't eat meat. I didn't even move my chopsticks!"
Rong Changan snorted coldly: "You didn't move your chopsticks, how did you see that note?"
Yan Li has already read the content on the note. He is considering Ziyan's proposal, whether to hand over the power to Ziyan as an agent, or to Zhang An and Geng Di as agents
"It's strange, there is only one big steamed bun inside. I don't think meat dishes can be eaten, so let's eat the steamed bun. When I split it open, I saw a note wrapped in oiled paper. Actually, there was nothing on the note..."
Yan Li stood up, folded the note, and put it in his sleeve. He didn't want Changan to see the above content.
Rong Changan was a little disappointed: "When did you learn to lie to me?"
"What did I lie to you?" Yan Li approached her, looking affectionately at the stunning Rong Changan in front of him.
Yan Li lied to her, but it was a white lie. He didn't want Rong Chang'an to question his feelings for her because of this.
"Is there really nothing on it?" Rong Changan also took out a note from his willow basket and handed it to Yan Li, "Your Majesty, take a look, what is written on it is the same as that on the note, isn't it?" the same thing?"
Yan Li opened the note, and Rong Changan begged Yan Li to hand over the power of the emperor to her and let her manage the whole country temporarily. The note with Zi Yan discussed the same thing.
Yan Li looked at it with a lonely expression, the tenderness in his eyes seemed to have sunk into the depths of his eyes, and he could no longer find them.
"Are you really so obsessed with power?" Yan Li said after looking away.
Yan Li misunderstood Rong Changan's taking over of the state power as being obsessed with power, which was too simple and arbitrary. However, Rong Changan doesn't want to explain to him now, he will understand in the future.
"Is there anything wrong with my obsession with power? Have you already made up your mind to hand over the agency to Ziyan? Or either Zhang An or Geng Dili? Have you ever thought about it, if they are in power, will I still be alive?"
It was precisely because he was afraid that Rong Chang'an would be persecuted that Yan Li pondered and hesitated after reading Zi Yan's note.
"Actually, when you had a large army back then, after Li Hai's death, you could completely proclaim yourself the Empress." Yan Li's words were obviously filled with resentment.
Rong Changan said: "Just treat me as regretful! I want the agency right now, will you give it?"
He looked at Yan Li with scorching eyes, but Yan Li's eyes were cold and lonely.
"Can you promise me one condition?"
"What conditions?"
Yan Li said: "Don't kill people, let go of those who have prejudices against you. For example, people from the Du family, Zhang An and others, or..."
"It's like Ziyan, isn't it?" Rong Changan snorted coldly, "I knew you couldn't forget her! Did you forget that she was the murderer who caused our child to have a miscarriage? Didn't you say that the revenge of killing a child is mortal? , you still expect me to release Ziyan, are you worthy of that child?"
Yan Li said: "Isn't there no evidence? Because of the child, you have... already caused several innocent people to lose their lives. I don't want to investigate further, otherwise more people will die because of it."
Rong Changan shook her head, and the burning fire in her eyes also turned cold: "You mean, Du Keming is also innocent, right?"
"I don't know, but I don't want too many people dying because of this."
Evidence, Rong Changan almost has no evidence now, otherwise she will let Yan Li see Du Keming's true face.
"I promise you that you won't commit mass murder, can you hand over the power of agency to me?" Rong Chang'an was annoyed at Yan Li, and turned around without looking at him.
After a while, Rong Changan heard Yan Li softly say, "Yes!"
"Then quickly ask the eunuch to come in with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and write the imperial decree to announce it!"
Yan Li sighed, clapped his hands, and told the eunuchs to bring pens, inks, papers and inkstones. When the four treasures of the study arrived, Yan Li wrote an imperial decree according to Rong Changan's wishes, and pressed the jade seal on the imperial decree.
"Elder-in-law, take this imperial decree to the Hanlin Academy now, and ask the Hanlin scholars to write a hundred sheets according to this imperial decree, and send people to post it at the city gates and crowded places in the capital."
The eunuch shouted long live: "The servant obeys the order!"
When the eunuch went out, Rong Changan also bowed his knees and saluted: "Thank you for your great kindness!" Rong Changan said the four words a little sourly.
Yan Li took down a sword from the wall. The sword was inlaid with sapphires, which shone brightly and were very noble.
"This is the sword of Shangfang, you hold it. If anyone disobeys you, you can play it later. Remember, I gave you the sword of Shangfang not to let you kill, but to let you go without hindrance manage the affairs of the country as a whole."
Rong Changan took the sword and took it out of the scabbard to observe it. She seems to have seen Yin Yin's blood on the sword, it must be the blood of a treacherous minister.
"Empress, do you have anything else to do?" Yan Li changed his address again, from "Chang'an" to "Empress" now, which is enough to show that Yan Li has changed from being close to Rong Chang'an to alienating Rong Chang'an.
Why doesn't Rong Chang'an's heart ache!
"It's nothing important. I don't have any big fish or meat in my basket, just a bowl of cold noodles, a dish of pickles, and a bowl of corn porridge. Do you like it or not!"
As soon as the voice fell, Rong Changan had already crossed the threshold and left the sleeping hall.
Yan Li picked up the basket, put it on the table, and lifted the lid, inside was a bowl of noodles like jade silk, sprinkled with green onion and coriander.
In Yong'an Palace, after kneeling under the incense sticks of Buddha statues for half a day, my stomach really growled. Pick up the chopsticks and take a bite. The noodles are smooth and firm, and the marinade is well done. After eating, you will feel comfortable in your stomach.
Yan Li couldn't hold it back for a while, and even ate up the whole bowl of noodles, not one left, and drank up the marinade. After that, he drank a few mouthfuls of corn porridge with the pickles, and he was full and his stomach was full. Big fish and big meat every day can't compare to this bowl of refreshing cold noodles. Looking at the clean blue and white porcelain sea bowl, Yan Li couldn't help laughing.
"Maybe I'm the poorest emperor in history. It's just a bowl of noodles, but I'm eating like a starving ghost."
Then he called the eunuch in and said, "Go and tell the imperial dining room to make noodles for me in the future according to the recipe of this bowl of noodles."
The eunuch probed his head to look at the bowl, the top of the bowl was clean, and the bottom of the bowl was also clean, thinking that Yan Li was really thrifty: "Your Majesty, what do you call this noodle?"
Yan Li thought for a while, then smiled and said, "The noodles I eat are called Chang'an noodles."
On the day of Yan Libi's introspection in the main hall, the people in the imperial dining room made a bowl of Chang'an noodles every day, and Chang'an noodles were topped with a plate of pickles and a bowl of corn porridge. Yan Li doesn't feel tired of eating it every day.
Rong Changan got the imperial decree monk Fang Baojian from Yan Li, and the next day the copy of the imperial decree was posted at various city gates and bustling places in the city.
The imperial decree states that Rong Chang'an will replace Yan Li as Queen Regent, she will preside over all major military affairs, and all personnel appointments will be decided by Rong Chang'an.