Ziyan guessed their doubts, called them to the front of the car first, and gave each of them a piece of silver: "Don't tell anyone what happened today, this is your hush money. If anyone tells it, you I know what the consequences will be. I, Ziyan, punish those who betrayed, and I am not ambiguous."
The cold face, sharp gaze, and fierce words frightened Liu'er and the coachman, and they hurriedly said: "Even if we have ten guts, we dare not tell what happened today!"
Zi Yan snorted coldly, pursed her lips, and squinted her shoulders: "I forgive you for not daring. Let's go back to the palace!"
Taking advantage of the night, taking advantage of the rain and fog, he meandered to Jingyangmen, the back gate of the palace, but he didn't meet any acquaintances. Ziyan was happy and urged the coachman to drive the car to Fengwu Palace quickly.
As we were walking, there was a long line of lantern dragons in front of us.
Liu'er quickly said to Zi Yan in the car: "It's not good, it's not good!"
Zi Yan was very unhappy, and felt that Liu'er said something unlucky: "Why is it not good? What are you yelling about!"
Liu'er said: "The emperor... the empress is here!"
Zi Yan's heart almost jumped into her throat: "What, Rong Chang'an is here!" Rong Chang'an's eyes are treacherous, if she finds out that the two men are not the guards, she must be suspicious. It would be very bad if the two men were arrested for interrogation.
"Tell the coachman to change the lane quickly! Don't bump into Rong Changan!"
The coachman changed his way and went back to Fengwu Palace in a big circle.
Rong Chang'an had just finished handling political affairs in the Shangshufang, and was about to return to Fengming Palace, when he looked up and saw a car approaching in front of him, and a girl carrying a lantern. Then he asked Chuntao which palace it was from.
Chuntao looked around, saw Liu'er's face in the dim light of the lantern, and replied contemptuously, "It's the concubine Ziyan's convoy."
Ziyan failed in the power struggle with Rong Changan, she has always wanted to ridicule Ziyan face to face. We just met tonight, Rong Changan was really happy, "Chuntao, let's walk slowly, we will talk to Concubine Ziyan later."
Just as the team was slowed down, Zi Yan's team turned around and left in another direction.
Chuntao felt strange, and scratched the back of her head: "Why did Ziyan go the other way? It's inexplicable."
Rong Changan couldn't help laughing and said: "That's because she didn't have the face to see me, she was afraid that I would humiliate her face to face, so she ran away in despair!"
Rong Changan didn't pay much attention, and returned to Fengming Palace.
Zi Yan walked into the corridor, and kept asking Liu Er: "Has Rong Changan chased him?"
Liu Er hurriedly followed the chariot, while looking back, she saw Rong Chang'an's team going straight to Fengming Palace.
"Reporting to the noble concubine, the empress went to Fengming Palace, but did not follow."
Zi Yan felt uneasy, so she lifted the curtain of the car herself, looked back, and sure enough, she did not see Rong Chang'an, wiped her chest, and let out a long breath.
"It's fine if you don't come, it's fine if you don't come, it scares me to death!"
Go back to Fengwu Palace, arrange the two men to live in a secret room, and decide to do it tomorrow night.
On this day, it was cloudy and rainy again, and the weather was getting cooler day by day. Last night, Rong Changan even covered the quilt. She spent the whole day dealing with political affairs, and when it was dusk, she stretched out and found that there were still a lot of memorials on the case.
"Chuntao, bring your dinner here, and I will review the memorial while eating."
Chuntao felt that Rong Changan had worked too hard, and felt sorry for her, so she said, "Queen, this case is full of all the things that have happened in the country in recent days, how can you finish the review in one day by yourself? Haste makes waste." , take your time in everything, it’s not good to be too hasty.”
Rong Changan was very moved by Chuntao's concern.
"You're right! But if I leave some memorials today, some tomorrow, and some the day after tomorrow, over the years, there will be many memorials."
"These memorials are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and are related to the life and death of the people. How can I be negligent and slack because of my laziness for a while! If I look at it for an extra hour, I may be able to see someone's grievances, reverse the case in time, and save someone's life." Life. Otherwise, how can I live up to the emperor's expectations and trust in me. Go and bring me dinner, I'm hungry. Let's eat together!"
Chuntao shook her head and said with a smile: "If every minister, every eunuch, and every county magistrate has the consciousness of the queen, then there will be a lot less trouble in the world! At that time, the queen and the emperor can rule by themselves. gone."
When Chuntao went to the imperial dining room, Rong Changan picked out candles, the candles were shining brightly, reflecting the heavy golden curtains, reflecting the gold and silver-covered cases, chairs, palaces, and doorposts, dazzling and resplendent.
In such an environment, Rong Changan didn't feel detached and complacent at all, on the contrary, deep worry shrouded her eyebrows like a cloud.
The more memorials she read, the more worried she became about the fate of the entire country.
Corruption, rebellion, famine, and tyranny run through the entire Dajing Kingdom. The reason why the country is so chaotic is not that Yan Li is incompetent, but that the ministers who control the government's affairs are left alone, do not seek their own government, and abolish the government for private reasons. If these ministers are allowed to continue to be in power, the country may repeat the mistakes of Li Hai.
A familiar sound of footsteps came up the jade steps. Before the man stepped into the Shang study, he shouted happily: "General Rong, are you looking for me?"
When Rong Changan heard this voice, he was filled with joy.
She was planning to implement her long-planned plan, but she was afraid that there would not be enough assistants around her. Now that Song Qiang was back, he could be her right-hand man.
"Song Qiang, you came just in time, I have something to ask you."
Rong Changan asked Song Qiang to sit down by the case, and it happened that Chuntao brought over dinner, it was just two meat and one vegetable, a bowl of white rice, it was not considered a rich meal.
"Let's talk while eating." Rong Changan pointed to the food.
Song Qiang looked at the food, but seemed a little unhappy: "I... I can't eat it!"
Rong Changan immediately saw Song Qiang's thoughts, and giggled: "I forgot! You can't have a meal without wine, and you can't eat without wine! Chuntao, go to the imperial dining room immediately and bring a pot of good wine, and then Bring a bucket of rice."
Rong Changan has worked with Song Qiang in the military camp for many years, knowing that he can drink and eat, so he can fight naturally.
Song Qiang smiled: "General Rong understands me." After a pause, he said gratefully, "This time, if it wasn't for General Rong, I would still be a magistrate in that place in the frontier that doesn't shit! I can return to the imperial capital , I am so happy!"
The last time Song Qiang assassinated Zi Yan, in order to avoid punishment, Yan Li transferred him to the frontier as a Jiedu envoy. Even though the local people "don't shit", the folk customs are strong. If there is no strong person to suppress it, it will be uncontrollable.
As soon as Song Qiang left, he acted vigorously and vigorously. In less than a month, a place that was originally chaotic was governed into a peaceful world. Moreover, the most important thing is that the military power held by that place is very heavy. Once an accident occurs here in Rong Chang'an, Song Qiang can definitely raise troops to defend.
Rong Changan said: "I'm even more happy that you can come back."