Zixuan said innocently: "Since you can't figure out what Empress Rong wants to do now, why don't you think about it. Relax and go to the south of the Yangtze River with us to enjoy the scenery."
Zi Yan tugged at the corner of her mouth, revealing a slight smile, but there was no smile at all in her deep eyes.
"My sister is right, since I can't figure it out, I won't think about it! Rong Changan is a conspirator, but I, Ziyan, am not! Hehehe, this time is really thanks to you. My sister will find a chance in the future, thank you, thank you .”
Zixuan said: "Since you call me younger sister, why bother to be out of touch like that! If sister has nothing else to do, I'll go back to the palace first, and the emperor said he would come over tonight!"
The current Zixuan seems to be fascinated by Yan Li, and Ziyan's face reveals a smug look.
"Since the emperor is going to your palace, you should go back and prepare well. My sister won't keep you any longer."
Zixuan left Jiaogong and returned to Fengwu Palace without mentioning it. Zi Yan didn't sit, she didn't stand, she didn't walk, she was always thinking about Rong Changan's intention to allow her to go to Jiangnan together.
... Fengming Palace.
Chuntao handed Rong Changan a towel to wipe the sweat off his forehead. Although it was raining, the weather was still stuffy, and my forehead was already covered with sweat when I came down from the back mountain.
"Queen, I don't understand something."
Rong Changan washed his hands: "Is there anything you don't understand?"
Chuntao wiped off her sweat, rubbed the towel in a gold-encrusted copper basin, wrung it dry, and handed it to Rong Changan to wipe her hands.
"Who Ziyan is, the queen doesn't know, how many bad things she has done! Just now, noble concubine Zixuan pleaded for her to let her go to the south of the Yangtze River, why did you agree? Hmph, when I saw her, my head swelled, I feel angry in my stomach, wishing to pull her out of the palace like weeds, why did you agree to let her accompany you?"
Rong Changan dried his hands, then handed two towels to Chuntao, and Chuntao put them in the water basin to rub again.
"You only know one, not the other."
Chuntao looked up at Rong Changan: "How can I only know one thing, but not the other?"
Rong Changan picked up a cup of tea and took a sip: "You have to choose, do you want to put Ziyan in the palace alone, or take her by your side to watch?"
Chuntao scratched her head: "I... I definitely don't want her to be by my side? What does the queen mean by keeping her by her side?"
Rong Chang'an smiled wisely: "That's why I said that you only know one thing but not the other. Of course you know who Zi Yan is. In the palace, she is not allowed to do anything!"
What Rong Changan was most worried about was that Ziyan tricked other ministers in power just like Qiu Quan did, and the ministers with military power rose up to rebel.
Chuntao suddenly realized: "It turns out that the queen is afraid that Ziyan will set fire to our backyard after we go to Jiangnan!"
Rong Changan looked at Chuntao: "That's right! This woman is very smooth-tongued and can confuse people's hearts. If we were not here, she would definitely confuse the ministers to do bad things with her. Look at Zixuan, she has only been in the palace for a few days , I was bewitched by her, and I felt very uncomfortable."
Chun Tao was furious: "This woman with a bad stomach, God should have opened her eyes and blasted her! Poor Concubine Zixuan, with such a pure heart, she was also corrupted by Ziyan. It would be terrible to deal with us! "
This was also the last thing Rong Changan wanted to see.
"I hope Zixuan can wake up as soon as possible, see Ziyan's true colors, and draw a clear line with her from now on."
Chun Tao said: "Why didn't the queen tell Zi Xuan about Zi Yan's true colors?"
Rong Changan shook his head: "Zi Xuan is too simple, even if I expose Zi Yan's face, she promises to break with Zi Yan in front of me, but after returning, as long as Zi Yan finds her and talks nonsense, Zi Xuan will be stupid again." I can't tell who is the good guy and who is the bad guy."
Chuntao sighed: "Then what should I do!"
Rong Changan looked out of the window: "I can only see Zixuan's own understanding. The sooner she discovers Ziyan's essence, the less harm she will do; the later she discovers Ziyan's essence, the deeper the harm will be. Once I promised her that Ziyan would go to the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, it was to push the boat along the way and give Zixuan a face; Safety."
Chun Tao admired Rong Changan: "Queen, I think he is much more powerful than the ancient Zhuge Liang! No conspiracy can hide from your eyes!"
Rong Changan said with a smile: "It's not that I'm good, but that I'm born to be Ziyan's nemesis! Wherever she does bad things, I will appear there. Until she obeys me and admits that she is not my opponent."
…
Yong'an Palace, side hall.
The bright candlelight illuminated Yan Li's cold and dignified face, and the two sword eyebrows were erected, revealing majesty and sternness. He walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, his shadows smearing back and forth on the walls with calligraphy and paintings.
Two lanterns floated briskly from the front yard. Eunuch Lu walked in the front, followed by two young eunuchs, followed by a general in armor.
Coming outside the threshold of the side hall, Eunuch Lu cleared his throat lightly: "Your Majesty, General Xiong is here!"
Tonight, the person Yan Li has to wait for is Xiong Yanchao. The last time he suppressed Qiu Quan's rebellion, Xiong Yanchao made great contributions and was reused by Yan Li. He was promoted to be the commander of the Guards and the admiral of the Nine Sects.
Yan Li called out coldly: "Please come in!"
Eunuch Lu waved to Xiong Yanchao: "The emperor is calling you, go in!"
Xiong Yanchao stepped over the threshold and saw Yan Li standing in front of him majestic and deep.
"Xiong Yanchao kowtowed to the emperor!"
Yan Li pointed to the chair next to him: "Commander Xiong, please sit down and talk."
Xiong Yanchao is a short-tempered person: "If the emperor has any orders, just say it, and the minister will do as long as he kneels."
Yan Li took two steps, turned around, and suddenly turned half of his face sideways. With its back to the candlelight, this half of the face looked a little dark and gloomy.
"I really have something important to ask you to come. Have you ever been to Jiangnan?"
Xiong Yanchao was stunned for a moment: Why did the emperor ask this question
"Never been there."
Yan Li smiled slightly, but the smile was not easy: "It's better not to have been there."
Xiong Yanchao frowned: "Does the emperor want me to go to Jiangnan with you?"
The fact that Yan Li was going to the south of the Yangtze River had already spread to the court, and it was no longer a secret.
"You are going to Jiangnan, but not with me. You have to go by yourself."
"Go by yourself?" Xiong Yanchao was even more confused, "Does the emperor want me to go first to clear the road with the sound of gongs, open the road at every mountain, and build bridges at water, so that the road will not be bumpy?"
Yan Li is not so delicate yet. He waved his hand.
"I'm going to Jiangnan first, because I want you to do something for me."
Xiong Yanchao hurriedly asked, "What is it?"
Yan Li nodded to Eunuch Lu, and Eunuch Lu understood and closed the door of the side hall. Xiong Yanchao was even more confused, what was the important matter, the emperor would be so mysterious that even the head of the palace and the personal eunuch, Eunuch Lu, couldn't listen to a word
After a while, Pian Dianli heard Yan Li's cold voice again.
"I want you to go to Jiangnan to monitor two people..."