The imperial palace, the jade morning bell rhyme, the loud and clear bells, accompanied by the rising sun, the orange sunlight warmly sprinkles on the cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, corridors, pavilions, pavilions and ponds. Every morning in the imperial palace is extremely beautiful.
Xiao Xiao got up and saw that Rong Changan was wearing light make-up and wearing sackcloth on top of the padded jacket, she was surprised.
"Concubine, what are you doing? You're wearing sackcloth early in the morning! It's so creepy!"
Xiao Xiao didn't know that Rong Chang'an was going to send Eunuch Fan home with Yan Li today, so he was surprised.
"Today is a special day, so I put on sackcloth. Don't think about it, scare yourself."
Xiao Xiao's eyes were surprised: "Could it be... a certain important person in the palace has gone?"
Rong Changan slapped Xiao Xiao on the head: "What are you thinking about in your little head! It's unlucky to say that."
Xiao Xiao pouted: "It's unlucky for you to wear clothes!"
Rong Changan was about to explain, but Chuntao called out softly from outside: "Concubine Xue, the emperor asked me to tell you, after breakfast, we will go to Nanxun Gate together."
As she said that, Chuntao walked in, and she was happy to see that Rong Changan had already put on her clothes.
"So you got up early! Then let's go to Yong'an Palace and have dinner with the emperor!"
Xiaoxiao tugged at Chuntao's arm: "Sister Chuntao, what are you doing here?"
Chuntao deliberately put on a show, blinked one eye, and said playfully, "I won't tell you!"
Xiao Xiao was even more puzzled: "Seeing how happy you are, it doesn't look like something unlucky has happened, but how did Concubine Xue Gui wear sackcloth! Strange!"
Chuntao: "Concubine Xue and I went to visit Nanxun Gate."
Xiaoxiao sharpened her eyes: "If you really go to Nanxunmen to play, I will not eat today."
Chuntao raised her neck and laughed, and then asked Rong Changan: "Concubine Xue, can I tell her?"
Rong Changan looked in the mirror: "Yes, there is nothing you can't say."
Chuntao said to Xiao Xiaoxiao: "Actually, we are going on a long trip to send Concubine Xue's adoptive father home."
Xiao Xiao squinted her eyes: "Send Xue Guifei's adoptive father home, I want to wear..." She pointed to the sackcloth on Rong Changan, "Do you want to wear this?"
Chun Tao: "Concubine Xue's adoptive father went away two days ago, so he has to wear sackcloth. I will also wear it later!"
Xiao Xiao: "Concubine Xue's adoptive father has gone, why are you smiling?"
Chuntao shrugged her shoulders: "Since I was imprisoned in the cold palace, I haven't been able to go out for a long time. Like a bird, it is always locked in an iron cage, and it will suffocate to death." She held Rong Changan's hand again. Hand, "Concubine Xue Gui, your adoptive father is gone, am I too unconscionable for showing such a face?"
Rong Changan looked at Chuntao tolerantly: "The time of sadness has passed, and the foster father must be happy to know that he can go back. So, why should we be sad. Don't wear sackcloth for a while. I think you will feel better when you wear sackcloth." It will be heavy."
Chuntao smiled: "It seems that I still have no conscience. Seeing Concubine Xue wearing sackcloth, I felt a little unhappy, but when I thought of being able to go out for a walk, I couldn't help laughing again."
Rong Chang'an: "I can understand! Let's stop talking so much and go to Yong'an Palace, the emperor is waiting for us."
The two went out and came to Yong'an Palace.
Yan Li was waiting for Rong Changan in the side hall. There is a square table in the side hall, but the table is full of vegetarian dishes.
Seeing Rong Changan coming in, Yan Li explained: "Today I will send your adoptive father home. In order to express my condolences, I propose to eat vegetarian for three meals today."
Eunuch Fan can rest in peace after his death, and to receive such a grand mourning from the emperor, even if a certain concubine dies, he may not receive such treatment.
"Just let it go, life has to go on, why does the emperor bother himself? The emperor shoulders the heavy responsibility of the world, his body is related to the stability of the country, the happiness of the people, and the nutrition can't keep up. How can he take care of everything? The concubine still advises the emperor to arrange a meal according to the usual meal. Three meals a day."
Yan Li smiled: "My health is not so bad, and I can't deal with political affairs if I eat less meat for a day, which is too hypocritical! Besides, don't underestimate the vegetarian dishes on this table, they are famous in Jiuhua Mountain. Taoist priests make it very refreshing. If you are tired of delicacies from mountains and seas, it is actually good for your body to change to light ones occasionally.”
Rong Chang'an: "Since the emperor wants to change his taste, my concubine will also accompany you to taste the Taoist's craftsmanship."
Stir-fried fungus with shiitake mushrooms, fried shiitake mushrooms with gluten, tofu mixed with shallots, fried bean sprouts with bean sprouts, each vegetarian dish is extremely delicate, full of color, fragrance, not to mention eating, it will make your mouth water.
Rong Changan picked up a piece of asparagus with chopsticks and ate it. It was smooth and sweet, like drinking nectar, and there was not a single pore on his body that felt uncomfortable.
Yan Li stared at Rong Changan closely: "How?"
Rong Changan had a habit when he ate food, that is to chew slowly, even a piece of asparagus, he would eat it slowly for a long time, his expression seemed to be that Mu Ran was thinking deeply, and was content with high hopes.
No matter how cautious Rong Changan was, it was impossible to fortify Yan Li everywhere, and his identity was exposed in the detail of eating.
Seeing him watching closely, Rong Changan turned his face away in embarrassment until he ate the asparagus in his stomach. She noticed that Yan Li's eyes were so sharp and full of suspicion.
"Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this? I'm so flustered."
Yan Li said word by word: "The way you look when you eat reminds me of someone."
"who is it?"
Yan Li: "She is the empress Rong who is no longer here."
Rong Chang felt relieved, and blamed himself in his heart: Oops, let him see the flaws!
"Really? What do I have in common with her?"
Yan Li waved his hand, and Eunuch Lu bowed his head and lowered his ears beside him: "Your Majesty?"
Yan Li said in a cold voice, "Go get a bronze mirror."
"Bronze mirror?" Eunuch Lu frowned, thinking that he had heard it wrong. What do you do with a mirror while eating
Yan Li: "Yes, I'm talking about the bronze mirror."
"yes!"
Eunuch Lu brought a Panlong Bronze Mirror, and Yan Li placed it in front of Rong Changan.
"Concubine Xue, you eat in front of the mirror, pay attention to how you eat."
Rong Changan picked up another shiitake mushroom and ate it in front of the mirror. She looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help laughing.
"Your Majesty, is my food ugly?"
Yan Li: "It's not ugly, on the contrary, it's very elegant and dignified. The way you eat with Empress Rong is the prettiest thing I've ever seen. The two of you are so similar that I have to think of you as Empress Rong." .”
He turned out to be so unforgettable to her. Rong Changan was thinking about how to dispel Yan Li's doubts, she put down her chopsticks, stood up, and bowed deeply to Yan Li.
Yan Li was a little surprised: "Grand Concubine, why did you make such a big gift to me?"
Rong Chang'an said: "Just because my concubine brought up the emperor's sad incident, I feel extremely guilty. From now on, the emperor doesn't need to call his concubine when he has meals."
Yan Li: "How do you know that it's a sad thing?"
Rong Changan: "Could it still bring back the happy past of the emperor and empress Rong?"
Yan Li: "Yes, it's the happy past that you aroused me."
Rong Changan: "Not only will the concubine not be able to eat with the emperor in the future, but she will also have to get rid of this bad habit of eating."
Yan Li: "Are you that cruel?"
Rong Changan panicked: "How can I be cruel?"
Yan Li's words carried the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai: "The way you eat can arouse my happiness, why don't you want to eat with me? What are you not cruel?—Concubine Xue Gui, not only do you and Empress Rong have similar eyes, but you also eat together. They all look so similar, could it be that they are sisters?"