Qin Ruoruo rushed to the palace without stopping. When she arrived, Gu Yanyue's hands were covered in blood. His helpless look made Qin Ruoruo feel very distressed. Qin Ruoruo quickly treated Murong Yue's wound.

Gu Yanyue then instructed the kitchen to boil the medicine according to Qin Ruoruo's prescription. After that, she patiently fed it to Murong Yue one spoonful at a time, praying in her heart that Murong Yue would wake up soon.

Fortunately, Gu Yanyue discovered it in time, and Gu Yanyue pressed Murong Yue's wound in time, which prevented Murong Yue from losing too much blood.

However, after resting for two quarters of an hour, Murong Yue slowly woke up. However, her face was ashen, and tears slid down her cheeks. "Why did you save me?"

"I risked my life to rescue you from the Empress Dowager's bedroom, not to let you die." Gu Yanyue frowned, with a hint of blame in her tone.

Murong Yue smiled faintly, her eyes filled with despair, "If I don't die, am I going to marry the King of Xiang?"

"There are still many beautiful things in your life. Why do you want to commit suicide for a scumbag?" Gu Yanyue knew that women in ancient times had feudal thoughts, but she still wanted to persuade her.

Murong Yue shook her head and smiled bitterly, "You don't understand. This is the rule where we live. If a woman's clothes are disheveled and a man sees her, she has no choice but to marry him."

After hearing this, Gu Yanyue once again felt that the feudal social system was too harsh on women.

"You also said that it's where you are and you won't go back, so why bother about these things?" Gu Yanyue frowned and gently stroked Murong Yue's back.

Murong Yue then looked at Gu Yanyue with hope in her eyes, as if asking Gu Yanyue if it was true?

Gu Yanyue nodded at Murong Yue, and Murong Yue smiled faintly, "Okay! This princess will listen to you."

Just as she finished speaking, there was a loud noise coming from outside the door. After the empress dowager heard that the princess had committed suicide, she brought Concubine Yu to find out what had happened.

"Empress Dowager, you can't go in!" The palace maid guarding the door was very responsible. She risked being blamed by the Empress Dowager and stopped her outside the door.

The Queen Mother was immediately furious and slapped the maid, leaving a bright red finger mark on her face. "Slut, you even want to stop me? Are you going to imprison me again someday?"

"I dare not!" The palace maid shrank her body, and her voice trembled.

It seemed that Gu Yanyue came out in time to help the palace maid out of trouble, "Why is the Queen Mother here?"

"What? Lady Zhenguo doesn't welcome me?" The Queen Mother glanced inside, but did not see Murong Yue, and began to guess in her heart.

Gu Yanyue's expression was indifferent. "How dare I?"

There was a lot of tension in their conversation. How could the Queen Mother not know where the anger in Gu Yanyue's heart came from? But the Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and rushed in directly.

When they walked in, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Yu saw Murong Yue, who looked pale.

But Murong Yue seemed unwilling to see the Queen Mother and closed her eyes to deceive herself.

"The princess is of noble status, and this is how Madam Zhenguo takes care of her? If word of her serious illness were to spread to neighboring countries, we would be branded as arrogant and might even be the subject of a fight. What crime will you, Madam Zhenguo, bear?"

Upon seeing this, the Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and stared at Gu Yanyue, accusing her of a false crime. She knew that the Queen Mother was not someone to be trifled with, but she did not expect that she could be so shameless. Gu Yanyue was really convinced.

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Murong Yue could no longer sleep. She opened her eyes and looked at the Queen Mother. When she saw the Queen Mother, she thought of the hideous face of Prince Xiang again. The painful memories came over her, and Murong Yue's face turned paler.

Gu Yanyue was worried that Murong Yue couldn't hold on, so her expression turned colder. "The Queen Mother knows exactly what she did, so why is she pretending to be so hypocritical?"

But in doing so, Gu Yanyue had completely offended the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "I will report this to the Emperor. I want to see if the Emperor will still protect you this time."

Gu Yanyue was speechless because the Queen Mother knew that she would not tell this matter to anyone, so she was so fearless. Once the news of Murong Yue being bullied spread, Murong Yue would have no choice but to marry Prince Xiang.

Not long after the Queen Mother said this, she saw Yuwen Ran rushing over. He happened to witness the confrontation between the Queen Mother and Gu Yanyue, and couldn't help but frown.

"Mother, I am late, I hope you can forgive me. I don't know what has happened that has caused you to come here." Yu Wenran said nice words, but he was actually worried about Gu Yanyue in his heart.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly and looked at Gu Yanyue. "She's not the Madam of the State. I asked her to take good care of the princess, but the princess committed suicide here. If word gets out, it will definitely affect the relationship between the two countries. Can Madam of the State bear the consequences?"

Yuwen Ran then glanced at Murong Yue, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, and frowned even deeper. "Mother, is there a misunderstanding? Ah Yue is not that kind of person."

"Misunderstanding? I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be a misunderstanding? Could it be that the wound on the princess's arm is also fake?" The Queen Mother pointed at the scratch on Murong Yue's arm, with a hint of anger on her face.

Gu Yanyue didn't explain anything from beginning to end, but it was obvious that Gu Yanyue got into trouble because of helping her. Murong Yue felt guilty and was about to explain, but saw Gu Yanyue shook his head at her and held her hand.

After receiving Gu Yanyue's hint, Murong Yue had no choice but to shut up hesitantly, watching Gu Yanyue being framed by the Queen Mother but unable to do anything.

The Queen Mother had been putting pressure on Yuwen Ran. Although Yuwen Ran wanted to protect Gu Yanyue, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and punish Gu Yanyue.

"Lady Zhenguo failed to take good care of the child. She will be confined for half a month, effective immediately." Yuwen Ran was finally given a lighter punishment. Although the empress dowager was dissatisfied, she did not force Yuwen Ran any further.

The matter was thus over, but from then on, Gu Yanyue and the Queen Mother became irreconcilable.

The Queen Mother was thinking about killing Gu Yanyue all the time, and Gu Yanyue's impression of the Queen Mother fell to the bottom after seeing her true face.

However, Murong Yue was traumatized after this incident, so Gu Yanyue let her stay and took good care of her all day long and tried to guide her. She even ignored Yuwen Ran and Xiao Yuntun, which made Yuwen Ran secretly unhappy and he became even more disgusted with Murong Yue.