"Mother, your daughter-in-law has a gift for you!" Gu Yanyue stood up from her seat and walked outside.

After this meal, the Queen Mother was actually a little bit looking forward to what Gu Yanyue would be holding in her hand when she came back, and whether it would be food again.

Just as the Queen Mother had imagined, when Gu Yanyue returned, she was holding food, but it was different from what the Queen Mother had imagined. What Gu Yanyue brought in were all medicinal herbs, not other food.

The moment the Queen Mother saw clearly what Gu Yanyue was holding in her hand, she immediately frowned.

"Mother! This is ginseng from Changbai Mountain, as well as maca, bird's nest, wild Ganoderma lucidum, Nine Ox Strength, Qianjinba, Flying Dragon Palm Blood, seahorse, musk, cordyceps, dog treasure, natural bezoar..." Gu Yanyue read out the birthday gifts he had given to the empress dowager without any ambiguity.

Everyone in the audience gasped when they heard exactly what medicinal herbs Gu Yanyue had gifted the Empress Dowager. They were truly precious. It would have been fine if he had only given her a dozen or so, but Gu Yanyue had gifted her nearly fifty precious herbs in one go. This was far more valuable than the imperial green jewelry Liu Yanyan had given her.

Liu Yanyan, who was sitting next to the Queen Mother, was also taken aback. She had thought that the birthday gift that Gu Yanyue was going to give to the Queen Mother was just the birthday banquet that the Queen Mother had just prepared. She had not expected that it was just an appetizer. Now was the real dish that Gu Yanyue was going to serve.

After Gu Yanyue finished reading the names of the herbs, she added, "My daughter-in-law hopes that the Queen Mother can live a long life, so she sent these herbs to the Queen Mother to take good care of her health!"

After Gu Yanyue finished speaking, she also imitated Liu Yanyan's expression and looked at her smugly. Who doesn't know how to say nice things? She could say it even prettier than Liu Yanyan just now!

Even in this situation, Liu Yanyan did not forget her green tea persona. She stood up from her seat, walked to Gu Yanyue's side, knelt down with her, pointed at Gu Yanyue and sobbed, "Empress, you have such a cruel heart!"

Gu Yanyue frowned as she watched Liu Yanyan suddenly jump out and intervene, then froze in her tracks. She hadn't poisoned the Queen Mother's food, so how could she be considered cruel? Furthermore, many of the medicinal herbs she had given the Queen Mother were rare treasures, so how could she be considered cruel?

Before she could figure out where she had been cruel, she heard Liu Yanyan continue, "You gave the Queen Mother these medicinal herbs as gifts on her birthday. Aren't you thinking of making her ill? These herbs are only useful when the Queen Mother's health is poor. Empress, I know you and the Queen Mother have always been at odds, but you can't give her these gifts on her birthday!"

Gu Yanyue blinked her eyes and was stunned by what Liu Yanyan said. She didn’t understand, but she was shocked!

Liu Yanyan is no longer just green tea, she is the ancestor of green tea!

"No..." Gu Yanyue had just said two words when he was interrupted by Liu Yanyan again.

"The Empress Dowager must have some ulterior motive in giving these herbs to the Queen Mother. I just heard the names of the herbs she announced, and some of them are incompatible. If the Queen Dowager consumes them all at once, she'll be in Hades in a few days, drinking tea with the King of Hell..."

Gu Yanyue: ???

Wow, not only has this person evolved into the ancestor of green tea, but Liu Yanyan has also taken a medical course. She is really a hard-working green tea.

After hearing Liu Yanyan's words, the Queen Mother obviously believed them. The slight bit of favor she had felt for Gu Yanyue's cooking plummeted immediately. The favor she had felt for Gu Yanyue just now was not enough for the Queen Mother to deduct.

The Queen Mother slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Come here! The Queen deserves death! Take her away and await your punishment! And all the medicinal herbs the Queen sent me must be sent back to her Fengqi Palace. I won't accept any of them!"

When Yuwen Ran heard that the Queen Mother was actually going to execute Gu Yanyue on the spot, he suddenly stood up and stood in front of Gu Yanyue. His face was full of gloom. He glanced at the servants who were about to come up and take her away after hearing the Queen Mother's words, and said in a deep voice: "I remember that I am still here, and I am not dead yet! Don't you have any idea who to listen to?"

Yuwen Ran's words had already exposed his falling out with the Queen Mother. "If all of you listen to the Queen Mother, then I'll just let the Queen Mother take the throne!"

The servants knelt down one after another, bowed their heads and said, "We dare not!"

"Don't dare?" Yu Wenran looked at the row of heads kneeling in front of him with a half-smile. He grabbed the wine jug on the table next to him and smashed it to the ground. "I think you are very brave! You even dared to touch my queen in front of me. Are you all going to rebel against the heavens?"

In Yuwen Ran's fury, the court officials below him also knelt before him, following the attendants above. However, each of them was unwilling to accept the result. If it weren't for that damned Liu Yanyan who suddenly mentioned to the Queen Mother that Gu Yanyue had sent these herbs to curse the Queen Mother,

The Queen Mother had also been bewitched by Liu Yanyan. Who would give so many precious herbs to curse someone? Just for the sake of these herbs, even if it meant a curse, they would accept it! They had just heard it clearly: the herbs also included ginseng from Changbai Mountain, a valuable ingredient that could save lives!

Someone once used ginseng from Changbai Mountain to stay alive. It seemed that he would not live for many days, but he managed to live for another five or six years.

Changbai Mountain ginseng has the wonderful effect of prolonging life, so it is naturally more precious than any other medicinal herb. The number of court officials present who have Changbai Mountain ginseng in their homes can be counted on one hand. As a result, the empress dowager was left with the impression that her kindness was being taken for granted.

Despite Yuwen Ran's fury, the Queen Mother continued to act as she pleased, even daring to continue stepping on Yuwen Ran's high-voltage wire and jumping around. "So, according to the Emperor, is he condoning the Queen's open curse on my birthday?"

"The herbs Ah Yue gave you are hard to find on the market. If she harbored the intention of cursing you, why would she have spent so much energy to collect those priceless herbs?" Yu Wenran said, "Your Majesty, please don't let others deceive you and make you lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong."

After saying that, Yu Wenran looked at Liu Yanyan with a stern look. If it weren't for the fact that Marquis Zhenbei was still down there, Liu Yanyan would have been the first one to be ordered to be taken to jail and await her fate.