But now the Queen Mother didn't want to hear her explanation at all. Just because the sour plum soup came out of her hand, the Queen Mother insisted that she was the one who poisoned it. If she had known this earlier, she shouldn't have been so kind!
"Absolutely impossible. I was there at the time. If it was Madam Zhenguo who poisoned someone, I would have seen it. Could it be that your Majesty thinks that I am the kind of person who wants to harm you?" Yuwen Ran confronted the Queen Mother. After all, the sour plum soup was chilled by him, so how could it be poisoned?
The Queen Mother's expression softened slightly after hearing this. "Your Majesty has misunderstood me. It's not that I don't trust you, but I almost lost my life over this. I just want to find the murderer. As long as the murderer is not caught, I will feel uneasy!"
These words were spoken with great emotion. If someone didn't know the Queen Mother's character, they might think she was a good mother.
"This matter will naturally be investigated thoroughly by this son. Please be patient, mother!" Yuwen Ran wanted to take the responsibility of this matter on himself, so that it would be much easier to investigate, and most importantly, Gu Yanyue would not be wronged.
But the Queen Mother was a shrewd person. She had long seen through Yuwen Ran's thoughts, so she changed her mind and pointed the finger at Gu Yanyue. "Even if she didn't poison the emperor in front of him, she might have conspired with the palace maids to do it. Besides, who has ever drunk this sour plum soup in thousands of years? Maybe Madam Zhenguo deliberately taught her the poisonous recipe. You can only judge a person by his appearance, not his heart, Your Majesty!"
Gu Yanyue couldn't explain it clearly, so she simply gave up and let the empress dowager say whether it was right or wrong. Anyway, it wasn't her who poisoned the person, and the truth would come out in the end.
Seeing that Gu Yanyue didn't say anything, the Queen Mother became even more excited, and Yuwen Ran had a headache.
"Okay, then let's do as mother said and banish Lady Zhenguo to the cold palace immediately. We will make a decision on this matter after we find out the truth!" Yuwen Ran was forced into a helpless situation by the empress dowager and could only order Gu Yanyue to be banished to the cold palace first.
Fortunately, Gu Yanyue did not complain, but agreed obediently, "I am waiting for the emperor to find out the truth!"
After saying this, Gu Yanyue was taken away by several people. When being taken away, Gu Yanyue did not forget to say something in Yuwen Ran's ear. Yuwen Ran nodded slightly. The actions between the two were very subtle and the empress dowager did not notice.
"So, is your Majesty Queen satisfied?" Yu Wenran's face showed no change in expression, making it difficult to guess his true thoughts.
The Queen Mother pursed her lips and said, "I am truly pleased that the Emperor can do this!"
"Since the Queen Mother is fine, I still have things to do, so I'll take my leave first!" Yuwen Ran turned and left. The Queen Mother did not try to keep him. She looked at Yuwen Ran's leaving figure with a smug smile on her face.
As long as he is still her son, she cannot go against her for Gu Yanyue!
The eunuch who was standing by was already terrified, "Your Majesty, I really don't know anything about this!"
"Okay, you have nothing to do here, just leave!" The Queen Mother waved her hand impatiently and drove the man away.
The eunuch was still a little bit unconvinced and tried to walk out. When he found that no one was trying to stop him, he hurried away. The nanny beside him frowned and asked worriedly, "Why did the Empress Dowager let him go?"
"Of course it's to leave no evidence. The poison was administered by Lady Zhenguo alone. Why should I kill one more person?" The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and chuckled.
The nanny thought to herself, "When did the Queen Mother become so kind?" But she dared not say anything.
On the other side, after leaving the side hall, Yu Wenran went straight back to Gu Yanyue's bedroom. There was still some sour plum soup on the ground that had not been cleaned up.
There was also sour plum soup made by Gu Yanyue in the kitchen. Yu Wenran called a royal physician to follow him and tested all the sour plum soups with and without ice in the kitchen. Only the sour plum soup with ice was found to contain poison.
The sour plum soup made before and the pots, pans, and utensils used to make it were all non-toxic. Yu Wenran frowned immediately. This was someone deliberately framing him, or that person did not want the empress dowager's life, but Gu Yanyue's life.
Yuwen Ran suddenly remembered the bowl of sour plum soup he had spilled on the floor, and hurriedly took the imperial physician to check. Fortunately, when they arrived, the palace maid was about to clean up, but Yuwen Ran quickly stopped her, "Wait, go down first!"
The palace maid didn't know what was going on, so she went down obediently.
The imperial physician thrust a silver needle into the soup on the ground. A black streak immediately appeared on the needle. "Your Majesty, this bowl is poisonous!"
He was the one who handled the iced sour plum soup. Could it be that someone wanted to use him to poison Gu Yanyue? Yu Wenran felt scared just thinking about it. If Gu Yanyue had really drunk it, it should be Gu Yanyue who was poisoned now!
Yu Wenran seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly pulled out a piece of paper from his arms. On it was the recipe for sour plum soup. Sour plum soup was not an important thing, so it didn't matter even if the recipe was shown to the imperial physician.
"Doctor, please take a look at this recipe for me. Is there anything wrong with it?" Yu Wenran asked anxiously.
The imperial physician examined it carefully and then smiled and said, "No problem, but who came up with this recipe? Why didn't I think of it?"
After hearing this, Yu Wenran finally put his heart at ease.
But after just being frightened, Yu Wenran wanted to appear in front of Gu Yanyue immediately and didn't want to delay at all, for fear that if he delayed for a while he would not be able to see Gu Yanyue.
In fact, he did so. After arriving at the cold palace, Gu Yanyue was lying on the chaise longue with a calm expression, squinting her eyes, looking very leisurely, but her heart was already in a mess.
If she had to stay in the cold palace for a long time, what would happen to Xiao Yuntun? Without her protection, would the Queen Mother make plans for Xiao Yuntun again?
Just when she was lost in thought, someone embraced her.
Her eyelashes trembled as she opened her eyes and saw that it was Yuwen Ran. She couldn't help but smile, "Why are you here? This is the cold palace!"
"How about the cold palace? I am the king of a country, I can go wherever I want!" Yu Wenran said arrogantly, and took the opportunity to hug Gu Yanyue tighter.
Gu Yanyue noticed that something was wrong with Yu Wenran and tried to push him away, but found it was futile. She could only sigh helplessly, "What's wrong?"
"Ah Yue, I can't live without you. Promise me that you will always be with me from now on, okay?" Yu Wenran said such a nonsensical thing, which made Gu Yanyue a little confused, but she still nodded obediently, "Okay, I promise you, no matter whether we are rich or poor in the future, I will always be by Ah Ran's side!"
After hearing Gu Yanyue's assurance, Yu Wenran showed a smile.
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