When Yu Wenran saw Murong Yue, he was stunned for a moment, frowned, and moved closer to Gu Yanyue.
Gu Yanyue naturally noticed Murong Yue's mood change and tried to ease the atmosphere awkwardly, but it was in vain. Murong Yue felt a slight pain in her heart when she saw Yu Wenran being so affectionate towards Gu Yanyue.
"Since the Emperor is here to see you, Ah Yue won't stay any longer." After saying this, Murong Yue was about to leave, but Gu Yanyue chased after her, "Actually, apart from everything else, our personalities can still make us friends."
Murong Yue shook her head and said, "No, we can never be friends."
After saying this, Murong Yue broke away from Gu Yanyue's hand and left alone.
"How could a princess like you, a noble lady, become friends with that kind of person? Madam Zhenguo, why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like?" The maidservant beside her saw that Murong Yue was in a bad mood, so she stood up for her.
But she didn't know that her flattery had backfired. After hearing this, Murong Yue glared at the maid, "Stop talking! How can you talk nonsense about the affairs of the palace?"
After being scolded by Murong Yue, the maid lowered her head and said, "It was I who spoke too much!"
The two of them then hurried away and headed towards their own bedrooms.
The next day, the Queen Mother finally recovered from her illness and thought of organizing a flower viewing banquet to gather all the concubines in the palace together to have some fun.
The Empress Dowager organized a flower viewing banquet. Which concubine in the harem dared not give face? They all arrived at the venue early, but Gu Yanyue was not among them.
Because Gu Yanyue did not show up, the flower viewing banquet was postponed for two quarters of an hour. The empress dowager's face turned very bad, and the concubines were whispering below, some gloating, some sympathetic.
Just when the Queen Mother lost her patience in waiting for Gu Yanyue's arrival, Gu Yanyue arrived in a hurry.
"Oh, our Lady Zhenguo is finally here. Those who don't know would think that Lady Zhenguo doesn't take the Queen Mother seriously at all. But if Lady Zhenguo doesn't want to come, just tell the Queen Mother. Even the Queen Mother should not force Lady Zhenguo. Why does Madam China have to humiliate the Queen Mother like this?" When Concubine Yu saw Gu Yanyue finally arrived, she started to speak in a sarcastic tone.
Gu Yanyue had anticipated this situation when she arrived, so she wasn't panicking at all. Her expression was calm, and when she was about to open her mouth to explain, a voice interrupted her, "Concubine Yu should say less. The Empress Dowager hasn't said anything yet, but Concubine Yu has already taken charge. If you didn't know, you'd think Concubine Yu didn't even take the Empress Dowager seriously!"
Everyone then looked towards the source of the voice, only to see Murong Yue sitting in her seat with a mocking look on her face, her face flushed, obviously because she was angry.
Murong Yue had always been hostile to Gu Yanyue, something Yu Fei knew. How could Murong Yue speak up for Gu Yanyue now? This surprised Yu Fei, and she couldn't help but glance at the Queen Mother, who didn't say anything.
"I am telling the truth. Is Gu Yanyue's time really time? Is our time not time?" Concubine Yu's face turned ashen, and she started to argue with Murong Yue.
Murong Yue was usually arrogant and domineering, so when he suddenly met an opponent, he naturally refused to be outdone, so the two of them argued fiercely.
As the person involved, Gu Yanyue didn't know how to persuade them. The Queen Mother saw the two people arguing non-stop and suddenly felt a splitting headache. She rubbed her forehead with her index finger and said to mediate, "Okay, shut up!"
The Queen Mother had spoken, and the two of them looked at each other angrily and tacitly stopped talking.
Gu Yanyue was grateful and nodded slightly in the direction of Murong Yue, but Murong Yue turned her head away proudly and did not respond to Gu Yanyue. Gu Yanyue was not angry and sat aside calmly.
It was called a flower-viewing party, but in fact it was just some boring games. Gu Yanyue had no interest in these and was just a participant, joining in the fun.
Not long after, the flower viewing banquet ended. The Queen Mother left Murong Yue and Concubine Yu alone, saying that she had something to say. Although Gu Yanyue was a little worried, she left in order not to expose Murong Yue.
"Princess, since you promised me that day to work for me, why are you speaking up for Gu Yanyue today?" The Queen Mother's face was a little dissatisfied. At this time, Concubine Yu also came over and circled around Murong Yue. "Princess, don't you always hate Gu Yanyue the most? Why are you speaking up for her?"
Murong Yue was questioned by the two men at the same time, but she did not panic at all. Instead, she said righteously, "If I don't do this, how can I win the emperor's favor? If I can't marry the emperor smoothly, how can I work for the empress dowager?"
The Queen Mother and Concubine Yu were both intelligent people. After Murong Yue said this, they immediately understood. Although they had doubted it before, after hearing Murong Yue's words, the Queen Mother actually thought this idea was brilliant. "So that's how it is. The princess really has a good plan. Even I was fooled by her."
"Do you think that just because you said a few good words for Gu Yanyue, the emperor will look at you with new eyes? What a joke!" Concubine Yu obviously did not accept Murong Yue's words.
But at least with the Empress Dowager's pressure on her, Concubine Yu would not do anything excessive. At most, she would just be stubborn in words.
"It's better to do something than to do nothing!" Murong Yue disagreed. Her arrogant attitude made Concubine Yu angry again.
But at this moment, the Queen Mother dissuaded the two of them, "Okay, today's incident was just a misunderstanding. You are all going to be sisters in the future, so just take a step back and get along well!"
Out of respect for the Empress Dowager, the two men didn't feel comfortable continuing their quarrel; they simply disliked each other.
The Queen Mother said some caring words to Murong Yue before letting the two leave.
The Queen Mother threatened Prince Xiang before, so Prince Xiang agreed to force Yuwen Ran in the court. But as time went on, the idea in Prince Xiang's mind surfaced again, and he no longer paid attention to the Queen Mother's words. He went to the Queen Mother's bedroom all day to bother her, saying that he wanted her to betroth Murong Yue to him.
The Queen Mother naturally did not agree, and Prince Xiang refused to agree. The two often parted ways unhappily. The Queen Mother was also very troubled by Prince Xiang, and Murong Yue gradually changed in the Queen Mother's heart.
Originally, the Queen Mother wanted to win over Murong Yue so that she could help her with things, but now Prince Xiang was so infatuated with Murong Yue that he didn't even listen to her.
The Queen Mother gradually became dissatisfied with Murong Yue, and her attitude towards her changed from being kind to being cold.
In the court, Yuwen Ran was also pressured by court officials, who all asked him to marry the princess as soon as possible so as to reach a friendly agreement with the neighboring country.
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