Gu Yanyue blinked her eyes: "Gao Hai told me about the previous dynasty. Our A Ran is so handsome!"
Yu Wenran sighed and placed a kiss on Gu Yanyue's lips. "Did you find out on the first day?"
"Yeah." Gu Yanyue rolled her eyes and whispered in his ear, "It's the first day I discovered that our Ah Ran is so handsome."
Yu Wenran was speechless and hugged the person in his arms.
Before returning to the Western Regions, Tuoba Chen planned to come to Gu Yanyue to say goodbye, but unexpectedly he ran into her flirting with Yuwen Ran.
"Yuwen Ran, cherish the limited time you have with A Yue now." Tuoba Chen looked at Gu Yanyue in Yuwen Ran's arms, his eyes darkening. "This time, I will definitely win."
Yuwen Ran didn't want to argue and said calmly, "It's too early for Prince Tuoba to say this now. It's better to wait until the war is over before speaking to me."
"I heard from them that you're going to lead the army in person this time?" Tuoba Chen said, half-smiled, "Then you'd better pray that you can come back alive from the battlefield."
Gu Yanyue's eyes flashed, and she emerged from Yuwen Ran's arms, looking at Tuoba Chen with a gloomy expression, "Prince Tuoba has time to worry about Ah Ran here, why not hurry back to the Western Regions and make preparations early. We men of the Central Plains will never lose to you."
"Are you worried about me, Ayue? It's just a small battle, nothing to be afraid of." Tuoba Chen smiled and shook his head. The reason why he agreed to let Yuwen Ran go to the battle and made a bet with him in the court was naturally because he was fully confident.
Gu Yanyue raised an eyebrow and said, "It's a little early for Prince Tuoba to say this right now. I hope that the next time I see Prince Tuoba, it will be when A Ran returns to the capital in triumph."
When Yuwen Ran returns victorious, if Gu Yanyue can meet Tuoba Chen, then Tuoba Chen will have no choice but to return to Beijing with Yuwen Ran as a prisoner of war.
Tuoba Chen took a step forward, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said coldly: "Then I also hope that the next time I see A Yue will be in the capital." After that, Tuoba Chen disappeared from the spot without a trace.
This was the first time Gu Yanyue saw Tuoba Chen's lightness skills when she was awake. She didn't expect that Tuoba Chen's lightness skills had reached such a superb level. No wonder he could treat the heavily guarded palace as his own back garden, coming and going as he pleased.
As Yuwen Ran was about to go on the expedition, Tuoba Chen rushed back to the Western Regions to prepare for war.
Gu Yanyue has been following Yuwen Ran these days. She has been begging Yuwen Ran for several days to take her with him to the war. No matter how she threatened or tempted him, Yuwen Ran refused to agree.
The day of the expedition was fast approaching. The soldiers in the camp outside the city were already high-spirited and ready to go. They were Yuwen Ran's elite troops. The rest of the army would gradually rush to the Western Regions from various places, eventually converging three hundred miles along the Western Regions' border.
Yuwen Ran got up earlier than usual today. Gu Yanyue also got up with him. Gao Hai followed beside him and watched the Empress hanging on the Emperor, refusing to come down no matter what.
The Emperor was going to go to war in person, and he had already prepared everything he could bring, but it still felt inadequate. He should take this opportunity to gather everything he needed.
Gao Hai helped carry the food boxes to the carriage, and whispered to himself, "What else does the emperor want? The eunuchs are outside, I'll take them to get it..."
Yuwen Ran waved his hand and pulled Gu Yanyue off him. He kissed her forehead and said, "Be good, little Yuntun is still young and can't leave you as her mother. You and little Yuntun should wait for me to come back in the capital."
Then he turned to Gao Hai and said sternly: "Pass on my decree, the Queen is confined to the palace for half a month."
Gu Yanyue was "invited" back to the hall by Gao Hai and his men. Yuwen Ran got on a carriage. When the carriage arrived outside the camp outside the city, the faint sound of training could be heard.
"Your Majesty, why are you here so early?"
The chief eunuch came out to greet him. When he saw Yuwen Ran's carriage, he hurriedly rode to follow: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects. Everything has been prepared as Your Majesty ordered, and we are ready to depart at any time."
As the expedition was about to begin, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages were parked in front of the camp, allocating supplies and gathering food and fodder, and everyone was busy shuttling back and forth quietly.
Yuwen Ran stopped the carriage and looked at the teams of soldiers still training on the training ground.
Inside and outside the camp, the fighting spirit was high and everyone was fighting hard.
On the training ground, military flags fluttered with the sound of war, and swords and spears emitted a cold aura.
Palace
When Gu Yanyue knew that Yuwen Ran was going to the battle, she asked the palace maid to bring Xiao Yuntun from the side hall. Yuwen Ran did not allow her to follow him openly, but she had other ways to follow him.
Gu Yanyue flexed her wrists. Before Xiao Yuntun came over, she found a palace maid of similar stature to her and asked her to put on her clothes. Just looking at the back, there was no flaw. Normally, she didn't like people serving her. Now that she was under house arrest, every meal would be handed in by the palace maids. In order not to reveal the secret, Gu Yanyue told them to leave the food outside.
No matter what Gu Yanyue said, the palace maid was still very scared. When she saw Xiao Yuntun being carried over, Gu Yanyue tied Xiao Yuntun in front of her and was about to leave the palace.
The maid couldn't help but whispered, "Empress..."
Gu Yanyue raised her head and glanced at the palace maid. "Are you still worried that if the truth is revealed, the emperor will come back and execute you?"
The palace maid was moved and nodded quickly.
Gu Yanyue reached out and patted the maid's shoulder, comforting her: "Don't worry, I will take full responsibility for my own actions. If His Majesty finds out, I will protect your life in front of His Majesty even if it costs me my life."
The palace maid was stunned and opened her mouth but no words came out.
Gu Yanyue walked straight past the palace maid, opened the window, and jumped out of the window holding Xiao Wonton, intending to go to the imperial kitchen first.
The imperial kitchen would send people out of the palace to buy food every day. Gu Yanyue had already found out that their route out of the palace would pass by Qin Ruoruo's clinic. When the time came, she would leave Xiao Wonton to Qin Ruoruo's care, and then find a way to sneak into the military camp by herself.
It was impossible for her to take Xiao Yuntun to a place like the battlefield where swords and knives were ruthless, but she was also worried about leaving him in the palace. After thinking it over, she decided that she could only entrust him to someone she trusted to take care of him. She had already handed a letter to Qin Ruoruo after Yuwen Ran rejected her the first time, asking her to help take care of Xiao Yuntun when the time came.
As soon as she turned a corner in the corridor, Gu Yanyue bumped into the servants following the empress dowager. Fortunately, the imperial edict that Yuwen Ran had just issued did not spread throughout the palace so quickly, so the people around the empress dowager saluted her and left.
Gu Yanyue successfully left the palace in the carriage purchased by the imperial kitchen. After handing Xiao Wonton to Qin Ruoruo, she changed into the soldier's clothes that Qin Ruoruo had prepared for her early in the morning and rode to the camp outside the city.
On the other side, the empress dowager's people went back and told the empress dowager about this matter. Gao Haigang came to Cixi Palace and said that Gu Yanyue had been under house arrest by Yuwen Ran for half a month and could not come to Cixi Palace to pay her respects during this half month.
The man watched Gu Yanyue get on the carriage of the imperial kitchen and leave the palace, and hurriedly asked the empress dowager what to do now.
The Queen Mother pinched a piece of cake and said calmly, "Let her go. On the battlefield, swords are merciless. I don't know if the Emperor and Empress can come back alive."
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