Gu Yanyue adhered to the principle of leniency to those who confessed and severity to those who resisted, and went to find Yu Wenran obediently. The first words she said were: "I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
No matter what, the attitude of admitting mistakes must be sincere. This is Gu Yanyue’s second trick to deal with Yu Wenran.
Yu Wenran didn't say anything, just stared at Gu Yanyue and waited for her to continue explaining.
Gu Yanyue sighed silently in her heart and had to explain from the beginning how she left the palace and how she appeared here, but she omitted a few details in the middle and did not tell Yu Wenran.
As she explained, she glanced at Yuwen Ran's expression, but she didn't see any change in his expression. She couldn't tell whether Yuwen Ran was angry or not.
After explaining everything, he could only stand aside, secretly looking at Yu Wenran's face, constantly making up his mind, trying to find a more perfect reason for his appearance here.
Am I here to help you fight? No, with her mediocre skills, she'd be nothing but cannon fodder on the battlefield.
Am I here to give you advice? No, there are many military advisors in the army who are more professional than her. They have all been on the battlefield countless times. It is not her turn to speak on how to fight.
I'm here to cook for you? That's fine! I was afraid you'd be too hungry to fight, so I secretly followed you here to improve your diet.
Gu Yanyue thought of an excuse and straightened her back even more. She would say this when Yuwen Ran asked her later. If Yuwen Ran blamed her, she would turn the blame on Yuwen Ran, saying that she had worked hard to follow him here, but he was still mean to her. No husband should be like that.
Unexpectedly, Yu Wenran didn't follow Gu Yanyue's plan. Instead, he asked, "Why are you going into the mountains alone tonight? Don't you know how dangerous it is? What if something happens? What if I don't realize you're in the barracks and don't get here in time? Do you know what will happen?"
Gu Yanyue was stunned by Yuwen Ran's series of questions. She hadn't considered it enough. Yuwen Ran was right. If she encountered any danger or something happened, no one would know about it in this remote place.
If he were killed, even if he was lucky enough to be seen by someone later, no one would know his identity. Then when Yuwen Ran returned to the palace after the expedition, he would find that he was missing, and then he would send people to look for him, but they would not be able to find him. How helpless Yuwen Ran would be then.
Gu Yanyue felt distressed just thinking about it. She stepped forward and grabbed Yu Wenran's sleeve. "I was inconsiderate about what happened tonight. I just wanted to go into the mountains to find some game for you to nourish your body. I didn't think too much about it. I promise I won't do this again next time." After saying that, Gu Yanyue stood on tiptoe and gently kissed the corner of Yu Wenran's lips. "Don't be angry with me, okay?"
As he was speaking, he heard someone shouting over there - "Your Majesty! Where are you? Your Majesty?"
That night, except for the soldiers who were still on patrol, all the other soldiers went out with torches in hand to look for Yuwen Ran.
It was the soldier guarding outside his door who discovered that Yuwen Ran was missing. He knew that Yuwen Ran would go out for a while every night, but he would come back after about the same time. But today he couldn't wait for Yuwen Ran to return to the tent. He thought that Yuwen Ran might find the main door a bit troublesome and went in directly through the window. He hurried in to check and found that Yuwen Ran had never returned to the king's tent since he left in the evening.
He immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Oh no! His Majesty is missing! His Majesty is missing!"
This shout woke up everyone in the camp.
The chief military officer led all the soldiers except those on night patrol to search for His Majesty in the back mountain, because the soldiers guarding the gate said that the camp was full of soldiers on night patrol, and if His Majesty left the camp, someone would definitely see him.
But after searching the back mountain for most of the night, I didn't see a single person.
Everyone stopped in the woods. The torches illuminated half of the hillside as bright as day. Du Yuhou's face was pale and full of worry.
If something happened to Yuwen Ran on the way to the expedition, even if he had nine heads, they would not be enough for the Queen Mother to chop off. Moreover, Yuwen Ran only has one daughter now. If something happened to him, there would be no successor to the country.
After everyone had rested for a while, he ordered them to form groups, with three people in each group to search separately, which would be faster.
Just as the people here turned around to look for him, someone over there came with the news, "We've found His Majesty! We've found His Majesty!"
When Du Yuhou saw that the person's whereabouts had been found, he quickly ordered everyone to follow.
Led by the soldier, everyone entered the mountain and saw Yuwen Ran as expected, but there was someone standing next to him, who looked like a woman from her figure and appearance.
How could a woman appear in this desolate wilderness in the middle of the night? Du Yuhou led his men up, drew the sword from his waist, pointed it at Gu Yanyue, and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here in the middle of the night?"
Yuwen Ran blocked Gu Yanyue behind him, glanced at the sword in Du Yuhou's hand, which was still shining with cold light, and his face darkened. He said in a cold voice: "Do I need to report to Du Yuhou before meeting with my queen?"
These words stunned everyone, including Gu Yanyue.
Yuwen Ran ignored Du Yuhou and the others and took Gu Yanyue down the mountain first. He did not let Gu Yanyue return to her previous tent, but brought her directly back to the king's tent and ordered the soldiers at the door to bring in a basin of hot water.
He took a towel and wiped the dust off Gu Yanyue's face from the mountain. Then he kissed her forehead and whispered, "It's so late, go to bed!"
When I woke up the next day, I heard from somewhere that the sudden expedition to the Western Regions was because of Gu Yanyue.
It is said that Yuwen Ran was blinded by Gu Yanyue and would do anything for her. The attack on the Western Regions was an order issued because of Gu Yanyue's words.
As soon as this news came out, the military camp was in an uproar.
They can go to the Western Regions to fight for Yuwen Ran, but it is impossible for them to go to the Western Regions for no reason just because of Gu Yanyue's words. Yuwen Ran is clearly treating the lives of the soldiers as a joke!
But the soldiers who had been cared for by Gu Yanyue in the past few days were convinced that she was not that kind of person. If Yuwen Ran really ordered the attack on the Western Regions because of her words, wouldn't she have stayed in the palace and waited for Yuwen Ran's triumphant return? Why did she have to sneak into the barracks and follow Yuwen Ran into battle?
What's more, after spending a few days together, they found that Gu Yanyue didn't have any airs of a queen, and she worked diligently and efficiently, and never complained at the end of the day. It was rare to see such a hardworking woman, and she was not at all like the seductive vixen as the rumors said.
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