In her impression, she always thought that Yu Wenran was a complete office slave. If he were in modern times, he would be an employee and would definitely be liked by the boss.
If you are the boss, then the employees under you will definitely be miserable.
But Yuwen Ran didn't skip work for too long in the end. After lunch, he returned to the imperial study to deal with the government affairs that he had neglected during the previous expedition.
But as soon as he arrived at the imperial study, he was invited away by someone sent by the empress dowager. As soon as Yuwen Ran arrived at Cixi Palace, he heard a shrill scream coming from inside.
As soon as Yuwen Ran entered, he saw a pile of debris on the ground. A row of palace maids were kneeling in front of the Queen Mother. He straightened his clothes and then turned to look at the Queen Mother, whose face had darkened. "What's wrong that makes Mother so angry?"
The Queen Mother sneered: "It's amazing that the Emperor still remembers his mother, Ai Jia."
Yuwen Ran frowned, "I don't quite understand what mother is saying."
"If I hadn't sent someone to personally ask for the Emperor's return, he would have long forgotten about me, his mother. And the same goes for the Empress. For her own selfish reasons, she disobeyed the Emperor's orders and left the palace to follow the army. This shows her a lack of respect for the rites and laws of a state, treating state affairs as a joke. She deserves severe punishment."
Yuwen Ran looked up at the Queen Mother. When he heard the word "severe punishment", there was an obvious murderous intent in his eyes, but he quickly hid it. The Queen Mother was afraid that because of the matter of Prince Xiang, she could not find any fault with him, so she would use his A Yue as a target.
"The Queen isn't accompanying the army out of personal feelings," Yuwen Ran said, suppressing his anger as he recalled Gu Yanyue's words of advice. "The Queen is incredibly intelligent. The army's victory this time is entirely thanks to the Queen."
"Is the Emperor joking?" The Empress Dowager thought that Yuwen Ran was right because he avoided the main point, and sneered, "There are so many knowledgeable people in the world. Is the Emperor saying that they are not as good as the Empress, a woman kept in the deep palace?" The malice in her words was very obvious, implying that Yuwen Ran took Gu Yanyue to the expedition just for her beauty, and Gu Yanyue was completely insulted.
"I allowed the Empress to accompany me on the expedition. I was afraid that Your Majesty would disagree, so I told her that I had ordered her to be confined." Yuwen Ran gave the Empress Dowager a deep look and said calmly, "Your Majesty, you didn't come to me today just to tell me about the Empress's departure from the palace, did you? Just say what you want to say. There's no need to beat around the bush."
"Since the Emperor has said so, I won't beat around the bush." The Empress Dowager wasn't upset when Yuwen Ran saw through her thoughts. She simply adjusted her hairpin. "Your Majesty, as the ruler of a country, so easily believed what others said. Without sufficient evidence, you imprisoned your own brother and tortured him. Do you still have respect for me, your mother?"
Yu Wenran lowered his eyes and remained silent, not responding to the empress dowager's words.
The Queen Mother waited for a long time, but Yuwen Ran didn't say anything to continue the conversation. The hall suddenly fell silent, which made her feel quite embarrassed. She had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue, "If you don't release your brother from prison today, then lock me up as well!"
After saying this, Yuwen Ran couldn't help but sneer, and looked at the queen dowager with a squint. Just as she had just said, there was no etiquette of a queen dowager at all. After so many years, she was still as unpresentable as ever. She didn't know if her father was blind to have such a queen.
Although he had long been dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, he put on a good front: "I will order the release of Prince Xiang from prison shortly. If you are worried, I will send him to the palace after he is released from prison. After you have seen me, I will send him back to Prince Xiang's mansion. Is this okay with you?"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly. She was quite satisfied with Yuwen Ran's arrangement, but still a little dissatisfied. "Give the order in front of me now, and then wait until your brother is released from prison before you return."
Yuwen Ran followed his instructions and summoned Zheng Hai. "Zheng Hai, go to the prison and take Prince Xiang out, bringing him directly to Cixi Palace." After giving his orders, Yuwen Ran didn't stay in Cixi Palace any longer, fearing he might find Prince Xiang uncontrollably and punch him. After leaving Cixi Palace, he didn't return to the imperial study, but went straight back to Weiyang Palace.
Seeing Yu Wenran come back so quickly, Gu Yanyue was a little confused, "Did you forget something?"
"No, I just miss you." Yu Wenran lowered his eyes and said in a low voice.
Gu Yanyue stood up and hugged him, resting her head on Yu Wenran's shoulder: "What's wrong? Did something go wrong?"
"My mother asked me to release Prince Xiang from the prison." Yuwen Ran picked her up and carried her back inside. Gu Yanyue was thinking about something and did not resist much. She let him carry her all the way back. When she came to her senses, she found herself on the big bed in the inner hall, and Yuwen Ran was pinned under her.
"What are you daydreaming about again? Are you thinking about Prince Xiang again?" Yuwen Ran leaned over and kissed her eyebrows.
"If we let him go this time, he will definitely be more cautious in the future. I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch him again." Gu Yanyue pursed her lips, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.
Yu Wenran leaned over, gently kissed her slightly trembling eyelashes, and whispered in her ear: "It's okay, I've sent people to collect evidence."
Gu Yanyue pursed her lips, pushed the person away, and sat up: "Okay, we've finished talking about this. It's time for you to go back to the imperial study to handle government affairs. Don't disturb my nap. I don't want rumors to spread that I'm a seductress who seduces the king and that he will no longer be in charge of government affairs." As she spoke, Gu Yanyue crawled into the quilt, wrapped herself into a round ball, and separated Yuwen Ran from the outside of the quilt.
Yu Wenran lowered his head and kissed Gu Yanyue through the quilt, then laughed and said, "I just asked Zheng Hai to go to the Imperial Study and bring the memorials to the Weiyang Palace. You take a nap while I review the memorials outside. When you wake up, you can see me."
Gu Yanyue turned over and rolled inside, mumbling across the quilt, "Who wants to see you? Go review the memorials."
Yuwen Ran went out to review memorials, and Gu Yanyue finally pulled her head out from under the quilt. However, she hadn't felt sleepy at noon today, so she lay in bed all afternoon, thinking through everything from beginning to end.
First, Prince Xiang and Tuoba Chen formed an alliance. Although that was what he said, Tuoba Chen told himself that he was only pretending to form an alliance with Prince Xiang. Once he won the battle, he would rush into the capital, kill Prince Xiang, and solve this hidden disaster for Yuwen Ran.
Secondly, Prince Xiang had planted people in the army. The deputy general who accompanied Tuoba Chen during the negotiation that day was one of them. After Prince Xiang's matter was over, she would have Yuwen Ran thoroughly investigate the background of the soldiers in the army. This kind of thing must not happen again.
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