"I am only doing this because if you were not Ah Yue's master, otherwise you would have been dragged away by me by now."
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Yuwen Ran and Bai Youjin shouted at each other in the imperial study for a long time. The eunuchs waiting outside the door wanted to rush in, but because of Yuwen Ran's order, they had to stand still and dared not move. In the end, Zheng Hai almost sent someone to Fengqi Palace to invite Gu Yanyue to mediate.
It is said that after Bai Youjin came out of Yuwen Ran's study that day, he left the palace directly and disappeared without a trace.
When Gu Yanyue got the news, Bai Youjin had already "left Beijing". She also heard the rumors that Yuwen Ran and Bai Youjin had a big quarrel in the study, which made Bai Youjin unhappy. After leaving the imperial study, he ignored the imperial guards' obstruction and left the palace and disappeared.
This rumor was so true and so false. Yu Wenran had always been respectful to Bai Youjin, so why did he suddenly start a quarrel with her? And the quarrel was so intense that Bai Youjin was furious and left.
Although Gu Yanyue didn't quite believe the rumors, she was depressed all day because Bai Youjin left without saying goodbye, just like when she saw Murong Yue's death.
Yuwen Ran was at her wit's end. Before leaving the palace, Bai Youjin said he would wait until the storm was over before telling Gu Yanyue the truth. Otherwise, Gu Yanyue might lose control and sneak out of the palace to visit him. If others found out, they would know it was all a scam.
Yu Wenran really couldn't bear to see Gu Yanyue being so negative anymore, but because he had promised Bai Youjin, he couldn't tell her the truth for the time being. He thought of doing the same as he did with Murong Yue, cooking something delicious himself to coax Gu Yanyue.
He had seen Gu Yanyue make him white jade frost square cake before. It didn't look too difficult to make, and Gu Yanyue also said that even a novice could make this kind of cake. When you are sad, you should eat something sweet to improve your mood.
He prepared the ingredients needed to make the white jade frost cake according to his memory, but in the end he didn't know what went wrong and it always felt weird.
With the idea of letting Gu Yanyue have the first bite, Yu Wenran went straight to find Gu Yanyue with the plate in his hand.
"Ayue, I made some white jade frost cake. Would you like to try it?" Yuwen Ran placed the plate on the small table next to the bed and pulled Gu Yanyue out of bed. Seeing that Gu Yanyue didn't react, he took it himself: "It looks good. I wonder how it tastes. How about I try it first?"
Yu Wenran picked up a piece of white jade frost square cake and took a bite. The moment it entered his mouth, he immediately spat it out and stuck out his tongue, "Ahem...what's this taste?!"
After saying that, Yuwen Ran said to Gu Yanyue with a bitter face, "I accidentally mistook salt for sugar. It's too salty. Can you teach me how to make this white jade frost cake later?"
There was still no expression on Gu Yanyue's face. She looked ahead with a gloomy look and did not respond no matter what Yu Wenran said to her.
Yu Wenran sighed. If Gu Yanyue continued like this, her health would be damaged sooner or later. So he had no choice but to tell her the whole truth: "Senior Bai is still in the capital, living in my private residence. So, Ah Yue, please don't be unhappy, okay?"
"What did you say?" Gu Yanyue's eyes flashed when she heard Yuwen Ran say that Bai Youjin was still in the capital. "Aran, is the fighting spirit you said true?"
Yu Wenran raised his eyebrows and asked, "When did I ever lie to you?"
Gu Yanyue showed Yu Wenran a gorgeous smile: "No."
"Then let's eat something first? You haven't eaten properly for a few days." Yu Wenran curled his lips. Ever since he learned the news that Bai Youjin had "left Beijing", Gu Yanyue had become depressed. He didn't eat much every day and would say he was full after eating one or two bites. After all these days of tossing and turning, his face had become much sharper.
The next day, after noon, Gu Yanyue took people to Yu Wenran's private residence.
"Master! I'm here to see you!" Gu Yanyue's voice arrived before she even showed up. She left behind the palace maids who were following her and went to the side courtyard of the house as if she was familiar with the route.
Based on her previous understanding of Bai Youjin, Bai Youjin would definitely not live in the main courtyard of this house. In addition, Yu Wenran had renovated this house before, so the only side courtyard that could be lived in was the one on the east side.
After little Yuntun was born, Yuwen Ran converted the rest into greenhouses. He collected a lot of precious flower seeds and hired someone to take care of them every day so that little Yuntun could come here to play when he grew up.
When Gu Yanyue left, Bai Youjin was in the study in the side courtyard, reading a book of poetry. Turning his head, he saw Gu Yanyue coming in with her dress in hand. "Why are you here?"
Gu Yanyue gave Bai Youjin the apprentice salute and said with a smile, "A Ran told me your location yesterday, Master. I was worried, so I came to check on you myself."
"Why would you be so reluctant to leave me? I'm living quite comfortably in this house by myself." Bai Youjin put down the book in his hand, stood up and poured a cup of tea for Gu Yanyue. "You must have used some extreme method to get Yu Wenran to tell you the news, right?"
Gu Yanyue held the tea and stuck out her tongue: "Master, how did you know? I went on a hunger strike for a few days, so Ah Ran told me the news about Master." After saying that, Gu Yanyue straightened her chest and showed a proud expression.
Bai Youjin raised his hand and ruffled Gu Yanyue's hair: "You, you just knew that Yu Wenran would fall for your tricks."
After a pause, Bai Youjin withdrew his hand. "But this Yuwen Ran is also true. How could he, an emperor, be so soft-hearted? Think about it with your feet. You wouldn't starve yourself. I revealed my information to you even though I knew this. If he were to be a secret guard, I'm afraid if he was caught, he wouldn't even need to be tortured and would directly confess the person behind the scenes."
Gu Yanyue immediately became unhappy when she heard Bai Youjin scolding Yuwen Ran. She put down her teacup and said, "Ah Ran, that wouldn't happen! Ah Ran just can't bear to see me suffer. He's not soft-hearted to everyone. He only does this to me."
Bai Youjin raised his eyebrows and waved his hand, "If you tell me again how good you and Yuwen Ran are, you don't have to stay here with me. Go back to the palace and find Yuwen Ran."
"Master, you're not sending me back because you don't want to eat the dog food between me and A'ran, right?" Gu Yanyue said with a smile.
"What is dog food? You and Yuwen Ran are going to make dog food for me?" Bai Youjin's first reaction when he heard the new word "dog food" was that Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran were going to make dog food for her.
As expected, the apprentice picked up halfway is unreliable, especially if he is married, he is even more unreliable.
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