"Have you sent people to investigate the matter in Qianzhou?" Gu Yanyue asked as they stopped by a stream in the Galan Temple.
The Galan Temple is built on the mountain, occupying the entire mountain. There are mountains and water. The scenery in the temple is very attractive. If you walk up to the Galan Temple, there is a spring waterfall. The waterfall is just right to relieve the heat in the summer.
Even the dignitaries in the capital would come here to stay for a few days when they have free time, even just to enjoy the scenery.
It happened to be Muxiu these few days, so the Galan Temple should have been bustling with people. However, Yuwen Ran brought Gu Yanyue and the Queen Mother here to perform rituals in the past two days, and then the temple was closed and no other outside guests were received, so it seemed even more quiet.
"I've checked it out. He didn't come back last night. I wanted to tell you this morning, but I fell asleep on the way here, so I didn't tell you."
Last night, after receiving the letter from the secret guard, Yuwen Ran called Yao Jinle from his mansion into the palace and discussed with him in the study for the whole night.
So Gu Yanyue didn't know whether the matter about Qianzhou presented by Yao Jinle was true or false.
Gu Yanyue nodded calmly, "Ah Ran, you've been too busy these days, remember to take care of yourself."
"Um."
Yu Wenran glanced around and found that there was no one around, so he told Gu Yanyue the details of last night.
"What Jinle reported is true. Since Jinle left the city, Prince Xiang has been acting more and more recklessly. The secret guards said that many people in Qianzhou have been killed or injured. I have instructed the secret guards to secretly transport some food into the city to distribute to the people there. This will help them hold out until Jinle can gather enough food and return to Qianzhou."
Gu Yanyue was stunned after hearing this. She originally thought that with the Queen Mother's pressure from above, Prince Xiang would handle the Qianzhou matter well no matter what.
He then asked, "Didn't the King of Xiang sign a military order in front of you before setting out? Why would he act this way? Isn't he afraid that you will punish him if he fails to complete the disaster relief mission in Qianzhou?"
It would have been fine if Gu Yanyue didn't mention the military order, but she got angry as soon as she mentioned Yuwen Ran.
He snorted coldly, "What is there for him to be afraid of? If he doesn't finish his task, he'll just go to the Empress Dowager's palace and cry for hours. The Empress Dowager will then use him to threaten me. And according to the secret guards, he originally wanted to starve Jinle to death and then dump his body in the wild. That way, he could put all the blame on Jinle and even throw more dirty water on him. After all, by then, Jinle would be dead, and the dead can't say anything."
Gu Yanyue was about to say something else when the temple bell suddenly rang, deep and deep, and continued.
Zheng Hai found Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's time for the Queen to go back to her room and turn off the lights."
This is the rule of the temple. It is time to turn off the lights and go to bed at the hour of Xu every day. Yu Wenran had no intention of breaking the rule of the temple and nodded.
He took the lamp from Zheng Hai's hand, left one for him, and said to him: "You can go back too. I can go back with the Queen myself."
Zheng Hai exclaimed: "Your Majesty...how can this be possible!"
"It's time to turn off the lights. If you send me back and then go back to the side room, I think you will waste a lot of time. If the monks patrolling the temple see me, they will think that I came here to pray for blessings but my heart is not sincere, and I asked the eunuch to walk around outside at the appointed time."
Yuwen Ran brought up the rules of the Galan Temple, and Zheng Hai had no choice but to carry the lamp back to the ear room by himself.
Gu Yanyue slept very soundly in the temple, and when she woke up, Yuwen Ran was gone.
She called the palace maids who were serving her and found out that Yuwen Ran had gotten up before dawn to prepare for the ceremony of worshiping the late emperor.
"Then why didn't he wake me up together? It would always be faster for two people than one." Gu Yanyue just woke up and said while yawning.
The palace maid brought water for Gu Yanyue to wash and waited for her to wipe her face.
Seeing that she had regained some consciousness, she said, "Your Majesty rarely sees Her Majesty sleeping so soundly, and he couldn't bear to wake her up. He wanted her to sleep a little longer, so he didn't wake her up. His Majesty also told me to wait until it was almost time to wake her up."
After getting dressed, Gu Yanyue went to the temple to find Yuwen Ran. The ritual lasted a whole day, and Gu Yanyue's knees hurt a lot from kneeling during this time.
By the time the last petition was lit in front of Yu Wenran, it was already dark outside the door.
Yuwen Ran suggested staying in the Galan Temple for another night and returning to the palace tomorrow.
The Queen Mother was exhausted after a long day, so after burning the memorial, she returned to her chambers to rest. Before leaving the temple with Yuwen Ran, Gu Yanyue went to the Buddha statue, knelt reverently, and burned incense. Yuwen Ran followed and also bowed.
When they went out, Gu Yanyue's knees had started to feel numb from kneeling for too long, so Yuwen Ran had no choice but to pick up Gu Yanyue and carry her back to the room.
The distance from the temple to the wing room was quite far, and during this time, Gu Yanyue kept her face buried in Yu Wenran's arms to prevent others from seeing her in such an embarrassing scene.
What kind of thing is it to be affectionate in a temple in front of the Buddha?
When Yuwen Ran gently put Gu Yanyue back on the bed, Gu Yanyue lifted the quilt and wrapped herself up from head to toe. Yuwen Ran knew that Gu Yanyue was embarrassed again, "Ayue, don't be so stuffy, you won't be able to breathe soon."
"Then let me suffocate to death here in the quilt. Yuwen Ran, we are in the temple! How dare you do that? If the Buddha saw you, wouldn't he think you were dishonest?"
Gu Yanyue's muffled voice came out from under the quilt.
She used to be an atheist, but after coming here and meeting Yu Wenran and having Xiao Yuntun.
She also began to believe in those so-called Buddhas. Perhaps it was because once a person has a soft spot, even though they know that something does not exist, they will still want to believe in it.
"I've done everything I should have done. How could the Buddha think I wasn't sincere? I only brought you back because your feet were numb and you couldn't walk. Ah Yue, you can't be unreasonable."
Yu Wenran poked Gu Yanyue who was hiding under the quilt through the quilt. After poking her so many times, he found it quite fun.
Gu Yanyue was inside the quilt, unaware that she was being treated as a novel toy by Yu Wenran outside the quilt, who was constantly poking her, "Then I just asked you to help me back, not to carry me back."
"My dear wife! Don't you see what time it is? When I helped you back from the temple, you didn't even have dinner. It was already lights out. Your stomach is not feeling well, so you can't go to bed without dinner. Hurry up and get up. I have asked the palace maid to bring dinner back to the wing room."
As he said that, Yu Wenran started to pull off the quilt wrapped around Gu Yanyue!
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