After being tossed around by Gu Yanyue just now, her hair became a lot messier.
Yu Wenran simply took off all the hairpins on Gu Yanyue's head, then used a hairband to tie all of Gu Yanyue's hair behind her head, then carried Gu Yanyue to the chair and asked her to have dinner.
Gu Yanyue's anger came and went quickly. Seeing that dinner was already on the table, and since she hadn't eaten much all day, she grabbed her bowl and started eating before Yu Wenran even sat down.
After dinner, when the palace maids had cleared the dishes on the table, Gu Yanyue directed Yu Wenran to carry her back to bed.
Yuwen Ran, uncomplainingly asking Gu Yanyue to order him around, put her back on the bed and asked, "I wonder if our Empress has calmed down now?"
Gu Yanyue rolled her eyes, looked at herself reflected in Yu Wenran's eyes, and said with a smile: "I've calmed down a long time ago."
Gu Yanyue patted the seat next to her and said, "You've been tired all day, lie down and rest. You have to get up early to return to the palace tomorrow."
After lying down, Yu Wenran was not sleepy and played with Gu Yanyue's hair for a long time.
Gu Yanyue was disturbed by him and lost her sleep. She fell into her usual habit of discussing things with Yuwen Ran before going to bed. "Ah Ran, you didn't tell me last night that since you have verified that the incident of Prince Xiang in Qianzhou is true, how are you going to deal with him? And judging by the Queen Mother's temper, I don't think she will let you touch Prince Xiang."
Yu Wenran untied the hair that was tangled around his fingers and repeated this several times.
It was so long that Gu Yanyue thought Yuwen Ran was not going to answer her question, but Yuwen Ran suddenly said: "I brought a few people to pay homage to my father this time just to facilitate my plan for tomorrow."
"What are your plans for tomorrow?" Gu Yanyue repeated Yu Wenran's words and asked, "Are you planning to attack the Queen Mother?"
"Um."
Yuwen Ran reached out and hugged Gu Yanyue into his arms, whispering, "I plan to trap her in the Temple tomorrow, using the excuse that the Queen Mother plans to stay there for a long time to pray for the late Emperor. After I've dealt with Prince Xiang's affairs, I'll see if I should bring her back to the palace."
Gu Yanyue continued to ask: "As for the matter of Prince Xiang, how do you plan to deal with it then?"
"I'll tell you all this after I return to the palace. It's getting late now. You've been tired all day. You should get some rest first."
Yuwen Ran kept Gu Yanyue in suspense first, and Gu Yanyue became dissatisfied immediately. She wanted to get up and ask Yuwen Ran clearly before going back to sleep, but she didn't expect that Yuwen Ran would pin her down on the bed and she couldn't move at all.
Gu Yanyue had no choice but to give up and wait for Yuwen Ran to talk to her about Prince Xiang tomorrow.
The next day, when the empress dowager got up, she found a team of imperial guards guarding outside her room. Li Ma, who served her, had started arguing with the imperial guards outside the door early in the morning.
"I want to see the Emperor! Why are you guarding the Empress Dowager's chambers and not allowing those of us who are with her to leave?"
The Imperial Guards were guarding the doorway, paying no attention to Nanny Li's words. "Your Majesty has ordered that no one from the Empress Dowager's chambers be allowed to leave until he and the Empress return to the palace."
"Why won't you let us out? Is it possible that Your Majesty has ulterior motives and wants to leave the Queen Mother alone in this temple? And you're even saying that Your Majesty wants to starve the Queen Mother to death in this temple?"
Nanny Li put her hands on her hips and refused to budge. Seeing that the imperial guards still refused to give way and asked her to leave, she immediately shouted, "Someone come! Come and see! His Majesty is so cruel that he wants to starve the Queen Mother to death in this temple! Someone come! Come quickly! Show me what kind of villain His Majesty is!"
"Mammy, this is serious."
Zheng Hai and his maid heard the noise and walked over quickly. Zheng Hai signaled the maid behind him with his eyes, asking her to hand the food box to Li Ma Ma: "This is the breakfast that His Majesty sent this old servant to bring to the Empress Dowager."
Nanny Li took the food box and snorted coldly, "May I ask what your majesty's intention is? Why did you trap the Empress Dowager in this small room? If your majesty doesn't give an explanation for trapping the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid it will be unacceptable, right?"
"Madame Li, why are you making so much noise outside so early in the morning? You're making it impossible for me to sleep."
The empress dowager came out wearing a robe and saw a group of imperial guards surrounding the door, as well as the eunuch named Zheng Hai who served Yuwen Ran.
Her phoenix eyes swept over everyone present, and she asked in a deep voice, "Why are you all gathered in front of my room so early in the morning? Is there something important going on?"
Zheng Hai was about to speak when Nanny Li interrupted him, "Empress Dowager! His Majesty ordered this morning that you and all the servants who served you be confined to this wing room. He also sent the Imperial Guards to guard it. He said that until he and the Empress returned to the palace, neither you nor the Empress Dowager could leave this wing room."
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and turned her gaze to Zheng Hai: "Eunuch Zheng, may I ask if what the nanny who serves me said is true?"
Zheng Hai bowed to the Empress Dowager, then pulled a bright yellow imperial edict from his wide sleeves. He shrilled, "Your Majesty, please listen to my command. The day before yesterday, I heard that you had volunteered to go to the Galan Monastery to pray for the nation, refusing to return to the palace until the disaster in Qianzhou was resolved. Today, I issue this imperial edict to fulfill your wish."
After reading it, Zheng Hai handed the imperial edict to Matron Li and said with a smile: "Matron Li, please accept the edict on behalf of the Queen Mother..."
The empress dowager was stunned. Only then did she realize that Yuwen Ran had planned not to bring other concubines to worship the late emperor this time.
Not only did they expel her from the palace, but they also used the good reputation of praying to preserve her status and reputation as the queen mother.
At the same time, he issued an imperial decree to her, leaving her no room for refusal. What a calculated plan.
"Then ask Eunuch Zheng to tell the emperor that I will not stay in this temple forever."
Zheng Hai said calmly, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will convey the truth to Your Majesty."
After Zheng Hai went back and told Yu Wenran what the Queen Mother had said, Gu Yanyue had already packed up the things to be taken back to the palace. After a while, they gathered at the mountain gate and prepared to load the things onto the truck.
On the way back to the palace, the journey was faster than when we came here because the Queen Mother was not there.
Yuwen Ran took the Queen Mother with him when he left, but when he returned, she was nowhere to be found. Yuwen Ran asked Zheng Hai to read the imperial edict issued at the temple again in the palace. Everyone knew that the Queen Mother had good intentions and voluntarily stayed in the temple to pray for the people.
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