After Xiao Kui explained all these things clearly, Yu Wenran's face had turned extremely dark.
However, because the Empress Dowager was still by her side, in the end, it really happened as Gu Yanyue said. Liu Yanyan was only given a light punishment. "Pass on my order! Concubine Liu wanted to push the Empress into the water out of jealousy. Fortunately, the Empress was quick and dodged it, so she didn't suffer this disaster. Considering that Concubine Liu was accidentally pushed into the water by the Empress, I will not punish her severely. I will punish her by confining her to Yanxi Palace. She can leave when she thinks it through."
As soon as Yu Wenran said this, his whole body, which had just woken up and sat up, tilted and he suddenly became lifeless. However, his eyes were staring at Gu Yanyue with red eyes, as if he wanted to pounce on her and tear her apart.
She had waited so long for all these years, and finally the day came when she was married to Yuwen Ran and became his concubine. Before she could win his favor and win him back from Gu Yanyue, she was punished by Yuwen Ran to be confined on her first day in the palace. I am afraid that after this incident, Yuwen Ran will hardly have any good feelings towards her...
Because of Gu Yanyue's plot against her today, all her efforts over the past few years have gone to waste. How could Liu Yanyan not grit her teeth at Gu Yanyue for this vengeance?
But because of the presence of the Queen Mother and Yuwen Ran, she could only force a smile to respond to their concern.
After Liu Yanyan was imprisoned by Yuwen Ran, her life became smoother and smoother. After the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Queen Mother's birthday was approaching. In previous years, it was just a birthday banquet, but this year was a little different. This year was the Queen Mother's sixtieth birthday, and no matter what, it had to be a grand celebration.
For this reason, Gu Yanyue had to prepare some gifts for the Queen Mother, so that she wouldn't be criticized by others when she took them out in public. It seemed quite difficult.
So Gu Yanyue thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to use her best skills to personally prepare a birthday gift for the Queen Mother.
Although she did not have a good relationship with her, she still had to pretend to be so in the open, for example, when sending birthday gifts every year. If the gifts were not good, not to mention the empress dowager, even the craftsmen who came to repair things would think that she, the queen, did not treat the empress dowager sincerely.
In order to avoid being found guilty, Gu Yanyue prepared the gifts a month in advance every year. Because the gift this year was different from the previous ones, Gu Yanyue woke up on the morning of the Queen Mother's birthday to start preparing the gift for her birthday.
Yes, she was right. She planned to cook for the Queen Mother herself and prepare a birthday banquet that was different from any other.
So Gu Yanyue took the palace maids to the small kitchen early in the morning and started working. When Yuwen Ran came to the small kitchen to look for Gu Yanyue after leaving the court, he saw that the palace maids were crowded around the stove, carefully watching the fire. Waves of hot steam rose straight out of the stove, and the fragrance drifted into everyone's nose, making people's appetites whetted.
Yuwen Ran couldn't help but ran to the stove and wanted to reach out to pick up the lid of the pot. Fortunately, the palace maid next to her was quick to stop her, otherwise the steam alone would have been enough to burn Yuwen Ran's skin.
Gu Yanyue was so frightened by Yuwen Ran's sudden action that she broke out in a sweat. She quickly pulled his hands over to check them, and asked nervously, "Ah Ran, are you okay? Are you burned anywhere?"
She had never imagined that Yuwen Ran could be so greedy. Even if someone in this huge palace was short of food, it couldn't possibly be Yuwen Ran's food, right? So why was he still so greedy?
She saw that there were still a lot of ingredients left in the kitchen, so she prepared a few more dishes. One of them tempted Yu Wenran to open the pot, which was the extremely difficult to cook Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Of course, if Gu Yanyue was asked to make the authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, she would never be able to do it. She only made a modern, simple version of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Seeing Gu Yanyue's concern for him, Yu Wenran smiled lightly, pulled up his sleeves, and showed Gu Yanyue his hands in full view, and assured him, "I'm fine, I'm fine. But, Yue, what are you doing? I smelled that fragrance as soon as I walked in. It smells so good."
"What a pity! If I weren't the emperor and you weren't the empress, I would definitely open a small restaurant with you in a beautiful place and live a leisurely life. How wonderful it would be. That way, I could taste Ah Yue's cooking every day."
Yu Wenran said so many words, the previous ones were pure nonsense, and only the last sentence was the main point he wanted to express.
Gu Yanyue couldn't help but chuckle after hearing Yu Wenran's "ambitious" speech. "Even if you and I didn't open a small restaurant, you can always eat my cooking whenever you want. As long as you want it, no matter what, I will cook it for you."
"That's great!" Yuwen Ran's mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear. He didn't look like an emperor at all, but rather like a fool at the village gate. "But Ah Yue, you haven't told me yet, what exactly did you do?"
Yu Wenran was already dizzy from the aroma. He had to ask what the dish was so that he could ask Gu Yanyue to make a special portion for him in the future to satisfy his craving.
Gu Yanyue didn't answer Yu Wenran's question. She just smiled mysteriously at her and turned to look at the palace maid watching over the fire and asked, "When I was going to make other ingredients just now, were these people watching over the fire according to my instructions? No one touched my ingredients, right?"
Seeing how careful Gu Yanyue was with the contents of the pot, the maid became even more cautious. After thinking carefully for a moment, she replied, "Your Majesty, everything was done according to your instructions. No one has touched the lid of the pot yet."
After hearing the questions and answers between Gu Yanyue and the palace maid, Yu Wenran became even more curious about what was in the pot.
Gu Yanyue wrapped the lid of the pot with a thick cloth and added salt and other seasonings. She then put the lid back on and instructed the maidservant waiting beside her, "It will be turned off in five minutes. Just keep it warm."
Then when she turned around, she ran into Yuwen Ran who had been following her. She saw that he was still staring at the big pot behind her with a greedy look on his face, his eyes almost falling into it.
Gu Yanyue still couldn't figure out why Yuwen Ran loved to eat so much. Facing Yuwen Ran's eager eyes, Gu Yanyue could only sigh, "A Ran, what I made was Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."
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