Gu Yanyue shook her head in Yuwen Ran's arms, then raised her head and looked at Yuwen Ran, her eyes twinkling. Even the stars in the sky were not as bright as Gu Yanyue's eyes in Yuwen Ran's eyes at this moment.
Gu Yanyue showed her eight perfect teeth and smiled at Yu Wenran, "I'm just happy, why don't you even allow me to be happy now?"
The structure of this sentence was similar to what Liu Yanyan had just said, making just as much sense. Yu Wenran had naturally been ruthless enough to punish Liu Yanyan, but when it came to Gu Yanyue, he just scratched her nose and said, "Nonsense!"
After being treated like this by Gu Yanyue, Yu Wenran's bad mood at the banquet had mostly disappeared. Now his expression was no longer as scary as before, and a smile appeared on his lips again.
Gu Yanyue hooked Yuwen Ran's hair and rubbed it in circles with her fingertips. It was a very "seductive" gesture, but the words she said were a bit irrelevant: "Ah Ran, I saw that you didn't eat much just now. When we get back to Fengqi Palace later, I will make you barbecue, okay?"
Yu Wenran let Gu Yanyue out of his arms, took her hand instead, and said gently: "Let's go."
Gu Yanyue's brain suddenly short-circuited for a moment, "Where are we going?"
Yuwen Ran tapped Gu Yanyue's forehead gently and said with a smile, "Of course, we're going back to Fengqi Palace."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuwen Ran took Gu Yanyue's hand and trotted towards Fengqi Palace. The eunuchs and palace maids who had been following Yuwen Ran saw that Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue suddenly started running, and they also ran along without knowing why.
Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue ran back to Fengqi Palace with the eunuchs and palace maids. After running all the way back, except for Yuwen Ran, everyone else was out of breath.
Yu Wenran rarely showed a childish smile and looked at Gu Yanyue who was holding the door and gasping for breath.
Gu Yanyue was so angry that she wanted to slap Yuwen Ran in the face, but when she thought of how Yuwen Ran had just defended her in front of everyone and how he had almost broken off relations with the Queen Mother, she turned her head away and stopped looking at him.
Seeing that Gu Yanyue had just caught her breath for a while, Yu Wenran went over and said, "Ayue, when can we start the barbecue?"
Gu Yanyue put away her hand that was holding onto the Fengqi Palace door and took two deep breaths. When she was no longer panting, she said to Yuwen Ran, "Now is the time."
Gu Yanyue had already prepared the ingredients for the barbecue when she was hosting the empress dowager's birthday banquet today. She even estimated the time and asked the palace maids of Fengqi Palace to light the fire first. Now they just had to go over and start grilling.
Gu Yanyue brought Yuwen Ran to where she had the maids set up the barbecue grill. The maid who was watching the fire immediately gave up her seat when she saw Gu Yanyue coming. Then she bowed to Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue, "Your servant greets His Majesty and Her Majesty."
After asking them to stand up, Gu Yanyue asked them to leave first, saying that she would call them over later if anything happened.
The palace maids were saved and retreated first.
Gu Yanyue placed the skewers on the grill with ease, then brushed them with sauce and finally sprinkled them with cumin powder. Soon, bursts of aroma emerged from the grill.
Yu Wen Ran's eyes never left the grill, and he always followed Gu Yanyue's movements. After smelling the fragrance, Yu Wen Ran subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
Today at the birthday party, he only ate an appetizer, then a few more dishes before continuing because Liu Yanyan had no appetite. He wasted the delicious dishes that Gu Yanyue had prepared, and even the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that he had always wanted to drink, he only took a few sips before giving up.
Gu Yanyue naturally noticed Yu Wenran's actions. She knew that Yu Wenran would not be able to eat at the birthday party today because of Liu Yanyan, so she prepared the ingredients needed for the barbecue in advance, and planned to feed Yu Wenran at Fengqi Palace when he returned from the birthday party.
Gu Yanyue handed a few grilled skewers to Yuwen Ran. After Yuwen Ran blew on the skewers to cool them down, he couldn't wait to put them into his mouth. After one bite, he praised Gu Yanyue repeatedly, "Ayue! Your cooking skills have improved a lot. This time the skewers are even better than the ones I had at Senior Bai's place last time."
Gu Yanyue smiled and did not respond to what Yu Wenran had just said to her. She only focused on the action of flipping the skewers in her hands.
At the end of the grilling, after all the skewers were grilled, Gu Yanyue sat aside and watched Yu Wenran eat the skewers she had just grilled.
Yu Wenran swallowed a mouthful of the skewers in his mouth and asked, "What's wrong with Ah Yue? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Gu Yanyue sat on the small stool opposite Yuwen Ran, holding her face with her hands, looking at Yuwen Ran with her head tilted and smiling, acting like a little girl, "I think you look good!"
Yu Wenran paused as he was about to put the skewers into his mouth. He didn't expect Gu Yanyue to answer him like this.
Gu Yanyue looked at Yuwen Ran and smiled even wider. Yuwen Ran looked at Gu Yanyue and smiled a little foolishly. Although it was the first time he saw Gu Yanyue like this, Yuwen Ran found her very cute. He had the urge to hide Gu Yanyue in Fengqi Palace and not let anyone see her. Especially not Tuoba Chen!
At the same time, Tuoba Chen, who was now far away in the Western Regions, suddenly sneezed softly. The attendant beside him immediately wanted to go back and get him a thicker fur coat, but Tuoba Chen stopped him. He was a little confused. He clearly didn't have a cold, so why did he suddenly sneeze?
Since the Queen Mother's birthday, Liu Yanyan and the Queen Mother seemed to have suddenly changed their temperaments and suddenly became quiet and peaceful. For several months, there were no major actions, not even those minor quarrels. Because of this, Gu Yanyue's life can be said to be very smooth!
Without the Queen Mother and Liu Yanyan's mischief, the days passed very quickly. Winter and spring passed in a short while, and summer arrived.
In the Imperial Garden, the lotus blossoms were at their peak in summer, their emerald green leaves practically covering the pond. Gu Yanyue's favorite summer flower was the lotus. During her free time, she would have the eunuchs set up a small couch in the pavilion, and she would stay there all day. When Yuwen Ran passed through the Imperial Garden after leaving court, she would walk with him back to Fengqi Palace.
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