Within just half a month, Yuwen Ran received news from Jiangnan saying that the crayfish problem had been solved and the queen's approach was very effective.
Yu Wenran didn't expect that Gu Yanyue could handle the problem so perfectly. This problem that had troubled him for a long time was solved by Gu Yanyue in one go.
As soon as he received the news that Gu Yanyue had returned to the palace, Yu Wenran didn't think twice, even forgetting to deal with the prime minister, and hurried to pick her up.
"Your Majesty, please walk slower." Eunuch Gao followed Yuwen Ran breathlessly. Yuwen Ran walked briskly, fearing that he would miss Gu Yanyue's return to the palace.
Eunuch Gao found his expression somewhat amusing and blurted out, "Your Majesty, do you have any other feelings for the Queen?"
Yu Wenran was silent. Did he have other feelings for Gu Yanyue?
Maybe there is, but he is just a puppet emperor, so even if there is, so what?
When Yu Wenran was lost in thought, Gu Yanyue's carriage had already arrived.
"Ayue!" Seeing Gu Yanyue's carriage coming from afar, Yu Wenran restrained his emotions.
Gu Yanyue quickly got off the carriage and walked quickly towards Yuwen Ran. Yuwen Ran also stepped forward, eager to hug the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "Ayue, you have done a great service this time."
Gu Yanyue felt a little embarrassed when being praised.
Yu Wenran noticed Gu Yanyue's shyness and quickly changed the subject, "Ayue, I want to eat crayfish."
"Okay." Gu Yanyue agreed readily and led Yu Wenran back to Fengqi Palace.
Gu Yanyue had already had the small kitchen in Fengqi Palace expanded a little bit, so that more ingredients could be placed in it without having to go back and forth to the imperial kitchen.
After the two returned to Fengqi Palace, Gu Yanyue asked all the eunuchs and maids in the palace to leave, leaving only Yuwen Ran.
Yuwen Ran helped Gu Yanyue, and the two of them worked together very well.
"Ayue, thank you." Yu Wenran expressed his gratitude to Gu Yanyue again.
"What can you give me to thank me? I have everything I need." She paused and looked Yu Wenran up and down.
Perhaps the nature of human beings is to be obsessed with flowers, and Gu Yanyue's nature is even more so when she sees handsome guys, so Gu Yanyue smiled slightly, "How about..."
Yu Wenran stared at Gu Yanyue, smiling, and then stepped closer to Gu Yanyue, "Ayue, how about... this?"
Gu Yanyue was a little confused and subconsciously stepped back, but as soon as she stepped back, Yuwen Ran stepped forward.
He was already much taller than Gu Yanyue, and now he was completely surrounded by Yu Wenran.
Gu Yanyue's heart was beating fast. Yuwen Ran looked at her, straightened Gu Yanyue's body, bent down, and slowly approached Gu Yanyue. Gu Yanyue was stunned, staring blankly at Yuwen Ran's handsome face which was gradually getting bigger, her mind was blank.
"Whatever Ah Yue wants, as long as I have it, I will give it to her." Yu Wenran approached Gu Yanyue, and his warm breath sprayed on Gu Yanyue's face. Gu Yanyue's face flushed instantly, and then she reacted and pushed Yu Wenran away, "The lobster is ready, eat the lobster."
There was a slight tremor in his voice.
Yu Wenran looked at the bewildered Gu Yanyue, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. His Ah Yue was so cute even when she was shy.
The restaurant's business has finally stabilized, and now it's time to find out who has been causing trouble behind the scenes.
I learned from Yu An that the news first spread from the west of the city, and then quickly spread throughout the city as if someone was fanning the flames.
Gu Yanyue decided to go to the west of the city to take a look. The west of the city was mainly inhabited by vendors and scoundrels. Most of the people here were very poor. The land price in the west of the city was the cheapest, so most of them chose to live here.
Gu Yanyue searched here for a long time but found nothing unusual. When she was about to return disappointed, she saw her old acquaintance, the chef Dacheng.
As soon as Dacheng saw Gu Yanyue, he ran away. Gu Yanyue realized something was wrong and immediately ordered the people around her to chase him.
Fortunately, Dacheng was fat and couldn't run fast, so he was subdued in a short while.
"Why are you running?" Gu Yanyue crossed her arms and looked at Dacheng.
"Who said I ran away? Besides, I wanted to run away. Why would the boss care about this?" Dacheng looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
Gu Yanyue didn't hide anything and asked directly, "Dacheng, was it you who did this to my restaurant?"
"Boss, you can't let me take the blame for everything that happens." Dacheng said with a look of grievance.
Gu Yanyue was already suspicious, and when Dacheng spoke so smoothly at this time, she felt that Dacheng knew something.
"You won't tell me?" Gu Yanyue paused, "Fight."
She knew very well that it was useless to reason with such a scoundrel.
When Dacheng heard that Gu Yanyue was going to take action, he tried to run away, but the people around Gu Yanyue were all masters in the palace, and it was easy for them to catch Dacheng. Soon the boy surrendered.
"Stop hitting me, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" After being hit a few times, Dacheng became obedient and begged Gu Yanyue not to hit him anymore.
Gu Yanyue waved her hand, signaling to stop: "Are you willing to talk?"
"I did it! I hate you for kicking me out of the restaurant. I was talking nonsense. I am guilty!" Dacheng was crying.
Gu Yanyue didn't believe that he was the only one who did it, and continued, "It seems that the beating is not enough, continue."
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" Dacheng cried, "It was Gu Yanrou. She gave me five taels of silver and asked me to spread rumors. Shopkeeper, I was blinded by greed and was confused. Shopkeeper, please let me go."
Looking at Dacheng begging for mercy on the ground, Gu Yanyue felt no sympathy. She was not a saint and would not forgive someone who had hurt her so many times. "Come here, send the officials and tell them to investigate!"
Gu Yanyue originally thought that after being beaten with a stick, Gu Yanrou would be more restrained, and because she was the original owner's sister, she chose to turn a blind eye, but some people just don't deserve sympathy.
On the second day after Gu Yanyue returned to the palace, according to the palace rules, the concubines should greet the queen good morning, but Gu Yanyue never cared about it. At this moment, she felt that this greeting helped her a lot.
Gu Yanrou is used to being lazy and is always late in paying her respects.
"Noble Concubine Rou is so arrogant." Looking at Gu Yanrou who had arrived late, Gu Yanyue slowly said, "Liu Mei, Noble Concubine Rou doesn't know the rules. Go teach her."
Before Gu Yanrou could react, she was slapped by Liu Mei and then pressed to the ground by the eunuch.
"Gu Yanyue, you bitch!"
"Liu Mei, keep fighting."
The next time Gu Yanrou said something, Liu Mei slapped her.
Gu Yanrou finally begged for mercy: "Sister, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
Gu Yanyue squatted down, looked at the embarrassed Gu Yanrou, and said slowly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You were wrong. How could you not know that you were wrong when you ruined my restaurant business?"
She looked at Gu Yanyue's cold smile and felt a chill on her back. She thought she had done it perfectly!
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