Yuwen Ran was about to get up and go to the cold palace to find Gu Yanyue and reconcile with her, but a guard came forward and reported: "Your Majesty, this servant has something important to report!"
The guard was kneeling with his head raised, looking straight at Yuwen Ran with a serious look.
Yuwen Ran recognized him quickly. This guard was his study partner before. Although it had been a long time, he still had a deep impression of him.
Yuwen Ran asked all the servants to leave, and now only Yuwen Ran and the guard were left in the hall.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Yu Wenran looked at him calmly, waiting for him to speak.
"I want to sue Concubine Su. She is not pregnant at all!"
The guard's first words shocked Yu Wenran, but then he became angry again: "Are you saying that Concubine Su is not pregnant and she is lying to me?"
"Yes, your majesty."
"But you have no evidence and you are just a small guard. How can I believe you? Do you know the consequences of deceiving the emperor?" Yuwen Ran looked at him seriously.
Although he was his study partner before and they had some feelings for each other, these were two different matters. It could be said that except for Gu Yanyue, Yu Wenran had a rational attitude towards everyone else.
"I know that deceiving the emperor is a capital crime, so I will definitely not rush here to die. Let me explain."
The guard paused, gathering his thoughts, and continued, "While visiting the Imperial Garden, Imperial Concubine Su broke her leg. I took her back to her bedroom, and the imperial physician said it was nothing serious. Imperial Concubine Su said she wanted to reward me and kept me in her bedroom. She also said I had to stay with her, or she would send someone over and accuse me of molesting her. She threatened me like that... I had no choice but to do what I did with Imperial Concubine Su. I noticed her belly was flat, so she didn't look pregnant at all. And doing that while pregnant is truly insane!"
The guard finished speaking and took out a bellyband: "Your Majesty, this is the evidence. I took advantage of Concubine Su's inattention and secretly hid it on my body."
Yuwen Ran was silent for a long time. He just looked at the bellyband in the guard's hand and felt very disgusted.
He knew that nothing happened on the night he favored Concubine Su. He knew that he and Gu Yanyue had conspired to frame Concubine Su. He thought it would be fine if Concubine Su was faking her pregnancy, but now she actually dared to have an affair with the guards and create a real pregnancy to confuse the royal heir?
If the bastard in her belly were really born, coupled with the current power of the Su family, they would certainly support the prince born by Concubine Su to become the emperor. Wouldn't the country change its family in the future?
How outrageous!
Yuwen Ran became furious all of a sudden, thinking that he had gone to Concubine Su's bedroom yesterday and slept in the same bed with her. Thinking about it now, it was really disgusting!
"Your Majesty, Concubine Su has tarnished my innocence and deceived Your Majesty. She is so hateful. Your Majesty must stand up for me!" The guard knelt on the ground and kowtowed, very anxious.
"Don't worry, Concubine Su is so bold, I will never forgive her." Yu Wenran said seriously with a selfless expression, which made the guards feel a little relieved.
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Cold Palace.
Gu Yanyue worked for a while and finally finished the mint ice cream. Because it was too hot, she made more.
"Liu Mei, come here and try it. The weather is so hot and you have suffered following me." Gu Yanyue waved his hand, motioning Liu Mei to come over.
"Empress...you..." Tears welled up in Liu Mei's eyes and she looked very moved.
"Oh, why are you crying? You are my maid, and I will definitely not treat you badly!" Gu Yanyue pulled her over. She just saw Liu Mei slumped on the table, looking "dying". It was so scary that she almost thought she had died of heat.
Suddenly, a figure appeared at the door. Gu Yanyue looked closely and cried out in surprise: "Your Majesty!?"
When Yu Wenran saw Gu Yanyue, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. As expected, he felt very happy when he saw her.
But why is the temperature in this cold palace so high?
Yu Wenran, who had just come in, already felt extremely hot and sweaty.
Look at the environment of the cold palace. Why are there so few walls and thatched roofs? Was the cold palace looted by bandits?
"Ayue, what happened here? Why did it become like this?" Yuwen Ran walked over and stroked Gu Yanyue's face with heartache.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just made some ice mint and was planning to send it to you..." Gu Yanyue said, then she remembered that they were arguing before. Now that they met, all the anger and grief disappeared. She and Yu Wenran acted as if nothing had happened, and they were still as good as before. Maybe this is the tacit understanding.
After all, the two of them have experienced so many difficulties together, how could they really break up because of a small setback?
Liu Mei looked at the two people who had reconciled, and was very happy for her master. She said nothing, took the ice mint that Gu Yanyue had rewarded her, and slipped away quietly.
"Look, you're sweating from the heat." Gu Yanyue took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat from Yu Wenran's forehead.
"Ayue, I knew you had feelings for me." Although the weather was hot and humid, Yuwen Ran was in a very happy mood.
Gu Yanyue didn't hide it anymore and took out a portion of ice mint and fed it to him: "This one is called Mint Ice Amazing, it's very refreshing. One bite will make you feel very cool."
After the two of them were intimate for a while, Yu Wenran's expression began to become serious.
"Ayue, in order to get pregnant, Concubine Su actually had an affair with the guard. She..."
Gu Yanyue knew what he was about to say and interrupted him, "I know everything. I just went to the Imperial Garden to pick mint leaves when I saw a guard sneaking out of Concubine Su's bedroom. I heard Concubine Su's plan to create a prince out of nothing."
"Ayue, I will never do anything to let you down in this life." Yuwen Ran said, looking at Gu Yanyue affectionately.
Gu Yanyue was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Yu Wenran cared about these things more than she did. She felt a little touched.
"Ayue, I have decided to make Concubine Su's crimes public so as to suppress the Su family." Yuwen Ran said seriously.
"No, no, no, there's no need to punish her so quickly. I have a better way. Let's hold off for now..." Gu Yanyue was very cautious and whispered to Yu Wenran close to her.
Afterwards, Yuwen Ran walked out of the cold palace and accidentally caught sight of Liu Mei at the door. He waved her over and asked, "Why has this cold palace become like this?"
Liu Mei lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Yu Wenran, but she stood up for Gu Yanyue, her tone filled with anger: "Your Majesty, it was that Noble Concubine Su who did it. She said that my queen was no longer the queen and there was no need for these good things, so she sent people to move them away. I think that Noble Concubine Su is jealous of my queen because she is deeply favored by Your Majesty, so she is making things difficult for her."
Yuwen Ran frowned. It was Concubine Su again. It was bad enough that she had done those shameful things, but now she wanted to attack A Yue. It was really despicable!
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