Lu'er's eyes rolled, her expression became sinister, and she said, "My Lady, I have a way to deal with Gu Yanyue."
"What? You have a solution?" Concubine Su raised her eyebrows and looked at her curiously: "Tell me, what solution do you have?"
Lu Er approached her and whispered, "Your Majesty, we can set fire to the cold palace, and it would be best if she were to be burned to death. If she manages to escape, she, a discarded concubine, won't be able to survive in this palace. Your Majesty, please be merciful and send her to the haunted palace. She'll have a hard time in the future."
When Concubine Su heard this, she showed an admiring expression to Lu'er and said, "Great, what a good idea! Then I'll leave the task of setting fire to the cold palace to you. You must get it done and don't let me down."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never let you down." Lu'er smiled confidently. Just a small fire could burn down the entire cold palace. It was impossible to mess up such a simple thing.
At night, Lu'er sneaked into the kitchen, got a flint from there, quickly put it in her pocket, looked around and found that there was no one around before leaving, being very cautious.
During the day, in the court.
"Your Majesty, after so long, you should have recovered from your illness, right? The matter of enthroning the queen has been postponed again and again. It can't be delayed any longer. Your Majesty, please handle the matter." General Su said with a serious expression. These days, he had to talk about the matter of enthroning the queen every day when he went to court. Unfortunately, Yuwen Ran avoided it many times, which was really a headache.
"The matter of conferring the title of empress really cannot be delayed any longer, but I still have to talk to the empress dowager to see what she thinks. After all, conferring the title of empress is a big deal, and Concubine Su is pregnant now, so we can't be too careless." Yuwen Ran said righteously. This was another perfect excuse. By bringing up the empress dowager, General Su should have nothing to say.
Although General Su looked somewhat unhappy, he suppressed his anger. Since Yuwen Ran wanted to ask the Queen Mother for her opinion, he would let him go. Since Concubine Su was pregnant with a prince, the Queen Mother would definitely not neglect her. In all likelihood, she would support Concubine Su's coronation as Queen. Then it would depend on what excuses Yuwen Ran could come up with.
Afterwards, Yuwen Ran went to the Queen Mother's palace.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw the Queen Mother stroking a string of Buddhist beads, her eyes slightly closed, looking very peaceful.
Yu Wenran slowed down his pace and was also infected by this atmosphere.
The Queen Mother spoke first: "Your Majesty, what is the matter with you coming to my place? Could it be about Concubine Su?"
Yuwen Ran was a little surprised. Although the empress dowager stayed in this palace all day, burning incense and praying to Buddha, she still paid attention to what was happening in the court.
Seeing Yuwen Ran remain silent, the Queen Mother continued, "I have heard about Concubine Su's affairs. General Su has been asking the Emperor to make him Empress. This time he came to me to seek my opinion, but I don't have any opinion. The Emperor can make the decision on this matter himself."
The Queen Mother paused and continued, "The Imperial Concubine Su is pregnant. I have an adopted daughter who is of the right age. Why not let her serve the Emperor? What do you think?"
Yuwen Ran frowned. Was the Queen Mother no longer concerned with General Su and Concubine Su's affairs? And now she was sending her adopted daughter to him. What was her intention?
"Grandmother, I can't..."
Yuwen Ran wanted to refuse, but the Queen Mother didn't give him a chance to continue. She interrupted him and said, "Alright, Your Majesty, there's no need to say any more. I still have to go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings. The matter of the empress's title will be postponed for now."
He felt happy after hearing this. The Queen Mother could still understand his thoughts. Even if Concubine Su was pregnant, she would not be able to please the Queen Mother.
At night, the cold palace.
"Liu Mei, come and try my new delicacy!" Gu Yanyue said happily, bringing out a few plates of chilled ice cream.
There is no other way. During pregnancy, you have to pay attention to food, clothing, housing and transportation, especially not do strenuous exercise and eat spicy food. For the sake of the baby in her belly, Gu Yanyue also sets very strict rules for herself and does not eat too greasy food.
Every day I go to the Imperial Garden to relax and eat some nutritious meals.
But the summer was too hot, and she was particularly craving for ice cream. Seeing Liu Mei looking listless all day long, like a wilted flower, she made some ice cream for her. It was a new product she had developed on a whim. Now she could only watch Liu Mei eat it to satisfy her craving.
"Empress, you are so good to me!" Liu Mei was really touched. Gu Yanyue couldn't eat ice cream because she was pregnant, but she didn't forget Liu Mei and made a lot of it for her.
This can be said to be the first time in history that the queen cooked delicious food for her own servants. Liu Mei felt that she was really the happiest person in the world!
Liu Mei was eating when she suddenly saw something flickering in her peripheral vision. She raised her head and looked closely, and saw a flame flickering outside the door!
"Empress, there's a fire!" Liu Mei was horrified.
Gu Yanyue was shocked. She had been stroking her belly and hadn't noticed. Now she looked outside the door and window. There was already a fire! They had nowhere to escape!
Liu Mei thought quickly and realized that there were two buckets of cold water in the room for cooling, which came in handy now.
She stuffed the quilt into the bucket of cold water, then covered Gu Yanyue with the quilt and said anxiously, "My queen, rush out!"
"Then, what will you do?" Gu Yanyue looked at Liu Mei, who looked ready to die. She was actually thinking about Gu Yanyue at this time, and she was very touched.
"My queen, don't worry about me. I have my own way to escape. My queen is pregnant, so we need to escape quickly, otherwise the fire will get bigger and it will be over!"
After Liu Mei finished speaking, she pushed Gu Yanyue and said, "Hurry up, Madam!"
Tears welled up in Gu Yanyue's eyes. The room was now filled with smoke, which was very pungent. She rushed out with a wet quilt wrapped around her.
Liu Mei couldn't find anything else to protect herself for the time being, so she picked up a bucket of water and poured it over her head, soaking her whole body, then rushed out in one go!
The fire in the cold palace was so big that it illuminated the entire night. It quickly attracted the guards who rushed to put out the fire.
Gu Yanyue ran to an open place, breathing heavily, thinking that it was probably Concubine Su who wanted to harm her again.
She clenched her fists, gnashed her teeth, and secretly swore in her heart: Concubine Su! If anything happens to Liu Mei, I will never let you go!
"Oh, sister, why are you so miserable in this cold palace? The fire is so big. You are lucky to escape." Concubine Su shook her body, covered the lower half of her face with a fan, and looked at her with a sneering look.
Gu Yanyue's anger suddenly rose. How dare this woman show up! She really wanted to strangle her to death right now to avenge Liu Mei!
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