The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was about to begin, but Yu Wenran was heartbroken when Gu Yanyue presided over the palace banquet. "Ayue, why do you have to do this tiring work?"
Gu Yanyue shook her head. "I think Concubine Su feels that she has done a great service by following the emperor, so I am taking this opportunity to establish my authority in the harem. Otherwise, the pressure from the Su family in the previous dynasty will only increase."
How could she let go of such an opportunity to show off her skills?
Although she looked a little tired, for a strong woman in the 21st century like Gu Yanyue, that was not the case.
Seeing how exhausted Gu Yanyue was, Yuwen Ran felt sorry for her. "Why don't you ask others to help you with the work? These women in the harem are always so aggressive, but when it comes to doing serious work, none of them say a word?"
He sincerely wanted other concubines to help share his worries so that Gu Yanyue could thank him and have a chance to rest.
Unexpectedly, Yuwen Ran was rejected by Gu Yanyue as soon as he told her his idea. "Your Majesty, you really don't understand the struggles between women! If I ask the concubines in the harem to help, how can I achieve my goal of establishing my authority?"
She paused, looking at Yuwen Ran's puzzled expression, she immediately found it very cute, and smiled again: "My Majesty, I am your queen. Of course I have to take care of this kind of thing myself. Besides, I don't trust others to do it."
"I should be a good queen and set an example. This will also make the concubines in the harem respect me more, especially Concubine Su!"
Yuwen Ran felt that what Gu Yanyue said made some sense, so he said, "Then you can do it yourself, but your health is more important. Don't let me know that Ah Yue is really tired."
"I obey your command." Gu Yanyue performed a courteous ceremony. She had never teased Yuwen Ran like this before, but she didn't expect Yuwen Ran to be so interesting when he was worried about someone. "Your Majesty, I will return to the palace first."
Yu Wenran waved his hands impatiently, fearing that if he hesitated, he would be dragged back to the palace!
On the way back to the bedroom, Gu Yanyue thought deeply and felt that she should design an unprecedented and novel way to make this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet unique.
She thought about it for a long time, and using the standards of ancient banquets she had seen in various museums, she designed the process of a palace banquet in just a few hours.
Then he gave the order, "Just do it."
The servants quickly followed her instructions one by one.
But Gu Yanyue was still very worried and decided to go to the imperial kitchen to check it out herself.
However, as soon as I came in, I felt something was wrong.
I have clearly given instructions, why is it done so crudely?
Gu Yanyue immediately slammed the table and angrily said, "I've already instructed you on how to select the ingredients. Why is the whole table filled with filler ingredients?"
She knew that these ancient people couldn't understand what she wanted!
So he could only rub his temples and go to the imperial kitchen to prepare food for the palace banquet.
There's no way around it. She really cares too much about any food that comes from her own hands. Maybe it's an occupational disease...
This incident quickly reached the ears of the concubines in the palace, and they all started discussing, "Is Gu Yanyue crazy? As the queen of a country, she actually went to select the ingredients herself. Isn't this crazy?"
Another concubine said, "I've heard that Gu Yanyue came from a humble background, but I never thought she would even do such rough work. How shameless she is!"
In the imperial kitchen, Gu Yanyue was completely unaffected by the palace rumors. She simply told the chefs, "These are the ingredients needed for the banquet. I've already prepared them for you today. The rest depends on your cooking skills. As long as you follow my recipe, there won't be any problems."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we will do our best!"
Gu Yanyue looked at all this, nodded happily, and then went back to the palace to sleep.
The eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
Yu Wenran tasted a few of the dishes that Gu Yanyue planned to use at the palace banquet in advance. Unexpectedly, he was amazed after tasting them. He immediately asked in surprise, "Did you make all these dishes?"
The servant beside him replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, the ingredients for these dishes were personally selected by the Empress, and the recipes were also personally sent to the Imperial Kitchen by the Empress. We servants are simply following the Empress's orders."
After a pause, he added, "Actually, the servants made their selections first, and the Empress felt our selections weren't up to par, so she reselected the dishes and instructed us to make sure they were done well."
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Ran couldn't help but smile and praised: "Ayue is indeed multi-talented. I am very relieved to leave the harem to her."
Yuwen Ran was enjoying the food happily when suddenly, General Su's memorial was brought in.
The memorial sent to him at this time was half for the purpose of reporting, and the other half for the purpose of intimidation. What good could it possibly bring? Sure enough, General Su said in the memorial: "I hope to establish Concubine Su as empress before the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. Your Majesty, please consider it carefully."
Careful consideration?
Consider your second uncle!
When Yuwen Ran saw the memorial, his expression instantly darkened. This General Su was truly ambitious. So he casually placed the memorial on the table and continued to savor his food.
The servant standing by saw this and secretly informed General Su's men.
When General Su found out that the emperor did not take his memorial seriously at all, he couldn't help but worry for his sister, and then decided to go to the palace immediately to meet Yuwen Ran.
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