After the banquet, Gu Lan and Mu Yuyan returned to the palace city and continued to enjoy the flowers and drink.
Under the winter snow, only wintersweet flowers bloomed alone in Linghan, dotted with a few red stars in the white snow.
"My dear, your poems are deeply in my heart."
In the world between the two of them, the empress looked at Gu Lan with love in her eyes, but she let out a teasing smile.
Gu Lan also had a slight grin on his lips. Being looked at by a first-generation empress with such a provocative look was really shocking.
He drank a glass of sake to calm down, looked at the wintersweet in the garden and said with a smile: "Sometimes I really feel that you are just like these wintersweets, you are so independent and not afraid of any cold wind and frost... .The phrase "The lone phoenix flutters its wings and soars to the throne of the dragon" couldn't be more appropriate."
"Then do you have any new poems for me?"
Mu Yuyan looked at Gu Lan with expectant and greedy beautiful eyes. Every time she listened to Gu Lan recite poetry, it was her greatest enjoyment.
"Beside the broken bridge outside the post office, it is lonely and ownerless.
It is already dusk and I am sad alone, and it is even more windy and rainy.
There is no intention of struggling for spring, and once everyone is jealous.
It fell into mud and was crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remained the same. "
Feeling Mu Yuyan's even more admiring gaze, as if she was his little crush, Gu Lan picked it up and said with a faint smile: "Do you like this poem, madam?"
"like!"
Mu Yuyan listened with fascination, but at this moment she did not hesitate to answer.
She simply loved the image of wintersweet in this poem, and the aloofness and arrogance of Ren Qiangfang's jealousy was written in her heart.
"If you like it, shouldn't you give Wei Chen some rewards? Ahem..."
Seeing the evil smile on Gu Lan's lips, Mu Yuyan still didn't understand. A blush appeared on her face: "This, it's still broad daylight."
"Hahahaha... Your majesty is rich all over the world, but you are still afraid of the day?" Gu Lan directly picked up Mu Yuyan by the waist and entered behind the screen.
...
Soon it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.
The capital city is also very lively on this day, and the night curfew has been lifted. People will choose to go to the lantern festival at night, guess lantern riddles, and light lanterns.
"I'll teach you how to make glutinous rice balls, and let's go out to the lantern festival together in the evening!" Gu Lan cooked the food himself and said with a smile.
"Okay! Thank you very much, Your Majesty/Master!"
Liu Yexi and Xiao Feier both had happy faces, especially Liu Yexi. She knew Gu Lan's cooking skills and the glutinous rice balls she made were quite delicious, so she naturally wouldn't refuse them.
Moreover, this is a glutinous rice dumpling made by the prince himself. Even if he is too stupid to learn it, it is still an honor, right?
Not only the two right-hand assistants around Mu Yuyan could enjoy this honor, but the accompanying palace maid Gu Lan also didn't forget that they were making glutinous rice balls anyway, so they just made them together.
"Thank you Professor Wang for the refreshments!"
After the palace ladies finished, they naturally did not dare to eat glutinous rice balls at the same table with Gu Lan and Mu Yuyan. They smiled and carefully went to the table in the side hall, as did Liu Yexi and Xiao Feier.
Soon, only Mu Yuyan and Gu Lan were left. After looking at each other, Mu Yuyan's eyebrows were gentle and she couldn't help but lower her head to scoop up the spoon.
"Mr., let's eat glutinous rice balls."
"Your Majesty, feed me!"
Mu Yuyan's face became even more rosy, and she said coquettishly: "The glutinous rice balls are all here, why do you still need me to feed them?"
"Gu Aiqing, you can't just rely on my favor and just 'transgress', you know?"
She smiled and tapped Gu Lan with her green fingertips.
"Because the glutinous rice balls fed by my wife are a little sweeter. There are sweeter glutinous rice balls, why choose to eat the non-sweet ones?"
"Bah, bad guy!"
Mu Yuyan finally picked up a glutinous rice ball and fed it to Gu Lan.
The latter's smile grew stronger: "The glutinous rice balls fed by my lady are indeed sweeter. Madam, do you want to try them?"
"want!"
Although she rarely cooks anymore, Gu Lan's cooking skills have not deteriorated at all. Mu Yuyan is so satisfied that she no longer cares about Gu Lan's fiery eyes and eats a lot of glutinous rice balls under his feeding.
During this period, as the pregnancy progressed, Mu Yuyan's appetite also gradually increased.
Although she is a cultivator at the peak of the fairyland, it stands to reason that even if she doesn't eat or drink, it won't have much impact, but Mu Yuyan hasn't changed her normal eating habits, which makes her life even more fireworks, like in the corridor. Same as state time...
"Ms. sir, shall we go to the Lantern Festival tonight? Ever since I went to the Lantern Festival with my father when I was a child, I have never been there again!"
Mu Yuyan had almost finished eating, with a hint of longing like a little girl in her eyes.
Once upon a time, she was also a carefree princess.
But the weight of the entire dynasty later fell on her shoulders alone, making her feel the burden and flawlessly consider her own nature.
Thinking of this, Mu Yuyan looked at Gu Lan with more and more love in her eyes. Ever since she met her husband, everything has become different!
Not only did he encounter the greatest happiness in his life, but the national destiny of the Dajing Dynasty was condensed a lot because of it. It was no longer as precarious as it was before he entered the mortal world... If you count carefully, your husband has helped you solve countless problems. dynasty events.
Gu Lan didn't know that Mu Yuyan's thoughts were changing at this moment. After eating a glutinous rice dumpling, he said: "Of course! From now on, I will accompany my wife to the lantern festival every year. We will make a few more Kongming lanterns later. If my wife has Whatever wishes you have, you can write them on the Kongming lantern and fly to the sky together."
"good!"
Mu Yuyan's eyebrows were blooming, a smile appeared on her beautiful face, her beautiful eyes were shining like thousands of stars, which made Gu Lan feel a little crazy for a while.
She was very satisfied with the deliciousness of the glutinous rice balls, so she took some of them that she had not cooked before to the Gu Mansion, and gave them to Lao Yangtou, Zhong Ren and others who were staying at the Gu Mansion. Luo Luo's generous aura surprised even Lao Yangtou. , my mistress is getting more and more aura...so awesome!
He still didn't know Mu Yuyan's true identity, but he just felt that even if the young master became a prince, the mistress would still be worthy of the young master, and that grace and splendor seemed to be innate to him.
Zhong Ren knew Mu Yuyan's true identity, but he would not spread it around. Mu Yuyan had thought of confessing directly to Lao Yangtou and the others. After all, he and his husband often stayed in the palace now. Without an explanation, It will inevitably make Lao Yangtou and the others think too much.
But after all, she didn't have the nerve to say...
Because when I persuaded my husband to enter the palace and sell himself to the empress, he didn't avoid others... There was always a feeling that he had cheated on me!
Even if there was some foreshadowing before.
When I say it, I feel like I’m going to die again!
In the end, Mu Yuyan chose to let nature take its course... wait until Lao Yangtou and the others were really confused and asked her about it.
Well, I'll have to be more casual then...
the other side.
At Luo Chen's house.
"This time Chunwei's plan will be fully implemented by General Wu. I will give the general silent support behind the scenes. How about it?"
Luo Chen said with a smile, his face full of sincerity.
However, Wu Fan still frowned when he heard this and said: "Now that I am wanted by His Majesty, it is inconvenient to bribe and woo the officials of the Ministry of Rites outside. It is better to let Commander Luo do the bribery, and I will be responsible for mobilizing private troops to besiege." How about Gu Lan?"
This was something they had discussed long ago, and the division of labor was fair.
However, without the concubine's advice, Luo Chen would have agreed.
Thinking of the concubine's repeated emphasis, Luo Chen did not dare to make any claims and refused: "General Wu, don't worry, now that the wanted order has passed for such a long time, it will not attract too much attention. You just need to be careful in your disguise. "
"Furthermore, General Wu's previous connections are still there, and he can easily win over some officials from the Ministry of Rites... If General Wu takes action, I'm afraid he will kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, which is a pity..."
