The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

The Prince Consort has been a coward for years. Even if he holds a grudge against the Princess, he probably wouldn't mind enduring it for a while longer, letting the poison slowly take effect. This way, he wouldn't arouse anyone's suspicion. Suddenly increasing the dosage like this would be hard to avoid noticing.

Ever since he learned that Xie Qingzhi was poisoned, Xie Ci'an couldn't help but have the same doubts as Gu Jianchu.

At present, the Imperial City Bureau has not found any clues about Li Shicheng.

Li Shicheng suddenly increased the dosage. It turns out he had a real motive. Some honest people are only honest on the surface, but what they do behind the scenes is truly disgusting.

So what is the motivation?

Xie Ci'an looked at Gu Jianchu with suspicion.

Gu Jianchu didn't notice Xie Ci'an's abnormality at all and was still immersed in eating melon.

[The Prince Consort not only maintained a wine forest and meat pond in Jiangnan, but also kept a dancer as a concubine. The Prince Consort poisoned the eldest princess because the concubine was pregnant.]

They even invited a famous doctor to take the baby's pulse, who confirmed it was a son. Li Shicheng had long wanted a son, and now that the dancer might be pregnant, coupled with the dancer's instigation, Li Shicheng decided to take the dancer and the child home.

It's ridiculous to think that you can tell whether the baby in your belly is a boy or a girl just by taking the pulse.

Li Shicheng knew the princess would definitely not want to take the dancer back, so he had this devious idea. As long as he could make the princess depressed, he would be able to take the dancer home. He was anxious to get the dancer back, so he increased the dosage of the medicine for the princess.

[The Emperor and I have been here for such a long time, why hasn't Li Shicheng come out to greet us?]

Since they came here, Li Shicheng has never shown up.

[Wow, it turned out to be the concubine who sent the news, saying that she was not feeling well. Li Shicheng left the princess to visit the concubine.]

[Li Shicheng even brought his concubine from Jiangnan to the capital. This really is everything, just waiting for the right opportunity. He is a breath of fresh air in the world of scumbag men. He wants both and is played by him clearly.]

Xie Ci'an just felt that something was wrong, but he didn't expect that Li Shicheng would even have a child outside and would murder the royal family.

He coughed lightly and said, "My eldest sister is sick, why is there no prince consort waiting by her side?"

"The prince consort was originally waiting by the side, but then news came from the Hanlin Academy that there were important books waiting to be compiled, so the prince consort hurried back." Xie Qingzhi explained for Li Shicheng.

The Princess actually believed this nonsense. Everyone knows that the Imperial Academy is just a retirement home. Even if there's an urgent compilation issue, there are still those people below them. They wouldn't dare to push it onto the Prince Consort. It's true that love can blind people.

Xie Ci'an deliberately mentioned, "Why don't I remember that there are important manuscripts being compiled in a hurry at the Hanlin Academy?"

[Could it be that the Emperor has also noticed something is amiss? Although the Emperor and the Princess don't have a good relationship, should I remind the Prince Consort of his intention to murder the Princess?]

Hearing that Xie Ci'an was not good for the prince consort, Xie Qingzhi immediately stood up to protect him, "The emperor is busy with many things every day, I'm afraid he can't know everything."

[Forget it, I've reminded you too much. If that crazy old woman, the eldest princess, starts to suspect me again, it's not worth it.]

[When the time comes, she might just use it as evidence to vent her anger on Concubine Xian. Li Shicheng poisoned her without leaving any evidence, and without any proof, I'm afraid the Princess won't believe it.]

"Since you're ill, take good care of yourself. The imperial physicians in the palace are at your disposal. However, you still need to pay more attention to your diet. Who knows who might have sneaked into the mansion and do something bad to you."

"The Queen and I will go back first." Xie Ci'an stopped at that point, but it planted a seed of doubt in Xie Qingzhi's heart.

Xie Qingzhi had seen all the dirty tricks in the palace, so he would naturally pay more attention.

As long as Xie Qingzhi is smart enough and makes some discoveries, he can use Xie Qingzhi to deal with the Li family.

What a shame! I made this whole trip in vain and didn't see anything exciting.

"Butler, escort the emperor out properly." Xie Qingzhi ordered in a cold voice.

The sound of wheels mixed in with the noisy crowd.

The south of the city is mostly home to government officials, so it shouldn't be so noisy.

Gu Jianchu, who was a gossip-monger, lifted the curtain of the car and looked out out of curiosity. He saw a group of people gathered not far away, and he could not see what was happening inside.

Just as Gu Jianchu stretched his neck to look outside, the carriage suddenly stopped, and inertia caused Gu Jianchu's body to fall forward naturally.

Just as her head was about to hit the door in front of her, a pair of strong hands suddenly grabbed her arms and pulled her back, and she fell into Xie Ci'an's arms.

He exuded the pleasant smell of ambergris, and his arms were strong and powerful. Her face gradually turned red, and the deer in her arms was beating wildly.

He knocked on the car door several times, fearing that someone would see Gu Jianchu struggling to get out of his arms.

Xie Ci'an sat up straight again, "What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, someone is blocking the way ahead." Cheng Song stood beside the carriage and reported truthfully.

At the same time, the carriage was surrounded by guards, who looked around cautiously.

"Go and see what's going on." Xie Ci'an turned the jade ring on his hand with a cold look in his eyes.

Gu Jianchu sat back down and quietly lifted the car curtain.

【It turned out that the child was lost. 】

Since the Emperor ascended the throne, the capital has enjoyed good public security. Even when children are lost, they are usually found during festivals when there are large crowds of people. How could a child be lost in broad daylight?

Just as Gu Jianchu's slightly angry voice fell, Cheng Song replied through the door, "Your Majesty, after investigation, it turns out that someone has lost a child."

A middle-aged woman in coarse linen clothes sat on the ground, wiping her tears and wailing loudly, "My child, he disappeared in the blink of an eye."

"Auntie, there's no point in you crying here. You should hurry up and look for her. There's still some hope if you look for her now. If you delay any longer, you might not be able to find her." The onlookers couldn't help but persuade her.

Across the carriage, Gu Jianchu heard wailing not far away and turned to look at the emperor leaning against the carriage. "Your Majesty, it's quite pitiful that the woman lost her child. If you act faster, maybe you can find her in time."

[The child hasn't been moved yet. We can find him by blocking the city gates.]

Gu Jianchu was still observing whether Xie Ci'an would get angry when he saw him lift the carriage curtain and order, "Cheng Song, inform the Dali Temple and have them search the entire city. Also, dispatch the Five Cities Military Command to strictly guard the city gates and interrogate everyone entering and leaving. Send anyone suspicious to the Dali Temple for questioning."

[I didn't expect the Emperor to react so quickly.]

How much does the daughter of the Gu family look down on him.

"I didn't expect the Queen to be so kind-hearted." Xie Ci'an said with a hint of sarcasm.

Gu Jianchu pretended not to hear anything and said, "Your Majesty is making fun of me. Without Your Majesty's order, my kindness is useless."

Since the case was handed over to the Dali Temple for investigation, they did not delay their journey and went straight back to the palace.

Zhu Xia had been waiting outside Kunning Palace for a long time. When she saw her master coming back, she was about to go forward to greet him when she saw another figure getting out of the carriage.

"Your Majesty has important matters to attend to, so I will go back first." Gu Jianchu was not very welcome to Xie Ci'an.