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

King Xi Nan raised his hand and wanted to hit Yan Ran again, but was stopped by Gu Jianchu, "This is the imperial palace. If Xi Nan really wants to teach his daughter a lesson, he can take her home and teach her a lesson."

The King of the Southwest could only withdraw his raised hand awkwardly, "I'm sorry for not teaching my daughter well. I've made the Emperor and the Empress laugh at me."

"The prince has made us laugh in more than one incident." Gu Jianchu killed people with a broken heart.

The King of the Southwest's face turned cold in an instant. He felt that his old face was completely disgraced by his two children that day.

"It's a good thing that my daughter has someone she likes. Why does the King of Southwest have to match them up so randomly?" Gu Jianchu fiddled with the books on the table.

The King of the Southwest gritted his teeth, his eyes sweeping over Yanran with resentment. "It's okay for him to be a son of an aristocratic family, but a little guard without a father or mother is worthy of my daughter. How can he bring happiness to my daughter? I don't agree to this marriage."

The young guard's gaze fell on Yanran again, "Since Prince Ran doesn't agree, let's end our relationship here. Don't let me ruin your father-daughter relationship."

"If you dare, I will marry you in this life. Anyway, the reputation of our elopement has been established. No good family is willing to marry a girl who has eloped. He has to agree even if he disagrees." Yanran protected the little guard behind her and met the increasingly sinister gaze of the King of Southwest.

"If you dare to marry him, I will no longer have a daughter like you." The King of Southwest was so angry that he covered his chest and his breathing became a little difficult.

There is insufficient evidence now, and it is not the time to touch the King of Southwest. Xie Ci'an waved his hand with a cold face, "Since this is the King of Southwest's family affair, you should go back and deal with it yourselves."

[If the young guard is taken back by the King of Southwest, Yanran will be unable to protect him and will most likely be killed by the King of Southwest to silence him.]

Although the young guard was wrong to deceive Yanran's feelings, the cause of the incident was that the King of Southwest killed his sister first.

We have to find a way to protect the little guard's life.

Just as they were about to leave, Xie Ci'an spoke first, "I've noticed that this young guard is quite skilled. I wonder if His Majesty would be willing to give him to me."

The King of Southwest frowned instantly.

I don’t know what the emperor wants this little guard to do.

The little guard didn't know what was happening in the Southwest Palace.

After what happened to Yanran today, it might not be easy to send her to the palace. Leaving the little guard in the palace can be considered as severing the relationship between the little guard and Yanran.

"If Your Majesty likes it, I will give it to you. However, this little guard has not been trained. If he makes Your Majesty unhappy, it will have nothing to do with the Southwest Palace." The Southwest Prince explained his words to the Emperor in advance to prevent the Empress and Empress from blaming him.

"It's okay." Xie Ci'an waved his hand, and the King of Southwest and the Princess left with their daughter.

The young guard was left alone, unable to react.

No matter how hard he tried, he never thought that the emperor would take a liking to him and keep him in the palace. The most important thing was that he had never shown his abilities in front of the emperor.

In any case, he doesn't have to worry about how he will survive if he is taken back to the palace. Once he returns, the King of Southwest will definitely kill him to silence him.

If he stayed with the emperor, could he help his sister get justice?

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation." The young guard knelt down to express his gratitude.

Xie Ci'an had kept the young guard in the palace just to save his life. Now that the King of Southwest had left, Xie Ci'an waved his hand lazily, and the young guard was taken out of Chuigong Palace by Cheng Song.

The young guard followed Cheng Song cautiously, "Eunuch Cheng, do you know what I can do?"

"Get familiar with the palace rules first, and then make other arrangements after you are familiar with the palace rules." Cheng Song didn't understand why the emperor wanted to keep this insignificant little guard. The emperor didn't give any special instructions, so it was not easy to make any arrangements casually.

I can only take people to familiarize themselves with the palace rules first, and then make other arrangements after consulting the emperor.

After finishing eating the melon, the crowd of onlookers dispersed.

Gu Jianchu reacted quickly and stood up. "It's getting late. I won't disturb Your Majesty. I'll take my leave first."

Gu Jianchu did not forget what the emperor wanted to do to her before coming out to eat melons. Without waiting for Xie Ci'an's consent, Gu Jianchu walked out as if escaping.

Before she could take two steps, a pair of large hands quickly grabbed her wrists, strangling her fate.

"Well, it's really getting late. The Queen should stay in the Chuigong Palace to rest." Xie Ci'an gently pulled Gu Jianchu and hugged her to sit on his knees.

Wen Zhaoyi had originally wanted to leave with the Queen, but now she didn't understand anything. She didn't even dare to say a word of greeting or leave. She followed Zhu Xia and the others out of the hall in disgrace and left Chuigong Hall when no one was paying attention.

She had been married into the palace for nearly two years and had delivered food to the emperor in Chuigong Palace several times, but she still slept with the emperor in Kunning Palace and had never stayed overnight in Chuigong Palace.

Not only Gu Jianchu, but even Cheng Song, who was serving the emperor, was a little shocked.

"Would it be bad if I stayed in Chuigong Palace like this?" Gu Jianchu pressed her body tightly against the man's arms, trying to struggle one last time.

"Achu is the Empress of the Central Palace. There is no place in the entire harem where you cannot enter or leave." Xie Ci'an said as he picked up Gu Jianchu.

His body suddenly flew into the air, allowing Gu Jianchu to hug his neck. When she came to her senses, she realized that Xie Ci'an did not take her into the dormitory, but walked in another direction.

She had been to Chuigong Palace several times. If she remembered correctly, the direction Xie Ci'an took her to was the hot spring pool of Chuigong Palace.

The late emperor valued luxury, so he specially ordered craftsmen to bring a pool of hot spring water from the mountain into this inner bedroom, and also ordered people to turn the hot spring water into running water.

The curling hot air lingered in the entire bedroom, and the entire hot spring pool was surrounded by white gauze curtains. As the breeze blew, the gauze curtains floated, and the scene inside was looming.

The hot spring pool is covered with red petals and served with fruit wine.

Under the gauze curtain floating in the breeze that night, there is a pair of fish playing in the water.

As dawn broke, Gu Jianchu collapsed and was pulled out of the water by Xie Ci'an and carried back to Chuigong Palace.

Xie Ci'an specifically instructed the palace servants that no one dared to disturb her rest. When she woke up, Xie Ci'an had just returned from court, still wearing the dragon robe and had no time to change.

"Ask the imperial kitchen to bring over whatever you want to eat." Xie Ci'an walked to the bed and touched Gu Jianchu's furry head.

Her hair had become a pigsty from sleeping, and her face looked a little pale.

Seeing Gu Jianchu like this, Xie Ci'an felt a little distressed. It was all because he was too unrestrained last night.

Gu Jianchu was slightly more energetic when she heard that there was something to eat. "I want to eat the crystal dumplings made by the imperial kitchen."

"Cheng Song, ask the imperial kitchen to prepare it." Xie Ci'an sat down next to Gu Jianchu.

Gu Jianchu was kept in Chuigong Palace by the emperor on a whim, and nothing was prepared. Zhu Xia hurried back to Chuigong Palace early in the morning to get new clothes and jewelry. Before breakfast was served, she quickly helped Gu Jianchu get up and wash.

Cheng Song brought a bowl of ginseng soup to Xie Ci'an and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I wonder what will happen to the young guard from the Southwest Palace?"