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

"Queen, this is a good thing you have done. If you are dissatisfied with me, you can just say it directly. There is no need to humiliate me by using the title of Earl of Yong'an." The Queen Mother glared at Gu Jianchu who had just entered the room.

Gu Jianchu smiled brightly as she bowed and greeted the Queen Mother. Without waiting for her to ask her to stand, she stood up on her own accord. "What are you talking about, Mother? I respect you enough, let alone being dissatisfied with you. As for using the Earl of Yong'an to humiliate you, that's completely absurd."

The Queen Mother was speechless after hearing what Gu Jianchu said. She felt a pain in her heart. "The Queen said no, but what about the clothes of the Earl of Yong'an? The Earl of Yong'an is already old. No matter what he did, there is no need to take off his clothes and wander around the palace. Or is the Queen under someone's orders?"

The Queen Mother said this while looking in the direction of Xie Ci'an.

[The Empress Dowager was truly wrong this time. The Emperor is quite innocent this time.]

Xie Ci'an did feel a gaze looking at him, but he didn't have time to pay attention and was only focused on looking at the queen.

Gu Jianchu chuckled and said, "What are you talking about, mother? How could I do such a thing?"

Before the Queen Mother could react, Gu Jianchu added, "It was Earl Yong'an who took off his clothes himself. Why are you trying to frame me?"

"I have asked the palace maids, and they said that the Queen Mother invited the Earl of Yong'an to enter the palace."

The Queen Mother glanced at the guilty Earl of Yong'an in confusion and said, "It is indeed me who asked Earl of Yong'an to come into the palace. I have a few things to discuss."

"My Queen Mother was kind enough to allow Earl Yong'an to enter the palace, but what did Earl Yong'an do to repay her? He actually had an affair with the Second Madam of the Wen Family in Qingliang Palace. He even secretly plotted to make me unable to have children. I accidentally caught him both of them."

"I thought that the Earl of Yong'an and the Second Madam of the Wen family were both recruited into the harem by the Queen Mother. I cannot act without her approval, so I sent these two here to be dealt with by her."

Although Gu Jianchu had a smile on his face, his whole aura exuded an unquestionable aura.

The Queen Mother cast a sharp glance at the two people in the hall, and her hand holding the beads clenched tightly. What a disgrace they were. "Although these two people did something wrong, they will inevitably be laughed at by the palace people for being so naked."

"Since they have done such depraved things in the imperial palace, are they still afraid of being laughed at by others?" Gu Jianchu retorted with a smile.

The Queen Mother was immediately speechless.

"If your mother doesn't punish severely the crime of defiling the palace, others will inevitably follow suit in the future. I beg your mother to rectify the palace rules." Xie Ci'an said lightly, instantly throwing the hot potato to the empress dowager.

He stood up, took Gu Jianchu's hand and sat down in front of the armchair beside him.

The Queen Mother tried her best to suppress the anger in her eyes. These two useless people wanted to sleep anywhere, but they had to sleep in the palace, and they had to be caught by the Queen.

For a moment, the Queen Mother even suspected that this matter was a conspiracy between Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an.

"Drag the Earl of Yong'an away and punish him with thirty lashes to correct the palace rules. As for Wen Shi, he will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and punished with ten lashes per day for twenty consecutive days."

Before the two were dragged away, the Queen Mother asked in a cold voice, "Is it true that you two are plotting to murder the heir to the throne?"

The Earl of Yong'an and Madam Wen knelt before the Empress Dowager and shook their heads repeatedly, "Your Majesty, we are very discerning. Even if you gave us a hundred guts, we would not dare to plot against the prince."

"Really?" Gu Jianchu asked coldly.

Madam Wen nodded repeatedly, "I dare not say a word of falsehood."

"Mrs. Wen, you'd better think it over carefully before you speak." Gu Jianchu tapped the table lightly.

She handled the matter in secret, and there was absolutely no way anyone would know about it. She only mentioned it when she was having an affair with Earl Yong'an, and the Queen overheard it.

"How dare I deceive the Emperor and the Empress? If the Empress has evidence, she can directly convict me." Madam Wen continued to be stubborn.

Gu Jianchu raised the corner of his mouth into a foxy smile.

This was what she was waiting for.

"Yunhe, bring the people in."

As Gu Jianchu's voice fell, Yanzhi, who was covered in blood, was carried into the hall by two eunuchs. The two eunuchs pushed her away, and Yanzhi fell beside Madam Wen.

Madam Wen was so frightened that she screamed repeatedly. She instinctively retreated and burrowed into Earl Yong'an's arms. "What a filthy thing!"

It has to be said that the people from the Ministry of Punishment were very harsh. In just a short while, all kinds of torture had been used on Yanzhi, and her fingers had been put into clamps.

Since the Queen had given the order, the people from the Ministry of Punishment naturally dealt with him severely. Although his fingers were not severed, they were still bleeding from being clamped by the tongs.

Yanzhi drooped her eyelids and struggled to touch Madam Wen's dress with her hands, "Madam, I am Yanzhi."

After hearing Yanzhi's name, Mrs. Wen Er calmed down a little.

"Miss Yanzhi sneaked into Kunning Palace today and buried something in the Queen Mother's Palace. After being identified by the imperial physician, it was found to be musk seeds from a hundred-year-old musk deer. As long as they are kept with women over time, not only will they not be able to get pregnant, but they will also harm their bodies and cause permanent infertility. Madam Wen is really good at planning." Zhuxi threw the black musk held in a handkerchief on Madam Wen's face.

Madam Wen screamed in fear and instinctively dodged to the side. "It wasn't me. I've never done anything like this. It was Consort Wen. Consort Wen was jealous of the Queen's favor, so she came up with such a sinister plan. Even Yanzhi belongs to Consort Wen. Empress Dowager, please save me."

Madam Wen knelt and crawled in front of the empress dowager. Before she got close, Cuiwei slapped Madam Wen in the face, forcing her to step back several steps.

Xie Ci'an naturally protected Gu Jianchu behind him.

Although Gu Jianchu is not pregnant, she is in the process of preparing for pregnancy.

Wen Zhaoyi came with Gu Jianchu and stood in the corner without saying a word.

Now, after hearing what Mrs. Wen said, I felt colder than falling into an ice cellar.

So her mother never cared about her life or death, and even when something happened, she would stand up and put the blame on her.

The little bit of hope and reluctance that had originally been there vanished into thin air as Madam Wen II shifted the blame.

Concubine Wen stepped forward without hesitation and knelt before everyone. "Empress Dowager, Yanzhi is the Earl of Yong'an's person. He was placed by the Earl of Yong'an to monitor me and gather information about the palace. As for Musk, I know nothing about it. I don't know who ordered Yanzhi to harm the Empress and frame me."

Wen Zhaoyi picked up the musk that fell on the ground and put it to her nose and smelled it.

Before Wen Zhaoyi could continue speaking, Second Madam Wen rushed forward in panic, tightly grasping Wen Zhaoyi's wrists with both hands. "Ah Nuan, save mother and admit this matter, otherwise mother will die."