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

The trouble the emperor mentioned was frame-up.

"I understand. I will definitely investigate it thoroughly and will not let anyone take advantage of it." After Wen Zhu agreed, he immediately took people to handle the matter.

Yunhe acted quickly and brought Guo Qian over in a short while.

Guo Qian had a bewildered look on his face, and he obviously hadn't reacted to this sudden change. He wore a jade crown, brocade clothes, and raised his eyebrows, looking like a shifty person.

As I got closer, I could smell a faint scent of perfumed powder.

Guo Qian is completely unkind. He didn't feel any sadness at all when his wife was killed. Not only that, he even had the leisure to pursue other women.

[Every night he was drunk in a brothel.]

[He used the money he had extorted from Dean Wu because his wife had committed suicide by jumping into the river.]

Guo Qian's wife was incredibly unlucky to marry him. Not only was she treated as a money-making tool by Guo Qian while she was alive, but even after death, she couldn't rest in peace, as he extorted her for her death.

[These two people should be thrown into a pond and fed to the fish.]

As soon as Xie Ci'an raised his hand, two burly eunuchs came forward, grabbed Guo Qian's arms on the left and right, and dragged him to a bench nearby. Just as Guo Qian was about to struggle, a heavy board fell down.

The sound of beatings continued, Guo Qian wailed in pain, and the court officials were so scared that they kept retreating.

After beating him with the stick for nearly twenty times, Xie Ci'an ordered them to stop beating him. Yunhe walked up to Guo Qian with the blood letter on the table.

Blood was faintly seeping from Guo Qian's back. The weak scholar hadn't been able to withstand the blow at all, and now he was gasping in pain. "Is it true that your wife wrote a blood letter accusing you and the president of Yousong Academy of conspiring to rape her and use the proceeds to make money?"

Guo Qian raised his eyes and glanced at the blood letter, then glanced at Dean Wu, who was kneeling beside him with blood all over his head, and the old couple huddled together. His rationality made him try to struggle, "Your Majesty, please understand. I have never done this."

"He is a stubborn man. Keep beating him and see how long he can keep stubborn." Yun He immediately ordered the young eunuch beside him to continue the execution.

Guo Qian was beaten so hard that he wailed and screamed. After the fifth blow, Guo Qian immediately struggled and said, "I confess, I confess, I confess everything."

Yun He immediately ordered the eunuch to stop and dragged the man to Dean Wu. "Dean Wu came to me personally and hinted that if I sent my wife to his bed, I would be exempted from a year's tuition and even given money."

"I initially disagreed, but my family was so poor. After paying a year's tuition, my wife and I had trouble affording food and drink. So, I couldn't resist the temptation and drugged my wife and sent her to Dean Wu's bed. Later, I became greedy and, at the instigation of my friends, began sending my wife to Dean Wu repeatedly, using this opportunity to blackmail him into giving me more money. Over time, I fell in love with this way of getting rich and didn't consider my wife's feelings."

"My wife couldn't stand this kind of life anymore and chose to jump into the river to commit suicide. I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. Dad and Mom, please forgive me this time, okay? I promise that I will be filial to you in Hongniang's place in the future."

【The cat weeps over the rat, but it's false compassion.】

"You know you are wrong, but you still linger in brothels all day long. If I remember correctly, the handkerchief you are using was made by the girls in the brothels, right, Lord Bai?" Gu Jianchu suddenly looked at Lord Bai from the Hanlin Academy, who also liked to indulge in brothels.

The reason why Gu Jianchu knew about handkerchiefs was not because of the melon-eating system, but because some time ago the brothel madam asked her to embroider a batch of handkerchiefs to give to the girls in the brothel.

The handkerchief that Guo Qian was wearing was made by the embroiderer from Ajie Embroidery Workshop.

She was also good at embroidery. Her elder sister had previously sent a batch of embroidery to the palace for her to play with. She remembered the direction of the needle and the strength of the stitches.

And every embroiderer has her own needlework habits.

Lord Bai, who was suddenly named by Gu Jianchu, froze.

Don’t be fooled by the queen’s gentle appearance and appearance of being easy to bully. In fact, she is not much better than the emperor.

Lord Bai took two timid steps forward, his whole body trembling. "Your Majesty was joking with me. I don't know you."

[You still say you don't know her, even though you clearly received a handkerchief from a prostitute and are still holding it in your arms. Suddenly, an interesting idea came to me.]

This Mr. Bai is a henpecked husband. If his wife knew that he not only hid his private money but also went to brothels, wouldn't his previous attempts to profit from the purchases be exposed? He could also use his wife to expose the matter, which would be the best of both worlds.

[Just trying to get the handkerchief out of his arms is a hassle.]

Lord Bai felt even more guilty when he was looked at by Gu Jianchu, and he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"No? How can I remember that you took it out to wipe your sweat just now? It's exactly the same silk handkerchief as the one on Guo Qian." Gu Jianchu showed doubt on his face and deliberately shocked Lord Bai.

Upon hearing this, Lord Bai also looked puzzled.

Because he was so nervously frightened by these two people, he didn't even remember whether he took out the handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face.

He didn't dare to go against the queen and say that she was wrong. If he said that, he would be courting death.

The Queen spoke in a serious tone, and Lord Bai really suspected that he was too nervous, so he took out the handkerchief. Thinking of this, Lord Bai became even more nervous, and his face turned pale as paper.

Seeing that Lord Bai was feeling guilty, Gu Jianchu was instantly satisfied. "I think Lord Bai might not remember it. Yun and you can go and search to see if Lord Bai has the same handkerchief on him."

Xie Ci'an leaned back naturally on the chair, with a lazy expression on his face, and his fingers naturally rested on Gu Jianchu's waist.

One has to admit that the queen does have a lot of tricks up her sleeve, and it's just right that she doesn't use them to deal with these court officials.

I suddenly like the queen more and more, what should I do?

Xie Ci'an stared at Gu Jianchu's profile, resisting the urge to kiss him.

Feeling a fiery gaze, Gu Jianchu quickly turned her head and saw Xie Ci'an staring at her like prey.

[Oh no! I hope the Emperor doesn't think I'm meddling in other people's business.]

Not really, it's just the right amount of meddling in other people's business.

Amidst Gu Jianchu's nervousness, Xie Ci'an leaned forward and whispered in her ear, "Your Majesty is indeed very observant. I didn't even notice such a detail."

Gu Jianchu patted his chest.

[It's good that they don't think I'm meddling in other people's business. After all, what happened today is enough to make the Emperor furious. If I accidentally make the Emperor angry, I'm afraid I'll be in trouble.]

Xie Ci’an:…

It won't bring bad luck, but the queen will definitely not be spared at night.

Gu Jianchu tugged at the edge of her clothes and whispered, "I'm good at embroidery, so I can't help but notice these things."