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

The body suddenly became airborne, causing Gu Jianchu to instinctively hook her arms around Xie Ci'an's neck and press her body tightly against his. "Your Majesty, I can change my clothes by myself."

"Since I agreed to go out with you, I won't do anything to you. I'll collect the reward when we get back."

After Xie Ci'an helped Gu Jianchu change his clothes, Chongfeng had already prepared the carriage outside. The emperor and the empress only took Chongfeng and Wen Zhu with them and left the palace in a low-key manner.

The Imperial City Bureau knew the residences of all the court officials very well. Their carriage soon stopped outside an alley. Gu Jianchu naturally lifted the curtain and peeked outside. Wen Zhu reminded her, "Your Majesty, the house on the outermost side is Lord Bai's. Lord Bai should have finished his shift by now."

The moment Wen Zhu finished speaking, Yun He, dressed in casual clothes and holding a brocade box, appeared from the side and walked straight to Lord Bai's house.

Yunhe knocked on Lord Bai’s door.

Then a rough voice came from the yard, "Who is it?"

But a moment later, the door opened and a woman in coarse linen stood inside. She wiped her wet hands on the clothes and looked at Yun He with impatience, "Who are you looking for?"

"Is this Lord Bai's residence?" Yun He asked softly.

The woman nodded in agreement, and asked, confused, "What do you want from Master Bai?"

"It's like this. A few days ago, Lord Bai ordered a gold hairpin from our shop, saying he wanted it as a gift for Miss Yanzhi from Zuihonglou. The hairpin was just made today, and our shopkeeper didn't know whether you should come pick it up or have it delivered directly to Miss Yanzhi, so he specifically asked me to come and ask."

Yun He added poignantly, "You are the maidservant of Lord Bai's household, right? I wonder if Lord Bai is home. If not, could you please tell Lord Bai that I will take this gold hairpin back with me. After all, it is a valuable item."

"You are the servant girl, and your whole family are servant girls." After Sun cursed, she took the brocade box from Yunhe's hand.

Yunhe was about to say something when Sun raised the rolling pin in her hand and was about to hit Yunhe. Yunhe was so scared that he ran away. After seeing Yunhe run away, Sun slammed the door shut.

Yunhe walked around and came to the carriage.

Gu Jianchu tried hard not to laugh out loud.

Yunhe actually said that she was just a servant, so if he didn't get beaten, who would?

However, the clothes that Sun wore were indeed no different from those worn by servants.

Sun opened the brocade box she had snatched and took a look. Inside was a hairpin made of pure gold. She even put it to her mouth and bit it.

After a while, they heard a noise, followed by a cursing voice, "You're such a jerk! Bai Huai, I've been working so hard for this family, and you've been making this pure gold hairpin for that little bitch. And you haven't come back yet at this hour? You might be fooling around with that little bitch again."

The moment the voice fell, Sun rushed out of the room with a rolling pin in her hand and headed towards Zuihonglou.

Their carriage followed closely behind.

Sun went to Zuihonglou and made a big fuss, but did not see Lord Bai.

Lord Bai is not actually at Zuihonglou. He is having dinner at Qianyaju with a few vendors selling paper, ink, brushes, and inkstones. He is also offering Bai Huai some benefits to secure cooperation for the second half of the year.

[We have to find a way to alert the Sun family and then go over and capture them all.]

Xie Ci'an called Chongfeng over and whispered a few words in his ear, then Chongfeng went straight to Sun.

Then Sun was seen heading towards Qianyaju.

Gu Jianchu looked at Xie Ci'an suspiciously, "What did Chongfeng say to Madam Bai?"

"The spies from the Imperial City Bureau found out that Bai Huai went directly to Qianyaju after he was off duty. I just asked Chongfeng to tell the Sun family about this news." Xie Ci'an hugged Gu Jianchu's waist with one hand.

She didn't have to rack her brains to come up with excuses.

However, once the emperor's suspicion arises, he will investigate it thoroughly.

Yunhe changed the direction of the carriage and followed Sun to Qianyaju.

Xie Ci'an and Gu Jianchu did not get off the carriage. They lifted the curtain and looked in the direction of Qianyaju.

Sun rushed into Qianyaju with a rolling pin in her hand. After asking the shopkeeper about Bai Huai's private room, Sun strode up to the private room on the second floor and kicked open the door.

Bai Huai and the others were startled by the sudden sound of kicking the door. Before they could react, Sun had already rushed over with a rolling pin and hit Bai Huai. "Bai Huai, you are really great. I serve you food, water, and clothes all day long, and this is how you repay me. It's bad enough that you accept bribes and hide your private money outside, but you also look for a vixen outside and give all the bribe money to that vixen."

"You have never given me a hairpin, and now you are giving that little vixen a pure gold hairpin. Are you planning to divorce me and take that little vixen in as your wife next?" Sun grabbed Bai Huai's ears and kicked him repeatedly.

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Bai Huai tried to struggle out of Sun's hands.

The more Bai Huai struggled, the tighter Sun squeezed him. "I'm talking nonsense. The gold hairpin was delivered to my home by the waiter, and you said you were going to give it to Miss Yanzhi. If I hadn't gone to the wrong place, I wouldn't have known you were so generous. You just gave me a gold hairpin. Did you give those little bitches something more valuable behind my back without me knowing?"

"No, really not. The waiter must have sent it by mistake. I have never ordered any gold hairpin. Even if I did, I would definitely give it to you." Bai Huai escaped from Sun's hands during her brief hesitation.

Bai Huai instantly ran behind the vendors and hid.

Sun, who was originally hesitant, was instantly furious when she saw Bai Huai hiding it. "Why are you hiding something you gave me? You are an official after all. How could the waiter send the wrong thing? Bai Huai, if you have the guts, come out and stop hiding in the back."

The four vendors smiled apologetically as they helped Bai Huai stop Sun. "Mrs. Bai, calm down. That man doesn't care about the little fish and shrimp outside, but Master Bai's heart is still with you. If you like that gold hairpin, I'll have someone make you a pair and send them to your house someday."

Sun pinched her waist and pointed at the four people opposite her, "You guys are no good either. Don't think I don't know. You guys only got supplies from the Hanlin Academy thanks to that damn Bai Huai. Otherwise, with the quality of your stuff, how could you even cooperate with the Hanlin Academy? If the emperor knew about this, you would all be in trouble."