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

Even Xiao Cong and Minister Lin could feel this pressure.

One even has to sigh that the queen's aura is getting closer and closer to the emperor's.

Gu Jianchu returned and held Xie Ci'an's hand, then turned to look at him and said, "Your Majesty, the Li family is making such a fuss. Perhaps there are indeed some strange circumstances surrounding Li's death. They were all officials in the court. If Your Majesty doesn't ask for clarification, I'm afraid it will disappoint all the ministers."

"Yunhe, go to the Dali Temple and summon Dou Wen." Seeing that the Queen had not finished her meal yet, Xie Ci'an simply asked Dou Wen to go.

Xiao Cong and Minister Lin both looked surprised. No one had expected that the Empress' words would immediately make the Emperor change his mind. The Emperor had never done this before.

Although I was very angry, I couldn't let my stomach go hungry. I finally had the chance to eat the food at Qianyaju.

While waiting for Dou Wen to come, Gu Jianchu ate quickly. In a short while, his stomach was full and he also stuffed two pieces of cakes into his stomach.

After a while, Dou Wen, who received the news, followed Yun He and hurried to Qianyaju. Because they ran over, a layer of fine beads of sweat formed on his forehead, and even his tone of greeting was breathless.

At Gu Jianchu's signal, Yunhe poured a glass of water for Dou Wen, "Master Dou, drink some water first."

After Dou Wen took a sip of water, Xie Ci'an asked lazily, "What's going on between Lord Tang and Li?"

Dou Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't expect that the emperor summoned him for this matter. He had also heard about the affair between Lord Tang and Li, but the Li family did not come to report to the police, and he was too lazy to meddle in other people's business. He didn't expect that the emperor would go out of the palace today, and he happened to meet him.

Dou Wen repeated what he had heard to the emperor, and it was not much different from what the waiter had said.

Dou Wen saw that the emperor had remained silent and looked at him hesitantly. "Your Majesty, please have someone bring Lord Tang here to interrogate him thoroughly, so that the Li family won't continue to cause trouble."

【It would be great if we could just go directly to the crime scene. 】

[Lord Tang's mother and son, fearing the night would drag on, wanted to bury Li immediately. However, the Li family rushed over to stop them and extort money, delaying the process until today. Lord Tang decided to bury Li's body after dark, leaving her with no evidence and preventing the Li family from continuing to make trouble.]

[If we go there now, Master Tang won't have time to bury the body.]

"There's no need to go back and forth. Just take the Li family to the crime scene." Xie Ci'an said in a cold tone.

Hearing this, Gu Jianchu looked at Xie Ci'an with admiration.

Unexpectedly, she and the emperor were so in tune with each other that they both thought of going to the crime scene.

Xiao Cong and Minister Lin did not dare to say goodbye, and followed the emperor and empress in their carriage.

Although the Tang family was a poor family, their ancestors had been in business and had accumulated some savings. Thinking that Tang Rui would become an official in the court and could not lose face, the mother and son discussed taking out all the family savings and bought a three-story courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

Most of their savings were invested in this courtyard, so they didn't have money to hire too many servants. Such a large courtyard was usually managed by Li alone.

In addition to taking care of the yard, she also has to cook and take care of her mother-in-law and husband. The key is that her husband and mother-in-law do not understand her hard work and are always thinking about sucking her blood.

By the time they arrived at the Tang family, it was already getting dark. The front door of the Tang family was hung with white silk, and the pair of lanterns looked a bit scary under the white silk.

Because it is in the suburbs, the population is relatively sparse, and occasionally a few crows can be heard in the silent air.

I kind of regret coming here.

Gu Jianchu shrank into Xie Ci'an's arms, his fingers trembling uncontrollably because of fear.

Xie Ci'an naturally put his arm around Gu Jianchu's waist and said softly, "Achu, don't be afraid."

"I'm not afraid." Gu Jianchu said she was not afraid, but when Xie Ci'an came over to protect her, she couldn't help but lean into his arms.

Dou Wen glanced in the direction of the carriage and was about to go forward and knock on the door when he saw the tightly closed door suddenly open. Tang Rui and Mrs. Tang were stunned when they saw so many people. The four people who were invited to carry the coffin stopped at the back when they saw the host stop, and they all stopped as well, waiting for instructions.

After a moment of panic, Tang Rui quickly calmed down and raised the lantern in his hand to take a look.

He originally thought that the Li family was causing trouble again. When he raised the lantern, he saw Dou Wen and immediately panicked. But before his panic could grow, he saw the Li family following Dou Wen. Behind the Li family stood Xiao Cong, Minister Lin, Chongfeng Wenzhu, and the silent carriage.

A bad premonition suddenly lingered in my heart.

Chongfeng and Wenzhu usually do not appear at the same time. Once these two people appear at the same time, it means that the emperor and empress are present.

Although the Li family's official position was higher than his, they did not have the ability to bring this matter directly to the emperor and empress.

Tang Rui didn't have time to think about it. He rushed to the carriage and greeted, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am sorry that I failed to welcome you so well. I hope you will forgive me."

Old Madam Tang and the people carrying the coffin at the back all knelt down with weak legs.

Compared to Lord Tang's panic due to his guilty conscience, Old Madam Tang was full of joy. If her son was not capable, how could he have attracted the Emperor and Empress to come together?

Yun Heranzi stepped forward and lifted the curtain. Xie Ci'an's voice was cold, "Get up."

Tang Rui supported himself on his knees and stood up. He was too guilty and didn't notice that he stepped on his robe. He almost fell down because of this mistake. Fortunately, Wen Zhu was quick to help Tang Rui.

Wen Zhu's support made Tang Rui like a frightened bird, and he dodged to the side.

After Tang Rui calmed down, he asked softly, "I wonder why the Emperor suddenly visited us."

"I happened to be out of the palace today for something, and then I heard Lord Li beating drums and gongs on the street saying that my daughter's death was strange. The Queen and I had nothing to do, so we came to take a look." Xie Ci'an leaned naturally on the soft pillow beside him. The teardrop mole at the end of his eye was like the King of Hell who took lives, and scared Tang Rui so much that his whole body went cold.

The emperor and empress are really too idle.

How could it be such a coincidence that the emperor and empress happened to run into trouble when the Li family was out of the palace.

Tang Rui didn't have time to think about it. He knelt down again with a plop. "Your Majesty, please don't listen to Lord Li's nonsense. My wife did accidentally fall into the pond and drown. Lord Li wanted to use my wife's death to extort money from me, so he fabricated this accusation against me. I am innocent."

Now Old Lady Tang also figured it out and knew that the Emperor and Empress were not coming for her son at all, but were invited by the Li family.

Old Madam Tang ran quickly to the side of the carriage with her crutches. She wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by Chongfeng's long sword. She even took a few steps back in fear, with her hands raised in front of her. Even the crutches in her hands fell to the ground in panic.