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

Gu Jianchu glanced over, and Zhuxi and Zhuxia reacted quickly and stepped forward to arrest the little palace maid.

The little maid kept struggling, "I don't know what the Queen is talking about."

"Since you don't know what I'm talking about, then just stay here and watch a show with me." Gu Jianchu took out the silk handkerchief from her waist, spread it on the rocks beside her, bent down and sat down.

She looked up at the molten iron rising up not far away and then scattering everywhere.

During the next hammering, an accident suddenly occurred. The molten iron did not fall along the erected frame, but instead scattered to another corner of the imperial garden.

"If I'm not guessing correctly, that's the direction you were going to take me. The molten iron fell and just spilled on me." Gu Jianchu lifted the little palace maid's chin and stared at her gradually dodging eyes.

The little palace maid was caught by Zhuxi and Zhuxia, but because of fear, she kept backing away, "I don't understand what the Queen said."

"You don't need to understand. Zhu Xia asked someone to hand this little palace maid over to Eunuch Huang to identify whether she is a member of their Ministry of Internal Affairs. If not, let Huang Xin be responsible for the interrogation and report to the emperor." Gu Jianchu has always been a kind person, but this is the first time he spoke in such a cold and harsh tone.

Zhu Xia immediately took the young eunuch to take the man to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As soon as Gu Jianchu returned to Qingliang Terrace, a young eunuch came running over. He almost fell because he didn't check his feet. Fortunately, Cheng Song pulled him up in time, "What are you so impatient about?"

Xie Ci'an was a notorious tyrant. He had dealt with countless palace maids in the first year since he ascended the throne. The young eunuch knelt on the ground, cowering. "Your Majesty, the Renming Hall where the talented people live has caught fire due to sparks from the iron flowers."

Combined with what he heard from Gu Jianchu before, Xie Ci'an immediately understood what was going on.

"There's a fire and you don't go to save people. What's the point of telling me?" Xie Ci'an said in a cold and hard tone.

"I'll go and save him right away." The young eunuch fled from the Qingliang Terrace, fearing that he would lose his head if he ran a little slower.

A fiery red light could be clearly seen in the direction of Renming Hall, and thick smoke was rising.

The palace maids and eunuchs rushed to put out the fire.

After the fire, the performance naturally could not continue, and there was no mood to continue the family dinner.

Before the ceremony ended, the Empress Dowager, who had been quiet all night, suddenly spoke up, "Your Majesty is not young anymore. He shouldn't sleep in Chuigong Palace all day. He should go out and walk around the harem more often. When the late emperor was your age, he already had several children."

"The Imperial Concubine will be performing a dance for the Emperor tonight. Why don't you come and sit in the Imperial Concubine's palace?"

After hearing the Queen Mother's words, Concubine Shu was eager to try.

Where no one could see, Xie Ci'an's face had turned completely cold, and his fingers were clenched into fists under his sleeves.

Cheng Song couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The Queen Mother was simply stepping on Xie Ci'an's tail.

Gu Jianchu hid far away like a quail and would not interrupt. She thought it would be better for the emperor to go to Concubine Shu, so that she would not have to worry about sleeping with him.

Xie Ci'an flicked his sleeves and said coldly, "I won't go tonight. I have some things to deal with back in Chuigong Palace."

"It's getting late. Cheng Song, please send someone to take our mother back." Xie Ci'an left after giving the Queen Mother a reminder, and strode away, leaving behind a group of people who dared not breathe, and the Imperial Concubine who was so angry that she was about to jump up and down.

How is she inferior to the Queen? Why does His Majesty run to the Queen's Palace all day long without even looking at her?

The Queen Mother turned to look at her impatient niece and reminded her, "Some things cannot be rushed. Being too impatient will only backfire."

After watching the others walk away, Concubine Shu whispered, "Aunt, if we don't hurry up, the Queen's children will be everywhere. The Queen has the entire Liaodong Army and the Nanping Marquisate behind her. If the Queen gives birth to a child, there will be nothing left for us to do."

"I know that if you don't find the Queen's weakness and defeat her in one blow, what's the point?" The Queen Mother gave her niece a final reminder and let Cuiwei beside her help her into the sedan chair.

Gu Jianchu, who was sure that the emperor would not come tonight, took a comfortable flower petal bath. When he came out, Zhu Xia and the others had already prepared the frying pan, with various meats and vegetables placed next to it.

Tonight she was so busy eating melons that she didn't eat anything at all.

"Start frying, fry more meat first." Gu Jianchu instructed Zhuxi.

Zhu Xia took a silk handkerchief and walked forward to help Gu Jianchu wipe his wet hair.

Suddenly, there were two knocks on the tightly closed door. Gu Jianchu answered and Yun He entered with a cold wind. "Your Majesty, the fire in Renming Hall has been put out. However, the person in Renming Hall was not rescued in time because the fire was too big and suffered burns on his face."

"It's all his own fault." Gu Jianchu moved to the front of the frying pan and asked, "How's Huang Xin doing?"

"Eunuch Huang knew he was being framed and tried to pass the blame on, so he tortured the young palace maid. The young palace maid confessed that it was Concubine Xian who ordered it. Huang Xin then reported the matter directly to the Emperor. The Emperor was furious and had all of the perpetrators executed. Even the one who had just been rescued from Renming Palace was given poisoned wine."

After Yunhe finished speaking, he did not forget to look at his master's expression.

Gu Jianchu's face was cold as he picked up a piece of meat and put it in the roll. He also put a piece of chopped garlic on it and handed the roll directly to Yunhe. "You've worked hard tonight. Eat something first."

Yun He took the burrito from Gu Jianchu's hand with an expression of being flattered, "Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty."

"It's just some food, it's not a reward at all." Gu Jianchu asked Zhu Xia and the others to sit down and eat together.

Zhuxi looked at his master indignantly and asked cautiously, "Madam, Li Shurong is also implicated in this matter. Are you going to just let it go like this?"

"Of course we can't just leave it like this."

She suffered this loss in vain, and those people thought she was weak and could be bullied. She was just too lazy to cause trouble, which didn't mean she was afraid of trouble.

She had already thought of a solution, "Yunhe, help me with something tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, please give your orders. As long as it is something I can do, I will never hold you back." Yunhe is loyal to Gu Jianchu.

"Tomorrow, find a few unfamiliar palace maids and spread some news near Li Shurong's residence, saying that the Minister of Rites replaced the staff member during the imperial examination and cheated on his good friend for several years." This move will not only make Li Shurong honest, but also make the Minister of Rites feel guilty.

In order to expose the crimes of the Minister of Rites, she needed evidence. She was in the harem, and the incident had happened many years ago, so it was difficult to verify. Otherwise, she would definitely bring disgrace to the father and daughter.

After hearing these words, the people surrounding Gu Jianchu all showed indescribable expressions.

"Your Majesty, is this true or false? How could Li Shurong's father do such a disgusting thing?" Zhu Xia couldn't help but curse.