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

Zhang treated the old servant very well, even better than when General Zhang was around. The old servant, with his discerning eyes, naturally reported the truth to Tang. Ultimately, after the Dali Temple's ruling, General Zhang not only couldn't get anything back, but also had to pay Tang one thousand taels of silver, which he had to repay within a month.

I was originally planning to go to the Zhang family to ask for a divorce from General Zhang, but since they're all at the Dali Temple right now, I decided to just write the divorce papers and have them notarize them once and for all.

After the verdict, Yang was completely stunned. She hadn't expected General Zhang to become so poor in such a short time. However, Yang was a relatively open-minded person. As long as General Zhang's official position remained, he could make a comeback in the future. With her management, he could become as prosperous as Tang.

[It must be said that this country girl is indeed open-minded, and her thinking is far more insightful than those who simply cling to the powerful. However, Yang probably doesn't know that the two of them have already offended many people in the capital. With just a slight push from someone behind the scenes, they will be in trouble. Unless General Zhang is completely innocent, he will not be able to escape his fate even if he keeps his head down.]

[The Dali Temple forced General Zhang to sign the divorce agreement.]

After signing, General Zhang immediately regretted his decision and ran after Tang, even trying to persuade her to stay. Upon hearing this, the Tang family became enraged and ordered their servants to drive General Zhang away. They also instructed them that if General Zhang ever set foot in the Tang family again, they would be kicked out without further notice.

General Zhang watched Tang walk away in despair, not knowing whether he truly regretted divorcing her or regretted that after the divorce, Tang would have nothing left.

It's a shame I didn't see the excitement live. It would have been so cool to eat the melon live.

Gu Jianchu was halfway through combing her hair when Xie Ci'an came in after finishing his business outside. Xie Ci'an waved his hand, and Zhu Xia naturally put down the comb in her hand and stepped aside.

"Go prepare breakfast. It will be brought back in an incense stick." After giving the order, Xie Ci'an walked straight to the dressing mirror. "What is Ah Chu thinking about? He is so engrossed."

"I didn't think much about it. I just heard Zhu Xia mention the matter of Tang and General Zhang." Gu Jianchu casually brushed the matter off.

Xie Ci'an picked up the hairpin on the table and carefully put it into Gu Jianchu's hair.

After helping her put on her hairpin, Xie Ci'an personally helped Gu Jianchu to her feet and said, "Go eat something first. We still have to investigate the matter of Xie Qingzhi and the little girl poisoning your rouge."

Gu Jianchu was so focused on eating the melons of Tang and General Zhang that he forgot about such an important matter.

After Zhu Xia brought the breakfast, Gu Jianchu quickly finished eating and then asked someone to invite the aunt and the little girl who was imprisoned in the Imperial City Division.

Before Xie Qingzhi arrived, Zhuxi hurried in to report, "Your Majesty, the Empress, the Grand Princess and Princess Wanning are here. They said they brought roasted pigeon and fried cherries, which are the Empress's favorites."

These two people were simply there to watch the fun. They didn't see the excitement yesterday, but knowing that the trial would definitely take place today, they came rushing over early this morning.

In order to be less conspicuous, these two people even brought things with them. It was not easy to refuse them. "Zhu Xi, please invite your aunt and Wan Ning in."

Zhuxi returned and brought in the Grandmother and Princess Wanning. "I went to Wangxianlou this morning to order food and saw that their newly arrived cherries were particularly fresh. Thinking that the Empress would love them, I asked them to quickly make two plates of cherry pancakes and send them to the Empress while they were still hot."

"Aunt is always thinking of me, it's really thoughtful of you. Please take a seat. Zhuxia, go to the small kitchen and bring the freshly made flower cakes this morning for you to try." Gu Jianchu asked the eldest lady and Wan Ning to sit down.

Not only the Madam and Princess Wan Ning, but soon Consort Wen also came over with some snacks, under the pretext of paying her respects.

Wen Zhaoyi and Wan Ning County Master looked at each other and understood why the other party came.

The eldest concubine was not one to beat around the bush and asked bluntly, "I wonder how the Empress is investigating the poisoned rouge incident yesterday. I'm terrified just thinking about it. If the Empress hadn't accidentally dropped it yesterday, I'm afraid a disaster would have occurred."

Gu Jianchu said truthfully, "Yunhe led people to search the entire princess's mansion yesterday. They found the mulberry flower in the princess's bedroom and on a maid's body. The maid has been detained by the Imperial City Bureau, but will be brought here soon."

"This kind of thing still needs to be thoroughly investigated. The real culprit must not be allowed to escape."

As soon as the eldest lady finished speaking, Xie Qingzhi came over. Because she hadn't returned to the palace, Xie Qingzhi was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, and her face was rosy. After seeing the eldest lady, Xie Qingzhi suddenly stopped and said sarcastically, "I didn't expect that my aunt would come too. Are you here to join in the fun?"

"What are you talking about? How could I come here to join in the fun? I saw that the fried cherries at Wangxian Tower were fresh, so I specially sent some to the Queen. I didn't know you were here too." The eldest lady explained.

Xie Qingzhi obviously didn't believe it, but she didn't argue anymore. After greeting, she took a seat next to Gu Jianchu, not noticing Xie Ci'an's furrowed brows. "Queen, that slave girl has been brought here."

"I've already sent someone to the Imperial City Bureau to pass on the message. We'll probably have to wait for a while. Has my elder sister had breakfast? If not, the small kitchen made some flower cakes for you to try first. There are also cherry pancakes and mung bean cakes brought by my aunt and Consort Wen." Gu Jianchu asked someone to serve tea to Xie Qingzhi.

"Bring the flower cakes over and try them. Cherry pancakes and mung bean cakes are both cold foods. I haven't been feeling well recently and it's not suitable for me to eat those things." After Xie Qingzhi finished speaking, Gu Jianchu asked Zhu Xia to bring the flower cakes over.

While Xie Qingzhi was eating a piece of flower cake, Yunhe and Wenzhu brought the person in. The woman's hands were tied, a hemp seed was stuffed in her mouth, her hair was extremely messy, and her clothes were wrinkled.

Gu Jianchu's expression was gloomy. "What's going on?"

"She tried to bite her tongue to commit suicide. Fortunately, the Empress gave instructions, and the guards discovered her in time, preventing her from succeeding. I was afraid she would commit suicide again, so I had hemp seeds stuffed into her mouth and tied her hands and feet."

"Take out the hemp seeds." Gu Jianchu waved his hand.

Wen Zhu stepped forward and took the hemp seed out of the girl's mouth.

"Why do you want to commit suicide? Do you think that the truth has been exposed and it is better to suffer a short pain than a long one?" Gu Jianchu picked up the teacup and took a sip, looking at the girl with a sharper look in his eyes.

"I didn't do this, how could I not know?" The girl knelt on the ground with a stubborn look on her face, but her eyes were vague and she didn't dare to look at Gu Jianchu.