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

The other teachers looked regretful, regretting that they did not stand up. Such an important position was taken by someone else for no reason.

Others were not spared and were punished.

They were all punished to copy the academy motto 300 times and submit it to the Hanlin Academy for review within three days. Anyone who could not remember the academy motto would be expelled from the academy, which caused panic among the people.

Xie Qingzhi didn't expect that following the queen would really give him something to eat, and that he could eat so many melons at once.

After dealing with the matters of Arimatsu Academy, the emperor and empress left.

Meng Wei hurried over to see them off. As they stepped out of the courtyard, they saw the four people who had been expelled from the academy quarreling again outside the academy. Cheng Song shook the float in his hand and said sternly, "The emperor is still here. You guys want to go straight to prison."

The four of them didn't expect to be caught by the emperor again. They immediately cowered and shook their heads, "We know we are wrong."

Xie Ci'an didn't even look at the people and was about to leave when he saw a little girl with two buns on her hair running towards him from a distance. The little girl was pretty and delicate, wearing a festive peach pink dress. She was holding a bag of cakes in her hands and was running towards the four people in small steps.

Behind the little girl followed a woman who was dressed as a woman, wearing an orange-pink dress and a pair of cassia hairpins, which swayed gracefully as she walked.

The little girl was so busy running that she didn't look at the road and fell in front of Gu Jianchu. Because she didn't hold the cakes in her hand firmly, they all fell on Gu Jianchu. Zhuxi was about to scold her, but Gu Jianchu raised his hand to stop her.

Zhuxi hurried forward and took out a handkerchief to help Gu Jianchu wipe the hem of her skirt.

The woman quickly ran forward, picked up the girl who had fallen to the ground, and patted the dirt off her body. "You are not hurt, are you?"

Seeing the little girl shaking her head, the woman turned to look at Gu Jianchu and said, "I'm sorry for soiling your clothes. If you can tell us the price of the clothes, we can compensate you."

[This is Tang Ming's second wife and daughter. The little girl is truly beautiful, but she looks delicate and frail, probably due to long-term malnutrition.]

[The woman is really good at pretending. In front of outsiders, she acts very nice to the little girl and there is nothing wrong with her. If someone came forward and said that this person treated the stepdaughter badly, no one would believe it.]

"It's okay, I quite like the little girl. What's her name?" Gu Jianchu squatted down and looked at the little girl in front of him.

The little girl stared at Gu Jianchu timidly, her face full of defense, but she still whispered her name, "My name is Tang Mianmian."

As Tang Ming and his companions approached, they saw the trouble his daughter had caused. Tang Ming rushed forward and held his daughter in his arms. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My daughter was young and ignorant and offended you. Please consider my daughter's youth and let me bear all the blame."

It took Zhang a long while to react to Tang Ming's words. She immediately knelt down with Tang Ming, "I didn't know you were the Empress. If I have offended you, please forgive me."

"Get up." Gu Jianchu personally helped Tang Mianmian, who was pressed to the ground by Tang Ming, to her feet.

Tang Mianmian looked at Gu Jianchu timidly, especially when she felt Zhang's warning look, her body involuntarily dodged to the side.

Gu Jianchu saw all of this, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he took out a candy from his sleeve and handed it to Mianmian, "Mianmian, do you want some pear candy?"

The little girl was threatened by Zhang every day and dared not say anything.

The little girl looked at Tang Ming timidly, seeking advice.

Tang Ming didn't understand what Gu Jianchu meant, so he said cautiously, "My daughter doesn't like candy. I appreciate the Queen's kindness."

Seeing Tang Ming's worry, Gu Jianchu said gently, "I just like this little girl Mianmian. I don't have any other thoughts. You don't have to worry. Get up. It doesn't look good to kneel on the ground."

Xie Qingzhi looked at Gu Jianchu in confusion, not understanding what Gu Jianchu was going to do.

Xie Ci'an knew what the little girl wanted to do.

Zhang and Tang Ming stood up tremblingly and stared at the emperor and empress with a reserved look.

Tang Ming patted his daughter's shoulder and whispered, "The Queen is not a bad person. If you like it, take it, but remember what to say."

Tang Mianmian slowly stretched out her little hand to take the pear candy from Gu Jianchu's hand and said softly, "Thank you, Queen."

"Oh, Mianmian's hands are all scratched. Does it hurt?" Gu Jianchu noticed the scratches on Tang Mianmian's palms. It was probably caused by her accidentally tripping and falling on the bluestone bricks just now.

Tang Mianmian shook her head, and her eyes looked at Gu Jianchu with a little more moisture, more like grievance, "Empress, I am not hurt."

"It's already bleeding, how can it not hurt?" Gu Jianchu was helped up by Zhu Xia and looked at Meng Wei who had just been promoted. "Manager Meng, does the academy have any medicine for injuries?"

Hearing this, Meng Wei nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I always have some medicine for injuries here. Sometimes when students get injured and there's no time to get medical treatment, they have to use it first."

"In that case, please trouble Manager Meng to take Mianmian to treat her wound. Zhuxi, you can also go and help. Manager Meng is a man and he might be clumsy." There was another meaning in Gu Jianchu's words.

Zhang, this vicious woman, feared being discovered by others. She never left visible wounds when abusing Mianmian. Most of the injuries were in places she couldn't show to others, including her calves and arms. They were mostly caused by needles, so they wouldn't be noticeable unless you looked closely. There are also many bruises on her back. I wonder if Zhuxi, the little girl, would be able to spot them.

Xie Qingzhi, who overheard Gu Jianchu's thoughts, only realized now what the Queen was trying to do.

"I'll go and take a look too. Is there anything I can do to help?" Xie Qingzhi said, and chased after him with big strides.

Although I didn't know what my elder sister wanted to do by following her, I didn't stop her in the end.

Tang Ming and Zhang stood aside politely, not daring to say a word.

After a while, a few people finally turned back.

Mianmian had a frightened expression on her face, and was being held by Zhuxi and Xie Qingzhi at a loss. On the other hand, Zhuxi and Xie Qingzhi both looked unhappy.

When Zhang saw Mianmian's evasive look, for some reason, she had a bad premonition.

Before her bad premonition could grow stronger, she heard Zhuxi say, "Your Majesty, I don't know which bastard actually murdered such a cute child like Mianmian."

I didn't expect Zhuxi and Xie Qingzhi to be so smart. They actually discovered Mianmian's injury.

Xie Qingzhi held his head high and chest puffed out because of the praise.

Gu Jianchu pretended to be surprised and asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Highness and I applied medicine to Mian Mian, and we wanted to see if Mian Mian had any other injuries so we could take care of them."