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

Lin Qi crawled forward on his knees. "We said that because we were worried that my sister didn't want to get married and would cause trouble, ruining the auspicious occasion. We are definitely not human traffickers. This little girl is really my sister. If you don't believe me, you can ask my neighbors. They can all testify."

"Other people get married with three matchmakers and six betrothals, and a ten-mile-long red wedding dress. Didn't you say that you found a very good family for your daughter? How come you don't even have a wedding procession, and just send her over so simply? Even if you are not human traffickers, you are not good people either. Xia Zhi, bring the girl out." Xie Qingzhi didn't dare to order the people around the emperor and empress, so Xia Zhi stayed with him.

After all, Xia Zhi came from the palace and had been serving Xie Qingzhi since she was a child. He nimbly helped the little girl untie the hemp rope on her body, then took out the cloth stuffed in her mouth, and then helped the little girl come to Xie Qingzhi.

Xie Qingzhi asked lazily, "What's your name?"

"I am Lin Ling." Lin Ling knelt in front of Xie Qingzhi politely.

"Are they your family?" Xie Qingzhi raised his whip and pointed at the two people kneeling beside him.

Lin Ling didn't look at them, but just nodded obediently, "They are my mother and brother."

"Is what they said true?" Xie Qingzhi continued to ask.

Lin Ling shook her head repeatedly. "No, what they said wasn't true. They wanted me to marry, but definitely not to the family of excellent character they claimed. They wanted to send me to be someone's concubine. I overheard them talking about this matter and was so scared that I wanted to run away. But they found me and immediately took me back and locked me up at home. Only today did they tie me up and throw me into the carriage. I didn't have an affair with any gangsters, and I didn't ask the police to make the decision for me as they said."

Lin Ling wasn't lying. That night, she wanted to go out for some fresh air and happened to overhear the mother and son plotting something. She immediately wanted to run away, but she was too quick to do so and ended up knocking over a flower pot in the house. The noise attracted the attention of the mother and son. They knew their plan was exposed, and fearing that Lin Ling would ruin their plan, they locked her in the room. She tried to escape several times, but to no avail.

Lin Ling had originally resigned herself to her fate, thinking she'd wait until she reached the Censor's residence before trying to find a way to escape. However, she unexpectedly ran into a thief, and Lin Ling decided to seize this opportunity and fight for it.

Xie Qingzhi raised the whip in his hand and lashed it on Lin Qi's face. "Didn't you say you would marry her to a good family? It turns out that this good family is forcing her to be a concubine, or forcing your sister to marry. What's the difference between what you did and forcing a good woman into prostitution? Fortunately, Yousong Academy expelled you, otherwise you would definitely be a disaster for the court in the future."

"Master, please be clear-headed. We absolutely don't have such an idea. It must be that this little bitch doesn't want to get married and is deliberately framing us mother and son." Mother Lin stepped forward and caught the whip that Xie Qingzhi had used on her son.

The spectators who were originally discussing the incident now turned to talk about the mother and son.

"No, I absolutely did not wrongly accuse them. The emperor can send someone to check the East Lane in the east of the city. There is absolutely no one getting married there. This will prove that what I said is true." Lin Ling knelt in front of Xie Qingzhi with an anxious look on her face. She was obviously afraid that after the emperor failed to resolve the matter, she would still be dragged back and treated as a toy and given away as a concubine.

*** was now the only straw she could grasp.

Gu Jianchu called over Zhongfeng and ordered, "Go to East Lane to see what's going on. Also, find out which important figure is keeping a mistress."

Gu Jianchu now didn't even have the heart to remind Xie Ci'an, as ministers in the court collapsed one after another.

However, this person's private life has collapsed, and he still has some ability in the court.

Now that Chongfeng had received the order, he would not even ask for the emperor's opinion and would immediately take action to do it.

Now everyone around Xie Ci'an has tacitly agreed that the Queen's orders are just like the Emperor's orders and are above everything else.

Lin Qi and his mother looked at each other with a dejected look on their faces. They were so unlucky today that they could encounter such a thing as the Emperor and the Empress.

I just hope that big shot won’t be implicated, otherwise they will be the ones in trouble.

East Lane wasn't far from here, and Zhongfeng quickly returned. Standing in front of the carriage, he reported, "Your Majesty, there haven't been any weddings in East Lane. However, I did hear someone recently spent a large sum of money to buy a three-story house there, and even hired some guards to look after it. I sent someone to inquire, and the buyer turned out to be Lin Qi. No one nearby has seen that important figure come in or out."

"I am incompetent and have not found any useful information. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Since the Chief Censor dared to do this, he must have been very careful and cautious. How could he have been easily discovered? Otherwise, how could he have fooled his beloved wife, father-in-law, and so many other eyes in the capital?

Gu Jianchu waved his hand. "It's normal that this person is so cautious that we can't find him. Let's have someone keep a close eye on him during this period. Maybe we can catch a big fish. Go report this to the ***."

After receiving Gu Jianchu's instructions, Zhongfeng repeated his previous words to Xie Qingzhi. Xie Qingzhi looked at Lin Qi and Lin's mother with a more dangerous look, "What else do you have to explain now? No one gets married in East Lane. If there is no illegal activity, why did you buy the house in your name? Or did you want to send your sister to the house over there to get married and prepare a dowry for her?"

Xie Qingzhi told Lin Qi and Lin's mother all the excuses they had come up with for retreat.

The two men hung their heads and remained speechless.

Xie Qingzhi waved his hand and said coldly, "Send these two people to the Dali Temple and tell Dou Wen that these two people forced women into prostitution. Let Dou Wen deal with them as appropriate."

"Wait a minute." Gu Jianchu spoke to stop Chongfeng from taking the man to the Dali Temple.

Zhongfeng stopped what he was doing and came to the front of the carriage. Gu Jianchu ordered, "Have Dou Wen carefully interrogate this mother and son to find out which important person gave her as a concubine."

After receiving the order, Chongfeng grabbed the two men by the back of their collars and went to the Dali Temple.

Seeing Lin's mother and Lin Qi being led around, Lin Ling's eyes reddened as she kowtowed to Xie Qingzhi repeatedly, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life. I have no way to repay you. I am willing to serve you like a slave to repay you."

A sense of pride arose from the bottom of my heart. It turns out that helping others feels good. No wonder the queen is willing to eat melons and help others.

Xie Qingzhi stepped forward and helped Lin Ling up from the ground. "No need to thank me, it's just a small favor. Your mother and brother have been taken away now. I have ten taels of silver here. Take it first. You still have to rely on yourself for the rest of your life."