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

Rong Zhi was dragged back to the room by the servants.

Gu Geng was captured by the men sent by Lord Rong. Gu Geng kept struggling, "Lord Rong, I am not a thief. I didn't steal these things. The young lady from your family gave them to me. We are going to elope."

Before Gu Geng could finish his words, Lord Rong stepped forward and slapped Gu Geng in the face.

Although Lord Rong was a civil servant, he was so angry at Gu Geng that he used all his strength. Gu Geng's entire face was dislocated, a tooth was knocked out, and bright red blood was spat out along with the tooth.

Lord Rong lowered his voice and said, "If you truly love my daughter, there are some things you'd better not say. If you say them, it proves that you don't have much affection for my daughter and are just trying to trick her into your own hands. I will let you know what it means to live a life worse than death and what it means to fall from grace. You'd better think carefully before making a decision."

Lord Rong spoke in a low voice, so only two people could hear it.

Gu Geng looked at Lord Rong in horror.

Although Lord Rong only holds the position of Minister of the Imperial Clan, he is very popular in the court. Lord Rong's father-in-law is the Marquis of Lin'an and is powerful in the capital, otherwise he would not have fallen in love with Rong Zhi.

Lord Rong did have the opportunity to make his life worse than death and ruin all his future.

Besides, she didn't want to break up with Rong Zhi just like that.

Xia Zhi rummaged through the two piles of things and shrugged helplessly. "No, it's possible that I accidentally left them out and misunderstood them. However, I did help Lord Rong catch a thief, so it's not like I wronged a good person. The Queen and the Empress are still waiting for me not far away. I won't delay any longer and will take my leave first."

After hearing Xia Zhi's words, Lord Rong broke out in a layer of cold sweat on his forehead. The Queen and the empress left the palace?

Then it would be understandable why Rong Zhi and Gu Geng were discovered.

Otherwise, this unfilial daughter would have secretly run away with Gu Geng without his knowledge.

After all, he had heard that the Queen loved to join in the fun. Wherever the Queen was, there would be fun to watch. He never expected that one day his precious daughter would also become part of the fun.

Lord Rong bowed respectfully to Xia Zhi and said, "Miss Xia Zhi, please thank the Empress and the Queen for their kindness. I am deeply grateful. I will ask Madam to prepare a small gift to express my gratitude to the Empress and the Queen someday."

Before Xia Zhi could speak, he heard a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds coming from the alley. It sounded like there were more than one sound, as if there were many horses.

Lord Rong couldn't help but frown. Who would bring so many people here at this late hour?

Before Lord Rong could find someone to investigate the situation, he saw a group of people walking towards the alley. The man in the lead stood tall on a Ferghana horse. He was wearing a dark robe embroidered with a flamboyant golden dragon, and he exuded a terrifying aura.

The man frowned with a chilling anger.

Even though he attended court all day, Lord Rong rarely saw the emperor with this expression, and he couldn't help but shudder.

The man was followed by Wen Zhu Chongfeng, Shuang Jiang and others.

This was the first time that Lord Rong had seen these three gods appear together since the emperor ascended the throne. Those who didn't know would think that he had committed some heinous crime.

Lord Rong finally thought about everything he had done in his life, and only when he was sure that he had not committed any crime or wrongdoing did he feel relieved. He knelt down and saluted, "I did not know that Your Majesty was coming. I failed to greet you. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."

Zhou Hui and Xia Zhi knelt down with their heads down, a bad premonition lingering in their hearts.

The moment he saw Xie Ci'an, not to mention Xia Zhi and Zhou Hui, a bad premonition instantly lingered in Gu Jianchu's heart, and his desire to run away reached its peak.

After Xie Ci'an finished dealing with government affairs, he went to Kunning Palace and found out that the queen had been abducted out of the palace by Xie Qingzhi.

Xie Ci'an retracted his whip and cast a sharp gaze on Lord Rong, "Get up, what's going on?"

Xie Ci'an pointed the whip in the direction of Gu Geng.

Lord Rong glared at Gu Geng and quickly explained, "My daughter's room was robbed and some things were stolen. I was leading people to catch the thief, but unexpectedly, the thief ran into Miss Xia Zhi and was stopped by her. I was just about to take him to the Dali Temple and hand him over to Lord Dou for punishment."

Xia Zhi and Zhou Hui originally wanted to reduce their presence as much as possible in the crowd, but they didn't expect to be betrayed by Lord Rong the moment they turned around.

They had just helped Lord Rong.

It’s hard to reduce your presence now.

Xie Ci'an's voice was extremely cold. "Since he is a thief, Lord Rong, please send him to the Dali Temple as soon as possible. Don't let him escape."

Lord Rong immediately heard the hidden meaning in Xie Ci'an's words, and hurriedly got up from the ground, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and ordered the servant to carry Gu Geng and the things on the ground, and trot to the Dali Temple yamen, fearing that if he ran too slowly, he would be caught by the emperor and brought back to trouble.

After Lord Rong left, Xie Ci'an's dangerous gaze fell on Xia Zhi and Zhou Hui, and his voice dropped to freezing point, "Where's the Queen?"

Xia Zhi was so frightened that his whole body was shaking. He cautiously pointed to the stable where Gu Jianchu and Xie Qingzhi were hiding.

The two of them had no intention of showing up, so they hid in the stable to watch the fun, and never thought that Xie Ci'an would look over.

When Gu Jianchu saw the direction Xia Zhi was pointing, she felt guilty. She had been serving Xie Ci'an for so long, and this was the first time she saw Xie Ci'an so angry.

Gu Jianchu crouched down and walked towards the alley. But before she took two steps, she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her. Before she could react, the Ferghana horse had stopped in front of her. Xie Ci'an leaned over to look at her, "Where else is the Queen going?"

"I didn't run away. I just went out with my elder sister to eat some Hu Bing. I was a little full, so I went to digest the food nearby. I was just about to go back, but I didn't expect that the emperor had also left the palace. It's really a coincidence that I can run into the emperor here."

Gu Jianchu looked around guiltily, not daring to look into Xie Ci'an's eyes.

"Is it a coincidence? I came out specifically to find the Queen. Get on the horse." Xie Ci'an stretched out a hand towards Gu Jianchu.

Gu Jianchu immediately placed her slender fingers on the man's palm with thin calluses. Xie Ci'an pulled slightly, and Gu Jianchu flew into the air. Then she spun around and was caught steadily in Xie Ci'an's arms and placed on the saddle in front of him.

Xie Ci'an's cold eyes swept over Xie Qingzhi who was standing beside him. "Eldest sister is getting more and more reckless now. She even dared to take the queen out of the palace without permission. What if she encounters any danger? Chongfeng will send her back to the princess's residence and put her under house arrest. She is not allowed to leave without my permission."

Xie Qingzhi pointed at Xie Ci'an's back with a speechless expression and cursed, "Are you sick?"