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

"I think Lord Wen not only injured his leg, but his face as well."

Wen Zhu is not a person who likes to joke.

Minister Li smiled wryly and touched his wife's scratched face. "My face was accidentally scratched by a stone. It's nothing serious. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

"Lord Li is a loyal minister in the court, and it is natural that the emperor cares about him. Since Lord Li is fine, I can go back and report to the emperor." Wen Zhu was about to leave after saying this.

Seeing that Wen Zhu didn't come for the imperial examination, Minister Li felt relieved.

Lin Hui, who had not yet been escorted out, somehow found the strength to break free from the servant who was escorting him and ran recklessly to Wen Zhu.

Before he could get close, the guards behind Wen Zhu immediately drew their swords and stepped forward to block Wen Zhu, "Who doesn't want to live anymore?"

Minister Li's eyebrows twitched when he saw this, and he immediately ran forward to explain, "Please forgive me, Lord Wen, this is a distant relative of mine who has gone insane and is aggressive towards everyone he sees. I was just about to send him to a farm in the countryside."

Wen Zhu didn't say anything, and Minister Li immediately sent someone to arrest him.

Before the servant could step forward, Wen Zhu suddenly raised his hand to stop Minister Li's movements, "He's just a lunatic, there's no need to be afraid, Lord Li."

"This madman hurts people everywhere..."

Minister Li was interrupted by Lin Hui halfway through his words. He knew this was his last chance, "Sir Wen, I'm not crazy. I'm Minister Li's aide, Lin Hui, and also a fellow townsman of Minister Li, who has been rumored in the palace recently.

The common people have grievances to appeal.”

"Oh?" Wen Zhu looked at Minister Li.

Although it was winter, a layer of fine cold sweat broke out on Minister Li's forehead and his face became extremely ugly.

"I want to sue Lord Li for bribing a palace maid to swap my test paper with his during the imperial examination fifteen years ago. I hope the emperor will investigate and give me justice." Lin Hui kowtowed.

Wen Zhu reached for the sword at his waist and said, "This imperial examination cheating is a major case. Lord Li, you know that our emperor is very strict in his eyes. Perhaps you have been wronged and sued. Please come with me. Once the matter is investigated, I will personally escort you back."

"This will also completely clear Lord Li's name, preventing him from causing trouble everywhere and damaging his reputation."

Wen Zhu glanced at the servants behind him.

The attendant immediately stepped forward and took Lin Hui away, and someone else made a gesture of invitation to Minister Li.

"Please come in, Lord Li." Wen Zhu urged Minister Li coldly when he saw him.

Minister Li just felt sore all over and didn't even know how he was carried out.

At the same time, in Kunning Palace, Gu Jianchu leaned on the bed, listening to the system's real-time broadcast.

[Wow, this is exciting. I didn't expect Wen Zhu to go at such a good time. If he had gone a little later, the victim might have been taken away by Minister Li to be killed and silenced.]

The Emperor acted quickly, having already traced the case back to the young eunuch in Jiangnan. After interrogation at the Jiangnan Imperial City, the eunuch admitted to being bribed by Minister Li and stealing the exam papers. Minister Li is now completely finished.

Minister Li is truly lucky, having enjoyed a ten-plus years of officialdom for nothing, while causing talented individuals to be buried. I wonder if the Emperor will give Lin Hui a chance, as he does have some ability.

"Speaking of which, I was just someone who had the news spread within the palace. Even if everyone was well-informed, how did it get outside the palace? And how could someone turn this into a story?"

[Sorry, this is privacy-related and cannot be found.]

Could it be the emperor?

Wen Zhu is someone close to the emperor. As soon as something happened in Minister Li's mansion, Wen Zhu went there. The timing was too coincidental.

The emperor needs an opportunity to deal with Minister Li. He can't just hold his ministers accountable because of a rumor.

The easiest and quickest way is to make Lin Hui make a fuss.

The results are out so quickly. The imperial examination cheating is a serious matter. To deter the court, the Emperor has dismissed Minister Li from his position and will soon execute him as a warning to others. However, the Emperor has spared his family, and pardoned the rest of the Li family.

To compensate Lin Hui, the Emperor actually placed him in the Hanlin Academy's retirement facility. I don't know how to criticize him. If you say the Emperor is terrible, he still compensated him. If you don't criticize him, the place he was compensated with is a place where promotion is almost impossible.

"Empress and Eunuch Cheng are here." Yunhe's reminder instantly brought Gu Jianchu back to his senses from wandering around and eating melons.

Gu Jianchu turned over and got out of bed with Zhuxi's help.

Cheng Song led his men into the west wing where she was, and said, "Your servant pays respects to the Empress."

"Why is Eunuch Cheng here? What instructions does the emperor have?" Gu Jianchu asked lazily.

"The emperor is in a good mood today, so he asked his servants to bring a set of head ornaments and jewelry to the empress, as well as a box of gold, silver and jewelry." After Cheng Song finished speaking, he asked the palace servants behind him to present the things to Gu Jianchu.

The jewelry is a crown made of fine kingfisher feathers, which is priceless.

As for gold, silver and jewelry, they are worth a lot of money, which is enough to buy a house in the capital.

Why did the emperor reward her with so many things for no reason? Is he out of his mind?

The weasel has no good intentions when it pays a New Year's visit to the chicken.

Just think about it, she was dancing wildly on Xie Ci'an's head recently because she didn't want to sleep with him.

No matter how you think about it, something feels wrong.

It shouldn't be anything dangerous, otherwise the system would remind her.

Gu Jianchu asked tentatively, "Eunuch Cheng, why would the emperor reward me with so many things for no reason?"

The Emperor only asked him to deliver the gift, and he didn't know why he was rewarding him. "It must be because the Emperor values Your Majesty. This is the first gift for Your Majesty. Also, the Emperor asked me to tell Your Majesty that he has to summon the General Zhenbei tonight, so I'm afraid he won't have time to come and have dinner with You."

The gold, silver and jewelry have been sent over. It doesn’t matter whether people come or not. It’s better if they don’t come.

It was not easy to show it too obviously in front of Cheng Song. "I understand. Please, Eunuch Cheng, go back and thank the Emperor for the reward on my behalf."

Although Gu Jianchu liked money, she still knew how to survive in the harem, so she secretly gave Cheng Song a handful of silver.

Zhuxi had just sent Cheng Song away when Yunhe came to report that Aunt Cuiwei, who was by the Empress Dowager's side, had arrived.

Without waiting for Cuiwei to come closer, Gu Jianchu closed the box containing the crown and gold, silver and jewelry.

At the moment the lid was closed, Cuiwei still caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye. Her expression suddenly darkened, and even her tone of voice was filled with a hint of hostility. "The Queen Mother asked the Queen to come over and talk."

Why did the Queen Mother suddenly come to talk to her?

The last time I called her over, I dug a big hole for her to jump into. I hope it won’t be the same this time.