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

"Go ahead." Gu Jianchu asked someone to help Zhao up and gave her a seat.

"Zhu Xia, ask Cheng Song to invite Zhou Han and the Minister of the Central Secretariat over. Such a big thing has happened, and the parties involved must be present at the scene." Gu Jianchu's eyes were filled with extreme coldness.

After all, Cheng Song is someone close to the emperor, so asking Cheng Song to invite them would inevitably show that he values them.

After seeing Zhu Xia leave, Zhao continued, "Your Majesty, I suspect Zhou Han beat his first wife to death."

Xie Qingzhi and Wen Zhaoyi both looked shocked. Gu Jianchu had already known about this from the system. When she heard Zhao say this, she was not shocked at all. Instead, Zhao brought it up so that she wouldn't have to find an excuse to investigate the past events.

"Zhou Han has another wife?" Xie Qingzhi didn't know about these things. She knew about Zhou Han's domestic violence by eavesdropping on Gu Jianchu's thoughts.

Mrs. Zhao nodded.

Zhou Han had married a wife before he took the imperial examination. He said that his wife had a bad fate and accidentally slipped and died while climbing a mountain. Zhou Han took the initiative to tell my father about this matter. Since his wife was dead, my father did not take it to heart.

Zhou Han knew that even if he didn't confess voluntarily, his father would most likely go back to investigate. Instead of waiting for his father to find out about those things, it would be better for him to confess voluntarily.

"After I married Zhou Han, I was often severely beaten by him. I wondered if his first wife was also beaten to death in the same way, and then he dumped her body in the wilderness, leading to the story of her falling to death. After all, there's no big difference between being beaten and falling; both are covered in scars. Your Majesty, what I've said has no actual evidence, and it's just my suspicion."

Zhao couldn't help but lower her head. "I'm being watched day and night by Zhou Han. I don't have anyone I trust, so I can't send anyone to investigate this matter."

"Where is Zhou Han from?" Gu Jianchu asked casually.

Although Zhao Shi didn't know why the Empress asked this question, she answered truthfully, "Zhou Han is from Qingyang."

"Qingyang, I remember that the former Qingyang County Magistrate was transferred back to the capital last month and took up a position in the Ministry of Justice. It seems that he also came with us on this hunt. Zhuxia, you should send someone to invite him here. Even if he died from a fall, the government should have investigated and then returned the body to Zhou Han." Gu Jianchu made arrangements immediately.

Qing'an Hall sent out several people in succession, and a quarter of an hour later, they invited four people over.

They are Zhongshu Ling Zhou Han, the former Qingyang County Magistrate, and Imperial Physician Lin.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat was used to being suddenly invited by the Emperor, so when he saw Cheng Song coming to invite him, he did not ask anything and followed naturally.

Zhou Han is different.

After beating his wife, Zhou Han fell asleep comfortably. He was suddenly awakened by Cheng Song knocking on the door and asking him to come to Yong'an Hall. His heart began to beat fast. According to his official position and status in the court, the emperor would not pay any attention to him at all.

Could it be that his father-in-law mentioned him many times in front of the emperor, and the emperor wanted to promote him?

He even thought about whether he had caused any trouble recently. Before he could figure it out, he arrived at Yong'an Hall. He followed Cheng Song in cautiously and saw that the Minister of the Central Secretariat was also there. In addition to the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the former Magistrate of Qingyang County was also there.

Like Zhou Han, the former Qingyang County Magistrate, Lord Wu, felt extremely guilty. He even thought about everything he had done in his life but still couldn't figure it out.

All I can do is lower my head and let it go.

Even so, the heartbeat was like thunder.

It's because the current emperor's actions are unpredictable. People say he can be dragged out and beheaded, but he may bring up old scores at any time.

When Cheng Song first called him, the Minister of the Central Secretariat did not feel guilty at all. After all, being summoned by the emperor was a common occurrence. But when he saw Zhou Han and the magistrate of Qingyang County, a bad premonition arose in his heart. He looked at Zhou Han coldly, as if to indicate with his eyes whether Zhou Han had caused any trouble before.

Otherwise, the magistrate of Qingyang County would not have been invited here as well.

After all, Zhou Han is from Qingyang.

He had been serving the emperor for some time, and he knew the emperor's character. He would never call these insignificant people over for no reason.

As for Doctor Lin, the Minister of the Central Secretariat did not take it too seriously. After all, the Queen and the Emperor lived together, and if the Queen felt unwell, it would be normal for her to call the Doctor to take a look.

Zhou Han didn't feel guilty at first, but when his father-in-law looked at him like that, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

But I still couldn't figure it out and shook my head.

Perhaps the emperor summoned the former Qingyang County Magistrate for something else, or perhaps something happened in Qingyang that had nothing to do with Zhou Han, and he was overthinking it.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat stepped forward and asked tentatively, "I wonder if the Emperor has summoned me here for some important matter?"

After being driven out, Xie Ci'an sat on the armchair in the courtyard, his legs naturally crossed, his expression lazy. After hearing what the Minister of the Central Secretariat said, he glanced at Zhongfeng beside him. Zhongfeng immediately explained, "It was the Empress who summoned everyone. The Empress didn't ask you to come in, so please wait outside first."

Upon hearing this, the Minister of the Central Secretariat was filled with surprise. He had not expected that it was the Queen who summoned him. How could the Queen summon the minister for no reason in the middle of the night, and the Emperor not even care about it?

For some reason, the Minister of the Central Secretariat felt extremely guilty. He always felt that the Empress's summons was definitely not a good thing and was even more terrifying than one from the Emperor.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat asked cautiously, "I wonder if the Empress wants to see you and me for some important matter?"

"Don't worry, Minister of the Central Secretariat. You will know when the Empress summons you in." Cheng Song signaled to the Minister of the Central Secretariat with his eyes.

If they didn't see the emperor waiting outside, they wouldn't have to worry.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat had no choice but to retreat and wait obediently like a quail for the Empress to summon him, not daring to say a word.

A moment later, Zhu Xia walked out of the hall, straightened her back, and said, "The Empress invites everyone in. Please ask the former Qingyang County Magistrate, Lord Wu, to wait outside for a moment. The Empress will summon you later."

Not only the Minister of the Central Secretariat and Zhou Han, but also Xie Ci'an followed in.

At that time, Zhao had already put on her clothes again. Not only that, Gu Jianchu had arranged for someone to help her re-comb her hair and makeup. Even if she was going to file a complaint, she had to keep it tidy.

After seeing everyone coming in, Zhao consciously stepped aside.

As soon as the Minister of the Central Secretariat and Zhou Han came in, they saw Zhao standing aside, and the Minister of the Central Secretariat looked confused.

Zhou Han's face was extremely ugly. He was just busy going to Yong'an Hall with Cheng Song and didn't notice that Zhao was not in the yard at all.