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

Gu Jianyue quickly stuffed a silver ingot into the guard's hand and said, "Thank you for your help."

When the young guard saw the silver ingot, he immediately ran into the inner courtyard with a smile on his face. After a while, he came out with Wen Zhu. The young guard was sensible and did not go forward. He turned around and left, leaving the space for the two of them.

When Wen Zhu heard the young guard say that a woman was waiting outside to see him, he was still confused. Most of the women who came to the palace were officials' families. How could they possibly see him? Especially those young ladies from aristocratic families, who were taught by their parents to stay away from him for fear of being contaminated by a little blood from him. It was even more impossible for them to come to see him. As for the palace maids serving the queen, the guards were very familiar with them. It was impossible for them not to know them or not be able to remember their names.

What he never expected was that it would be Gu Jianyue.

Wen Zhu stepped forward sheepishly and asked in a gentle voice, "Why is Miss Gu here? Is there something urgent?"

When Gu Jianyue looked at Wen Zhu, her cheeks flushed with shyness. "It's nothing serious. I just came to give Lord Wen some medicine. When Lord Wen left, I saw that he seemed to have a backache. He must have accidentally bumped his back while protecting me. I don't have anything to repay Lord Wen, so I can only bring him some medicine."

He was injured when dealing with the brown bear, so when he was protecting Gu Jianyue, he was not so agile behind him, otherwise he would have been dragged down and accidentally injured his waist. He remembered that he had concealed it very well at the time, but he didn't expect that Gu Jianyue still saw through it.

"I didn't expect Miss Gu to be so thoughtful. However, the medicine has already been applied, so Miss Gu should keep it." Wen Zhu tactfully rejected Gu Jianyue's kindness.

"I am an embroidery worker, so my observation skills are inevitably more careful than others. These medicines are not valuable things. Lord Wen should keep them, otherwise I will feel guilty."

"This medicine is extremely effective for back and leg injuries. If it is inconvenient for Lord Wen to use it yourself, you can ask your colleagues to help you. However, it would be better to use internal force to catalyze it, which will be more effective." Gu Jianyue handed a small bottle of medicine to Lord Wen.

Wen Zhu stood straight and looked at Yao with hesitation.

Gu Jianyue saw Wen Zhu's hesitation and said, "Lord Wen has saved me many times. If I don't accept this little bit of medicine, I really don't know how to repay you."

Wen Zhu took the medicine bottle stiffly and put it into his sleeve. Then he bowed to Gu Jianyue and said, "Thank you Miss Gu for the medicine."

"No need to be so polite and keep thanking me. If you really want to thank someone, it should be me thanking you, not you thanking me." Gu Jianyue glanced at Zhiqiu who was standing beside her.

Zhiqiu immediately handed the food box in his hand to Gu Jianyue.

Gu Jianyue took it and handed it to Wen Zhu, "This is the pheasant my elder brother hunted yesterday. I stewed it. Lord Wen, eat some to nourish yourself and your injury will heal faster."

Wen Zhu was embarrassed to push the food box back. "I have already accepted Miss Gu's medicine. I absolutely cannot accept the food Miss Gu sent me. Please take it back and give it to the Marquis or General Gu. Wen Zhu is just a servant. I really don't deserve such kindness from Miss Gu."

"What are you talking about, Lord Wen? Lord Wen is a favorite of the Emperor. I am the one who is above my station in marrying Lord Wen. If Lord Wen doesn't accept me, it means he thinks my cooking skills are not good enough." Gu Jianyue used some threats and inducements.

Wen Zhu shook her head repeatedly, "How is that possible? Miss Gu's craftsmanship must be excellent."

"Then don't refuse. Lord Wen, please keep the food box. There's no need to send it again." After saying this, Gu Jianyue stuffed the food box into Wen Zhu's hand.

Gu Jianyue did not give Wen Zhu a chance to refuse, and said, "After all, this is where the guards live. It's not good for me to stay here all the time. I'll go back first."

After Gu Jianyue finished speaking, he took Zhiqiu away.

Wen Zhu stared at Gu Jianyue's back until Gu Jianyue walked away, then Wen Zhu returned to the room with the chicken soup that Gu Jianyue had brought.

Although they lived in the guards' quarters, Wen Zhu, Chong Feng and others were the emperor's favorites after all, so they had separate rooms.

After Wen Zhu returned to the room with the food box, he immediately opened it and took out a pot of chicken soup. Before he opened the lid, he could already smell the rich aroma of the chicken soup.

When the lid is opened, the chicken soup is golden in color, with firm chicken underneath.

Wen Zhu took out the medicine bottle hidden in his sleeve and placed it on the table.

When Zhongfeng came in, he saw medicine and chicken soup on the table. "Where did you get the chicken soup? It smells so good."

Zhongfeng sat down at the table. Just as he was about to take the chicken soup to taste it, Wen Zhu snatched it away. "This chicken soup is not for you. You drank it up so quickly."

"You can tell from the smell that it wasn't made in the imperial kitchen. I'm afraid it was sent to you by the eldest daughter of the Gu family." Chongfeng guessed.

Wen Zhu frowned immediately, "How do you know?"

Zhongfeng picked up the medicine bottle on the table and shook it. "It's easy to find out. This medicine is unique to the Liaodong Army. Who else but the Gu family has it? If the Empress or Lord Gu sent someone to give you medicine, they would only give you medicine, not chicken soup."

Wen Zhu didn't expect that Chongfeng could observe things so minutely.

Zhongfeng stepped forward and asked, "Did Miss Gu send this to you?"

Wen Zhu nodded without objection this time.

"It seems that I guessed right. Miss Gu has been alone since her divorce. If you two can work out, it would be a good match." Chongfeng joked.

Wen Zhu ignored her and said, "You are not serving the Emperor and the Empress, you came here just to tell me this."

Zhongfeng couldn't drink the chicken soup, so he could only pour a glass of water. "Of course not. Shuangjiang presented the evidence of the Chief Censor to the emperor. The emperor asked you and me to return to the capital to handle two matters."

Chongfeng leaned over to Wen Zhu's ear and whispered a few words, then patted Wen Zhu's shoulder and said, "I'll give you an incense stick of time. Drink the chicken soup quickly, and we'll set off back to Beijing."

Wen Zhu's expression instantly turned serious. He sat down and drank the chicken soup as quickly as possible.

Because the Queen was accidentally injured, the hunting was inevitably delayed for two days. The hunting ground reopened the next day, but this time Xie Ci'an did not participate. He stayed in the stands to accompany the Queen. A group of civil officials around her also did not participate.

Gu Jianyue and Wen Zhaoyi did not enter the hunting ground this time.

The female relatives who came with the ministers all stayed by Gu Jianchu's side. Only the young masters of aristocratic families and military generals entered the hunting ground. However, there were no large animals in the hunting ground now. There were only some elk, hares, pheasants and pigeons. The largest animal was probably the wild boar.