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

"If it is a frame-up, why would they frame you?" Gu Jianchu asked in a counter-intuitive way.

Lord Zhang choked at the question. "I don't know why this little girl wants to frame me. I have no grudge against her. Perhaps she was instructed by someone else. Your Majesty, why don't you send her to the Imperial City Bureau and let them torture her severely? Maybe they can find out who the murderer is."

After Lord Zhang finished speaking, he immediately lowered his head and did not dare to look at the Emperor and Empress.

[Haha, what a vicious mind! Sending Lin Ling to the Imperial City Division, they had no intention of letting Lin Ling come out alive, so that she would die without any evidence.]

Gu Jianchu clenched his fists in anger.

Xie Ci'an was afraid that getting angry again would hurt his wound, so he raised his hand and held Gu Jianchu's clenched fist. Little by little, he loosened Gu Jianchu's fingers and held them in his hand.

Xie Ci'an looked at Master Zhang, who was kneeling on the ground, with a cold gaze and said sternly, "You are a smart man. You sent others to the Imperial City Bureau for torture. Why don't you send yourself to the Imperial City Bureau for torture and see how it goes?"

Zhang Shang felt guilty after being yelled at by Xie Ci'an, and his body was shaking with fear. "Your humble servant is terrified. I only made a suggestion to prevent this little girl from lying and framing me."

"Master Zhang keeps saying that what Lin Ling said is not true. Who knows whether what Master Zhang said is true?" Gu Jianchu swept his sharp eyes over to Master Zhang.

Lord Zhang flinched in fear and swore hastily, "Her Majesty, have mercy on me. Every word I say is the truth. If I tell a single lie, let me be struck by lightning."

"If there really was a divine punishment, you would have been blasted to charcoal by thunder long ago. How could you still be lying here?"

"If the emperor doesn't believe me, you can ask my wife. She can testify for me. I go home almost every day after court. I don't have time to go out and fool around." Lord Zhang looked at Mrs. Zhang in panic.

From these few words, Mrs. Zhang finally understood that the emperor and empress were suspecting that her husband was having an affair.

[How dare you say that? Every night at dinner, you would put a sufficient amount of knockout drug in Madam Zhang's meal. Madam Zhang would always feel drowsy after dinner. Then you would go out fooling around. How would Madam Zhang know? When you didn't want to drug Madam Zhang, you would ask your servant to help you make up a lie and say that you were out drinking with colleagues.]

Because of his previously established image as a good husband, and because Madam Zhang had never been pregnant, Master Zhang never mentioned taking a concubine. This made Madam Zhang feel guilty about her husband, and naturally, she never doubted him.

[Wait a minute. 】

Xie Ci'an narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Jianchu.

Could it be that there is something more complicated about this matter?

[Fuck, what kind of scumbag is this Zhang Da Ren? He's worse than an animal. No, calling him an animal feels like an insult to the word animal.]

Xie Qingzhi: ...

The Queen cursed so vulgarly. What disgusting thing did this Lord Zhang do to make the Queen act like this?

Madam Zhang has never been able to conceive. It's not because of a physical problem, but rather because Master Zhang always gives her a bowl of abortion-preserving medicine after sex. Master Zhang named this medicine "Zuotai Yao," which is actually a contraceptive pill, commonly known as "abortion pill." Taking this medicine for a few months is fine, but over time, it becomes difficult to conceive. Even if she stops taking it, her body is already damaged, making it difficult to conceive.

[Mrs. Zhang's frail health is due to long-term use of this pregnancy-maintaining medicine.]

[I'm having trouble understanding this. Aren't Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang childhood sweethearts?]

After passing the imperial examination, Master Zhang immediately proposed marriage to Madam Zhang, even promising his father-in-law that he would never take a concubine. But then he immediately gave Madam Zhang birth control pills. Why? Sure enough, the hardest person to guard against is the person next to you, someone you grew up with, your childhood sweetheart.

No matter how hard Madam Zhang tries, she'll never figure out why she's been infertile for her entire life. She'll always think it's her fault, that her frail body is the reason she can't conceive, and she'll always feel guilty towards Master Zhang.

Xie Qingzhi looked at Mr. Zhang with a probing look. Not only could the Queen not understand it, she couldn't understand it either. If Mrs. Zhang had forced her back to be a son-in-law, it would be understandable for him to do so. But Mrs. Zhang was the daughter of the Left Prime Minister, and he had personally asked for her hand in marriage, so why did he do this?

As expected, the most unpredictable thing is a man’s heart, which can always be calculating towards a woman.

【I see. 】

Xie Qingzhi: ...

Xie Ci’an:…

What's going on?

Madam Zhang was fostered at her ancestral home for several years, and she became acquainted with Master Zhang, developing a close relationship. Later, once the Left Prime Minister had established himself in the court, he immediately brought his daughter back to the capital, where she was raised. Although Madam Zhang and Master Zhang maintained correspondence during these years, this correspondence was merely superficial.

[And Master Zhang had long been in a relationship with a woman. The woman was the daughter of a medicine merchant. Her father had passed away, leaving her with her sick mother. The daughter had followed her father in his trade since she was young and knew some medicinal herbs. She went up the mountain to collect them. The woman accidentally fell down the mountain and happened to run into Master Zhang. He took her home to recuperate. Seeing that Master Zhang was handsome, the woman showed her kindness to him. Master Zhang couldn't resist this temptation, and the two of them got together.]

Later, the girl's mother died, leaving her alone with Master Zhang. Master Zhang, hoping to gain a good imperial degree, brought her to the capital. The two settled in a slum. However, due to Master Zhang's low status, he was often bullied by the students at the academy. One day, a student pushed Master Zhang into a pond. The daughter of the Left Prime Minister happened to pass by and saw them. She intervened, and the students fled in fear.

After the servant rescued the man, Madam Zhang recognized Master Zhang immediately. Master Zhang also recognized the young lady in front of him as his childhood playmate. What he hadn't expected was that this girl was actually the legitimate daughter of the current Left Prime Minister, doted on by her parents and valued by the late Empress Dowager.

With Madam Zhang's help, Mr. Zhang's life improved a bit. No one bullied him at the academy anymore. Later, through Madam Zhang's introduction, he met the Left Prime Minister. With the Left Prime Minister's support, he passed the imperial examination very smoothly. Those who had looked down on him no longer dared to bully him. At the same time, the Left Prime Minister expressed his desire to marry him.

[Master Zhang was hesitant at first, after all, he already had a loved one at home.]