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

[On the contrary, these women all devoted their everything to Zhang Heng, even their lives. It is truly pitiful and tragic.]

Gu Jianchu shook his head helplessly.

Gu Jianchu leaned close to Xie Ci'an's ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, I think what those ladies said makes sense. Since Zhang Heng doesn't want Zuo Tang to get pregnant, there must be another reason. Your Majesty, should we investigate?"

The Imperial City Bureau had not found out that Zhang Heng had another child before, so Xie Ci'an had no idea about it. If it weren't for Gu Jianchu's melon-eating system, this matter would have been covered up.

Xie Ci'an waved his hand, and Wen Zhu naturally came to Xie Ci'an's side.

Wen Zhu leaned forward, and Xie Ci'an whispered a few words into Wen Zhu's ear.

Ruan is truly caring for Zhang Heng and her cousin's child, taking him with her wherever she goes. She's worried the servants won't take good care of the child, or might mistreat him, so the child is currently in the palace.

Ruan raised Zhang Heng's child as her own, but Zhang Heng treated Ruan as a nanny and never felt guilty about it.

Seeing that Wen Zhu was about to leave, Xie Ci'an waved and called Wen Zhu back. After saying a few more words to Wen Zhu, Wen Zhu left to find someone.

Zhang Heng's heart trembled at Zuo Tang's question, and he tried hard to hide the guilt in his eyes. "Tangtang sometimes offends someone unintentionally. The medicine you drank has also passed through many people. Who knows which link was replaced by them? If we want to get to the bottom of this matter, we need to take a long-term view and investigate these servants around us."

"Tangtang, you have to believe me. I will never replace the pregnancy medicine with contraceptive medicine. It will not benefit me in any way. Moreover, if we have a child, my father-in-law will make more plans for us. So, doing this will not benefit me in any way. On the contrary, it will only do harm." Zhang Heng guided Zuo Tang to think.

Zuo Tang thought about it and felt that what Zhang Heng said was not wrong. There was indeed no harm in doing this for Zhang Heng.

Zuo Xiang was not as easily fooled as Zuo Tang. He immediately rushed forward, pulled his daughter's hand out of Zhang Heng's, and protected her behind him. "If it wasn't you, where did that contraceptive medicine come from? How could it appear out of thin air? My daughter was in good health at the time. You said that drinking this contraceptive medicine would make it easier to get pregnant, but the more you drink it, the less likely you are to get pregnant. How do you explain this?"

Zhang Heng spread his hands, "Dad, you're totally wronging me. I was really doing this for Tangtang's own good. I had no idea why a pregnancy-maintaining medicine turned into a contraceptive medicine. I was at the government office all day and had no time to go home. Tangtang was in charge of all the household affairs, so I didn't even know when the medicine turned into something else. Could it be that someone in the mansion is jealous of Tangtang, or wants to take advantage of this opportunity to get promoted, so they did all this?"

Gu Jianchu glanced at Cheng Song, who immediately understood and stepped forward to shout, "Stop arguing! How can you behave in front of the Emperor and the Empress?"

The Left Prime Minister shut up instantly and pulled his daughter to kneel before the Emperor and Empress. "Your Majesty, the Empress is committing murder. I beg Your Majesty and the Empress to intervene on behalf of my daughter. We must investigate the source of this contraceptive medicine."

Gu Jianchu raised his lips in a cold smile, "This is not simple."

"Zuo Tang, I'm asking you, has it always been the maidservant beside you who has been decocting and preparing medicine for you?" Gu Jianchu asked lazily.

Zuo Tang shook his head. "The decoction of the medicine is done by my maid and Miss Ruan, but fetching the medicine has always been done by Zhang Heng's servant. After all, we have to go to the pharmacy, so it is more convenient for the servant to go. The servant goes there every two weeks, so I don't pay any attention to him. Apart from that, no one else interferes with the medicine I take. Occasionally, there will be other maids to help with the decoction, but most of the time it is done by my maid and Miss Ruan."

"Yunhe, bring here all those who have come into contact with Zuo Tang's medicine and interrogate them severely." Gu Jianchu's eyes swept over Zhang Heng, and he saw a flash of panic in Zhang Heng's confident eyes.

I felt so worried and guilty.

Yunhe moved quickly. In just half a cup of tea, he brought the maid who served Zuo Tang over, and also brought Ruan to the center of the hunting ground.

The two little girls looked at each other and then looked in the direction of the emperor and empress in horror.

More and more young men who had returned from the hunting grounds were gathering, but no one dared to step forward and they all watched the fun from the outside.

They dared not take any responsibility if the emperor and empress got angry.

What's more, the person being punished was the Chief Censor, an important official in the court, so they had to keep their tails between their legs. If they were not careful, they might anger the emperor and implicate them.

As for the servant beside Zhang Heng, he was brought here by the heavy wind. The servant was thrown to the ground. He was convulsing in pain and couldn't get up at all. His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his whole body was a mixture of sweat and blood. The strong smell of blood in the air was particularly harsh.

It was obvious that the servant had been severely tortured. His fingernails had been pulled out and were bare, with blood dripping down. His body was covered with various wounds, and his clothes were torn.

Because of the pain, the servant's teeth were chattering against each other. In the silent air, the faint sound was particularly obvious. The maids beside him and the ministers who were watching the excitement could not help but break out in a thick layer of cold sweat. After all, they had only heard about the terrifying methods of the Imperial City Division before, and this time they witnessed the horrific methods of the Imperial City Division once again.

Gu Jianchu glanced at the two maids and said, "I heard that Zuo Tang's medicine was prepared by you."

The two maids looked at Zuo Tang for help, but saw that Zuo Tang's eyes were red and he didn't even look at them. They could only give up and nodded, saying in a trembling voice, "We take turns to make the medicine. Occasionally, when we are too busy, Miss Ruan will help us make the medicine. This is because the son-in-law spent a lot of money to buy the medicine for the madam to maintain her pregnancy. The madam values it very much and has always given it to us to make."

"Then do you know why this good pregnancy-maintaining medicine turned into a contraceptive medicine? You'd better tell the truth, otherwise, you will end up like him." Gu Jianchu pointed at the servant next to him who was covered in blood.

The two little girls were already terrified by the scene, and now, being threatened by Gu Jianchu, they were trembling all over. One of the little girls with double buns on her ears, her eyes red, shook her head repeatedly, "Your Majesty, please understand. I don't know. I really don't know anything. How could this good pregnancy-maintaining medicine be turned into a contraceptive soup? I just follow the instructions of the Madam and the son-in-law every day. After they have sex, I boil a bowl of it and send it to the Madam."