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

Xie Ci'an, who was about to walk out, suddenly stopped and looked in the direction of Gu Jianchu.

Gu Jianchu composed her words and said, "I have said that the emperor is afraid that he will blame me."

Gu Jianchu had to find a way out for himself first. After all, emperors in ancient times were all suspicious, and it would be bad if Xie Ci'an became suspicious of him.

"Just say whatever you want, Queen. I won't blame you." Xie Ci'an stepped forward and helped Gu Jianchu, who was kneeling on the ground, to stand up.

If he really wanted to deal with the queen, he would have done so long ago when the queen had disrespected him so many times in her heart.

"Although Imperial Doctor Zhang is a good doctor, I have heard from others that he has evil intentions. I hope Your Majesty can give it more consideration." Gu Jianchu quoted words she had heard from somewhere else to remind Xie Ci'an.

Given the emperor's suspicious nature, he should be wary of Imperial Physician Zhang.

Xie Ci'an's expression was dark and unfathomable. He hesitated and patted Gu Jianchu's hand, "I understand. Queen, please go to bed early."

After leaving behind a few words, Xie Ci'an strode away.

Zhuxi leaned over to Gu Jianchu and whispered, "Even though Your Majesty is thinking about the Emperor, what if the Emperor gets upset because of a royal physician?"

Gu Jianchu shrugged, "Who cares?"

Anyway, she reminded the emperor, which was a small way to repay him for saving her life.

Zhu Xia made the bed and stuffed a hot water bottle into the quilt. "Your Majesty, the bed is ready."

"You guys should go to bed early." Gu Jianchu was tired after a day of work and was really sleepy now. He lay on the bed yawning and fell asleep in a short while.

What Gu Jianchu didn't know was that Xie Ci'an hadn't left Kunning Palace long when he immediately ordered, "Cheng Song, go and find out how Imperial Physician Zhang entered the palace, how he climbed to the position of Chief Physician in the past few years, and whether there are other masters behind him."

As the emperor, he was originally too lazy to care about the things that Doctor Zhang did, but this person was involved in many things, so people had to be cautious.

"I'll check it out right away." Cheng Song responded, but he was thinking in his heart that the Queen Mother was really a wonderful person. She just expressed her dissatisfaction with Doctor Zhang, and the Emperor immediately sent someone to check on Doctor Zhang.

The emperor was even injured while protecting the queen.

It seems that from now on, these servants should be more respectful to the queen.

Because it snowed two days ago, Gu Jianchu was considerate of everyone and stopped the concubines from coming to greet her.

Now that the weather is fine, the concubines have resumed paying their respects.

Just after Gu Jianchu had cleaned up, the concubines arrived.

Gu Jianchu was wearing a light blue dress and a rabbit fur jacket, which made her skin look particularly delicate. She was holding a hot water bottle in her hand and sitting upright on the phoenix throne.

Just as the concubines had greeted their well-being, Wen Zhaoyi, who had always had little presence in the palace, stepped forward and said softly, "Your Majesty, I don't have many skills, I only know how to make snacks. Today I specially made some walnut cakes for you sisters to try."

Although Concubine Wen was the legitimate daughter of the second wife of the Earl of Yong'an, her father was a businessman, which led to her family being looked down upon by the people in the mansion. It was not originally Concubine Wen's turn to enter the palace. The legitimate daughter of the first wife of the Earl of Yong'an was ill at the time and had no chance to enter the palace, so Wen Nuan had to take her place.

Wen Nuan has been living in seclusion since she entered the palace.

Because of her identity as a merchant's daughter, she was excluded by several small forces in the harem, and no one was willing to associate with her.

There are many noble ladies in the capital, and each of them has her own circle because of her status.

Gu Jianchu has the Gu family as her support, so her status is naturally not low. Unable to resist Gu Jianchu's attempt to show off, and because she is the queen, even though she has not been so close to the emperor before, those women have already regarded her as an enemy.

After Wen Nuan finished speaking, she asked the palace maids behind her to distribute the snacks to everyone.

Gu Jianchu looked at the colorful snacks and couldn't help but feel greedy. "Zhaoyi Wen is really thoughtful."

"Just a little snack is enough to win the Queen's heart." Concubine Shu took a bite of the snack, took a look at it, and threw it aside with disgust.

Concubine Shu was proud of her noble status and looked down on people like Concubine Wen.

"Your Highness, if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. There's really no need to ruin Consort Wen's heart." Gu Jianchu said indifferently, tasting a piece out of respect for Consort Wen. "The walnut cake is quite delicious. When Consort Wen is free, you can teach the people in our kitchen how to make it."

Wen Zhaoyi held the handkerchief in her hand and said gracefully, "I am always free. If the Empress likes, I can make it for her every day."

"You seem quiet in normal times, but you turn out to be really smart. I believe Wen Zhaoyi also knows that the emperor now comes to the empress's palace all day long, so you also want to take the opportunity to curry favor with the empress and see him more often." Concubine Shu was targeting Wen Zhaoyi on the surface, but in fact, she was using Wen Zhaoyi's name to be sarcastic to the empress.

Gu Jianchu calmly ate another piece of dessert, his hand holding the hot water bottle slowly tightened, a cold smile hanging in the corner of his eyes, "There are not many sisters in the harem, there is really no need to be so confrontational."

"By the way, today the Emperor ordered the execution of Li Zhaoyi. Since we are sisters after all, I invited a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to pray for Li Zhaoyi's soul and also found an auspicious grave for her outside the palace."

"The Emperor had not originally intended to hold Li Zhaoyi responsible for Minister Li's misdeeds, but who could have imagined that Li Zhaoyi would be so desperate as to attempt the assassination?"

Gu Jianchu's gaze naturally turned to Concubine Shu, who was sitting below her.

She really wasn't sure if there was someone behind Li Zhaoyi's assassination.

I just brought this up today to see everyone's reaction.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu, who was holding the teacup, trembled slightly, then raised her voice to cover up her guilty conscience, "That bitch Li Zhaoyi actually dared to assassinate the Empress and even hurt the Emperor. Even if she is sentenced to death, she deserves it. She should be torn into pieces for everyone to see."

Liang Guiyi coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty is truly kindhearted. Li Zhaoyi treated you so well, yet you even invited a Taoist priest to pray for her soul to be reborn, and even arranged an auspicious burial site for her. If it were me, I would have been lucky not to have her corpse whipped."

The other concubines didn't say much, but just quietly agreed.

Gu Jianchu held the teacup, skimming off the foam from time to time, "We are sisters after all."

Liang Guiyi and the imperial concubine talked a lot today, and it was a bit strange.

Even if the matter of Li Zhaoyi was not instigated by these two people, it is probably related to them.

She originally wanted to ask the system, but the system was more focused on eating melons, and told her to think about this kind of thing herself, and that palace fighting cannot rely on everything.

Liang Guiyi was much smarter than the imperial concubine. Fearing that Gu Jianchu would become suspicious, she quickly changed the subject, "In a few days, it will be the Empress Dowager's birthday."