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

Ultimately, it's because this young Master Wu isn't up to par. The Minister of Personnel has two sons. The eldest is quite impressive, having passed the imperial examination at a young age and now serving as a seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Works. The second son, on the other hand, has accomplished nothing. He dislikes studying or martial arts, and spends his days hanging out in brothels and enjoying cockfighting and katydid hunting. Forget about achieving official status, I'm afraid he hasn't even finished even the most basic of textbooks.

Originally, the Minister of Personnel and his wife favored their eldest son, always giving him any good things and resources. Now, seeing that the second son had been completely neglected and not doing his job properly, they have completely shifted their attention to the eldest son. All the family resources are used to support the eldest son, and the Minister's wife has even handed the reins of the household to the eldest daughter-in-law. Now, the eldest daughter-in-law has the final say in the entire Wu family. The eldest daughter-in-law is the legitimate daughter of the President of the Privy Council. With her high status, she is naturally highly regarded by her parents-in-law.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Wu family is a clever woman, ruthless and unyielding. She controls everything in the household and essentially has the final say in the entire Wu family. The second daughter-in-law gets nothing at all, except for the monthly allowance. She argues with the eldest daughter-in-law daily, and her husband is completely indifferent. While he doesn't take sides when things go wrong, he's a complete jerk, completely indifferent, even when she's being bullied. Gradually, the second daughter-in-law begins to feel aggrieved at home.

[It was at this time that the Minister of Personnel took advantage of the situation and hinted to the second daughter-in-law, both overtly and covertly, that if she stayed with him, he would favor their second wife. This stifling life had lasted too long. Faced with such a great temptation, the second daughter-in-law did not refuse and secretly got together with her father-in-law.]

Minister Wu naturally gave the second wife many benefits. The second daughter-in-law, having tasted the sweetness, naturally became even more enthusiastic about it. Later, she became pregnant with Minister Wu's child. Minister Wu knew this, but since the child was also his, he naturally wouldn't raise it. He even doted on the second daughter-in-law's child, which caused dissatisfaction from the eldest daughter-in-law.

This incident was relatively covert, and no one knew about it. Unfortunately, two days ago, the second son of the Wu family had gone with friends to watch cockfighting, but he forgot to bring his money. He couldn't enjoy the fun without a deposit, so he hurried home to get it. Upon returning home, he heard a commotion in the room. He initially thought his wife was having an affair, so he called in someone to catch her and even threatened her to hand over all the money in the house. Unexpectedly, the matter became a big deal. Upon hearing that it was the second son's affair, Mrs. Wu and the eldest son's daughter-in-law also came to catch them.

[When the door was thrown open, it was unexpected that it wasn't just the second daughter-in-law who was having an affair, but also Minister Wu. Mrs. Wu was so furious that she almost fainted. Fortunately, the eldest daughter-in-law pinched her Ren Zhong acupoint in time to revive her. However, seeing the two people without clothes, Mrs. Wu was anxious and angry. She was angry that her husband even cared about his own daughter-in-law. She was also worried that if this matter got out, everyone would know that their Wu family would lose face and they would not be able to continue living in the capital. So she ordered her people to do their best to conceal the matter. However, they had a son who was so stubborn that he would do anything for money if he had such evidence, let alone catch his wife cheating.]

The second son of the Wu family then shouted the incident out loud, even beating his wife in front of his father-in-law. He then used this incident to pressure his parents into giving him money. The family didn't intervene when the second son of the Wu family beat his wife, but when the old couple demanded money, they became enraged and imprisoned their son in the ancestral hall to reflect on their actions. If they knew that their beloved grandson, their beloved son, was actually Minister Wu, the mansion would be in chaos.

[This Second Young Master Wu was imprisoned for two days before being released. After his release, he continued to use this incident to threaten his parents, even going so far as to shout about it to others, causing it to leak out. Now the entire capital knows about it.]

Although the people knew about this, the emperor and empress were still unaware of it.

Xie Qingzhi: ...

What a big melon.

"How is it now? Have you divorced your wife?" Gu Jianchu asked casually while drinking sugar water.

Gu Jianyue said with a gossipy look on her face, "What's strange is this. After this incident broke out, the second son of the Wu family and Madam Wu both clamored to divorce Zhou and told her to go home on her own. They also wanted to withhold all of Zhou's dowry. But after two days, there was no more news of divorce, and the Wu family also stopped making any moves. I guess they wanted to wait for the rumors to die down on their own."

"I don't know what tricks Zhou used to make the Wu family stop talking about divorce, even if it means having an affair with her father-in-law, making Madam Wu and the second son of the Wu family suffer this loss."

"It's said that Madam Wu is no pushover. She had all the concubines that Shangshu Wu brought into the palace under her thumb. Later, two of the concubines became pregnant and were beaten to death by her. Shangshu Wu didn't say anything, and the matter was eventually dropped. I didn't expect that Madam Wu was actually quite astute. After doing such a thing, she even made her mother-in-law suffer a loss. This is quite admirable."

What other means could he use? Naturally, he'd use the child as a threat. Minister Wu was afraid Madam Wu would reveal the fact that the child was his, so he'd naturally try to suppress the matter. If word got out, it would become a major incident. Minister Wu wasn't stupid, and he knew a big fuss could affect his official position. After all, his son had already been cuckolded for several years, so he didn't care if he continued to be cuckolded for a few more years.

Minister Wu and the Second Young Master Wu are truly generous. With such generous hearts, they will succeed in everything they do in the future.

Xie Qingzhi, who overheard Gu Jianchu's thoughts, couldn't help but sigh for this family.

Xie Qingzhi looked at Gu Jianyue and said casually, "Perhaps the Wu family has some leverage that fell into the hands of the Zhou family. Otherwise, how could the Second Madam Wu easily control the Wu family? Even if Madam Wu can swallow her anger for the sake of the family's interests, the Second Master Wu is a scoundrel and will definitely not swallow his anger for these things."

If the second son of the Wu family was really someone who could endure humiliation in silence, such a big thing would not have happened.

Gu Jianchu stroked the teacup without interrupting.

At this moment, Yun He came running in and, ignoring the presence of Miss Gu and the Empress, reported directly, "Has something happened to the Empress?"