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

Gu Jianchu's arm was injured, so he was unable to help Xie Ci'an rest. Xie Ci'an did not call the maid in, but took off his coat and got into bed.

Gu Jianchu leaned against the window, flipping through the book that Xiao Shani had brought him.

Gu Jianchu was almost bored to death after staying in the monk's room all day for the past two days, so he asked the little nun to bring him some Buddhist books to pass the time.

When Xie Ci'an woke up, he saw Gu Jianchu had fallen asleep leaning against the window at some point. The sunlight shone through the window onto Gu Jianchu, revealing her long eyelashes, rosy cheeks, and delicate features.

Xie Ci'an got out of bed wearing his inner clothes, picked up the cloak hanging on the rack and walked forward. As soon as he put the cloak on Gu Jianchu, Gu Jianchu immediately opened his eyes.

Xie Ci'an still wrapped the clothes around her, "Did it hurt you?"

"No, I was not a deep sleeper to begin with." Gu Jianchu straightened her clothes.

In order not to disturb Xie Ci'an's rest, Gu Jianchu didn't dare to make any other noise and missed lunch. He was hungry now. When he saw Xie Ci'an woke up, Gu Jianchu asked someone to serve him the meal.

Because it is a temple, the food served is all vegetarian.

"I'm sorry that the Queen has been wronged during this period. When we return to the capital in two days, I will ask the imperial kitchen to make some good supplements for the Queen." Xie Ci'an put the fried tofu into Gu Jianchu's bowl.

Gu Jianchu smiled and said, "I don't feel wronged. The vegetarian food made by Ci'an Temple is quite delicious."

Gu Jianchu didn't feel impatient at all after eating vegetarian meals for several days in a row.

It is even more delicious than the vegetarian meals prepared in the imperial kitchen. I think the host must have specially changed the cooking methods to make the vegetarian meals perfect in order to entertain the emperor.

While the two were having dinner, Yunhe came in holding an exquisite rosewood box.

Gu Jianchu glanced at it and asked lazily, "What is this?"

"The Grand Princess sent someone to deliver it specially. She said that she was very worried when she heard that the Queen was injured, so she sent someone to deliver this nourishing blood swallow. She also said that she hoped the Queen could recover soon." Yun He said, stepped forward and opened the rosewood box. Inside was a whole box of the best blood swallows.

"How can I accept such a valuable item? I'd better let the Grand Princess use it." Gu Jianchu always felt that something was strange. Ever since that palace banquet, the Grand Princess seemed to be particularly intimate with her. She had been married into the palace for almost a year, and she had never seen the Grand Princess so close to her before.

This is abnormal and there must be something wrong.

Yun He had no choice but to close the box again. Just as she was about to send the things away, Xie Ci'an said, "The Queen is still injured. Since Aunt has sent the things here, it is not good to let her down. Besides, the Queen needs good things to heal her."

Can I say I don’t dare to accept it?

Knowing Gu Jianchu's worry, Xie Ci'an immediately said, "Auntie is thinking so much about the Queen, so we should naturally remember her kindness as well. Cheng Song, you send a message back and have someone send the necklaces from my treasury that were presented by the Jiangnan Provincial Government to Auntie as a return gift."

Xie Ci'an was afraid that Gu Jianchu would feel psychologically burdened, so he immediately returned the favor.

I was sure there was something fishy going on with the Grand Princess's unusual behavior, and it turned out to be a fishy thing. It turned out to be the Grand Princess's daughter, Princess Wanning's husband, who wanted to arrange for his cousin to enter the palace to serve the Emperor. To please her husband, Princess Wanning went to her mother.

The Grand Princess was furious at the time, but her daughter kept pleading with her, and for her daughter's happiness, she had no choice but to find a way to help her daughter get the man into the palace.

The eldest princess was also a person who cared a lot about her reputation. She had never asked anyone for help in her entire life. Naturally, she would not approach the Empress Dowager, who had a grudge against her. She also knew what kind of person the Emperor was. She was afraid that it would be unrealistic to ask the Emperor directly to place someone in the harem, and it might even anger the Emperor.

So the Grand Princess thought about it and decided to bring me, the Queen who's been enjoying some favor lately.

[Grand Princess, thank you for listening to me.]

[So I'm the one who got taken advantage of. When things were good, they didn't think of me at all, but now that something like this has happened, they think of me like crazy.]

You're afraid of angering the Emperor, but aren't you afraid of me angering him? The grace I've worked so hard to gain will vanish just like that.

[What should I do if I can't eat this blood swallow anymore?]

Because he didn't pay attention to emotional management, Gu Jianchu's cheeks were puffed up with anger, like a puffer fish.

Xie Ci'an thought Gu Jianchu was so cute and wanted to poke him, but he finally held back.

[This beloved daughter of the Grand Princess is probably a love-brained person. She believes whatever men say. She doesn't even consider that getting someone into the palace is that easy.]

Xie Ci'an suddenly put down his chopsticks and said, "I heard from the abbot that Ci'an Temple has prepared lanterns in the front yard today to pray for the people. Would the Queen like to go and take a look?"

Xie Ci'an was really worried that if Gu Jianchu continued to be angry, it would be bad for her recovery, so he tried his best to divert her attention.

He couldn't go to comfort Gu Jianchu, and he couldn't let Gu Jianchu know that his true feelings had been revealed.

Gu Jianchu's attention was successfully diverted. "I've eaten a little too much, so I'll go digest it."

Gu Jianchu wrapped himself in a thick rabbit fur cloak and followed Xie Ci'an to the front yard of Ci'an Temple.

Ci'an Temple is a royal temple and is more solemn than other temples, especially the backyard, which is heavily guarded because of the residence of the emperor and the empress dowager.

The two of them were dressed casually, and were only accompanied by Wen Zhu and Cheng Song.

There is a lantern placed every few steps along the corridor, with various shapes, which adds a unique flavor.

Jing'an Temple prepares a lantern festival every year at this time to pray for the people. People from nearby areas come to join in the fun, and there are even ladies and young ladies who come from as far as the capital to pray.

Unfortunately, the emperor and empress were both here, and there were no more meditation rooms for them to live in.

Going further ahead, there was a bustling crowd. In order to avoid danger, they stopped at a pavilion not far away. Then a sky lantern rose up with the wind and slowly flew high into the sky.

"There are actually Kongming lanterns being set off this year." Gu Jianchu looked in the direction of the Kongming lanterns with burning eyes.

She didn't come last year because she married the emperor.

Two years ago, her mother brought her and her sister to pray for a marriage, but she never expected that they would end up with such a shabby marriage. It shows that God is sometimes unreliable.

Following Xie Ci'an's look, Wen Zhu got a Kongming lantern from somewhere and placed it in front of Xie Ci'an.

"Would the Queen like to write a wish?" Xie Ci'an handed the unfolded Kongming lantern and pen to Gu Jianchu.

Gu Jianchu was injured in his left arm. With the help of Xie Ci'an, he rolled up his sleeves and wrote only four big words "Peace and Prosperity for the Country and the People" on the Kongming lantern.

As the Kongming lantern was released, Gu Jianchu couldn't help but sneeze. Xie Ci'an immediately said, "It's cold at night. Let's go back early."

[What a surprise! The Emperor's melon is actually moving.]