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

"Sister, would you like to stay with me in the palace for a while and relax? There is also a doctor named Lin in the palace who specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases. You can ask him to help you."

Although Gu Jianchu was trying to persuade his sister, his sister and brother-in-law had been married for more than four years and had no children. He must be more anxious than anyone else.

Gu Jianyue politely declined her sister's offer, "No need. My family has already consulted a doctor for me. There's nothing serious wrong with my health. It might just be that my fate, as my sister said, hasn't arrived yet."

"Achu and the Emperor's relationship is still unstable, so I won't bother you in the palace. In addition to the preserved meats I brought into the palace, I also personally made your favorite pineapple cakes and osmanthus cakes."

"The osmanthus flowers are new ones collected in autumn, and they are sprinkled with your favorite osmanthus honey." Gu Jianyue stood up and took the food box from Tinglan's hand, and placed the two plates full of snacks on the table.

"There is also a red bean cake made by your mother for you underneath." Gu Jianyue took out the bottom layer of cake that was tightly wrapped in a handkerchief.

"This is what your mother made for you this morning. This red bean cake tastes best when eaten hot." Gu Jianyue felt it was still warm and quickly handed one to Gu Jianchu.

"The palace has everything, so mother doesn't have to go through so much trouble to make it for me." Gu Jianchu said this while his hands had already taken it obediently and started eating with big mouthfuls.

The cake is sweet and has a strong red bean aroma. When you take a bite, you can feel the fullness of the unpeeled red beans, which gives it a very solid feeling.

Gu Jianchu ate several meals and several snacks in a row, and her belly was so full that she didn't even eat a bite of the lunch that Yunhe brought her. She could only watch her sister and mother eat.

After they had lunch, they sat together and talked for a while, and Gu Jianchu personally saw them out of the palace.

Her mother was afraid that she would not have enough to eat, so she made a lot. Gu Jianchu gave some to the palace servants to try. After sharing them, there were only three or four left.

Zhu Xia then reminded, "Your Majesty, would you like to send some to the Emperor?"

She had completely forgotten about the emperor.

The remaining red bean cakes and osmanthus cakes are no longer good.

These things are quite common, so I guess the emperor shouldn't be too rare with them.

"They are just some snacks. The imperial kitchen also makes them on weekdays. Let's ask the imperial kitchen to make the cured meats that mother sent tomorrow and send them to the emperor to try." How could they send the leftovers to their sponsor? What was going on?

Gu Jianchu was completely immersed in the joy of seeing his relatives.

At the same time, inside the Cining Palace.

Concubine Shu naturally took the swallow ear soup from Cuiwei, blew it cool herself, and brought it to the Empress Dowager. "Aunt, you have to help your niece. The Empress, that bitch, has been monopolizing the Emperor all day, causing him to not even look at me. How can I possibly conceive a son?"

The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and glanced at her niece. "The Emperor is only interested in the Empress for a while, and the Nanping Marquis and his son have won a victory in Liaodong. You should not just follow your own temper on a daily basis. You should go around the Emperor more often so that he can notice you."

"My niece, don't you think I've been around the Emperor often enough? I listened to my aunt and even secretly climbed onto the dragon bed, but the Emperor didn't even look at me and had me kicked out. If it were any other normal man, how could he have kicked me out when faced with such a situation? I'm afraid that the Emperor, my aunt, is not good at that, so he doesn't touch the women in the harem."

The Queen Mother had this idea before.

There were many concubines sent into the harem by the ministers, and there were concubines of all kinds, but the emperor had not visited them once in the past year. Every time, the emperor tried to evade them by using state affairs as an excuse, so she had doubted the emperor's ability.

But in recent months, the emperor has been visiting the queen's palace almost every few days. He even fell out with her over the queen before, so it doesn't seem like he's having any problems.

Three months have passed and there is still no movement in the queen's belly, which is a bit strange.

She specifically asked Doctor Zhang to secretly inquire at the Imperial Medical Bureau and found out that the Emperor did not allow the Empress to use contraception.

"Then you still haven't done enough. You didn't make the Emperor fall in love with you at first sight, but the Empress did. It's a taboo to have only one flower in the harem; it's more beautiful when a hundred flowers bloom."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she glanced at Cuiwei beside her.

Cuiwei then took out a small emerald green porcelain bottle from her sleeve and handed it to Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu looked at the Queen Mother suspiciously, "Aunt, what is this?"

The Queen Mother leaned in close and whispered, "This is a secret medicine I had someone find outside the palace. Just a little bit will make people want you so much. Whether you can succeed depends on your courage."

"Aunt can only help you so much." The Queen Mother was not Xie Ci'an's biological mother, and she had never been close to Xie Ci'an since childhood. He was only respected as the Queen Mother in the palace. The Emperor had his own thoughts and would not be controlled by him at all.

Concubine Shu stared at the medicine in front of her in a daze.

She must give birth to a prince as soon as possible to consolidate her favor and surpass the queen.

After some hesitation, Concubine Shu's slender fingers clenched the porcelain bottle handed to her by Cuiwei, holding it tightly in her palm, as if she had made some big decision.

There have been a lot of things going on in the court in recent days, and Xie Ci'an has not come to Kunning Palace for several days.

Gu Jianchu specially asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some fresh bamboo shoots, and paired them with the bacon his mother sent, and asked the small kitchen to make a pot of pickled pork with preserved vegetables.

Thinking that he had not left any red bean cakes for Xie Ci'an before, this time Gu Jianchu first served a bowl of red bean cakes to his sponsor and personally delivered it to Chuigong Hall.

Before the sedan chair reached the Chuigong Hall, the system's voice came from my mind.

[System: There is the Emperor's melon.]

【Listen carefully. 】

[System: Concubine Shu has added the secret medicine given by the Empress Dowager to the chicken soup and is now moving towards the Chuigong Hall.]

[I just haven't had my drink yet. Can I go later and still catch this lively live broadcast?]

Gu Jianchu was still a little excited, after all, it was the first time she had seen such a scene.

If I expose Concubine Shu's conspiracy, it would be considered a great achievement. The emperor should be able to reward me with gold or something like that.

Thinking of this, Gu Jianchu rubbed his hands and became conflicted.

If you don't make money even though you have it, you're a bastard. But you only get to see a live broadcast like this once in your life.

When Gu Jianchu arrived at Chuigong Palace, Concubine Shu had already arrived before her.

Gu Jianchu pretended not to know and asked, "Is the emperor busy?"

"It's the end of the year, and there are many things that need to be dealt with. The Emperor had just finished his work when Concubine Shu came over. Originally, the Emperor didn't want to see her, but she said she came here on the orders of the Empress Dowager. Your Majesty also knew that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had a special relationship, so it was not easy to not see her, so she let Concubine Shu in."