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

Cheng Song was afraid that Gu Jianchu might misunderstand, so he explained the situation in detail. Then he stepped forward and pushed open the palace door, "Your Majesty, please come in."

Gu Jianchu stopped and did not go inside. "Since the imperial concubine is here, would it be inappropriate for me to go in now and disturb the imperial concubine and the emperor?"

If the emperor treated the imperial concubine and the queen equally, he would still dare to keep the queen out.

But he saw the emperor's attitude towards Gu Jianchu.

If he keeps the queen outside now, he might be sent to the menial service room later.

Cheng Song laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Queen? The Emperor was just talking about you."

"With Eunuch Cheng's words, I feel relieved." Gu Jianchu let Cheng Song take the food box from Yunhe's hand and accompany him into the hall.

Yunhe, who came with her, waited outside the hall.

As soon as she entered the inner hall, she saw Concubine Shu open the food box and diligently bring the chicken soup inside to the emperor. "The Empress Dowager heard that the emperor has been very busy handling state affairs recently, so she specially asked me to stew some chicken soup for him."

"I have put some nourishing medicines such as wolfberry and ginseng in this chicken soup. Your Majesty, please try it and see how it tastes." After putting down the chicken soup, Concubine Shu stared at the chicken soup in front of Xie Ci'an with anticipation.

[Shu Guifei and the Empress Dowager conspired to add medicine to this bowl of chicken soup. Should I tell Xie Ci'an? Will Xie Ci'an dislike meddling in other people's business? And will I also offend both the Empress Dowager and the Guifei?]

[What if I don't tell you and my sponsor really drinks this medicine and doesn't want to do that kind of thing with the concubine anymore, and it damages his health? Where will I get money from in the future?]

Xie Ci'an, who was still working on memorials with his head down, heard a sharp voice. He was particularly familiar with this voice. It was Gu Jianchu's inner voice.

There is a subtle difference between Gu Jianchu's inner voice and his speaking voice, and you can still hear it if you listen carefully.

After hearing the Queen's inner thoughts, Xie Ci'an's face suddenly turned cold.

He usually didn't bother to pay attention to this aunt and nephew, but he didn't expect that this aunt and nephew would plot against him.

While she was struggling internally, Xie Ci'an's hand touched the warm chicken soup beside her. Seeing Xie Ci'an pick it up, Concubine Shu's eyes lit up instantly. On the contrary, Gu Jianchu hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty usually doesn't like to drink hot things. I see that the chicken soup is still hot. Why don't you put it aside to cool down before drinking it?"

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty, for thinking of sending chicken soup to the Emperor." Gu Jianchu naturally walked to Xie Ci'an and stood beside him.

When Concubine Shu saw the chicken soup Xie Ci'an had placed on the table, she panicked for a moment. Her fingers curled tightly together beneath her sleeves as she looked at the Empress with intense anger. "How could I, your concubine, be as considerate of the Emperor as the Empress? The Empress has been monopolizing the Emperor all day, preventing the sisters from even wanting to see him."

Concubine Shu just wanted the emperor to drink the chicken soup quickly and was too lazy to argue with Gu Jianchu. "Your Majesty, this chicken soup is no longer hot. It had already cooled down before I came here."

"It feels a little hot to the touch. Also, I noticed you put cordyceps in your chicken soup?" Xie Ci'an had developed a good nose when he was fighting in the northwest.

Concubine Shu quickly explained, "I have consulted the imperial physician at the Imperial Hospital, and he said that adding some Cordyceps can nourish the body."

"I'm allergic to Cordyceps." Xie Ci'an said indifferently.

Concubine Shu immediately knelt down in the hall and said, "I didn't know that the emperor was allergic to cordyceps. If I had known, I would definitely not have allowed it."

Xie Ci'an didn't want to expose Concubine Shu yet, so he waved his hand and said, "Ignorance is not a crime, you can get up now."

"Pour the soup out. It's a waste of your hard work. I haven't even touched it. Besides, this chicken soup is full of nourishing ingredients. Cheng Song, you should personally deliver it to the Queen Mother and say that it is the Imperial Concubine's cooking and I can't enjoy it alone. Let the Queen Mother taste it too."

Is this what I heard?

[This contains something that can cause arousal. The late emperor has been dead for over a year, and there's not a single normal man in the palace. If the empress dowager took something like this, the scene would be unbearable to imagine. Would it be twisted to the point of being dark and creepy? I kind of want to be there to watch what's going on.]

[Furthermore, the Emperor has no idea that the Empress Dowager and Concubine Shu had drugged him. If he sends the drug over now, wouldn't the Empress Dowager be asking for trouble?]

Xie Ci'an: Sorry, I already know everything.

Otherwise he wouldn't have sent it to the Queen Mother.

He respected her as his stepmother, the Queen Mother. It would have been fine if she had behaved herself and lived in peace with him. However, he did not expect that the Queen Mother would keep making small moves behind his back, making the Queen Mother suffer the consequences of her own actions and not have to do anything about him.

If he hadn't been warned in advance by the Queen's inner voice, he would have been the one who took it.

Sometimes the Queen's thoughts cannot always be given in such a timely manner.

The Queen Mother never considered how he would feel after taking something like this.

However, his queen might not know too much.

According to the intelligence gathered by the Imperial City Bureau, before entering the palace, the Queen rarely left the house except for occasionally attending palace banquets. It is also unknown where the Queen came into contact with these matters between men and women.

Shu Guifei, who knew what was in it, became anxious after hearing the emperor's words, "Aunt has never liked drinking chicken soup. Since Your Majesty doesn't like it, why not throw it away? This little thought from me is nothing."

Concubine Shu wanted to stop Cheng Song, but she was afraid that it would be too obvious and the emperor would become suspicious.

"It's just that I don't like to drink it, not that I can't drink it. If the empress dowager knew that it was made by the imperial concubine, she would definitely not waste it." Xie Ci'an looked at the imperial concubine's calm face indifferently and became anxious.

After receiving the order, Cheng Song immediately sent the chicken soup to the Cining Palace.

The imperial concubine opened and closed her mouth for a long time, not knowing what to say. If the emperor knew that she had drugged the wine, the entire Annan Earl's Mansion would be buried with her.

The best plan now is to inform the Queen Mother as soon as possible and not let her drink anything inside.

Xie Ci'an had already turned his gaze to Gu Jianchu, "What did the Queen send me?"

Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu's cold fingers and held them in his arms. His broad hands wrapped her slender, white fingers in his palms to warm them.

"My mother came to the palace a few days ago and brought some homemade preserved meats. Coincidentally, the Imperial Household Department purchased some fresh bamboo shoots from somewhere yesterday, so I asked the kitchen to make some preserved meats with preserved vegetables and send them to Your Majesty."

Xiao Fuzi, who was serving in the hall, immediately came forward and brought out the pickled pork with preserved vegetables, as well as the braised duck and fried bacon.

"I didn't expect the Marquis' wife would do this." Xie Ci'an was quite surprised.

Gu Jianchu explained, "My grandfather's hometown is in the Shu area, so he knows how to do these things."

Completely ignored, Concubine Shu was now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. She hesitated and interrupted the Emperor and Empress again and again, "Your Majesty, I will go back first and will not disturb you and the Empress from having dinner."