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

"Don't disturb me. Didn't my sister say before that I monopolize the emperor all day long and my sisters can't see him? The dishes I brought today are enough. Why don't you stay and have dinner with us so that you don't accuse me of monopolizing the emperor." Gu Jianchu looked at Concubine Shu's anxious expression leisurely.

She has always been a Buddhist, as long as you don't offend her, otherwise she will find ways to retaliate.

Don't think she doesn't know why Concubine Shu is so anxious to leave.

Under normal circumstances, even if she was driven away, she would take the initiative to come up to him when she could see the emperor.

"There's no need to eat. My small kitchen has already prepared it." Concubine Shu made up an excuse.

Xie Ci'an assisted, "The Queen has already said that the Imperial Concubine should stay and eat with us."

Concubine Shu wiped the thin sweat from her forehead and had to give up struggling and sit down.

Xiao Fuzi served a bowl of pickled pork with preserved vegetables to each of them.

Only Concubine Shu looked absent-minded, and she barely moved the things in front of her for a long time.

Her palace maids were guarding outside the palace, so she couldn't send any message.

"Why don't you eat, Imperial Concubine? It's because the food is not to your liking. It's also my fault that all the food I sent is made of cured meat. Although the cured meat looks good, not everyone will like it." Gu Jianchu pretended to be concerned.

If Xie Ci'an hadn't known in advance that Gu Jianchu did it on purpose, he would have believed it.

Concubine Shu shook her head with a forced smile, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that my appetite hasn't been very good lately."

"I still have some tangerines that were previously presented as tribute. I'll have the palace maids send some to you later. Eating tangerines will stimulate your appetite. If it doesn't help, I'll have to call the imperial physician to see you. I've noticed that my sister has lost a lot of weight recently."

While Gu Jianchu was concerned about Concubine Shu, he was also following the developments in the Cining Palace through the system.

When Cheng Song brought the chicken soup over, the Queen Mother drank it without a second thought. I'm not sure how effective the medicine is. The Cining Palace will surely be bustling with activity soon. Going in to watch the fun is out of the question, but I can go outside to join in the fun.

Thinking of this, Gu Jianchu quickened his eating pace.

Gu Jianchu had just finished eating and put down his chopsticks when Cheng Song came back.

Concubine Shu was so flustered that she almost knocked over the bowl in front of her. She looked anxiously at Cheng Song and said, "Aunt, please drink the chicken soup. This is my first time making it, so I don't know how good my cooking is."

Concubine Shu was afraid of arousing suspicion, so she made another explanation.

"When I went there, the Empress Dowager hadn't eaten yet. After she found out that the Imperial Concubine had made the chicken soup, she drank it. The Empress Dowager praised the Imperial Concubine's cooking skills and told her not to worry."

The words "good craftsmanship" were added by Cheng Song himself.

On the contrary, the empress dowager saw that he was full of disdain. In fact, she did not finish the chicken soup, but only drank half of it, and that was because of the face that the emperor had someone send it to her.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu wiped the sweat from her head again.

She was afraid that the medicine would not be effective, so she increased the dosage a lot, and she didn't know how her aunt was doing.

It’s all because of that bitch Gu Jianchu coming to make trouble, otherwise the emperor would have already consumed this chicken soup.

Knowing that Gu Jianchu likes to watch the fun, Xie Ci'an said first without waiting for Gu Jianchu to take the initiative, "I am a little full after eating. Queen, please accompany me for a walk."

She was looking for an excuse to leave and watch the fun.

Gu Jianchu agreed without a second thought, "It just so happens that I'm a little full from eating. Would you like to join me, Imperial Concubine?"

Concubine Shu rejected Gu Jianchu's kindness and said, "I will not disturb the Emperor and the Empress."

After finally getting the emperor's nod, Concubine Shu left Chuigong Hall and trotted all the way to Cining Hall.

Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an were reluctant to bring up the matter of eating melons here. Under Gu Jianchu's roundabout guidance, they took a long detour before arriving outside the Cining Palace. At that time, the Cining Palace was in chaos. Except for the palace maids close to the empress dowager, the other palace maids were only ordered to bring cold water and call the imperial physician. They had no idea what was going on inside.

Gu Jianchu was afraid of being caught and being discovered, so he and Xie Ci'an hid far away.

This wicked aunt and nephew were truly ruthless, administering so much medicine. Even if the Queen Mother drank only a little, the effects wouldn't last long. How could this cold water be enough?

[If this had been given to the Emperor, who knows who would be in trouble now.]

Listening to Gu Jianchu's inner thoughts, Xie Ci'an lowered his head to look at the person in his arms.

The unlucky one should be the queen herself.

The Shu family is not worthy of climbing into his bed.

Gu Jianchu had no idea that he was being thought of.

[With the Queen Mother in her frenzied state, inviting a foreign man over, what would really happen? This unclean Queen Mother would bring disgrace to the royal family.]

Gu Jianchu didn't dare to think further.

After taking a cold shower in the hall for a while, Doctor Zhang came over soon. Doctor Zhang was a man of experience, and after a few injections, he temporarily relieved the empress dowager's symptoms.

This surprised Gu Jianchu a little.

Xie Ci'an was not surprised. Although acupuncture could relieve the symptoms, there were still some problems with his body.

However, seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, Xie Ci'an took Gu Jianchu back to Kunning Palace.

Seeing the emperor and empress enter the room, Yunhe and others politely retreated outside and closed the door.

In the inner hall, the charcoal brazier was crackling. Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci were sitting on the soft couch reading. They were so close that they could even smell each other's faint fragrance.

Although he did not take the secret medicine, the overheated room made something in his body restless. He dropped the book in his hand, pinched Gu Jianchu's chin, and gently kissed the corner of her mouth.

Gu Jianchu was startled by Xie Ci'an's sudden action. She stared at the man in front of her in horror like a frightened deer, with a slight blush on her cheeks.

At that time, their cheeks were so close that if one of them moved forward a little, they would touch each other.

Gu Jianchu clearly noticed that Xie Ci'an's eyes were tinged with lust when he looked at her.

I went there on time, but I didn't see the Emperor take the gift from the Imperial Concubine. However, he seemed to have sniffed it. This medicine can't be that potent, right? Just sniffing it would have worked.

[I'm the only one by the emperor's side right now. If this really works, I won't be the only one in trouble.]

After hearing Gu Jianchu's words, Xie Ci'an was so angry that he was speechless.

He is also a normal man, and he can't have desires without something to stimulate him.

Xie Ci'an pulled the nervous person in front of him closer and whispered into Gu Jianchu's ear, "Is the Queen willing?"

Gu Jianchu almost leaned in Xie Ci'an's arms.

Especially after hearing Xie Ci'an's words, his heart was beating like thunder.

[I am a concubine and the Empress. I entered the palace to serve the Emperor. Besides, the Emperor is quite handsome and has a great figure. I don't think I would be at a disadvantage if I slept with such a top-notch man.]