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

Then he took off his outer clothes and lay outside.

Gu Jianchu turned sideways and stared at Xie Ci'an's profile, "Your Majesty, are you not going to visit your other sisters tonight?"

When the emperor carried her to bed, she clearly felt that little brother Xie Ci'an had woken up.

"No one is as reassuring as the Queen." Xie Ci'an suppressed the desire that was slowly rising in his body.

[The Emperor is a ruthless man. He would rather keep it to himself than go to the other concubines.]

She'd better stay away and not bring disaster to the fish pond.

Gu Jianchu moved a little to the inside, trying to stay as far away from Xie Ci'an as possible.

The affairs of the court were complicated. In the next few days, Xie Ci'an was busy dealing with court affairs every day and had no time to come over. However, he still sent Cheng Song to bring her tribute oranges.

The next time I saw Xie Ci'an was at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve.

Because it was an annual banquet, not only court officials but also their wives were invited to the palace.

Xie Ci'an sent Cheng Song to inform the Queen Mother in advance, but the Queen Mother refused Xie Ci'an's invitation because of the secret medicine incident and did not come.

There are not many concubines left in the harem who are of high enough rank to come here.

What surprised Gu Jianchu was that the Grand Princess also came today with the divorced County Lady Wan Ning.

After getting rid of the scumbag, County Lady Wan Ning's face was all red. She had to admit that this scumbag was really a hindrance to her luck.

Gu Jianchu was just sighing inwardly when the Grand Princess and Princess Wanning arrived. Princess Wanning handed her a brocade box and said, "I've been bored lately, so I learned how to make some rouge and powder from Nanny. I brought some here for you today. I hope you don't mind."

Before, she and Wan Ning County Master were just nodding acquaintances. When had she ever called her sister-in-law? Gu Jianchu personally took it and handed it to the maid behind her. "My cousin made it herself, how could I dislike it? My cousin seems to be in a good mood recently. Is there anything happy?"

"No way, my sister-in-law would just make fun of me." Wan Ning joked with Gu Jianchu with a hint of anger.

[Holy crap, I actually have romantic luck.]

After Wan Ning divorced her scumbag boyfriend, the young general who had grown up with Wan Ning unexpectedly came back to pursue Wan Ning, sending her small gifts every day.

This young general was once only Wan Ning's personal guard. Knowing his status wasn't worthy of Wan Ning, he volunteered to go to the frontier for training. Motivated and capable, he rose to the rank of vanguard in just a few years and is now a young general. Upon learning of Wan Ning's divorce, he eagerly returned to the capital. Even though Wan Ning was divorced, he still felt unworthy of her and could only stand guard silently, not daring to say a word.

【What kind of storybook plot is this?】

Gu Jianchu looked along the crowd, and only noticed the young general when he reached the back. Perhaps because he had been at the border for many years, his skin was tanned, but his eyes were clear, unlike the scumbag before, whose eyes were full of calculations.

Xie Ci'an, who was eating melons nearby, quickly found the young general who matched his number.

After giving the gift, Wan Ning sat back in her original seat.

Gu Jianchu was eating the melon and the candied fruit at hand. Just as he finished one candied fruit, he saw his father, mother and elder brother enter the hall.

Although she had seen them once before, it was not possible to see them every day. Gu Jianchu missed them very much, especially her father and elder brother. They were outsiders and it was difficult for her to see them in the harem.

What surprised Gu Jianchu the most was his elder sister who was following his mother.

My sister hasn't returned to her husband's house yet.

She had noticed before that someone from the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion had entered the palace. She had been looking for her elder sister for a long time but hadn't seen her. She knew that her elder sister would not be entering the palace this year.

Gu Jianchu was not surprised by this. After all, his elder sister never showed up at every palace banquet. Lady Ning'an also praised his elder sister for her virtue and said that she was too busy with housekeeping all day to have time to attend social events.

But her beloved brother-in-law does have time to come out.

Gradually she got used to it.

When he saw Gu Jianyue, Gu Jianchu couldn't help but frown.

She glanced indifferently at Lady Ning An, who was sitting not far away.

Lady Ning'an stared at her elder sister with a dark and unclear look in her eyes, and Gu Jianchu couldn't help but become even more worried.

The emperor exchanged a few pleasantries with my father and then asked them to sit down.

Xie Ci'an noticed Gu Jianchu's worried expression. When Gu Yuanqing and the others turned to go to their seats, he spoke again, "Since the Queen entered the palace, she has rarely had the opportunity to see Madam and the Crown Prince's wife. Let Madam and the Crown Prince's wife sit with the Queen so they can talk."

Not knowing what the emperor was up to, Gu Yuanqing frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, this seems a bit against the rules."

"The purpose of tonight's palace banquet is to allow court officials to gather together to listen to music and drink. This is also a family reunion, and there is no need for so many rules." Xie Ci'an's tone was unyielding.

Since the emperor had said so, Gu Yuanqing couldn't refuse, and his wife really missed her daughter.

Tonight's banquet was originally scheduled with men and women seated on separate sides, but the wife of the Marquis of Nanping was moved to the side next to the Queen.

Only Concubine Shu next to her was a little dissatisfied with this action, but she was just dissatisfied and did not dare to say anything.

Gu Jianchu originally wanted to find an opportunity to chat with his elder sister, but he didn't expect that someone would give him a pillow when he dozed off.

Gu Jianchu quietly took Gu Jianyue's hand and asked Gu Jianyue to sit closer to him.

The two sisters have had a good relationship since childhood, and the wife of the Marquis of Nanping did not care much about this action.

Gu Jianchu took the opportunity to fill his sister's glass with wine and leaned close to her, asking in a low voice, "Sister, are you having a quarrel with your brother-in-law?"

Normally, my elder sister would occasionally return to her parents' home, staying for just one day at most, and then immediately return to her husband's home. But now, my elder sister has been staying at home for such a long time, and even accompanied her mother to attend palace banquets, which inevitably made Gu Jianchu suspicious.

Facing his sister's concern, Gu Jianyue remained calm and said, "Don't overthink it. Your brother-in-law and I have always had a good relationship. How could we have a quarrel?"

"You wouldn't stay at home for so long before." Gu Jianchu looked as if he could see through his sister's thoughts.

"Before, it was because the housekeeper was tired and had no time to come out. Now that the housekeeper power has been handed over to my mother-in-law, I naturally have time. Besides, your brother-in-law is willing to let me go home and spend more time with my parents."

"Have you been too idle recently that's why you have so many random thoughts." Gu Jianyue was afraid that his sister would continue to ask questions, so he changed the subject in time.

In the past, when her sister lied, her eyes were always wandering, but this time, she didn't act like that. Gu Jianchu felt relieved. "No, it's not like that. The palace banquets have been all on my shoulders lately. Even though I don't have to personally organize them, I still have to personally review them."

She also has to worry about whether the emperor will come to harass her.

Gu Jianchu brought the plate of cakes in front of him to Gu Jianyue, "Sister, try this yam cake. I specially asked the imperial kitchen to improve it."