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

Shu Guifei, who usually clashed with Gu Jianchu in the palace, now formed a united front after learning the other party's intentions. "Oh, although I have been in the palace for a long time, when I was at home, I heard that the prime minister's mansion has only one legitimate daughter. If that legitimate daughter is my elder sister, then this one must be the concubine's daughter."

"The Right Prime Minister is at least a top scholar, so how come his family education is so disappointing? Why didn't the legitimate daughter attend the palace banquet, but let a concubine's daughter attend instead? It's really funny."

"Ah, your daughter is a concubine, so Madam, you are also a concubine, right? This Right Prime Minister favors his concubine over his wife, bringing his concubine and concubine's daughter out all day to deceive people."

"Even a legitimate daughter must be both talented and beautiful to have the opportunity to enter the palace. A mere concubine's daughter is actually a toad wanting to eat swan meat. This palace is not open to just anyone."

Concubine Shu has been encountering obstacles everywhere recently. Her aunt doesn't want to see her, and the emperor and the empress are in cahoots with each other. She is full of resentment and has no place to vent it, so she speaks harshly.

The voice was quite loud, and the women sitting nearby heard it and looked over.

Some people even murmured.

"The woman the Right Prime Minister brings out all the time is actually a concubine. I used to treat her as my wife."

"And what about the Right Prime Minister's wife? She actually allowed this concubine to take advantage of her and even let her intrude on this palace banquet."

"Why would he let a concubine show up in public all day? This was brought out by the Right Prime Minister himself, and he allows people to misunderstand without explanation."

Sun never thought that she just wanted to help her daughter find a future, but her identity was discovered by the Queen and others, and now she was being criticized by the ladies of the aristocratic families.

Sun was instantly embarrassed. Before she could react, the right prime minister noticed the situation here and immediately knew that the situation was not good.

After exchanging greetings with Gu Jianchu, the Right Prime Minister took Sun's hand and strode out of the hall, sternly accusing her, "Before we came, I told you to keep a low profile and not reveal your identity. Now, you've brought this up in front of the Empress, which is equivalent to letting the Emperor know."

"I told the master to divorce that hag a long time ago, but you didn't listen, which is why today's incident happened. It's all because of that hag's daughter of yours who ran away all day. Otherwise, things wouldn't have come to this. Maybe our precious daughter would have entered the palace and become a queen, and could help you in the palace in the future." Sun's chest heaved with anger at the thought of being exposed by Gu Jianyue on the spot.

The Right Prime Minister irritably shook off Sun's hand, saying, "We'll discuss this matter when we get back."

This kind of thing shouldn't have any impact even if the emperor knew about it.

Xie Ci'an already knew.

However, like Gu Jianchu, he was too lazy to care about the private affairs of the court officials and just treated them as spectators.

Sitting next to the queen, naturally no one came to urge him to drink. Gu Jianyue drank several glasses in a row, his face was slightly flushed, and his head was a little dizzy under the influence of alcohol.

Gu Jianyue leaned close to Gu Jianchu's ear and whispered, "Achu, I want to go out for a walk."

"Sister, have you drunk too much?" Gu Jianchu looked at Gu Jianyue's slightly red face and frowned. She had never seen her sister drink so much alcohol at home before.

Gu Jianyue said softly, "I only drank two cups. I can't drink much."

"Let Zhu Xia accompany you. I'm worried about you going out like this."

The banquet was held at Qingliang Terrace, which leads to the East Imperial Garden. To prevent people from accidentally entering the harem, Gu Jianchu had asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange people to watch over it. However, Gu Jianchu was still worried.

"If you need someone to serve you, just let Tinglan follow me. I can't walk far. If there is any problem, Tinglan will come back to find you." Gu Jianyue said in a cold tone.

Gu Jianchu did not continue to stop her and let his sister go to the backyard.

After the elder sister left, Gu Jianchu called over Yunhe and whispered, "Follow the elder sister from a distance. Don't let her find you. If anything happens, come and tell me."

Yun He left for a short while before hurriedly returning. He was sweating profusely from his haste, and fearing that others might overhear him, he leaned close to Gu Jianchu's ear and whispered, "Your Majesty is in trouble. I followed the Crown Prince's wife to the koi pond in the Imperial Garden. A short while later, the Crown Prince of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion came looking for us. I watched from the side, and they started arguing after a few words. It was quite intense, so I didn't dare get close, so I returned to report to Your Majesty."

Gu Jianchu had suspected before that his elder sister must have had a quarrel with the prince and that was why she returned to her parents' home. Now it seems to be true.

Otherwise, given my sister's temper, she would definitely not take the initiative to return to her parents' home and stay there for such a long time.

My sister has kept it a secret until now, probably because she is afraid that she will worry.

"Let's go and see what's going on." Gu Jianchu stood up quietly.

Before she left her seat, Xie Ci'an next to her noticed, "Is the Queen feeling unwell?"

He did not hear Gu Jianchu's thoughts behind his actions.

"I ate a little too much. Let's go out for a walk to avoid indigestion at night." Gu Jianchu made up an excuse.

Although Gu Jianchu has a healthy body throughout her life, she still has some minor problems, such as indigestion. Although she loves to eat, she dare not eat too much.

"Let me go with you." Xie Ci'an took the initiative to hold Gu Jianchu's hand.

[Is it not a good idea to bring the Emperor to watch my sister and brother-in-law quarrel? But I'm going to go anyway. If that prince from the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion dares to bully my sister, it would be nice to bring the Emperor over to help support her.]

He knew that the queen, who loved eating so much, would never run away for no reason.

Gu Jianchu did not reject Xie Ci'an's proposal, and left the hall hand in hand with Xie Ci'an.

This action made Concubine Shu so angry that her teeth itched, and she looked at Gu Jianchu with poisonous eyes.

On the contrary, Marquis Nanping felt much more relieved when he saw the emperor's attitude towards his daughter.

Led by Yunhe, the two came all the way to the koi pond in the imperial garden. Before they got close, they heard a quarrel coming from not far away.

Tinglan, who was guarding the periphery, relaxed her worried expression a little when she saw the emperor and empress coming together. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

"What's going on?" Gu Jianchu asked as he followed Tinglan inside.

The area near the koi pond is paved with pebbles. It doesn't feel like anything when you walk on it during the day, but it is bumpy at night and there is a risk of falling if you are not careful. Xie Ci'an naturally put his hands on Gu Jianchu's waist, fearing that she would fall.

"The prince drank a little too much tonight. When he saw the girl coming out, he followed her out. They didn't let me follow them, but I heard the two of them quarreling after a few words." Tinglan quickly explained what had just happened.