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

When they heard the emperor's words, Lady Ning'an and Cao Li immediately became stiff.

Although their Gu family had a queen, the emperor only supported the right side and did not seem to be very supportive of their Gu family.

If she hadn't seen a faint light in Xie Ci'an's narrow eyes, she would have thought that Xie Ci'an was speaking on Xu's side.

Lady Ning'an was not happy for a moment before Xie Ci'an continued, "There are a number of maids in the palace who are of age and ready to be released. Why don't you take them back as concubines? This will give those maids a place to stay, and allow him to enjoy the joy of family. After all, it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. It's just a concubine, and Lady Ning'an shouldn't be so magnanimous as to tolerate her."

Upon hearing Xie Ci'an's response, the entire Gu family couldn't help but burst out laughing on the spot.

Lady Ning'an was extremely strict with her husband, so there were not many concubines in the family, so she had time to torture her sister.

[Why isn't Mrs. Ning'an smiling anymore? It turns out a smile doesn't disappear, but it does shift.]

[When will there be a group of maids waiting to leave the palace?]

Gu Jianchu lowered his voice and asked suspiciously, "When did the emperor prepare to send an old nanny out of the palace?"

As the queen, in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, how could she not know?

The Ministry of Internal Affairs always has to come and inform her.

Xie Ci'an still had a smile on his face. "Some time ago, the Queen Mother sent a group of palace maids who had made mistakes. I was worried about what to do with them. Now I send them out of the palace so that I can hide them from you."

Some time ago, the empress dowager deliberately made trouble and sent a group of palace maids with dishonest hands to Xie Ci'an. No matter how Xie Ci'an dealt with them, the empress dowager would find something to criticize. Now it seems that sending them out of the palace is killing two birds with one stone.

Hearing this, Gu Jianchu tried hard not to laugh out loud.

However, because I was trying to hold back my laughter, my body was twitching and I felt a little uncomfortable.

Some were happy while others were sad. The smile on Mrs. Ning An's face instantly disappeared.

Lady Ning Anbo realized that she had said something wrong and immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, I am not very good at speaking and I said something wrong."

Earl Ning An glared at his wife fiercely and knelt down before the emperor. "I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order. I am old, and I am afraid that letting them be my concubines would be unfair to them."

"My words are always my bond. Once I say them, there's no reason to take them back. I also know that young women might be wronged, so the ones I chose for Earl Ning'an are all around your age. Even if I were to arrange a marriage for you, it would be difficult to find a suitable one. Since Earl Ning'an likes to have three wives and four concubines so much, I feel relieved to leave them to him. It also gives them a place to stay after leaving the palace."

There was already a hint of anger on Xie Ci'an's face. If he continued to disobey the emperor's order and ask him to take it back, he would probably make the emperor unhappy.

When the emperor brings the palace maids who are arranged to be married off to other people back home, they are not allowed to beat or scold them, and they cannot deal with them secretly. If they do not handle them properly, they will be blamed by the emperor. It is like bringing home a huge hidden trouble.

Mrs. Ning Anbo wanted to say something else, but was stopped in time by a look from Ning Anbo.

The emperor's words seemed to be on their side, but in fact, every word was helping the Gu family.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Earl Ning An could only kneel down and kowtow in gratitude.

"As for whether the Crown Prince's wife is willing to return home, there is no need for your two families to continue arguing. Just let the Crown Prince's wife make the choice." Xie Ci'an gave the choice to Gu Jianyue.

Several burning gazes fell on Gu Jianyue.

Gu Jianchu still understood his elder sister. Once she made a decision, she would not change it easily.

[You idiot system, why didn't you fart earlier? You actually have such a big melon.]

Gu Jianchu leaned in Xie Ci'an's arms, almost jumping up with excitement.

Xie Ci’an:…

The gossip that could make the Queen swear so much and get so excited must be related to Gu Jianyue and Cao Li.

[System: You don't like to pry into Gu Jianyue's affairs, so of course I accidentally overlooked it.]

[Ajie and Cao Li have been married for so many years and still have no children. It's not Ajie's problem, it's Cao Li's problem. Cao Li is not good enough, which leads to infertility.]

[Then the concubine's child is not Cao Li's.]

【System: The host is smart.】

[Don't over-praise me. I'm not so blind as to not see this. The concubine's child is actually the son of a pretty boy scholar. This Yu Niang is truly a powerful figure. She's playing both sides, making Cao Li and the scholar think the child is theirs, and then enjoying the benefits brought by both sides.]

Gu Jianchu looked at Cao Li with some sympathy in his eyes.

Unfortunately, Cao Li didn't even realize that there was a green meadow above his head. He had actually been in such a tantrum with his elder sister just because of a green hat. When he found out that he was not only cuckolded but also unable to have children, he didn't know how much he would regret it.

[Since Cao Li is infertile, there's no point in keeping him. If my sister were to return to the Cao family now, she'd be jumping into a fire pit.]

Seeing the queen's gradually clear expression, Xie Ci'an knew what she wanted to do.

Gu Jianchu calmed down, stood up from Xie Ci'an, and walked straight to Gu Jianyue. "Sister, I think you should think carefully about whether to go back or not. If you want to divorce, I support you. You protected me before, and this time it's my turn to protect you."

Before, the Gu family only thought about protecting their daughter and did not think about divorce.

Gu Jianchu mentioned the divorce casually as if it was just scratching an itch.

Sure enough, Gu Jianchu's reminder was like water in a frying pan, immediately splashing oil. "Divorce, you must divorce the Cao family. If they dare to bully A Yue today, they will dare to ride on A Yue's head and shit on her tomorrow. What's more, they have a concubine and illegitimate child in their family to disgust you."

Gu Yuanqing was the first to jump out and support the divorce.

However, Xu was a little hesitant.

Gu Jianbai said affirmatively, "Sister, don't worry about making the decision. Our whole family supports you."

Cao Li came over and was immediately unwilling to divorce when he heard the Gu family say that they wanted to divorce. "No, absolutely not. Ah Yue, have you forgotten the feelings between us?"

Gu Jianchu tried hard not to roll his eyes, "Do you remember the feelings that the prince keeps talking about? Remember why you bothered to provoke a mistress. Feelings, to put it bluntly, are called emotions when you are on top, but they are called moral kidnapping when you are on the bottom."

"Ayue, I really know I was wrong, and I will definitely change now. If you had cared about me a little more back then, I wouldn't have made the mistake." Cao Li tried to get closer with a sad face.

If it weren't for Xie Ci'an's sake, Gu Jianchu would have wanted to step forward and hit someone, "Why didn't you say a few good words for my sister when your mother was giving her a hard time? Now you act as if all the faults are my sister's."