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

"What's going on? How could someone say that the Prince of Ning'an raped a commoner girl? Didn't the Prince of Ning'an previously say that he wanted to acknowledge the child? Could it be that he was set up by a honey trap?" Wen Zhaoyi said curiously before realizing that she had said the wrong thing. She looked nervously in the direction of Gu Jianyue.

Fortunately, Gu Jianyue did not have any extra emotions, so Wen Zhaoyi felt a little relieved.

"It's not a honey trap. It's that Yu Niang was in love with a scholar at the same time as she was in love with the Ning'an Earl's son. Yu Niang kept these two people secret very well, so the scholar and the Ning'an Earl's son were unaware of each other's existence. Yu Niang would even meet them separately."

"I don't know where I heard the news, but the Ning'an Marquis's son wants to take Yu Niang into his mansion as a concubine, and the child will become the marquis's eldest son. I couldn't resist hearing this, so I immediately took all my aunts and uncles to the Ning'an Marquis' mansion and beat drums, demanding justice from the Ning'an Marquis."

"Ning Anbo was furious and rushed out to chase them away, but the scholar brought along some street scoundrels, who immediately started throwing tantrums outside the mansion, attracting many onlookers. This made Ning Anbo and his wife afraid to continue chasing them away, but Ning Anbo was not one to suffer any loss, so he immediately reported the matter to the authorities. Ning Anbo's family, the scholar, and Yu Niang were all taken to the government office."

"The child has seen two fathers. He is young and doesn't know how to hide it. Before Yu Niang could deny it, the child went up to the scholar and the Ning Anbo's son and hugged their legs, calling them daddy. Cao Li, Ning Anbo, and the accused scholar were stunned on the spot."

"Yuniang didn't expect the truth to be exposed like this. She could only pretend to faint on the spot and try to cover it up."

"Cao Li and the scholar immediately realized that something was wrong and knew they might have been deceived by Yu Niang."

Yunhe's description was so vivid that the few people listened with great interest, and they almost put a plate of melon seeds in front of them.

Wen Zhaoyi then asked, "Whose child is that given birth to by Yu Niang?"

Gu Jianyue's heart was in her throat.

Xie Ci'an and Gu Jianchu, who had already known the truth, could only hold back and not say anything.

Yun He continued, "Originally, we wanted to have Yu Niang and the child identify each other, but who knew that the child would call both of them dad? Even the Dali Temple Minister was confused by this situation. Later, the scholar said that Cao Li was infertile, so this child could definitely not be Cao Li's."

"When the Cao family heard about this, they were immediately displeased and beat the scholar in the government office. However, the scholar insisted that Cao Li was infertile. Moreover, a neighbor who lived near Yu Niang suddenly came forward to testify that he had heard Yu Niang say that it was Cao Li who was infertile."

"The Grand Justice was undecided and wanted to invite a doctor to take a look, but he was afraid that an ordinary doctor would misdiagnose and cause a misunderstanding. So he asked his attendant to take his token and invite Doctor Zhang from the Imperial Hospital. After all, he was the director of the Imperial Hospital, and no matter what the result was, he could silence everyone's gossip."

"The Cao family had no objection to the Dali Temple Minister's action. After all, it concerns their family's reputation."

"What happened next?" Wen Zhaoyi was so engrossed in eating melons that she didn't even play mahjong.

"Later, Imperial Physician Zhang came and confirmed Cao Li's infertility after his diagnosis. Yu Niang's child was not Cao Li's, but that scholar's. After the scholar was proven innocent, he sued Cao Li, insisting that the Cao family had stolen his child."

"This whole thing was a misunderstanding. After the truth was revealed, the Supreme Court Minister expelled them all. However, the young master of the Cao family, upon learning that he was infertile and had been cheated on by his mistress, was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood upon leaving the yamen. He was then hurriedly taken home by the Earl of Ning'an and his wife."

"Now the whole capital is talking about this matter."

It's his own fault. I guess the Cao family kid is vomiting blood not just because he was cheated on, but more because he regrets his infertility and divorced his elder sister. Otherwise, he could have put the blame on her, letting others say she made him childless, while he enjoyed everything behind the scenes, even without anyone knowing about his infertility.

"This matter has such unexpected twists and turns. It's a good thing that Miss Gu divorced the Cao family, otherwise she would have been involved in these messy things." Wen Zhaoyi couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Jianyue just nodded gently without saying anything.

She is feeling complicated now. She always thought that it was her problem that she couldn't have children, but she didn't expect that it was Cao Li who had the problem.

"Sister, are you okay?" Gu Jianchu saw that Gu Jianyue looked dazed and couldn't help but patted Gu Jianyue's hand.

"You don't have to take all that messed up stuff Sister has done to heart. Cao Li brought this upon himself. Only by separating from him now can you truly escape the sea of suffering. I guess there's still some turmoil going on in the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion. Sister, don't let your imagination run wild. Stay in the palace for a while and consider other things later."

Gu Jianyue collected his thoughts and nodded in agreement.

"Achu, I feel a little unwell. I'll go back and rest first." Gu Jianyue stood up hurriedly and bowed to the emperor and empress.

Gu Jianchu quickly asked Zhu Xia to go and take a look.

Sister needs to calm down alone now.

After Gu Jianyue left, Wen Zhaoyi felt embarrassed to stay here any longer, after all, the emperor was still here.

After all the palace maids had left, Xie Ci'an reached out and rubbed Gu Jianchu's waist. "How are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

"Your Majesty is like a wild wolf. How can my small body bear it?" Gu Jianchu's tone was shy, more like she was acting coquettishly.

Xie Ci'an also knew that he had gone too far last night, so he came to see the queen specially. Xie Ci'an waved at Cheng Song.

Cheng Song immediately entered the hall carrying a tray covered with a red cloth. Gu Jianchu looked suspiciously at the emperor who was stroking her waist, "What does the emperor mean by this?"

"The Queen worked hard last night. This is a compensation for her." Xie Ci'an stopped what he was doing, put one hand on her waist, and leaned back leisurely, his posture was very ambiguous.

Gu Jianchu came forward and uncovered the red cloth covering the tray. Beneath it lay a row of neatly stacked silver coins. Gu Jianchu's eyes lit up instantly.

[Your Majesty, I like this kind of compensation. You can compensate me more often in the future. I promise not to complain and will serve you comfortably.]

Xie Ci’an:…

Xie Ci'an's eyes darkened instantly. He grabbed Gu Jianchu's wrist and pulled him back. Gu Jianchu fell into Xie Ci'an's arms, and happened to meet Xie Ci'an's unhappy expression.

He was fine just now, why did he change his attitude so suddenly? I don’t think I offended him just now.

"It seems that the Queen likes money more than me." Xie Ci'an pinched Gu Jianchu's chin.

Gu Jianchu lay on his back in Xie Ci'an's arms, his posture was particularly ambiguous, "How is it possible? Money is not as important as the emperor."