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

Money is much more reliable than men. Men may betray you, but money will never betray you.

If Xie Ci'an had not been able to hear Gu Jianchu's inner voice, he would have really believed what Gu Jianchu said.

Xie Ci'an kissed Gu Jianchu on the corner of her lips with a punishing kiss. Because she was too impatient, when Xie Ci'an let her go, her lips were kissed as red as a ripe cherry.

If he hadn't thought about Gu Jianchu's illness, he would have eaten Gu Jianchu during the day.

[What's wrong with you again? Never mind. For the sake of money, I won't bother with it. After all, I've taken so much money and I'd feel bad if I didn't make some contribution.]

The queen actually felt embarrassed.

"Cheng Song, go to Chuigong Palace and deliver the memorials that have not been reviewed today to the Queen's Palace. I want to deal with them here." For the first time, Xie Ci'an felt the urge not to leave.

Since the emperor had said so, Cheng Song hurried to Chuigong Hall and took the memorial personally.

The emperor was here, so Gu Jianyue didn't dare to come and disturb him. Gu Jianchu could only lean on the bed bored, pretending to read a book but actually eating some unnecessary melon.

After this incident became public, Lady Ning An was furious and brought people to teach Yu Niang a lesson. She also took Yu Niang's child away, intending to sell the child to vent her anger.

[Is Lady Ning An aristocratic family? How could her ideas be so despicable?]

Yu Niang was no pushover either. She had already torn her relationship with Cao Li and was now spreading rumors about her infertility. Because the child had been taken away, she and the scholar jointly sued the wife of the Earl of Ning'an to the Dali Temple.

What a great drama! Dog bites dog, leaving a mouth full of fur.

[Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. After Cao Li spat out a mouthful of blood outside the government office, now that he's finally awake, he's already regretting divorcing his sister. What's the point of regretting now? He only knows how to shake his nose when it's running into his mouth.]

[There's something even more shameless. This guy even ran to the Marquis' Mansion and made a scene, wanting to see my sister. Luckily, my sister didn't go back, otherwise she would have been so upset to see this thing. My parents were almost fed up, so in the end, my father came out and beat him up.]

[Ah, Daddy actually accidentally kicked Cao Li somewhere. Now Cao Li is completely crippled. I feel a little sympathetic, but he deserves it.]

Xie Ci'an listened to Gu Jianchu's endless chatter, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On New Year's Eve, Gu Jianyue originally planned to return to the Marquis' Mansion, but her parents and Gu Jianchu agreed not to let Gu Jianyue leave the palace, for fear that Gu Jianyue would run into that annoying Cao Li. After all, that guy would run out of the Marquis' Mansion from time to time to make a scene.

Gu Jianyue had no choice but to stay in the palace to celebrate the New Year with Gu Jianchu.

Fortunately, the palace prepared a banquet on New Year’s Eve, and everyone got together to celebrate the New Year, which was quite lively.

The days passed by unknowingly, and soon it was the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

At noon, Gu Jianchu held a palace banquet in Qingliang Palace and invited the emperor, the empress dowager and all the sisters to have lunch together. In the evening, everyone spent the night in the palace.

The palace is different from the common people.

On this day, all the neighborhoods in the city would be busy hanging up lights and decorations several days in advance. Even Zhuque Street, ten miles away, was no exception. The unmarried young ladies in the boudoir would be taken out for fun by their parents and brothers.

It was impossible to go out for fun, so Gu Jianchu took Yun and a few others to make lotus lanterns, at least to celebrate the festival.

When Cheng Song came over, they hadn't made many lotus lanterns yet. "What's the wind like today? Why did it bring Eunuch Cheng here?"

"The Empress is always teasing me. The Emperor sent me here. He's leaving the palace tonight to discuss important matters with Minister Lin, and he's taking the Empress and the eldest daughter out for a walk to relax. He's asking them to get ready."

Since marrying into the palace, Gu Jianchu has only left the palace once, and that was when she asked for it herself when she returned home last time.

But this Minister Lin is the little crybaby Minister Lin.

As soon as Gu Jianchu had doubts, the system immediately came out to answer them.

[That's right, Minister Lin won the position of Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy entirely through crying.]

[What kind of exciting news is this? Is it what I thought? Minister Lin is actually a homosexual.]

【System: Guaranteed authenticity.】

【I didn’t expect that people’s games nowadays are so exciting. 】

[System: The host probably doesn't know this, but people nowadays are much more playful than they will be in the future.]

Gu Jianchu stopped daydreaming and composed himself. He told his sister to change his clothes. Not long after, the emperor's carriage came to pick them up. Because they were riding in the same carriage, Gu Jianyue seemed much more restrained and tried to stay to the side.

Since they were out on business, the carriage first went to Minister Lin's residence.

Minister Lin, who had not received any notice, came out hurriedly. He was wearing a well-tailored indigo robe that outlined his tall and straight figure. His thick black eyebrows made him look graceful yet majestic. He looked to be in his thirties. There were very few people in the court who were as old as Minister Lin and sat in this position.

"I didn't know that the Emperor and the Empress would come to visit. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please forgive me." Minister Lin was a little confused by the Emperor's sudden arrival, and he led the three of them to the flower hall tremblingly.

"I just wanted to come to you on a sudden uprising to discuss the matter of Jiangnan Road Wharf." Xie Ci'an stated his purpose directly.

Earlier in the morning court session, Minister Lin had raised the issue of reforming the Jiangnan Road docks.

Knowing that it was about the Jiangnan Road dock, Minister Lin breathed a sigh of relief. "For matters like this, if the Emperor sends someone to address them, I can go directly to the palace to save the Emperor the trouble of making a trip."

Xie Ci'an glanced at Gu Jianchu behind him and said gently, "Today is the Lantern Festival, so it's a good time to take the Queen out for a walk."

Upon hearing this, Minister Lin shut up awkwardly.

Minister Lin turned around and told the people behind him, "Go brew the new tea we bought yesterday, and also ask the kitchen to make some snacks."

The emperor and empress sat at the top, while Minister Lin and Gu Jianyue sat on both sides respectively.

Xie Ci'an discussed the issue of the rectification of Jiangnan Road with Minister Lin, while Gu Jianchu looked at Minister Lin with boredom.

Minister Lin is indeed a young and promising man, having reached the position of Minister at such a young age. However, he looks quite dignified and doesn't seem like a crybaby.

Xie Ci'an was shocked when he heard Gu Jianchu's voice.

Is that what he heard?

Even the look Xie Ci'an gave Minister Lin was ambiguous.

But Gu Jianchu was still eating melon.

So, who is the top and who is the bottom between Minister Lin and the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy? It can't be Minister Lin who is the bottom, right?

Xie Ci’an:…

Please forgive him for having difficulty understanding and not actually understanding what Gu Jianchu meant.

[I didn't expect that the little crybaby would be the top. 】

[Why are they separated now? The reason is that the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy is afraid that their relationship will be exposed and affect Minister Lin's future. Crucially, these two have remained chaste for each other for the past few years.]