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

[What the hell? You're embarrassed to look at it, but I'm too embarrassed to take it out. How is this any different from reading pornographic books in public? And in this pedantic age.]

Gu Jianchu cursed in his heart, and hoped that the dog emperor would come sooner.

Seeing Gu Jianchu standing there motionless with a look of panic on her face, Concubine Shu seemed to have caught Gu Jianchu's tail, "I'm afraid it really is a fox spirit's thing. The Empress Dowager doesn't dare to take it out. The Empress Dowager should order a search of the palace."

Just as Gu Jianchu was thinking about how to stop them, he saw a man in a bright yellow dragon robe approaching from a distance. The man looked hurried, as if he was in a hurry to come over. "Let me see who dares to search the palace."

Everyone hurriedly bowed to Xie Ci'an.

Xie Ci'an strode forward and gave Gu Jianchu a light support.

[The bastard is finally here. If he doesn't come over soon, I'll be eaten alive by your little wife.]

Xie Ci'an turned around and saw Gu Jianchu with his head down, looking aggrieved.

He coughed lightly and said, "It seems that the previous month's house arrest was not enough of a lesson for the Imperial Concubine. Without any evidence, she dared to bring the Queen Mother to Kunning Palace and speak nonsense, and even dared to search the palace."

Concubine Shu shuddered at the aura emanating from Xie Ci'an, her body unconsciously shrinking back. "I dare not. I do have evidence. The servants of the Nanping Marquis's residence personally admitted that the Marquis's wife collected secret techniques for the Empress. The Empress kept saying that it was a storybook, but she didn't dare to show it. This is enough to show that the Empress is guilty."

As Concubine Shu spoke, she kept an eye on the Emperor's expression. Seeing that he showed no signs of anger, she dared to continue, "No one knows whether the Empress's seductive tactics on the Emperor have harmed his health. I beg Your Majesty to observe."

"Oh, Your Majesty thinks that I am stupid and will be deceived by some inferior means." Although Xie Ci'an's tone was still light, the words he said were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and people dared not refute it.

Concubine Shu was so frightened that she shook her head, "That's not what I meant."

Concubine Shu naturally knew that the emperor was protecting the queen, but this was a perfect opportunity to deal with the queen.

He could only look to the Queen Mother beside him for help.

The Empress Dowager, who had remained silent ever since the Emperor arrived, finally spoke up. "I know the Emperor won't be fooled by such low-quality tactics, and he trusts the Empress. However, there are rumors like this in the palace, and it's not enough for the Emperor to believe it alone. We also need to make sure that so many eyes in the palace know the Empress's innocence. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Empress to convince everyone in the palace in the future."

[Old Deng has become smarter now and knows how to use roundabout methods to deal with the emperor.]

[I just don't know what the consequences will be if this pornographic book is searched out. Will I be labeled as distributing obscene materials, or can I put the blame on the emperor?]

He didn't even know that the queen was reading that kind of book behind his back.

He didn't even look at her, and the queen wanted to push the blame onto him.

Although the Queen Mother's method was a bit roundabout, it was indeed a good way to clear the Queen of the dirty water they had thrown at her.

Xie Ci'an's cold voice echoed through the air, "What the Queen Mother said is not without reason. For the sake of fairness, let Cheng Song and Cui Wei go together, so that some servants won't take advantage of the palace search to tamper with it."

Gu Jianchu stood beside Xie Ci'an, stirring the handkerchief in his hand, with an unconcealable panic on his face.

[Zhu Xia is really something. She didn't hide her things properly and put them carelessly under the dresser. It will be easily found.]

[Oh no, oh no! Cuiwei has finished searching the bed and is about to search the dresser. Cheng Song doesn't seem to be helping. If Cheng Song sees this, he might even be able to help me cover it up.]

Xie Ci'an frowned helplessly at the Queen's nagging, then turned to look at Xiao Fuzi who was following beside him, "These two are too slow, you should go over and help them."

Xie Ci'an signaled Xiao Fuzi with his eyes.

Although Xiao Fuzi has not been with Xie Ci'an as long as Cheng Song, the fact that he was able to be with Xie Ci'an for such a short period of time is enough to show that this person has a very smart mind.

Gu Jianchu paid close attention to the situation in the hall.

It was a false alarm. Fortunately, Xiao Fuzi entered in time to stop Cuiwei from moving on to the dressing table. I wish this little palace maid could be smarter.

Just as she was thinking this, the people who had gone in to search the palace came out one after another. Cuiwei and Cheng Song both returned empty-handed.

When Gu Jianchu finally let go of his worries, he saw Xiao Fuzi coming out holding something tightly wrapped in a silk handkerchief.

She recognized the silk handkerchief outside. It was the one her mother had used to wrap the pornographic book in on the day of the banquet.

【Haha, my heart finally died. 】

I don't know how Xiao Fuzi managed to get to his current position. Is he really so clueless, or is he just loyal to the Emperor?

I only heard Xiao Fuzi say, "Your Majesty, your servant saw something suspicious wrapped in a silk handkerchief in the drawer under the Empress' dressing table, so I brought it out."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu took the initiative to move forward to carefully identify it, with a lingering light in her eyes, "Your Majesty, this is it. I saw the Marquis's wife give it to the Empress at the palace banquet before."

"The Empress must have used this seductive trick to seduce the Emperor."

Gu Jianchu didn't expect that he would have such a socially awkward moment, and he held his forehead with one hand helplessly.

"All the things have been found. What else does Your Majesty have to explain?" Concubine Shu looked at Gu Jianchu aggressively, with an unprecedented joy in her tone.

"This is definitely not something seductive." Gu Jianchu was still making his last struggle.

After finally catching the Queen's mistake, how could Concubine Shu give the Queen a chance to turn things around? She quickly snatched the booklet wrapped in the silk handkerchief from Xiao Fuzi's hand, and after untying the tightly wrapped handkerchief.

Concubine Shu was stunned for a moment.

"How is this possible?" Concubine Shu flipped through the book anxiously.

Gu Jianchu, who was waiting for social death, heard that Shu Guifei's reaction was wrong. He looked in the direction of her gaze and saw that Shu Guifei was holding a notebook she had read in her hand.

[That's not right. The silk handkerchief clearly contained a pornographic book. How could it possibly be a storybook?]

[It turned out that after discovering the pornographic book, Xiao Fuzi secretly replaced it with a notebook she had read before.]

【I misunderstood Xiao Fuzi before. 】

Xiao Fuzi must have done this at the emperor's behest, but it's a good thing she doesn't have to die.

Gu Jianchu sneered, "I told you long ago that it was a storybook, but Your Highness simply refused to believe it. Now that the palace has been searched, why would Your Highness still refuse to believe it?"