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

"This is absolutely impossible. The Queen must have switched them secretly." Concubine Shu pointed at Gu Jianchu's nose madly.

Gu Jianchu smiled calmly, "What kind of joke are you kidding, Concubine? I didn't even know you were here to cause trouble, so how could you have switched the babies? Besides, the palace search was initiated by you, and carried out by the Queen Mother and the Emperor's entourage. None of my servants even entered the palace, so how could you have switched the babies?"

Concubine Shu was speechless and didn't know how to defend herself for a moment.

"Sister, you don't even have the ability to judge. Don't listen to what the palace people say in the future."

Concubine Shu turned to look at Xie Ci'an, "Your Majesty, I didn't hear anything from anyone. It must be the Empress who is deliberately plotting against me."

[Speechless, who is like you, with nothing to do all day long to scheme against others? It's you who are so stupid that you failed to gain anything but ended up losing the rice. Now you can't wrongly accuse me, but you blame me for framing you. I'm really giving you face.]

[Why didn't Concubine Shu marry Cao Li? She's so shameless that she could definitely be a couple with Cao Li.]

Listening to Gu Jianchu's complaints, Xie Ci'an tried hard not to laugh out loud.

It's indeed a bit of a match.

Gu Jianchu was speechless and immediately opened his mouth, "My sister, the Imperial Concubine, is not favored. She hasn't even been to the emperor's bed since entering the palace. Your status is lower than mine. Why would I go to such lengths to frame you? My sister, the Imperial Concubine, has no subjective judgment at all."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu's face instantly turned purple with anger, and her hand that was pointing at Gu Jianchu was trembling slightly.

She is not favored, but the Queen actually pointed it out in front of so many palace ladies. Doesn't she have any dignity?

Before Concubine Shu could react to Gu Jianchu's anger, Xie Ci'an's icy voice rang out in her ears, "Concubine Shu's behavior is truly unfitting for the position of Concubine. From today on, you will be stripped of your Concubine title and demoted to Zhaoyi. You will be confined to the palace to reflect on your actions and not do anything so outrageous as to disobey your superiors again."

"I wonder if your Majesty Queen Mother has any objection to my handling of the matter?" Xie Ci'an also looked closely at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother now looked embarrassed.

She didn't expect that her stupid niece couldn't even handle such a small thing and even dragged her into the embarrassment.

Xie Ci'an was deliberately slapping her in the face. After all, it was she who pushed her niece to the position of imperial concubine. She had wanted her niece to be the queen before.

But Xie Ci'an got the second daughter of the Gu family. The Gu family holds military power. With the Gu family's wealth and Xie Ci'an's support, they really cannot compete.

Concubine Shu looked at the Queen Mother for help, "Aunt, please help me."

The Queen Mother pulled back her clothes from Noble Concubine Shu's hand and forced a smile. "Noble Concubine acted rashly and is indeed unworthy of the position of Noble Concubine. I have no objection to the Emperor's decision."

"It is still the Queen Mother who understands the greater good and knows the principle of sacrificing one's own relatives for the greater good. Cheng Song, please send the Queen Mother back safely." Xie Ci'an was still deliberately poking the Queen Mother's lungs, and the coldness on his face made people feel terrified.

The Empress Dowager is also clueless. The Emperor isn't her biological son, and she wasn't kind to him when she was young. She even suppressed him after he returned victorious from battle. Yet, upon ascending the throne, she still allowed her to take the position of Empress Dowager. She's not grateful and should have just stayed in the harem to enjoy her retirement, but she's been making trouble everywhere, bribing court officials, flattering her niece, and frantically seeking benefits for the Annan Marquisate. She's simply dancing on the Emperor's red line.

[If you don't know how to restrain yourself now, you will end up killing yourself sooner or later.]

Gu Jianchu was still complaining in her heart and didn't notice a burning gaze falling on her.

Gu Jianyue reacted quickly and made room for the two. "I remembered that Consort Wen sent someone to inform me this morning to help her make snacks later. I will go to Consort Wen's place first so as not to disturb the Emperor and my sister."

Xie Ci'an waved his hand.

Gu Jianyue immediately took Tinglan and Zhuxia away from Kunning Palace.

The other palace people consciously stepped aside, leaving only the emperor and the empress.

Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu's hand and walked all the way into the inner hall. He then handed the booklet that Xiao Fuzi had given him to Gu Jianchu, with a hint of anticipation between his eyebrows. "I didn't know the Queen even read books like this."

Gu Jianchu didn't open it to see what the thing her mother gave her looked like, but just heard the system say that it was a pornographic book teaching people about sex.

Now hearing what the emperor said, no matter how dumb Gu Jianchu was, he realized what the emperor was holding in his hand.

It was the pornographic book that was swapped by Xiao Fuzi.

Gu Jianchu's cheeks instantly turned red with shyness, and he leaned forward to grab the booklet in Xie Ci'an's hand.

Xie Ci'an noticed the Queen's actions and suddenly raised the thing in his hand. Not only did Gu Jianchu fail to grab the book, but he also fell into Xie Ci'an's arms.

Xie Ci'an didn't expect Gu Jianchu to pounce on him with such great force. He was knocked back a few steps, his thigh hit the round stool beside him, and he fell backwards.

Xie Ci'an reacted quickly, holding Gu Jianchu's waist with one hand, and using the other hand to leverage the strength of the table beside them, he threw their bodies onto the bed beside them.

Gu Jianchu was protected by Xie Ci'an. Even if she fell, Xie Ci'an was there to cushion her. She didn't get hurt at all. After all, she was a little frightened because of the fall.

Xie Ci'an, who had reacted, was also concerned about Gu Jianchu at the first moment, "Did Ah Chu fall anywhere?"

Gu Jianchu lay on top of Xie Ci'an, staring at him with wet eyes and shaking her head, "I didn't fall."

The moment Xie Ci'an lowered his guard, Gu Jianchu immediately moved and snatched the book from Xie Ci'an's hand. "I don't know what nonsense the emperor is talking about. I have never opened this book since my mother brought it into the palace."

The weather in early spring was still cold, and Gu Jianchu was particularly afraid of the cold, so the charcoal brazier never stopped. Gu Jianchu moved to the side, trying to destroy the thing.

Xie Ci'an seemed to have seen through Gu Jianchu's thoughts a long time ago. When Gu Jianchu was getting closer and closer to the edge of the bed, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Gu Jianchu's wrist, pulling her forward. Gu Jianchu was held in his arms again, and he took back the things she wanted to destroy the body with.

A deep voice sounded beside Gu Jianchu's ears, "Since the Queen hasn't seen it yet, I will watch it with her today and practice the movements on it. I can't waste the painstaking efforts of my mother-in-law to send this thing here."

It’s all Concubine Shu’s fault. She can’t live a good life, and I don’t know what she’s doing.

Just as Xie Ci'an opened the booklet, Gu Jianchu covered it with her hand and said, "Your Majesty is so wise and powerful. I think you don't need to read this booklet."

"There are always people better than you. Sometimes you have to learn from them." Xie Ci'an moved Gu Jianchu's hand away again.

What caught my eye was the disgusting picture in the booklet.

I don’t know what my mother was thinking, she actually found this kind of thing.