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

She was also handling matters for the emperor.

"Cheng Song will inform Wen Zhu and ask the people from the Imperial City Bureau to make a trip." Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu's slender white fingers with his backhand, and gently rubbed the back of Gu Jianchu's hand with his fingertips.

Still doing business, Gu Jianchu calmly withdrew his hand and said, "It will take some time to invite the people into the palace. Don't just kneel on the ground. Get up first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shu Yao consciously stood aside and waited quietly.

The other members of the Shu family all had their own ulterior motives.

Lin's gaze drifted towards Shu Yao from time to time.

Madam Annan is starting to get suspicious. She's only now realizing Shu Yao and herself share a similarity. You've already bullied her enough to realize the resemblance. You've really hit a wall before you know how to turn.

【late. 】

[The next step is probably the crematorium of chasing girls. ]

While waiting, Gu Jianchu ate half a plate of red bean cake.

Wen Zhu acted quite quickly and finally brought the midwife and Yun'er into the palace after an hour.

The midwife is now a 60-year-old woman with a head full of gray hair, but she looks pretty strong. However, her foot is a little tilted, and she really sprained it.

The other was a woman in her thirties, wearing a coarse linen dress with two patches on her body. Perhaps because she often did rough work, the woman looked a little old and her skin was very dark.

When she saw the people from the Annan Earl's Mansion, the woman felt guilty at first, then lowered her head, and with indescribable timidity, she and the midwife bowed to Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an.

Xie Ci'an hardly said anything about this matter.

Let Gu Jianchu handle it.

"Sun, do you know why you were allowed into the palace this time?" Gu Jianchu asked calmly.

There are skills in interrogation, and you have to break down the other person's heart bit by bit.

She didn't know whether it was because she felt guilty or because she was suddenly brought into the palace and was afraid of seeing so many nobles, but her body was shaking violently, and even her tone of voice was stuttering, "I don't know."

After getting the expected answer, Gu Jianchu spoke again, "Do you have a sister?"

Before Sun could deny it, Gu Jianchu said, "Auntie Sun from the Annan Marquis's Mansion."

Hearing this, the other party's body trembled violently. It was obvious that he had not expected that they already knew everything clearly. He was even more worried about the purpose of entering the palace this time. "My elder sister was a concubine in the Annan Earl's Mansion, but she passed away after giving birth."

Gu Jianchu didn't ask any further, but instead signaled with his eyes to Zhuxi who was following beside him, "Then what did you do after your sister passed away? You caused the eldest lady to give birth prematurely, and then took the opportunity to secretly replace the eldest lady's child with your sister's."

"Don't try to quibble. This is in the palace, not the Annan Marquis's residence. There are ways and means to make you tell the truth. If you confess honestly now, you can avoid some physical pain."

Zhuxi's imposing aura of bullying managed to coax the other party into silence for a moment, but after seeming to realize something, the other party immediately retorted, "No, I don't know what nonsense you are talking about."

"You're just like some people in the Annan Marquis's Mansion, stubborn even after a dead duck." Zhuxi looked at the old lady who was kneeling quietly beside her. "I heard that grandma is the midwife of the Annan Marquis' Mansion. So, grandma, please tell us about it."

"The eldest lady fell and went into premature labor. When we were called over, she had already gone into labor. She later gave birth to a daughter. I was the midwife, and while I was cleaning the baby, I saw a red butterfly birthmark on her wrist. This birthmark was not only seen by me, but also by the other two midwives at the time."

"Then just look at who has the red birthmark on her wrist. That person is the eldest lady's biological daughter." Gu Jianchu motioned Zhuxi to go over and check.

Shu Yao immediately rolled up her sleeves obediently. There was indeed a red birthmark on her arm. However, in order to confirm whether the birthmark was deliberately forged, Zhu Xi asked someone to get water to wipe it off. She saw that the skin was rubbed red, but the birthmark was still there.

Then it was Shu Ying's turn.

Shu Ying backed away in panic. Shu Zhaoyi reacted quickly and grabbed Shu Ying's arm, pulling up her sleeve. She didn't see any birthmark.

Shu Ying immediately pulled her arm back. "What does the absence of a birthmark mean? Maybe that little bitch Shu Yao deliberately found the midwife and asked her to say that. There's no other witnesses or physical evidence of what happened back then. Let them say whatever they want."

After Shu Ying's rebuttal, Lin became shaken again.

What Shu Ying said was not without reason. One person's words were not solid evidence. They didn't want to acknowledge it, so they had to deny it. Moreover, Shu Ying had been raised as a legitimate daughter for so many years, and the Earl of Annan still wanted to send her to the palace. If it was confirmed that her status had been switched, not only would she not be able to enter the palace, but it would also disrupt his current plan.

After all, he couldn't marry his legitimate daughter to the old man as a concubine. That would be embarrassing for him and would make him a laughing stock in the capital.

Shu Zhaoyi already disliked her younger sister, and seeing her about to be abandoned by the family, she selfishly sneered, "Isn't Sun Yun'er, the most important witness, right here? Are you afraid that dragging her away and torturing her won't yield any useful confession?"

As soon as Shu Zhaoyi finished speaking, she was greeted with a stern warning from Annanbo. He no longer cared about his wife's infidelity and cuckolding him. He stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this is my family affair. It is best not to pollute the eyes of Your Majesty and the Empress. I will take it home and deal with it myself."

"You don't want to take it back and deal with it, I think you want to suppress this matter."

Without waiting for Gu Jianchu to speak, Xie Ci'an tapped the table with his fingers faintly, "Could it be that Earl Annan feels that the Queen won't handle this matter fairly?"

Annanbo was so frightened that he quickly shook his head. "How could that be? I believe that the Queen will be able to handle this matter impartially. I am just worried that if this matter continues to escalate, it will pollute the Queen's ears."

【Thank you for thinking of me. 】

"It's okay. I have nothing to do, so I just want to listen to a story."

"I also think what Shu Zhaoyi said makes sense. It's hard to find evidence for old matters, but Sun Yun'er, the one who exchanged the child, is right here. If we hand her over to the people below for a thorough interrogation, she will surely confess something useful."

"Yunhe has passed on my order to have the maids from the Ministry of Punishment bring over and interrogate him in front of everyone to prevent anyone from saying his testimony is invalid. The maids from the Ministry of Punishment are all seasoned torturers and will never force a confession. They will only force him to confess what everyone wants. I'm sure Earl Annan is aware of this."

Gu Jianchu looked at An Nanbo with gentle eyes.

There was a hint of coldness in his gentle eyes.