In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

What's more, in the court, Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the matter of thoroughly investigating the officials who were previously convicted, which made the emperor have to think more.

Moreover, many of the people on the list given by Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun were indeed wrongly accused.

It's just that the time is so long that some things can no longer be verified, but these are not the most important things. If only someone mentioned it in the court, it would be fine, but Su Zhizhi also mentioned this matter vaguely, which made the emperor suspicious.

After much deliberation, the emperor decided to call Su Zhizhi over for questioning.

"Is Su Zhizhi still in the imperial kitchen?" The emperor called his personal eunuch.

The eunuch thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, it's not yet time for the envoys to leave the Imperial Kitchen. I think Chef Su should still be there. Would Your Majesty like to summon Chef Su?"

The emperor nodded, and the eunuch took the order and did it.

In order not to waste the emperor's time, the eunuch personally took people to the imperial kitchen.

At this time, Su Zhizhi was talking to Chef Su. When she saw the eunuch beside the emperor coming over, Su Zhizhi's face suddenly became serious. She was afraid that the same thing happened to Concubine Wan.

But seeing the eunuch's smiling face, Su Zhizhi told herself that she must be worrying too much.

The eunuch quickly came to Su Zhizhi and Chef Su, looking at Su Zhizhi with a smile on his face.

Chef Su wasn't sure what he was going to do, and subconsciously protected Su Zhizhi behind him.

Chef Su greeted the chief eunuch with a smile and said, "Eunuch, how did you find time to come to the Imperial Kitchen today? Does His Majesty have any instructions to convey?"

The head eunuch noticed Chef Su's movements, but he wasn't angry. He just said, "Nothing. His Majesty just wants Chef Su to come over. I have nothing to do, so I took him there."

Chef Su suddenly realized what was going on and turned to Su Zhizhi and said, "Since His Majesty has ordered it, you should follow the eunuch."

"Yes." Su Zhizhi said respectfully.

She followed the eunuch, not daring to breathe, and allowed him to take her to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health." Su Zhizhi came in and bowed first, then knelt on the ground and waited quietly for the emperor's instructions.

"My dear minister, there is no need to be so polite. Please stand up. Someone, please give me a seat and some tea." The emperor lowered his head to review the memorial in his hand without looking up.

It was not until Su Zhizhi sat down tremblingly that the emperor slowly looked at her.

"My dear, do you know why I called you here today?"

Su Zhizhi hurriedly shook her head, "Your Majesty, I don't know. Please explain clearly."

The emperor did not get angry when he heard this. He just slowly shook the memorial in his hand and said, "My dear minister, do you know what is written in it?"

Su Zhizhi was even more confused, wondering what kind of medicine the emperor was selling in his gourd.

"Your Majesty, please make it clear." Su Zhizhi spoke again, but said the same thing.

The emperor seemed bored and dropped his pretense of mystery. He said, "Herein lies a joint memorial signed by your husband and Shen Wenjun. They repeatedly request that I order a reinvestigation of the cases of several officials who were exiled ten years ago. What do you think, my dear? I see that the cakes you made seem to hint at this."

Su Zhizhi's heart sank. She knew that the emperor had seen through it, but she didn't expect that the emperor would actually bring this matter to light. Su Zhizhi was a little confused about what the emperor was thinking.

Before Su Zhizhi could speak, she stood up from her chair and knelt directly in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

The emperor waved his hand. "My dear minister, please stand up first. I don't mean to blame you. Shen Wenjun and Xie Chengjin have also drawn up a list for me. I have some impression of the people on it. If there is a real injustice, I will definitely not sit idly by."

Su Zhizhi stood up tremblingly, glanced at the emperor, and still spoke hesitantly, "When I was on leave at home, I heard Xie Chengjin mention this matter to me. However, I am only working in the imperial kitchen and cannot interfere in state affairs. It was only when I saw that my husband was particularly troubled by this, and it happened that His Majesty specifically requested to eat the cakes I made, that I..."

Su Zhizhi calmed herself down, sorted out her thoughts, and then began to explain herself.

Hearing this, there was no expression on the emperor's face, but Su Zhizhi still didn't dare to breathe.

Su Zhizhi held her breath, waiting for the emperor's punishment, but unexpectedly, the emperor did not blame Su Zhizhi for interfering in state affairs. He seemed to have his own considerations.

After a long pause, the emperor finally spoke, "Well, you intervened in this matter for the greater good. Your courage is commendable. Come, announce the decree!"

Even when Su Zhizhi walked out of the imperial study with a pile of gold, silver and jewelry, she still looked distraught. To say she was distraught was not entirely true, but more of a trance of disbelief.

Thinking about what happened in the imperial study just now, Su Zhizhi still felt as if she was in a dream. If it were someone else, Su Zhizhi's actions would have surely put her in jail. However, instead of doing so, the emperor praised Su Zhizhi highly and even rewarded her with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

Su Zhizhi didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but she couldn't refuse the reward, so she had to take the things and leave.

After leaving the imperial study, Su Zhizhi did not delay and went straight back to the imperial kitchen with her things.

At this time, Chef Su was anxiously waiting for Su Zhizhi to come back in the imperial kitchen. Seeing Su Zhizhi appear in front of the imperial kitchen, Chef Su hurried forward to check.

"Are you okay?" Chef Su asked anxiously while looking Su Zhizhi up and down.

Su Zhizhi shook her head and smiled at Chef Su, "Don't worry, I'm fine. His Majesty called me over and gave me quite a few gifts, look."

As she spoke, Su Zhizhi showed Chef Su the things from last time.

Chef Su finally felt relieved and glanced at Su Zhizhi helplessly. Suddenly, he remembered that he still didn't know what had happened. He quickly asked, "So, why did His Majesty call you over?"

Hearing this, Su Zhizhi touched her nose guiltily. She had deliberately avoided Chef Su about this matter, but she didn't expect that the other party would ask about it now.

Anyway, the matter didn't have any impact. Su Zhizhi hesitated for a moment and briefly told Chef Su what she had done.

Chef Su frowned as he heard this. Although Su Zhizhi was fine in the end, this matter was still extremely dangerous. It could be said that one wrong step would lead to eternal damnation.