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

Chapter 509 Found out

"The person who defiled Li Miao must also be apprehended. Focus on investigating the people at the Hot Spring Villa and those in the Zuo Shilang residence. Apart from the people at the Hot Spring Villa and the servants who followed Li Miao, no one else has the opportunity to enter the Hot Spring Villa."

"Keep this matter low-key and don't make it public." Gu Jianchu believed that even if she didn't make any announcement, as long as Shuangjiang found out that Zuo Shilang was responsible, it wouldn't be difficult to trace the clues and find out that Zuo Shilang had harmed his sister.

Shuangjiang glanced at Gu Jianchu cautiously and said, "After your Majesty has thoroughly investigated this matter, should we send it to you or the Emperor?"

"Send it to me first. The emperor has been busy dealing with the affairs of Yelan Kingdom recently and I'm afraid he doesn't have time. I'll tell the emperor after I take a look at it." Gu Jianchu gave the order.

After receiving accurate instructions, Shuangjiang immediately left Kunning Palace and returned to the Imperial City Office to appoint people to investigate the case assigned by the Empress Dowager.

If it is really related to the Left Vice Minister, then the investigation has led to the ministers in the court.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, countless ministers have died. Now the queen is still keeping an eye on those ministers of the previous dynasty, and she is really worried about them.

After Shuangjiang left, Gu Jianchu asked again with concern, "How is the situation over there with Li Miao?"

Wen Nuan couldn't help but sigh and said, "Although she was rescued, she has no hope of survival now. I sent people to watch over her day and night because I was worried that she would do something stupid. But if the bad guys were brought to justice, maybe it would ease her mood and she wouldn't commit suicide."

"They will be caught. Those evil guys will definitely be brought to justice. Thank you for taking care of Li Miao. Zhuxi, go to my storehouse and get that old ginseng. Ask Wen Nuan to take it back to warm up Li Miao. Tell her to take good care of herself. She must not think about committing suicide again. Those bad guys are not dead yet, but she, the victim, died first. Where is the justice in this world?" Gu Jianchu couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking of the poor girl, I couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Wen Nuan personally stood up and took the old mountain ginseng from Zhuxi's hands, "Thank you, Her Majesty, for the reward. I thank Her Majesty on behalf of Li Miao."

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been recently?" Gu Jianchu asked casually.

Wen Nuan said truthfully, "As usual, I followed my father to Jiangnan to do business. It really broadened my horizons."

"What about marriage?" Gu Jianchu peeled the orange at hand and handed it to Wen Nuan.

Wen Nuan hurriedly took it in a panic, "I'll just go with the flow. If I meet the right one, I'll marry. If not, I'll take over father's business. Father has worked so hard to build up so many businesses, and someone needs to look after them. When he gets old, I can adopt a child from the family to raise him. That way, the family's legacy will be passed down."

Besides, their generation was the last in the Marquisate. The next generation to inherit would be the Earl and the rest would be extinct. Besides, there was no one left in their Marquisate and no one would make any great achievements, so Wen Nuan and the old Marquis gave up completely.

Wen Nuan stayed for a while and was then sent out of the palace by Zhuxi.

Today is a rare day, Xie Ci'an came over during dinner time.

Ever since the Queen of Yelan Kingdom and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came over, Xie Ci'an has been so busy that he has no time at all. He hasn't come to have dinner with her for several days in a row, and it's rare to see him today.

While watching Xie Ci'an helping him with the soup, Gu Jianchu asked gently, "How is the situation in Yelan Country?"

Xie Ci'an put down his chopsticks. "The two sides are still arguing, but the Yelan Kingdom does need the salt we provide, so all conditions will be agreed to in the end. Besides peace on the border, their war horses are what I value most. If we can buy their war horses and use them on the battlefield in Liaodong, it will be of great benefit to the situation in Liaodong. So now is their only chance to negotiate, just like they urgently need our salt."

"Besides, they have the pressure of the Second Prince in their country. I believe they will agree. It just takes time. And the price of salt can be reduced. The government has already shown signs of loosening its stance."

Although the prince is an attendant, his say is far less than that of his mistress Su Tang. As long as Su Tang nods in agreement, the matter will be considered settled.

Xie Ci'an shook Gu Jianchu's hand and said, "I heard that Ah Chu asked Shuangjiang to investigate the Left Minister."

Gu Jianchu knew that this matter could not be concealed from the emperor, not to mention that she was employing people from the Imperial City Bureau. Although the people from the Imperial City Bureau would obey her orders, they would definitely report this matter to the emperor, and it was impossible for her not to tell him.

Gu Jianchu didn't hide anything, nodded, and said softly, "It was I who asked Shuangjiang to investigate Zuo Shilang. Today, Wen Nuan came to the palace and told me that Zuo Shilang's niece jumped into the river and committed suicide. Fortunately, she ran into her and saved her. Later, after asking around, she learned that the reason Zuo Shilang's niece committed suicide was because her innocence was tarnished. After careful investigation, we found out that it was Zuo Shilang who sent her niece to the hot spring villa that caused this to happen. Zuo Shilang didn't treat his niece well, and now he's willing to send her to the hot springs. There's always something wrong when something is out of the ordinary. I suspect these things may be related to Zuo Shilang, so I asked Shuangjiang to investigate quietly. If it's too high-profile, it will inevitably damage Zuo Shilang's reputation."

Based on the Queen's ability to gossip, these things can definitely not be false, they can only be true.

I didn't expect that in order to climb up the ladder, the Left Minister would even sell out his own niece. There really are such beasts in the world.

Just as Gu Jianchu finished speaking, there were two gentle knocks on the tightly closed door. Yun He, standing outside the door, reported, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Master Shuangjiang is here and wants to see you regarding something important."

[It was found out so quickly.]

Gu Jianchu quickly put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Xie Ci'an originally wanted to wait for Gu Jianchu to finish dinner before summoning Shuangjiang, but now it seems that there is no need. When she heard that Shuangjiang was coming, she was in no mood to eat at all.

Xie Ci'an asked Yunhe to bring in Frost, and then instructed Zhuxi beside him to ask the small kitchen to prepare some snacks and sweet soup for Gu Jianchu. Gu Jianchu didn't eat much tonight and would definitely be hungry soon.

Xie Ci'an felt that the syrup was not enough, so he asked the kitchen to prepare some buns and steamed dumplings.

Soon, Frost followed Yunhe into the room.

Frost first paid his respects to the Emperor and Empress.

When Xie Ci Anping came behind him, Gu Jianchu asked anxiously, "But what did the Left Minister find out?"

Shuangjiang didn't expect that the Queen Mother already knew about it before he even said it.