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

Chapter 118: Watching the fun and seeing the emperor and empress

Then I simply tidied up the messy room to make it look less messy.

As for the bloodstains that could not be cleaned up, Cheng Song was so smart that he stood on the bloodstains to cover them up.

By the time all this was done, Old Man Xu and his men were approaching. Faintly, one could hear Old Man Xu's sad voice, "My daughter and I have come all the way from Jiangnan to celebrate Master Xiao's birthday. This is also my daughter's first time in the capital. She's unfamiliar with the place and has no idea where she wandered off to. Thank you very much for coming and helping to find her. Once we find my daughter, I will definitely prepare a generous gift to thank you all."

"We have searched everywhere but couldn't find your daughter. Now all we have left is this backyard." One of the scholars holding a folding fan walked in front, and his eyes lit up when he heard about the generous gift.

Old Man Xu was unable to mobilize too many court ministers, and only a few people who had a good relationship with Xiao Cong came along. Old Man Xu still felt that the number of people was not enough, so he took the opportunity to recruit scholars who were visiting nearby.

Most of these scholars were born in the market. If they saw Old Man Xu's daughter and Xiao Cong lying in the same bed, the whole Shengjing City would probably know about it within a day, and they might even publish a few books about it.

Old Man Xu mobilized so many people just to completely nail this matter down.

"Then my young lady must be in the backyard. She accidentally got her clothes wet before, so she asked Lord Xiao to help find a room to change clothes. But when I went to get the clothes, there was no trace of her. She is not familiar with this place, and if she gets lost, she must be very worried." The little girl seemed anxious and deliberately revealed the information.

The people who followed had nothing in mind and immediately smelled the scent of gossip, which made them more motivated and focused in finding people.

The little girl intentionally or unintentionally led the way to the last rest area in the corridor.

After a while, everyone arrived at the room where Xu Suyue and Xiao Cong were. Old Man Xu was the first to step forward and gently pushed the door, but it was locked from the inside and wouldn't budge. "Suyue, are you in there? It's Daddy."

The only response was silence.

The scholar holding a folding fan followed behind Old Man Xu and reminded him, "Could something have happened? Should we break the door open?"

Hearing this, Old Man Xu pretended to be at a loss, and looked at everyone with a look of help, "Okay, okay, now break the door open."

Everyone loves to watch the fun. How can they not watch such excitement? Even the officials who followed were the same, especially when the objects of the fun were their colleagues.

The only reason they could come to Xiao Cong's birthday party was because they were colleagues.

Immediately, two enthusiastic scholars came forward to help and knock on the door.

The door was originally ajar with a bolt, and it would be difficult to open it if pushed gently. The force of the person hitting the door was too great to withstand, and with a loud bang, the door was instantly knocked open, and the two scholars fell to the ground because they used too much force.

Gu Jianchu in the room was startled by the noise, and the chess piece in his hand instantly slipped out of his hand and rolled onto the chessboard, messing up the entire chess game.

Xie Ci'an frowned at the sudden interruption, his expression instantly turning cold. With a wave of his hand, the chess pieces on the chessboard flew towards the intruder, "Get out of here."

After all, Xie Ci'an was a military general. He looked at the chess pieces as ordinary ones, and felt a tingling pain when they hit his body as if he were hit by a sharp blade. The two scholars in front were hit on the legs by the chess pieces, and they fell to the ground with a cry of pain.

When Old Man Xu saw Xie Ci'an and Gu Jianchu in the room, he was also dumbfounded and immediately turned to look at the maid who was following him.

The little girl shook her head in fear, "I saw the young lady and Mr. Xiao enter this room with my own eyes."

Hearing this, Old Man Xu looked at the Emperor and Empress again. Especially when faced with Xie Ci'an's subdued aura, he felt guilty for a moment. "Sir, the servants in my mansion saw my daughter and Master Xiao from the Hanlin Academy enter this room. I wonder if you and your wife saw it too."

[You're afraid that others won't know your daughter and Xiao Cong have had a relationship, so you're directly announcing Xiao Cong's official name in front of everyone.]

[It's really sad that a good person has such a weird relative. ]

Fortunately, the Emperor was quick-witted and hid Xiao Cong and Minister Lin in the next room. Even if Su Yue couldn't see him, as long as Xiao Cong was there, given Old Man Xu's eloquence, he could probably make black into white.

"How can we see your daughter? You can't even take care of your daughter. You are a failure as a father."

"You can get out now. You're really ruining the mood." Xie Ci'an's eyes were gradually showing impatience.

Once you miss this opportunity today, it will be difficult to plot against Xiao Cong.

Not only will Xiao Cong be on guard against them, he may even not recognize him as his uncle.

There was no way out for the father and son.

Thinking of this, Old Man Xu no longer felt the panic he had felt before.

He specifically asked someone to guard the backyard and did not see Xiao Cong and Su Yue go out. He had seen the two people in front of him at the banquet. They came to give Xiao Cong a gift, which meant they were Xiao Cong's good friends.

The two of them were so anxious to let them leave, there must be something fishy going on. Su Yue and Xiao Cong were probably hiding somewhere in the room.

"Someone saw my daughter Su Yue enter this room and never come out again. You must have hidden my daughter. Do you have the guts to let us go in and search?" Old Man Xu walked in with his chest puffed out without waiting for Xie Ci'an's consent.

Before Old Man Xu and the little girl could take two steps into the room, they were blocked by a strong wind that appeared from nowhere.

Xie Ci'an didn't get angry, but tapped the table lightly with his fingers, but his eyes were cold as he looked at everyone.

Cheng Song immediately shouted, "How dare you search the room where the Emperor and the Empress are staying? And the proofreader and the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Household Department are actually fooling around with these ignorant people. How dare you do that?"

They just came to watch the fun and stood at the back. In addition to the two of them, there were several other officials, but they were unlucky and were spotted by Cheng Song, so they had to be punished as a warning to others.

Xiao Cong didn't get to eat the sweet potato, but he saw it on the emperor and empress's heads while watching the fun.

The two arrived late and didn't know the emperor and empress were here.

They were familiar with Cheng Song's voice. Taking advantage of the gaps in the crowd, they both saw the faces of the Emperor and Empress clearly. Their legs trembled as they knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I simply saw that this old man's daughter was missing and felt very sorry for her, so I helped her find her. I absolutely did not mean to offend Your Majesty or Your Majesty. Please forgive me for my disrespect."

Several court officials who came to join in the fun knelt on the bluestone bricks and kowtowed.

Old Man Xu and the scholars standing on both sides were stunned for a moment.

what?

The person in front of me turned out to be the emperor.

Good news, they are fortunate enough to see the emperor in this life.

Bad news, if you offend the emperor, you may be punished.

One by one, they knelt down as if they were disobedient and kowtowed along with the group of court officials.

The Minister of Rites and the Minister of Rites all knew him, and since they kowtowed to him, it must be that the emperor was right.

Old Man Xu's eyes rolled and he crawled on his knees in front of Xie Ci'an.