"Since it's lost, there's no need to bother looking for it. When you become pregnant again, I'll just give you another one. Why go to such lengths?"

Gu Jiangli bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty the Empress is magnanimous, beyond the reach of ordinary people. But His Majesty only wishes to know how this jade gourd was lost, and His Majesty only wants to ask Eunuch Li a few questions. Is Your Majesty not allowed to do that?"

The Empress glanced at Eunuch Li with a somewhat unnatural expression.

At this moment, Lotus exclaimed in surprise, "My lady, look!"

She stood up from Eunuch Li, holding a piece of emerald green jade gourd in her hand.

"Isn't this the jade gourd that Her Majesty the Empress gave to you, Your Highness?"

Gu Jiangli was taken aback. She took it with one hand and then covered her mouth with the other. "It really is! Where did you come from?"

Lotus pointed at Eunuch Li, whose eyes were rolled back, and said, "It fell off Eunuch Li!"

"How could that be? Eunuch Li isn't that kind of person!"

The Empress seemed to realize something, "Consort Gu, what do you mean by this? Did you deliberately have your maid prepare in advance to frame Eunuch Li? Do you think His Majesty will believe such a low-level framing?"

Gu Jiangli, lifting the somewhat heavy hem of her skirt, walked towards the Empress with a generous smile.

The two stood very close, and Gu Jiangli's aura was in no way inferior to that of the Empress.

“Your Majesty, whether it’s low-level or not is not up to you to decide. Eunuch Li has been found with evidence. Even if he’s to be carried, he should be brought before His Majesty so that His Majesty can ask him questions. If Your Majesty wants to stop this, then come to Guangming Hall to stop him.”

Gu Jiangli's gentle smile carried an undeniable provocation.

The Empress's composure was also beginning to crumble.

Gu Jiangli said to the palace servants behind him:

"Carry Eunuch Li to the Guangming Hall to await His Majesty's interrogation."

"yes."

Gu Jiangli glanced at the jade gourd pendant in his hand with an air of seriousness, as if sharing something strange with Hehua, and said:

"Lotus, look, why is there a hole on the bottom of this gourd?"

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at the Empress's expression.

Sure enough, I noticed the tightness at the corners of her mouth.

"Yes!" Lotus exclaimed in surprise, "There's actually a hole!"

"How come there's a hole? Never mind, let's go back and let His Majesty take a look."

With a cold laugh, he led Hehua and the unconscious Eunuch Li toward the emperor.

On the road.

Lotus whispered in Gu Jiangli's ear, "My lady, was my acting a little too clumsy? I have a feeling that Her Majesty the Empress saw through it."

Gu Jiangli smiled indulgently and patted Hehua's head.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you can see it. Whether this jade pendant is lost or not is not important. What is important is that Eunuch Li and the Empress have separated."

"And for a long time to come, the two of them will not be able to see each other."

Lotus nodded blankly, "Oh, so what?"

Gu Jiangli said with a confident expression, "The Empress is meticulous, so it's inevitable that she'll be suspicious."

"Would someone who knows all her secrets be tortured into revealing them if he were now in the enemy camp?"

"Being suspicious will make you feel guilty."

"A guilty conscience leads to mistakes."