The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

Lu Junze looked at the ministers below and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It has been so many years, and these ministers are still like this.

"Let me see, what is it?"

When Su Deyuan heard this, he immediately took the pocket watch from Prime Minister Ai and gave it to Lu Junze.

Lu Junze picked up the pocket watch and looked at it carefully. It was finely crafted and of good quality. It did not look like an ordinary item.

"This..." Lu Junze was about to ask what this was when he suddenly saw Gu Shijin staring at the pocket watch in his hand with glowing eyes.

Lu Junze's heart moved, and he looked at Gu Shijin and said, "Jin Jieyu, do you know what this is?"

Gu Shijin was watching intently. She really didn't expect to see something like a pocket watch in this world, so when Lu Junze called her, she didn't react for a while.

It was only when Xingzhu patted her that she came to her senses and said, "Your Majesty, I think I have seen this thing before."

Gu Shijin got up from his seat, walked to the center of the hall, took the pocket watch from Su Deyuan, touched it in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this should be a pocket watch, mainly used to tell time."

After saying this, Gu Shijin looked at Prime Minister Ai next to him, asking him whether what he said was right.

Prime Minister Ai obviously didn't expect that someone could actually recognize him, and the surprise on his face was self-evident.

He immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty is truly knowledgeable. Not only can she make something as delicious as a cake, but she can also recognize a pocket watch."

Prime Minister Ai was not a minister of Da Xia, so he didn't know the twists and turns in the Da Xia harem. He only knew that Gu Shijin was Lu Junze's concubine, so it must be right to call her "Empress".

"Prime Minister Ai, you can just call me Concubine Jin." Gu Shijin bowed slightly and said, "Prime Minister Ai, you are too kind. I just happened to see her before."

Gu Shijin turned to look at Lu Junze and explained, "When I was a child, I went back to my hometown with my father and saw this item at a peddler. The peddler said that it was given to him by an outsider in exchange for some travel expenses."

Actually, this was not the case. The original body did go back to her hometown when she was a child, but she never met a peddler. However, peddlers walked around the streets and would not stay in one place. Even the emperor or her father would not find out anything.

That’s right, Gu Shijin’s father and her brother also came to today’s palace banquet, but her father’s official position was not high and his position was relatively further back. Her brother, on the other hand, was a member of the Imperial Guard and was responsible for the emperor’s safety, so he was standing not far away.

Lu Junze nodded and said with a smile: “So that’s how it is, my beloved concubine is really well-informed.”

"Xingzhu, help your young master sit down."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After this, the entire palace banquet became uneventful.

Gu Shijin sat for a while longer, then began to feel restless. She began to feel tired and uncomfortable after sitting for a long time.

So Gu Shijin quietly left with the help of Xingzhu. Anyway, Lu Junze had already told her that if she felt unwell at the palace banquet today, she should go back early and there was no need to wait until the banquet was over.

"My lord, you were really amazing today." On the way back, Xingyue said with excitement.

Whether it was the cake or recognizing the pocket watch, Gu Shijin made Da Xia the center of attention.

It can be said that Gu Shijin was the most eye-catching person at the banquet today.

Gu Shijin shook his head and said calmly: "It's just a coincidence."

It seems that Gu Shijin has made Daxia proud today, but in fact, by doing so, Gu Shijin has also offended many people. At least at the palace banquet just now, except for Noble Lady Ning, no concubine had a good face.

Thinking of this, Gu Shijin suddenly remembered that there seemed to be no shrimp-related dishes at today's banquet. It seemed that Lu Junze had deleted this dish.

Actually, it wasn’t. Not long after Gu Shijin left, a dish of assorted shrimps came up.

The shrimps in this season are a rare delicacy, and they are light in taste, and both the taste and color are very tempting.

Many people's eyes changed when they saw the shrimps served on the table, and some people even looked up at Lu Junze.

These people were remembered clearly by the palace servants, guards, and secret guards that Lu Junze had arranged in the crowd.

"Jin Jieyu, please stay." Gu Shijin was walking towards Chenhua Palace when she suddenly heard someone calling her. She was a little familiar with the voice, but she couldn't remember who it was. When she turned around and saw the person coming, Gu Shijin took a few steps back and bowed, "Xian Wangye."

That’s right, the person who came is the wise king.

Because today was a palace banquet, the wise king wore a tuxedo. The red tuxedo made him look even more handsome, and he had a gentle smile on his face as always.

As expected, he grew up with Lu Junze, and the two of them have some similarities in their personalities.

"Why is the virtuous prince here?" They are almost at the harem. Logically, even if they are entering the imperial garden, these outsiders will not come here.

The virtuous king looked at Gu Shijin's alert expression and realized that he had just been impulsive. He stepped back a few steps and said, "I drank a few more glasses at the banquet today, so I thought I'd come out for some fresh air."

Gu Shijin nodded and bowed, "Then, my lord, please take your time to look around. I will return to the palace first."

She didn’t know if it was Gu Shijin’s illusion, but she always felt that the King was a little strange.

"Jin Jieyu, please stay." Unexpectedly, just as she was about to leave, she was stopped again, "I have something I want to ask Jin Jieyu for advice."

Gu Shijin: “…”

Gu Shijin really didn't want to pay attention to him. One of them was a prince, and the other was the emperor's concubine. Although they were not alone now, it was not good for them to chat in the imperial garden.

Besides, there's nothing much for them to talk about.

"My mother's birthday is coming soon. During the banquet today, I saw that my mother loves to eat cake, so I wanted to ask Concubine Jin about how to make cake. I want to make it for my mother myself." The wise king said it sincerely, but Gu Shijin just felt something was wrong.

Gu Shijin nodded and said perfunctorily: "I will write down the recipe of the cake on a piece of paper when I return to the palace, and then give it to the emperor, who will pass it to the virtuous prince."

After saying this, Gu Shijin continued, "I feel a little unwell, so I'll take my leave now."

The virtuous king looked at Gu Shijin's hurriedly leaving back, with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes. This Concubine Jin was not as ignorant as the news said.

"My lady, why are you running so fast?" Xingyue asked puzzledly.

Didn’t the virtuous prince just ask the young lady how to make the cake?

"Xingyue, he is the prince and the emperor's concubine. How can they chat too much in the imperial garden at night?" Gu Shijin said.

"My Lord is right."

In fact, it was not like that. Gu Shijin just had a hunch that this was not going to work.

The virtuous prince didn't look like he came out to sober up, but rather seemed to have come out specifically to stop her. It might sound a bit narcissistic to say this, but Gu Shijin just felt that way.

After returning to the palace, Gu Shijin called Xiao Linzi over.

"Xiao Linzi, go and find out if anything happened at the palace banquet after I left."

"Yes, my lord."