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

The Queen’s Centenary Festival is in December every year. It was not held last year, and it will not be held this year either.

She has been grounded, what else can she do?

"Your Majesty, the Emperor sent someone to ask you, he must want you to do it." Yunzhi advised helplessly.

"Want to?" Shangguan Yan sneered, "The emperor is just trying to save face."

If he really wanted to, would the emperor still not lift her house arrest at this time?

……

Weiyang Palace was the palace where the imperial concubine lived. The furnishings inside were luxurious and grand. All the furnishings were decorated with pearls, jade and jade, giving the whole a sense of grandeur.

But if you are a careful person, you will find that such decoration is very different from the personality that the imperial concubine usually shows.

"Your Majesty, the Second Princess has woken up." Inside the Weiyang Palace, the door of the Imperial Concubine's bedroom was closed. The Imperial Concubine's personal maid Suyi knocked on the door and reminded in a low voice.

"I understand." The imperial concubine's voice came from inside the house.

After a while, the door was opened, and the imperial concubine walked out slowly, wearing a light blue brocade palace skirt embroidered with gold butterflies and flowers, with a faint fragrance on her body.

Seeing the imperial concubine coming out, Su Yi stepped forward to support the imperial concubine, lowered her head and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Queen has indeed arranged someone."

"Yeah." The imperial concubine responded indifferently, showing no joy, anger, sorrow or happiness.

Seeing this, Su Yi stopped talking and helped the imperial concubine to the second princess's room.

Halfway through the journey, the imperial concubine suddenly said, "Go and ask the imperial physician to come over later."

Su Yi was stunned, looked at the imperial concubine worriedly, and said, "Is your Majesty feeling unwell?"

The imperial concubine did not explain, "Just go and invite him."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Yi has been with the Imperial Concubine for a long time and already knows her Majesty's temperament very well. If she doesn't ask, it means she doesn't want to know, so there is no need to say more.

In this harem, the person Su Yi admires the most is her own queen, who is better than the empress and the currently favored Concubine Jin.

Although her queen seldom left the Weiyang Palace and did not take the initiative to seek favor, the emperor would come to the Weiyang Palace several times a month, even before the second princess appeared.

……

Although Empress Shangguan Yan was still under house arrest and could not celebrate the Qianqiu Festival, gifts from various palaces still had to be sent to her to show respect and honor to the Empress.

"My lady, do you think these are enough?" Xing Zhu showed a gift list to Gu Shijin.

Gu Shijin took a look and found that they were all valuable items. They were neither conspicuous nor disrespectful, just right.

"That's right." Gu Shijin nodded in agreement, and when he returned the gift list to Xingzhu, he added, "I remember there is a mahogany screen inlaid with jade and hundreds of flowers in the storeroom. I'll send it to the queen when the time comes."

"Yes, my lady." Xingzhu wrote it down.

Most of the things in the palace were bestowed by the emperor. You gave it to me, and I gave it to her. It just kept circulating around.

Gu Shijin had seen that screen. The materials and workmanship were very good, but the pattern on it was too flashy. Gu Shijin didn't like it very much. Fortunately, that thing was very elegant and it was quite appropriate to give it as a gift for the Queen's birthday.

The two were talking when Xiao Linzi came in.

Gu Shijin put down what he was holding and waited for Xiao Linzi to speak. Usually, when Xiao Linzi came in, something had happened, and judging from Xiao Linzi's current expression, it was probably not a trivial matter.

"My lady, the imperial concubine is pregnant." As expected, Xiao Linzi gave a 'big surprise' as soon as he opened his mouth.

Gu Shijin looked up at Xiao Linzi and confirmed with him whether the matter was true.

"My lord, it is absolutely true." Xiao Linzi affirmed.

"Good good."

Gu Shijin was extremely happy. She was the only pregnant woman in the palace, and Lu Junze doted on her. Everyone's eyes were on her, which made her very cautious every day.

Now that the imperial concubine is pregnant, she will attract a lot of firepower from the harem.

She is not the Imperial Concubine. Gu Shijin does not have a strong family to support her, and her status is not high. Even if she gives birth to a boy, the possibility of him inheriting the throne in the future is relatively low. But it is different for the Imperial Concubine.

The imperial concubine herself is the highest-ranking person in the harem except for the queen. More importantly, she has the Duke Dingguo behind her. Once she gives birth to a prince safely, the throne will most likely fall to the imperial concubine's child in the future.

"My lady, why are you so happy?" Xingyue asked puzzledly after looking at Shi Jin's reaction.

Gu Shijin waved her hand without explaining. She could just think about this idea in her heart. If she told others about it and someone heard it, she would get into trouble.

"Xingzhu, go prepare the gifts. We will go to Weiyang Palace to congratulate the imperial concubine." Gu Shijin said.

The imperial concubine is pregnant, which is a big deal. I believe the Weiyang Palace must be very lively now. Yes, that’s right, Gu Shijin just wants to go and see the excitement.

The Weiyang Palace was indeed very lively. Apart from the imperial concubine, Lu Junze was the first person to know the news, and he hurried to the Weiyang Palace upon receiving the news.

As for the others, probably because the Imperial Concubine did not want to conceal the news, Concubine Xian, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Lan all arrived just before the Emperor.

Gu Shijin was the last to arrive. When he arrived, the others were already sitting in the main hall chatting.

"Your Majesty, I present this to you..." Gu Shijin was pulled up by Lu Junze before she could finish her ceremony.

Lu Junze helped the man sit down on the chair and whispered, “I told you not to salute. Your belly is too big and it’s not convenient.”

"Your Majesty... etiquette cannot be abolished." Gu Shijin insisted.

"You..." Lu Junze's behavior as if no one was around made the other concubines start to think about it.

It seems that even though the imperial concubine is pregnant, the emperor still cares so much about Concubine Jin.

After Gu Shijin sat down, Lu Junze walked to the upper seat and sat down, looking very happy.

We should be happy indeed. Two concubines in the palace are pregnant at once. It is something worth celebrating no matter how you look at it.

Gu Shijin looked at the faces of the other concubines sitting around her and marveled at their acting skills. These people were really good at acting. If any one of them were in Gu Shijin's previous life, she would probably win the Best Actress award.

She didn't believe that these people were really that happy.

Gu Shijin admired the imperial concubine very much. She was worthy of being the imperial concubine. She was confident and dared to release the news as soon as she was pregnant. Unlike her, who had to hide the news when she first became pregnant.

However, Gu Shijin still found it a little strange. Even if the imperial concubine had the confidence to not hide this matter, there was no need to make it so public and let everyone know, right?

Gu Shijin didn't believe that if the imperial concubine hadn't been deliberately indulgent, the news of the imperial concubine's pregnancy would have spread so quickly that even Yang Guiren would have come.

"My dear concubine, thank you for your hard work." Lu Junze held the concubine's hand and said intimately.

The imperial concubine smiled gently and shook her head, "Your Majesty, it is not hard for me. It is my blessing to be able to bear the royal heir." As she spoke, she touched her belly.

"For the meritorious service in getting the imperial concubine pregnant, she is granted the title of Chun." Lu Junze waved his hand and said happily.

The imperial concubine was stunned at first, then stood up to express her gratitude.

However, the concubines below were more shocked. You know, when Concubine Jin became pregnant, the emperor gave her a lot of rewards but did not promote her.