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

Gu Shijin hasn't cooked since she came here. After all, she doesn't have a small kitchen, so if she wants to cook, she has to go to the imperial kitchen, which is obviously not possible with Gu Shijin's current status.

Today, Gu Shijin wanted to cook a few dishes himself.

When the palace servants in the kitchen saw that Gu Shijin wanted to cook for himself, they were all panicked. One of the eunuchs came out and said, "Jin Xiuyi, just tell us what you want to eat. How can you cook for yourself?"

Gu Shijin smiled slightly and waved his hand, "It's okay, you guys go and do your work, I'll do it myself."

Everyone looked at each other, and in the end no one dared to disobey Gu Shijin's words, so they could only go about their own business. However, they still left two young eunuchs there to watch over Gu Shijin in case he needed help.

In her previous life, Gu Shijin loved to eat. She lived alone and liked to cook for herself when she had nothing to do. The food tasted pretty good and she felt that this way she would feel more alive.

Gu Shijin walked around the kitchen and looked at some fresh shrimps.

"Please help me deal with this shrimp." Gu Shijin said to the two bewildered eunuchs.

"Yes, Jin Xiuyi." The two responded happily. They felt more at ease having something to do.

Daxia's way of processing shrimps was somewhat different from Gu Shijin's previous life. Gu Shijin watched for a while, then picked up a shrimp and taught them how to process it.

"You can handle it the same way I do. Do you understand?" Gu Shijin asked.

Gu Shijin moved very slowly. Although the two eunuchs were not smart, they were definitely not stupid. They nodded and said, "I understand."

While the two were processing the shrimps, Gu Shijin began to prepare other ingredients.

She would be having dinner with the emperor soon, and she couldn't peel shrimps while eating, as that was against etiquette, so spicy crayfish was not appropriate. What Gu Shijin wanted to make was assorted shrimps.

This dish is actually very simple, but it is not easy to make it delicious.

Gu Shijin first put the carrots, corn kernels and peas into the pot and rinsed them with water, then put them away to stir-fry later.

In addition to this, Gu Shijin also planned to make a braised pork intestine.

To be honest, Gu Shijin was very surprised to see pig intestines in the emperor's small kitchen.

In ancient times, pig intestines were pig offal, which even ordinary people would not eat. Yet, they appear here.

"Where did this pig offal come from?" Gu Shijin pointed at the pig intestines. The intestines had been cleaned. Gu Shijin took a look and found that they were very clean.

The palace people in the small kitchen didn't know where the pig intestines came from. Finally, a young eunuch ran out and said, "Jin Xiuyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent this to the wrong place. I am throwing it away now."

The young eunuch thought that Gu Shijin hated this thing and just wanted to get rid of it quickly.

Gu Shijin stopped him and said, "No, help me clean it and cut it out. I will use it later."

"Ah?" The young eunuch was obviously very surprised that Jin Xiuyi actually wanted to eat pig offal!

"Don't know what to do?" Seeing that the young eunuch didn't move, Gu Shijin asked.

"Yes, yes, yes." The young eunuch hurriedly picked up the pig intestines to deal with them.

No matter what Guan Jin Xiuyi wants to do, all you have to do is follow her instructions.

Both dishes were not difficult to prepare, especially the assorted shrimps. Gu Shijin's movements were so skillful that all the palace people in the small kitchen were stunned.

It's not like there had never been concubines who came to the small kitchen before, but those people said they were there to cook for the emperor, but in reality they were just there to stand and give orders. None of them had ever started working right away like Jin Xiuyi did.

When Lu Junze came back from the imperial study, Gu Shijin had already come out of the small kitchen and cleaned himself up.

Gu Shijin specifically instructed the palace servants to keep it a secret, so Lu Junze only thought that Gu Shijin went to the small kitchen to take a look, but he didn't expect that she went to cook in person.

"The emperor is back." Gu Shijin put down the book in his hand, stood up and went to help Lu Junze change his heavy dragon robe.

At this moment, Lu Junze felt at home. He felt that Gu Shijin was his wife, and he was the husband who returned home after a busy day outside.

Lu Junze smiled and said, "There's not much to do today. I came back after discussing with a few ministers."

In fact, there are quite a few things to do, but they don’t have to be solved immediately. Lu Junze postponed them to tomorrow. Today he wanted to spend some time with Gu Shijin.

Gu Shijin seemed to have guessed something and raised his eyebrows and smiled.

It was getting late, and they had to leave the palace after lunch, so Lu Junze asked someone to serve them the meal.

"Are these the dishes ordered by Jin'er?" Lu Junze asked as he looked at the dishes on the table. He saw that several dishes were more to his liking.

"Yes, Your Majesty, try it, there is a surprise." Gu Shijin blinked and said playfully.

"Oh?" Lu Junze picked up the chopsticks, "Then I must try it carefully."

I don’t know if Lu Junze knew Gu Shijin well enough, but his first chopstick reached for the bowl of spicy pork intestines.

There was a layer of chili oil on the surface of the spicy pork intestines, so it was difficult to see what was inside. Lu Junze picked up a piece with chopsticks, raised his eyebrows after seeing what it was, and put it into his mouth.

Gu Shijin didn't move, staring at Lu Junze intently.

Lu Junze swallowed the food in his mouth, smiled, and said, “Jin’er’s cooking skills are good.”

Gu Shijin: "How does the emperor know that it was done by me?"

"Hahahaha." Lu Junze picked up a piece of pig intestines for Gu Shijin and put it in the bowl. "Except for Jin'er, the palace servants in the small kitchen dare not bring this kind of thing to the table."

Lu Junze was not an emperor who was ignorant of grains. He also knew what pig offal was. He was a little surprised when he first saw it, but looking at Gu Shijin's expectant look, Lu Junze still ate it.

The result was unexpectedly delicious.

"Does Your Majesty like it?" Gu Shijin said, "I really like eating this."

Lu Junze looked at Gu Shijin. He didn’t expect that Gu Shijin liked to eat such heavy flavors.

"like."

Gu Shijin smiled, then pointed at the dishes on the table and said, "There is another dish that I also made. Your Majesty, can you guess which one it is?"

Lu Junze looked around and placed his chopsticks accurately on the plate of assorted shrimps.

Gu Shijin looked at Lu Junze with admiration and said, "Your Majesty is so powerful. He can guess everything."

Being looked at like this by the person he likes, Lu Junze was also very happy. He explained: "The palace didn't handle shrimps like this before. It must be you, Jin'er, who taught them."

While Gu Shijin was surprised at Lu Junze's observation skills, he also felt that Lu Junze was tired. It was not easy to live if he had to think so much every day just when eating.

"Then Your Majesty, please try it." Gu Shijin scooped a spoonful for Lu Junze.

In his previous life, this assorted shrimps was one of Gu Shijin's best dishes. Even though he hadn't made it for a long time, Gu Shijin believed that it must be delicious.

The fact is that the ingredients in ancient times, especially those eaten by the emperor, were all the best and freshest, making this assorted shrimp dish even more delicious.

“The cooking skills of Xiaoxiao are not even one tenth of Jin’er’s,” Lu Junze said.

"Your Majesty is making fun of me."