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

Dinner was served in the Yangxin Palace. This time, there was no arrangement made by Gu Shijin. It was just some specialties from the imperial kitchen. They looked good but were not very tasty.

Gu Shijin particularly liked the pigeon soup and drank two big bowls of it.

Seeing that Gu Shijin liked it so much, Lu Junze said, "If you like it, ask the imperial kitchen to make it for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'll scoop a bowl for you as well. This pigeon soup is very delicious." Gu Shijin reached out and picked up a bowl.

Lu Junze also took two sips out of respect.

"I will go to Tianshan to worship my ancestors in a few days. You can wait for me in the palace."

Lu Junze's sudden words stunned Gu Shijin. It was unbelievable that a husband would report his itinerary to his wife, especially because Lu Junze said it so naturally.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you talking?" Lu Junze lowered his head and looked at Gu Shijin.

Gu Shijin smiled and said, "I am waiting for the emperor in the palace."

"Your Majesty, how high is Tianshan Mountain? Are you tired from climbing up there?"

"I am tired and I have a sedan chair."

"Ah, it is I who am stupid."

Gu Shijin and Lu Junze were chatting, although they were all irrelevant topics, but they both felt very happy.

Gu Shijin didn’t know whether climbing Tianshan Mountain was tiring or not, but she was definitely tired when climbing another mountain at night.

As if to make up for the two days he had been away from the palace, Lu Junze was full of energy that night and climbed one mountain after another.

Moreover, the progress was not smooth at all. The obstacles were man-made. After climbing for a while, Lu Junze stopped, and then stopped again, leaving Gu Shijin stuck in the middle. If the other party was not the emperor, Gu Shijin would really have cursed.

"Your Majesty..." Gu Shijin's face flushed, and beads of sweat soaked her hair into a mess. She climbed onto Lu Junze's neck with both hands and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty..."

Lu Junze's eyes fell sharply on Gu Shijin's face, and his pupils were full of desire.

"Jin'er..." Lu Junze lowered his head and gently kissed Gu Shijin on the forehead.

When they reached the top of the mountain, Gu Shijin's body was limp and he didn't want to move at all.

Gu Shijin was physically tired but mentally clear, but when she came back from taking a shower and saw Lu Junze's energetic face, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Her little action naturally did not escape Lu Junze's eyes. Lu Junze touched her face, held her in his arms, and smiled dotingly.

Before the emperor left the palace, a major event occurred in the palace: the eldest prince's health was getting worse and worse.

"Bang..." The sound of the cup falling to the ground was particularly harsh in the quiet hall.

The imperial physicians, palace maids and eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground couldn't help but hold their breath.

"How do you treat the disease? Didn't you say Qin'er just caught a cold? Why hasn't he recovered yet?" Concubine Rong was anxious and angry, her face a little distorted.

"Wei Chen..."

"The Emperor has arrived, and the Empress has arrived." The eunuch announced.

"Your humble servant pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress." The people in the room bowed.

Lu Junze raised his hand: "Get up, what's going on?"

When Concubine Rong heard the emperor's words, her eyes suddenly turned red and tears fell down.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you must save our child." Concubine Rong said crying.

Lu Junze: "Doctor Yang, tell me, what happened to the eldest prince?"

Doctor Yang is the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau and the best doctor besides Song Jibai.

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince has suffered from a cold that has entered his body, and he also did not fully recover from a cold he had previously contracted, which caused him to have a high fever and infected his lungs. Plus, he is young, so he has been suffering from recurrent illnesses." said Imperial Physician Yang.

Lu Junze frowned. The eldest prince had been ill for more than ten days and had not yet recovered. Now his condition was getting worse.

"Where is Doctor Song?" Lu Junze asked when he didn't see Song Jibai.

Doctor Yang: "Your Majesty, Doctor Song has left the capital."

Oh, yes, Lu Junze remembered that Song Jibai had returned to Jiangnan. He had told him about it in the imperial study last time.

Lu Junze took a breath, calmed his impatience, and asked, "How can the eldest prince's illness be cured? Don't you have a solution with so many doctors in your Imperial Hospital?"

"Your Majesty, I have already given the eldest prince medicine. If he stops having a fever within six hours, his condition will be stable."

"Okay, then you will stay in Yufu Palace until the eldest prince's condition stabilizes."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Rong walked to Lu Junze crying and held his hand.

"Your Majesty, I am afraid."

Lu Junze patted Rong Fei on the back and comforted her, “It’s okay, Qin’er will be fine.”

Shangguan Yan sneered in her heart when she saw Rong Fei's pretentious look. She actually hoped that the eldest prince would not be able to bear it.

Although the eldest prince was disabled, he occupied the title of eldest son, and Shangguan Yan had been dissatisfied with this for a long time.

After comforting Concubine Rong, Lu Junze walked to the main seat and sat down, and the queen also sat down next to him.

Lu Junze looked at the palace maids and eunuchs in the room and asked, "How could the eldest prince have cold energy entering his body?"

It's summer now, not winter, how can the cold air enter the body?

The room was extremely quiet and no one dared to speak.

Lu Junze: "Where are the wet nurse and nanny who serve the eldest prince?"

"The old slave is here." The wet nurse and the nanny knelt down beside them.

"What do you think happened?"

The maid trembled and cried, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's all my fault. It's all my fault."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a batch of ice cream a few days ago. I don't know when the eldest prince took some to play with, and he even... ate two of them."

As soon as the nanny finished her words, she was slapped in the face by Concubine Rong.

Concubine Rong pointed at the maid and said, "You damn slave, why didn't you tell me?!"

The eldest prince's cold has not yet recovered, so it would be strange if playing with ice did not make his condition worse.

The nanny didn't dare tell Concubine Rong, and since the eldest prince didn't eat much, she was hoping for a lucky break, but she didn't expect that something went wrong in the end.

After hearing this, Lu Junze's eyes were filled with anger. Although the eldest prince was disabled, he was his first child after all, and he was not completely deaf. Lu Junze still had expectations for him.

Even if I cannot inherit the throne in the future, it would be nice to be a talented prince.

"Drag away all the palace maids and eunuchs who serve the eldest prince and beat them to death." Lu Junze gave the order in a cold voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Deyuan replied, bending over.

Then several imperial guards came in and pulled all the kneeling maids and wet nurses out.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life."

The wet nurse and the nanny kept struggling and shouting, but unfortunately it couldn't change anything.

There were still some concubines standing in the courtyard of Yufu Palace who had come upon hearing the noise, including Gu Shijin.

This is the feudal dynasty, where the emperor's words can determine a person's fate.

Fortunately, the eldest prince was lucky and his condition eventually stabilized, preventing more deaths.