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

I don’t know what kind of medicine Song Jibai prescribed for the third prince. Maybe it was too bitter. The usually well-behaved third prince started to make a fuss while drinking the medicine.

"Ajin, be good. You won't feel uncomfortable after you drink the medicine." Gu Shijin coaxed the third prince in a low voice while patting him on the back.

Unfortunately, the third prince was still young and could not understand what the adults said. He only knew that what he wanted to drink was very bitter and tasted bad.

"Your Majesty?" Gu Shijin looked at Lu Junze helplessly.

She could be cruel about other things, but when it came to her own child, her heart ached when she saw him crying so sadly.

But not taking medicine is definitely not an option.

"Let me do it." Lu Junze took the bowl from the nanny's hand and gently stroked the third prince's back. He didn't know where he touched. The third prince was quiet for a moment. Taking advantage of this moment, Lu Junze fed the medicine. Fortunately, because he was a child, the amount of medicine was not much.

However, the third prince obviously knew that he had been deceived, and he cried even harder after drinking the medicine.

Gu Shijin tried to coax her for a long time but she still didn't calm down. Finally, it was the Fourth Prince who coaxed her into calming down.

Looking at the two brothers sleeping together, Gu Shijin was silent for a moment and sighed, "They are indeed brothers."

"If I had known earlier, I would have let A Yuan feed the medicine instead of letting me be the bad guy." Lu Junze joked.

Gu Shijin smiled and glanced at Lu Junze, and said, “Your Majesty, A Yuan can’t even hold a bowl steadily, how can he feed him medicine?”

"Okay, okay." Seeing that the two children were asleep, Lu Junze took Gu Shijin's hand and walked out, "Then I will be the bad guy."

A few days ago, when she went out of the palace and encountered human traffickers, Gu Shijin didn't ask about it again after returning to the palace because she knew it involved things from the previous dynasty. She didn't expect Lu Junze to bring it up tonight.

"Jin'er, the secret passage in the human trafficker's house a few days ago has found its final destination." Lu Junze said while rubbing Gu Shijin's waist.

Gu Shijin was so tired that he was about to fall asleep, but he immediately perked up after hearing this.

Lu Junze brought it up on his own initiative, and it had nothing to do with her.

"Did Aze catch the person he wanted to catch?"

"We caught him, but he's a dead man." Lu Junze said coldly.

Lu Junze sent people out to search along the secret passage that day, and because he acted quickly and secretly, those people were unable to escape in advance and were all caught in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, these people all had poison in their bodies, and they died of the poison before anything could be found out after being captured.

Fortunately, the Minister of Rites was secretly detained by Lu Junze.

The reason why Gu Chengfeng did not come back that day was that he had followed the Minister of Rites. He had hoped to get some clues from him, but the Minister of Rites went straight home after leaving the house that day.

Lu Junze was afraid that an accident would happen and the Minister of Rites would die inexplicably again, so he simply ordered the Minister of Rites to go out on business, but in fact he was secretly detained by Lu Junze.

"Your Majesty." Gu Shijin leaned into Lu Junze's arms to comfort him.

Since these people took poison in advance, it means that what they did was even more unusual, and the people behind them were not planning something simple either.

Gu Shijin's guess was correct. Although those people died, the things in that place were not dealt with in time and were all left behind.

It turned out to be a place where weapons were forged.

In ancient times, privately making weapons had no other use except to support the army, which means that someone in this capital city was supporting a private army.

Judging from the environment there, it has been quite some time since they privately manufactured weapons, so it can be seen that the people behind it have a large army.

However, the capital city has always been under the control of Lu Junze. There is no place near the capital city where a large number of troops can be trained. Lu Junze is now worried about this issue.

Since the place where the weapons were made was near the capital, the army must also be near the capital. Otherwise, it would be easy to be discovered if the weapons were transported over long distances.

"It's okay, I'll take care of it." Lu Junze patted Gu Shijin on the back.

He knew that Gu Shijin could not solve anything for him, but he just wanted to tell her that as the emperor, there were many things he could not do as he wished, and he had no one to tell some of the things in his heart. Only with Gu Shijin could he relax a little.

Recently, there has been a lot of unrest in both the former dynasty and the harem, and the person behind the scenes has not been pulled out. Although Lu Junze deliberately indulged himself, he still felt uncomfortable. Being an emperor, you can see the glory, but the hardships behind it are hard to describe.

It's not that he is the emperor and has great power, and he can drag out and behead anyone he doesn't like.

……

In the Weiyang Palace, Concubine Chun, who had never liked Buddhist scriptures, copied scriptures for a whole day today. Every word was written neatly, but every stroke revealed the writer's inner unrest.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late. You should rest." Liu Tai reminded her standing nearby.

Ever since Liu Tai proposed to leave the palace, Liu Tai had been by her side taking care of her whenever she was in Weiyang Palace.

Concubine Chun did not put down the pen in her hand and asked, "Atai, am I wrong?"

The sound was so light that it disappeared into the air when the wind blew. But Liu Tai heard it.

Liu Tai looked up at the dark space outside and said in a deep voice, "My queen, you are not wrong. It is not us who are wrong."

"We have no way out now."

Although she said that, Concubine Chun heard sadness in Liu Tai's words.

Concubine Chun put down the brush in her hand, walked to Liu Tai, leaned in his arms, closed her eyes and said, "I am sorry for you."

If it weren't for her, Liu Tai wouldn't have to hide in the harem. With Liu Tai's abilities, he could have made a good career for himself in the former dynasty.

Liu Tai lowered his head and kissed Concubine Chun on the forehead: "I did everything voluntarily. It has nothing to do with you."

"Atai, I've been feeling a little nervous lately, so why don't you leave the palace tomorrow?" said Concubine Chun.

When Concubine Chun was young, she was also very lively and cheerful, otherwise she would not have eloped with someone. However, after so many years, she was pushed from behind and was forced to become a mature, steady and noble concubine.

She has devoted her whole life to her family and doesn't want anything to happen to Liu Tai again.

In fact, Liu Tai had the same feeling. Things had been going too smoothly recently, as if someone was following their arrangements and nothing had gone wrong.

But the more this happens, the more unsettling it becomes.

Now things have been almost done. Although the ultimate goal has not been achieved, the enemy has been alerted and there is no chance anymore.

"Okay." Liu Tai nodded, "I will leave the palace tomorrow."

"Be careful." Concubine Chun warned.

"You too." Liu Tai patted Concubine Chun on the back. "Everyone in the palace is scheming. If you don't like staying with these people, then stay in Weiyang Palace. You are a concubine, and you have the princess by your side. The people below dare not neglect you."

"Yeah." A crystal clear tear rolled down Concubine Chun's eye.

"I will enter the palace again if I have the chance, wait for me."