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

Time always passes quickly, especially when taking care of children. Before Gu Shijin even noticed, it was already September.

September is an ordinary month. Many people may not like this month very much because it is too hot. The sun is scorching the earth, leaving people nowhere to hide, and there are also many mosquitoes. Such weather is really not good.

But for many students in the Great Xia Dynasty, September is a month full of hope.

The provincial examination, which is held every three years, was held as scheduled. There was a long queue in front of the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall in the capital, with students waiting to be examined before entering.

Gu Chengyun has outstanding looks and is the most eye-catching one among many students. Not to mention that Gu Chengyun has a sister who is very favored in the palace. Anyone with a little family background in the capital knows the Gu family.

"Brother Gu!" A slightly rough-looking man immediately came forward happily to greet Gu Chengfeng when he saw him.

From the outside, this person doesn't look like a scholar at all. He looks rough, has a loud voice, and behaves in a vulgar manner. But in fact, this person is a friend of Gu Chengyun, named Song Ting.

"Brother Song." Gu Chengyun greeted the person when he saw him coming.

Song Ting patted Gu Chengyun on the shoulder and said happily, "Brother Song, you're here really early."

Gu Chengyun smiled slightly and did not explain. Ever since his elder brother came home, he would ask him to get up early and exercise every day, and he had never stopped doing so in the past two years. Although Gu Chengfeng did not ask Gu Chengyun to exercise today, Gu Chengyun had already gotten used to the previous routine and woke up early. After washing up, he slowly walked over.

Gu Chengyun was quite calm about the provincial examination. It was not that he thought he would not pass, but he felt that he would definitely pass.

In the entire Gu family, if we were to say who is the most confident, it would definitely be Gu Chengyun. I don’t know how he developed his current personality. But he is not blindly confident. After all, now everyone in the capital says that Gu Chengyun is the only choice to top the list of this provincial examination.

The place in front of the Imperial Examination Hall was not a good place for conversation, so Gu Chengyun and Song Ting stopped talking after a few words, but there was someone who remained calm.

"Who was I thinking? Turns out to be Young Master Gu." A young man in a dark blue robe walked up and stared at Gu Chengyun unkindly.

Gu Chengyun glanced at the man and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

This person is none other than the younger brother of Concubine Lin who was banished to the cold palace by the emperor. Ever since Concubine Lin was deposed, this family has been very fond of making trouble for the Gu family, but they are afraid that they dare not do anything, at most they just take advantage of them with their mouths, and they often cannot win over Gu Chengyun in arguments, so Gu Chengyun is too lazy to waste his energy.

Seeing Gu Chengyun like this, Master Lin was furious, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do.

Not to mention that the Gu family's status in the capital is no longer comparable to that of the Lin family. Just say that this is in front of the Imperial Examination Hall. Even if Master Lin had two guts, he would not dare to move.

Gu Chengfeng glanced at him and expressed doubt about his IQ.

"Brother Gu, does this person have a grudge against you?" Song Ting asked, pulling Gu Chengfeng's sleeve.

Gu Chengyun smiled and nodded slightly, saying, "Family feud."

The Lin family members were like brainless people, they insisted on thinking that Lady Lin was deposed because of her third sister.

The actual reason had already been spread around, and harming the princess was a serious crime.

Because of this incident, the emperor felt that the second princess was very unsafe in Xiefang Palace and temporarily handed the princess over to Concubine De for upbringing.

Song Ting nodded as if he understood. Song Ting was not a child of a noble family in the capital, but a farmer. His family was not too poor, but not rich either. It was only because his parents farmed that he could take the imperial examination, so he had great expectations for the imperial examination.

The reason why Gu Chengyun became friends with this person was because Song Ting was truly knowledgeable and not some hypocritical scholar.

The gates of the Imperial Examination Hall were opened, and there would be three provincial examinations in total, each lasting three days. This was not only a test of the students' knowledge, but also their physical fitness. After all, an average physique could not last that long.

In the palace, Gu Shijin had just finished breakfast and was now feeding porridge to the two princes.

The two little princes are already seven months old and can eat some complementary food instead of drinking milk every day. Gu Shijin deliberately stopped breastfeeding them early, so they have been drinking goat milk recently. Only when they cry too much will they let the wet nurse take them to feed.

The diets of the two princes were carefully prepared by Gu Shijin. The two princes looked very good, and as they grew up, there were some subtle differences between them, but they were not easy to notice.

But the best way to distinguish them is their personalities, which become clearer as they get older.

The third prince is becoming more and more calm. Sometimes he can even find Lu Junze's aura when he looks at you. Gu Shijin doesn't know whether to laugh or cry, but Lu Junze is very happy.

The fourth prince is becoming more and more lively. Gu Shijin believes that after he can walk, he will definitely be a naughty boy.

Fortunately, the Fourth Prince also has a nemesis, and that is his brother, the Third Prince.

Sometimes the Fourth Prince would lose his temper and cry loudly, and no one could comfort him. At this time, as long as the Third Prince looked at him, the Fourth Prince would naturally shut up. Gu Shijin found it very magical, as this was also due to the suppression of his bloodline.

"Eat a little more." Gu Shijin put the spoon to the Fourth Prince's mouth and motioned for him to open his mouth.

The Fourth Prince blinked, swung his left hand, and hit Gu Shijin in the face with the spoon.

"Lu Chengyuan!" Gu Shijin put down the bowl in his hand and shouted unkindly.

The Fourth Prince saw his mother's expression change suddenly, and he knew he had made a mistake. He reached out and tugged at Gu Shijin's clothes, staring at him with his eyes.

Seeing this, Gu Shijin couldn't help but sigh, pulled the fourth prince's face, and said, "Do you know that being cute is shameful?"

The fourth prince is very smart at a young age. Every time he makes a mistake, he acts cute in front of Gu Shijin. Not to mention that Gu Shijin is a mother, even most people would not lose their temper when facing such a cute child.

“Hehehe…” The Fourth Prince didn’t understand, but he knew that his mother was no longer angry, and he immediately started to chuckle.

"I really owed you in my previous life." Gu Shijin picked up the bowl and continued to feed him.

After all this trouble, the Fourth Prince actually drank the entire small bowl of porridge obediently.

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince eats really well." Xing Zhu exclaimed. Normally, a baby of seven or eight months old wouldn't have such a good appetite as the Fourth Prince. Even the Third Prince couldn't compare to him.

"What's the use of eating if you don't grow longer?" Gu Shijin pulled the fourth prince's face again.

The Fourth Prince obviously ate more than the Third Prince at every meal, but the weight of the two men was almost the same.

"Children digest food quickly." Xingzhu said.

Looking at the two children's little faces, Gu Shijin smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right."

"Oh, by the way." Gu Shijin put down the bowl and wiped his hands. "Today is the day for the provincial examination, right?"