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

I didn't do anything when I left the palace this time. I mainly took the two children out to play and let them experience life outside the palace.

They had dinner at the most famous restaurant in Beijing. The food tasted delicious and Gu Shijin was very satisfied.

"Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace." Gu Shijin put down his chopsticks and said.

Gu Shijin was still a little worried after taking the two children for a long time outside the palace, even though there were many secret guards following them.

"No hurry." Gu Shijin took the handkerchief handed to him by Su Deyuan and wiped his mouth, then clapped his hands, and the door opened.

A waiter came in carrying a small cake.

"Happy birthday, ma'am." The waiter placed the small cake in front of Gu Shijin and wished her well.

"Thank you."

Gu Shijin was a little confused and a little touched. She really didn't expect Lu Junze to prepare these things.

She had only made this for Lu Junze twice, and only told him how to make the cake when they were eating it. She didn't expect that Lu Junze would actually have someone make it.

"Thank you, Aze." Gu Shijin's eyes were a little red.

Lu Junze took Gu Shijin into his arms and whispered, "Make a wish and blow out the candles quickly, otherwise it will be destroyed by the troublemakers in a while."

Gu Shijin looked up and saw the two little brats staring at the cake without blinking, extremely curious.

These two kids have never seen this thing before, so it would be strange if they weren’t surprised when they saw it for the first time.

Gu Shijin clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and quietly made a wish.

After the event, Lu Junze did not ask Gu Shijin what wish she made. He always respected Gu Shijin and hoped that she could realize her wish.

"Okay, let's cut the cake." Lu Junze said when he saw Gu Shijin opened his eyes.

This cake is not big. Gu Shijin estimated that it was about an eight-inch cake from the cake shop in his previous life, but it is very exquisite. At least it is much more exquisite than the ones Gu Shijin made himself. The fruits are all the freshest and largest.

Two adults and two children could not finish the cake, not to mention that they had just eaten, so Gu Shijin cut some and put it on a plate for Su Deyuan and other palace servants who came out with him.

"Oh, thank you, Madam." Su Deyuan took it with great trepidation. The longer the time passed, the more Su Deyuan could feel the emperor's different attitude towards Concubine Jin. Concubine Jin would definitely achieve great things in the future.

"You're too polite, Eunuch Su."

After eating the cake, they returned to the palace. Gu Shijin was originally planning to go back to Chenhua Palace with the two little boys, but was pulled to Chengqian Palace by Lu Junze, and the two little boys were asked to go back with the nanny.

Fortunately, the two little guys had fallen asleep, otherwise they would have cried and made a fuss.

Gu Shijin does not spoil his two children without principles, but they are still his biological sons, so it is definitely different.

"Don't worry, I've asked secret guards to follow you, nothing will happen." Lu Junze said, looking at Gu Shijin's expression.

"Yeah." Gu Shijin lay beside Lu Junze and kissed him back.

After an exhausting exercise for both of them, Gu Shijin lay on the bed and didn't want to move anymore. Lu Junze took a look and then picked him up and took him to the hot spring behind Chengqian Palace to take a bath. As a result, the bath lasted for an hour. When they came out, Gu Shijin had fallen asleep with heavy breathing, which showed that he was extremely tired.

Lu Junze lay beside Gu Shijin, looking at her sleeping face, tidied her hair on both sides, and then kissed her gently on the forehead.

Maybe it was due to his living environment, Lu Junze always knew that he was not a loyal person, nor someone who was obsessed with love. He always wanted to develop Daxia well, to make Daxia peaceful and prosperous, and to ensure that every citizen could have enough food to eat.

But after meeting Gu Shijin, he found that he had gradually changed. He would often think of her, her smile, her cunning, and her angry face. He could no longer be completely indifferent as before.

Lu Junze is a person who sees things clearly and has the courage to face them. When he discovered that he had different feelings for Gu Shijin, he did not choose to escape, but protected him under his wings and gave him the greatest love.

Perhaps compared to other people, what he did was not good enough, but for an emperor, Lu Junze had done a good job.

"Jin'er, you must always be safe and sound, without worries or illness." Lu Junze said in a low voice.

Gu Shijin frowned, turned around, and fell into Lu Junze's arms.

Lu Junze looked down and found that he was not awake. He could only shake his head helplessly, hugged Gu Shijin tightly and fell asleep.

The next day, Gu Shijin woke up very early. When she woke up, Lu Junze was still asleep. Gu Shijin was distracted for a moment when she looked at Lu Junze's handsome face. She heard what Lu Junze said last night. That ordinary blessing and wish might be very ordinary to others, but it touched Gu Shijin's heart.

"Gu Shijin, you can't get lost in the emperor's love." Gu Shijin secretly warned himself in his heart.

Recently, Lu Junze often went to the Yuan sisters' Yinyueju. Although Gu Shijin felt a little disappointed and sad, she was more relieved in her heart. She was really afraid that she would get lost in Lu Junze's gentle arms. Now Lu Junze hit her hard and woke her up.

But her heart started beating restlessly again because of Lu Junze's ordinary words last night.

That ordinary sentence is the most difficult thing for women in the harem to obtain. Women in the harem can easily obtain power, status, and money, but it is difficult to obtain a carefree life. After all, entering the harem, a place of fame and fortune, means fighting.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Lu Junze held Gu Shijin's neck with one hand and kissed her gently on the lips.

"The emperor is awake." Gu Shijin came back to his senses and said with an embarrassed smile, "It seems that the emperor is distracted."

"You." Lu Junze pinched Gu Shijin's nose.

"I will help Your Majesty put on his clothes." Gu Shijin stood up and prepared to get out of bed.

Lu Junze grabbed her hand and pushed her back onto the bed. He said, "Lie down well. There are palace servants waiting for you."

Gu Shijin did not refuse. He lay on the bed and looked at Lu Junze until he put on his clothes.

"On the birthday of the Yuan sisters, if you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, don't go."

"Just one thing, if you want to go, take the palace maids around you and the secret guards I give you with you." Lu Junze bent down and whispered in Gu Shijin's ear.

Gu Shijin was distracted for a moment, then nodded to indicate that he remembered.

Lu Junze's instructions confirmed Gu Shijin's guess that the emperor was indeed using the Yuan sisters, but he didn't know what Lu Junze's plan was that day.

However, Gu Shijin is not the kind of person who would make things difficult for himself. If he can't guess it, then he won't guess it. She will know it sooner or later anyway.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the sixth day of April, the birthday of the Yuan sisters.