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

Lu Junze: "Of course it's true, I never joke."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Shijin said excitedly.

As a mother, who doesn't want to name her own child? However, Gu Shijin is in the royal family and is a royal concubine. Her children are princes and princesses, so it is not her turn to decide on this matter.

Now, the emperor let her name the princess, which fulfilled her wish as a mother.

"Then I need to think about it carefully." Gu Shijin kissed Lu Junze on the cheek, but it was fleeting.

"Okay, are you cold? I'll take you home. You haven't finished your confinement yet." Lu Junze tightened the cloak that Gu Shijin was wearing.

Having just heard the little princess's heart-wrenching cry, Gu Shijin had no time to think too much. He put on a cloak and hurried over. Fortunately, the weather today was not too cold, otherwise, if she caught a cold during the confinement period and was left with a chronic illness, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

"Not cold." Gu Shijin shook his head.

But Lu Junze didn't listen to her. After thinking about it, he took off his cloak and put it on Gu Shijin.

"Your Majesty, I am really not cold." Gu Shijin said helplessly: "Your Majesty, please wear this cloak, or you will catch a cold."

"I'm strong, so it's no problem for me to get some wind. Besides, there's no wind today." Lu Junze said.

There was no cloak for adults in the little princess' room, otherwise there would be no need to go through so much trouble, with the two of them pushing and shoving each other.

Gu Shijin doesn't have much else, but he has a lot of clothes, including dozens of cloaks. Every year, Lu Junze makes many pieces for Gu Shijin, all of which are made of top-quality leather.

Look at what she is wearing now, it is made of red fox fur, soft and smooth, and feels very comfortable to touch.

However, Gu Shijin's house was not far from the little princess, and Lu Junze was still warm after they walked back.

"See, I told you everything's fine, Jin'er, don't worry too much." Lu Junze helped Gu Shijin lie down on the bed.

"Well, the emperor is in good health." Gu Shijin's words sounded a bit sarcastic, but Lu Junze didn't care at all. He smiled and pinched Gu Shijin's nose, and said, "I will take care of my health. I want to live a long life with Jin'er."

"Pfft..." Gu Shijin laughed, "Everyone says long live the emperor, wouldn't it be a loss for the emperor to just accompany me to live a hundred years?"

"Haha... but those are just flattery from the people below. If I could spend my life with Jin'er and live a long life, I would already be very satisfied." Lu Junze said with a smile.

No emperor would believe in living forever, but most emperors were afraid of death, and the words "live long, live long, live long" just sounded nice.

"That's flattering the emperor, how can it be flattery?" Gu Shijin whispered.

"Okay, now you dare to tease me." Lu Junze pinched Gu Shijin's cheek gently.

"Hmm... Is the Emperor angry?"

"Do you think I'm angry?"

"of course not."

Lu Junze actually likes Gu Shijin for who she is, lively and popular. Many people lose their original aura and original intentions after being in the palace for a long time. The palace is a bottomless abyss that devours human nature.

Only those who can keep their original heart can survive at the bottom of the abyss. This requires courage and a heart that is not easily shaken.

"Jin'er, I have something to discuss with you." Lu Junze gently rubbed Gu Shijin's hands, "There is no queen in the palace now, I plan to promote you, Jin'er, to the title of Imperial Noble Consort."

If possible, Lu Junze would like to directly make Gu Shijin the queen, but Shangguan Yan had just died, and Lu Junze didn't want to do that. He first made Jin'er the imperial concubine, and then promoted her to queen after a year or two. This would be legitimate, and people from the former dynasty and the harem would not say much.

Gu Shijin would not refuse the power she had now. She smiled slightly, a little weakly, and said, "I will obey the emperor."

……

The virtuous king had been in prison for more than twenty days. Now he no longer looked like a royal noble. His hair was draped over his shoulders, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked slovenly, with bloodshot eyes.

After being here for so long, the virtuous king had never raised any requests. When Lu Junze came today, the first thing he asked was how the concubine was doing.

"The Concubine Dowager is very good. I will do what I promised you. Don't worry, I will let the Concubine Dowager live out her days in the palace." Lu Junze said lightly. Looking at the virtuous king like this, Lu Junze's heart was not moved at all.

It's all his own fault. Besides, the wise king is a proud man, and I wouldn't expect his sympathy even if I failed.

But at this moment, Lu Junze's thoughts changed.

"Then what are you doing here? To laugh at me? Cough cough cough... cough cough..." As he spoke, the wise king began to cough violently and his face began to turn red.

Lu Junze knew some medical skills after all, and he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with the virtuous king. He asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." After finally stopping coughing, the wise king shook his head.

"Go and call a royal physician to come and treat the virtuous king."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Junze came here today just to see the virtuous king, but seeing that the virtuous king seemed to dislike him very much, Lu Junze did not stay long and left after a while.

After Lu Junze left, the virtuous king began to cough violently again, and even coughed up blood.

The wise king looked at the bright red blood on his palm and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Although the virtuous prince was already a prisoner, the emperor called the imperial physician for him. The physician arrived very quickly and felt the virtuous prince's pulse very carefully, but his complexion was not very good.

"Your Highness, your body..." I'm afraid it won't last much longer.

The imperial physician had not expected that the wise king who dared to rebel was already terminally ill and could die at any time.

"Nothing." The wise king waved his hand, "Just report it to the emperor truthfully."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Junze was very shocked to know that the virtuous king was terminally ill. He had never heard that the virtuous king was in poor health.

"Your Majesty, the virtuous king has been in poor health to begin with, and he has been staying in the harsh environment of the Heavenly Prison for such a long time. The virtuous king... the virtuous king may not have much time left." said the imperial physician.

Lu Junze was stunned. He was still thinking today that although the virtuous king rebelled, it did not cause a big impact. He should be demoted to a commoner and kept in the virtuous king's palace for the rest of his life.

As a result, the imperial physician came to tell him that the wise king would not live long.

Lu Junze: "Su Deyuan, have the imperial guards send the virtuous prince back to the virtuous prince's palace, and the imperial hospital will do its best to treat him."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the evening, Song Jibai came to the Yangxin Palace and brought the same words as the imperial physician had said during the day, that the virtuous king might not live long.

"I was really angry and disappointed when he rebelled, but now I..."