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

On the Laba Festival, most of the concubines in the harem made Laba porridge. Gu Shijin was not the only one who came to deliver Laba porridge to Lu Junze. They were all stopped outside the Yangxin Palace by Su Deyuan.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Lan looked at each other at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and walked back with the palace maids.

In the past, the two of them didn't get along and couldn't chat even when they were together, but today they were walking on the street and had a rare calm chat.

Rong Fei turned her head and looked at the Yangxin Palace, and said, "I heard that the emperor summoned Jin Fei to the Yangxin Palace to accompany him."

Concubine Lan's eyes flickered, and she said stiffly, "Yes, Concubine Jin is young and beautiful, so the emperor naturally likes her."

"Sister Lan, are you saying that you are old?" Concubine Lan was usually quite proud of her appearance.

Concubine Lan reached out and touched her face, complaining: "What's the use of me being satisfied? The emperor is not satisfied!"

"Sister Rong, the emperor didn't go to Yufu Palace to see the eldest prince."

Concubine Rong smiled and said, "The Emperor has approved that Qin'er will go to the Shangshufang to study next year. Qin'er has been reading recently."

The prince should go to the study room to study when he is five years old, but because the eldest prince has poor hearing and poor health when he was a child, he has never been allowed to go to the study room alone. Now that the emperor has approved it, it means that the emperor still values ​​Qin'er.

Concubine Lan twitched the corners of her mouth, but she really couldn't laugh. She had been in the palace for so long, but she still had no children, and she didn't know when she would be able to have a child of her own.

Now, whenever the emperor enters the harem, he goes to Ningyu Pavilion or the Queen's Fengyi Palace, and spends less and less time in other concubines' palaces.

When Concubine Rong saw that Concubine Lan looked unhappy, she felt much better. Before Concubine Jin was not favored, the emperor liked to turn over Concubine Lan's name the most. But now...

However, even though she was favored so many times, Concubine Lan still didn't get pregnant.

"Then congratulations, Sister Rong." Concubine Lan said, "I wonder if the eldest prince's ears are better now? Otherwise, my sister and I can go to Yufu Palace to see the eldest prince."

"I will take care of the eldest prince, so there is no need to worry about him, Sister Rong." After saying that, Concubine Rong left with the palace maid.

Concubine Lan smiled sarcastically when she saw Concubine Rong's smug figure. It was just giving birth to a disabled prince. What was there to be proud of?

I haven't seen you give birth to a second child in all these years.

Concubine Lan was still thinking about serving the emperor in the emperor's bedchamber during the day, but she didn't expect that the emperor would call her at night. Concubine Lan was very happy to hear the news.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Junze did not keep Gu Shijin to sleep with him. Although this day was not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, Lu Junze always went to the Queen's palace in previous years. He didn't want to go this year, but keeping Gu Shijin here would make the Queen hate him too much. After thinking about it, Lu Junze turned over Concubine Lan's card.

Changle Palace.

"Go and get me the new clothes that the Ministry of Internal Affairs just sent." Concubine Lan said to Qiaohui.

"Yes, ma'am."

The new dress is light purple. I have to say that the embroiderer really put a lot of effort into it. There are some orchids embroidered on the dress, but not many. They mainly serve as embellishments and are very suitable for Concubine Lan.

"Does it look good, Qiaohui?"

"nice."

In fact, Concubine Lan is only in her early twenties, which would still be a young girl in modern times. It’s just that in ancient times, people would start to worry about their appearance and feel old when they were in their early twenties.

"The Emperor has arrived."

"My concubine pays your respects to the Emperor."

"No need to be polite, my beloved." Lu Junze walked into the room and sat down.

Lu Junze looked at Concubine Lan and said, "Your clothes... are nice."

Concubine Lan immediately smiled and said, "It was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs two days ago."

"Yes, Not Bad."

"Your Majesty, you haven't had dinner yet, I will serve you." Concubine Lan had already prepared a sumptuous meal.

Lu Junze had actually already had dinner with Gu Shijin, but if he didn't eat, Lan Fei wouldn't eat either, and Lu Junze wouldn't let a woman go hungry.

So he sat down and had his meal with them, but he was really full and couldn't eat any more after a few bites.

"Your Majesty, are the meals I prepared not to your liking?" asked Concubine Lan. She had always prepared dishes that the emperor liked to eat in the past.

Lu Junze shook his head: "I'm really not hungry, my dear, please eat more." As he said that, he put some dishes into Concubine Lan's bowl.

When Concubine Lan saw the emperor picking food for her, she immediately threw all her worries away.

Fengyi Palace.

Shangguan Yan also prepared a large table of food. She wanted to take advantage of today to mend the rift between herself and the emperor, but she didn't expect to wait and wait, and finally waited for the news that the emperor went to Changle Palace.

Shangguan Yan sat at the table and looked at the dishes he had carefully prepared and felt extremely ironic.

Does the emperor really want to slap her in the face?

Shangguan Yan sneered, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, while Yunzhi served him carefully beside him.

"How is Concubine Liu's pregnancy?" Shangguan Yan asked.

Yunzhi took two steps forward and said, "Madam, the imperial physician said that Concubine Liu is pregnant with a boy."

"I have already informed the imperial physician according to your Majesty's instructions."

"Yes." Shangguan Yan nodded: "Send someone to take care of Concubine Liu. Nothing can happen to Concubine Liu's child."

"Yes, ma'am."

In Changle Palace, Concubine Lan took the medicine brought by Qiaohui after taking a bath and drank it in one gulp.

She handed the bowl to Qiaohui and asked, "Qiaohui, is this medicine really useful?"

"My lady, this medicine was prepared by Second Aunt, it will definitely work."

Qiaohui entered the palace with Concubine Lan. The second aunt she mentioned was Concubine Lan's mother, the concubine of Prince Dingnan.

Because Concubine Lan entered the palace and was favored by the Emperor, the Second Aunt's status in Prince Dingnan's Mansion was greatly improved. Although she was not made his legal wife by Prince Dingnan, she was the one who made the decisions on all matters in the backyard.

Prince Dingnan's queen had died long ago.

The fundamental reason why the Second Concubine could not be promoted to the position of principal was that General Zhennan disagreed.

Qiao Hui whispered to Concubine Lan, "Second Aunt said that she got pregnant with the young master with this prescription."

Concubine Lan nodded and walked into the bedroom.

Gu Shijin returned to Ningyu Pavilion but did not feel sleepy, so he took out "Daxia Chronicles" and continued reading.

Through "The Great Xia Chronicles", Gu Shijin finally had some substantial understanding of this world and was no longer confused.

This world feels more like a branch of China, just like at a fork in the road, China took another path and became China, and Daxia took another path and became Daxia.

Because here, the Three Kingdoms also existed in the history of Daxia, and there are many poems, such as Li Bai's "Viewing the Waterfall at Lushan Mountain", "Early Departure from Baidi City", and Li Shangyin's "Presenting Lotus" which Gu Shijin recited when praising lotus last time, etc.

At least the history of the Tang Dynasty exists here.

The night sky is pretty good tonight. There is a moon in the sky, and the moonlight shines sparsely through the branches into the courtyard of Ningyu Pavilion, creating a hazy beauty.

"It's almost been four years." Gu Shijin murmured.

Yes, once this year is over, she will have been in this dynasty for four years.

"My lady, it's time to rest." Xingyue reminded.