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

In the afternoon, Su Deyuan brought her a set of clothes and told her to change into them, saying that someone would come to pick her up later.

This dress is very ordinary, too ordinary for a palace. Ordinary fabric, ordinary pattern, ordinary craftsmanship. It doesn't look like it was specially made by Lu Junze.

After Gu Shijin changed her clothes, she asked Xingyue to put on some simple makeup for her and then inserted two simple hairpins in her hair. It didn't look like anything special, but it had a unique flavor.

Just as it got dark, someone came to Ningyu Pavilion to pick up Gu Shijin. Gu Shijin followed all the way to Chengqian Palace, and then got into a sedan chair with Lu Junze.

"Your Majesty, where are we going?" The sedan chair was covered with curtains on all sides, and Gu Shijin could not see anything.

Lu Junze touched Gu Shijin's head and said, "You'll know in a while."

The emperor is reliable in his work. By the time they left the palace in the sedan chair, other people in the palace didn't even know that a few people were missing.

The sedan chair came out of the palace gate and went all the way to the busiest street in the capital.

The voices of the common people hawking and laughing on the street entered the sedan chair. Gu Shijin looked at Lu Junze in surprise and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, we are out of the palace!"

She has been here for so long, staying in the palace every day, and has never had a chance to come out. She didn't expect that Lu Junze would take her out of the palace today.

This really took her by surprise.

It was almost impossible for concubines to leave the palace once they entered it, except to accompany the emperor hunting or on tours.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Shijin thanked softly.

"Change your name." Seeing Gu Shijin's happy expression, Lu Junze also felt satisfied.

"Your Majesty, what should I call you?" Gu Shijin rolled her eyes, and without waiting for him to speak, she touched Lu Junze's chest and said in a tender voice, "Master~"

Lu Junze pinched Gu Shijin’s cheek helplessly: “Little goblin.”

"Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. I can't accompany you, so I'll take you out for a walk today." Lu Junze said.

"Thank you very much~"

The Lantern Festival is the Lantern Festival. During the Lantern Festival, there will be a lantern festival, which lasts for three days. During these three days, there is no curfew in the capital, and the streets are bustling with all kinds of vendors, selling food, toys, accessories, and acrobatics. Today happens to be the second day.

The sedan took them all the way to a restaurant called Yipinxuan before it stopped.

Except for Su Deyuan and Lu Junze, no other palace servants were brought out of the palace today, of course, the shadow guards in the dark were not included.

Lu Junze took Gu Shijin upstairs and walked into a box with the word "plum" written on it.

"Your humble servant pays respects to His Majesty." When the people in the box saw Lu Junze, they immediately bowed and greeted him.

Lu Junze waved his hand indifferently: "Get up and sit down."

The man didn't hesitate and sat down with them.

"Master?" Gu Shijin looked at Lu Junze in confusion.

"This is General Zhennan." Lu Junze introduced: "Su Zicheng."

Gu Shijin was shocked. Isn't General Zhennan the brother of Concubine Lan? Is it really appropriate for the emperor to bring him out?

Su Zicheng didn't know Gu Shijin, but he knew who Lu Junze brought with him.

Su Zicheng smiled at Gu Shijin, but under the table, Lu Junze kicked him.

Su Zicheng doesn't look like a general who fights in war at all, but rather like a scholar who reads books.

"General." Gu Shijin nodded and greeted him.

"Serve the food." Lu Junze said.

They came out in a hurry and hadn't even had dinner yet.

After the dishes were served, Su Deyuan took a silver needle and carefully checked each dish before starting to use it.

“Try this.” Lu Junze picked up a piece of crispy duck and put it in Gu Shijin’s bowl: “This crispy duck is the signature dish of Yipinxuan.”

"Thank you, Master."

Gu Shijin tasted it and found it was indeed very delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with delicious meat.

The food outside is not as exquisitely presented as in the palace, but the taste is almost the same.

Come to think of it, if the food wasn’t good, there’s no way such a big restaurant could survive in the capital.

"I'm selling wontons. They're delicious and fragrant."

Yipinxuan is located in a busy city, and the hawking sounds downstairs never cease.

Hearing the word "xiao wonton", Gu Shijin looked down from the window and just happened to see the wontons floating in the pot. They had thin skin and lots of meat, and they kept rolling in the pot.

"Master..." Gu Shijin pointed to the wontons below, his words were self-explanatory.

Lu Junze glanced at Su Deyuan, and Su Deyuan immediately went to buy a bowl.

These wontons are not big, just the right size for one bite. The soup base should be made from big bones, and it tastes very delicious.

"good to eat."

After eating two, Gu Shijin seemed to remember Lu Junze and scooped one from the bowl and said, "Master, you don't dislike me, do you?"

As she spoke, she handed the wonton to Lu Junze's mouth.

Lu Junze had never eaten street food before. He was stunned for a moment, then ate the wontons that Gu Shijin handed over.

The two of them were eating a bowl of wontons as if no one was around, but Su Zicheng was stunned.

Is this still the Lu Junze he knew? This is too scary.

Although Lu Junze appears gentle every day, he is actually very cold-hearted and has no feelings for the women in his harem.

He didn't expect that he would see such a scene today.

After eating a bowl of wontons, Gu Shijin felt full and warm.

"Have you finished eating?" Lu Junze asked.

Gu Shijin nodded.

"Wait here for a moment. Zicheng and I have something to discuss."

"it is good."

Although you can't go out from the private room, it has a good view and you can see everything outside clearly.

Looking out the window, I could just see an acrobatic troupe performing.

There were already a lot of people gathered around, and when Gu Shijin looked down from a high place, it didn't block his view at all.

At this moment, a fire ring-walking performance was being performed below. A tall-looking man passed through the fire ring easily without any sparks getting on his body.

"Good." The onlookers clapped and cheered excitedly.

Some people even threw coins and silver onto the stage.

Gu Shijin was watching the show by the window with great interest, and when there were exciting parts, she would clap and cheer along.

"I don't know how that person got through such a small circle." Gu Shijin murmured.

She was so engrossed in watching that she didn't even notice Lu Junze came back.

"What is so beautiful?" Lu Junze asked, hugging him from behind.

"Master~" Gu Shijin pointed at the acrobats and said, "Master, look at that."

"Walking through a ring of fire." Lu Junze said, "There are these performances every year in the capital, and the people love them very much."

Gu Shijin looked at the bustling streets outside. The air was full of fireworks and the people's faces were filled with happy smiles, which showed that Lu Junze governed the country very well.

"Master, you are so awesome." Gu Shijin said with shining eyes.

"Is this awesome?"

"Of course."

"Come on, I'll take you to see something more powerful."

The two of them were obviously not on the same wavelength in their conversation, but Gu Shijin didn't say it.

When he went out again, in addition to Su Deyuan, there was also Su Zicheng by his side. Gu Shijin understood that this person was here to protect the emperor's safety.