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

After lighting the lanterns, the two went to the downtown area for a while.

"Grandpa, candied haws!" Gu Shijin pointed at the old man selling candied haws and shouted.

Before leaving the palace, Gu Shijin didn't know he was leaving and had no money on him.

Maybe because he had been in the palace for too long, Gu Shijin thought that candied haws were particularly delicious.

"Master, would you like to eat the first one?" Gu Shijin handed the candied haws to Lu Junze's mouth.

"Madam Jin..." Su Deyuan, who had been following closely, stepped forward to stop her.

Gu Shijin paused and was about to take his hand back, but Lu Junze had already lowered his head and eaten one.

"It's okay." Lu Junze waved his hand.

After that, Gu Shijin didn't buy any food along the way. She almost forgot that the emperor would test everything for poison before eating it, so as to be safe from the worst.

Lu Junze naturally noticed the change in Gu Shijin. When passing by a pancake shop, he said, "Give me two pancakes."

Taking the sesame cake, Lu Junze handed it to Gu Shijin: "Eat it if you want."

"Pfft..." Gu Shijin couldn't help laughing and said, "Master, what if Jin'er gets fat?"

"You'll look good even if you gain weight." Lu Junze held Gu Shijin's hand, and their fingers were tightly interlocked.

Gu Shijin was not familiar with the roads in the capital, so she could only follow Lu Junze. The further they walked, the quieter it became, and the fewer people there were. Gu Shijin was a little confused, but thinking that Lu Junze might have some arrangements, she didn't ask.

"Boom..."

"Hiss..." Gu Shijin took a breath and touched his hit nose.

"Master, why did you stop?" Gu Shijin said dissatisfiedly.

There was a hint of helplessness in Lu Junze's eyes. He blamed him for being careless.

"Did it hurt?" Lu Junze gently touched Gu Shijin's nose.

Gu Shijin nodded: "It hurts."

"Master, where is this?" Gu Shijin looked around. In front of her was the back door of a courtyard. The courtyard didn't look big, but it was quite unique.

Lu Junze: “Don’t know him?”

Gu Shijin shook his head and said, "I don't know him."

It was her first day in the palace after she came here, and Gu Shijin didn't recognize anyone here.

But… Lu Junze would not take her to someone else’s house for no reason and ask her if she knew them.

A thought flashed through his mind, and then he heard Lu Junze say, “You don’t even recognize your own family?”

It really is!

Gu Shijin didn't expect Lu Junze to take her home. Her eyes instantly became wet and tears fell down her cheeks to the ground.

This tear was uncontrollable. The original body was unable to see her family for the last time before she died. Standing here at this moment, Gu Shijin seemed to feel like the carefree little girl who was loved by her family before she entered the palace.

"Go knock on the door." Lu Junze gently wiped away Gu Shijin's tears and said, "You only have two quarters of an hour. I'll pick you up later."

This means not going in and giving Gu Shijin some time.

Gu Shijin bowed and said solemnly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Probably because he had been greeted, the door opened as soon as Gu Shijin knocked.

The person knocking on the door didn't know Gu Shijin, he just bowed and led Gu Shijin to the nearest room.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Come in."

Gu Shijin was quite familiar with this voice; it was her father, Gu Yulin.

Pushing the door open, there were four characters in total in the room, three of which Gu Shijin had seen before, and only the youngest one Gu Shijin had not seen before.

The man was wearing a blue robe and looked quite handsome. When he saw Gu Shijin coming in, he looked up and smiled at her, with no concealment of the joy in his eyes.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Little Brother."

"Jin'er."

"Little sister."

"Three sisters."

Everyone in the room had tears in their eyes, and Yang was so excited that she couldn't control her tears.

All the previous meetings were in the palace, where there were many people and everyone was trying to control their emotions. But now in their own homes, no one could hide their worries.

"Jin'er, you've suffered." Yang hugged Gu Shijin tightly and refused to let go.

"Mom, I'm fine."

"Third sister, we all heard about it." Gu Chengyun said in a hoarse voice, "You were poisoned and unconscious in the palace for a long time."

Gu Shijin did not expect that her family would know about her poisoning. She felt helpless, but more touched. Her family's worries made her sad, but also made her more determined in her thoughts.

"Jin'er, don't worry. Big brother will stay in Beijing from now on." Gu Chengfeng looked at Gu Shijin with a firm look in his eyes.

"Huh?" Gu Shijin looked at Gu Chengfeng in confusion.

Brother, don’t you need to go back to the frontier?

The Emperor has issued an edict to transfer me back to Beijing to serve in the Imperial Guard.

The Jinyiwei of the Great Xia Dynasty were the emperor’s personal soldiers. They were not only responsible for protecting the emperor’s safety, but also for special tasks such as secretly monitoring officials and collecting intelligence. All of Lu Junze’s Jinyiwei were his confidants.

The position that Lu Junze gave Gu Chengfeng was the Jinyiwei Zhenfushi, a fourth-rank official.

Gu Shijin was a little surprised, but she would not be so self-indulgent as to think that Lu Junze was doing this for her sake. Lu Junze was an emperor who clearly distinguished between public and private affairs.

He had his reasons for promoting Gu Chengfeng.

"Brother, then you must serve the emperor well and protect his safety." Gu Shijin said seriously.

No matter what Lu Junze thinks, it would definitely not be wrong to give such instructions.

"Big brother knows." Gu Chengfeng said with a smile: "It's only been a few years since I entered the palace and you've forgotten about me."

"No way, brother, you must also pay attention to your own safety and protect yourself." Gu Shijin said.

On the surface, the Jinyiwei sound very glorious and are the emperor's confidants, but in fact, they do the most dangerous things.

"Don't worry, your elder brother has come all the way from the border, so why would he be afraid of the monsters in the capital?" Gu Chengfeng comforted.

"Brother, I heard that you are planning to take the imperial examination?" Gu Shijin thought of what Yang said last time.

Gu Chengyun smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Third Sister, I have been idle for so many years. It's time to do something."

"I can't just travel around all my life."

Gu Shijin sighed: "But I remember you always said that in the ordinary, there is a glimmer of immortality."

"Third sister, I have been to many places over the years, and have seen many things and people. I suddenly feel that serving the court and striving for more benefits for the people may be what I should do more."

"Third sister, I know what you are thinking. I am not just doing this for you."

"I went to the south last year and happened to encounter a drought. I saw many refugees who were poorly clothed and hungry. At that time, I thought that if I were an official, I might be able to save more people and reduce the number of people displaced."

"Don't wait any longer. The young man's head will turn gray, and there will be no sorrow."

When Gu Chengyun said these words, his tone was firm and his eyes were shining.

He really wanted to do something for this country.

"Third brother, you have grown up." Gu Shijin gently patted Gu Chengfeng's shoulder: "Third sister wishes you to be the top scorer in high school as soon as possible."

Gu Shijin didn't have much time, and she didn't want to make her family worry anymore, so she didn't talk much about things in the palace. Instead, she listened to Gu Chengyun talk more about the interesting things he had when he went out.

That’s great. Gu Shijin felt extremely satisfied looking at the happy faces of his family. It would be even better if he could meet his second sister.

"Knock knock knock...Miss, the time is up." The person outside the door reminded.

"understood."

Gu Shijin stood up, took a step back, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Gu Yulin and Yang.

"Take care, Dad and Mom."

"Jin'er, you can't do that." Gu Yulin hurriedly helped Gu Shijin up.

"I will always be my parents' daughter."

Gu Shijin: "Brother, I am the same, take care."