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

I thought I would return to the palace after leaving Gu's house, but I didn't expect Lu Junze to take Gu Shijin to the city wall.

"Master, what are we doing here?" Gu Shijin asked puzzledly.

"You'll know in a minute."

There is a large open space in front of the city wall, where many people gathered, looking as if they were waiting for some performance.

About a cup of tea later, one after another shirtless craftsmen came out, holding blacksmith rods in their hands.

"Strike iron flowers!" Gu Shijin exclaimed.

She was very busy in her previous life. Although she had heard of iron flower making, she had never seen it.

"Yes, let's go home after we finish watching." Lu Junze gathered Gu Shijin's cloak and asked, "Are you cold?"

Standing on the city wall, the wind was blowing very hard, but Gu Shijin felt warm in his heart: "It's not cold."

The master below came forward, clasped his fists and bowed, then began the performance.

"Make iron flowers, make iron flowers." Some children shouted happily.

The masters who make iron flowers hold special iron rods in their hands and wave them quickly under the light of the fire, like shooting stars across the starry sky.

The masters hit the iron rods hard on the iron plate. In an instant, sparks flew like flowers blooming in the night sky.

"well."

Gu Shijin jumped up along with them, shouting with joy.

The iron flower masters strike the iron plate with iron rods again and again. With their exquisite skills, the sparks sometimes look like blooming chrysanthemums, sometimes like splashing waterfalls, sometimes like blooming fireworks, and sometimes like the falling Milky Way. Every time the iron flower "blooms", it is breathtakingly beautiful.

"Your Majesty, so beautiful." Gu Shijin changed his address unconsciously.

"I'll bring you to see it again when I have the chance." Lu Junze said.

"it is good."

When they returned to the palace, it was already late, so Lu Junze left Gu Shijin in Chengqian Palace.

Today is not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, so the emperor does not need to go to the queen's palace, and it is okay for Gu Shijin to stay in Chengqian Palace.

This is probably why Lu Junze chose to take her out of the palace today instead of tomorrow.

The next day, Lu Junze got up to attend the morning court, and Gu Shijin also quietly returned to Ningyu Pavilion. After changing clothes and putting on makeup, she went to Fengyi Palace to pay her respects to the Queen.

This was the first time that Gu Shijin came to pay respects to the Queen after being poisoned, so naturally a lot of attention was paid to her.

She arrived neither early nor late, and after greeting Shangguan Yan, she sat quietly in her seat.

"Sister Jinpin looks good today. It seems that you are fully recovered." Concubine Sheng, who had never had any interaction with Gu Shijin, suddenly spoke.

Gu Shijin was puzzled, but smiled and said, "The imperial physician prescribed a lot of tonic medicine."

Concubine Lan smiled, took a sip of tea and said, "Concubine Jin does not look like someone who has been poisoned and unconscious for five or six days."

"..."

Gu Shijin was speechless. She knew that she would become the center of attention today.

Gu Shijin: "It's all thanks to the imperial doctors."

This time when Gu Shijin was poisoned, many people in the palace watched the fun, and they all hoped that she would never recover.

Unfortunately, she failed to fulfill their wish.

Ever since Gu Shijin became the emperor's favorite, the emperor would turn over her name card six or seven times every month. Sometimes she even had to go to the imperial study to accompany him during the day. There were only thirty days in a month, and with so many concubines in the harem, the emperor favored Gu Shijin more often, and the emperor had fewer opportunities for others.

It seemed that there were several missing concubines in the harem during these incidents, but in fact these people were not favored. The emperor would not visit them once a month, and the high-ranking concubines were still living well.

Gu Shijin discovered that these concubines of high rank were very careful about their reputation.

"Jinpin is so lucky that she can wake up even after being poisoned by such a strong poison." Li Guipin said sarcastically.

Lu Junze immediately blocked the news of what poison Gu Shijin was infected with, but many people in the harem still knew about it.

Zuilong, this poison is not easy to cure.

"Maybe, Sister Li Guipin is also very lucky." Gu Shijin said.

She is indeed lucky, otherwise she would not have been pulled down by Shunpin. Now the emperor has known that the person behind the scenes is Ming Jieyushi, and he has no intention of restoring her position.

"you……"

"All right." Empress Shangguan Yan finally spoke, saying, "Sister Jinpin has just recovered, so you need to have a good rest."

"Thank you, Queen, for your concern."

After chatting for a few more words, the Queen asked everyone to leave, leaving only Concubine Zhou alone.

It was no secret in the harem that Concubine Zhou was the Queen's person.

What everyone didn't know was that Concubine Rou left Fengyi Palace and came back.

Concubine Rou was also innocently implicated in the bracelet incident. Lu Junze did not punish her, but only asked her to be more careful in the future and to manage the people in her palace well.

Gu Shijin knew that Lu Junze was talking about the little eunuch who was yelling.

"Your concubine pays respects to Her Majesty the Queen." said Concubine Rou Guipin.

The queen raised her hand and said, "Get up."

Yunzhi brought two stools for Concubine Rou and Concubine Zhou to sit on.

"Your Majesty, Jinpin is so lucky this time. Even Zuilong's poison couldn't kill her." Rou Guipin said angrily.

It also led to him being criticized by the emperor.

"Lucky?" Shangguan Yan chuckled, "I don't think so."

No one else in the palace knew how Zuilong was going to detoxify, but Shangguan Yan knew.

There was only one plant of Purple Spirit Millet in the harem, and the emperor had already taken it when he was unconscious after being assassinated.

Shangguan Yanke didn't know that there was a second purple millet in the palace.

It wouldn't be so quick to find it even if you leave the palace.

Then there is only one possibility.

"Your Majesty?" Concubine Zhou asked with some confusion.

Judging from what the Queen said, she might know something.

Shangguan Yan waved her hands and didn't want to mention this matter anymore. Even if what she thought was true, she would not say it out loud.

Now the Emperor is clearly protecting Jinpin, and speaking out would only annoy the Emperor.

"Has Concubine Lan been to Yufu Palace recently?" Shangguan Yan asked.

On the surface, Concubine Rou is still Concubine Lan's person.

"No, I think Concubine Lan doesn't seem to care much about Concubine Liu's pregnancy." Concubine Rou Gui was a little puzzled.

Among the high-ranking concubines in the palace, only Concubine Lan and Concubine De did not have children, but Concubine Lan did not seem to be in a hurry at all.

"Has Concubine Lan behaved in any unusual way recently?" Shangguan Yan asked.

"abnormal?"

"Your Majesty, Concubine Lan has been taking medicine every day recently, and I have seen her several times."

At first, Concubine Rou didn't know either, but she happened to smell a smell of medicine in Changle Palace, so she hurried to Changle Palace after dinner, and she really saw it.

"I asked, and Concubine Lan just said she was not feeling well, and the imperial physician prescribed a tonic."

"Take medicine?" Shangguan Yan seemed to be thinking about something. Others didn't know, but Shangguan Yan knew that Concubine Lan asked her family to find her a prescription for medicine to help her maintain her pregnancy.

"Keep observing, and tell me if you see anything unusual."

"Yes, Queen."

"You should go to Biyun Garden more often recently. Concubine Liu is already seven months pregnant, and no accidents can happen." Shangguan Yan said to Concubine Zhou.

"Don't worry, madam. I have been accompanying Concubine Liu a lot during this period. She is very grateful to me."

"Ah That's good."