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

Ever since Concubine Ming poisoned the harem, it had become much calmer. Everyone paid their respects to the queen in a proper manner every day, as if the tense days before had never happened.

Gu Shijin knew that these people were just shifting their attention. As Concubine Liu's belly grew bigger, everyone became more and more patient.

None of this has anything to do with Gu Shijin. She lives happily in Ningyu Pavilion every day. Now she not only has braised chicken feet to gnaw on, but also pickled pepper chicken feet to gnaw on.

That’s right, Gu Shijin copied the pickled pepper chicken feet from his previous life.

She has been too idle recently and has no friends in the harem. Except when she is with Lu Junze, Gu Shijin is bored to death.

Everyone in the imperial kitchen knew that Concubine Jin liked to eat chicken feet, so in order to please her, they naturally sent her a lot of chicken feet. Anyway, the other concubines didn't eat this because they thought it was unhygienic and unclean.

"So many?" Gu Shijin said helplessly as he looked at the chicken feet sent from the imperial kitchen.

She likes to nibble on some chicken feet when she has nothing to do, but she can't eat so much, and she gets sick of braised chicken feet easily if she eats too much.

The eunuch who brought the gifts smiled and said, “The steward heard that the young lady liked it, so he asked the servants to bring it to the young lady.”

These chicken feet were collected during the Chinese New Year, and there were a lot of them, after all, many chickens were killed during the Chinese New Year. Now that the imperial kitchen was not busy, they were sent to Gu Shijin.

After the young eunuch left, Gu Shijin looked at the two baskets of chicken feet and felt worried.

Xingyue was the first to laugh when she saw the pile of chicken feet: "Pfft... little... little master, what should I do with so many chicken feet?"

"How should I know?" Gu Shijin blinked.

"Okay, let's shave the bones from the chicken feet and use them to make pickled pepper chicken feet." Gu Shijin suddenly said.

Xingzhu, Xingyue, and Xiaolinzi looked at each other. Xingyue asked, "Young Master, how do we shave this bone?"

"This is easy, Xiao Linzi, just boil the chicken feet first."

"Yes, my lord."

"Xingyue, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and find a few knives this big." Gu Shijin gestured with his hands.

"Understood, my lord."

After the chicken feet were cooked, Gu Shijin asked Xiao Linzi to put the chicken feet on the stone table in the yard, and then the four of them gathered in a circle, and Gu Shijin taught them how to remove the bones.

Xingzhu and the other two definitely didn't dare to sit with Gu Shijin, but Gu Shijin was firm in his attitude, so Xiao Linzi brought three shorter stools.

Gu Shijin looked at it and didn't force it. The feudal ideas of the ancients couldn't be changed in a short time.

"Look how I pick it."

After saying that, Gu Shijin picked up a chicken claw and started picking it carefully.

It is very simple to debone chicken feet. Just make a few cuts on the bones and then squeeze out the bones.

"Look, it's easy."

The three of them were all experienced workers, so Gu Shijin understood it after just doing it once, and they processed the chicken feet much faster than Gu Shijin.

"My lady, please don't do it. Let us do it." Xing Zhu advised.

Gu Shijin: "Together, together."

She had finally found something to do, so she didn't want to just sit there and do nothing.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade her, the three of them could only pay attention to make sure the young lady didn't get scratched by the knife.

This was the scene that Lu Junze saw when he arrived at Ningyu Pavilion.

The master and his four servants sat around a stone table, one holding a knife in one hand and something unknown in the other.

"what are you doing?"

Lu Junze came in deliberately without informing anyone, and Xiao Linzi was picking bones here again, so no one reminded Gu Shijin.

Gu Shijin was startled by Lu Junze's sudden voice, and the knife tilted and cut the back of his hand.

"Ah..." Gu Shijin screamed and wanted to cover the injured area, but then he remembered that his hands were covered in oil and the wound would be infected.

It was Lu Junze who reacted first and tore a piece of cloth from his body and wrapped it around Gu Shijin's hand.

"What are you still standing there for?" Lu Junze said angrily, "Go get the imperial physician."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty."

Gu Shijin was in so much pain that tears came out. Although he was poisoned last time, he was just unconscious and didn't feel any pain. This time, his hand was really injured.

Lu Junze carried Gu Shijin into the room and put her on the bed. Looking at her tearful eyes, he felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

"It's all my fault, Jin'er, don't cry." Lu Junze wiped the corners of Gu Shijin's eyes and said, "I'll blow on Jin'er."

"emperor……"

"Let me show you." Lu Junze carefully tore open the cloth wrapped around Gu Shijin's hand.

In fact, the wound is not deep, but the cut is a bit big and looks scary.

"Your Majesty, it's okay. It seems that the bleeding has stopped." Gu Shijin looked over and said with a smile.

"You." Lu Junze pointed at Gu Shijin's forehead: "Don't you feel any pain?"

"Fortunately, it doesn't hurt now. It just hurt a little just now. I scared myself."

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician is here." Su Deyuan came in to report.

"Come in."

The imperial physician who came was Song Jibai. It could be seen that he came in a hurry, his clothes were wrinkled, and he looked reluctant.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant pays his respects." In front of outsiders, Song Jibai still gave Lu Junze a lot of face.

"Get up." Lu Junze waved his hand nonchalantly: "Come and see."

"Yes."

Song Jibai took a look and said, "Let me disinfect the young lady first. It might be a little painful."

The last sentence was said to both Gu Shijin and Lu Junze.

"It's okay." Lu Junze covered Gu Shijin's eyes with his hands.

"hiss……"

Gu Shijin didn't know what Song Jibai used for disinfection, but she smelled alcohol.

"It's okay, it will be fine soon." Lu Junze let Gu Shijin hold her hand.

"Okay." A trace of speechlessness flashed across Song Jibai's eyes. It was just such a big cut, did Lu Junze need to care about it?

"I will give you some medicine."

Song Jibai's medicine was indeed effective. It was cool and Gu Shijin felt that the wound was no longer burning with pain.

Song Jibai: "Apply this medicine once every morning and evening. The wound on your hand is not serious and will not leave a scar."

Women all love beauty, especially when it comes to such an important and conspicuous place as the hands.

Gu Shijin: "Thank you, Doctor Song."

As soon as Song Jibai left, Lu Junze drove everyone else out.

"Your Majesty, I am really fine."

Seeing Lu Junze's worried look, Gu Shijin couldn't help but comfort him.

Although he was frightened by Lu Junze, it was mainly because Gu Shijin himself was distracted.

Just when she was removing the bones, she suddenly remembered something. Before, Concubine Liu had a stomachache at the chrysanthemum viewing banquet, and sitting next to her was Concubine Wang, who had once flattered the deceased Concubine Chen.

The timing of Concubine Liu's stomachache was too coincidental. The pain didn't come earlier or later, but just happened after the Emperor and Empress left the palace.

But maybe I was overthinking it. That position was arranged by Concubine Lan, so maybe it was just a coincidence.

"Don't pick up a knife anymore." Lu Junze tapped Gu Shijin's forehead.

When Gu Shijin was scratched by a knife just now, Lu Junze was really scared.