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

There is one bad thing about this imperial garden: the flowers and plants are too lush, and Concubine Rou came from behind Gu Shijin, who didn't notice it at all.

It was not until Concubine Rou walked into the pavilion that Gu Shijin saw her and quickly stood up and saluted: "Sister Concubine Rou."

"Hey, sister Jin, what's wrong with your hand?" Concubine Rou saw Gu Shijin's bandaged left hand at a glance.

Gu Shijin rolled his eyes and stood up without caring about Concubine Rou.

These people always seem to be blind and unable to see.

"I accidentally cut myself."

Concubine Rou was stunned when she saw Gu Shijin's action, then she smiled and said, "Sister, how could you be so careless? Fortunately, it was your hand that was cut. What if it was your pretty face?"

As she spoke, Concubine Rou wanted to reach out and touch Gu Shijin's face.

Gu Shijin felt terrified. Why was Concubine Rou acting so weird today?

Gu Shijin took a step back, avoiding Concubine Rou's hand.

"Why are you hiding, little sister?" Concubine Rou smiled softly, "Sister won't harm you."

If there was a mirror now, Gu Shijin really wanted her to look at herself. Anyone who saw the expression on your face would be scared.

"Sister Rou, it's getting late. I'm going back first."

Gu Shijin bowed and prepared to go back with Xingzhu and the other two.

She now thinks that Concubine Rou is a little abnormal, so she decided not to bother with her too much. She doesn't know what has stimulated her.

"Sister Jin, why are you in such a hurry?" Concubine Rou held Gu Shijin's hand from behind: "It's still early, are you in such a hurry?"

Gu Shijin frowned and took a breath. Concubine Rou pulled her wound.

"Mrs. Rou Guipin, you've hurt your hand." Xingyue hurriedly shouted upon seeing this.

"How dare you, a palace maid, yell at me?" Concubine Rou's face changed, and she shook off Gu Shijin's hand and said, "Come here, slap me in the face."

Xingyue knelt on the ground with a thud: "Please forgive me, my lady."

Gu Shijin was almost thrown off balance by Concubine Rou. Her heart skipped a beat when she heard Concubine Rou's words. She walked in front of Xingyue and said, "Sister Concubine Rou, Xingyue is too worried about me. I hope you can forgive me."

"Sister Jin, I am doing this for your own good. This slut dared to yell at me today. She might yell at you ladies tomorrow."

"Banxia, ​​slap your mouth."

"Yes, young lady." Banxia said. Now she could only obey the young lady.

“How dare you!” Gu Shijin grabbed Banxia’s hand.

"Noble Concubine Rou, if the maid makes a mistake, I will deal with it myself. You don't have to worry about it." Gu Shijin said in a firm tone.

Concubine Rou sneered, reached out and grabbed Gu Shijin's left hand, and said, "Banxia, ​​hit me!"

Gu Shijin was also burning with anger. Why did Concubine Rou seem to be possessed by an evil spirit today? Didn’t she like to act weak in the past?

"Pa..." Gu Shijin failed to stop her and Xingyue was slapped.

Gu Shijin endured the pain and grabbed Concubine Rou's hand and pulled hard, but Concubine Rou pushed Gu Shijin and they both fell to the back of the pavilion.

"Young Master!" Xingzhu and Xiaolinzi were shocked.

Gu Shijin closed his eyes and did not wait for the close contact with the earth, but fell into a warm embrace.

"Your Majesty..." Gu Shijin opened his eyes and saw Lu Junze with a dark face, and hurriedly tried to get up from his arms.

Lu Junze hugged her tightly and said, “Why are you moving around? Didn’t you see that your hands are bleeding?”

"Ah?" Gu Shijin then felt the pain in his left hand. He looked down and saw that a small area of ​​the gauze had been soaked with blood and turned red.

Lu Junze hugged Gu Shijin but ignored Concubine Rou. Concubine Rou fell to the ground with her hair disheveled and her clothes even more messy. There were tears on her face and she looked at Lu Junze pitifully.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me." Concubine Rougui said weakly.

"Princess Rou, do you really think I didn't see anything?" Lu Junze said.

In fact, Lu Junze didn't walk far before he turned back. He had good hearing and she basically heard the conversation between Gu Shijin and Concubine Rou.

"What did this palace maid do wrong? Why do you want to hit her?" Lu Junze looked at Xingyue and asked.

"Your Majesty, this palace maid yelled at me, and I was so angry that I wanted to teach her a lesson," said Concubine Rou Gui.

"Really?" Lu Junze gently took Gu Shijin's hand: "If you didn't hold Jinpin's hand tightly, would her maid be able to do this?"

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Rou opened her eyes wide, unable to believe that the emperor was so partial to Gu Shijin.

"Did I say anything wrong?"

"You are a noble concubine, but you have no tolerance for others. You even attacked a concubine of lower rank than you in the imperial garden. You are really uneducated!"

"Your Majesty, it was Concubine Jin who pulled me, I did not push her." Concubine Rou Gui blurted out in a hurry.

Lu Junze looked at Concubine Rou and said coldly: "Did I say you pushed Concubine Jin?"

"Your Majesty, my hand hurts." Gu Shijin looked at Lu Junze with tears in her eyes and said softly.

"Rou Guipin was demoted to a noble lady and confined to her house for one year."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Rou couldn't believe it!

Lu Junze didn't even look at her: "Take Concubine Rou back to the palace."

Su Deyuan: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Junze sent Gu Shijin back to Ningyu Pavilion and asked the imperial physician to rebandage her before leaving.

Lu Junze shook his head: “You, next time I really don’t dare to let you go out alone.”

He was bullied just after he left for a short while.

"Your Majesty, please go and do your work. I'm fine." Gu Shijin pushed Lu Junze.

"Alas," Lu Junze rubbed Gu Shijin's head: "You have a good rest, I will go to work first."

After Lu Junze left, Gu Shijin was silent for a long time. What happened today was such a coincidence.

All the recent incidents in the harem are related to her. Gu Shijin has a feeling of being flattered, which makes her feel cold.

Concubine Rou did not do anything excessive today, but the emperor's punishment... was a little too severe.

For some reason, Gu Shijin had a feeling that the emperor was purging the harem, and she was the victim.

but……

Lu Junze took her out of the palace and let her meet his family. These were not false.

Maybe she was overthinking it, and it was just a coincidence today.

"Xingyue, come here and let me take a look."

Xingyue was slapped by Rou Guiren's maid, leaving five red thumb marks on her face.

"Does it hurt?" Gu Shijin asked with a frown.

In this palace, slapping someone in the face is the most ungentlemanly method of dealing with the matter. If your face is injured, you cannot serve in front of others.

Fortunately, Xingyue’s injury is not serious and can be cured by taking some medicine.

"Remember to apply this medicine on time." Gu Shijin gave Xingyue the medicine he had just taken from Song Jibai.

"Thank you, my lady." Xingyue blinked her watery eyes.

In the palace, it was common for palace maids to be punished, but only the young lady kept them in her heart all the time.

On this side, Lu Junze returned to the Yangxin Palace and first sent away the Minister of War, and then asked Su Deyuan to send some things to Gu Shijin.