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

Sometimes, accidents happen so unexpectedly.

For no apparent reason, Bai Xue, who was sitting under Gu Shijin's seat, started to go crazy.

Bai Xue roared a few times at first, then kicked her four hooves continuously and spun around in place. Gu Shijin, a novice, couldn't control Bai Xue at all. He could only hold on to the reins to avoid falling off.

She had just run too fast. At this moment, Lu Junze and the shadow guard were still some distance away from her, but accidents often only took a few seconds to happen.

Bai Xue raised her front legs high, and Gu Shijin lost his balance and fell off the horse.

Lu Junze could only watch Gu Shijin fall to the ground.

"Jin'er!" Lu Junze shouted loudly, jumped off his horse and ran quickly to Gu Shijin and hugged her in his arms.

Gu Shijin just felt her head was dizzy, as if it was about to explode, as if her head had hit a rock!

"Your Majesty..." Gu Shijin said weakly, "Your Majesty, I...I seem to have fallen on my head."

She doesn't want to die yet, Lu Junze, you must let the imperial physician examine her first!

After he finished speaking, Gu Shijin fainted.

"Call the imperial physician!" Lu Junze picked up Gu Shijin and said as he hurried back.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Junze regretted it very much now. He shouldn't have let Gu Shijin ride the horse alone just to have fun, even though she had just learned it.

"Where's the imperial physician?" Lu Junze put Gu Shijin on the bed and stared at him with a worried look on his face.

"Your Majesty." Song Jibai was speechless when he saw Lu Junze like this. How can he treat the disease if you don't give up your position?

Seeing this, Lu Junze stepped aside and urged, “Hurry up.”

After saying that, she remembered the headache that Gu Shijin mentioned: "She seemed to have been hit on the head."

"understood."

Song Jibai took Lu Junze's pulse, his brows furrowed and relaxed, making Lu Junze feel nervous.

"What happened?" Lu Junze asked impatiently. When Gu Shijin was injured this time, Lu Junze realized that he liked her more than he thought. He couldn't bear to see Gu Shijin leave him.

Song Jibai: "Your Majesty, Lady Jinpin is fine. I'll prescribe two doses of medicine for you. She will be fine after a few days of rest."

"When will Concubine Jin wake up?"

"Mistress Jinpin hit her head against a rock. There is some black blood in it. Once the blood disperses, she will wake up naturally."

Lu Junze was somewhat dissatisfied with this answer, but he also knew that all he could do now was to wait.

Lu Junze combed Gu Shijin's hair, and the distressed expression on his face made Song Jibai's teeth ache. Why didn't he know that Lu Junze had such a side before.

"Your Majesty, I'm going to make medicine for Concubine Jin." Not wanting to stay here any longer, Song Jibai quickly found an excuse to leave.

Lu Junze waved his hand without saying anything.

"The Queen has arrived."

Shangguan Yan had received the news a long time ago, after all, Lu Junze was so furious when he came back holding Gu Shijin.

It's just that she deliberately delayed for a while before coming over.

"The queen is here." Lu Junze sat on the bed and looked at Shangguan Yan with an ambiguous expression.

Bai Xue's sudden change in temperament and her restlessness could not be an accident. Someone must have done something behind the scenes.

"Your Majesty, how is Concubine Jin?" Shangguan Yan asked worriedly.

Lu Junze: "Still in a coma."

"How could the horse get out of control? This is too dangerous." Shangguan Yan said: "Fortunately, the emperor is fine."

Lu Junze didn't respond to the Queen's words, but looked at Su Deyuan and asked, "Where's Bai Xue?"

"Your Majesty, Bai Xue has been brought under control."

Su Deyuan continued, "The palace servant in charge of raising horses said that Bai Xue suddenly went crazy because she was stimulated."

"I understand."

"Queen." Lu Junze suddenly looked at Shangguan Yan and asked, "Who do you think did this?"

Shangguan Yan's heart trembled. What did the emperor mean by this? Did the emperor know something?

Impossible, this matter has nothing to do with her.

"Your Majesty, I don't know." Shangguan Yan said softly, "Jinpin is a friendly person. I really can't think of anyone who would harm her."

"The Queen, please go back first."

"Chen and concubine retire."

After Shangguan Yan left, Lu Junze took out a purse from his sleeve. He looked at the purse, his mind full of thoughts, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Gu Shijin held the purse tightly in his hand, and Lu Junze took a lot of effort to take it out.

This purse doesn't look special on the surface, but if you look closely you'll find a tiny pinhole on it.

"Heaven is coming."

"emperor."

"Take this and show it to Song Jibai." Lu Junze handed over the purse.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Looking at Gu Shijin lying on the bed, Lu Junze fell into deep thought.

Tianlin said that the shadow guards at the horse farm today did not notice anyone else approaching, which means that the person who shot the needle had extremely high martial arts skills and was difficult to detect even by these shadow guards who were familiar with hiding for many years.

It's interesting. I didn't expect that such a capable person would appear in the capital. What surprised Lu Junze even more was that such a person was actually involved with his harem.

Gu Shijin’s injury this time could not have been caused by the ministers of the previous dynasty. She was not important enough to affect the previous dynasty, so it could only be the women in the harem.

The person Lu Junze suspected the most was the queen, because the prime minister had the ability to find such a person.

But Shangguan Yan’s behavior just now didn’t seem like he knew.

"Don't worry, Jin'er. I will definitely make the decision for you."

"Su Deyuan."

Hearing the voice, Su Deyuan walked in from outside the door and saluted, "Your Majesty."

"Pass on my decree. Concubine Jin, Gu Shijin, has always been virtuous and obedient since she was young. She has served her duty with respect and dedication, and has been in office for a long time. Now that you have been harmed and fallen from power, in order to comfort Mi Yu, you are promoted to Ronghua and given the title Jin."

Su Deyuan: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Although it is against etiquette for the emperor to promote someone above his rank, the world belongs to the emperor, and Su Deyuan, a eunuch, cannot say anything. Moreover, Su Deyuan has seen the emperor's attitude towards Gu Shijin, and Jin Ronghua's good days are still ahead.

As soon as Lu Junze issued the imperial edict, all the concubines who came to the hunting ground, except Concubine Ning, were furious.

“Your Majesty, what the Emperor is doing goes against the ancestral etiquette. Would you like to go and persuade him?” Yunzhi said cautiously in a low voice.

The first time she was promoted to Gu Shijin, it was her first time to be favored, so it was understandable. But now she was promoted to Ronghua, a fourth-rank official, just because she was injured. It was really...

"Persuade?" The Queen chuckled, put down the tea in her hand, and said, "The Emperor is just doing it for others to see, or for me to see. What is there to persuade?"

"You're just a Ronghua. No matter what, you can never climb over my head." Although she said so, Shangguan Yan's tone was cold and filled with hatred.

"Empress..." Yunzhi called out worriedly.

"I'm fine. Go find Concubine Zhou."

"Yes, ma'am."

……

"Jin Ronghua is so lucky. Not only did she not get hurt after falling off her horse, but she was even promoted to the position of a concubine because of misfortune." Upon hearing the news, Concubine De smiled inexplicably: "The Queen must be so angry that she must die."