The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

"This is the first time that the Emperor has celebrated the Empress Dowager's birthday since he ascended the throne. Your Majesty, please let me know how she plans to prepare. If you have any need for us, please feel free to ask." Liang Guiyi only made a casual polite remark, and was met with a warning look from the Imperial Concubine.

Liang Guiyi shut up in embarrassment instantly.

All in all, this was indeed the first time the Emperor celebrated the Empress Dowager's birthday since he ascended the throne.

Last year, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, because Your Majesty had just ascended the throne and there was unrest everywhere, it was impossible to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday with singing and dancing. Everyone just had a simple meal.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs will take care of these matters, so I don't have to worry too much about them. But for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, I wonder what you sisters have prepared for her?" Gu Jianchu asked casually while holding the teacup.

Liang Guiyi laughed awkwardly, "I am clumsy and don't know how to do anything. I haven't thought of a gift for the Empress Dowager yet."

The other concubines also made a few vague remarks.

Gu Jianchu just asked casually and didn't expect them to tell him what gifts they had prepared. After all, this kind of banquet was a rare opportunity to see the emperor. Although it was ostensibly to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday, it was actually an opportunity to show up in front of the emperor and compete for his favor. Naturally, everyone tried their best to prepare secretly to avoid being spied on by those with ulterior motives.

"Okay, I'm tired, everyone go back." Gu Jianchu was too lazy to argue with everyone, so he let them go early.

Seeing Gu Jianchu nestled in the bed eating snacks, Zhuxi brewed a pot of fresh tea and brought it over, "The Queen Mother's birthday is very close. What birthday gift is your Majesty going to prepare for her? We should prepare it in advance now."

Although the relationship between the emperor and the empress dowager is not good, she still has to save face and cannot prepare too poorly.

Gu Jianchu thought for a while and said, "How about I make an embroidered screen of a phoenix flying in the sky?"

Gu Jianchu has liked to play tricks and eat melons since he was a child. Although he is good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he is not good at everything. The only thing he is good at is embroidery.

Hearing this, Zhuxi's eyes sparkled as she said, "Your Majesty's embroidery is unmatched. You will surely outshine all the other beauties."

"Just compliment me. When it comes to embroidery skills, there are always better people than you." Before Gu Jianchu finished speaking, he couldn't help scratching his arm with his fingers.

The itchiness continued to spread along my arms.

Zhuxi immediately noticed something was wrong, "What happened to the Queen?"

"It's very itchy." Gu Jianchu crossed his hands into his sleeves and scratched his arms vigorously with each hand a few times before he felt a little better. But after putting his hands down, he couldn't help but feel itchy again.

There won't be any mosquitoes in this cold winter.

Zhuxi helped Gu Jianchu roll up her sleeves, revealing a rash on her snow-white skin, along with red marks from her vigorous scratching. "Your Majesty seems to be allergic to peanut powder, but your diet has always been monitored by me and Zhuxia, and peanuts and other things are absolutely not mixed in."

Her health is good in every way except that she is allergic to peanuts. She usually pays special attention to her diet.

After entering the palace, the two little maids Zhuxia and Zhuxi often reminded the kitchen not to put peanuts in any food.

Her allergy lasted only an hour or two. During this time, apart from the breakfast prepared in the kitchenette, she only ate the walnut cake made by Wen Zhaoyi.

Gu Jianchu's deep gaze fell on the walnut cake.

"Could it be that Concubine Wen intends to harm the Empress?" Zhuxi couldn't help but guess.

Gu Jianchu thought about it for a moment, then quickly shook his head in denial. "Zhaoyi Wen wouldn't be so foolish as to poison me using her real name. Besides, only you, Zhu Xiayun, and the others know that I'm allergic to peanut powder. The people in the kitchen just thought I didn't like peanuts, so poisoning wasn't possible. It could have just been a mistake on Zhaoyi's part."

If Wen Zhaoyi had deliberately put something there for her, the dog system would definitely have reminded her.

Zhuxi was afraid that she would scratch herself, so she applied the ointment she had brought from outside the palace to the areas covered with rashes. A cool feeling instantly spread across her skin, gradually covering up the itch rising from the bottom of her heart.

It only took a stick of incense for Yunhe to bring the imperial physician over.

The young doctor carried the medicine box and followed Yunhe according to the rules. When he entered the hall, he lowered his eyes and dared not look around.

"Why does he look a little unfamiliar?" Although Gu Jianchu did not have a regular imperial physician in the palace, she was familiar with the imperial physicians in the palace. She seemed to have never seen the young imperial physician in front of her before.

Before Yun He could explain, the other party politely said, "Your Majesty, the Earl of Annan is ill, and Imperial Physician Zhang and others have been summoned. Only a few of my apprentices are left in the Imperial Hospital. But don't worry, Your Majesty. Although my medical skills are not as good as Imperial Physician Zhang and others, I can still handle simple illnesses."

The Earl of Annan was so arrogant that he sent away all the imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau and was not afraid of what to do if something happened to the emperor.

The young doctor in front of him was probably pushed out by someone. After all, they were all apprentices. If something went wrong while treating her, she might lose her life.

"Please help me take a look." Gu Jianchu handed the arm with the rash to the imperial physician.

Doctor Lin came forward to take a look and asked calmly, "Is the Empress allergic to something?"

"Peanuts." He did not hide anything from the imperial physician Gu Jianchu.

"I think the Queen may have accidentally ingested peanuts. Food allergies can't be cured, so we can only avoid them as much as possible. Judging from the rash on your arm, you must have accidentally ingested a high dose. I have a bottle of topical medicine here. Apply it to the rash twice a day, morning and night. It will relieve the itching and eliminate the rash."

"Don't scratch your rash, lest it leave scars."

"I will prescribe some internal medicine for your Majesty to help control the allergic rash."

Doctor Lin handed the prescription to Yun He who was beside Gu Jianchu, and said, "If your Majesty is worried about me, you can wait for the other doctors to come back and give it to them to take a look."

"No need, just let Yunhe go with you to get the medicine." Gu Jianchu found this young doctor interesting.

"What's your name?" Gu Jianchu asked casually.

Doctor Lin put down the medicine box he had picked up and said respectfully, "My surname is Lin, and my given name is Ling."

"Well, go ahead." Gu Jianchu waved his hand and asked people to leave.

"Your Majesty, this young doctor is still just an apprentice. Is he unreliable?" Zhuxi looked at the ointment in his hand and expressed deep doubt.

"You'll know whether it's reliable or not if you try it. I guess he doesn't dare to prescribe medicine for me casually for the sake of his life and property." Gu Jianchu extended his slender arm in front of Zhuxi.

Zhu Xi was just about to apply medicine to Gu Jianchu when the tightly closed door creaked open. Zhu Xi thought it was Zhu Xia who had returned. He looked in the direction of the sound and almost dropped the ointment in his hand in panic.