The second wife, the Cao family, had said before that she would ask the Xue family to give her a word, but there was no news from the Cao family until the night before He Linwan was about to leave the He family and enter the palace.

He Linwan had arranged for someone to keep an eye on her since Cao left that day. He Lin thought that the Cao family would definitely contact that person, and wanted to find out that person when the Cao family contacted him, but the Cao family did not make any movement. If the Cao family didn't move, He Linwan naturally wouldn't go to the grass and startle the snake, so he also followed and didn't move.

Before the end of the day, the carriage sent by the palace to pick up people came.

Although the time of the small election will not be too long, but they will also stay in the palace for three or five days, and the palace will give them a special decree to allow them to bring a personal attendant, and He Linwan brought Chunxiao.

He Lin went to visit Wei before leaving home, and after coming out of Wei's courtyard, she met He Zhen and Cao Shi, who sent He Zhen out.

He Zhen's eyes were red and swollen at the moment, and her maid held an egg wrapped in a handkerchief to dress her eyes, but after a while, she hugged Cao Shi and cried.

"Mother, will I not be able to come back? I heard that the girls who have entered the palace will not be able to see their families in the future. Woo woo woo - I don't want to see my mother!"

Cao Shi hugged He Zhen and whispered, she also had tears in her eyes, but her emotions were not as outgoing as He Zhen, and she didn't let the tears fall.

"Second aunt. He Linwan walked over to greet the Cao family, and called out to the fourth sister again.

He Zhen seemed to be a little embarrassed that he was seen crying like this by He Linwan, so he left Cao's arms and called out to his big sister.

Cao Shi patted He Zhen's shoulder lightly and said to her, "You go to the second gate with the maid first and wait, I have something to say to your eldest sister." ”

He Zhen looked at Cao's and then at He Linwan, although she didn't know what her mother and cousin had to say, she still obediently took the maid and left first.

He Linwan knew that the Cao family had something to say, so he asked Chunxiao to follow He Zhen to the second gate first.

Perhaps knowing that time was pressing, the Cao family took the initiative to speak without waiting for He Linwan to ask: "Ah Wan, there is no news over there for the time being, so what I promised you before......"

He Lin saw that Cao's face was embarrassed and did not seem to be fake, so he said suspiciously: "Second aunt, what does it mean that there is no news?"

"It's just that the man hasn't replied to me yet. Cao's eyes were also a little anxious, and he said, "But don't worry, I will personally go out of the house today, and this matter will definitely be done, Zhen'er will still ask you to take care of it." ”

He Linwan nodded, "My fourth sister and I are sisters, so we will naturally take care of each other, and the second aunt doesn't have to worry." ”

Cao smiled bitterly: "How can I not worry about where Zhen'er's temperament entered the palace, that is, her grandmother and father were carried away by interests." It's a pity that no matter how much I persuade and plead, I can't stop them, I ...... There's no way around it. All in all, she will entrust it to you for the time being, and the second aunt will thank you in the future. ”

The Cao family explained a few words to He Linwan uneasily, until the steward came over to urge that the carriage in the palace had been waiting for a long time, and the Cao family sent He Linwan to the second gate, and by the way, he took a look at He Zhen.

When He Zhen got into the carriage, she cried again, and she couldn't persuade her, He Linwan thought that she was going to cry until the palace. But when their carriage entered the palace gate, He Zhen saw the majestic and solemn Tianji Hall through the curtain, and he unexpectedly stopped his tears.

"Big sister, this palace is so big, what is it for. He Zhen sniffed and leaned over to look out of the curtain.

He Lin said in the evening: "Tianji Palace, the place where hundreds of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty went to the Great Dynasty. ”

He Linwan's eyes widened in shock, and she opened the curtain of the carriage a little more, staring out without blinking, until the palace man who was walking beside the carriage and guiding the way gestured for her to put the curtain down, and she reluctantly withdrew her gaze.

"It turns out that this is the Tianji Palace! We have already entered the palace? This is the first time I have entered the palace. ”

He Linwan glanced at He Zhen, who was full of curiosity and yearning, and had to admit that Cao's worries were correct.

"When you entered the palace, didn't the elders teach you the rules?" He Linwan asked with an eyebrow.

He Zhen pouted and said: "I have taught, my grandmother told me to talk less and watch how others behave, but since she knows that I can't even talk and act in the palace, why do you want me to enter the palace? I finally entered the palace once, maybe this is the only chance to enter the palace in my life, isn't it normal to want to see more and have more knowledge? When I leave the palace in the future and talk to others about the palace, I can still say that I have seen the Tianji Hall with my own eyes." ”

He Linwan didn't mean to teach He Zhen a lesson, he was relieved to see that she didn't cry and cry, as long as he didn't make a big mistake, he would go with her.

Their carriage entered the palace from the north gate, and after going around a circle, they stopped in front of a palace gate, He Linwan and He Zhen came not too early or late, and when they arrived, they happened to see someone walking down from the two carriages parked in front of them.

He Linwan didn't pay close attention to who those two people were, and she didn't want to be called out of the carriage when someone in front of her called her.

"Miss He?"

When He Linwan turned his head to look over, he saw Mu Lanping.

"It's really you, what a coincidence!" Mu Lanping seemed very happy to see He Linwan.

"Miss Mu. He Linwan nodded, but his eyes were attracted by the woman beside Mu Lanping. The man noticed He Linwan's gaze and looked at it too, but he only bowed his head slightly.

Mu Lanping noticed the movements of the people around him, and asked in surprise, "Miss Fan and Miss He know each other?"

Fan Lanruo nodded, and didn't explain much.

He Linwan asked suspiciously: "It's not strange that I know Miss Fan, after all, we have both lived in the capital for many years, but how did Miss Mu and Miss Fan meet?"

Mu Lanping said with a smile: "Miss Fan is quite famous in the capital, so I took the initiative to get acquainted with her, but it was really a coincidence that I met the two of them today, and Miss Fan's carriage was met when I entered the palace gate." By the way, I didn't have time to ask Miss Fan just now, did you also enter the palace for the draft?"

He Linwan also wanted to ask this question, because she hadn't heard the news that Fan Lanruo was also going to participate in this draft before, so it was very surprising to see her here today.

Fan Lanruo said in a cold tone: "I took Yi Zhi into the palace today to meet the queen's mother, and the mother will not be free to see me until an hour later." I just happened to hear that an old man also entered the palace today to participate in this small election, so I came to her to say a few words. ”