July of the forty-third year of Kangxi.

Mule trucks carrying show girls from all over the country into Beijing walked into the forbidden Forbidden City to participate in a draft that had been postponed for a year.

Last year, the emperor's brothers, Prince Yu Fuquan and Prince Gong Changning, died in June, and the emperor was so sad that he stopped the draft and postponed it to forty-three years.

According to Ruhui's wishes, in fact, it is better to postpone it for another two years and stop the draft directly, but unfortunately, the draft system can be said to be an important national policy in the Qing Dynasty, because there are too many unmarried men and women waiting for marriage in the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty will also have a three-year gap caused by this one-time suspension, and there is a danger that the fertility rate of children will drop significantly. (Delicate face.) ）

Ru Hui passed the primary election without doubt, and waited until the palace passed the time of the re-election to the homes of the show girls, and after some preparations, she entered the Forbidden City with a group of show girls with white flags, and saw the four concubines in the palace who presided over the re-election, and was left with a sign again.

After the re-election, the show girl was left in the palace to stay and observe, and after this inspection period, she could return home, and after that, she would probably be able to get the emperor's marriage.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the girls of the second draft lived in Chuxiu Palace.

After spending a day getting used to the environment of Chuxiu Palace, they began to move around each other on the second day, not only to inquire about each other's information, but also to contact feelings.

Just like the examinees who have passed the college entrance examination together in modern times, there are both fights and friendships between the show girls who are waiting to be assigned to the "school".

Compared with other show girls, Ru Hui, who was assigned by Emperor Chrysostom a few years ago, has been staying in the room since entering Chuxiu Palace in line with the principle of avoiding trouble and going out less, and she has not gone out easily, so she survived calmly for two days.

On the third day, someone whispered Ru Hui's name and knocked on the door of the Nanmu carved 10,000-character brocade.

Ru Hui, who was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, looked like she was asleep, so that the two show girls who pushed the door open hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to continue to enter the door.

Hearing the movement, Ru Hui withdrew her consciousness from the space, opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the door.

The two show girls were confused by the picturesque ladies in the room, and when they were in a dream, a pair of clear eyes pulled them out of their stunned, as if immersed in the sweet spring water, and the two of them only felt that they were conscious, not only returned to normal in an instant, but also seemed to have become more clear than Su Ri.

"Ah Hui, are you awake?" Seeing Ru Hui open her eyes, the taller show girl smiled happily and pulled her companion into the house, "I was worried about disturbing your rest." ”

Ru Hui was lying in her clothes, but at this time, a guest arrived, so she got up with a smile and greeted her: "Bulhe, what are you doing when you are not in the room at noon, but you came to me?"

In the familiar inquiry, Ru Hui had already taken the hand of the show girl named Bul He, and the two bowed to each other.

"This sister is the sister of Bul and Changti's Erlan. Ru Hui looked at the delicate woman with a slightly shy look on her face: "I often hear Bul He mention you, I don't want to see you today, Ru Hui is polite." ”

Er Lan also wants to thank Sister Ru for taking care of her cousin in the first place. Er Lan took Ru Hui's hand and squatted slightly, "When I went home from the primary election, my sister didn't mention my sister, and I counted the days every day, so I wanted to see my sister soon." ”

After the two sides met, Ru Hui led the two to sit on the chair in the room, poured tea for the two of them, and then sat down, with a smile in her eyes, and sneered at Boer He: "Are your sleeves cracked again?"

Ru Hui's words attracted the hearty Bull and Jing Sheng's cheeks, and she reached out and pushed Ru Hui unrelentingly: "Ah Hui only laughs at me, why don't you look at others, those who have fallen on their heads, their faces are pasted, and they have fallen?" ”

Looking at the innocent Bul He, Ru Hui shook her head, turned her head and asked Er Lan: "No one in your family told her the truth?"

Er Lan's delicate melon seed showed a trace of helplessness on her face: "The third aunt wants to say that the third uncle will not let it, saying that those dirty things of family infighting will dirty Bulhe's ears." ”

Ru Hui's eyebrows moved, and she said with no worries: "At home, everything has parents, and after the show, Bull and this temperament are only afraid that they will suffer." ”

"Sister don't worry, for the sake of Bull and this character, my aunt has already made arrangements. Er Lan said this, but stopped, but Ru Hui immediately understood what she meant, presumably Bulhe's parents had asked for grace for her, and there was no need to worry about Bul He's future.

Also, as one of the eight surnames of the Manchurian Guerjia clan, although the Antu Guerjia clan is a branch, the energy is not comparable to that of ordinary small surnames, just to ask for a marriage for his daughter, it is not particularly difficult to have a hereditary viscount title.

Thinking of this, Ru Hui's gaze subconsciously glanced at Er Lan who was sitting with her eyes down, her cousin has parents who think about her like this, will Er Lan, who is a cousin, be envious?

I think so.

At noon in summer, the sound of cicadas came from afar, and the three people sitting in the west side hall of Chuxiu Palace drank tea, talked about the interesting things of the past, talked about the books they had read, evaluated the embroidery in their hands, and discussed the color matching of clothes and accessories in spring, summer, autumn and winter...... None of them are scheming people, but they also have a lively and cheerful Buer and Zai, and Ru Hui and Er Lan, who met for the first time, get along very well.

There was a sudden commotion outside the door, Zhengren, you said, I said, chatting about whether the Jiangnan water town recorded in the book is really as picturesque as depicted in the poem The three people all stopped and listened carefully.

“…… My mutton fat white jade lotus hairpin is rewarded by the lady in the palace, but not everyone has a life to wear, then take it back quickly, I will not pursue it, if I don't see it returned tomorrow, I must report it, and then find out when the boundary is made, and the loss is not just face. ”

The girl's crisp voice has a condescending gaze, and she has not seen anyone, but only heard the cosony, which has already made people have an image of an arrogant show girl who has an intimate relationship with the concubine in the palace.

After the girl said these words in the courtyard, the courtyard was so quiet that you could hear the needle falling, and after a while, the show girls who woke up began to whisper and talk about each word, and finally, a show girl who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a face like a full moon, and was dressed in an embroidered orchid pattern purple red flag outfit came out of the many show girls, and asked the girl who stood on the eaves with her head raised and looked angry: "Chuxiu Palace has dozens of rooms in the main hall, the east side hall, the west side hall, and the back hall.

Looking at the show girl who came out of the crowd, Niu Hulu's eyes flashed slightly, but, looking at the eyes of the show girls in the courtyard watching the show, Niu Hulu couldn't lower his head in the end, and stubbornly raised his chin: "I came to the East Side Hall yesterday afternoon, and after I went back, the hosta on my head was gone, that is, it was not taken, but it must have been picked up here." ”

Strong on the outside and dry on the inside!

In just one sentence, the girl in the courtyard saw the weakness of Niu Hulu's heart, so the show girls who were already angry, where would they show mercy, and you began to ridicule Niu Hulu's who lost his sense of proportion on the steps

"If you don't put away your own things, the hairpin you wear on your head will be lost, will you even lose people in the future?"

"That is, if she loses something, she doesn't reflect on herself, but she wants to be angry with others, who dares to associate with such a person. ”

"Is Niu Hulu's family great? My family is also a family with eight surnames, and there are relatives in the palace, I didn't show off her feathers like a rooster with a cocked tail like her, virtue!"

"Alas, what do you know, this Niu Hulu clan is not an ordinary person, but the family is a descendant, although it is not related to Empress Xiao Zhaoren, but the family has a good life, it is the same surname, and we can't afford these small surnames. ”

"Why can't we provoke her? Why can't we let her splash dirty water on our heads?"

"I lost my things if I didn't manage them well, and I still had a face, and I said something to report, but I reported it, and the big guy couldn't ask for it. ”

"Niu Hulu's family is a big surname, it is said that she has been taught by her grandmother since she was a child, and she shouldn't be so casual, but now she doesn't talk about housekeeping, she can't even manage her own things, who would dare to ask for such a woman?"

"Will she lose her dowry in the future?"

"Alas, how dare you say anything. ”

"What's the matter, I'm telling the truth. ”

"We're show girls, and it's too embarrassing to talk about dowry or something. ”

"Poof...... I was wrong. ”

The show girls in the courtyard were gossiping, the more they talked, the farther they talked, the more they talked, the more they didn't have a score, and in the end, there were bold people who even said things like dowry and husband.

A pair of mocking eyes, a pair of crimson lips that opened and closed, and a piercing ridicule...... The undisguised malice of the show girls pierced into the hearts of the girls on the steps like sharp thorns, her face became more and more swollen and red, and the tears in her eyes gathered more and more.

"Stay with me, my cousin won't let you go. ”

released the last cruel word, and Niu Hulu finally cried loudly and ran out of the West Side Hall with his face hidden.

……

"Ran away?"

After a moment of silence, all the show girls looked at each other, thinking that it was a tiger who didn't want to become a white rabbit in seconds, but this time, it seemed that the show girls living in the West Side Hall were bullying.

"What should I do?" asked a show girl softly.