Chapter 112: The Queen Mother's Selection
The ladies who came to the palace were all very proud of themselves, and they only thought that they were good people who were one in a million. When he came in and saw everyone, he was ashamed of the clothes he wore on his body and the beaded hairpin he was wearing. As a result, it is inevitable that some people will flinch and blink their eyes, as if they are dazzled by those golden hairpins and ornaments. The official position in the family is quite equal, and the official women who often come and go naturally gather in a pile, laughing and laughing, and some of the slightly lower grades are hiding in the corner, and those who stand in the middle of the eyes are another category, they rely on the noble status of their fathers, gold and jade treasure hairpins, silk and satin, all of them are of the highest grade, and they stand there, let people look at it, some people come forward to say hello, and they don't pay attention to people. People who want to come to her noble status don't have to greet An.
Qingqing, like those lowly young ladies, stayed in the corner and did not communicate with her. Because the accompanying girl couldn't come in, Sui Qixuan could only stand in the distance outside the hall and wait.
After a while, a eunuch stepped forward and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has been waiting in the Qingyou Palace, and now the one who calls the name will follow this old woman."
The old lady who was pointed out was old, and she looked calm and generous, but she bowed slightly to everyone, which was considered to have been saluted. When the young ladies saw the old lady and heard the words again, they were overjoyed, and they couldn't help but look at the eunuch who spoke, for fear of missing a word. Seeing this, the eunuch first smiled, then took out a roster, cleared his throat, and shouted one by one. When she heard the young lady with her own name, she couldn't care about the people around her, and hurriedly walked up to the old woman, and in order to appear educated, she also bowed to the old lady. The old lady returned the salute.
The number of candidates for the election was relatively large, and it was divided into several times, the eunuch reported the name, and then the old lady led the show girls to meet the emperor, and one of them was the queen mother, the emperor's biological mother.
The show girls followed behind the old lady in turn, and when they arrived at the Qingyou Palace, there were special eunuchs outside the palace gate to take over, and arranged for the show girls to go in one by one, and when someone came out of it, they were guided by another eunuch to leave.
Even if the show girls are not outstanding, they have also worked hard in dressing up, but after entering, after a short time, they came out, with a sad face, and they glared at people, but they still didn't dare to be too rude to the eunuchs in the palace. In this way, after several show girls came down, no one could get into the eyes of the emperor.
The queen mother sitting on the high platform was displeased, and there happened to be a few good official ladies, all of them beautiful and shy, and their manners and actions were the lord of etiquette at a glance, thinking that it was time to accept it, but when she turned her head to look, she saw Yu Xuan shaking her head indifferently, and the eunuch outside saw it, so she had to wave her hand and ask a few young ladies to go down. Those young ladies were unwilling, and their eyes were full of moving eyes staring at Yu Xuan, who thought that the emperor would just say a word, but at this moment they turned their faces away and stopped looking at them. That kind of shame really doesn't need to be humiliated at all.
Seeing that those young ladies were pitiful, and seeing that Yu Xuan was still indifferent, she couldn't help but say: Your Majesty, they are all family members of more than three grades, gentle and virtuous, generous and decent, they are young ladies from famous families, and I ask the emperor to consider them carefully before letting them go.
Yu Xuan looked at the Queen Mother and said: The Queen Mother is right, but I already have a candidate in my heart.
The Queen Mother asked curiously: Which young lady is it?
Yu Xuan smiled and said: It is not a young lady from the official family of the DPRK and China, but a daughter from a hill and merchant family.
The Queen Mother's face turned pale, and she said: In this draft, the emperor only issued official documents, and only the official lady could enter the palace. How could a young lady from a merchant family enter the palace to run for election?
It can be seen that Yu Xuan's appearance is confident, so he asked: Could it be that the emperor made an exception for her to enter the palace alone?
Yu Xuan smiled and nodded.
As a result, the Queen Mother's expression became more and more difficult to look at, the lines at the corners of her mouth were hard and straight, her eyebrows and eyes were tangled, and her eyes were full of anger, but she still suppressed and said: The emperor's move is against justice. Those ministers have worked hard for today, who would have thought that the emperor would only have one merchant's daughter in his heart, and he would not take their daughter in his eyes at all. Thinking about this drama of a draft girl, it's just set up by the emperor to marry that person?
Yu Xuan could hear the anger and mockery in his words. But he only has Qingqing in his heart, this time he issued an official document, it was indeed forced out by those courtiers, at that time, there was a thought of issuing a list of documents, so that Qingqing could enter the palace to participate in the election justifiably, who thought that the officials heard him say that he was willing to draft a girl, so he forced him to issue an official document, saying, "The day before can not be without a king, the harem can not be without a queen for a day." The queen's status is noble, and she also asks the emperor to issue an official document to select a show girl from it'. There were many loopholes in the words, but no one objected, they all went along with their wishes, Yu Xuan had no choice but to do what they wanted, and who was chosen at that time was up to his own meaning after all, and it was not a big deal.
Faced with the question, Yu Xuan turned his eyes away and said: That's true.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother was like being struck by lightning, her eyes widened, and her voice couldn't help but amplify, and she said, "Do you know what you're doing?" Your Majesty.
Yu Xuan said: Yes.
The queen mother sneered: The emperor has a weak temperament, and it is rare to meet someone he likes, I should be happy about it, so the emperor followed his own wishes, chose a newcomer, and lived in the palace of the pepper room.
The Empress Dowager suddenly changed her tone again and said calmly: But the emperor knows that this draft is not only for you, but also for the courtiers. As long as they know that the emperor didn't choose any young lady, only chose a foreign girl, and the mourning family wants to come, whether it is a fold or a courtier who comes to the study to invite them, everything they see and hear is for this matter, and they will also target the emperor's beloved?
Hidden in the words is a pretense of compassion and pity. Yu Xuan looked at her and asked, "Then what does the Queen Mother think I should do?"
The Queen Mother said with a straight face: The hundred officials are bound to win this time, and the emperor has no choice. In any case, you should choose at least one or two of these young ladies.
After speaking, he looked at Yu Xuan with a stern expression.
Yu Xuan thought for a while, looked at the Queen Mother, and asked: What if I don't choose?
The Queen Mother smiled on her face and asked rhetorically: Does the emperor only want one beauty?
Yu Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "I understand.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled and nodded slightly.
Silver face and red cheeks, delicate lips and skin, blue waves and starry eyes, such as cloud green silk, luxurious background, treasure jade accessories, where is not the queen mother's demeanor, the face is thousands of years old!