Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the remnants of winter have passed. In March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and it is finally the day of the draft in the palace.

Although the Wang family has been prepared in his heart, he still can't hide his sadness on the day Qi Jiao leaves home, and he doesn't know when he will see it. Qi Jiao's temperament has been much calmer since that incident, and now she came to comfort her mother and let her mother not worry.

When the heavy door closed behind her back, Qi Jiao's heart sank slightly, from this moment on, there was no one to rely on, everything could only rely on herself. Some palace people have already led Qi Jiao to Yuxiu Palace, and all the show girls who participated in the election had to learn the rules here first in order to prepare for the primary election. Every two people in a room, when Qi Jiao entered the room, she found that there was already a show girl sitting inside, the woman saw someone coming in, looked up, and couldn't help but say at the same time: "It's you?"

It turned out that this was the Miss Kong Jiao of the Imperial Envoy's Mansion whom Qi Jiao met when she was in Shandong.

"I didn't expect my sister to come too. Qi Jiao reacted first and said.

"Yes, since that day of farewell, I didn't expect us to meet again. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Sister Ling, how is it?"

"Sister Yu is already married. ”

"So soon, I thought it was her who came to participate in the draft, but I don't know who her husband's family is?" asked Kong Mei in surprise.

"He is the son of the second room of the Duke of Qi, and his character is very good. ”

"It's so good, it's ...... than here" Kong Mei didn't continue, because the rest of the words were not something she could say. Qi Jiao is also a little gloomy, no matter how much character Saitama marries, she always has more freedom than herself. But this path was chosen by herself, no matter how difficult it was, she could only go on hard.

"Why did my sister come to the draft?" Kong Mei was stunned, and her head gradually lowered

"My father forced me to come. ”

Although the two didn't know each other very well when they met in Shandong last time, and Kong Mei obviously chatted with Saitama better, but it was rare to meet in a foreign country, and the two quickly became familiar with each other, and they were inseparable all day long.

The life of the show girl is regular and boring, and every day is nothing more than learning the rules of the palace with her aunt, how to walk, how to drink tea, how to eat, how to behave, boring and tasteless. Even if Qi Jiao has already learned from her grandmother at home, she is a little unbearable, and her whole body aches when she returns to the house every day.

In this draft, in addition to choosing concubines for the princes, there is also enrichment**. Which of these young women who are just in their prime is willing to serve the old emperor who is old and frail, is naturally willing to be selected to various palaces, even if she can't be a concubine, even if she is a side concubine or even a concubine, she is also willing, so it is inevitable that there will be things like falling against each other and stealing the limelight from each other.

Qi Jiao has already been instructed by the Wang family, just don't make a big mistake, naturally there is no need to compete with those people for the limelight, Kong Jiao is very arrogant and can't look down on that set, so the relationship between the two is getting closer and closer.

Qi Jiao is one of the outstanding show girls in this year, so she has also become the target of public criticism, and other show girls always come to her room to chat when they have nothing to do, and by the way, they probe her details. Qi Jiao was a little annoyed, so she took Kong Ji to the garden outside for a walk every night. Although the show girls are generally not allowed to leave Yuxiu Palace, because the imperial garden is far away from the emperor's bedroom, but it is very close to Yuxiu Palace, so everyone just opens their eyes and closes their eyes and doesn't care.

Kong Ji was a little uncomfortable that day, so Qi Jiao went to the garden for a walk alone. The imperial garden is full of all kinds of rare flowers, even if you come to see it every day, Qi Jiao does not feel bored. On this day, she was watching intently, when she suddenly heard a scolding:

"Who is there?" Qi Jiao was shocked, no one in this palace could afford to provoke herself. She quickly knelt down,

"The little girl is this year's show girl, greedy for flowers, disturbing the nobles. ”

"When will the show girl be able to visit the Imperial Garden?" the high-pitched, thin voice continued.

"Please forgive the little girl for not knowing. Qi Jiao was flustered and hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"Drag it down and beat it with thirty rods. Another male voice said lightly, but Qi Jiao was distracted when she heard it.

"The little woman knows that she is wrong, please spare her life. "When he spoke, he was already in tears,

"Look up. Qi Jiao slowly raised her head, only to see two people standing in front of her, one was dressed as a deacon and eunuch in the palace, and the other was wearing a white embroidered robe.

The man in white suddenly turned pale, and his voice became a lot softer when he saw Qi Jiao's pretty face with rain.

"You said you were this year's show girl, what's your name?

"The little girl's name is Qi Jiao, and her father is a waiter in the Ministry of Works. ”

"It turned out to be Zhang Shilang's daughter. Good name, even if I'm a kind-hearted person, I'll spare you this time, go back quickly. ”

"Thank you for your grace of not punishing. When Qi Jiao heard this, she couldn't believe her ears, and quickly thanked her.

"What a nobleman, don't thank His Royal Highness the Prince!" said the eunuch on the side. Qi Jiao was shocked, this person was actually His Royal Highness the Prince, and she couldn't help but take a closer look. This man in white is the current prince, after visiting the emperor in the palace today, there are some things to discuss with the deacon and eunuch, so he came to the imperial garden, but he didn't expect to see Qi Jiao. At this time, seeing Qi Jiao take care of it again, she couldn't help but be complacent, and she thought that she must get her hands.

In the next few days, Qi Jiao was still worried about what would happen, but it was calm. But while she was carefully waiting for the draft, this peaceful day was broken.

On this day, the upbringing aunt announced that it was Concubine Shuniang who wanted to summon all the show girls, because Concubine Shu presided over the draft, and everyone was very careful, hoping to leave a good impression on Concubine Shu. Since entering the palace, everyone has been wearing the clothes and headdresses made uniformly in the palace, but this time the upbringing aunt said that everyone can wear their own clothes and jewelry. This can give the show girls a chance to perform in a big way, and they are all gearing up and vowing to come out on top.

Qi Jiao is naturally no exception, because before entering the palace, the Wang family instructed her to make a good impression on Concubine Shu and not to offend Concubine Shu. Qi Jiao chose a cherry pink brocade coat and a light pink long skirt, because she knew that choosing clothes should not only highlight herself, but not be too eye-catching.

Since the last time something happened in the Imperial Garden, Qi Jiao no longer dared to go for a walk. After dinner that day, Kong Mei was called out by another Shandong show girl to help with the staff officer's clothes, and she didn't come back late. Qi Jiao was very bored in the house alone, so she rested early.

The next morning, Qi Jiao finished washing up and went to get her clothes. But she found that all her clothes, except for the red one, had been cut and there was no way to wear them, and she was stunned. Kong Mei on the side saw it and hurriedly asked,

"How can this be?" Qi Jiao was dumbfounded.

"Sister, sister......" Kong Ji tried to pull Qijiao's hand, but she threw it away.

"Sister?" Kong Mei was a little overwhelmed.

"Don't be so pretended, I look down on such people the most. ”

"Sister, I didn't!"

"I know if I do it or not! There are only you and me in this room, and when I slept last night, my clothes were fine. You're usually impatient to talk to those people, why were you so positive yesterday, and you didn't want to act while I was asleep. ”

"But, I really don't, I can swear to God!" Kong Mei burst into tears of grievance. But Qi Jiao didn't even look at her.