Qin Jinchun sat in the outer hall of the Cuiyun Pavilion of the East Palace, waiting for the summons of the crown princess, the crown prince Liangdi, and the county lord of Minshun.

She borrowed a suit and a carriage from her cousin Qin Hanzhen, and while she was still changing clothes, she waited for the big girl parrot next to Mrs. Chengenhou Xu, to replace the Qingmei she originally planned to bring, and accompany her into the palace to participate in the audition.

The way she dresses today is different from when she first left the house. At that time, she was wearing a begonia red embroidered satin inlaid rabbit fur jacket specially prepared for her by Yao's family, a royal blue embroidered double horse face skirt, her hair was curled into a double mustache, and there were many precious jade and jade flowers in hairpins, which looked very gorgeous. Because of his long-term illness and weakness, the county lord of Minshun has a deep relationship with simple people, and he actually likes bright things in private and likes to be lively. This outfit is all for the county lord's preferences. Qin Jinchun participated in the first round of selection and knew that the county lord did prefer such gorgeous dresses, and the other girls who should be selected were generally in this style of clothing.

But the clothes and jewelry that Qin Hanzhen lent her were different. Qin Hanzhen doesn't like red and green clothes, nor does he like gorgeous, his clothes tend to be plain and elegant, and he uses less complicated embroidery, and most of the styles are classics, rather than pursuing popular styles, at most he is biased towards Jiangnan characteristics. This is probably also because she has been away from Beijing for many years. Qin Hanzhen loves to make classic basic models of new clothes, and loves to wear dresses made of Songjiang cloth, even if he uses silk and satin, most of them are produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Yongjiahou Mansion and Jiangning often have correspondence, and it is most convenient to buy clothes from Jiangnan. Therefore, the clothing style of the Yongjiahou Mansion is very different from that of the Chengenhou Mansion.

The body that Qin Jinchun borrowed today is the winter dress that Qin Hanzhen made last year, a pale pink jacket, a milky white square neck and a nail, and a pale green pleated skirt, with thin edges, not much embroidery, the material is matte, and the texture is soft, which sets off Qin Jinchun, a little girl, extremely gentle and elegant. Her hair has long been dried and combed into a simple double mustache, but with a pair of delicate but low-key beaded flowers, which deepens her feminine temperament. As soon as everyone saw Qin Jinchun, they could immediately recognize her from the crowd of brightly dressed and gorgeous daughters, and they also thought that she was a good-natured and easy-to-get along little girl, as long as they smiled sweetly, no one would be hostile to her.

Among the candidate girls, there are also smart people, and when they see Chun Jinchun's completely different dress from the first audition, they begin to be secretly annoyed. They only care about the favor of the county lord, how can they forget that it is the crown princess Tang who can really decide who can decide the choice of the companion? The county lord likes to be gorgeous and bright, but she is the one who holds the moon among the stars, how can the companion around her compete with the county lord? The princess does not like gorgeous dresses on weekdays, and she has more elegant and simple clothes, and after looking at these nineteen gorgeously dressed little girls, she will definitely be deeply impressed by Qin Jinchun, who is dressed more plainly and elegantly, right? The gentle and amiable girl is the best candidate for the county lord's companion. Why didn't the others think of it? From the very beginning, they lost to Qin Jinchun. If they want to win against Qin Jinchun, they have to work harder elsewhere.

However, unlike the attitude of other candidate girls who are optimistic about Qin Jinchun, Qin Jinchun himself feels that his situation is not good.

She sat in the hall, obviously there was a big smoker half a zhang away from her, and it was warm, but she only felt a chill on her body, a burst of heat, and cold sweat broke out on her body. She had a foreboding that the bucket of cold water when she went out in the morning still made her sick.

In fact, she felt that she could still hold on, although she was unwell, her thinking was still clear, and her limbs, hands and feet could still move as usual. The crown princess called the candidate girls in one by one for questioning, according to the order of the seats in the outer hall, there were still two people in Qin Jinchun's turn, she estimated that she would wait for another two quarters of an hour before she could enter the inner hall. After such a while, she may not be unable to support it. And as long as she can behave as usual and successfully pass the selection of the crown princess, after returning home, even if the eldest sister Qin Jinyi is messing around, her grandmother and father will not stand on the side of the eldest sister and bully herself. Even with his mother, Xiao Xue, he will be able to receive less punishment because he has become the companion of the emperor's granddaughter.

But Qin Jinchun hesitated. She remembered the reminder of her cousin Qin Hanzhen.

Of course, she can hold on to pass the selection, but behind her, there are more than a dozen people, and she can't leave the palace until the selection is over. If not, then as long as the crown princess knows, she Qin Jinchun appeared in the inner hall with a body of illness, and she was only three feet away from the weak county lord of Minshun, who had been weak since childhood, and it was even possible that because of their cousin relationship and friendship when they were children, the county lord got closer to her on a whim, and then became sick......

Even if the county lord of Minshun was safe and sound in the end and was not affected in the slightest, she Qin Jinchun would become a fool who did not care about the safety of the nobles in the eyes of the crown princess Tang Clan. It is impossible for her to pass the selection, and she is more likely to be rejected by the crown princess Tang. What will happen to her when she returns home afterwards? I'm afraid that even the Changfang side will not allow her, the younger sister who offended the East Palace, to continue to be close to the second sister Qin Jinhua.

Qin Jinchun finally understood now why the third sister Qin Hanzhen reminded her of such a sentence. Qin Hanzhen really thought about her, but he was also afraid that she was young and too motivated, so he ignored the nobleman's thoughts and made a big mistake. As the third sister Qin Hanzhen said, whether she can be selected to read with you is just a temporary gain or loss, and the most important thing is her reputation Qin Jinchun and whether she can win the favor of the crown princess Tang.

Another maiden respectfully withdrew from the inner hall, and a palace man led the next maiden into the hall. Looking at the faint smile on the former's face, all the girls waiting in the outer hall knew in their hearts that this companion must have won the approval of the crown princess, and perhaps the favor of the county lord Minshun, there was a great chance that he would be selected. When everyone looked back on each other's life experience, they couldn't help but be stunned. This is actually Tu's girl!

Not the daughter of the original head of the Tu family. The Empress Dowager's nephew suffered a lot because of the unforgivable trespass committed by his wife, and now he has given up the position of the head of the family and has gone to live in seclusion in another business on the outskirts of Beijing. Now the master of the Tu clan is the cousin of the original head of the family, and he is also the son of the queen mother's own brother. This Tu girl is the daughter of the new head of the Tu family.

However, because the Tu family suffered a huge blow a few years ago and has not yet recovered, the father of this Tu family daughter is just a petty official from the sixth grade, even if he has the backing of the family, his power position is not as good as his predecessor. If it weren't for the relationship with the queen mother, I'm afraid that this Tu daughter would not even be qualified to run for the emperor's granddaughter.

The wife of the former head of the Tu family was convicted and killed for secretly helping her daughter Princess Shu assassinate the prince of the East Palace. How could the prince and his wife choose the Tu daughter to be their daughter's companion? I'm afraid that it was because of the queen mother's face that she passed the first round of selection, right? In the second round, she will naturally be brushed down.

The girls suddenly cheered up again, no longer staring at the Tu girl, but only sat upright and waited patiently. None of the girls here are worse than anyone else, and everyone has a chance to become the ultimate winner. They don't have to pay attention to their opponents, they just need to be themselves.

These twenty girls were all carefully selected by the crown princess Tang and passed the first round of selection. No matter what their temperament is, their IQ and EQ, at least they are more upright, they don't have so many obscure and unsightly thoughts, and they don't play tricks. If it weren't for that, it wouldn't have been able to get into the eyes of the crown princess.

Qin Jinchun sat on the chair and realized that his back was already sweaty, so he knew that he couldn't hesitate any longer. She bit her lip and looked at the palace man standing not far from her side. The palace people stood on the side, and on the surface, they were waiting for tea, but in fact, they wanted to observe these candidate girls for the crown princess, so as not to let any of them have any misdeeds in private, but the nobles in the inner hall could not detect it. Of course, if the candidate girl has any dispatch, they will also obey the order.

When the palace people saw Qin Jinchun looking over, they only took her orders and quietly walked to her side and listened to what she had to say. The movements of the palace people also attracted the attention of several girls sitting nearby, and they all turned their heads to look over.

After a while, the crown princess received a report from the palace that Qin Jinchun, the fourth girl of Qin, was infected with the wind and cold because of the wind blowing on the way to the palace, and she was afraid that she would be sick to the nobles, so she asked to withdraw from the selection due to illness.

The crown princess was surprised, she had seen Qin Jinchun, and she had also heard the reports of the people below, and knew that Qin Jinchun performed very well and was one of the most promising girls in the eyes of outsiders. Although the crown princess didn't like the people in the second room of the Qin family, the prince promised Qin Jian, the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Chengen, what Qin Jian wanted, and felt that there was no need to worry about a little girl, and he didn't intend to blame Qin Bofu's mother and son. The crown princess's private idea was that if Qin Jinchun performed well, she would be defeated in the end, and the person selected had to be obviously superior to her, and no one could make a mistake. The crown princess already has a case in her heart, and she just needs to see the candidate girls again at the end, and she will set the list, but she didn't expect Qin Jinchun to take the initiative to quit.

However, Qin Jinchun withdrew because he fell ill from the cold on the way to the palace and didn't want to give the nobles his illness too much, which made the crown princess can't help but have a good impression. She has always been very concerned about her daughter's health, and the lord of Minshun has been weak since she was a child, and she only needs to be cold and hot, so she can easily get sick. The crown princess never allowed anyone with illness to approach the county lord, and even the county lord's food and clothing were extremely careful. In her mother's opinion, she can think of the county lord's body, and for the sake of the county lord's health, she would rather give up the opportunity to get ahead, Qin Jinchun, a little girl, is not only sensible and reasonable, but also knows what to advance and retreat, she is really a rare good child.

It's a pity that such a good child doesn't have a good grandmother, a good father, and a good sister. The crown princess remembered the rumors mentioned by Qin Jian and Mr. Zeng, and couldn't help but sigh for Qin Jinchun, but she felt a little pity for her in her heart.

Qin Jinchun's companionship can't be done, but the crown princess doesn't mind giving this poor child more rewards, so that she can have a better time at home.

In the end, the princess set the Minshun county lord to accompany the reading, a total of four, a county monarch of the clan, a daughter of the noble uncle's mansion, a maid's daughter, and a royal queen - it was none other than the Tu daughter. These four candidates can be said to have wiped out all the forces of all parties, and even the face of the Queen Mother has been taken into account, and the little girls themselves are also very good, so people really can't make mistakes.

What is noteworthy is that Qin Jinchun, the fourth girl of Qin who was recommended by the Qin family of the Chengenhou Mansion, although she was not selected for the final list and took the initiative to withdraw from the selection due to illness, the crown princess summoned her alone afterwards, and after a quarter of an hour, the things that were rewarded were one more pair of purses and two pairs of palace flowers than other unsuccessful girls.

Things are small, the key is the attitude of the crown princess. Why did she give Qin Jinchun more rewards for these things? Could it be ...... What's not known about it?