A maid came over to help a few old ladies and went to rest in the warm pavilion at the back. It is said to be a warm pavilion, and there is a lot of ice in it, but it is very cool in summer.

The remaining elderly ladies sat in the gazebo in the garden and drank tea, and by the way, they tasted the women who participated in today's competition. One of the ones who won unanimous praise was Zhong Xin of Cheng'en Mansion, the other was Du Wanrong of Pingbohou Mansion, and Yan Yulan, the daughter of Zuo Xiang, was also unique. However, it is Guo Wenying who is the most discussed, not because of her rude table demolition today, nor because of her amazing technique, but her relationship with Lu Huaidong and Chu Tang.

Everyone knows that both of them are currently the hottest people around the emperor, and it is not easy to have a relationship with a Ba Shang, let alone the two of them are the righteous sisters of the two at the same time. Chu Tang is the only son of the eldest princess, and he has a good relationship with some wealthy families in Beijing, and he has a lot of contacts on weekdays, so it is not easy to get into his eyes, but it is not too difficult. The most rare thing is to be able to enter Lu Huaidong's eyes, Lu Huaidong usually looks out of tune, and he is very easy to get along with, but he is not close to any family in Beijing, and he is always so close and unpredictable. Some people try to get close to him by changing the law, but they can't do it.

But he is still very favored, he is the first celebrity in front of the emperor, he is in charge of Jin Wuwei and Yu Linwei, and he entered the cabinet to seal the marquis, and his son Lu Weixin is the Jinyi Wei servant, Zheng Sipin, which is the most important position around the emperor.

Who doesn't want to win over such a person? But except for the right ministers Lu Qifang and Chu Tang, I have never heard of him having a good relationship with others. Is the relationship between the Nanlu Mansion and the Yongding Marquis Mansion unusual?

Everyone has their own thoughts, and those wives who have school-age young people in their families have repeatedly weighed which one can be used as a daughter-in-law, and which one should be kept away. However, Guo Wenying can be the righteous sister of two favored ministers at the same time, and I heard that she is the niece of the current emperor's more respected minister, but it also adds a lot of points to her, and some people have already speculated about whether to get married.

Princess Jianjun has a daughter, and she is most concerned about her daughter's marriage, she suddenly whispered to Princess Changping: "Princess, do you know the will of today's draft in the palace?"

Changping raised his eyebrows, "Naturally, I sent someone to wait outside the palace gate early in the morning, and I will report back as soon as there is news." ”

Princess Jane said in her heart, you don't have an unmarried daughter in your family, and you are still waiting in the morning, so you don't have to make people laugh.

Thinking so in his heart, he didn't dare to say it, but smiled: "The princess is really thoughtful." ”

When the two of them mentioned the emperor's draft, the ladies in the pavilion began to speculate again, and they were all talking about what to do with this year's draft?

When Emperor Jingde was still alive, he was not in good health, and the draft was in name only, and this year, the new emperor ascended the throne, the harem was empty, and the draft had to be paid more attention than before. Many families raise their daughters well, and they hold back to enter the palace to be a mother.

Everyone was discussing, and someone came in to report, "Princess, the report from outside the palace gate is back." ”

When Princess Changping heard this, she couldn't help laughing, "What are you really thinking, call in and reply, I'm waiting here." ”

A young man who looked quite clever walked in lightly, and kowtowed as soon as he entered the door, "I've seen the princess, ladies and misses." ”

Princess Changping asked, "Tell me quickly, what kind of letter do you have?" ”

The little guy said: "Back to the princess, the Holy Decree Emperor has drafted it himself, and it has been passed on to the Ministry of Rites, and the regulations of this year's draft are basically the same as in previous years, except for one slight modification." ”

Princess Jane was anxious and hurriedly asked, "What did you change?"

"The age of participating in the draft, the emperor decreed that only those over the age of nineteen will be selected in this year's draft. ”

A word was offered, and the room was in an uproar.

All the ladies looked at each other, in previous years, they were all thirteen to eighteen years old, when did they choose more than nineteen?

For a while, those who had beautiful beauties to marry in the family were dumbfounded, and it took a long time for someone to sigh: "In this way, there are few people who are eligible in the capital?"

Someone really counted them seriously, and finally sighed: "There are really few." "Five fingers were counted.

The daughter of a big family in Nanqi was fifteen years old and Xuan, and at the age of thirteen, she could discuss marrying someone, and all of them who had not married out in eighteen or nineteen years old were registered in Beijing, either with a bad reputation or ugly and could not see people. There are no more than five that can be counted.

The eldest girl of Wu Guogong's Mansion is counted as one, that is a monk who has been determined to be a nun since she was a child, she is twenty-one years old this year, she lives in the temple every day, and she is withdrawn and does not like to see people. discussed a few kisses for her, but she would rather die than give in, and Wu Guogong didn't bother to care about it later.

The third lady of Dongningbo Mansion is counted as one, that young lady climbed a tree naughtily when she was a child, fell from the tree and hit the ground with her face first, her nose was crooked, and she couldn't see it ugly at all. The family is crazy to marry her. It's a pity that there is no limit to family background, beauty and ugliness, and no one is willing to ask for makeup, and it has not been married until twenty-two.

There is also a young lady of the Guozi Priest Restaurant, who burned out her brain with a fever a few years ago, and she is not stupid, she talks nonsense when she sees a lot of people, and she smirks, and when she is angry, she hits people when she sees them. What son of a good family would dare to marry like this? It's normal not to marry at the age of 20.

And then there is Yan Yulan of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, who is exactly nineteen years old this year, but her eyes are on the top of her head, she is pretentious, and her appearance is mediocre.

Mrs. Jiang of the Qingfu Mansion of Taifu Temple was the most inquisitive, and she counted all the girls over the age of nineteen who had not yet married in the capital.

The more others listened to it, the more coke they became, and some people laughed and said: "If this is the case, then Dongning Bofu is not happy to die, and the ugly girl who can't marry can enter the palace as a mother in a blink of an eye." ”

According to the inspector, Mrs. Shen said: "Sister Jiang is one of the few, and the eldest lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion I just mentioned is also nineteen this year. ”

Mrs. Jiang pursed her lips and smiled, "She is a blessed person, she said that she was sick and couldn't see anyone, but this time she came out to see that she was cured, and she also added this great blessing, if she really wants to enter the palace, how can she be crowned a concubine." ”

Everyone nodded, with the Guo family's family background, it is also self-deserving to be crowned a concubine.

Princess Jian couldn't help but sigh, "You say, aren't we working in vain? I don't know what the emperor thinks, if you have to be over nineteen years old, you can't let the child delay it for another three years and enter the palace until the age of nineteen, right?"

Mrs. Shen said: "I'm afraid that in three years, the emperor's interest will change again, and he will be thirteen years old again." ”

When she said this, everyone thought that whoever dared to gamble on the future of their children would really drag on for three years, and if they wanted to marry someone again, they would not be able to get married.