Chapter 230: Staying in the Garden
readx;? The concubine selection contest is a grand event in the Qin Kingdom, and the Qin Emperor specially approved the royal palace in the suburbs as the concubine selection venue, which has been arranged a few months ago. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info hundreds of women from the mainland of China stayed in the annex.
Although one of the most popular rules for choosing a concubine is that there is no class threshold, it is impossible for a woman from an ordinary family to participate in this kind of election. The clothes and jewelry that are ready to compete alone can bankrupt a poor person. The so-called fairness is actually relative fairness.
The opportunity is for those wealthy families who are well-off but have nothing to do with power. Of course, powerful families will not give up this opportunity.
Therefore, the women who were able to live in the annex in the end came from families with backgrounds from various countries.
In the first round of preliminaries, Qin Wuya brushed down nearly 100 women with only one question.
He wrote a poem about the Mid-Autumn Festival and asked them to write the next line. As a result, more than half of the words were written ugly, and the woman with no talent was brushed down.
Although Qin Wuya's questions were very casual, this prevented someone from cheating. The question was put down, and all the women in the examination room wrote the answers in their own hands in front of everyone, Qin Wuya only looked at the poems handed over, and there were only numbers and no names on the papers, and the eliminated people had to be convinced.
In the second round of the semi-finals, Qin Wuya came up with another question, the word "jealousy", and let them freely talk about their thoughts on this word.
The minister who invigilated the exam saw the question and sweated for the group of women. I really don't know whether their prince chooses a daughter-in-law or a capable minister! This formation is comparable to a strategy theory.
In any case, the competition lasted three days, and in the end, 371 women were eliminated, and only 13 made it to the semifinals.
On this day, Ling Caiwei was playing against Yusuo in the mansion, and the eunuch in the palace came to pick her up to participate in the competition.
Qilin Villa had already gotten the news and prepared clothes, jewelry, and other things for Ling Caiwei in advance. Ling Caiwei understood that her current identity was the righteous daughter of Qilin Villa, and she couldn't lose the face of the villa, so she obediently asked her subordinates to carry everything into the carriage.
Yusuo and Yan Feiying sent her out, and Ling Caiwei mustered up courage in Yusuo's encouraging gaze.
"Don't panic, look at it with your heart. Don't worry about things outside, you can naturally meet the people you want to see when you win. Yusuo told Ling Caiwei, who looked gloomy.
The failure to save people and the damage to her internal force during the practice made her lose her brilliance, and the injury on her forehead has not healed, although it is covered by the short hair on her forehead, but as long as you look carefully, you can still see the scar.
This is the only way to lose.
Yan Feiying thought in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it. He didn't know whether he wanted Onina to win or to expect her to lose at the moment.
Ling Caiwei took the two maids into the carriage at the urging of the eunuch, and it was not until the carriage drove away that Yusu said to Yan Feiying: "The plan begins." ”
Although the scale of the royal palace is twice as small as that of the Qin Palace, the pavilions and pavilions, the carved beams and paintings, everything is beautiful.
Ling Caiwei was arranged in a garden near the water to listen to the rain pavilion. Before the things were put away, there was a grandmother to announce the rules of the game, Ling Caiwei lowered her head and listened, one of which asked to cut off all contact with the outside world and obey the arrangement.
She secretly laughed at Qin Wuya in her heart, this rule is the same as not being ordered. How hard would it be for someone outside to come in with a message?
A palace maid and eunuch can be a mouthpiece. Not to mention the flying pigeon book.
Mama stood there and looked at the thin girl in front of her, and her heart couldn't help but score. She had seen almost all the girls in the garden, and the young lady sent in by the Liu Mansion was the latest to come in.
Other girls are all wearing flowers, only she is wearing a plain skirt, which is not festive to look at. Although her appearance is pretty and graceful, the scars on her forehead are faintly visible, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows are sad, will the prince like such a woman?
Even the top five on Girls' Day are still a little worse than the two young ladies of the Yue family and the Tang family.
This grandmother weighed it in her heart, and made a conclusion to Ling Caiwei.
Ling Caiwei didn't know what she was thinking, and after respectfully sending her away, she commanded the maids around her to pack up the things she brought.
"Miss, I just heard that Mama said that she won't compete tomorrow, but will go to the lake, so can you see if you can wear this dress?" Ling Caiwei shook her head and pointed to the one next to her.
Yueshang glanced at it and said in her heart, this one is too ordinary. Wear it out and make those ladies compare.
However, although she has not been with Ling Caiwei for a long time, she also knows the temper of this master, and no one can change what she believes. I didn't dare to say more. Obediently went to prepare.
Ling Caiwei thought the house was stuffy, and walked outside the door to enjoy the scenery in the pool. It's a pity that after the lotus blooming season, there is only a pile of residual lotus left in the pond.
Why not just race and waste time swimming in the lake. I really don't know what Qin Wuya wants to do!
She walked along the path by the pool, guessing the purpose of Qin Wuya's visit to the lake tomorrow. It is estimated that all the girls are speculating about this at the moment.
She looked at the end of the pool, where a small boat floated on the water.
Nam Rongyeol, where the hell are you?
Why is there no news at all?
"Miss, someone wants to see you!" the maid Yilian who carried her with her whispered to her.
Ling Caiwei turned around and saw a little eunuch not far away looking this way.
"Let him come. Ling Caiwei said.
Yi Lian went to invite the man over, and the little eunuch saw that no one was around, and took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands.
Ling Caiwei took it and opened it to take a look, it turned out to be someone from Gu Tao.
Qin Wuya must not have imagined that the people of the Iron Blood Pavilion were even involved in eunuchs, it was really pervasive.
Ling Caiwei held a blank piece of paper that had not been written, and a long-lost smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
At night, as soon as Ling Caiwei lay down, there was a noise outside the courtyard. The sound of slamming doors rattled and rattled.
The maid waited for Ling Caiwei to get dressed and pack up before going to open the door, and the people waiting outside the door were obviously impatient, so they pushed down the moon clothes and rushed into Ling Caiwei's bedroom noisily.
Yi Lian stood in front of Ling Caiwei and asked angrily, "Who are you, dare to break into our young lady's bedroom, are you impatient?"
At this time, a person walked out of the crowd, pointed at Yilian's nose with a stiff face and scolded: "Xiao Nizi relies on the Liu family to be rich, and her courage is really fat, dare to question others in the royal palace? I think you are impatient." ”
After speaking, she raised her hand and was about to fan Yilian, Ling Caiwei pushed away the maid and grabbed the lifeblood of the beater: "What's the matter, Mama, you have such a big temper in the middle of the night! ”
The strength in Ling Caiwei's fingers became heavier, and the pain was so painful that the grandmother who came to preach the rules during the day bent down, sweating on her head, and only the cry of "oops, oops" was left in her mouth.
Ling Caiwei's sharp gaze swept over everyone, and the eunuchs and palace maids who broke in with Mama were forced by Ling Caiwei's momentum and took a few steps back.
"The girl let go, the girl let go. Mama cried and begged for mercy.
(To be continued.) )