On the tenth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of Qianlong, the second draft since the emperor ascended the throne officially began, and the location of the draft this time was naturally the Palace of the Old Summer Palace.

The location of the palace selection was set in a palace not far from the queen mother's bedroom, I heard that Concubine Xian had already gone to accompany her, but the queen, a serious daughter-in-law, could not intervene at all.

Before the palace election began, an internal order was sent to the Queen Mother. There are seven or eight names written on it, all of whom are people with good family backgrounds, but the last one is special, looking at the ink, it is newly added: Nalan Yingwan, the fourth daughter of Nalan Yongshou, the waiter.

After the Queen Mother saw it, her old face instantly became a little ugly.

Concubine Xian bit her lip: "Queen Mother, Concubine Shu shouldn't be thinking about ......?"

"Hmph!" The Queen Mother slammed the list on the desk, "Concubine Shu is not a person who sits still, she can't give birth anymore, and letting her mother enter the palace to help is naturally the best way!"

Concubine Xian hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, you can't let the Nalan clan become powerful in the palace anymore!"

The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Xian, "This truth is naturally understood by the mourning family!" But since the emperor sent the internal order, when the palace is selected, this Nalan Yingrong must leave a sign!"

Concubine Xian suddenly panicked, "If you really stay, and when their sisters join forces, wouldn't this palace be the world of their Nalan clan?"

The Queen Mother snorted lightly, "The palace selection has left a sign, it doesn't mean that it won't be a sign! The show girl has passed the palace selection, and she will stay in the palace for at least one month, and the rules and etiquette and character and behavior during the observation period will still be put off!"

Concubine Xian smiled with relief: "The Queen Mother is wise, Li Lan understands." ”

The Empress Dowager immediately said in a deep voice: "However, the most important thing is the emperor's own will! That's a problem!"

Concubine Xian pondered for a while, "The emperor has never seen Concubine Shu's little sister, how can he take a fancy to it? I'm afraid it's Concubine Shu's pillow wind, right? The emperor is out of pity for Concubine Shu." Naturally, it's hard to refuse, but she doesn't necessarily really want to keep her to serve. ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, the emperor is arrogant, maybe he is already dissatisfied with Concubine Shu's actions at this moment." ”

At this time, Mama Jiang Ji, who was beside the Queen Mother, bowed down and walked in, and saw Wan Fu and said, "The Empress Dowager Qi, the show girls are already ready in the side hall." Just waiting for the Queen Mother to choose it. ”

The Queen Mother nodded with a smile: "This time, the emperor doesn't want to leave too many people to serve, so he has to choose a few outstanding talents." ”

Listened to this. Concubine Xian's heart was filled with a strong sense of jealousy.

The Queen Mother glanced at her niece, "Seeing that she has a good appearance and a good temperament, she will also leave one for your own palace." ”

Concubine Xian's chest was stuffy, and she bent her knees with red circles and said, "Yes." Dowager. ”

The Queen Mother turned her head and asked Mama Jiang Ji: "Has Geng's arrived?"

Mama Jiang Ji bowed down and said, "Concubine Yugui arrived half an hour ago. I'm waiting in the main hall right now. ”

When Concubine Xian saw the Queen Mother get up, she personally stepped forward to help the Queen Mother to the main hall.

The main hall is wide and magnificent, there is a red sandalwood Luan phoenix pattern throne on the white marble Sumeru platform, the queen mother is wearing court clothes, wearing a three-layer golden phoenix crown, with three court beads: a string of east pearls and pearls, two strings of coral pearls cross the chest, so the demeanor is particularly luxurious and pressing. It's a pity that people wear such dazzling and luxurious clothes. But it was a drooping old lady with a wrinkled face.

On the contrary, it was the Yugui concubine Geng, although she was dressed simply. But it is very flattering to her gentle and kind bearing, which is amiable.

Concubine Yugui stood in the main hall, standing in a proper manner, and when she saw the queen mother coming out, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her respectfully, and personally stepped forward to support.

The Queen Mother's face was solemn: "You are a person with good fortune, and after the draft, you will leave the palace and go to Hongyang Mansion to raise you." "Half a month ago, when the emperor came to ask for peace, he suddenly mentioned this matter, and she had no excuse to oppose it! So the queen mother was a little unhappy in her heart, this Geng family, could it be that the mourning family treated her badly? What an honor it is to stay in the palace and be raised? In the end, she is the daughter of a small family in the Han military banner, and she really doesn't know how to lift!

Concubine Yugui hurriedly bowed down and said: "It's all the queen mother's grace, and the concubines don't dare to forget it." ”

Seeing the humble appearance of Concubine Yugui, the Queen Mother was angry, "The mourning family originally wanted to keep you in the palace for a few more years, but I didn't expect the emperor to be anxious." ”

Concubine Yugui had to become more and more deferential, lowered her eyebrows and helped the queen mother to sit down on the throne, bowed her body and said: "The emperor and the queen mother, treat the concubine Yu Hongday, and the grace is as deep as the sea." ”

The Queen Mother exhaled lightly, with a look of grace, and said in a rewarding tone: "You can also sit down, and help the mourning family take care of your palms today." ”

Concubine Yugui hurriedly said: "The queen mother's vision is the best, where can the concubines compare." Whoever the Queen Mother flikes must be the best. Unlike the concubines, just one glance at them made them dazzled. ”

The Queen Mother took a sip of the teacup, and then ordered: "In this case, let's start selecting the show girl." ”

When Concubine Yugui heard this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as she thought that she would be able to go to her son's house to retire immediately, she couldn't hide her excitement in her heart. The days of carrying strings every day in the palace have finally come to an end. The Queen Mother looked kind, but where was she a good match in her bones? Not in the past, but now that she is the Empress Dowager's honor, it is even more difficult to serve! In front of the Queen Mother, she had to be cautious and cautious, and she had to say anything in her stomach three times before she dared to say it. I am afraid that if that sentence is right, it will make the Queen Mother unhappy.

Concubine Yugui poured bitter water in her heart, and when she came back to her senses, there were already six beautiful girls kneeling neatly under the Sumeru stage in the hall. Concubine Yugui was busy lifting her spirits, she was not worried that the emperor would have fewer people to serve, but she had to plan for her son, although her daughter-in-law was not bad, she could be over thirty years old, and if she wanted to hold a few more grandchildren, she had to pick a few healthy and beautiful show girls. She didn't plan to directly give her son a side Fujin, but the concubine Gege had to add two, right?

Thinking like this, Concubine Yugui looked at them one by one very carefully, and then her eyes stopped at the second on the right.

The show girl was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and she wore a delicate pink flag dress. The lining is flushed, the body is slender, but the face is a goose egg face. It is slightly plump, the eyes are like apricots, the nose is like condensed fat, and it is a good appearance! Just one glance makes people happy.

And Concubine Yugui's appearance was seen by the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother's heart moved, and she immediately smiled kindly: "A beautiful girl in gouache." It's very Peugeot. What does my sister think?"

Concubine Yugui nodded hurriedly, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart, when did the Queen Mother be so kind to her? And still call her "sister" so close? Concubine Yugui hurriedly took a closer look at the gouache palace dress. "The Queen Mother's discernment is indeed good, but it's just ...... Looking at the eyebrows and eyes, there is something familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere......"

Concubine Xian sat on a pastel embroidered pier beside the Queen Mother. Sour and sour: "Naturally familiar." This show girl is Concubine Shu's little sister!"

When Concubine Yugui heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly dispelled her thoughts, Concubine Shu, Pingjun Wang Fujin, and Tanhualang's sister, the granddaughter of the old county lord Shushen, naturally it was impossible to give her son, and her daughter-in-law Wu Zaku was much worse than this family lineage!

The Queen Mother saw the embarrassment and shrinkage on Concubine Yugui's face, so she smiled: "Hongday is also the son of the mourning family, and the mourning family naturally will not favor one over the other." ”

Listen to what the Queen Mother said. Concubine Yugui panicked. She was able to set a day to leave the palace this time, but thanks to Concubine Shu's pillow wind! If she really promised Concubine Shu's little sister to her son...... If it's a blessing, it's just a matter of paying it back. If it's a side room, it's a feud!!

Concubine Yugui hurriedly said: "Hongyang said privately to the concubine before, he and Wu Zhaku husband and wife are in love, this draft, I don't ask for side blessings, just ask the queen mother to give a show girl who the emperor looks down on as a concubine." Even if the Queen Mother would be unhappy because of her words, Concubine Yugui had to say that at least she had to make that Nalan family's Gege understand that she didn't have that mind!

The Queen Mother's face turned a little colder, and she said lightly: "Let's leave the sign first!"

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, the chief eunuch Chang Bao hurriedly raised his voice and said: "Nalan Clan, the daughter of the squire Nalan Yongshou, leave a brand and give a sachet!"

After three years, Ying Wan has transformed into a slim girl, a fifteen-year-old girl, although the childishness still exists, but the eyebrows and eyes have been stretched, revealing the delicate and sharp corners of the little lotus, and the tender raw pink cheeks are full of moving breath. Her demeanor was respectful and elegant, and her face was full of childishness, leaving only delicate and tactful, beautiful and flawless.

After a day of selection, the show girls who left the sign were placed in the Juxiu Hall prepared early in the morning, which was a separate palace in the northwest corner of the Old Summer Palace, far away from the residences of the concubines and princes, but it was also a large palace with many houses, which was very suitable for placing the show girls.

Hearing that the little sister Yingwan had been left with a sign, Hao Ming was also relieved.

Mama Sun said with a smile on the side: "Although, even if the brand is left, Wusu side Fujin does not dare to dislike it, but in the end, it is more decent to stay in the palace and give marriage." ”

Humming bowed his head gently, the emperor's concubine Fujin, no one dared to take a break yet. How jealous is her cousin Chong'an's concubine Fujin Borzigit clan, and she still has a stable position? It is because she is the concubine of Kangxi's cousin who was married to her cousin!

"I just don't know what Hui Zhou's intentions are......" Hao Ming muttered to himself in a low voice, and it was best to have consensual thinking in the marriage.

Banxia smiled and his eyes crooked, "Our four grids are delicate and lovely, how can the little grandfather not want to?"

"It would be nice if I could ask Cousin Hui Zhou in person. He said long.

At the mention of Hui Zhou, Hao Ming's heart was a little restless after all. Hui Zhou's child seems to have loved to revolve around her since he was a child, at that time he was white and tender and looked like a boy and girl in a New Year's painting, making people indistinguishable from male and female, and his voice was also soft, which made people feel like a younger sister. So when he was a child, he pinched his face and teased him, at that time she was purely a mother, and naturally she liked cute children, and she always felt that Hui Zhou was similar to her little sister Yingwan.

But I didn't expect that the child grew up a little bit and had a love for her.

Hao Ming couldn't help but think about this, if Hui Zhou hadn't forgotten Qingsi for her, then what should Ying Wan do?

Alas, a headache.

Anyway, Ying Wan's temperament must be asked in person, and the same is true for Hui Zhou. Otherwise, the twisted melons are not sweet, and they are forcibly matched, it is better to ask Ying Wan to marry a child of an ordinary clan to be a concubine. (To be continued.) )