By the time Zhaojun returned to the Yeting Palace, the painters had already withdrawn.

The work of painting the statue of the palace maid to be edicted was carried out for ten years. During this period of time, the ladies of the entire Yeting Palace were very excited, seeing that heaven and earth were discussing this matter, they all guessed who could get the emperor's favor.

Some palace maids were very satisfied after painting the portrait, but after discussing with others, they felt that they could actually look better, so they designed beautiful and novel makeup, and secretly looked for a painter to repaint, of course, the price also increased exponentially.

The status of the painter in this era is similar to that of the craftsman, he does not have access to the center of power, and belongs to the group of people who are not valued by anyone, except of course for the very famous Danqing master. It's rare to have such an opportunity to take a good get, and naturally I won't let it go.

Xu Rou'er, who lives with Zhaojun, has already given away all her belongings last time, so naturally there is no way to ask the painter to repaint this time, so she can only watch other people's actions and be anxious, so her feelings are a little low.

She saw that Zhaojun looked like he was doing his own thing, as if he didn't care, so she asked her, "Sister, why don't you care at all?" ”

"For things that can't be changed, it's okay to follow the time, so why worry about it?" Zhaojun replied peacefully.

Rou'er said speechlessly: "You have such a wide heart! ”

It's not that the heart is wide, it's that I already know the result, so I don't do useless work. Zhaojun said secretly in her heart, but she couldn't tell Rou'er like that. According to Zhaojun's appearance in his previous life, Rou'er was not chosen. Zhaojun thought about it, but decided to persuade her not to be too disappointed at that time.

"Rou'er, have you ever thought about what to do if you lose the election?" Zhaojun looked at Rou'er.

"Huh?" Rou'er didn't come back to her senses for a while.

"In everything, there are two outcomes: 'success' and 'failure'. Despite your best efforts, what if it still doesn't work out? There are so many palace maids waiting for the edict, and most of them will definitely fail. Have you ever wondered what you would do if misfortune befell you? Zhaojun's dark eyes stared at Rou'er.

Rou'er had never thought about it. Although her family is also very embarrassed, she is also a down-and-out official eunuch and received an orthodox education from a lady. Because she is also one of the best in the local area, she was sent to the palace by her family to fight for a future. In her thoughts, even if she can't be valued by the emperor, she should be able to give the lowest title, and she can slowly figure it out in the future. Who knows that he has not even seen the face of the emperor so far.

In the past, she told herself that she would slowly get better. But now that Zhaojun has turned this off, she can't lie to herself anymore, and has to face up to this cruel reality.

"I don't know." Rou'er thought for a long time and said with a choked voice. When she thought about it, she knew that it was extremely likely that this would happen to her. She knows that her family background is half a catty and eight taels compared to Zhaojun, but it is incomparable to other people.

If the painter would affect the painting because of the amount of money they gave, her little money would only be enough to put her portrait on the lower level. If no matter how much they give, it can't affect the artist's creative level, then all their possessions will be given in vain.

Those coins may not be so important to others, but to Rou'er, it is all she has to lose. Those jewelry were the things that my mother had married back then, and although they were not so valuable, they were all given to her. In order to get the emperor's favor, she gave them all away. Now that I've thought about it thoroughly, I can't help but regret it for a while. Now it's impossible to come back!

Rou'er couldn't help but have a look of pain and remorse on her face!

Zhaojun looked at her sympathetically. She doesn't support this, but life is hard, and they just want to live a better life, who can bear to accuse them with dignity! Like Zhaojun in his previous life, if he hadn't encountered the matter of Hu Han Evil Shan Yu proposing his relatives, if Emperor Han Yuan didn't plan to choose from the palace maids and relatives, he would just end up with a lonely and silent ending in this palace wall.

"Sister, you have thought of this a long time ago, so you are so calm?" Rou'er focused her eyes on Zhaojun again.

"Sort of!" Zhaojun raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.

"And what are your plans for the future?" Rou'er is like finding the backbone of the heart.

"I don't have any specific plans, one step at a time! As long as you live your day well, you'll be fine. "Zhaojun definitely can't tell her that he plans to jump out of this court. In the current situation, the idea is a bit too frightening.

In the current situation, this can be regarded as a pragmatic attitude. Rou'er nodded. Although she thought it so thoroughly, she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

When Zhaojun saw Rou'er's appearance, he didn't say anything, and lowered his head to fiddle with the wisteria under his hand.

I have to stay here for five years before I have a chance to leave. These five years are still going to be spent well.

The Yeting Palace is located in the middle of nowhere, and it is the place where the miscellaneous servants and palace maids in the palace live. On weekdays, the emperor and the concubines of the palaces will not set foot on it. It is also for this reason that the garden here is not as delicate and eye-catching as in other palaces. The palace maids who are waiting for the edict live in the best place among them, and there are no very beautiful and precious flowers and trees.

Han Ruo has studied Chinese herbal medicine in modern society for 30 years, and in her previous life, she was a fairy in the shape of the purple lotus in the Heavenly Court Yao Pond, and she managed a group of immortals with grass and plant attributes, and the cultivation of plants and flowers is really a piece of cake for her.

She used her monthly money for a month in exchange for two pots of wisteria seedlings from the palace people who managed flowers and plants in the public.

Wisteria is lighter in color than wisteria, fragrant in color, and the flowers are pretty, growing in bunches, looking like clusters of beautiful purple grapes from a distance. The petals are light and crystalline, light purple like smoke, like a fluttering butterfly. Later, they can build a pergola in their yard, and wisteria will grow in a circle around the trellis, and a beautiful natural pergola can be formed in one summer.

It is conceivable that by the time of next summer, even if the palace maids have very little ice, they will be able to spend a cool summer under this fragrant and beautiful wisteria trellis.

A month later, the results of the emperor's selection came out. Except for those girls from the Gaomen family, and the edict girls from wealthy families, almost no poor girls with beautiful colors were selected. Zhaojun and Xu Rouer were unexpectedly missed.

The screened palace maids can only be completely assigned to each palace as palace maids. However, it is said that there are not many people needed in the palaces, and there are still very few people left. Zhaojun and Xu Rouer are among them. Zhao Jun has observed that among the remaining people, they are basically excellent people who are first-class in appearance and should have a position.

Xu Rouer and the others originally thought that even if they became the maidservants of a certain mother, if they met the emperor with their talents, maybe they would have the possibility of changing their fate, but now, they are completely desperate.

These daughters of poor families originally entered the palace with dreams of wealth and nobility, but after cutting off hope in this way, several people immediately fell ill.

Fortunately, they were not mistreated, there was no shortage of monthly money or anything, and the other people in the palace did not instruct them much, so they let them do some errands nearby. So life can still go on.

In such a situation, Zhaojun's positive optimism seems to be maverick. At first, some people were unimpressed with her behavior, but gradually they were driven by her, at least everyone's attitude towards life did not seem so depressed.

In this way, the days passed, and these forgotten women ushered in their first summer after entering the palace.

In the early morning, when they opened the door, they were greeted by a light purple fragrance. The sun is shining and the air is fresh and pleasant. This summer, because of this light purple and thick green, the summer of the Yeting Palace is completely different from before.