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Taishofu Fanghuain

Inside the main house

Yu Feifei was dressed in a pale pink skirt, embroidered with ink-colored butterflies with wings on the corners of the skirt, and a layer of white light veil. At this time, he was standing in front of the mahogany diamond mirror dresser, smiling with satisfaction in the mirror.

The silky hair, smeared with essence by the maidservant behind her, exudes a charming fragrance. Part of the long hair is lightly combed into a bun and fixed with white jade butterfly steps. The rest casually floated around the waist. The figure is slender, the waist is weak, the skin is like coagulation, the head of the mantis is eyebrows, and the slight application of powder is even more moving.

Yu Feifei looked at herself with satisfaction, smelled the fragrance in her hair, and wondered to the maidservant girl behind her: "What kind of essential oil is this?"

The maid lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "Miss Hui, it's rose essence."

"Oh, why is it so fragrant" Seeing that although Yu Feifei muttered, her expression was as usual, and the fists clenched under the sleeves of the maid gradually loosened.

Lan Xiang, the personal maid on the side, stepped forward with a jewelry box of red lacquer carved plum blossoms, and said with a smile: "Miss is so beautiful today, and she will definitely make the prince fall in love at first sight at the concubine selection ceremony." ”

Hearing this, Yu Feifei's smile was even brighter, and she turned her head to look at Lan Xiang: "Just your sweet mouth, if I really become the crown princess, I will reward you heavily." ”

"Then the slave maid wishes the young lady a victorious return."

Yu Feifei was in a happy mood, but remembering that Liu Xuanqin was also going to participate, she couldn't help but beat the drum in her heart: "Lan Xiang, do you say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will choose me?"

"Of course, Miss, you are so beautiful, and you are the daughter of Taishou, and you are still the first talented woman in the capital, there are a few noble girls who can be like Miss"

Yu Feifei listened to it as if she had drunk honey, but she still pretended to be worried: "That's not necessarily, isn't there still that Liu Xuanqin"

Lan Xiang's eyes rolled, and she said: "Miss, don't worry about this, although Miss Liu has a noble status, she has a lady behind her, and now the prince and the prince are fighting openly and secretly, how can she be allowed to marry into the East Palace?"

Hearing this, Yu Feifei breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: Yes, the Taishi Mansion is a party of the eldest prince, how could the prince marry her, she was confused for a while, and forgot about this.

Lan Xiang secretly observed on the side, and when she saw that Yu Feifei's eyebrows were loose, she knew that she had let go of her worries and stepped forward and said:

"Don't worry, Miss, you'll be chosen today."

Yu Feifei looked at Lan Xiang with satisfaction, it was still very satisfactory to this maid. She opened the jewelry box in her hand and picked out a purple jade and gold hairpin from it.

"If you are still exquisite, this hairpin will reward you"

"Slave and maid Miss Xie reward" Seeing that this hairpin was rewarded to herself, Lan Xiang's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.

He took out a white jade bracelet from the box and put it on his hand, a slender jade hand, a white jade bracelet, which looked very eye-catching. After looking at the mirror again, Yu Feifei walked out satisfied.

Yu Xinxun and Yao Meier were walking into the courtyard, and they saw Yu Feifei walking out in a curling manner, looking at this makeup, and nodded with satisfaction.

"My son is really bright and moving, I will definitely be able to choose the concubine today, sir, don't you say?" Yao Mei'er had a beaded hairpin on her head, and walked in front of Yu Feifei in a red brocade dress to seek Yu Xin's way.

"Well, it's good."

Hearing her parents' appreciation, Yu Feifei's fair face showed a flush:

"Daddy and mother are making fun of their daughter again"

Yao Meier covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Yo, I'm still shy"

"Mother....." Yu Feifei blushed and stomped her feet

"Okay Mei'er, it's not too early, it's time for us to enter the palace"

"Well, my son must behave well, my mother is waiting for your good news"

"My daughter will work hard not to disappoint her parents"

After speaking, a few people walked out together, and on the way, Yu Xinxun kept explaining some rules of the palace, and Yu Feifei listened patiently.

When they arrived at the gate, the carriage was already waiting, Yu Feifei followed Yu Xinxun into the carriage, waved her hand at Yao Meier, and then rushed to the palace.

In the courtyard of Le'an

Starlight came back from outside and said to Yu Manman, who closed his eyes under the willow tree, "Miss, the second lady has already entered the palace." ”

"Hmm"

Yu Manman's expression was cold, and he opened his eyes, revealing a pair of clear eyes, looking at the starlight on the side:

"For her?"

"Yes, Qing'er told me that she had already smeared her"

"Well, give her the money, and let her save her family."

Starlight saw Yu Manman take out a bag of broken silver, and hurriedly bent down to take it: "Thank you, Miss, slave for Cui'er."

Yu Manman waved his hand at Starlight, and seeing this, Starlight saluted and turned away gently.

After Starlight left, Yu Manman sat up from the recliner and looked in the direction of Fanghua Courtyard, her red lips hooked slightly.

Some time ago, I learned that Yu Feifei liked to smear essential oil on her head, and saw that there were many poinsettias planted in the garden of Taishou Mansion, so I asked Xingguang and Chenguang to pick some back, grind them into flower juice, and give them to the maid Qing'er in Fanghua Courtyard.

Although Qing'er is a second-class maid in Fanghua Academy, she has a very good relationship with the two sisters of Xingguang in private, and she is usually beaten and scolded by Yu Feifei at every turn, and she is constantly injured. Therefore, several people often get together to complain and comfort each other.

A few days ago, Qing'er found the two sisters of Xingguang in private, crying and wanting to borrow money, Chenguang asked only to find out that her old mother was seriously ill and urgently needed money to buy medicine, but the silver salary was not paid until the end of the month, so she had to ask for help from the two.

Chenguang told Yu Manman about this, and Yu Manman asked her to bring Qing'er over. Let Qing'er secretly mix the flower juice into Yu Feifei's essential oil, and give her silver to buy medicine for her mother.

Considering her mother's serious illness and thinking of Yu Feifei's frequent beating and scolding, Qing'er hesitated for a moment and agreed.

"Yu Feifei, this is the beginning of the show," Yu Manman said softly.

Outside the Royal Palace

The escort who drove the car stopped the carriage and said respectfully to Yu Feifei: "Master, second miss, the palace gate has arrived." ”

Yu Xinxun, who closed his eyes and recuperated, snorted lightly and took the lead in getting out of the carriage.

After Yu Feifei heard the guard's words, she opened the curtain and looked out, and sure enough, she saw the majestic palace gate and the guards in armor. Seeing this, Yu Feifei followed and got out of the carriage.

There were dozens of carriages parked in front of the palace gate, and the nobles of each family were dressed up, followed behind their fathers, and walked towards the palace in an elegant and dignified manner.

Yu Feifei looked at the towering palace gate, the endless palace, and her heart was pounding, it turned out that the palace was so prosperous and so beautiful. Thinking of the purpose of her coming, Yu Feifei couldn't help but secretly vow: No matter what, she must enter the East Palace.

Yu Xinxun took Yu Feifei to just enter the palace gate, and met six palace maids in pink palace clothes, and in front of him walked a woman in dark blue palace clothes, with a solemn face, and saluted the two with a straight face:

"Slaves and maids greet adults, and noble ladies greet them. The slave maid is the aunt of Chuxiu Palace, and is responsible for receiving the noble girl who came to choose a concubine, and invites the noble girl and the slave maid to Chuxiu Palace to rest for a while. ”

Yu Xinxun hummed, then turned to Yu Feifei and said, "Fei'er, I went to the court first for my father, you follow this aunt to Chuxiu Palace, remember to pay attention to the rules." ”

"Yes, my daughter remembered," Yu Feifei leaned over obediently and responded

Seeing that Yu Feifei was so gentle and sensible, Yu Xinxun nodded with satisfaction, and then strode towards the Tai'an Palace.

After seeing Yu Xinxun go away, Yu Feifei turned around and smiled at the woman in the palace costume, and her lips opened lightly: "Then Aunt Lao will lead the way."

"The noble girl doesn't have to be so polite, just call me Aunt Fang, please come with the slave maid" Seeing Yu Feifei so polite and elegant, a trace of approval slipped on the face of the woman in the palace costume, and then took Yu Feifei to Chuxiu Palace.

In Chuxiu Palace, there was a lot of purple and red, and when she walked to the door, she smelled a strong aroma of fat powder, and when the noble girl was talking and laughing, she saw Aunt Fang follow Yu Feifei in.

In the crowd of dressed up, Yu Feifei's makeup is unique, especially elegant and moving.

Shen Wanqiu, the concubine of the military department's squire who was familiar with Yu Feifei, saw Yu Feifei coming in, and hurriedly waved her hand:

"Fei Fei, come here"

Yu Feifei saw that everyone showed jealousy or envy, and her heart was proud, but her face was not obvious, she walked to Shen Wanqiu with a smile and sat down, looking at Chu Xiu Palace quietly.

In the palace, there are six red lacquered wooden pillars, carved with auspicious clouds, and on the nine-fold steps are several mahogany chairs, and a square platform protrudes from the center of the steps, which should be used for performing talents. There are two double-sided screens on each side, and behind the screens is a dresser, on which rouge and gouache are readily available.

After looking at it silently, Yu Feifei chatted with Shen Wanqiu and the other two nobles, and while laughing, the door of Chuxiu Palace opened again, and Liu Xuanqin walked in.

Wearing a green embroidered white peony bandeau, a green smoke and water flower skirt tied around the waist, holding a mist purple mopping smoke veil, the shoulders are shaved into a waist, the muscles are like a gloopathy, the wind is foggy, and the water magnolia flower hairpin is pinned to the hair. A pair of phoenix eyes are charming, and her appearance is absolutely beautiful and gorgeous, worthy of the title of the first beauty.

Yu Feifei saw that even if Liu Xuanqin had bright makeup, she was still dazzling, and her eyes couldn't help revealing a trace of jealousy.

As soon as Liu Xuanqin was about to step into the palace, a palace maid came and said that the concubine was invited. In this way, Liu Xuanqin greeted everyone with a smile, and then followed the palace maid to Concubine Shu's Bitong Palace. As soon as she was gone, the noblewoman began to chatter.

"This Miss Liu is so beautiful, and she is still the niece of Concubine Shu"

"Yes, such a noble woman, I'm afraid that only the royal family will marry"

"That's it, I don't know if the prince will choose her"

"This is not necessarily, the relationship between the prince and the eldest prince is not very good, the eldest prince is the son of the concubine"

"In that case, why did she still come to participate in the selection of concubines?"

"I heard that Miss Liu once went to the palace to visit Concubine Shu, and met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Imperial Garden, and since then she fell in love with the Prince at first sight. ”

"Really?

"Shh.........h Be quiet, this is the palace."

"Okay"

Yu Feifei stood aside and listened to the discussions of several noble ladies behind her, and her heart suddenly had a bottom. No matter how beautiful Liu Xuanqin is, if the prince and the eldest prince do not agree with this, she can miss the crown princess, thinking of this, Yu Feifei's gloomy mood was swept away.

After another hour or so, Aunt Fang walked in with the palace maids: "Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the Emperor and the Crown Prince have just left the court, and they are already on the way to Chuxiu Palace at this time, please check your dress and appearance, so as not to lose your manners in front of the palace." ”

Hearing this, everyone was excited, scrambling to run to the dresser to draw eyebrows and puff powder, the originally elegant and dignified noblewomen, at this time the image of the competition was gone.

Yu Feifei took out the mirror she was carrying, and when she saw that her makeup was the same, she put the mirror back, and waited for the emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come over with some excitement and some expectation.

Liu Xuanqin also calculated a good time to catch up with the emperor and others before the arrival of the emperor, and followed the palace maid back to Chuxiu Palace.

"The emperor and queen have arrived, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived" With the shouts of eunuchs outside Chuxiu Palace, the nobles put down the objects in their hands one after another, and stood in order, all dignified and elegant, with thousands of demeanors.