When the four kingdoms are established today, the southeast is Chu, the southwest is Xichuan, the northeast is Dayan, and the northwest is Dirong. For more than 100 years, the four countries have been constantly fighting, and the people have complained and the people are not happy. Until the Battle of Lochu more than thirty years ago, the four nations paid a heavy price and signed a secret agreement together. Thus, the centuries-old endless war finally came to an end. The four countries developed separately and did not invade each other, and entered a state of cultivation and recuperation.

In the spring of the seventh year of Qianyou, Shangjing was still immersed in the celebration of the New Year.

In the more than 150 years since the founding of the country, Great Chu has conquered Jiangdong and Nanban regions, quelled surrounding rebellions, and generally unified the southeast Chu region. Since ascending the throne at the age of seventeen, he has lifted the rebellion of the vassal kings left by the previous emperor and implemented a top-down rectification in the entire scope of Great Chu. Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the people have been peaceful.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, just after the Shangyuan Festival, an emperor list rushed down, a few families were happy and a few were sad, and the fate of many people was rewritten.

"It's all your fault, it's not good to give a name, you have to give it a name that is all 'official', doesn't this make it clear that you want your daughter to embark on this road!" The woman who spoke was a woman who was nearly forty years old but still charming, and it was Chen Yan, the hostess of the official family.

"Madame, why are you so superstitious, that the name determines the fate of the fate? Besides, you agreed to the name with a lot of praise. Guan Zhiyuan said urgently.

When Chen Yan heard this, he was even more annoyed: "Who mentioned it to you back then, now the top priority is to think of ways to let Wanwan avoid this draft!" You say, the emperor hasn't held a general election for seven years, why did he suddenly have a whim again? escaped Yan'er, but after all, he couldn't hide from Wanwan......" said and covered his face with a handkerchief, and cried.

Guan Zhiyuan saw his beloved wife crying, and he was even more anxious and distressed, and hurriedly comforted him.

"Why don't we go back to Gusu to avoid it, what kind of Rausch sub-official, we are not rare." Chen Yan choked with tears in her eyes and persuaded her husband.

Guan Zhiyuan looked at his wife with tears on his face, and thought of his little daughter, and said distressed and helpless: "Madam, how can I care about this official position, it's just that the whole world is not the king's land, where can we escape?" ”

"Then there is only one way," Chen Yan stopped whimpering, and said with a straight face: "Find a good family and get married." ”

"This ......"

"Daddy, don't think about it, it's better to run for election than this. Left and right is to marry someone they don't know, isn't the emperor's condition the best. What's more, if you are lucky, the emperor can't look down on her daughter, and she is put off the brand, so she still has a chance to leave the palace, and no matter how bad it is, she will be a palace maid for a few years, and she will come back when she is old. The daughter didn't want to entrust her life to an irrelevant man so casually. The woman's voice is soft, and her righteous words are beautiful but indescribable. Under a closer look, he is twenty-eight years old, although he still combs the girl's hanging bun, and his description is still small, but his face without powder reveals a dusty temperament. The skin is like condensation, the eyes are like stars, and the lips are not dotted, especially a pair of distant mountain eyebrows, slender and soothing, delicate and clear. Wearing a green smoke shirt and a hundred water skirts, the shoulders are more and more shaved, and the waist is restrained.

"Wanwan, how do you know the sinister in the palace, how can my mother be willing to let you enter the tiger's den and wolf's den?" Chen Yan's face was full of distress, and Guan Zhiyuan, who had always been serious, frowned.

"My daughter has made up her mind, and my father and mother don't want to persuade me anymore." Guan Wanwan knelt in front of the two and bowed as she spoke, "My daughter may not be able to serve her relatives in the future, I hope you will forgive your daughter for being unfilial, and you must take care of yourself." ”

Where is Chen Yan willing to do it, but he also understands the temperament of his little daughter, I am afraid that I can't persuade her, so I can only cry silently when I think about it.

"Wanwan," a woman who was somewhat similar to the official Wanwan hurriedly walked outside the door, although she was dressed in cloth, it was difficult to hide her alluring appearance. It is Guan Muyan, the eldest daughter of the official family.

"Sister, you're here too." Guan Wanwan smiled faintly.

"Yan'er, you came just in time, quickly persuade your sister." Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded to move, Chen Yan pinned his only hope on his eldest daughter.

Guan Wanwan didn't wait for Guan Muyan to speak, and rushed to say: "Sister, do you understand?" ”

I had a lot of words of consolation that I wanted to say, but seeing my sister's firm and trusting face, and knowing my sister's thoughts, Guan Muyan was helpless, silent for a while, and said distressedly: "Think clearly?" Don't regret it? ”

"Yes."

Guan Muyan wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, turned to the official's father and mother, and said, "Daddy, let her go!" "The same woman, the same child, beating the two sisters who came out of the womb, how can they not understand.

The night was as cool as water, the bright moon shone with full moonlight, and the two stunning women sat side by side on the steps in front of the door.

"Sister, Wanwan is so envious of you, you can meet someone who can join hands for a lifetime."

"Silly girl, you'll meet it too."

A bitter smile overflowed the corners of her mouth, and Guan Wanwan looked at the bleak moonlight, and said quietly: "Since I was a child, I have longed for the love of my father and mother, and I will stay together for a lifetime." Later, I witnessed my sister's golden and jade relationship, and I fantasized about what kind of man I would meet in the future...... It's just that God is always fair, there are so many women in the world, how can we let our family take advantage of the good fate, after all, there will be an unhappy one. ”

Seeing that her sister, who had always been comfortable, was so miserable at the moment, Guan Muyan was very distressed: "Wanwan, in fact, you can ......"

"No, sister, I can't. How can I ignore the government for my own selfishness? A hint of self-deprecation overflowed, "Fortunately, I haven't had a crush on anyone yet." ”

A faint sadness permeated the two of them, and they tacitly stopped talking and only sat quietly. I am afraid that such opportunities for late-night conversations will be rare in the future, and the sisters cherish such a time.

"Why are you still out here? Dressed so thinly, although the spring is getting warmer, I can't help you toss like this. Chen Yan was half distressed and half resentful.

The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, as if they had been discovered by their mother countless times when they were children, and reluctantly entered the back room with their mother, Guan Muyan knew that her mother must have something to explain to her sister, just like when she got married, so she thoughtfully went back to the room first.

"Wanwan, if you can, my mother only hopes that you can marry the person you like like Yan'er, not to be rich and rich, but to hope that you will be safe and happy in your life, but now, it's really ......"

Seeing that her mother wanted to cry again, Guan Wanwan hurriedly comforted: "Mother, don't be sad, why do you expect me to be chosen?" Emperor Xu couldn't take a fancy to me, so he was sent back directly. ”

Chen Yan's eyes were red: "With your posture, you must be chosen, if you are picked up, I will doubt the eyes of the saint." There was more helplessness in the proud tone, "Wanwan, in short, you remember, in the palace, you must not show your edge too much, and you must know how to protect yourself." Daddy doesn't ask you to shine on the lintel, I just hope that you can live a safe life. ”

As soon as Guan Wanwan heard this, she lost her armor and threw herself into her mother's arms and sobbed softly, "Mother, your daughter knows, don't worry about your daughter." ”

Chen Yan patted her daughter's back and nodded, but she couldn't hold back her tears.

After calming down, Chen Yan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and the official Wanwan opened it, only one word on it.

"Guan?" The official was puzzled, "Mother, this is ......"

This is a decision made by my father and mother after much consideration. Back then, we named you 'Wan Wan' only to feel good, calling it affectionate, hoping that your little daughter could be cherished, and there was no deep meaning. But the palace is full of scheming and sinister people's hearts, and when you enter the palace, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take advantage of the topic to play. The word 'Guan' is also elegant, ordinary but a good name, and not easy to attract attention, maybe it can cause you less turmoil. ”

Guan Wanwan was even more puzzled: "Mother, it's just a name, can there be any problems, it's been called like this for more than ten years, and if you say it's changed, will you change it?" Guan Wanwan was a little disappointed.

"Big turmoil is often caused by a little thing, and my father and mother have already thought about it, so naturally they can't let you take this risk. Besides, silly boy, what can the name represent, you will always be our treasure. ”

Guan Wanwan looked at her mother's insistence, nodded, and said: "Father's good intentions, my daughter understands, and my daughter will be careful in everything in the palace." From then on, I was an official. ”

In the imperial garden, a slender figure, a man in a white black bamboo robe walked slowly, a folding fan in his hand is particularly eye-catching, born graceful but there is no lack of Lingyun atmosphere, what is "Mo Shangren is like jade, the son is unparalleled in the world" left but so. A few steps away, a woman dressed in a pink palace dress and a beautiful appearance quietly winked at it, a pair of moon eyebrows showed more aura, and when she saw the man in white approaching, she retreated from the palace people who followed the royal car behind her.

"Minister, see the emperor, my emperor ......"

The man in white bent his knees, and a voice that was not angry but mighty interrupted him: "Archer, isn't it obvious enough to retire from the palace in front of you?" Seeing that the man was still bowing his waist, Chu Tianze glanced at him helplessly, "If there is no outsider, the false courtesy will be waived!" ”

"Brother, if you dare to let the emperor wait, you are the only one in the world, and now you are pretending to abide by the etiquette system!" Without waiting for Fu Che to answer, the woman in the pink palace dress grabbed Bai Dao.

"Your Majesty, you should also take care of her, she has been in the palace for so many years, and she still doesn't understand the rules so much, she should really remove her position as the former Shangyi, so as not to teach the people below and break the rules of the Qianqing Palace." Fu Che said with a smile.

"You're so embarrassed to deal with women." Chu Tianze said helplessly, "She will only show the beauty that a woman should have in front of you, and she is a competent female official who does not smile on weekdays." I regret letting her into the palace in the first place. ”

"Slaves have no regrets in this life." The woman suppressed the faint pain in her heart and said firmly.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant, Fu Che changed his words, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this edict for the general election, so suddenly, isn't it too lonely in the past few years, and you want to find a few fresh people to relieve your boredom?" ”

Hearing this, the woman in pink was stunned.

"You are really open-mouthed, Ah Xuan is here, look at what you say!" Chu Tianze said sternly.

Fu Che glanced at Fu Xuan, who bowed his head and was silent: "Ah Xuan probably wants to know too." ”

Chu Tianze looked at the brother and sister and sighed: "The Queen Mother looks at the emperor's heirs, and for such a reason to take care of the overall situation, I don't want to be angry with her." ”

Fu Xuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fu Che unceremoniously debunked: "Haven't you been brushed over for the past seven years, and this time is missing, haha?" ”

"Not only the Queen Mother, but also the Manchu Dynasty civil and military have to deal with it...... Okay, you brother and sister may not have been together for a long time, let's have a good chat, and I will go see the concubine. After saying that, he turned and left, and the tall figure gradually faded away......

Seeing Fu Xuan staring in the direction where there was no longer a figure, Fu Che shook his head helplessly, "Ah Xuan, you should go to this election!" ”