The Lin family came to Lin Yan's second aunt, Qi.

After the Qi family came, Lin Yan showed her the list of the primary selection of show girls.

Qi Shi was taken aback after seeing it, and raised his head and said to Lin Yan: "The Zhongshan Marquis Mansion did not tell our family that they would send a girl to the palace, nor did they reveal any news that the Jiang family had a girl to participate in the selection. ”

Lin Yan asked, "What about the primary election?" The show girl has to go through the primary election, so didn't the house find any clues? ”

The Lin family is a descendant, it is impossible not to pay attention to the selection of show girls, and during the primary election, they should inquire about the houses where the girls are selected, and then inquire about the situation of the show girls. The Lin family doesn't say that they should inquire about everything, but some important families, official families or nobles must be paid attention to.

Qi frowned, and said to Lin Yan: "This matter, the courtiers need to go back and talk to the house, let the house investigate it thoroughly, and then the courtiers will enter the palace to return to the mother." ”

In the previous investigation, the Lin family did not find out that the Jiang family had sent the girl to participate in the selection. Even this "Jiang Xi" didn't know where it came from.

Lin Yan nodded, and said, "It's better to stay away from the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, just as an ordinary relative." The palace is not trustworthy to see the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion. ”

Qi said solemnly: "When the courtiers go back, they will convey the words of the mother." ”

Lin Yan smiled again: "This palace looks at this year's list of show girls, and other candidates are also a little interesting. The Xuanguo Mansion, which shouted every year to send the girl into the palace, did not move at all, and the Zhongshan Hou Mansion hid and wanted to send the girl into the palace, and the other Bohai Cui family, Changxuanhou Mansion, and Taiyuan Wang all sent girls into the palace. ”

The Bohai Cui family sent Cui Xianfei's niece, and the shortest way for the family to maintain their power was to marry the Son of Heaven and give birth to a prince with their own blood. But the third prince is mentally incomplete, and there will not be much benefit to the Cui family in the future, and Concubine Cui Xian is getting older, and it is difficult to have a new heir. The Cui family is anxious to send the girl into the palace again, which is understandable.

It's just that it's the daughter of the Cui family's eldest house, and her status is so expensive, I don't know if it's the idea of competing for the crown in the future. You must know that for the big family, the concubine of the concubine is very precious, and it can bring a strong and helpful in-law when marrying, not to mention the concubine of the eldest house.

If you just want to have someone from your own clan in the palace who can talk and turn around, and have another prince to keep the wealth, then you only need to send the side branch or concubine into the palace. Unless they have a larger purpose, which is to choose a biological mother for the future prince. Only the prince's biological mother needs to be expensive and expensive. To put it mildly, the concubine of the Cui family's eldest house is qualified to be a queen.

And the Changxuanhou Mansion sent the daughter of the side branch, so the sincerity of the Changxuanhou Mansion does not seem to be so sufficient. Probably the Fu family just wanted to test it, if the girl could be selected, it would naturally be a good thing, and she couldn't and didn't have to be too disappointed.

Although the Taiyuan royal family sent a side branch of the five rooms, the five rooms and the grandmother are brothers. This kind of belongs to those who hope that the girl can enter the palace and give birth to a prince, but has no idea about the future storage position.

The Qi family didn't speak, and they naturally noticed the severity of the competition situation of this year's show girls.

After the emperor ascended the throne, the first draft, the nobles of the family looked at the draft and were about to see through the autumn water, so they were naturally prepared to accumulate thick and thin hair, and their eyes were staring at this year's selection.

And the Lin family, as a descendant, naturally hopes that the palace concubine selected by the emperor will have as low status as possible.

After sending the Qi clan away, Lin Yan saw that the matter of the Jiang family could not be solved at once, so she simply put it down for the time being, and waited for the Wuguo Mansion to have news.

Lin Yan remembered the emperor's words in the morning, called Gonggong Ye, and said, "You go to Yanqing Palace to talk to the prince, and invite him to come to Changkun Palace for dinner in the evening." ”

In the Yong'an Palace.

Concubine Cui Xian was also pondering deeply on the same list of show girls. After a long moment, she sighed deeply.

The palace maid beside her whispered to her, "...... The Cui family passed the word and came in, wanting Niangniang to take care of Miss Ru more, and it was best to let Miss Ru enter the palace smoothly and give birth to the prince as soon as possible. ”

Concubine Cui Xian knew the Cui family's intentions as soon as she saw the candidates sent in by the Cui family, but she thought of the queen and the Lin family. If the Cui family wants to compete for the storage position, they must first fight the queen and the Lin family. It's just that whether it's the queen or the Lin family, where is it so easy to defeat.

What's more, the crown prince is already fourteen years old, and even if the girl of the Cui family can give birth to the prince when she enters the palace, she will be at least fifteen or sixteen years old from the prince. Although the prince occasionally goes off the line, he is not simply ignorant, and can be said to be smart and wise.

She can also understand the Cui family's thoughts, the emperor is in the prime of life, and when the emperor is old, the prince born to the Cui family girl has also grown up, but the prince is easy to cause the old emperor's mustard. Like the emperor, he is not a concubine or a long, and the virtuous concubine does not even have a powerful maiden family, who would have thought that the seventh emperor would be able to ascend the throne last.

But the situation then is not the same as it is now.

Concubine Cui Xian said to the palace maid: "You let people pass the word to the Cui family, rather than letting the girl enter the palace to have a risky and invisible future, it is better to keep an eye on the position of the crown princess." ”

It is better to be an enemy of the Lin family than to form an alliance with the Lin family.

The Lin family is not short-sighted, and after two queens, they will never think about the position of the crown princess again. If the daughter of the Cui family is the crown princess, she will be very willing to come to the Lin family.

What's more, she also has selfish intentions, if Runiang really enters the palace, then she and the third prince will completely become a waste chess given up by the Cui family. It doesn't matter what she does, but she can't let the third prince lose the Cui family's support.

The palace maid glanced at Concubine Cui Xian, and was a little surprised by what Concubine Cui Xian said, but in the end she didn't say anything, said yes, and then used the Cui family's secret line in the palace to pass the word to the Cui family.

In Yanqing Palace.

The prince swept away the depressed look for a while, and seemed a little happy.

After hearing Ye Gonggong's words, he was trying on clothes, trying on a few sets before he was satisfied, and then combed his hair and washed his face seriously, making himself fresh and clean.

Before leaving Yanqing Palace, he even asked the palace people to move a brass mirror over and try to smile at the mirror.

He thought that his previous attitude towards Lin Yan was too bad, and since Yuan Yuan had now taken the initiative to make peace with him, he couldn't behave too badly and stiffen the relationship again.

After everything was cleaned up, he took the palace people and said, "Let's go, let's go to Changkun Palace." ”

When he arrived, Lin Yan was not in the outer hall, and the palace maid took him to the side hall to drink tea first. After a while, Lin Yan came out of the inner hall surrounded by palace maids.

The prince stood up a little helplessly, wanting to call "Yuan Yuan", but he thought of something, but in the end he didn't call out, and then grinned at her.

Lin Yan glanced at him coldly, and said lightly: "The prince is here?" ”

The prince was a little disappointed in her attitude.

But then he laughed again, and said without words: "When will we have dinner, I am hungry." ”

Lin Yan still glanced at him coldly, did not speak, turned around and instructed the palace maid: "Go and see if the dining room has made dinner." Then he instructed the eunuch: "Go and ask the emperor when he will come back, and if the emperor comes, he will greet him at the door." ”

The prince's face suddenly collapsed after hearing this.

It turned out that she wasn't looking for him to eat alone.