Lin Yan thought that the emperor must have summoned this Jiang Xi girl in advance, but the fact is that the emperor did not, and he didn't even take a look in person.

Lin Yan said in her heart, the emperor is patient enough.

The emperor was patient, and Lin Yan was also patient, no matter how curious she was, she didn't go to see Lin Xian, who was a fake, and waited for the final election of the harem of the Ministry of Rites before admitting her into the palace.

It was Concubine Cui Xian and Concubine Hu Xian who couldn't help but go to see it, and when they came back, they wanted to talk to Lin Xian and stopped.

After the first election of the Ministry of Rites, it is the second choice of the Inner Prison Monk Ritual Bureau, and after the second election, the show girls will live in the palace and wait for the final review of the harem.

Lin Yan arranged all the show girls in Xiangfu Palace, which is far away from some of the palaces where the concubines now live, and close to the Liushang Bureau, which can prevent them from running around at will and bumping into the palace concubines or princesses and princesses, and can also facilitate the supervision and discipline of the people of the Shangyi Bureau.

Every year, during the show girl draft, there are often show girls who suddenly drop handkerchiefs, hairpins, or the like when they are out for a walk. The first emperor was gentle and affectionate, but many palace concubines came like this.

After the second election, there were only thirty or forty show girls left, and they could live in Xiangfu Palace, and there was no need to arrange another palace.

Lin Yan and Xiunu chatted in Changkun Palace while comparing Xiunu's family background.

For the selection of show girls, their family background is also a very important criterion.

Mu Qing said to Lin Yan: "Xiangfu Palace lives so crowded, even the girl from the Cui family is crowded with the girl from the Wang family, but the Shangyi Bureau put the Jiang family in a separate room, and it is usually quite flattering and flattering. ”

After so many days of mental construction, Lin Yan's mentality has calmed down a lot, and she said with a smile: "The people of the Liushang Bureau have all met successively, my aunt and the emperor have a deep relationship with each other, and the Jiang family is like an aunt, so they naturally think that she is a strange thing to live in." ”

She said and laughed: "The other show girls don't have an opinion? Like the Cui family and the Wang family, their identities are more valuable than her, and they are all crammed into one room, aren't they afraid of offending the Cui family and the Wang family? ”

Mu Qing raised his chin and said to Lin Yan with a deep meaning: "How can you have no opinion, but you dare to be angry and dare not speak, I heard that other show girls are not willing to play with the Jiang family." As for the Cui family and the Wang family, they offered to live together. ”

Cui's and Wang's approach is right, but the Jiang family is still a little tender, and the Shangyi Bureau looks like they are currying favor with the Jiang family, but they are actually cheating on her.

does not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, only the Jiang family lives in a room, which is easy for other show girls to collectively reject her, not to mention that the friendship formed by the show girls in the draft is the deepest, if they enter the palace in the future, it is a ready-made connection, such as the Cui family and the Wang family took the initiative to ask to live together, not necessarily without the intention of preparing for entering the palace. However, the Jiang family, after entering the palace, came to seek an alliance and seek to keep warm, and the friendship at this time was much more false.

After all, she didn't grow up in the big family, and the Marquis of Zhongshan's teaching to her was short, and she had to rush to the palace before she could teach her everything, so she couldn't see the Tao inside.

But after so many days, the Jiang family should have seen something, I don't know if she regrets it in her heart.

Lin Yan asked again, "Who came up with the idea?" ”

This kind of thing is a trick on people, and the Jiang family can't see it, can't they see it after a lifetime of crawling and rolling in the palace.

Mu Qing said with a smile: "Liu Zhangle, who is now in charge of the living of the show girl, entered the palace in the same group as the slaves and maids, and mentioned her a few words during the chat. ”

Lin Yan nodded, although the Jiang family is a strange commodity, but it is naturally better to please the queen by flattering a show girl who has not yet seen a future.

For such small actions, Lin Yan is also happy to see them, we just see what the Jiang family will become in the end.

Mu Zhi came in at this time and reported: "Niangniang, the emperor has asked someone to pass the word that he will return to Changkun Palace tonight." ”

Lin Yan nodded, looked at the sky, and thought that it was almost time for the emperor to come back, so she asked people to collect the roster, and asked people to prepare the emperor's clothes, bath beans, tea, snacks, etc., and the dim sum was best steamed now, and it was just out of the pot when the emperor came back.

This time, however, the Emperor was later than usual, and did not return until it was already dark.

Lin Yan sat on the couch, only feeling a little upset and irritable for no reason, so she said to Muzhi Mulan: "Light the palace lamp, and we will go out to welcome the emperor." ”

Mu Zhi said yes, and then went out.

It is already the lower Xuanyue, and the half-curved moon hanging in the sky does not look so bright, but fortunately, there are palace people holding lights in front and back, and it does not seem difficult to walk at night.

Lin Yan walked out of Changkun Palace step by step slowly, and walked through the long verandah. The breeze blows through the summer night, and you can smell the faint scent of flowers and grass.

Lin Yan walked for a while, then suddenly stopped and asked Mu Qingdao, "Did you hear anything?" ”

The babbling seemed to be the sound of someone singing, but it was faintly not real.

Lin Yan said again: "It seems to be a voice from the Yuhe Bridge." ”

The Yuhe Bridge is the only way to return to the harem from the Qinzheng Palace.

Mu Qing listened carefully for a while, then nodded. Then she frowned again, only to feel bad.

Lin Yan said: "Let's go, let's see where we go." ”

As she got closer and closer to the Yuhe Bridge, the woman's singing became clearer and clearer, clear and tactful, like the ding dong sound of a stone thrown into the river, and like a quiet cry in the empty valley, clear and full of feelings.

A woman in red stood on the bridge of the Royal River, holding a peach blossom in her hand, dancing gently on her toes, while singing.

And the emperor was standing on the other side of the Yuhe Bridge, with his hands behind his back, and his eyes were heavy on the woman in red on the bridge.

Lin Yan looked at the emperor, then at the woman in red on the bridge, and after listening for a while, she understood that the woman was singing:

"The concubine is the first to plant,

The king said that the flowers will return to the sun

The boudoir is looking forward to your return every night.

Back to the night in the middle of the night,

The flowers bloomed before the court and have been thanked,

When will the bright moon be returned?

……”

The singing is gentle and affectionate, with the young woman's longing for her husband's thoughts.

Then the woman turned around in the middle of the light dance, and Lin Yan finally saw her face clearly—the face that looked like her aunt Lin Xian.

She looks even more like Lin Xian than in the portrait.

The woman's toes finally let go gently, and then slowly prostrate in front of the emperor, sank down, and said in a pretty and complaining voice: "Lang Jun, are you finally back?" The roses in front of the court have bloomed, can you pick one for the concubine? ”

The emperor stood for a while, and Jiang Xi, who was kneeling on the ground for a long time, raised his head to look at him with some trepidation, and then finally saw the supreme emperor, who was so high that she admired that the emperor finally took a step, walked up to her step by step, and gently lifted her chin.

What a fascinating man it is, as powerful as an eagle, with the gentleness of a man, gentle and moonly, clear and handsome, it is the appearance of Langjun who she has dreamed of countless times.

She smiled softly at him and called, "Your Majesty." ”