The next morning, the warm sunlight had just sprinkled into the courtyard of Tingyuxuan, and the rooster that had croowed early had not yet woken up the birds on the beam, and Tingyuxuan was already busy.

Jiang Qingtian's eyes were imprisoned in front of the dresser by several maids before they were fully opened, washing his face, combing his hair, painting thrushes, applying powder, and the rhythm of getting married. Jiang Qingtian was already impatient, so he only cooperated lazily, and was even more startled by the red lipstick handed over by Dongmei, and hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand and said, "Take it away, I don't want this color!" ”

It is precisely because she is in harmony with a few girls in ordinary times, and treats them like sisters very well, so several girls are not afraid of her, and they are not the kind of people who obey orders. No, Dongmei didn't seem to hear what she just said, so she forced the red lipstick to her lips, and said disapprerovingly: "Miss, the red color is festive, and it makes your complexion fairer." ”

Jiang Qingtian hurriedly dodged the lipstick, and she endured the heavy makeup she painted, but she definitely couldn't bear the red and purple lipstick! Xia Xue'er's skin is as white as snow, and when she wears lipstick of this color, she looks at it and reminds people of the red lips that have just sucked blood, which is too charming and cold.

"Take it away."

Dongmei was still unmoved, and said with a smile: "The slave doesn't lie to you, Mama said it's very beautiful." After that, it was like the two grandmothers standing behind them with a smile, and they also agreed with each other.

Jiang Qingtian's eyes froze, he frowned and glanced at everyone in the room, and finally his eyes fell on Dongmei and asked, "Is it too good to you on weekdays, even my words are ignored?" Is Tu so red to play a clown?! ”

Everyone was ashamed and hurriedly stood up in an orderly manner, and the room was silent for a while, only Dongmei was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Jiang Qingtian in the mirror, hurriedly shook her head and waved her hand and said, "Clown? Miss is not ugly at all, but she is good-looking! ”

Looking at Dongmei's innocent appearance, Jiang Qingtian was speechless, looking back at the little face in the mirror that was thickly covered by fat powder, originally without fat powder, it was the appearance of the country and the city, but now it was painted by a few little girls as a girl in the willow lane of Flower Street, one word - vulgar! Even if she has no intention of competing for the position of the fifth imperial concubine, the ugliness is better, but she really can't bear to ruin Xia Xue'er's natural beauty, not to mention that it is still a problem if she can go back, if this is spread out, how should she gain a foothold in the imperial city! Thinking of this, Jiang Qingtian took the case: "Qiu Ju, wash your face with water!" ”

Several girls were frightened by Jiang Qingtian's actions, and they didn't dare to speak much for a while, so they could only do what they were told.

After a while, Jiang Qingtian looked at the face in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction, with a little surprise in his eyes, this looks comfortable. Turning their heads, the maids were stunned, and this is why the Nine Heavens Fairy descended to earth! The cheeks with a little powder del do not have the previous heaviness, and they are more translucent and fair; Just the right eyebrows, like the mountains in the distance, are undulating, and the green and white junction is naturally wonderful; The two black grapes seemed to have big eyes and moist eyes, and their long, thick eyelashes flickered with the frequency of blinking, like two small fans that shook slowly; Instead of the red lipstick, the lips are as moist and attractive as peaches, which makes people have the urge to kiss the fragrance.

Jiang Qingtian looked at the stunned girls in the room, and urged: "What are you still doing in a daze, take out the dress!" Only then did a few people come to their senses and hurriedly serve her to change clothes. Qiu Ju skillfully combed Jiang Qingtian's flying fairy bun, knowing that she didn't like cumbersomeness, and it was rare to decorate only a golden step and two hostas.

Arriving at the palace by carriage, Jiang Qingtian followed his mother into the harem, while his father stayed in the former court.

It's only noon, and there is still some time before the dinner begins, and everyone is arranged to enjoy the flowers in the back garden. The back garden is bustling, and the daughters of each family are all extremely gorgeous and charming, in order to attract people's attention and win the position of the noble five princesses. Jiang Qingtian and her mother chose a corner place to sit down and drink tea, away from the colorful flowers.

Mrs. Xia glanced at the beauties chatting in the garden, looked her daughter up and down, and then said, "You are dressed too elegantly today, but you are also the most eye-catching. ”

Jiang Qingtian listened to Mrs. Xia's words, her head was confused, she really didn't expect this layer at that time, how did she know that this contemporary woman prefers those bright colors of red and purple, and now she is like a chicken, she wants to bury herself but doesn't want to become the most eye-catching. Nervousness suddenly rose, "What should Xue'er do?" ”

Mrs. Xia sighed, although there was worry in her eyes, she could only say helplessly: "Lower your posture, and the rest can only be resigned to fate." ”

There was silence for a while, the mother and daughter had their own troubles, and the originally excellent tribute tea was bland and tasteless.

After a while, Jiang Qingtian spoke: "The eldest brother sent me a parrot to relieve my boredom a month ago, but I forgot to thank you in a hurry, I have been thinking about it, but I didn't see the eldest brother show up, I don't know that my mother has seen the eldest brother recently?" ”

Mrs. Xia sighed, both proud and relieved and quite helpless and said: "Tianqi, this kid is too dead-eyed, devoted to political affairs, either in the court or in the army, just like your father when he was young, he stayed in the study after returning home, and rarely came out to walk around, speaking of which, my mother has not talked to him for a long time." ”

Jiang Qingtian's eyes also dimmed after hearing this, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

As the saying goes, there are many rights and wrongs where there are many women, not to mention that this garden is full of pampered beauties, no, the few women who were chatting opposite Jiang Qingtian noticed Jiang Qingtian. One of the women in blue glanced at Jiang Qingtian with her eyes and asked, "Whose young lady is that, why is she dressed so plainly?" ”

The purple-clothed woman beside her glanced at Jiang Qingtian and sneered before replying: "I haven't seen it, but you look at her dress, it is extremely simple, and the valuable goods on her head are only the one Jin Bu Shao and two hostas, and it is not expected that they are from any big family." ”

The woman in blue continued: "But I heard that the woman who enters the palace this time must be the daughter of an official above the fourth grade, so I don't think she will be a member of a small family, maybe she just doesn't want to run." ”

The woman in purple glanced at Jiang Qingtian and said, "If you don't want to run for election, is there still a woman in the world who doesn't want to be the Fifth Imperial Princess?" That will make the family brilliant, the position of the rich and noble, how many people want to run for the election, how can there be someone who doesn't have to fight! In my opinion, she is afraid that the daughter of a local official used money and silver to buy off the relationship and get in, and she really wanted to fly on the branches and become a phoenix because she had a little bit of appearance. ”

The voice of the woman in purple was not small, many people heard it, and they all turned their heads to look at Jiang Qingtian, Jiang Qingtian smiled faintly and didn't say anything, just continued to drink tea and enjoy the flowers.

Another woman in red glanced at the two who were talking with disdain, and sneered, "I haven't seen the world!" ”

The woman in purple was anxious when she heard this, and she looked like she was about to skin the other party alive, and shouted: "Who do you say hasn't seen the world?!" ”

The woman in red raised her eyebrows, and said not to be outdone: "Isn't it you?" ”

The woman in purple didn't expect the woman in red to answer her confidently, and she was suddenly so angry that she was about to scold, but the woman in blue pulled her sleeve and said something next to her ear, only to see that the woman in purple looked the woman in red up and down and really suppressed her anger.

The woman in blue stepped forward and looked at the woman in red with a Buddha body, and said with a calm smile: "My sister is upright by nature, and I ask the girl to forgive me if there is something inappropriate in her speech." ”

The woman in red glanced at her contemptuously, since the other party apologized to her, and said that she didn't want to hit the smiling person, then she couldn't say anything, so she turned around and left. Seeing this, the woman in blue hurriedly said: "Girl, please stay, I don't know what the girl just said, and ask the girl to talk to the two of us regardless of her previous suspicions, so that my sister can know what she is wrong." ”

The woman in red stopped, turned around and asked, "Do you see the woman sitting across from the girl?" ”

When she said this, many people turned their heads to look again, only to notice Mrs. Xia sitting opposite Jiang Qingtian, and they felt that something was wrong, it stands to reason that no one should accompany the show girls who enter the palace to participate in the election.

The woman in red continued: "That's the service of the Lady of the Three Grades, I don't even know this, is it wrong to say that you haven't seen the world?" ”

The woman in purple had been wronged and lost face before, but she had to hold back her anger, and now when she heard such words, she replied forcefully: "You have seen the world, so you can tell me whose young lady it is?" ”

The woman in red replied unhurriedly: "There are not many people in the capital who can wear such a service, and there are even fewer concubines of this age. ”

The woman in purple forgot about her anger at the woman in red, and only said with an incredulous face: "The young lady of the dignified general's mansion is dressed so plainly, does she really not want to be the fifth imperial concubine?" ”

The woman in red sighed and said, "If nothing else, the position of the five imperial concubines is already in her pocket." ”

Several people around her looked at her suspiciously and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

The woman in red looked at the monster with an expression on her face and said, "There are so many people present, there is no shortage of people with good looks and amazing dresses, but why did you only notice her?" Then he turned and left.

After listening to the words of the woman in red, everyone suddenly realized. But in addition to the strong envy and jealousy, there was also a little bit of fear, just now that they were not less sneering at the eldest lady, especially the woman in purple, who was now scared into a cold sweat, she was the first and most unscrupulous person to sarcastically mock the daughter of General Xia.

Those who talked about Jiang Qingtian listened to a word in his ears, although he looked like he was light and light, but in fact, his heart was already up and down, could it really be that what his mother said was left to fate? Will God help her? Originally, she was not worried at all, because of Xia Qi's words, but she didn't get any news from her brother in the past half a month, and she didn't know what the plan was. No way! must not be resigned to fate, must wait for the opportunity to move, forcing the big deal that he is haunted by a water ghost, see if his emperor Lao Tzu dares to marry her, a person who is entangled in evil spirits, to his precious son!

The birthday banquet was set in the palace of Concubine Jingxian, the biological mother of the five princes, and the banquet was about to begin, Jiang Qingtian and her mother followed everyone to the palace of Concubine Jingxian. Because the queen is the nominal mother-in-law of the five princes, and the emperor favors the five princes, the concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards, including the queen's mother, are basically absent, so it is not lively. And everyone also knows the emperor's purpose, so a foreign guest like Xia Xue'er who attends the banquet as a show girl naturally looks at herself with no less eyes.

At the beginning of the banquet, everyone saluted to the concubines and concubines who were high up, and not long after they took their seats, they saw the personal palace maid next to the queen running into the hall in a hurry, and said something with the queen's ears attached, only to see the queen's face change at first, and then stood up calmly and said, "There is a sudden emergency in the palace, everyone continues, don't lose interest", and left.

Inexplicably, I sent the queen mother away, but I heard the palace maid outside shouting, "Go to the water, go to the water!" Everyone was flustered for a while, but they didn't dare to act rashly, so they could only look at Concubine Jingxian sitting in the hall pitifully.

Concubine Jingxian asked loudly, "What's going on outside?" ”

Hearing this, a little palace maid hurriedly ran into the hall to report to Cechenino: "Back to Niangniang, the fire in the side hall is very big, and it is about to burn to the main hall!" ”

Concubine Jingxian's face was extremely ugly at this time, and a cold breath rose in her eyes, today is not only the birthday of her baby son, but also the day of choosing a concubine, how could there be a fire on such an important day? Who dares to create a second life on this important day, and if you find out, you will never spare him! But considering that there were many guests present and it was inconvenient to get angry, he had to endure it for the time being, cleared his throat and said calmly: "The side hall accidentally caught fire, for the safety of everyone, please move to the courtyard to rest for a while." ”

The concubines and ladies present are used to being pampered, how can they be so frightened, one by one they can't wait to escape, as soon as they heard Concubine Jingxian's words, they immediately got up and left the hall with the support of the girl.

Jiang Qingtian's originally happy heart instantly cooled after hearing this sentence, "Move to the courtyard to rest for a while" Doesn't it mean that this birthday has to be celebrated, and this concubine still has to be chosen? It's really a passion that can't even be driven away by fire!

Walking out of the main hall with her mother in her arms, the number of people in the courtyard did not decrease as much as before, which shows that many concubines did not want to pat Concubine Jingxian's ass at the scene of the noisy fire, and had quietly left. Jiang Qingtian helped her mother to a corner, which was relatively empty, and it would be easier to breathe away from the rich fat powder fragrance.

The fire came too coincidentally, and Jiang Qingtian didn't think it would be an accident. As soon as the queen walked on the front foot, the back foot side hall caught fire, and it looked carefully, although the fire point was very close to the main hall and seemed to be a big fire, but because of the direction of the wind, it was not as fast as the palace maid burned into the main hall, and it would not hurt the lives of everyone in the main hall, but such a fire coupled with the panicked footsteps and frightened shouts of the palace maids and maids could just rightly cause panic in this palace that gathered all the ladies and daughters, and no matter how you look at it, it looks like a deliberate turmoil.

She wanted to struggle to resist, but the word "help" was just about to be exported, but she thought that this should be the escape plan designed by Xia Qi, so she pushed the boat and let the man in black carry her from this roof to that roof, getting farther and farther away from the palace, only the mother's shouts and the frightened screams of the young ladies, and she not only did not scream in fear but wanted to sing happily in her heart.