Empress Dowager Sun was afraid that Concubine Yingchuan would play some tricks again, so she carefully commented on her topic three times in her mind, and when she saw that she couldn't find anything suspicious, she said: "Well, this kind of test method is fair, so it's up to you." ”

"It's just that Ming'er each has to use a cup of tea to tell a story, there are a total of fourteen ladies, when will it be time for everyone to finish talking, according to the palace, it is better to follow the existing ranking, and then wipe out a few more of the last ranking."

Everyone saw that the Queen Mother spoke, and they all had no objections, after all, like the few ladies at the top of the ranking, who did not have a single comment, even Ming'er got five reviews at the fifth level, and they couldn't enter the top six again, so it was better to withdraw from the battle for choosing a concubine as soon as possible and save some effort.

So the three ladies who finished the four-level examination and didn't get a rating were also eliminated, and Concubine Yingchuan gave each of them a pair of gold and jade heads, and the right to do was a comfort.

The three ladies knew that they were hopeless in running for the princess this time, but they were not very sad, but they felt that they no longer had to worry about thinking about the topic of the next level, and they ended up a little easier.

And the remaining eleven ladies are worried about the topic of this fifth level, most of the stories they know are "The Legend of the Martyr" or "The Collection of Virtuous Girls" contained in the stories such as "Cao Ling's Nose Cut", "Broken Arm and Protecting the Festival" and the like, but how can these stories that everyone knows be novel and interesting?

As for Yifei, she is even more worried about this topic, she has never even read "The Legend of the Martyr", what she knows since she was a child is the stories in several dramas, such as "The Story of the Jade Hairpin", "Purple Jade Hairpin" and the like, and she can't find a novel story that Ming'er can tell.

She sat in the sedan chair and pondered all the way, then turned the idea to Zhou Caiwei. Although she is not close to this cousin, she has lived in a house for a few years, and she has also heard Zhou Caiwei tell several extremely interesting stories, which they have never heard before, which is very refreshing......

Yes, when she returned to Uncle Anyuan's mansion, she saw Zhou Caiwei walking in front of her, so she hurriedly chased after her, and shouted: "Sister Wei, you stop for a while, so wait for me!" ”

Cai Wei had never heard Yi Fei speak to her in such a semi-coquettish tone, so she knew that this cousin was targeting her again, so she had to stop, wait for her to come over, and asked, "Fifth sister, is there anything you can't say to me?" ”

"I just want to ask my sister, what novel story has Ming'er thought about?"

Cai Wei knew what her idea was, and she wanted to be angry with her, so she deliberately made a look of embarrassment and said, "Oh, I haven't thought about it yet, I really don't know what story Ming'er wants to tell?" ”

When Yi Fei heard this, she was first overjoyed, and then looked at Cai Wei with a suspicious expression, "Doesn't my sister know a lot of new and interesting stories?" Why don't you know which one to talk about? ”

Cai Wei spread her hands, "Isn't this because I know too much, but all those stories are extremely novel and moving, I want to tell this too, and I want to tell that one, so tangled and entangled, but I don't know which one is the best?" Alas, that's a real dilemma! ”

Yi Fei saw that Cai Wei was talking like this to show that she knew a lot of stories, and she was clearly mocking herself, so angry that her nose was crooked, and the smile she had forced to pretend to be close to Cai Wei couldn't hold it anymore at this time.

She gritted her teeth, and forced a smile to squeeze out: "Since my cousin can't use up the many stories, it's better to tell my sister one or two, my sister and I are like sisters, we are all in the same house, my sister will never watch me make a fool of myself tomorrow, I can't compare to others, right?" ”

Cai Wei said with a little amusement: "It's that I really tell my cousin a story, can my cousin dare to tell it tomorrow with confidence, aren't you afraid that I will deliberately set a trick for you?" ”

Yifei was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, Cai Wei had already disappeared. was so angry that she couldn't go up and scold Zhou Caiwei again. But in the past few months, she has been hit in a row, and in the end she can calm down a little more than before, and scolded Cai Wei a few words in her heart, so she turned her mind to how to get two stories from Cai Wei, so that she can not only complete what Mrs. Zuo Xiang told her to do, but also pass the level tomorrow.

As long as these two things can be done, what does it matter if she is temporarily angry, and there will be a chance for her to ask for it back with interest in the future. But how on earth do you get something out of that stinky girl's mouth?

She rolled her eyes, and suddenly thought of a person coming, that Zhou girl is now bold and fat, and dares to throw her face, but if this person comes to tell her, see if she dares to refuse again. So she didn't even have time to change her clothes, so she turned around and went straight to Mrs. Tai's Xuhui Hall.

When Cai Wei changed her clothes and came to her grandmother's side again, she saw Yifei sitting next to the old lady, looking at her with a smug face.

When Mrs. Tai saw her coming, she beckoned to her, "No need to salute, come and sit here, my grandmother has something to say to you." ”

Cai Wei glanced at Yi Fei, knowing that Yi Fei had moved the old lady's big Buddha to pressure herself, and sure enough, she listened to Mrs. Tai say: "Wei girl, Fei'er has already told me the topics you want to test tomorrow, since you know a lot of stories, you might as well tell Yi Fei about it." Her current family affairs are not very easy to handle, so Kong Yi has such an opportunity, if she can be selected, it will be a good thing for this house! ”

She saw Cai Wei bowing her head and not speaking, afraid that she was still a little unhappy in her heart, and said: "These two county kings choose concubines, and they don't just choose one, if both of your sisters are selected, it is not much better than marrying alone in that palace, and having a sister as a companion to support each other is better than you being alone in that palace." Good boy, for the sake of raising in this house for several years, help your cousin this time! ”

Cai Wei got up and said, "My grandmother said so, my grandson should obey his fate!" I'm going to tell a story to Sister Fei. ”

Yifei's purpose is not just to let Cai Wei tell her a story, she is busy saying: "This time we are going to have lunch soon, and when we have lunch, the old lady will have to take a nap, why don't I wait until the afternoon, I will go to my sister's house, and then ask my sister to tell me?" ”

Cai Wei didn't think about it and said: "Then according to my sister's wishes, wait until you come to Qiutang Courtyard to find me in the afternoon." ”

In the afternoon, Yifei really came as promised, and pestered Cai Wei for an afternoon, and after listening to Cai Wei tell a story, she felt that it was not good, and she must tell a better one.

Obviously, in Mrs. Tai's room, she said that Cai Wei only needed to tell her a story, but she excused the first story to be not novel enough, the second one was too ordinary, the third one was a little scary, and the fourth ......, picking left and right, so she tossed Cai Wei and told her six stories in a row.

Seeing that she was such a scoundrel, Cai Wei didn't bother to bother with her, but she was still very patient and began to tell her the seventh story.