125 Tranquility and Embroidery
"Could it be Miao Pu's maid?" Kou Xuebing asked in Shen Yan'er's ear.
Shen Yan'er shook her head, also with a stunned expression. She is the person who has spent the longest time with Miao Pu in the mass grave except for Xiao Hei, but even she has never heard Miao Pu mention this person. Looking back now, she really knew too little about Miao Pu, and she knew almost nothing except that she was of the same clan as Xiao Hei.
At this time, Miao Pu and the woman in black had already walked silently to the corner, with a cautious and low-key attitude, but this did not affect the eyes of the other show girls in the lobby to follow them.
Kou Xuebing couldn't help but whisper to herself: "How can you let such a person enter the palace......"
"Could it be that if you look good, you can enter the palace casually?" I don't know when Yi Xiangxi and Xiaoqing have already come behind Kou Xuebing and Shen Yan'er. Yi Xiangxi's sudden words frightened both Kou Xuebing and Shen Yan'er.
"Bad people never write bad words on their faces, and good people can also look fierce, so everyone in this hall, regardless of their appearance and dress, is the same danger to the members of the royal family. Since the royal family dares to open the palace gates, they are not afraid to accept the challenge. Whether it is a concubine or a royal forest army in this palace, which one is a vegetarian? ”
Yi Xiangxi's words made Shen Yan'er and Kou Xuebing both have convincing looks on their faces. Indeed, the concubines advertised by the armed draft are all martial arts masters, and dealing with one or two assassins is as simple as pinching an ant to death.
Although the woman in black who entered the palace with Miao Pu was dressed suspiciously, who could guarantee that the other maids were all good? Since the rule of "allowing show girls to bring their own maids into the palace" is obviously dangerous, then people like the woman in black, who can be seen at a glance as being unkind, are much safer than other people who seem to be gentle and pure.
Shen Yan'er was thinking about it, when she suddenly heard footsteps outside the house from far and near, and there seemed to be a lot of people. The other show girls also noticed the approaching footsteps, and invariably moved their eyes from Miao Pu and the woman in black to the door.
After a while, I saw Izumo leading more than a dozen young women dressed as palace maids to rush in. Without Izumo's orders, the well-trained palace maids became a line on their own. They turned their backs to the door and faced the show girl, all bowing their heads and showing humility and respect.
Because they all lowered their heads, and their clothes, makeup and hairstyles were all exactly the same, and even their bodies were about the same, so Shen Yan'er thought that she was dazzled for a while and saw more than a dozen twins.
Just when Shen Yan'er was surprised, Izumo had already led them to greet the show girls present. The graceful and elegant posture and neat and consistent movements all show that they are a group of well-trained palace maids who know the rules very well.
Izumo said, "These fifteen palace maids have been carefully selected by me for you, and they are not only cautious and thoughtful, but also trustworthy in their conduct. Show girls who don't bring their own maids into the palace can choose their favorite among them. ”
In fact, there are no more than five people who have not brought their own maids into the palace, except for Shen Yan'er and Kou Xuebing, and fifteen palace maids are enough for them to pick and choose. Kou Xuebing was quietly observing them carefully, but Shen Yan'er was not very interested, because there was no one to replace Ah Zhen. The step of choosing a palace maid only deepened Shen Yan'er's love for Ah Zhen.
Next, Izumo instructed the palace ladies to successively say their names, hometowns, ages and other basic information for the show ladies to choose for reference. Shen Yan'er, whose mind had already drifted away, didn't listen carefully at all, but she didn't know what was going on, and when one of the palace maids spoke, Shen Yan'er raised her head in a daze. At the same time, the palace maid also slowly raised her head. The moment she saw her appearance clearly, Shen Yan'er only felt like she had been struck by lightning!
"The slave's name is Jinghao, she lives in Qixing Town, Dongliang, and is sixteen years old this year. has been in the palace for four years, and before that, she was a second-class palace maid of the Shangyi Bureau. Jing Hao didn't notice Shen Yan'er, her eyes kept looking straight ahead, and she slowly introduced herself without being humble or arrogant.
After she finished speaking, she took a half step back and returned to the team, and another palace maid next to her took another half step forward to introduce herself. However, Shen Yan'er couldn't hear what others were saying at all, and her eyes couldn't be pulled out as if they were growing on Jing Hao's body.
Because Jing Hao looks too much like Ah Zhen! Not only the looks, but also the body shape and voice are exactly the same. The reason why Shen Yan'er subconsciously raised her head the moment she heard her voice was because she was attracted by her voice.
Shen Yan'er couldn't help but want to scream, "Ah Zhen" rushed over and hugged her, her eyes were moist unconsciously. After discovering her abnormality, Kou Xuebing asked, "What's wrong with you?" Shen Yan'er, who was immersed in emotion and couldn't speak, covered her mouth and shook her head desperately.
When all the palace maids finished introducing themselves and Izumo announced that they could make a choice, Shen Yan'er was the first to rush to Jing Hao. As if she was afraid that someone else would snatch Jing Hao away, she grabbed Jing Hao's hand tightly, and stared at her with wide eyes in shock.
"I've figured it out, I'm going to ask for her." Shen Yan'er said in a choked voice.
"Did you know each other before?" Izumo saw that Shen Yan'er's expression and demeanor were extremely excited, and he couldn't help but ask more. Because since the start of the armed draft, many show girls come from civilian families, so it is not uncommon for show girls and palace maids to be childhood friends.
Shen Yan'er nodded, then immediately shook her head, and then nodded desperately.
"Do you know or don't know?" Seeing Shen Yan'er nodding and shaking her head again, Izumo frowned tightly, and became even more puzzled.
"When I first saw it, I thought I knew ...... But after calming down, I knew that I didn't know him...... However, it seems that I have known each other for a long time......" Shen Yan'er stared at Jing Hao, saying an explanation that even she couldn't understand.
She knows better than anyone that Jing Hao is not Ah Zhen, and she cannot replace Ah Zhen, but at the same time, she firmly believes that Jing Hao's appearance must be a miracle under Ah Zhen's blessing.
So Jinghao became Shen Yan'er's show girl. Shen Yan'er repeatedly confirmed with her that she had no other brothers and sisters, and whether she had a wandering grandfather who was an entertainer, but she shook her head and denied it, which made Shen Yan'er a little disappointed. Originally, Shen Yan'er thought that Jinghao and Ah Zhen were sisters.
In total, only five show girls chose the palace maids. Kou Xuebing chose a second-class palace maid named Xiulan, the secretary of the Shanggong Bureau, Bo Si. As for the reason for choosing Xiulan, Kou Xuebing later told Shen Yan'er, purely because the two were fellow countrymen, and she felt that there was fate.
Next, Izumo began to train the show girl to enter the palace. She asked everyone to sit in the lobby, and then gave a general introduction to the etiquette rules in the palace, the palaces of the concubines, and other necessary material collections.