Since that night, when she met Jinyun in the past few days, although she pretended that nothing had happened on the surface, she still taught the girls all kinds of etiquette and behavior as usual.

However, secretly, Yu Yuqing found that Jinyun looked uneasy, thinking that she was upset because she had lost her silk handkerchief.

"All the pickers, please come here."

At this time, Jinyun walked in and stood in the middle of the courtyard to greet the women.

When everyone came, Jin Yun said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow the queen is going to feast all the ladies in the imperial garden." When the time comes, the queen will first pick a favorite candidate and present her majesty. Therefore, tomorrow, please take it seriously, dress appropriately, and don't lose your honor in front of the queen. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, auntie."

Everyone agreed in a proper manner, and then ran back to their rooms, thinking seriously about how to dress up tomorrow, so that they could show themselves without overshadowing the queen.

In all dynasties, the most reluctant and difficult thing for harem women to face is the queen.

I heard that the current queen Chang Siyao is gentle and modest, dignified and demure, and has a very good relationship with the emperor, but unfortunately she has no children yet, and only gave birth to a little princess.

"Sister Yu, are you thinking about how to behave in front of the queen tomorrow?"

Yu Yuqing sat quietly in a corner of the courtyard, letting the flowers fall all over her head, but she heard a crisp voice ringing in her ears.

Looking back, it was indeed Xia Pianpian.

Yu Yuqing smiled slightly: "Just by listening to the voice, you know it's you, sit down!" ”

Xia Pianpian stuck out her tongue: "Sister Yu is really a thief. ”

"Sister Yu, you haven't answered me yet?"

Yu Yuqing was a little self-deprecating: "Table xiàn? Table xiàn what? I don't have any outstanding talent, and if I insist on showing it, isn't that obviously ugly? ”

In fact, I'm afraid that even Yu Shunning doesn't know that Yu Yuqing works very hard in private when she is at home, and her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are exquisite.

"Huh?"

Xia Pianpian shook her head, "Sister Yu, don't be depressed, I don't have any outstanding talent!" Although my father has also hired a master for me since I was a child, I have only learned the fur of everything, and compared with Liu Qingyan and them, where can I get it? ”

Yu Yuqing "Hehe"

smiled: "Then we'll watch it tomorrow." Anyway, it doesn't matter to me whether the queen mother recommends it or not, and whether Her Majesty declares it or not. "Sister Yu, don't you want to be favored by Your Majesty?" Xia Pianpian frowned, very puzzled. Yu Yuqing looked at her and said lightly: "Favor? Favor is the most dispensable thing for the emperor, so why should I ask for this? "But since we have entered the palace, we have to serve His Majesty for the rest of our lives, no matter what His Majesty thinks, I still hope that he will look at me differently." Xia Pianpian's eyes couldn't help but reveal a glint of expectation. Yu Yuqing sighed secretly: In the inner courtyard of this deep palace, I don't know how many beautiful girls like Xia Pianpian have been buried? "Silly girl," Yu Yuqing suppressed her sadness and said with a faint smile, "If you have a relationship with Your Majesty, you will naturally be able to get Your Majesty's favor." It's yours, you can't run away. "Really?" Xia Pianpian's eyes flashed with a sparkling light, getting brighter and brighter. —The next day. Imperial Garden, East Garden. The spring breeze was light, but it made my face a little painful. In the spring of the north, it is still not as good as the purple and red in the south of the Yangtze River. If you weren't in the palace, you would probably be admiring the peach and willow green of your hometown at this time, and the warbler and swallow would be murmuring, right? "Please sit down, don't make a loud noise!" Grandpa Cen cleared his throat and said loudly. Yu Yuqing settled down and sat down according to Grandpa Cen's arrangement. She looked around and said secretly, "As expected": it turns out that the seats on both sides under the queen's main seat, the closer to the queen's seat, are basically the richest or most prominent candidates among the women of this year's collection. For example, Liu Qingyan, the daughter of Suzhou Thorn Shi and Salt Prison, and Xing Ruolan, the daughter of Xing Guang, the general of Fuyuan. Sure enough, they are generous people, presumably Grandpa Cen must have received a lot of benefits from them, right? And of course, he almost sat at the back, and he happened to be Xia Pianpian who was "sympathetic" next to him. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise with a wry smile. But inadvertently, he found Yu Shunning coming over. The eyes of the two met, and Yu Yuqing hurriedly got up and smiled: "Eldest sister." Yu Shunning seemed to be in a good mood today, and asked Yu Yuqing, "Do you think I'm still in this body today?" As he spoke, he turned around, his eyebrows fluttering. Yu Yuqing looked at her carefully cut clothes and smiled: "The eldest sister is really good-looking." Yu Shunning pursed her lips with satisfaction: "I'm carefully dressed, I must make the queen's eyes shine." Okay, without further ado, I'll go. He turned and walked away. Her seat was impartial, just in the middle of the right row of seats, diagonally facing Yu Yuqing. "Sister Yu, let me ask you, after meeting the queen, when will we be able to meet His Majesty?" Yu Yuqing woke up from her contemplation and looked sideways at Xia Pianpian: "I heard Aunt Jinyun and Father-in-law Cen say that if you are lucky, probably after the queen mother has seen us, Your Majesty should have another banquet for this year's Cainu!" But this is not necessarily, it depends on His Majesty's intentions. "Really?" Xia Pianpian was a little lost. "Don't keep thinking about your majesty, you still have to think about how to deal with it when you see the queen mother later." Yu Yuqing felt funny and comforted Xia Pianpian and said. Xia Pianpian nodded, and began to get nervous again, causing Yu Yuqing to sigh slightly. "The Queen Mother has arrived!" The girls waited for a while, and when they were talking in a whisper, they suddenly heard a shrill voice coming from far and near, and everyone hurriedly got up and followed the voice. Sure enough, I saw a dignified and tall figure not far away, surrounded by many inner eunuchs and palace laves. "The queen has arrived, and the girls are hurrying to see the ceremony!" Seeing that everyone was stunned, Father-in-law Cen hurriedly ordered. So everyone fell to their knees and saluted in unison, and the cry shook the sky. A light footstep stopped abruptly, and only the queen said softly: "The girls are too polite, let's get even!" "Thank you, Queen Mother." Everyone got up and sat down, so that they could take a good look at the appearance of Queen Chang. I saw the queen wearing a bright red inlaid gold silk long skirt like the morning sun, a white undershirt with a cloud pattern, a light gauze shawl of the same color, and a flower crown on her head. Then take a closer look at the queen, sure enough, she is beautiful and clear-eyed, beautiful but not glamorous, no matter from which angle, the extraordinary charm has never been reduced by half a point. "All the ladies are really full of manners, and the palace is very pleased that you can enter the palace to serve His Majesty. If you are lucky enough to be awarded the title in the future, you must do your best to make your majesty have no worries. After a pause, she continued, "There are only two princes in the Tongyu Dynasty now, so the palace very much hopes that the women can give birth to a prince as soon as possible for His Majesty, and benefit the country, and then the palace will have its own reward." After saying a few words politely and politely, worthy of being a country, Yu Yuqing admired it, and couldn't help but look at the queen again: There have always been many storms in the harem, and this gentle and graceful woman in front of her is afraid that there will be a lot of helplessness in her heart in the endless battle in the harem. And her biggest hidden wound may be because she didn't give birth to a prince! The girls below couldn't help but perk up when they heard this: because the emperor Sikong Yinxuan ascended the throne at the age of twenty, and now six years have passed, and there are already two princes. However, for the royal family, the number of people is still thin, so the court is full of expectations for this year's women. In fact, not only the imperial court, but also the queen mother, down to the common people of Limin, all hope that this session of the female can extend the descendants of the emperor. And the girls also understand that as long as they can give birth to a prince, their status will definitely be more expensive than their mothers and sons. In the current harem, in addition to the queen, there is only one of the four concubines of Zhengyipin, Concubine Yuan Shu, and everyone in the rest of the harem is under her. Therefore, the girls secretly swore that they must try their best to be among the four concubines. "Follow the teachings of the Queen!" Everyone brushed and brushed in response. "Okay, you don't have to be formal, please take a seat!" The queen's gentle voice sounded: "I heard Gonggong Cen say that all the girls are talented, I wonder if the palace will be able to appreciate your demeanor today?" The queen looked around at the crowd. As soon as these words came out, Xing Ruolan was the first to stand up: "Queen Qiyu, Ruolan is not talented, I am willing to give it a try." ”