"Sister, if Wang Ji succeeds, what will happen to Xia Luan?" Wen Yue stood behind Qi Zheng and asked softly.

Qi Zheng shook his head lightly: "I don't know, I don't know what the medicine Concubine Yun gave to Wang Ji is, if it is light, it will not pass the election, and if it is heavy, it will ......." Qi Zheng stared at the Chaolu Hall not far away and paused.

"What's the matter?" Wen Yue hurriedly asked.

"Unrecognizable." Qi Zheng slowly spit out four words, let out a long sigh of relief, and turned around and walked into the hall.

Xi Ying sat in front of the bronze mirror, combing the green silk with a wooden comb, heard the footsteps, and looked at Wen Yue and Qizheng in a blink of an eye: "Dongmei has just come, I asked you to pack up your things, and tomorrow, whether you are selected or unsuccessful, you will move out from here." ”

Qi Zheng didn't speak, slowly walked to the table and sat down, glanced back at Xi Rui, turned his head again, frowned and thought, 'Last night Xi Rui offended the Queen Mother and was punished for stealing Wang Ji with Concubine Yun, is it a coincidence or ......'

Wen Yue saw that Qizheng was distracted, and glanced around again, afraid that everyone would notice Qizheng's abnormality, so she hurriedly walked to Qizheng and patted Qizheng on the shoulder. "Sister, it's not too early, let's pack up our things first and go to bed early."

Qi Zheng came back to her senses, nodded lightly, got up and walked to the cabinet, and cleaned up the contents of the cabinet.

"Xi Ying, it's a pity not to bring your own hairpin tomorrow, this hairpin rewarded by the concubine is enough to make the emperor's eyes shine, the beaded pavilion has only built two, the concubine Niangniang gave me this reward, I heard that the other one is in Yunfei Niangniang's place." Shujin sat on the edge of the bed, holding the hairpin rewarded by Concubine Hua in his hand, and said with a smile.

Xi Ying smiled: "If you make the emperor's eyes shine, then the others will not be overshadowed, but that hairpin is of the highest quality regardless of the style and workmanship, otherwise how can Concubine Yun and Concubine Niangniang look at it." ”

Shujin put the hairpin in the baggage and looked at Xi Ying in front of the mirror: "Xi Ying, this Yun Concubine Niangniang is easy to understand on weekdays, we haven't seen it a few times, but it doesn't look like a difficult master, unlike Yin Guifei, we just entered the palace, and she made a dismount." ”

Xi Ying turned around and whispered: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts, how do you know that Concubine Yun is not a person like Yin Guifei, you should be careful in the future, let's stop talking about these noble lords, so as not to cause trouble from your mouth." ”

Qi Zheng quietly listened to the discussion between the two, and sighed in her heart, "Xi Ying's guess is true, knowing people and faces, but not hearts, how can they think of Concubine Yun's fear." Qi Zheng was about to turn around, and suddenly saw Xi Rui lying on the bed clenching her hands tightly, Qi Zheng approached, and said softly: "Xi Rui, you are still complaining about the Queen Mother, this is the case in this palace, the weak eat the strong, don't think about anything else, rest early." ”

Xi Rui clenched her hands harder, and her mouth was full: "No...... Resentment....... The pain in his red and swollen cheeks was unbearable, and he paused when he spit out the word.

"Okay, okay, you can complain, don't complain, rest early, okay, let's rest too." Xi Ying stood up and said.

On the last night of the first palace, Qizheng lay on the bed, tossing and turning, until late at night, did not hear any sound outside, and fell asleep with a trace of luck, and Wen Yue was also sleepless, she was also nervous in her heart, although she was worried about whether Xia Luan regretted whether she was successful, and more, she was worried about whether she could be selected tomorrow.

In the early morning, there was still no movement in the Chaolu Palace, Qi Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Xia Luan regret might have escaped, and then met Luan Xi who was unharmed and laughed in the garden, and really let go of the heart that had been hanging all night.

Today, to determine the honor of the family, personal beauty, if selected, it is also gratifying, from then on with the king's side, but once defeated, will never be able to get out of the palace, if it is elected by the royal relatives, then it is okay, at least there are people waiting for food and clothing, and the rest of the family background will be named female officials, again, it is the palace maid.

After lunch and a freshening up, all the show girls gathered in the garden, the same clothes, the same hairstyle, and the same deep palace, all of them were show girls, and they would be sisters or master servants in the future.

The show girls stood with their breath in their voices, waiting for the aunt in front of them to speak.

Aunt Nian stood in front, raised her eyes and looked at everyone, and said in a calm voice: "Today, your fate is determined, who can become a phoenix, it depends on your own ability, when you arrive at the Qing'an Palace for a while, you must not go around and discuss privately, if something goes wrong, don't talk about you, the slave and maid are also difficult to protect themselves, okay, it's not too early, let's go." ”

Aunt Nian led the show girls to the Qing'an Palace, and Dongmei and several of their palace maids followed on both sides, out of the Chuhui Palace, and then walked into the Yong Road, it was still so long, so deep chill, high red walls, the show girls walking in the palace road had a spring on their faces, and looked forward to the future, Qi Zheng glanced back at Wang Ji slightly, her brows were deeply locked, presumably she was worried about the miss. After walking for a while, the faint fragrance entered the nose, Qi Zheng raised his eyes and looked, the five palace maids each held a pot of flowers in their hands and gradually approached, the leading palace maid Qi Zheng had already recognized, it was Concubine Yun's personal maid Rong'er, Rong'er saw the show girls coming, and ordered the palace maids behind to retreat to both sides to salute, to get closer, Qi Zheng looked at the flowers in their hands, they were very delicate, I didn't expect that in this summer, there were such fragrant flowers.

Aunt Nian led everyone to a palace gate, Aunt Nian stopped her steps, turned to look at everyone: "We're going to go in, are the little masters ready?" ”

Qi Zheng raised his eyes slightly, and three lacquered gold characters were embellished above the palace gate' Qing'an Gate. ’

The show girls recuperated their appearance, and then lowered their heads, Aunt Nian turned around, stepped into the palace gate, and led the show girls to the open space in front of the hall to stand.

There are several carved wooden chairs placed in front of the temple door on the steps, and the seat in the middle is particularly eye-catching, dazzling gold, this is the seat of the Son of Heaven.

The show girls stood in the middle of the courtyard and waited quietly, Qi Zheng lowered her eyebrows and meditated, and suddenly heard a voice behind her: "Luan Xi, what's wrong with you." ”

Qizheng's heart suddenly tightened, and she hurriedly looked back, Xia Luan Xi was scratching her whole body with both hands: "I don't know why, my whole body is itchy." ”

"Luan, you move quietly, don't be seen by your aunt." Qiu Ci, who was standing next to Xia Luanxi, lowered his head and said, looked up at Xia Luan Xi again, covered his mouth and exclaimed: "Luan Xi, your face." ”

Xia Luan regretted hearing this, covered her face with her hands, and was extremely itchy, scratching her cheeks. Qi Zheng fixed his eyes, a dense red rash appeared on Xia Luanxi's face, as well as the scratches on Luanxi's nails, and he suddenly felt anxious in his heart, "I can't imagine that Wang Xi still succeeded, but why is it only showing signs now." ’

"Who's whispering." Aunt Nian walked to the side, glanced at everyone, and suddenly her eyes fell on Xia Luanxi, and walked quickly in front of Luan Xi, Luan Xi hurriedly covered her face with her hand, and Aunt Nian broke Luan Xi's hand and saw an amazing scene: "How could it be like this." ”

Luan Xi panicked, tears rolling in her eyes: "Auntie, Luan Xi doesn't know how this happened, it was fine just now." ”

"Auntie, is this infectious, there are so many of us here, wouldn't it be ......" Wang Ji took a few steps back, looked at Aunt Nian and frowned.

Aunt Nian didn't care to look at it much, turned her head and shouted, "Come on, quickly take the little master out of Luanxi." ”

When the two eunuchs on the side heard this, they responded, "Yes." Moved forward to drag Luan Xi out, but the other show girls scattered a few steps away, for fear of being infected by Luan Xi. Luan Xi pulled Aunt Nian's clothes and begged: "Auntie doesn't want it." ”

Aunt Nian ignored Luan Xi and waved her hand, and the two eunuchs dragged Luan Xi out, and the show girls talked a lot, Wen Yue pulled the corner of Qizheng's clothes: "Sister." ”

Qi Zheng shook his head lightly: "Life should be like this, there is nothing to do, okay, stand still." He turned around and stood with his head down.

A voice shouted: "The Queen Mother is here, Hua Guifei is here, Yin Guifei is here, Concubine Hui is here, Concubine Yun is here." ”

The show girls stopped talking and stood up, Qi Fu went down, Qi Zheng looked at it slightly, and the group walked in from the palace gate behind them, the first one was a slightly older but majestic person, presumably it should be the Queen Mother, with the support of the palace people beside her, she slowly walked up the steps, followed by four beautiful women, one Qi Zheng has been acquainted, and two have also seen, and the remaining one should naturally be Concubine Hui. Hua Guifei glanced at Qi Zheng in a blink of an eye, a faint smile surfaced, nodded, and another gaze followed, making Qi Zheng feel a little cold, Yin Guifei looked at Hua Guifei, glanced back at Qi Zheng, and then moved her steps to follow the Queen Mother to the front of the palace, and when the group was seated, the Queen Mother said: "Get up." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie." The show girl got up and said in unison.

The Queen Mother turned her eyes to look at the eunuchs waiting on the side and asked, "Why hasn't the emperor arrived yet?" ”

The eunuch bowed down and replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor is busy with official business today, so he must have been delayed for some time. ”

The Queen Mother nodded slowly: "State affairs are important, and it doesn't matter if we wait." ”

"The Emperor-Up-Drive-Arrive." When the voice came, all the show girls tensed their heartstrings, and they bent down, and no one dared to look up, only the sound of footsteps was heard.

The four concubines in front of the palace gave a salute: "The concubines see the emperor." ”

"No courtesy." The sound is clear to the ear.

"Your Majesty." The fourth concubine just got up

"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye."

"The emperor should sit down." The Queen Mother said lightly.

Qi Che sat down on top of the dragon collapse and looked at the show girl of His Highness: "Get up." ”

After the show girls got up and stood up, the Queen Mother looked at Aunt Nian and said lightly: "Let's start." ”

Aunt Nian stepped forward and said, "Yes." He also motioned to the little eunuch on the side to present a plate with a wooden card, and said with low eyebrows: "Back to the emperor, the queen mother, ladies and gentlemen, there are a total of 30 selected show girls this year, three of whom cannot participate in the election for some reason, and 27 of those who participated in the general election today." After that, he stepped aside, took the roster in the hands of the palace maid, and waited for the eunuch to walk to the hall with a plate before he shouted: "The daughter of the prefect of Yunyang, Shen Lianyun." Lian Yun took a few steps forward and stood at the foot of the steps, in front of the hall

The chief eunuch Li Gonggong took out a brand on the plate and presented it to Emperor Yuan with both hands, the Queen Mother looked at Lianyun and shook her head, and Emperor Yuan handed the brand in his hand to the eunuch next to him and put it on an ordinary plate.

Qi Zheng raised his head, glanced at the dragon face in front of the hall, the dark jade-like deep eyes, the resolute light in the eyes made people not look directly, and he was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, not angry and self-assured.

"Next." Gonggong Li shouted.

"The daughter of the governor of Liangguang, Tong Shujin."

When Shujin heard this, Lianbu stepped forward and owed a debt.

"The daughter of the Tong family, yes, what kind of talent do you know." The Queen Mother spoke lightly.

Shujin bowed slightly, and replied respectfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, the courtiers are free to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the courtiers are dull and understand a little." ”

The Queen Mother turned her eyes to Emperor Yuan and asked, "What does the emperor think?" ”

Emperor Yuan nodded, handed the brand in his hand to another eunuch and put it on a plate with a beautiful pattern.

"Your Majesty." Shujin saluted, smiled and stepped aside to stand aside.

"The daughter of a cabinet scholar, Fu Qizheng."

Qizheng paused, moved his steps forward, and bowed slightly.

"The Fu family is also a famous family, I heard that the wife of the Fu scholar is the daughter of Prime Minister Qin, and seeing this woman today is also a special color, what do the emperor and the queen mother think?" Concubine Hua said with a smile.

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, and Emperor Yuan handed the brand in his hand to the eunuch and put it in the brocade plate.

"Your Majesty." Qi Zheng blessed his body and stepped aside.

"The daughter of the king of Zhennan, He Youzhu."

"The king of Zhennan has made great achievements, he is a hero of our dynasty, and he has such a daughter of a water spirit, the emperor must not treat him badly." The Queen Mother smiled.

Yin Guifei on the side looked at the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is sympathetic to the heroes, this is the blessing of the society." ”

"Yes, Sister Yin Guifei is very right." Concubine Yun also echoed.

When the sign falls into the brocade plate, Yuzhu retreats to the side.

"The daughter of the governor of Xizhou, Wenyue."

Wen Yue stepped forward and owed.

The Queen Mother glanced at Wen Yue, picked up the teacup on the table with heavy eyes, took a sip, and said slowly: "This governor ......." He paused again.

Concubine Yin glanced sideways at Concubine Hua, who was about to speak, and said lightly: "The family background of this little master of Wenyue is far worse than that of the previous little masters. ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, let's hurry up and see the next one." Yun Fei said.

Qizheng on the side was already nervous, Wen Yue calmed her head, and her eyes gradually turned red......