Boarding the carriage to the House of Internal Affairs, Qi Zheng lifted the curtain, glanced at the door of the house and lowered the curtain, today is only a primary election, after which I have to go back to the house to wait for news, although I am not leaving home, but I still have a reluctant intention in my heart, sighed lightly, sat in the car, and did not say a word. The Qin family arranged for Yun'er and Ping'er, the personal girl, to send her to the Internal Affairs Office, and the two girls looked happy. Qi Zheng heard some noise outside the car, opened the curtain and poked out, it was to the market, the shops on both sides were greeting the guests, the street was crowded, the vendors' stalls were placed with all kinds of gadgets, a stall selling jewelry was full of girls of the same age as Qi Zheng were choosing, 'How free they should be, I have only stepped out of the house for more than ten years, although it is brocade clothes and jade food, but it is like being locked in a golden wire birdcage, to this day, it will walk on the eternal road of the official girl, And when they reach the age of marriage, they can marry an ordinary family, husband and children, although they are poor, they are happy, and I, I don't know where I am locked up in a deserted palace, tears and sighs' She shook her head, and there was a lively scene outside the window, which seemed out of place with her sitting in the car.

"Yun'er, Ping'er, are those people much happier than me?" Qi Zheng stared out the window and said indifferently.

Yun'er and Ping'er glanced at each other, probably not knowing why Qizheng would ask such a question, in their eyes, Qizheng was of course happy.

Yun'er looked out the window and said with a smile: "Naturally, Miss is much happier than them, Miss is the pearl of the old lady's palm, never worry about snacks and clothing, unlike them who are running around for a living, if it is a daughter like a slave, the father and mother can't afford to raise it, so they sell it to a big family in exchange for a full meal, the slave and maid have a good life, and they enter the Fu family as a slave, if the father and mother are ruthless, I am afraid that the innocent body will be gone." ”

"yes, yes." Ping'er nodded repeatedly.

Qizheng lowered the curtain, smiled, and did not speak, their answer Qizheng had already guessed.

The frame suddenly had to fly fast, probably because I was afraid of missing the hour, the sound outside became quieter, the road was not so flat, there were some bumps, and after a while, the car stopped.

"Sifu, what's wrong?" Yun'er lifted the curtain and asked

Sifu poked his head in: "Miss, there are too many cars in front of you, and you can't get through." ”

Ping'er looked out, Miss, it seems that she really can't get by, or let's go over. ”

Qizheng nodded, helped Yun'er's men get out of the carriage, looked around, the road was a little narrow, the front was full of carriages waiting, there was still a steady stream of cars coming behind, seeing that the road was not passable, most of them got off the car, and the girls who got off the car were all dressed in gold and silver, full of pearls and emeralds, and even the clothes were embroidered with gold and silver threads, gorgeous and extraordinary, and it was difficult to see the uneven family background. Even if it is the daughter of a magistrate, when it comes to the draft, the family will take out their life savings to put themselves in the line, which is a matter related to the honor of the family.

Qizheng came back to his senses and ordered Ping'er and Sifu to wait here, and only took Yun'er to the Internal Affairs Office.

Yun'er leaned into Qizheng's ear and whispered: "Miss, look at them, which one is not dressed up with all your strength, Miss, you are dressed the same as usual, aren't you compared to them, lowering our status." Yun'er looked unhappy and pouted

"Yun'er." Qizheng said in a scolding tone, and Yun'er lowered her head.

It's no wonder she said that, Qi Zheng looked down at her clothes, a pink butterfly pattern dress, covered with tulle, lilac ribbon to tie the waist, embroidered with hibiscus silk shoes, as for the head, only a simple bun, inserted a hollow butterfly silver hairpin, hanging tassels, the hairpin is ordinary, expensive only in the hairpin center of the night pearl, if it is at night is the focus of attention, but now it is daytime, it is no different from ordinary pearls. This dress is already good on weekdays, but now the dress of the show girls around her is really compared to her, for the draft, she doesn't care about it, how can she care about being robbed of glory by others. Besides, what the Internal Affairs Office looks at is not necessarily the clothes, but how hard the background is, even if a beautiful woman is wearing a phoenix robe, if she has no background, not only will she not be selected, but she will be punished for the crime of disrespect. And even if everyone's beauty is mediocre, it is far easier to choose than the small jasper with special colors.

"Fifth sister." A familiar voice came from behind him.

Qi Zheng turned her head in surprise, the familiar figure in the crowd that came slowly, she couldn't help but say with joy: "Second sister, why are you here." ”

Yun'er also seemed to be pleasantly surprised: "I've seen Prince Yu." ”

Qishu walked over: "Get up." He came over and pulled Qizheng and looked fixedly: "I was going to go back to the house to see you off today, but I got up late, and when I got home, you had already left, so I had no choice but to walk to the internal affairs office to wait for you, and when I arrived, I saw Ping'er waiting over there, so I chased after you quickly, and it happened that you didn't go far." ”

Since Qishu married Prince Yu, she only returns home on holidays, and sometimes enters the palace with Prince Yu to spend the festival, it is rare to see her on weekdays, and the second sister can come to see her today, Qizheng is so happy that she shouldn't say anything, just a strong smile.

"Today is just a primary election, and I bothered my sister to come and see me off, so I don't know what to say." She laughed

Qishu also smiled, stretched out her hand to straighten the hairpin on Zhengqizheng's bun, and looked at her: "Then don't say anything, I've been married for so many years, and we haven't had a good gettogether, you are about to enter the palace again, it will be even more difficult to see you in the future, you should come today and say anything, let's go." With that, he took Qizheng's hand and walked forward.

"You, my sister knows that you don't want to enter the palace, but who can escape the daughter of someone like us, my sister was lucky back then, and she didn't enter the palace until she was married by the emperor, but the princess has always been inferior to the princess, our Fu family has no one in addition to the grandfather's reliance in the court, this ** is no one, you have entered the palace, it is very beneficial to our Fu family, the rise and fall of the Fu family, all of them are tied to you alone, if you enter it, you will be safe, whether you like it or not, you have to live there, and you have to live well, understand."

Qizheng nodded: "Got it." She knew that her sister would persuade her like this, but in the past few days, she has been tired of such words, and she is tired of it, so she hurriedly said: "Can my sister return home today?" ”

"Well, wait for you to go in, my sister will go back first, accompany my mother to talk about family life, and wait for you to come back. After a while, Qi Xun was ordered by the emperor to inspect the Jiangnan area, and I also had to go with him, this farewell, I don't know when I will wait until I see you again. Qishu said with a smile.

Qi Zheng bowed slightly, did not speak again, lowered his head and moved his steps, only to feel that the front suddenly opened up a lot, looked up, and arrived at the dam in front of the Internal Affairs Office. There are already a few show girls waiting here, they are either talking and laughing, or holding a rouge box or other touch-ups, and some are standing in place and twisting the handkerchief, at a loss, Qizheng can't help but want to laugh, and don't be nervous like this, although she is also up and down in her heart, in front of outsiders, she is still indifferent.

Walking to the center of the square, looking around, there was a woman standing not far in front of him who was rubbing rouge, born beautiful, and the girl next to her stood aside with a burden, presumably from other places to Beijing for the draft. Qi Zheng stood in place, not knowing what to do, she looked at her sister, who seemed to be waiting for something, did not speak, and did not mean to move forward. Helpless, she could only look around.

Suddenly, the people standing in front of her looked at her in unison, 'Am I going to be the target of the public so soon?' Her heart tightened, turned her head to look at Qishu, but Qishu looked behind, she hurriedly looked back, a woman of special color came, her appearance made everyone dark for a while, but she was wearing a little less plain, a light green dress, no patterns, a hosta on the flowing cloud bun, two small velvet flowers, her face was a little shy and stunned, I was afraid that she didn't think that she would be so eye-catching, the reason may not be known, but Qizheng knew it in her heart. Her appearance is both envious and jealous, but it can be seen that she has no family background, and she has an empty appearance, so naturally this envy becomes jealousy, if she has some background, then everyone will not look at her so disdainfully.

She moved forward, and when she walked in front of Qizheng, she smiled at her slightly, without stopping, Qizheng smiled back, and then looked back at the show girl behind her.

"Oops." I don't know who exclaimed.

Qi Zheng hurriedly looked back and saw that it was the woman just now, but her clothes had a touch of bright red, which was incompatible with a green dress, and she was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.

"This sister, I'm really sorry, I blame this girl for being clumsy, bumping into my sister, smearing the rouge on my sister's clothes, staining my sister's clothes, I will teach her a good lesson when I go back." It was a woman beside her, who lowered her eyes and stared at the maid ring standing beside her.

The maid said with a hint of horror: "Miss, the slave is wrong, Miss spare the slave." He wiped his tears as he spoke.

"Okay, sister, don't blame her, she was also unintentional." The woman said helplessly. "Since my sister is willing to forgive her, my sister can't say anything, it's just that my sister is not good for my sister in such a draft, and the disaster is my sister's fault, if my sister doesn't dislike it, my sister has a spare dress here, and my sister will wear it." She ordered the girl to take out the clothes from the bag and hand them to the woman.

"Okay, thank you sister." The woman happily took the clothes and praised again and again: "It's so beautiful, thank you sister." Her figure blocked the clothes she was holding, and Qizheng was curious, if the clothes were so beautiful, why didn't she wear them herself? The scene in front of her was as confusing as a play.

After the woman thanked her, she slowly turned around, and Qizheng saw the clothes on her hand clearly, and her heart was suddenly shocked, sure enough......