Qi Zheng carried the porridge through the cloister to a door and knocked on it a few times.

The person inside asked, "Who?" ”

"Aunt Yu, it's me." Qi Zheng replied.

The door opened, and Li looked at Qizheng and smiled: "It's Zheng'er, come in." ”

Qizheng put the porridge cup on the table, looked at the tears left in the corners of Li's eyes, and said: "Aunt Yu, today is Brother Yan's death day, auntie, don't be too sad, your body is important, this is bird's nest porridge, auntie must have eaten very little just now, Qizheng specially brought it to auntie." ”

"Do you still remember, you are well-behaved and obedient and knowledgeable, the old lady loves you so much, how good it would be if I had a daughter like you, but your sister Qin ...... her." Lee's sadness returned.

Qi Zheng sighed: "Auntie, don't you know Sister Qin's temperament, Auntie thinks about it." ”

"Hey, Zheng'er, you're going to enter the palace tomorrow." Lee's Road

Qi Zheng nodded in response.

Mingyu took Qizheng's hand and patted it: "You have to take care of yourself, the old lady regards you as the pearl of your palm, you have been so spoiled since you were a child, you have to learn to take care of yourself in the palace, don't recruit those who can't be recruited, Mingzhe protects yourself." After that, he got up and walked to the cabinet, opened the cabinet door, pulled out a small box, lifted the lid, took out something and walked to the table, sat down, and spread his hands: "This is the dowry that my father left me, although this pair of jade bracelets is not worth much, and it is not valuable in the Fu family, you will accept it, my aunt has rarely given you anything for so many years, and now that you are going to enter the palace, take this away, it can be regarded as my aunt's heart, I hope you can be safe in the palace." ”

Qizheng couldn't refuse, so she took it and said, "Auntie should take care of herself in the future, if Sister Qin is willing to admit her mistake to her father, persuade her father to let her sister come back." ”

Li shook his head and said helplessly, "Qin'er has a stubborn temper, she has to be with that man, I'm afraid that the master will never forgive her." ”

"Maybe Sister Qin doesn't want to go home, since she was determined to be with her beloved, although she is a commoner, my sister did not hesitate to cut off relations with the Fu family and marry her, it can be seen that my sister should be very happy now, at least, much happier than after tomorrow."

"It's not early, you're leaving home, rest early." Lee's Road.

Qi Zheng was blessed and walked out of the room.

Walking on the corridor, Qi Zheng took out the pair of jade bracelets in his hand and looked at them while walking: "This should have been given to my sister, three years ago, my sister went out of the house without permission, and the commoners fell in love with each other, slipped out of the house all day to meet him, and was finally discovered by my father, Sister Qin refused to admit her mistake, and refused to cut off the love thread, and resolutely left the house without returning, only to learn later that she and the person had been married, and my father was furious, and erased Sister Qin from the family tree, the turmoil has not subsided for a long time, until today, my sister stepped into the Fu Mansion for the first time, and left in a hurry. If my sister did not marry a commoner privately that day, today's pair of jade bracelets should have been brought by Aunt Yu to my sister on the day of her sister's marriage. Life in the world, too many involuntarily, if you fight, you may win, but the sad is the closest person, if you resign yourself to fate, maybe there is a trace of life......

The next day, ...... afternoon

"Miss, do you want to bring anything into the palace, the slave maid will prepare immediately." Yun'er packed up her outfit to enter the palace, turned her head and asked.

Qi Zheng dressed up, sat in front of the makeup mirror and looked at himself in the mirror, and when he heard Yun'er's words, he said lightly: "No need, there should be nothing missing in the palace." Qizheng turned around, looked at the table in the middle of the room, the table top had been cleaned up, and asked, "Yun'er, what about the pair of jade bracelets I put on the table last night?" ”

Yun'er cleaned up, stood up and replied, "The slave maid has been placed in the young lady's jewelry box." ”

Qizheng turned around, opened an ivory carved jewelry box on the table, took out the pair of jade bracelets on the surface, put his fingers on them, and caressed the jade face with his thumb: "Yun'er, you go find a box to put this up." ”

"Yes." Yun'er answered, turned around and went out.

Qi Zheng put one bracelet on the stage, took the other through the palm of his hand and wore it on his wrist, and smiled faintly.

"Miss, it's time for lunch." Yun'er led a few maidservants who served meals into the house, Yun'er held the brocade box she found, and instructed the maidservants to put the food on the round table, and walked to Qizheng's side: "Miss, do you look at this box?" ”

Qi Zheng nodded: "Put this on." He pointed to the jade bracelet on the table, got up and walked to the round table and sat down, and was about to pick up the chopsticks, when he suddenly turned sideways: "Yun'er, the sheet music on the desk, you fold it and put it in the box." ”

Seeing that Yun'er had everything in order, Qizheng ate lunch with peace of mind.

After eating, Qizheng put on a purple Luo skirt, put away the brocade box, and went out of the room surrounded by Yahuan, standing in front of the door and looking back like a house, refusing to move forward.

"Miss, the carriage sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrived, don't miss the hour."

Qi Zheng lowered his head, slowly turned around, and walked towards the front hall.

Walking into the hall, Fu Renxian and Qin sat on the front seat of the hall, with a cushion on the ground in front of them.

Qizheng walked behind the mat, Ying Ying knelt down, kowtowed: "The Fu family thanks to the emperor's grace to get today's Ronghua, today the fifth daughter of the Fu family Fu Qizheng was ordered to enter the palace, and came to bid farewell to her parents, the daughter can not be filial piety in front of the knee, I hope the parents take care, if they are fortunate enough to be selected, the daughter will be a good companion to the king, and will not do anything that violates the face of the Fu family." ”

Qin got up and lifted the Qi Zheng, with tears in his eyes, and said: "Zheng'er, you must pay attention everywhere when you enter the palace, the power position and honor are still secondary, and my mother only asks you for peace." ”

The Li family, who was standing on the side, walked up to Qin's side and persuaded: "Madam, don't be sad, let Zheng'er go, there are many rules in the palace, and there will probably be chaos in the next hour." ”

Qin slowly let go of his hand, returned to the hall and sat down, Qizheng blessed his body, tears gradually blinded his eyes, Qizheng no longer looked at his father and mother, turned to move forward, raised his eyes slightly to look at the sky, but still did not stop tears from crossing his cheeks.

Out of the gate, Qizheng stood in front of the door and looked up, a carriage stopped at the bottom of the steps, red lanterns hung at both ends of the roof eaves, with the word "Fu Fu" written on it, Qizheng slowly walked down the steps.

The little eunuch who was driving greeted him and said respectfully, "Little master, please get in the car." Qizheng nodded slightly, Yun'er helped Qizheng to board the carriage, Qizheng never looked back again, sat in the carriage, and when the little eunuch put down the curtain, tears couldn't stop pouring out, Qizheng wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, raised his hand to look at the bracelet on his wrist, and calmed down, "Wait a minute, I will see Wenyue and Yunqing, if they see me like this, they will be uncomfortable, the show girls who enter the palace are like me and say goodbye to their parents, if they are all like me, crying and rippling...... He took out a silk scarf to wipe away the tears on his cheeks, and sat back in the car, no longer thinking about what happened before today.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and Fu Renxian and Qin stood in front of the door and watched the carriage gradually move away until it disappeared before turning around and returning home.

The carriage headed for Dongmen Street in Pingjing City, and all the carriages sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick up the show girls would first converge at Dongmen Street, and then go around the city.

Qi Zheng sat quietly in the car, 'Although he left home, but with Wenyue and Yunqing by his side, he was not lonely, but I don't know, is it really a place to eat people in the imperial city? I thought to myself.

The carriage entered Qianmen Street, where many carriages were already parked.

The car stopped, and the eunuch lifted the curtain and said, "The little master should get out of the car and rest, and he will be on the road in about an hour." ”

Qi Zheng got out of the carriage and stood beside the carriage and looked around, the carriage was lined up in a long line, Qi Zheng was the last one, but there were still late carriages coming.

Some of the show girls got out of the car and waited, and some sat in the car.

"Sister Qizheng."

A voice came, Qi Zheng turned around, and it was Xia Luan.

Xia Luan was a little surprised to see Qizheng, and said with a smile: "The events of that day made my sister laugh, since the girl is fine, I am at ease, and I hope that my sister will not take it to heart and take care of it in the future." He owed slightly.

Qi Zheng smiled back, turned his face sideways and looked to the side: "Isn't the matter already in the past, I forgot about it a long time ago, I don't need to mention it, as for the ...... in the future." ”

"Sister." Wen Yue stood behind and shouted, interrupting Qi Zheng's words.

Qizheng looked at Wen Yue and nodded to Xia Luanxi: "Lost company, you can forget about this matter." After speaking, he walked towards Wen Yue.

"How is my sister these days? How could my sister talk to her? Wen Yue took Qizheng's hand and swept Xia Luan's regret with her afterglow.

"She told me not to take that thing to heart, which meant to show favor to me." Qi Zheng said.

Wen Yue frowned: "How can I not take it to heart, if it weren't for my sister to save me, I don't know if I am dead or alive now, and my sister will not really forgive her." ”

Qi Zheng shook his head lightly, and said helplessly: "It's not that I don't forgive, I have to forgive, her name is Xia Luan, the daughter of Xia Mingxu, a member of the military department, if it's because of this, I can't be afraid, it's just that my brother just entered the military department a few days ago and is working under Xia Mingxu, so I have to have some concerns, and it is better to have many irrelevant people than many enemies in the future." ”

Wen Yue smiled: "It's still my sister who thinks thoughtfully and knows how to protect herself, sister, Qing'er is here, I'm still worried about whether Qing'er was selected, now I'm relieved." "I just want to go ahead.

Qizheng looked back, Yun Qing also saw them, moved his steps to this side, and said with a smile before he got close: "The two sisters came really early, unlike me who has been grinding for a long time, so my father-in-law who picked me up has to wait." ”

When she walked to Qizheng's side, Qizheng turned to look at her: "How is it, did everything go smoothly during the primary, and did you have any difficulties?" ”

"yes, yes, is there any? But I don't think those adults look like powerful people. Wen Yue said busily.

Yun Qing lowered his head and smiled, and then said: "Don't worry, two sisters, everything is going well, and those adults didn't embarrass me, otherwise, can I still stand here?" ”

"Everyone, please get in the car, let's go." Several eunuchs passed the word back and forth.

"Okay, let's get in the carriage, we will be together every day when we arrive at the palace, are you afraid that you won't have to talk." Qi Zheng said.

Wen Yue and Yun Qing nodded in agreement and boarded the carriage again.

Thirty-two carriages are moving forward, pedestrians see and retreat, the lantern in front of the car is a symbol of family glory, and they in the car, it is the people who are desperate for this glory, some are happy, some sigh, some are afraid, some are sad, no matter what, the Ning Palace Dynasty at dusk will be their final home, even if they are defeated, they will become palace maids, it is difficult to have the opportunity to leave the palace, if they are fortunate to be selected, the front is even more confused.

Around the city for a week, it is almost night, the sky is getting dark, the huge Ning Dynasty Dynasty appears under the sunset, the fiery red sunset is reflected on the yellow glazed tiles, it is solemn, it is domineering.

As the carriage approached the palace, Qi Zheng lifted the curtains and poked out, and in front of him was the magnificent palace gate, and the words on the palace gate became more and more visible.

"Purple-flower-door." Qi Zheng thought softly.

The car drove into the palace gate, and there was a man in armor in addition to a few guards guarding the palace gate, with a high nose, cold eyes, and a cold face. A eunuch walked up to him and said, "The general has worked hard, this is the selected show girl this time, a total of thirty people, and the general should count them." ”

He then looked at the carriage moving forward, and when his eyes scanned the window of Qizheng, Qizheng immediately lowered the curtain, patted his chest, and let out a long sigh of relief.

After a while, the car stopped.

"Everyone, please get out of the car."

Qi Zheng got out of the car, followed the others to the front and stood up, this is a very spacious open space, behind is the palace gate that has just entered, and there is a door not far in front, inside is the real palace.

Qizheng, Wenyue, and Yunqing stood together. After everyone stood up, an older father-in-law stood in front and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, go to the room over there to change your clothes first, and then come back here and stand, let's go." He pointed to a palace on his right.

All the show girls moved to the hall to change their clothes.

…… The same Luo clothes, the same hairstyle, the show girls lined up in two rows and walked quietly on the long road, the left and right were red palace walls made of blood and tears, Qizheng looked up ahead, and in the distance, two palace lights appeared in front, leading a group of people to this side. As it approached, Qi Zheng suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know where it started......