Chapter 1: Angel
"Miss, close the window quickly, it's the end of winter, if the cold gets into your body, then what's good! Even if the young lady wants to use the scene to express lyricism, she must be careful of her own body. β
Bing'er walked to the wardrobe and took out a light blue cloak of silver moon peony, carefully covered the young lady's body, and carefully filled a stove.
Angel looked at the world outside and smiled unconsciously, "It's the day of the election again, I'm really curious, what kind of characters will enter the red wall and white tiles this year." β
The girl comfortably stroked the fluff on the cloak, the soft black hair fell to one side at will, the delicate and small face, the dark pupils like pearls, the lips as elegant as cherry blossoms, and an elegant temperament from the girl's body.
Bing'er shook her head helplessly, I really don't know what this young lady is thinking, Yuguo has to choose a show every three years, most of the women selected each time are the daughters of the official eunuchs of the seventh grade, the royal family generally has a strict system, those who can enter the palace as concubines are the daughters of the seventh rank officials, or the daughters born in the side room, and the children of ordinary aunts are not on the stage at all, and naturally they will not be among the candidates.
Emperor Yuguo ascended the throne as emperor at the age of ten, married the empress and concubine in the same year, and in the next six years, he was already young and ignorant of things, postponed two general elections, and when the emperor was sixteen years old, it coincided with the invasion of foreign enemies, and the whole country was busy, and the emperor was worried about the people and the government to postpone the general election again.
The day of the fourth general election coincided with the death of the emperor's biological mother, the Queen Mother, and the emperor's concubine Yifei died, and the emperor postponed the election again for the sake of his mother's filial piety.
The queen mother did not agree, the emperor has reached the age of twenty-two, but he still has no children under his knees, ** many emptiness, most of them are beauties, Baolin and the like, so he ordered a small election, and the concubines of the fourth official position, all those who meet the requirements will be sent to the palace to run for election.
The spring of the coming year, is the fifth draft of the Emperor of Yuguo, the emperor generally chooses a girl between the ages of eighteen and fourteen, Miss is already fifteen years old this year, as the daughter of the Sanpin Dali Temple, and has never been married to anyone, naturally in the list of candidates.
Bing'er smiled gently, and helped Angel into the room without a trace, "Miss thinks too much, the things in the palace have already been taken care of, and Miss can wait for the selection with peace of mind." β
Angel didn't feel a frown after hearing this, and looked up at Bing'er differently, "Father has already arranged it?" β
The look was particularly unhappy, and even with a faint uneasiness, she didn't care whether she entered the palace or not, the most important thing was how to live after entering the palace, if you were not favored, even if your family background was high, it was just a character who was cannon fodder, and since ancient times, the emperor had one more wisp, and his father did this to make it clear that he was telling Emperor SΓΉ his thoughts.
When Bing'er heard this, her big eyes purred, and she smiled apologetically, "The master's arrangement is nothing, and the slave maid heard that the girls in the big family are arranged in this way when they enter the palace." There are all kinds of means in the palace like that, and during the primary election, you have to face all kinds of difficulties for the grandmothers in the palace, starting from the physical examination is the work of suffering and suffering, and some even have to check the body. β
Speaking of this, Bing'er blushed unconsciously, in the end, she is an untrained girl, for the face of the royal family, it is not enough for a woman from a good family, she also has to check her body one by one, and some even have to have a physical examination, which can be said to be a great insult to a woman.
"Dad has already asked people to take care of the primary selection of grandma!? What will I do when I come to the primary election that day? Angel had no objection to this, she was not a masochist, and of course she would have been willing to suffer a little less.
Bing'er smiled bitterly, "Miss, the slave maid is just a maid, but I heard the master and the lady say this, if you want to take care of the grandmother in the palace, if necessary, you should go to the palace to see Tai Wanyi, and let her come forward to talk about it, so that everyone has a bottom in their hearts." β
Angel played with the peach blossom hosta in her hand, and muttered to herself, "It's as deep as the palace gate, but I don't know how many red faces and white bones will be buried in that glazed city this time." β
"Miss!" Bing'er was a little embarrassed, Angel revealed between the lines the fact that she was unwilling to enter the palace, but this qiΔ was not something she could master, "Miss, you don't have to worry, there is Tai Wanyi in the palace, as long as you are in awe of the queen, the emperor will still remember you, after all, King Han is Tai Wanyi's adopted son." β
Respect for the Queen? Angel was a little helpless, the queen is the middle palace, but the most noble woman in the world may not have the best end, and the emperor may have been resentful of that woman.
Angel gathered her cloak, put a plum petal into the incense burner, raised her hand and gently played the zither on the shelf, a song of mountain water slowly poured out on her fingertips, and the air was filled with the fragrance of plum blossoms after a while.
"Into the palace? Respect for the Queen? The former is casual and peaceful, the latter is still exempt, and it is best for us not to see each other. β
"Miss!" Bing'er always thinks that Miss is weird, she even dares to say such a rebellious thing, if it is known, I don't know how many waves it will cause, the queen is the daughter of Jiang Guogong, the mother of Yuguo, and the niece of the queen mother, "Miss, you can just say this at home, you can't say that outside, I don't know how many little hooves in this backyard are waiting to grab the handle of the young lady and sue the master." β
Angel dragged her chin in boredom, "I'm not wrong, there will always be a daughter in our family who will be selected, even if she doesn't give face to her father, she always has to give face to other people." But this does not mean that I should respect the queen after entering the palace, on the contrary, I should stay as far away from that woman as possible. The emperor has been on the throne for fifteen years, and these fifteen years are long enough for a young child to grow into a mysterious emperor, and the gap between him and his relatives will become wider and wider. β
"Miss, let's play the piano! With your appearance, you will definitely become the emperor's concubine, but you don't have to press your body, you have more talent and more capital, and Madame's will is to hope that you will live every day of your life well. β
Angel glanced at Bing'er a little helplessly, "Actually, the best choice is not to enter the palace, live happily every day of your life, and don't have to think about what kind of person you want to marry, as long as you are happy, it's just ...... "It's hard to explain such an unrealistic theory to you."
Before she knew it, she had been living here for fifteen years, and the confusion when she woke up at first sight was long gone, and she was only determined for a better future.
In this life, her name is still Angel, and the joyful atmosphere in which her father holds her makes her a little desperate at first, as if nothing has changed, and in any case repeats the sorrow of her previous life.
Fortunately, there are still so many people in the world who love her, and her mother in this life is a talented, gentle woman, although she died ten years ago, but still Angel seems to be able to see her smile and hear that wonderful singing.
In the years when he was born here, he lived a very hard life, there were all kinds of people in the family, but his father's talent brought him a lot of disasters, just because he was a concubine, and his ability was far beyond a son-in-law, and the suppression of his biological mother became more and more terrible.
After a few years, his mother's health deteriorated and he finally died, leaving only two brothers and a five-year-old daughter, and his father was even more resentful towards his mother-in-law, but thankfully, he never showed it on his face.
Angel knew that it was a terrible force that would grow over time until one day it would completely uproot all the enemies at once.
"Miss!" Bing'er saw her master in a daze, thinking that she was thinking about something deviant again, and couldn't help but say worriedly, "In this election, the name is for the daughter of the British princess, but the grandfather of the country has no suitable children, and the most suitable daughter of this family is only ten years old this year. β
Angel raised a disdainful smile at the corner of her mouth after hearing this, "This is not necessarily, there is absolutely no fear that there will be no unqualified daughters in the British government, and there will be no shortage of daughters of appropriate age." β
Bing'er shook her head blankly, she didn't understand, this time it was the British Duke himself who ordered to select a few school-age women in the family clan to enter the palace, how could there be school-age daughters in her mansion to be sent to the palace?
Angel raised her eyebrows and smiled, "I don't understand, it's okay, you'll understand when the election comes!" β
"Miss, don't sue me, the Duchess of England, to send your aunt's daughter to the palace, that is the crime of deceitful to kill the head." Bing'er looked at Angel unconsciously, and kept telling herself in her heart that the British duke's courage should not be so big, and that was still a big crime for the Nine Clans.
Angel shook her head, "It's not so strict, at most, it's the same as my aunt, it's under someone else's name." This time it's probably about the same, select the right daughters, pass them to the name of the side room, and then send them to the palace for the draft. Okay, let's not talk about that, it's almost time, come with me and my mother! β
Bing'er picked up a box on the corner of the table, "It's best to bring the incense pieces made by the young lady, this is a good medicine to calm the nerves, and my wife hasn't been sleeping very well recently." β
Angel frowned, "Haven't you said that it has been a lot better in recent years?" Why didn't you start getting sick again when it wasn't in season, how could this be good? β