The final selection of the show girl was placed in the Jiaotai Hall in front of Fengyi Palace. It is also the place where the queen receives the worship of foreign women. Many show girls led by Jia Jiu knelt down and waited in front of the Jiaotai Hall early.

The show girls all knelt in front of the Jiaotai Hall for a while, and the emperor's concubines arrived slowly and leisurely. First of all, there were many concubines. They came to the outside of the Jiaotai Hall one after another, and stood according to their respective grades. Standing closest to the gate of the Jiaotai Palace, there are Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De, who are the highest in the Rujing Palace.

These concubines stood for less than a quarter of an hour, and the queen mother with countless female officials in Yanju crown clothes also appeared in everyone's field of vision. From a distance, the queen saw Jia Jiu kneeling in front of the Jiaotai Palace, the front of the show girls.

He squinted his eyes and glanced at Jia Jiu deeply, feeling bad.

As a mother, it's always a bad mood to see someone who has ruined her daughter's reputation. Even if Princess Changle is just the cheap daughter of the queen mother, even the queen mother knows that things are not all Jia Jiu's fault. In the eyes of the queen mother, things have not been done carefully enough to arouse people's suspicions, and the wrong person will definitely not be Princess Changle, but the people around Princess Changle, those female officials, including Jia Jiu.

It is the right of the royal family to vent anger, and it is also the right of the royal family to be willful. The queen mother is rarely willful.

He originally thought that Jia Jiu, whose reputation was flawed, should leave the court, but he didn't expect that the other party would participate in the final selection of show girls. For a moment, his mood was very bad.

The queen forgot about it, like Jia Jiu, a show girl with a knighthood. Without the emperor to speak to him, others would not dare to expel him from the ranks of the show girls.

The queen was at the gate of the Jiaotai Hall and looked at Jia Jiu for a while. Only then did he snort, turned around and entered the Jiaotai Palace.

Many concubines followed closely and entered the Jiaotai Palace to meet the queen in order of status. The queen and many concubines talked for a while in the Jiaotai Palace, allowing those delicate show girls to stare at the increasingly fierce sun and kneel in front of the Jiaotai Palace. Without the queen to speak, no one dared to let these show girls get up.

That's the difference in identity.

The queen is the mother of the nation, as long as he is in one day. These show girls are also concubines who have entered the palace. The queen wants to make these show girls kneel. These show girls can only kneel. If the queen doesn't let these show girls get up, these show girls can't get up.

This is the power of the queen.

This is also the final selection of the previous show girls, and they will face the disadvantage every time. Whether it is the current queen or the former queen Yuan. It's all true.

Rao has long been mentally prepared. These show girls also felt unbearable. They are all pampered by the family, where have they ever suffered like this? Most of them are shaky, and even though many of them are well prepared, they still find that they see the draft too easily.

It's mid-June, and while it's not the hottest time of the year, it's pretty much there. In front of the Jiaotai Palace. As far as the eye can see, it is all paved with blue bricks. When the sun did not rise. This temperature is enough to choke, when I get up in the morning, there is still a little bit of wind, bringing a touch of coolness, but at this time, I can already feel the temperature coming up little by little, and the temperature is also coming from below my knees. It's still morning, and it's better, but if it's noon, I'm afraid that the front of this Jiaotai Hall will be like a steamer, and even the stone slab under the knee will be so hot that the skin and flesh will be scalded.

With Jia Jiu, the people who are plain and have been guided by the palace people are still okay, and like Sheng Yuesheng, the show girls who are carefully dressed up and are ready to make a splash in the final selection are unlucky. Because of the hot weather, because of the exposure to the sun, their faces were covered with beads of sweat, and the beads of sweat collected on their faces, although they did not flow down into a stream, but the delicate makeup was ruined.

The few show girls who sweat less, have more advanced fat powder, and can bear it are okay, their fat powder is only blurry at most, which makes their makeup look less exquisite. Those show girls who sweat a lot, or can't help wiping their sweat, their makeup is ruined.

Such show girls, their ending, naturally only the fate of being eliminated.

Therefore, Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing, who were kneeling in front of them, facing the sky with their faces facing the sky, and straightening their backs, became more and more conspicuous.

Even if she is sitting in the Jiaotai Palace, the queen is not ignorant of things outside. Those show girls who were in a mess because of sweating and sweating and makeup were naturally the rhythm of being teased, but the queen didn't expect that Jia Jiu didn't have grease powder at all.

God knows, the queen mother originally wanted to take the opportunity to make Jia Jiu lose the election, but now she has no excuse, and she is more and more unhappy.

The queen is very disciplined. In his opinion, Jia Jiu, who had an affair with Princess Changle, did not have the qualifications to enter the palace at all. However, Princess Changle is the emperor's biological daughter, and she is his cheap daughter, and it is impossible for the queen to announce in public that Princess Changle and Jia Jiu have a personal affair, which will only damage Princess Changle's reputation and make him lose his sacred heart.

It's not easy to be a cheap girl.

Queen Rao slowed down, but the procedure still went through step by step. After the low-ranking concubines greeted the queen, they left. In the Jiaotai Palace, only the queen mother and Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De were left. They sat down as the queen's deputy.

The queen was eager to delay a little longer, but he also knew that it would be detrimental to his reputation if he continued to delay. Moreover, among these show girls, if someone really suffers from heat stroke in front of this Jiaotai Palace, it will have a negative impact on his reputation, which is still a trivial matter. If it caused the emperor's dissatisfaction, it would be a big deal.

She followed the emperor from the palace, and this queen lady was very aware of her husband's methods. There is a strong emperor above, and there are courtiers below who don't take him seriously, and this king's situation is already difficult. Using the harem to balance the forces of the previous dynasty is actually a good idea. But the current emperor has to do it. The queen is also very aware of the importance of those show girls outside to the emperor, so he can't do too much.

However, the emperor did not come, and there was no way to continue the final selection of the show girl. The Empress did not dare to take matters into her mind without the presence of the Emperor. If he kicks out the person the emperor likes, he will be in trouble.

This is the difference between today's queen and Queen Yuan. Empress Yuan is the emperor's original wife, from the princess to the crown princess. If he becomes the queen again, he has the confidence to make arrangements for the way of the show girl when the emperor is not coming. At that time, the emperor had just ascended to the throne, and even if he wanted to use the harem to balance the forces of the previous dynasty, he could do only so much.

But what Empress Yuan can do, the current queen can't. He was originally promoted by the side concubine, and his confidence was not enough. In addition, after he ascended the throne, the emperor's strength increased little by little, and he was able to do more and more. So. The queen mother will definitely not hinder the emperor's calculations in this kind of matter.

Even if the emperor never spoke to him, the empress knew very well what she should do and what she should not do.

The queen sat on the Jiaotai Palace. talked to Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De. From clothes and jewelry to women's self-cultivation, and then to children, seeing that an hour is about to pass, the emperor is still nowhere to be seen, and the queen is a little anxious.

Although it is said that when he is promoted to the position of queen, the final selection of this show girl will only officially start after the emperor arrives, but let these show girls kneel all the time. It's not good for his reputation either.

The queen called the chief eunuch beside her and asked him to go to the front court to have a look. Be sure to invite the Emperor. The emperor was not present. Without the emperor's nod, the queen didn't dare to move.

But the emperor still did not come, and the queen had to say that she would wait a little longer. After another half an hour, the emperor was still nowhere to be seen, and the queen asked again: "Long live the next dynasty?" ”

The man next to him replied, "None." ”

The queen was also stunned: "Today is the final selection of the show girl, and the day has already been reported, why are there so many things ahead?" But is there anything going on? ”

Left and right did not dare to answer.

The queen mother had no choice but to order: "That's it, wait for another half an hour." If Banzai doesn't come again, then we'll have to start first. "I also summoned the imperial doctor to prepare, and asked people to boil sour plum soup, mung bean soup and herbal tea to relieve the heat and relieve the heat.

These are all ready, the emperor is still nowhere to be seen, and the queen is extremely anxious. But there is no way, it can't be delayed any longer, and if it drags on any longer, someone will suffer from heat stroke, and in that case, he will definitely be in trouble.

The queen had no choice, hesitated for a while, and then turned her head and ordered: "That's it, let the show girls come in turn." ”

Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou Defei also breathed a sigh of relief. How could they not know something that such upright people as the queen knew? Although they were happy when it first opened, as time went on, they began to worry.

That's right, they are just a companion to the show girl election, but if something happens, the queen will only be snubbed by Banzai for a few days at most, but they will be pushed out to be scapegoats. If the emperor arrives a little later, they will indeed be secretly happy in their hearts, but if the emperor is delayed, then they are the people who are most worried.

Seeing the queen's order to start, they also breathed a faint sigh of relief in their hearts.

Under the roll call of the chamberlains, there were four people in the first row, Jia Jiu, who was the first-class county monarch, Jia Qian, the county monarch, and the second-class county Junyu clan, the concubine of the Ma family in Nan'an Wangfu County, and the third-class county Junwei clan who was the concubine of the Ma family in Dongping Wangfu County.

After these four show girls came in, they first performed a state salute with the queen, and then met with Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De, and after getting permission, they stood in a row, waiting for the queen's decision.

When the queen saw that it was these four people, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. These four people are excellently arranged. The Marquis of Rongguo Mansion is the upstart next to the emperor, and he has just made great contributions. The queen mother is not easy to kick their girls out of the court. Fortunately, the three girls of the Jia family are not very old, one is thirteen years old, and two are fourteen years old, none of them are adults, even if they leave a sign, it is impossible to enter the palace immediately. Therefore, the queen only needs to give the sachet and leave the girl of the Jia family with a brand.

Three years later, they will run again, and at that time, it will be decided that they will stay or not.

The queen will not make decisions before determining the emperor's intentions.

As for the other two, it's better arranged.

The four kings and eight dukes are the people of the emperor, but over the years, they have also faintly given up the emperor and surrendered to the emperor. However, the girls with different surnames are the same as the nobles in the mansion of the serious prince and grandson, they don't need to be drafted, even the serious granddaughters, and they are all going through the motions, so these two girls were carefully trained and sent to the palace by the Dongping Mansion and the Nan'an Palace.

In the queen's opinion, if these two palaces are really sincere, they should send the prince of the palace directly, even if the prince is not good, the concubine from the side concubine can be, what are the concubines of the two county Ma families?

The queen pretended to discuss with Concubine Wu Xian and Concubine Zhou De, and finally chose to leave the Wei family, who represented the more peaceful Dongping Palace, and the other gave him flowers and asked him to go home and marry on his own.

However, in this process, the queen did not praise Jia Jiu, nor did she praise Jia Qian, even Wei's was just a good two words. It can even be said that although the queen mother in a Yanju crown dress looks majestic and solemn, he himself is an extremely simple person. Although he dealt with the people who spread the rumors, he also had a somewhat skeptical attitude towards the rumors themselves. Therefore, the queen's evaluation of Jia Jiu is not high, and even Jia Jiu found that the queen was vaguely dissatisfied.

Jia Jiu speculated, if it weren't for the fact that it was related to Princess Changle's reputation, if the queen mother was not Princess Changle's mother-in-law, if it wasn't for the fact that she had to protect her daughter as a concubine, even if this daughter was not her own flesh and blood, maybe the moment she heard the rumors, the queen mother would have sent herself out of the palace.

But now, Jia Jiu can see that the queen mother was persuaded by the people around her.

The people in the palace have always acted cautiously, but they will not offend people lightly. Even these palace people around the queen, they are already so decent, but they have to prepare for themselves to jump back. Jia Jiu's plan is their back road. Therefore, before the emperor makes a decision, they will choose to help Jia Jiu a little bit.

The queen mother has a simple personality and is also very dependent on these palace people, which also makes the queen mother the mother of a country, but the palace people in his palace have great power. In addition, the queen mother is very dependent on the people around her, if more than one person around her says good things for someone, it will also affect the queen's final decision, not to mention that there are countless people who help Jia Jiu behind her back.

In other words, although the queen was angry about the damage to Princess Changle's reputation, she was only angry behind her back. For Jia Jiu, in addition to the initial anger, he also had some sympathy. In his opinion, this child was simply dragged down by Princess Changle and calculated by others.

Although his face was pale, in fact, he was not as full of negative feelings for him as Jia Jiu imagined. (To be continued......)