A cautious voice came from outside the door, Xiao Lianzi waited outside the door for a long time, and seeing that there was still no movement in the inner room, he still kept whispering and asking, for fear that Lord Xiuyi would mislead the matter.

Lan Junyao opened her eyes, but saw that the tears had soaked the pillow towel, wiped the tears on her face, and her heart was still a little panicked, the scene in the dream was still very clear, but she didn't know why she had such a dream. It's just that such a clear past, is it really just a dream?

She sighed and rubbed her swollen eyes, but since she couldn't figure it out, she just thought it was for a reason. She put on the mask of human skin, and then called the maidservant to come in and freshen her up.

In the Yunluo Palace, thousands of women were waiting there, Lan Junyao seemed to be a little uninterested in today's election, and the story of the queen of the phoenix hovered in her heart for a long time, and she suddenly had resistance to the palace that imprisoned the Quartet, and then looked at the woman in front of her, but she was like a moth to a fire, going forward and succession.

In the greenhouse, the selected women lined up in two long columns, and the two old grandmothers took the two little maids beside Lan Junyao to carefully check whether each person's facial features were correct and whether their skin was delicate, and if one of them was unqualified, they would be immediately expelled from the team of thousands of people.

At the end of the day, they were to be tested on their manners, and they were to take one of the two books of the precepts and the precepts of women, and listen to them recite a passage, from which those who were slurred and had a vulgar voice were expelled from it.

Lan Junyao looked at it for a while, and felt that it was very troublesome, choosing a side princess would have to go through so many procedures, if she came to choose a concubine one day, wouldn't it be a month.

She stood in front of the carved window, looking at the closely connected wooden lattices, and felt that the women in this room were just like them, carefully enclosing themselves one by one, each cautious, but not wanting to be invisible, the circle was connected, and you entered the game like her, becoming a chess piece in the game.

"Lord Xiuyi, the next thing to look at is their walking posture and charm, and please preside over it yourself. The old lady's polite voice fell behind Lan Junyao's ears, she turned her head to look over, and in her own stunned effort, these women were eliminated a lot.

In the middle of the room there is a long wooden board about a foot wide, Lan Junyao sits at one end of the board, and at the other end, two grandmothers take the little maid to carefully measure the hands and feet of these women who are left.

This plank is extremely narrow, you need to rest assured and boldly go forward, don't look left and right, one is not careful, falling from this plank, and the seat of the side concubine will be lost.

Among these women, there are women who are cautious and move away little by little, but they arrived in front of Lan Junyao safely, but where did they get half of the charm when they came down like this.

There are also arrogant women, walking like peacocks with open screens, with high foreheads and eyes looking at the sky, walking like this, suddenly falling off the wooden board, like the four-legged turtle, which made everyone want to laugh but were afraid of losing their manners in front of Xiuyi, so they only endured their little faces red.

If this continues, I'm afraid that ninety percent of them will lose the election, seeing that they all look bitter and hateful, Lan Junyao can only comfort her: "Don't panic, how is it in normal times, what is it now." ”

The situation gradually improved, and later, it got better and better. Lan Junyao stared at the person on the wooden board, only to see her growing lotus step by step, walking and swaying, the injury on her face was not very good, and the delicate appearance under the tulle was looming, and when she came to her, she bowed to her shyly and showed a timid smile.

Lan Junyao bowed her head, if nothing else, this person might be one of the two concubines. There is also Yan Ruyu, the young lady of the Yan family, who also looks delicate when she walks with a weak wind and willows, which makes people feel pity.

Today's election was over, only to be seen by the emperor and the prince tomorrow, and the second one was selected, and the matter of choosing a side concubine completely came to an end.

After a whole day, Lan Junyao still didn't have the slightest thought about last night's dream, thinking that Ling Qixuan was going to marry two of these people in the near future, and her heart was sad. sent Xiao Lianzi back to the palace first, and she wandered around the palace alone.

Along the way, she became more and more remote, and when she came back to her senses, she had already walked in front of Biyan Lake. A pool of spring water in front of her was like her disturbed mind, and layers of ripples were stacked, and Lan Junyao simply found a clean place to sit by the lake.

Looking at the embroidered shoes with brocade decorated with plain orchids, she dusted off the dust on the top of the shoes with the handkerchief in her hand, wiped it a few times, and one piece was still dirty.

The long legs went deep under the skirt robe, and she leaned back against the rockery behind her, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep. In the huge palace, there is no clean place, that is, the Biyan Lake in front of you, which seems to be clear, and I don't know how many people's blood is secretly stained.

Sleepiness struck, her eyelids fought, and she simply tilted her head to rest here. But I don't want this pure place to cause trouble.

Hearing the noise getting closer and closer, Lan Junyao was about to get up and leave, but found that these people were walking straight along the road, and she had to go around to the back of the rockery before they came.

looked up, but saw the first woman being pushed and shoved by them, and the voices of several people scolding were mixed in her ears. When I got to the front, I saw that it was Jiang Zhirong. From beginning to end, she only pursed her lips tightly, did not say a word, and stubbornly stared at the few women beside her.

"Goblin, look at what. I don't look at my identity, but the daughter of a county princess still dares to argue with me, sisters, do you say yes?" the woman giggled, as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Looking at the voice of the voice, Lan Junyao recognized this woman, the daughter of the magistrate of Qinghe County. The magistrate of Qinghe County was originally a wealthy local household, and later he was active everywhere and donated to the magistrate of Qinghe County, which has some means for people. I heard that he was friendly with several adults in the capital, so he was able to keep him from being squeezed out by others.

Cheonghe County is close to Gyeonggi, and there are many local businessmen, and over the years, the county has been fattened. When her daughter entered Beijing to be elected, the magistrate prepared a lot of money for her daughter, and the women around her received many benefits from her on weekdays.

"What my sister said is that those of a small family naturally can't be compared with my sister. ”

"Seeing that she is a little childish and looks like she doesn't have a sister, she dares to come to the election, I really don't know where she got the courage. ”

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For a while, there was a lot of flattery, Lan Junyao had the heart to go out to relieve her, and was about to get out of the rockery, but stopped again, this woman's life is safe for the time being, she will take a look first.