The dinner is approaching, and Xi Shi Zheng Dan was taken to the side hall by the maids early to wait.

As soon as I entered the side hall, I saw that the other girls had also arrived early. After the two of them said hello to the three girls they had met in the morning, they were pulled by Meng Qiyu to meet the two girls who had just arrived in the afternoon.

A woman on the left, dressed in a dark blue dress, has a very beautiful posture and flamboyant eyebrows, and her name is "Hu Jing".

There was a delicate little girl standing next to Hu Jing, her eyes were wandering, like a frightened deer who wanted to be cherished. This woman's name is "Wu Sisi".

After greeting each other, they began to discuss what would happen when they entered the hall later. Especially the woman named "Hu Jing" likes to give advice, and even wants everyone to dance together to cheer up the king and ministers.

Xi Shi listened to a few people chatting there, and saw that Hu Jing was strong and aggressive. And the woman who came with her was still the same bird.

"Ladies please come into the temple." While they were talking, they saw a maid come in and summon them.

The beauties hurriedly picked themselves up, some tidied up their clothes, and some smoothed their hair. However, after a while, the lively side hall quieted down.

Xi Shi exhaled, Zheng Dan smiled at her, shook her hand, and quietly attached it to his ear to comfort: "Shi'er, don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Xi Shi smiled at her and walked out of the side hall together.

As soon as I got out of the side hall, I heard that the main hall next to it was surrounded by silk and bamboo, so it was not lively. A few steps further, you will see the dinner party brightly lit up. Xi Shi vaguely saw a majestic figure sitting on the top of the main hall, presumably it was Goujian, the king of Yue.

Before Xi Shi saw Fan Li, everyone had already arrived at the door of the main hall. When everyone arrived, the servants at the door shouted, "All the Yue women go to the temple." As soon as the words fell, the voice of speech in the hall subsided, thinking that everyone was waiting to see the true face of the beauty.

Xi Shi took a light breath, smiled and walked into the hall with several sisters.

From the first step into the main hall, Xi Shi felt more than ten pairs of eyes close to her like a knife blade. In between breaths, those pairs of "blades" went to stick to the beauties next to them. In just a few steps, Xi Shi could feel that he had been stared at from beginning to end.

Finally walked to the hall, all the Yue women knelt down and saluted the king of Yue: "Meet the king of Yue." ”

King Yue sits on the throne, with the natural royal majesty and noble temperament, which makes people surrender.

Xi Shi didn't hear the king of Yue tell them to get up, so he still kowtowed obediently. Seeing that Zheng Dan beside him was about to get up, he hurriedly took her hand quietly and continued to maintain a bowing posture. Yu Guang saw that a few girls had straightened up, and Xi Shi couldn't help but be a little worried about them.

Sure enough, seeing that there were Yue women who didn't understand the rules, someone in the hall immediately sneered: "Ignorant village women, can also take on this big responsibility?" ”

King Yue laughed, called them to get up, and said: "Before the beautiful jade carving, it is just a stubborn stone." Do the Qingjia think these beauties are beautiful jade? ”

Xi Shi and his entourage got up when they heard the sound, and listened to several ministers next to them commenting on them. What words such as "vulgar", "high", "strong", etc., are smashed at every beauty one by one.

King Yue said: "That being the case, it is better for you to comment on the shortcomings of these beauties." ”

As soon as King Yue finished speaking, a long-bearded minister stood up and walked in front of the seven Yue women. I saw him twist his beard and look around twice, and began to comment.

"This woman has flirtatious eyes and a vulgar countenance. This woman has no one in her eyes, and she is rude and arrogant. This woman pretends to be low and pretentious. As soon as he finished talking about the first three Yue girls, the minister sighed and shook his head and sat back in his place.

Seeing that he had only evaluated three people, King Yue asked strangely, "Doctor Chen, why don't you continue?" ”

Doctor Chen sighed again: "King, such a vulgar girl, it is really dirty eyes, and you still want to be a beautiful jade?" I can't bear to look at it again! ”

King Yue also sighed when he heard this: "Hey, there are no beauties in Yue Country!" ”

Xi Shi was often bullied and abused by a group of children when he was young, and he was no stranger to see this scene, so he looked as usual, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart. was thinking about it, but heard Hu Jing say something that shocked the audience.

"The Yue Kingdom, there is no king!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent for a moment. After half a ring, a minister with a long figure and a kind face asked, "King Yue is above the main hall, why did the girl say this?" ”

Hu Jing sneered: "I thought that our King Yue was a true hero who could bend and stretch. But I don't want to be a blind person! ”

When the minister heard her insult the king, he laughed angrily. Another minister stood up and asked her, "Isn't it that the girl thinks that she is the peerless beauty who can take on this important responsibility?" What a shame! After speaking, there was a burst of laughter, which caused the audience to laugh.

Hu Jing was angry and scolded again: "The king of the defeated country, the minister of the dead country!" I don't want to be with it! General Fan, please send me back to my hometown! ”

Fan Li got up and asked, "Is there any other beauty who wants to quit?" ”

As soon as Xi Shi heard Fan Li ask this, he immediately understood that everything just now was just a radical method. King Yue wanted to see if the psychological quality of this group of Yue women could bear the beauty scheme, so he acted in this scene with the ministers. If you can't even bear these sneers, after going to Wu Kingdom, the pressure you face is not so simple.

Thinking of this, Xi Shi was at ease, and suddenly thought of the words that Fan Li explained to her in the morning.

"'Don't be overly ostentatious, just be humble and polite. Remember why you are here. But don't worry, I'll be there for dinner, too. ’”

It turned out that he had told himself early in the morning. Xi Shi's heart warmed when he thought of this, and he couldn't help but look at Fan Li.

Fan Li didn't seem to notice it, glanced at the Yue women, and saw that no one stood up again, so he asked his subordinates to take Hu Jing down.

The dinner party was no longer as lively as when he first came in, and King Yue was scolded but didn't seem to hear it, and let everyone continue to drink.

The kind-faced minister came out again and said to King Yue: "My lord, Weichen thinks that these women are good-looking. Wouldn't it be a pity if they were all sent to such a dangerous place as the Wu Palace? The minister proposed that the king accept a few beauties as concubines to enrich the harem. Why don't you ask the king if there are any beauties who are willing to stay in our country and serve you? ”

The more he listened, the more he thought about it, Xi Shi looked at their superb acting skills and felt funny, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.

"The woman in the pink dress is delicate and cute, and the woman in white is also pitiful. Why didn't the king keep them? The man said again.

Xi Shi lowered her eyes and looked at her pink dress, and suddenly understood that the "woman in the pink skirt" was talking about herself, but before she could react, she saw Zheng Dan beside her kneeling forward.

"King, Zheng Dan has a word." After Zheng Dan knelt down, he raised his head and looked at King Yue with sincerity in his eyes.

Xi Shi quickly understood that Zheng Dan was afraid that he would be included in the harem by King Yue, so he wanted to stand up and speak for her, but he didn't know if she would anger King Yue......

King Yue looked at Zheng Dan with interest and motioned for her to continue.

Zheng Dan held his head high and said word by word: "Zheng Dan heard that after the king returned to China, he was lying down day and night to taste his courage, just so that he could one day lead Yue Guo to avenge his hatred." Now that the revenge has not been avenged, if the king first indulges in women, he will be laughed at by the world at the beginning? ”

After speaking, Zheng Dan felt a little stiff, and said: "However, the king has worked hard in the country of Wu, and it would be good if there were beauties on the side to relieve his forgiveness." Why don't you ask the beauties if they choose to follow you for revenge, or accompany you to solve problems? ”

Zheng Dan knew Xi Shi's choice very well, so he asked the king of Yue to ask the Yue women about their choice without worry.

King Yue thought so, so he asked: "The widow has returned from the country of Wu after a thousand hardships, and he really needs someone to accompany the widow. Do any of you want not to go to Wu and accompany the widow in Yue? ”

Xi Shi knelt down in response: "Xi Shi is stupid, I am afraid it will be difficult to serve my king well." I only wish to enter Wu with the rest of my body, not afraid of hardships, and serve my king. ”

After saying that, he leaned over and waited for King Yue to respond.

King Yue praised Xi Shi's loyalty, called her to get up, and then sighed again.

As soon as Xi Shi stood up, he saw another person kneeling. It turned out to be another "poor woman in white" Wu Sisi just mentioned.

Wu Sisi knelt on the ground, and said in a weak and gentle voice: "Sisi is willing to serve the king, and please have mercy on the king." ”

King Yue laughed when he heard this, his voice was hearty, and the ministers were also congratulating.

Xi Shi glanced at King Yue and saw that although he was smiling, he didn't reach the bottom of his eyes. I knew in my heart that this was another plan.

Minister Fang Cai's humiliation of Yue Nu was to test his mind. The current selection of concubines is to test loyalty.

Before he could think much about it, the minister who heard the proposal asked, "Is there any woman who will serve my king?" ”

Seeing that no one in the palace answered, the man asked his subordinates to take Wu Sisi down as well. Xi Shi wondered in his heart, it is understandable that Hu Jing was taken down, why did Wu Sisi also be taken down? A bad premonition came to mind, and Xi Shi didn't want to think about it anymore.

The main hall resumed its previous liveliness, and everyone raised their glasses to congratulate King Yue on his beauty. The Yue women were also arranged to sit down one after another.

As soon as I sat down, I heard the subordinates outside the door shouting, "Teach the lady to enter the hall!" After that, I saw several prime-aged women rushing in.

After teaching the lady to meet the queen of Yue, a dignified woman stood up and began to introduce to the Yue women.

She is the queen's side of the big palace maid, in addition to her, there are a total of seven teaching ladies, that is, the female gentlemen who said before to teach them to practice. The five beauties hurriedly got up to meet them.

The seven teaching ladies are the seven female gentlemen who teach music, chess, calligraphy, painting, dance, etiquette, and charm. In the days to come, they would go to the academy every day to study these courses for three years. And at the end of every month, they will be asked to compete. The one with the strongest comprehensive ability will be assigned the highest rights and tasks, and they will be sorted in order.

After this, the Yue girls were taught to take the ladies down to the palace.

The teaching lady who introduced them just now is very kind, but very dignified, which makes people want to get close but dare not get close, just say that the Yue women can call her "Gao Niangzi". After a few simple instructions, the teaching lady let the Yue girls go back to rest.

The moonlight was getting dark, and Xi Shi Zheng Dan walked back to Huanyue Pavilion hand in hand, speechless all the way.

After some washing, Xi Shi, who couldn't sleep, put on another piece of clothing and went to the yard to blow the wind. Looking at the stars in the sky, Xi Shi suddenly thought of the letter Fan Li wrote to her last night:

"Prepare for it, Samsung is at home. Tonight, what night, see this canon. Zixi, what is such a? ”

The scene of Fan Li tilting his head in front of the window last night seemed to be still in front of him, thinking of the humble appearance of the dignified General Fan, Xi Shi couldn't help laughing.

"What comes to mind? So happy. ”

The sudden sound that popped out startled Xi Shi, and the person who came was dressed in black, hidden in the moonlight, and almost didn't let Xi Shi see it.

"General Fan is good at kung fu, he always appears out of nowhere and scares me again." Xi Shi rubbed his beating heart and comforted himself, but he felt that what he had just said seemed to reflect the scene when he crashed into Fan Li's arms in the morning, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Fan Li smiled lightly, and his laughter was exceptionally soft. Wen Sheng said: "It's me who is not good." ”

Although it was an apology, Xi Shi couldn't hear any sincerity, so he asked a little angrily: "Then what happened tonight?" ”

Fan Li reached out and took out a pearl necklace from his arms and handed it to her, the pearl showed a soft pure white under the moonlight, which was very beautiful and precious. Xi Shi looked at it clearly, and touched his neck again, it was his necklace, but the rope on it should have been replaced.

Fan Li rubbed the pearl and explained, "I just saw it in the main hall. The rope came loose and I replaced it for you. ”

Xi Shi felt strange again and asked him how he knew it was his own.

Fan Li coughed low and said, "I accidentally saw it at the inn this morning." ”

When Xi Shi heard this, his face turned red, knowing when he was talking about it. When she was shy, Xi Shi took the necklace and was about to take it, but in a hurry, she let the rope wrap around her hair.

Seeing this, Fan Li hurriedly approached to ask Xi Shi not to move, and he helped her carefully bring the necklace.

In just a short time to wear a necklace, Xi Shi felt that it was extremely long. The touch of the necklace rubbing against the skin came from the neck, which was crispy and numb, so that Xi Shi was not tormented.

Why is it so strange to stay with Fan Li? Shih Tzu thought to himself.

The necklace was finally worn, and Fan Li stood for a while, wanting to speak and stopping. Xi Shi suddenly remembered the poem, so he stopped and asked him what he meant.

Fan Li was stunned for a moment, only to know that this stupid girl didn't understand the poem.

"In the future, I should be able to learn it." After Fan Li dropped a sentence, he turned around and chuckled lightly and left.

Xi Shi gritted his teeth, and secretly said in his heart that he must study hard. Thinking of this, Xi Shi was sleepy, so he also got up and went back to the house to rest.

The long night was lonely, and there was no dream at night.