Shen Jiahe went to Chengfu early the next morning, Yao Xinrou sent Chunhe out to greet her when it was inconvenient to go out, and when Shen Jiahe entered the house, Yao Xinrou hurriedly beckoned her to sit down: "Sister, look at my body now, I am bulky, and the doctor also said to let me walk more, but this leg and foot are swollen, and I really feel out of breath after taking two steps." ”

Yao Xinrou's body has always been weak, and Shen Jiahui is generally lacking in qi and blood, and it is harder than ordinary people to conceive a child, Shen Jiahe held her hand so that she didn't have to get up: "It still depends on the physical condition and does what you can, if you really need to move, let the subordinates help you walk around the yard, and don't go far." ”

Yao Xinrou nodded in response, thinking that Chunhe went to the Shen family yesterday and was a little embarrassed: "Actually, sister, I don't have anything to do, but it's hard for you to go on this trip, it's all Chunhe who made a big fuss." ”

"You are pregnant now, and pregnant women are most afraid of being in a bad mood, even if you don't go to spring yesterday, I also want to take time to come and see you in the past two days." Shen Jiahe explained, and after thinking about it again, he still felt that he should instruct two sentences, "It's not good for the people behind the scenes to say, but I see that Xiaoxia really doesn't look like a safe person, so it's better for you to send it off early." ”

Yao Xinrou sighed, she also wanted to send people away as soon as possible, but at the beginning, Cheng Yiming promised to find someone to marry someone from Cheng Mansion with dignity, but now she really has no good excuse to get people away.

Although Xiaoxia is restless, Cheng Yiming has always been clean and self-conscious, and she won't even give her a single look on weekdays, if so, she can't tolerate this girl, and people will really say that she is jealous.

If she really did too much, she was afraid that she would make Cheng Yiming unhappy, Yao Xinrou had a lot of scruples in her heart, and when Shen Jiahe came over today, she said everything in her heart.

"They have a high heart, and they have seen a few before, but Xiaoxia is unwilling, but my aunt thinks it's not bad, and we also let my aunt go back to persuade Xiaoxia, but on the second day, their mother and daughter are in the same voice, and my aunt even said aggrievedly that she is reluctant to let her daughter marry someone she doesn't like, and Xiaoxia also brazenly said that her cousin is so good, how can you find a similar."

The more Yao Xinrou spoke, the more angry she became, her emotions were well hidden on weekdays, but she didn't want to hide it at all in front of Shen Jiahe: "You said that they are really embarrassed, and they don't look at how many catties and taels they have, they really can't wait to turn the sky upside down." ”

Chunhe stood aside and sneered, with a look of disgust: "That mother and daughter are very high-spirited, a few days ago I heard that this year's palace intends to draft a draft, and my aunt still wants to send her daughter in." ”

At this moment, even Bai Ying was shocked, it was the palace, and it was something that ordinary people like them could think: "They are so bold!" ”

Chunhe snorted, and felt disgusted when he thought of their brazenness: "They probably also knew that it would make people laugh when they said this, so my aunt went to find the master alone, and the slave maid went to give the lord a cloak at that time, and then I listened to it, and my aunt said that Xiaoxia was born beautiful, and if she was sent to the palace to ensure that the emperor liked it, maybe she would be able to seal the concubine immediately, and said that she would take care of the master's career in the future." ”

Bai Ying had to admire the mother and daughter's hearts higher than the sky, and couldn't help asking, "What did your master say?" ”

"Didn't you immediately scold your aunt, and finally let her take care of it, don't let the Cheng family be affected by the trouble." Chunhe felt a bad breath when he said this, after all, the old man is not ignorant.

Shen Jiahe could only smile bitterly and shake his head after hearing this, and finally asked Yao Xinrou when he left: "I haven't had anything to do recently, if you need it, let Chunhe go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find me, don't be afraid to trouble me, the relationship between the two of us won't be said to be false." ”

On the way back, Shen Jiahe remembered the draft that Chunhe said, and he didn't know how many girls would be sent in this time to waste their good years.

However, there are also some girls like Xiaoxia who are willing to enter the golden silk cage just to obtain some false gold and silver wealth.

This time the draft was not mentioned by the emperor, he is getting older, and he is not keen on this matter, he found an excuse to stop the draft last year, but he didn't want to mention it this year.

The former dynasty and the harem have always been closely related, if there is a daughter in the family who can enter the emperor's eyes, then the whole family can be prosperous.

Seeing that the emperor is going to stop this year's draft, these ministers can't sit still, the emperor doesn't draft, so how can their daughters be sent in, and this year is different from previous years, Uncle Jia was pulled off the horse, without the support of the previous dynasty, the queen will be constrained everywhere in the harem, and the girls sent in at this time will have a greater chance of being favored.

Thinking like this, the courtiers with the same purpose united together and began to urge the emperor to draft the draft, and the excerpt of urging the draft went on for several days in a row, and the emperor dragged it out again and again, and he wanted to drag it on like this, and then it was gone, but he didn't expect Pei Yuan, who had never cared about this matter, to follow those ministers to second, and for a while the emperor had to agree to this matter.

"Since King Xian has said it, then the Ministry of Rites will start to handle this matter, and then let Qin Tianjian pick a good day and send the draft girl's family to the palace to learn the ceremony." The emperor reluctantly ordered.

Manager Xu hurriedly went to the harem with the news he heard: "Queen Mother, the emperor has agreed to the draft, and the holy decree has been issued." ”

The queen sat up from the chaise longue violently: "Where did you get the news, didn't the emperor say that he is old and there is no need for new people to enter the harem?" ”

"Hey, the old slave was also very shocked when he heard the news, so he asked someone to inquire at that time." Manager Xu was already sweating when he trotted all the way over, so he raised his sleeves and wiped his forehead before continuing, "I heard that Prince Xian brought the courtiers to instigate it, and the emperor wanted to refuse, but when he saw that Prince Xian supported his draft, he agreed at that time." ”

"It's Pei Yuan again!" The queen slapped the chaise longue violently, and the unarmored nail was instantly broken, and Mama Xu on the side hurriedly stepped forward to hold her palm.

"Go and call the Imperial Doctor!" Mama Xu carefully checked whether her fingers were injured, and persuaded patiently, "The matter has come to this, so why should the queen be angry with him, it is better to plan for the future." ”

Pei Hao and Pei Yuan were walking on the way out of the palace, he caught a glimpse of the chief manager beside the queen running away in a hurry early in the morning, knowing that he was going to the harem to deliver news, and then looked at Pei Yuan beside him, and still asked: "You have always disliked these idle things, and this year seems to be particularly fond of it." ”

Pei Yuan glanced at him, not believing that he didn't know the reason, but he still said: "I just saw that the queen was too powerful to cover the sky in the harem, and I was looking for an opportunity to extinguish her prestige." ”

Pei Hao chuckled, he thought of the manager who went to the harem to report the news, thinking that the queen should have known the news of the draft at this time, it is estimated that this should be angry, he looked at Pei Yuan again and quipped: "You are taking revenge on personal revenge through office matters, in the final analysis, it is not for Shen Jiahe that you targeted Pei Shu's mother and son." ”

Pei Yuan smiled and didn't refute, the idea of marrying Shen Jiahe was getting deeper and deeper, but he didn't dare to speak rashly, for fear of making Pei Shugou jump off the wall in a hurry.

When the harem is full, the queen will naturally take care of herself, and then the emperor will be busy, Pei Shu will not have these two helps, there is nothing to worry about, and then he will propose to give marriage, it will be much simpler and easier.

Although he can achieve his goal by being tougher, he doesn't want the Shen family to be implicated, and he doesn't want Shen Jiahe to worry about following behind.

Qin Tianjian set the date on the tenth day of the first month of February, which was the day of the beginning of spring, and the weather was also good, Shi Xiangyuan, as the concubine of the General's Mansion, was naturally on the list of candidates.

She remembered Shen Jiajue in her heart, but the two of them hadn't settled down at all, she didn't even have time to express her mind to her parents, and the holy decree of the draft came down, and the only thing Shi Xiangyuan was looking forward to now was that she failed in the first audition, and then there would be no trouble.

She deliberately didn't understand the rules, and at the risk of offending other noble girls, she had a conflict with the two girls who also entered the palace, but she didn't think that the will to pass the first test still went to the Shi family.

She looked at the invitation in her hand, and heard the whispered conversation between her father and mother, and her heart became even more depressed, as a general's mansion, she has always been in the court with military merits, so she naturally does not need to rely on her daughter to gain any power and status, General Shi and Shi's mother naturally don't want their daughter to enter the palace.

"Xiang Yuan's temperament is so jumpy, letting her enter the palace is no less than sending her into the fire pit, master, you have to think of a way!" As long as Shi's mother thought that her daughter would enter the palace to be the emperor's woman, she couldn't help but panic, and even from the time her name was written into the list, she didn't sleep well, "I always thought that she wouldn't be selected at all, but I didn't expect that she still passed the first test." ”

General Shi sighed: "What do you know, where are those people who are selected, it is clear that they choose their background, our general's mansion is such a big name there, who can make her lose the election, but there are two re-examinations in the future, I will think of a way." ”

Shi Xiangyuan went to Shen Jiahe with tears in her eyes, but she didn't want to be stopped by Bai Ying in the outer room: "Miss Shi, you wait here for a while, and the slave will go and ask Miss to come out." ”

After listening to Bai Ying's advice, Shen Jiahe had to reflexively coax Pei Yuan: "She came over suddenly without saying hello, there must be something important, you can go back first." ”

Pei Yuan expressed his displeasure, "I'm just here, and you're going to drive people out." ”

Shen Jiahe looked at him funny, then stood on tiptoe and leaned on his body and kissed him on the face: "Okay, I'll go see you when I'm done, okay." ”

Pei Yuan also had no intention of robbing someone with a little girl, and Shi Xiangyuan suddenly came over, and he roughly guessed what was going on, so he nodded and turned over from the window.

When Shen Jiahe came out of the room, Shi Xiangyuan's tears had already been taken back, and she complained to Shen Jiahe about the selection, and said sadly: "What do you say I should do?" My father said he would find a way, but you know how many people are watching our family, and if my father uses his power to do something, he will definitely be impeached. ”

Shen Jiahe pondered for a moment and asked an irrelevant question: "Have you ever had a time when you are allergic to food?" ”

Shi Xiangyuan didn't know how the topic had changed, but he still replied honestly: "When I was a child, when I ate peanuts, I would get rashes all over my body, and even on my face, which should be counted." ”

Shen Jiahe's eyes lit up: "That's easy, you can eat some peanuts before the retest, so that you can avoid the retest." ”

Shi Xiangyuan thought about it, this method was feasible, but she couldn't control the amount, she was afraid that it would be useless to eat too little, and it would be life-threatening if she ate too much.

After listening to this, Shen Jiahe suggested: "Then you remember to let the kitchen make a food related to peanuts, but you just need to make it look like you eat it, don't really eat it, and I will ask Xiao Qi to prepare some things to teach you to draw some rashes on your face, so as to ensure that it is exactly the same as the real thing." ”

After getting Shen Jiahe's assurance, Shi Xiangyuan went back happily, and Shen Jiahe wrote some things by hand and asked Bai Ying to send them to Xiao Qi to help prepare these materials.

When Bai Ying came back from Xiao Qi, she happened to meet Chunhe who ran in in a panic and shouted at the inside: "Miss Shen, our wife is about to give birth, go and take a look!" ”