Chapter 40: The selection of concubines begins
The day has finally come to choose a concubine.
Early in the morning, Yun Yan had already been taken to the palace.
"Yunyan, wait for me!" A familiar voice sounded behind Yun Yan.
"Flowey!" This is Li Huahua, the eldest daughter of the Li Mansion.
"Let's go together, shall we? Actually, I'm still quite scared! "Huahua is relatively timid and speaks softly.
"Okay, let's go together!" Yun Yan was also very happy to have a companion to walk into this deep palace compound together. Although I have been here before, after all, it was only a few days to serve the emperor and queen here, and now the meaning of walking in is completely different.
"It turned out to be Miss Murong, Miss Li!" It was none other than Nan Rongcai who spoke. Her dress today is very dignified, the whole person is elegant and decent, among the retainers, Miss Nanrong is also the best among the daughters of the retainers.
"Miss Nanrong, it's polite!" The three saluted each other.
"Then let's go together, we are all waiting in the main hall!" Nan Rongcai's speech was not too soft, but more of everyone's beautiful temperament.
"Okay!" The group walked in the direction of the big point.
On the top of the main hall, the most eye-catching is twenty brightly dressed girls, each with their own posture, at a glance, the most attractive is Yiyang, a typical Yi ethnic dress, the whole person looks refreshed; The most beautiful is Nan Rongcai, a gentle and beautiful woman, with the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon, everyone who sees it is fascinated by it; After carefully looking at each person's own shining, Yun Yan was a little dim in comparison. Yun Yan is not very beautiful, because she is the youngest, so she looks really cute like the sister next door, revealing elves, and also has the bearing that everyone should have.
"You're Nam Young-chae?" Yiyang's voice sounded next to Nan Rongcai.
"I'm, you, it should be a girl from Yiyang, right?" Nan Rongcai asked rhetorically.
"That's right, I am, Yiyang, the eldest daughter of the Yi clan! I just heard that the crown princess admires you very much, so I wanted to come and see it?! After Yiyang knew the person recommended by the crown princess, she was very curious about what kind of woman Nan Rongcai was.
"The crown princess is very loving, and I am the daughter of an ordinary retainer." Nan Rongcai is very modest, she also heard that this Yi girl is heroic and sassy, and she is also a proper heroine on the battlefield.
"Oh, the daughter of an ordinary retainer?" Yiyang asked rhetorically.
"Yes!"
"Okay, it feels like that, I just don't know if I have some real skills?!"
"Miss Yiyang is heroic, she is thunderous in our Sifang City, how dare she compare with you!" Nan Rongcai didn't want to pay too much attention to her, rumors about her and the third prince were all over the city now, she didn't like the third prince, and she also prayed in her heart that it would be better to exclude herself as soon as possible.
"Really? I really don't know that! ”
"I heard that you are also the daughter of a retainer, and you are also a daughter of the Murong family?" Yun Yan didn't expect that Yiyang would stand behind him.
"Yes, what's the matter, I didn't provoke you!"
"It's nothing, I just inquired, I heard that your Murong family's face is not small, and the third prince has visited it before!"
"That's right, that's because the third prince can afford our Murong family!"
"yes, but I just don't know if I'll fall in love with you little girl, it's okay to look at, it's said to be very popular!" Yun Yan knew what she was talking about, and the names of the twenty women who came to participate in the selection were all public, so many things were not secrets.
"What's your business!"
"You girl, you have a small temper! However, I don't hate your character! ”
"You..."Yun Yan was about to say something, but was quickly interrupted.
"Quiet!" With a long voice, the hall fell silent in an instant.
"Welcome to the Emperor!" The voice sounded again, and I saw twenty women slowly kneeling down to greet the emperor and queen.
"Flat!" Following the gesture of the emperor, the voice of the male attendant beside him sounded again.
"This time I am choosing a concubine for the three princes of my dragon clan, since I am interested in my third son, my Long family will treat me well! I also hope that my three sons can elect the Ruyi Imperial Princess, and you can also marry Ruyi Langjun! ”
"Empress Xie!" Again, the crowd saluted.
In the morning, the male and female attendants gave simple training to the twenty candidate concubines, precautions and other things, and the first selection began in the afternoon. This selection is to select ten people from twenty people to participate in the next round, and the main person in charge of this selection is Shuguifei. Concubine Shu is mainly responsible for assessing knowledge and female popularity, especially about the history of the Eastern and Western Continents, the history of the Dragon Clan, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is also to let everyone know that the Dragon Clan is the savior of the Holy City of the Quartet, and should obey the management of the Dragon Clan and repay the Dragon Clan with a grateful heart.
Daily learning is not difficult for Yun Yan, because after returning to Murong Mansion, this is also a daily compulsory course, and he can't be lazy to study with his brother. Therefore, the little knowledge about the dragon clan, the history of the Holy City of the Four Directions, the two continents of the east and west, the living habits of multiple races, etc., are not a problem in her opinion. But when it came to the female celebrity, Yun Yan was a little in a hurry, this was her best lazy homework, and her mother also felt sorry for her, so she didn't learn very exquisitely.
"Yo, look at this, Miss Nanrong's hand is really coincidental, this bouquet of lilies, just looking at it seems to be able to smell the fragrance of flowers!" Concubine Shu made no secret of her praise for Nan Rongcai, the female red assessment is in a palace, as long as a work is completed within the specified time, the movement is free and there are not too many constraints, and they can all move around each other.
"Really, look at this bouquet, it's so vivid!" The people next to him also quickly surrounded him.
"Hey, why don't you go?" Yun Yan was startled, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I, what's the matter with you!" It was Yiyang who spoke.
"I'm just asking!"
"Oh, do you outlandish women also want to learn female red?" Yun Yan was very curious.
"Learn too, but it's not as fine as you!" Yiyang replied.
"That's it! Anyway, I guess I'm out of this assessment! ”
"Lost your fighting spirit so quickly? Hmph" Yiyang was a little disdainful.
"I, I'm here on behalf of our Murong family, just do your best, as long as you don't lose people!"
"The Murong family? Murong Yunyan, you're embarrassed! "Yiyang knows the Murong family, and in the early years, my father and General Murong didn't know each other, so I knew a little bit about this Yun Yan.
"yes, there's no shame in that!"
"Hmph, how can your Murong family have such a weak woman as you, look at your father, your brother, and look at you again, this is the first time today that you can't do it!" Yiyang was very disdainful.
"I don't, I just try my best to do what I can!" Yun Yan argued.
"Really? Then let's see, I will definitely be the one who comes to the end! ”
"Me too!" Yun Yan retorted, but she didn't know where her confidence came from.
"Hmph, where do you get your confidence? Why did you suddenly get so energetic? Yiyang was very curious.
"What's your business!"
"What's the matter with you? Can't you change it, you can't say anything else besides this one! ”
"Miss Yiyang, are you done?"
"It's done, what about you?"
"Off... I'm done too, huh! ”
"Okay, then let's see the result of the game!"
The afternoon assessment is finally over, and the twenty contestants to be selected have been arranged to live in a courtyard in the palace, and the results will be announced at the main hall early tomorrow morning.
"Yun Yan, have you slept?" The one who spoke was Flowey.
"Not yet, what about you?" Yun Yan turned over.
"Neither do I, do you think we'll be able to make it to the top 10 tomorrow?" Flowey was worried.
"I don't know, leave it to fate!"
"Yes, why did Yun Yan embroider a landscape today? The scenery looks so familiar! ”
"I don't know, I thought of this in my head at the time, and the landscape is simple, isn't it?" Yun Yan thought of the easiest way to solve the problem, but she didn't think much about it, and even she didn't know that it was the time she was most familiar with.
"Yes!"
"Yun Yan, it turns out that you are lazy!" Nan Rongcai interjected.
"Cai'er, you didn't sleep either!"
"Yes, I'm still very nervous in my heart, and I want the results to come early tomorrow, but I'm afraid that the results will come out."
"You women in the Holy City are really strange, rest early, and you won't come out tomorrow!" Yiyang is very calm, and her self-confidence is also innate, and she has never been timid.
"Miss Yi!" Everyone was also surprised by her appearance.
"Our children of the Yi clan will not be like this, we believe in fate and fate the most!" Although Yiyang said it very lightly, everyone could see that she worked very hard during the day, and her love for the three princes was known to all the Holy Cities in the Quartet.
"Then why didn't you rest?" Yun Yan asked.
"I was woken up by you, you're embarrassed!" Yiyang argued, in fact, she was also a little excited in her heart, thinking that she would get closer and closer to the third prince, her heart was beating faster and faster, how could she fall asleep peacefully. I also talked with my father during the day, and my father was also very satisfied with the three princes chosen by his daughter, so he also hoped that his daughter could marry the three princes for a hundred years.
"Oh, let's rest early, we have to get up early tomorrow!"
"Hmm!"
"Go to bed early!"
In the harem, the emperor and queen led the three noble concubines to discuss who could enter the next round of selection.
"Look, the emperor, this painting is really beautiful!" Concubine Shu Guifei took Nan Rongcai's work and presented it to the emperor, although she knew that the crown princess was also very attentive to her, but on the whole, she didn't want others to take advantage of her.
"Well, this construction method is meticulous, it can be seen that she is a clever girl."
"Yes, this is a girl from the Nanrong family."
"Look at this, it's also a typical foreign style, although it's a little rough but it also has a strong vitality!" Concubine Xi picked up Yiyang's work.
"This time to choose a concubine for the three princes, these twenty women also have their own style!"
"That is, the national strength of my holy city is prosperous every year, and the men are excellent, and this woman is not to be outdone!"
"What Concubine Shu said is, but after all, this is to choose a concubine for the third prince, can Concubine Jing have a favorite candidate?"
"After returning to the emperor, I think these women are very good, and as long as the three emperors like it in the end, they are all happy."
"We are mothers who are the gatekeepers for our sons, and in the future, they will have to live together as a young couple!"
"yes!"
After a long discussion, the ten people finally decided.