Zhong Lichun and Zhao Zhongquan stayed at an inn, and Zhao Zhongquan went out to inquire about the situation. Zhong Lichun sat in the room, opened the window door facing the street, and watched the crowd of people coming and going on the street. Suddenly, a familiar figure broke into his eyes, Jun Mo asked, Zhong Lichun was stunned, and almost screamed. In the blink of an eye, it was gone, gone. Yu Yu sighed, lowered the curtains, and turned to sit on the bed.

Jun Mowen hurriedly walked on the street, and suddenly felt that there was a gaze on him on the inn on the street, and his heart sank, and he hurriedly flashed into a small alley. Staring at the window, a white figure suddenly disappeared. Why does this figure look familiar? Jun Mo was puzzled, and wanted to check it out, but he thought that there were still important things waiting for him to do, so he glanced at the window again and left in a hurry.

Zhong Lichun sat on the bed and pondered, the figure just now was Jun Mo who asked yes, but he didn't know what he was doing in the capital. I can't see him anyway, so I don't care about him.

Zhao Zhongquan inquired about the news, and after returning to the inn, he said: "I will participate in the primary election the day after tomorrow, and the general election will be held in three days." Tell Zhong Lichun to get ready. After that, he went back to the next room to rest.

Zhong Lichun nodded yes after hearing this, lying on the bed, the primary election, the general election, there is absolutely no problem in entering the palace according to the current appearance. It's just how to enter the palace, how to enter the palace to plan well, to suppress the crowd, it is definitely not possible to enter the palace in a high-profile manner, she can't wait to kill him when she sees Tian Yujiang now. How could you let yourself touch your body? If you enter the palace too low-key, you can't be an inferior coolie palace maid, so you can't protect your son, and you won't have a chance to see your son. Then in what capacity should you enter the palace?

Zhong Lichun fell into deep thought and decided to pass the primary election first. The next day, Zhong Lichun had breakfast and decided to go out on the street to prepare a few things for emergencies. He took the silver ticket given by Ding, covered it with a veil, walked all the way west on the street, came to a pharmacy, and bought a few medicinal herbs. I was just about to turn around and walk back. Seeing a few people dressed luxuriously, galloping wildly, passers-by and pedestrians dodging one after another, Zhong Lichun hurriedly flashed aside, and a strong wind swept by, blowing Zhong Lichun's veil and drifting into the distance.

The man galloping back in surprise, glanced at Zhong Lichun, jumped up on the horse, grabbed the fluttering veil and handed it to Zhong Lichun and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to disturb the girl." Please ask the girl's surname. ”

Zhong Lichun took the veil, put it back on, snorted coldly, didn't look at him, turned his head and left.

The man glanced at Zhong Lichun, who was leaving, flew on his horse, and rode away.

Zhong Lichun returned to the inn and took the several medicines he bought.

The next morning, Zhao Zhongquan was stunned when he saw Zhong Lichun, whose face was slightly yellow, and wondered: "Yan'er, what's wrong with you, but you're not feeling well." ”

Zhongli Chunwan smiled and said, "Daddy, don't worry, my daughter is in good health." It's just that I don't want to be too jealous, so I put some color on my face. ”

Zhao Zhongquan was relieved after hearing this, and took a closer look, but his face was really yellow, with a little sick appearance, and there was nothing unusual. Only then did he bring Zhong Lichun to the inner court of the palace.

There was already a primary selection of grandmothers who brought the women into the room one by one, and when the women came out, their faces were red. Zhong Lichun knew in his heart that when it was Mama's turn to take her into the room, Zhong Lichun waited for Mama to speak, and immediately stuffed two silver tickets into her hands.

The two grandmothers in charge of the primary election were stunned for a moment, and glanced at the silver tickets in their hands, one fifty taels, two hundred taels, this girl is really generous. So the two grandmothers changed their faces and smiled: "Girl, don't be afraid, we're just waiting for a routine check." ”

Zhong Lichun smiled and said: "I'm just weaker, my face is a little yellow, everything else is normal, please excuse me from this routine examination!" ”

The two grandmothers looked at each other and nodded, "So the girl will go out after a while, and you are not allowed to talk about it to others." ”

Zhong Lichun said with a smile: "This is natural, how can I make trouble for myself!" After saying that, the three of them smiled at each other. After a while, Zhong Lichun opened the house and walked out. I saw the girl waiting for the draft whispering beside me. There was an ordinarily dressed and delicate-looking girl who was waiting for the draft timidly walked up to Zhong Lichun and asked, "Sister, do you know what to check?" ”

"Look up something." Zhong Lichun was amused, how to answer this, so he smiled lightly: "Sister, don't be afraid, it's just that there is nothing in the ordinary examination." It's good to be done. ”

"Yes" The show girl was nervous and said, "What's my sister's name, my name is Chen Yujin." ”

"My name is Zhao Ruoyan, you can call me Sister Zhao, or Sister Ruoyan." Zhong Lichun replied with a smile.

"Oh! Sister Ruoyan, you can call me Yu Jin in the future. Shall we help each other in the future? ”

Zhong Lichun didn't want to pay attention to it, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's help each other in the future!" ”

Soon it was Chen Yujin's turn, and Chen Yujin followed Mama into the room nervously. Zhong Lichun heard Chen Yujin's screams coming from the room, and after a while, the door opened, only to see Chen Yujin's face flushed, and his face was full of tears running out of the room. Zhong Lichun shook his head, stepped forward and asked, "Sister Yujin, are you okay?" ”

Chen Yujin's face was full of tears, shaking her head desperately, Zhong Lichun sighed softly and said, "It's okay, don't be afraid, it's all over." Under Zhong Lichun's soft comfort, Chen Yujin gradually calmed down, wiped away her tears, and talked to Zhong Lichun in a low voice, Chen Yujin was originally a county history girl, and she was not invited to participate in the draft, but because the county history daughter was looking for death and refused to participate, the county history was helpless, so he sent this concubine to participate in the draft.

When the primary election ended, 20% of the show girls were withdrawn from the election for various reasons, Chen Yujin looked at the undrafted girls, some cried bitterly, and some were ecstatic to follow their father back, with envy flashing in their eyes. Follow the selected show girls to live in Chuxiu Palace.

Zhong Lichun was arranged to a double room because he gave two grandmothers silver, and Zhong Lichun took Chen Yujin and the two to live in.

Zhao Zhongquan took the notice and learned that Zhao Ruoyan had passed the primary election and was brought into Chuxiu Palace. Looking at the high palace wall, as soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and there will be no time to see each other from then on. He glanced helplessly at the palace. turned around and returned to the inn, holding on to the last glimmer of hope, waited in the inn for three days, and finally got the notice that Zhao Ruoyan was elected to the palace and was named a beauty. Zhao Zhongquan sighed, wrote a letter, and sent it to Zhongshu Province to order someone to hand it over to Zhao Ruoting. Turn around and ride back to Qingzhou. This is a later story, let's talk about how Zhong Lichun participated in the election.

Zhong Lichun followed a group of show girls to the Cheng'en Palace, and several grandmothers, after heavy screening, only left more than 20 show girls, and the other show girls were assigned to each palace and hall according to the upper, middle and lower ranks.

Zhong Lichun and more than 20 show girls stayed in the Cheng'en Palace, waited a little, the eunuch in charge came over, took a closer look, more than 20 show girls made marks with red pens and brushes, Zhong Lichun glanced at it secretly, and saw that his name was in the second place in the first line, he couldn't help but be startled, took a step forward and pretended to stand unsteadily, and fell to the eunuch in charge, and the chief eunuch hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him.

Zhong Lichun quickly stuffed a silver ticket into his palm. The eunuch in charge was stunned for a moment, looked at her, and said: "This show girl has a bad complexion, whether she is sick or not, take her aside and deal with it separately, and the rest will return to Chuxiu Palace and wait." After speaking, he said to Zhong Lichun: "You come with me." ”

Zhong Lichun followed the chief eunuch into a house, and the chief eunuch stared at her and asked, "Girl, what do you mean?" The second place in the first row is already very high, does the girl want to rank first, but unfortunately the girl's face is not good, and the first place is a little difficult. ”

Zhong Lichun bowed respectfully and said: Ruo Yan didn't dare to be delusional about the first, and only asked her father-in-law to put Ruo Yan in the middle of the second row, I don't know if it's okay? ”

"What? The girl is not wrong! Or did I hear it wrong. The eunuch in charge looked incredulous.

Zhong Lichun smiled lightly and said: "Ruoyan is not wrong, and my father-in-law is not wrong, the little woman is not feeling well now, and it is inconvenient to sleep, so I just ask my father-in-law to move down." ”

The eunuch in charge stared at her and said, "You don't want to sleep, do you have a heart?" ”

Zhong Lichun pretended to be shy, "My father-in-law's eyes are like torches, but the little woman has someone she likes, and she can't accept the bed for a while, and I hope that my father-in-law will be fulfilled." ”

The eunuch in charge sighed and said: "Now that you have entered the palace, it is useless to think about it, if you can't get the holy favor here, I'm afraid it will be difficult step by step, the girl has to think about it, if you move down, the opportunity will be missed." There is no more to say. ”

Zhong Lichun gave a salute and said: "Thank you father-in-law for reminding me, the little girl has made up her mind, please use your father-in-law to complete it." ”

The eunuch in charge sighed, seeing her resolute face, he shook his head and ranked Zhao Ruoyan's name in the second row, the second place, which can be regarded as leaving her a chance.

Zhong Lichun saw that he wanted to ask him to move back again, and after thinking about it, he basically didn't have a chance to see the king in the second line, and his position was a little higher, and his power was a little greater. She quickly scanned the list and saw that Chen Yujin's name was not among them, so she sighed and said, "Can you ask my father-in-law to put Chen Yujin's palace maid by my side." ”

The eunuch in charge looked at her, as if there was a tone of natural obedience, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said, "No problem, just take the palace maid and do it yourself, I can just give an order." ”

Zhong Lichun smiled lightly, "Thank you so much for your father-in-law's success, father-in-law's great kindness, toothless and unforgettable." ”

The eunuch in charge waved his hand and said, "Others spend money to climb up, but it's better for you to spend so much silver to move down." In the future, if you can use our place, just say it, and we can help if we can. It's a pity that I have a good face. After speaking, he shook his head and turned to leave, and handed over his decree to King Qi.

In the evening, there will be palace maids and eunuchs to pick up their respective masters and go to the palace to which they are assigned.

Zhao Ruoyan was led to Xiangningju, Chen Yujin had already been taken to Xiangningju, and when she saw Zhong Lichun, she said happily: "Congratulations to my sister, I was named a beauty." ”

Zhong Lichun smiled faintly, "What is there to congratulate, it's just a position." ”

Chen Yujin said with a smile: "My sister doesn't care, but others care, so I made a lot of silver climb up!" ”

Zhong Lichun shook his head, "That's someone else, not me, okay, let's not talk about others, let's take care of ourselves." ”

"You go get a bucket of hot water, I'm tired, I'm going to wash and sleep." Chen Yujin hurriedly went to fetch hot water.

Due to Zhong Lichun's low position, the courtyard he was assigned was relatively avoidant, and it was not too big, and there was only Chen Yujin as a personal palace maid, and there were two inferior rough palace maids.

Zhong Lichun is more satisfied with this position, so that no one will disturb him, and it is more convenient for him to do whatever he wants.