Chapter 1: Entering the Palace
Dayu Dynasty, the second year of Yongxi.
It has been a year since Emperor Yongxi ascended the throne, and the state affairs and government have gradually stabilized, but the harem is empty, and the queen mother is worried, so she deliberately held the triennial show girl election in advance, intending to select unmarried women with both talent and appearance, good morality, speech and good work to enrich the harem and spread out for the royal family.
Today is the day when the show girls enter the palace, the show girls have exquisite makeup, gorgeous clothes, and gather in groups of three or five, or talk dignified and decent, or smile beautifully and cutely, full of longing and yearning for the palace and the young emperor of the Ninety-Five.
Only one woman is different.
Guan Tongshu was so excited that she even covered her mouth and yawned quietly.
Alas, the days in the palace are so boring, I really want to go home! As long as Dianxuan finds a way to be given flowers by the brand, she can go home smoothly, continue to happily shop for books, read books, and chat with the little maids about gossip!
Thinking of this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a pair of smart and wise beautiful eyes quietly swept around, and seeing that no one was paying attention around, she quietly slipped to a stone pier among the flowers not far away and sat down, and took out a book from her arms.
"Fortunately, I hid from my mother and quietly brought "Expedition to the West" into the palace, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to live a day this day!"
"The Journey to the West" is now the most popular set of words in the market, telling the heroic legend of a young general who went west to conquer the Rong clan, the story climaxes repeatedly, wonderful, people will be immersed in it at a glance, reluctant to put it down.
Guan Tongshu happily immersed herself in the world of the script, and her beautiful and vulgar appearance unconsciously revealed her glittering brilliance, and even the delicate and blooming peony beside her was compared, and the beauty was incomprehensible.
This scene was so beautiful that it soon attracted the attention of many show girls, and many people couldn't help but say sourly: "Look at that Guan Tongshu, she is pretending to be a talented girl in the scholarly door again!" ”
"She can only pretend to be a talented girl, who made her father just a small country priest wine, innocent, powerless, can only rely on that bit of ink to put gold on her face!"
said so, but looking at Guan Tongshu's jealous eyes, it seemed like he wanted to take off the other party's appearance and replace it on his face.
Kou Lan'er, the daughter of the household servant, had long been unpleasant to see because of Guan Tongshu's excellent appearance, and at this moment, her eyes were even more on fire, and she said coldly: "Hmph, it's just pretending, watch me tear her fake skin!" ”
Anyway, her father works in the household department, which is an important position in charge of the treasury money and grain, and he has to be valued by the queen mother's mother's family, and the future is bright. I didn't dare to do anything if I bullied her!
In the eyes of the show girls who were either frightened and worried, or gloating, Kou Lan'er walked up to Guan Tongshu and suddenly snatched the book in her hand: "Guan Tongshu, what are you looking at?" ”
Guan Tongshu was startled when he saw the tense plot of the young and heroic Silver Armor General going deep into the enemy camp, and suddenly shouted: "Ah! ”
Ko Lan'er was defenseless, but was so frightened by her that her face turned pale.
"What's your ghost yelling about?" She glared at Guan Tongshu angrily, held up the book in front of her suspiciously, and couldn't help laughing, "Oh, I thought our talented girl was studying hard and alone, but I didn't expect to be reading a script!" ”
Guan Tongshu frowned slightly, too lazy to intrigue with these show girls, but said in a deep voice: "Give it back to me!" ”
Not only did Ko Lan'er not pay it back, but shouted even more arrogantly:
"How did someone like you pass the show girl primary? This kind of thing is obscenity and theft, and those scholars and young ladies spend the moon before and after, I don't know how many daughters of good people have been damaged! This kind of pickled thing, you actually look at it with relish, and dare to bring it into the palace? It's audacious and morally corrupt! ”
As soon as the show girls heard this, whether it was true or pretended, they all retreated, as if they were standing closer to Guan Tongshu, they would be infected by her and lose their female virtues.
Seeing this, Ko Lan'er was even more proud: "In vain, your father, as the son of the country, is responsible for teaching and educating people, hasn't he educated you What is indecent don't look at?" I'm here to teach you today! ”
As she spoke, she raised the notebook in her hand and tore it to pieces in front of Guan Tongshu.
"Hey!" Guan Tongshu hurriedly stepped forward to grab it, but it was still a step too late, and the book had already turned into pieces.
Guan Tongshu's eyes narrowed slowly, and Qingming's sharp gaze fixed on Kou Lan'er.
Although she is cold on weekdays, she has never fought or grabbed, and she has no temper, but today she suddenly sank her face, and her momentum was actually terrifying.
Kou Lan'er was taken by her gaze, and unconsciously took a step back, and when she came back to her senses, she couldn't help but be even more annoyed, and raised her voice and shouted: "I, my father is a household servant, what do you dare to do to me?" ”
The corners of Guan Tongshu's lips hooked slightly, and she suddenly sneered: "Naturally, I can't do anything to you, I just want you to know that the book you just tore up, called "The Journey to the West", is based on the story of His Majesty's conquest of the Rong clan and the pacification of the Western Frontier, in your opinion, this is actually a prostitution and theft?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the show girls present changed greatly, and Ko Lan'er's face turned white in an instant!
Guan Tongshu ignored her, and her smile was even colder: "As for my father, it is indeed not as good as Ling Zun Kou Shilang, after all, Kou Shilang went to Yichun Courtyard with Kou Gongzi three days ago, and the father and son fought for the same Oiran, so they rolled down the stairs and broke a leg, my father can't learn it anyway, and only Kou Shilang and Kou Gongzi have such skills!" ”
The show girls were in an uproar and looked at Ko Lan'er in dismay.
Kou Lan'er was in a state of turmoil, this ugly fact was unbearable, once it reached the emperor's ears, the consequences were unimaginable, so as soon as it happened, it was pressed down, Yichun Courtyard has been sealed, and the family has also been sealed, but how did Guan Tongshu know?
She was shocked and confused, and screamed, "You don't want to spew blood!" I'm not going to mess around with you! ”
said that her face was miserable, and she staggered away, she had to quickly send a message out of the palace, and let her father find out where the news had leaked!
In a shadow that the ladies could not see, a man with his attendants quietly took in all of this.
The man was wearing a bright yellow five-clawed dragon brocade robe, handsome and straight, and his bearing was noble, it was Emperor Qin Zhao of Yongxi.
The corners of his lips hooked up a playful smile, and he commanded in a low voice: "That old guy Kou Zhong has been taking leave for three days in a row, saying that he is sick, but it turns out that it is because of this!" Go and let people check if what the show girl said is true, if it is true, let the imperial history be impeached tomorrow, I am worried about the power of the queen mother, and I just tear the mouth from him! ”