"Legend has it that because the second prince Li Wei (Rui) had a conflict with the emperor on his birthday, he has been fostered in his maternal grandfather's house.

"When Huichang was crowned king in the sixth year, the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince and the emperor's nephew were crowned kings, and even the five princes were crowned kings in the second year of Dazhong, only he is still a prince to this day, I suspect that the emperor Laozi has forgotten this son."

"The second prince almost died, although His Majesty did not want to see this son, but after all, he was a close relative, how could he allow others to harm him, so he ordered to torture the little envoy, yesterday at the beginning of the Yan on behalf of Liu Jieyu to inquire about it, after leaving, this person was stabbed in the neck by a copper hairpin and bled to death, it is said that the death is extremely terrifying!

"Your Majesty ordered Song Shanggong to investigate this matter, she took Chu Yan last night, and now she is being tortured in public, maybe there is some evidence."

The torture ended in a moment.

Chu Yan was knocked unconscious, and he couldn't wake up with water, so of course he couldn't continue to ask.

Of course, the prisoners were imprisoned in the nearest prison.

Originally, Song Shanggong didn't need to come forward in this matter at all, it was the responsibility of her subordinates and the secretary, but Chu Yan was also unlucky, and happened to meet a new official......

The crowd of onlookers dispersed.

Guo Hong returned to the temporary house, it is said that this was the residence of Shangguan Wan'er when she was a child, because Shangguan Zhaoyi was beheaded by Xuanzong, so the palace people were unlucky, and no one was willing to move in.

There has been no one living for a long time, and the yard is very dilapidated. It is close to the prison and has many families of criminals and women who have committed crimes.

Although this area is also a Yeting Palace, the status of the occupants is relatively low, and the show girls and concubines all live in the inner palace on the north side of the city wall.

Guo Hong simply cleaned up last night, and he is ready to clean up today.

He didn't know how long he would stay in the palace, and he heard Guo Jing say that even if he became Li Wei's attendant, he would have to come back to live at night.

Every morning, the palace maids and eunuchs who stayed in the palace entered the Taiji Palace through the Jiayou Gate and the Chengqing Gate, and came back in the evening, and they were mainly responsible for sprinkling and sweeping.

Most of the envoys who serve the nobles are also errands and do not live with the master, and only the personal maids live with the master.

Therefore, Jiayoumen and Chengqingmen are bustling sooner or later, and the scene is very similar to the mining area in later generations.

On the second day, Guo Jingshu came to find Guo Hong.

"Come with me, the selection is about to begin."

Guo Hong was dressed neatly and asked, "Where to go?" ”

"Zhongyitai! There is a swing today, and I heard that the saint will come to see it too! ”

Guo Hong's heart froze, and his eyes shrank.

The heat is not heavy early in the morning, and it is windy outside, which is still very cool.

In the Yeting Palace, both the palace maids and the eunuchs went out, and they all gathered on the art platform, and there were many palace people who came back from Jiayoumen to change their ways.

Zhongyitai is in the north of Jiayu Gate, and not far from the back garden.

Guo Hong followed Guo Jingshu to the front of the stage, only to see that it was already crowded.

There were cheers and laughter from the crowd, and the two of them climbed to the big locust tree, and the trunk was already full of people.

Yang Fugong and Wang Yanzhen are there, squeezing out two positions for them.

Guo Jingshu also kept running around on the trunk of the tree, causing a crowd of chickens and dogs to jump.

Their skins were all pressed together, and the branches rattled and rattled.

Guo Hong looked around, only to see five big trees in the middle of the crowd, with swings hanging below, and palace maids were swinging around, and they were also in various poses, and their clothes were flying, floating like a fairy!

At this time, the palace maid on the second swing on the left suddenly spread her hand and flew up, and everyone exclaimed.

She flipped two heels in the air

head, grabbed the swing again, and swung back without danger, attracting bursts of applause!

Not to be outdone, the people on the swings next to them took out their unique skills and competed for beauty!

The game lasted for half an hour, and the crowd was slightly commotioned, and the palace maids and eunuchs knelt down one after another, making way for a passage.

Guo Hong knew that the emperor was coming.

Emperor Dazhong will be his fortieth birthday in a few days, and at this time he is wearing a regular suit, with a headband, a rhino belt tied around his waist, five strands of long hair, and his appearance is dignified, and he is not angry and arrogant.

Surrounded by a group of eunuchs, he came to the shade of the big tree in front of the Zhongyi stage, and someone had already prepared tables and chairs.

The emperor sat in the middle, and the palace people wore fans and served wine.

The concubines who lived in the palace all came to see the driver, and after some chaos, the emperor signaled for the game to continue.

The following is the height of the swing, and the people who go up are all palace people with outstanding skills in the Yeting Palace, and all of them can swing to the same level as the trunk of the tree!

The cuffs of the dress are flying in the air, purple and red, one after another, with the whirring wind, which is very pleasing to the eye.

Guo Hong observed carefully and found that there were always five sturdy eunuchs around the emperor, faintly protecting him in the middle.

The five people are all so-called masters of Ouchi.

Guo Hong and the others waited for a while, the swing was almost over, and the emperor rewarded the final excellent palace maid.

Someone began to call for candidate envoys.

The emperor was accompanied by a concubine, in her thirties, with bright eyes and bright teeth, soft and charming.

"That's Liu Jieyu." Guo Jingshu whispered.

Guo Hong didn't see the boy he saved the day before yesterday, so he probably hadn't entered the palace yet.

He walked over, and sure enough, he saw that Li Jingchao was also in the team.

At this time, they were far away from the emperor, and Li Jingchao proudly said to the little envoys who participated in the selection next to him: "A certain family will definitely be selected today, so don't fight with me." ”

A person next to him smiled and said: "Although your cousin is powerful, he doesn't care much about your father and son, how can he be so sure today?" ”

Li Jingchao said: "Do you know what is compared today? ”

Everyone was curious.

Li Jingchao enjoyed the feeling of being in the limelight, and waited for everyone to look at him before saying: "Today's competition is martial arts, and the selected person must protect the safety of the second prince, how can you who have never been out of the palace be my opponent?" I'm the invincible opponent Tai Sui Xiao Erlang in the East City! ”

Everyone else laughed.

After a while, someone came to call them, and the whole team went to the crowd stage.

"Your Majesty, these are the people."

The emperor glanced around, and all the envoys bowed their heads and knelt down in salute.

Guo Hong also did it one by one.

The emperor glanced at Liu Jieyu and said with a smile: "Jieyu, you are here to choose people today, what kind of charter?" ”

Liu Jieyu said: "Xiao'er had her own guards when she was in Liufu, but after entering the palace, she also needed an inner servant who was familiar with the situation in the palace. ”

The Emperor shook his head and smiled, "That's too troublesome, just let my guards try their skills." ”

Liu Jieyu said: "That dare is good, let Your Majesty bother." ”

As soon as the emperor beckoned, the man headed by the five guards came over, knelt down and saluted: "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Wang Zongshi, go try these little envoys, don't hurt them."

The man said, "Yes." ”

He got up and walked up to Guo Hong and them, walked around on the ground with one foot, and said, "Come here one by one, you can push me out."

The circle can be selected! ”

"What if two people could do it?" Someone asked.

Wang Zongshi said with a smile: "Then choose one of the two, and I know who is strong and who is weak after trying." ”

These envoys looked at each other, no one moved, Guo Hong also wanted to wait and see, and no matter how much effort he felt, he didn't want to be too eye-catching.

Li Jingchao walked out, saluted Wang Zongshi, and said, "Uncle Wang's subordinates are merciful. ”

Wang Zongshi nodded slightly, and Guo Hong saw that the two of them looked at each other, and they seemed to be tired.

Li Jingchao stood in the circle, and the two began to fight.

Guo Hong saw that Wang Zongshi was obviously letting in the other party.

This Li Jingchao is unstable, and there is no effort at all, it is estimated that Li Jingchao's elders opened up the joints and let Wang Zongshi release water.

The envoys and palace maids who were watching in the audience were cheering, and the Tang Dynasty was still very popular.

The two entangled with each other for half a quarter of an hour, and Wang Zongshi threw Li Jingchao down, but he took one more step back and went out of the circle.

Someone among the young envoys lined up as candidates on the side whispered: "It's no fun, this Li Jingchao's family actually bought His Majesty's personal guards, and no one will want to pass for a while." ”

Sure enough, don't look at Li Jingchao's ability to win, no one else will support the other envoys, and they were easily thrown out of the circle one by one, Wang Zongshi later significantly accelerated his speed, grabbed it and threw it out, no one could support two breaths!

Guo Hong nodded secretly, this guy is almost the same as himself in terms of force, if the five guards are all of the same level, it is indeed difficult to deal with, and if you approach the emperor in the future, you have to be careful.

After another moment, it was finally Guo Hong's turn.

He was the last, and slowly walked into the circle with his head down, and was about to salute, when Wang Zongshi impatiently grabbed him by the collar and threw him out.

It turned out that the emperor was bored and had already begun to yawn.

Wang Zong's practical force pulled, and Guo Hong did not move.

The emperor heard the exclamation from the audience, opened his eyes, and saw Wang Zongshi grabbing Guo Hong's shirt back and forth, Guo Hong stood with his hands tied, like a wooden stake, and Wang Zongshi was a dog tied to the stake and wanted to fight.

He changed several postures, wanting to fall on his back, hold on his back, and fall sideways, but Guo Hong was like an iron pillar and did not react.

Wang Zongshi's face was flushed, sweat broke out on his face, and he begged in a low voice: "This master, give me some face and move it!" ”

Guo Hong nodded slightly, took a step in the direction that Wang Zongshi pulled, and then pushed the master out of the circle with a flick of his hand.

Wang Zongshi couldn't regain his momentum, sat down on the ground, jumped up immediately, walked back to the emperor as if nothing happened, and said, "Your Majesty, you have already chosen." ”

The emperor said, "Is this the last one?" ”

Wang Zongshi shook his head and said: "Let's choose Li Jingchao, who is the first to push me out of the circle!" ”

Liu Jieyu next to her was obviously displeased, and said: "Why don't you choose the good one but choose the bad one?" ”

Wang Zongshi said: "This person's martial arts are too high and a little suspicious, and he still needs to be checked." ”

The emperor asked, "Which family is he?" ”

A white eunuch on the side said a few words in his ear, and the emperor said to Liu Jieyu: "Jieyu, don't be angry, it's no wonder that Wang Zongshi is in this matter, that person has only been in the palace for a few days, it's better to be careful." ”

When Liu Jieyu heard the emperor say this, she had no objections, but just glanced at Guo Hong a few more times.

Guo Hong knew that this result was actually a black-box operation, but he was not in a hurry.

He didn't plan to be selected today, but he just wanted to test the strength of the Ouchi guards.

As for how to enter the Daming Palace, he had already thought about it.