The carriage of the Zhang family was parked far away under a big plane tree, and I saw two groups of girls who came out of the palace, but I didn't see my own eldest girl. Mingyue looked at Mama Hua who was squinting her eyes leisurely as if she was thinking, and then looked at the nurse with an anxious face, and said a little uneasily: "The girl hasn't gone out yet, is she going to see the Holy Queen?"

“...... Presumably, the girl who didn't come out at this time should go to the Imperial Garden. Mama Hua pinched her fingers and gestured, as if she had thought of something, and became silent again.

Mingyue secretly wondered, it was very strange that Mama Hua had to come with her today, and it was even more strange that she was sometimes worried and sometimes relaxed.

......Mingyue didn't have the courage to say anything about the girl's self-harm, so she looked at the corner of her mouth and asked Hua Mama, who seemed to be a little happy, "Mama, how likely is it that the girl is left in the palace now?"

"It's hard to say, let's just wait. Mama Hua's closed eyes never opened, and the nurse seemed to look at her hesitantly, but she didn't make a sound.

At this time, Zhang Erzhen, who was staring at the small pearl on the tip of her azure silver embroidered shoes, felt abnormal, and she noticed that her clothes, a long skirt of dark blue brocade, embroidered with white plum blossoms on the skirt, with a white brocade waist, even the embroidered shoes under her feet are much more delicate than those usually worn, colorful velvet, decorated with fluorescent pearls, you can't really see it if you don't look carefully, the silver thread connected under the pearl actually paints the moonlight Qinghui, Zhang Erzhen thought carefully, who is this outfit for the purchase?

Zhang Erzhen recalled that the red lacquered wood box sent by his mother Jin sent by someone was filled with an elegant dress, which looked like a filial piety, Zhang Erzhen understood the psychology of the Jin family's reluctance to let her enter the palace to serve the old emperor, but if she really dressed like this, sure she would not anger the old emperor?

Could it be the Tang family? This aunt was also very attentive, and sent a complete set of coral red two-finger gold-trimmed gold-trimmed chrysanthemum floor-to-ceiling dresses ordered from the Treasure Pavilion early, dragging them for two meters.

Zhang Erzhen thought about it for a while, well-it seems to be Mama Hua, she has been a little abnormal lately, she often comes to the butterfly garden to sit, in addition to repeatedly standardizing her etiquette and behavior, sometimes she will sit for a long time with a cup of tea, well-she is the most suspicious!

"Fall—"

Outside the sedan chair is the eunuch's unique slender voice, as the sedan chair slowly landed, the curtain was opened, Zhang Erzhen hung his head and walked out, this place is quieter than the place just now, only to see the smooth and round cobblestone avenue stretching straight into the front hall. There were originally more than 100 girls participating in the draft, and after two rounds, Zhang Erzhen vaguely felt that the number of people had decreased sharply, and it seemed that there were about 30 people.

Zhang Erzhen is in the third row of the third, surrounded by neat and serious princess palace maids, Zhang Erzhen raised her eyes slightly, the exquisite figure around her made her feel that the emperor is very blessed, the draft girls are all thirteen to seventeen-year-old young girls, and the rest are all delicate and delicate with superior appearances, basically combining beauty and identity (except for her). Zhang Erzhen, the girl standing on both sides, didn't know her, she only saw a steward father-in-law holding a silver-white Buddha dust, glanced at them like a Taoist priest, and said loudly: "Congratulations to the girls for entering the hall-" After saying that, a small eunuch next to him diligently presented a gold-patterned booklet, and the steward's father-in-law began to read like a song:

"Qi Yingying, the daughter of Qi Jin, the deputy envoy of the General Political Envoy, Shangguan Yunjin, the daughter of Shangguan Xian, the daughter of Shangguan Xian, the commander of Zhongpingbo, Liang Aiwan, the daughter of Liang Ye, the commander of Zhongpingbo, Li Changling, the daughter of Li Yixiang, the prefect of Wuchang, and Yang Miaoxiang, the daughter of Yang Zhan, the thousand general manager of the Imperial Palace, enter——"

With the last elongated note of the housekeeper's father-in-law, the two girls on the left and right sides of Zhang Erzhen left with small flower steps, Zhang Erzhen peeked at it, Liang Aiwan, who was dressed in a bright pleated skirt, and Li Changling, who was dressed in an apricot-yellow delicate dress, went away and entered the red brick and white tile hall. The rest of the girls naturally didn't discuss their experiences from ear to ear, Zhang Erzhen wiped her skirt, she was a little nervous, in the end, it was the majesty of the imperial city, and her palms were sweating......

A quarter of an hour later, the steward eunuch began to chant again, this time there were no acquaintances of Zhang Erzhen, and naturally she did not read herself. Zhang Erzhen felt much more nervous than when he looked at the results in the previous life, the person who was called in first was lucky, and it was really torturous to stay, and it was also a knife to stretch out his head, and it was also a knife to shrink his head, so it was better to cut through the mess with a quick knife. Heaven heard Zhang Erzhen's prayer, and until she read the fifth group, there was no her name, and she tossed Miss Zhang five rounds. Zhang Erzhen sent away wave after wave, and her legs standing straight were sore and trembling faintly, only to finally hear the heavenly voice of the steward eunuch:

“...... Xiangqin, the queen of Wang Chuan, the secretary of the ministry, and Zhang Erzhen, the daughter of Zhang Luan, the imperial history of the Inspectorate...... , in—"

The remaining five girls followed a mama in purple palace clothes into the gate with a tiger and tiger dragon head hanging on vermilion lacquered wood, and Zhang Erzhen guessed that this was probably entering the imperial garden. After walking for a while, the venue became wider again, and I faintly felt the magnificent scene of the canopy fluttering in front of me. Zhang Erzhen is still staring at the ground without squinting, the three-foot square bluestone bricks are seamlessly collaged, the middle is as smooth as a mirror, and the four joys are carved out of the cloud pattern around it. Listening to the first few girls kneeling down and worshipping Ruyi, the corners of the skirt and the beaded jewelry on their heads made a slight sighing sound. Zhang Erzhen felt that the girl from the Duling family at two feet shook slightly, as if she was extremely nervous.

Zhang Erzhen mustered up the courage to can't help but peek at the emperor and queen on the throne, it was easy to enter the second palace, and it was not in vain that she had tossed for so long to see the holy face. Yunluo hall is large and spacious, the wall beams and pillars in the hall are all decorated with cloud patterns, the mood is colorful, colorful and gorgeous, there is no dragon and phoenix and other commonly used flower decorations in the palace. Above the shining throne of the Red Gold Nine Dragons and Golden Treasure sits the current saint. Looking a little emaciated, he only felt that he was full of jewels, wearing a crown of heaven on his head, and twelve white jade beads, hanging in front of him, covering the dragon's face, and he couldn't see his expression clearly. It's just that the posture is slightly oblique, the queen sits on the right side of the emperor's throne, with a pearl crown and phoenix clothes, which is very treasured, and she looks dignified and beautiful, and she is majestic. And one more ...... , Zhang Erzhen withdrew his gaze at a glance, the flamboyant water-red palace dress, the face was charming and amorous, and the one sitting on the left side of the saint was about the long-famous Wan Zhen'er Wan Guifei.

The girls bowed down with the sharp voice of a father-in-law on the side of the saint, and listened to the father-in-law one by one:

"Xiangqin, the queen of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Chuan, is sixteen years old——"

Wang Xiangqin, who was in a green-chested Ruijin skirt, took a step forward and bowed in front of the saint, her voice crisp and moving: "The courtiers meet the emperor, and the queen mother." ”

Wang Xiangqin's posture is like a slender willow, and there is a water-red ribbon around her waist, and she gently shakes twice with the action of bowing, Zhang Erzhen saw Miss Wang's embroidered shoes, and actually used a very rare and rare two-sided embroidered satin brocade pattern, the nurse once sighed, not a person in the palace, how can you get this thing, this Miss Wang is about to go through the motions - it's just that people have the queen mother as an aunt, and the backstage is indestructible...... Sure enough, before the saint could speak, the queen was already smiling: "I see that Qin'er is different from the past, in the past, she was used to being naughty and behaved, but now she looks much more dignified and elegant, come on, take a good look at this palace——"

Wang Xiangqin seemed to be shy and took a few steps forward for the queen to look, and the queen looked left and right with great satisfaction, as if she said casually: "Qin'er, this girl has a good relationship with the princesses, if she can stay in the palace, she can be a companion in one place." Since beating Qin'er and leaving the palace, Wanhua often goes to the concubine to be coquettish, and begs the concubine to take Qin'er to play. Your Majesty, what do you think ......?"

"Hmm......" After a long time, the saint changed his arm to support his body, squinted at the slender girl in front of him, and seemed to be dissatisfied: "But she is the girl of your Wang family after all." ”

The queen's face was a little ugly, and the tips of Wang Xiangqin's hanging ears were slightly red, but in fact, she bit a mouthful of silver teeth, and knew that the emperor was not having a good time! The queen immediately eased her expression and said with a smile: "The people of the world are not all the emperor's people, can the concubine be right?" After finishing speaking, he laughed out loud: "The prince has been silent recently, and he needs a gentle and understanding service to the side." ”

Shengshang pinched his forehead with a headache, Wan Guifei saw this, stood up and went over to help, and pressed it softly, Shengshang seemed to be much more comfortable, only listening to Wan Guifei's voice like silk and bamboo singing: "Why is the queen so anxious, today's draft is mainly to choose a few to enrich the harem, and the queen mother is arranged for the prince first, hehe." The laughter was friendly and cordial, and Zhang Erzhen felt that the queen must have been angry in her heart.

None of the people in the hall knew what the saint thought, the sandalwood curled, and after a long time, the saint said slowly: "...... Stay, appreciate the green yarn. ”

The queen's face was pale, Concubine Wan seemed to be proud, Wang Xiangqin's little face was also a little pale, Zhang Erzhen was clear, the saint did not announce Wang Xiangqin as the crown princess on the spot, and there were too many follow-up accidents.

After Wang Xiangqin stepped back, the next ones who stepped forward one by one were the three girls who didn't know each other, and all three of them were defeated. The bigwigs met twenty-nine girls one after another, and finally the last one was left, and they were all a little excited.

"Zhang Erzhen, the daughter of Zhang Luan, the imperial history of the Inspectorate, is thirteen years old——"

Zhang Erzhen trembled and knelt down, shouted long live, and very exaggeratedly stretched out his arm to the maximum length and lay on the floor of the white marble, his voice was loud, which made the three bigwigs present vibrate. The saint frowned unhappily, and first signaled that Wan Guifei could stop, and then Wan Guifei sat down in her original position gently. Zhang Erzhen, whose head was about to fall to the ground, heard the hoarse voice of the saint and said, "Raise your head and show me-" Concubine Wan's face froze, and her eyes shot at the dark blue man on the ground.

Zhang Erzhen was prepared, and resolutely raised her little face for the three of them to look at, she never had the courage to look at the saint and the girls, and her eyes were looking down the whole time, with a respectful face. Sheng Shang saw through the slightly shaking white jade beads that Miss Zhang's dignity was slightly disappointed, the little girl's goose egg face and delicate little nose were exquisite, but this aesthetic was a little worse, and it couldn't get into his eyes. The queen mother and Wan Guifei are both beauties, and naturally they also have a pair of eyes that recognize beauties, and the two of them breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, this girl looks really small, if she enters the palace, it will be a troublesome matter.