Chapter 5: Draft List

The emperor's draft has become the latest hot news in Tianyuan Kingdom, and this year's draft stipulates that those who are officials in the court, as long as there are unmarried school-age children in the family, they can send posts to the palace to participate in the draft.

Royal notices were plastered all over the streets and alleys, and became the hottest conversation among the people in the city after tea and dinner.

Bai Chengxiang in Bai Mansion is like an ant in a hot pot, he originally claimed that Bai Xiyue was weak and sick just to prevent her from being drafted into the palace, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't escape now.

Bai Xiyue also knew about the draft, but she felt that the possibility of entering the palace was very small, even if she could enter the palace, Prime Minister Zuo would probably get in the way, how could he let the daughter of his rival get the favor of the emperor.

This year, the person in charge of the draft is Liu Yuanqing, the head of the household, he is the one who wears a pair of pants with Zuo Chengxiang, and now the concubines in the palace are very simple, the queen is Wang Qingyun, the daughter of the Wang family, the queen is the Shangshu lord, Wang Qingyun, and the two favored concubines are the two sisters of the Liu family, and the other less favored are the emperor's admission into the harem in order to attract the ministers.

Prime Minister Zuo has always been unable to get along with Prime Minister Bai, so he shouldn't let himself enter the palace, no, if Zuo Yuer wants to enter the palace, then the situation will be different, after all, in the palace, you can better control a woman's life and death.

It seems that if you still want to explore Prime Minister Zuo's thoughts, you have to find a breakthrough from Zuo Yuer.

As soon as Prime Minister Bai and his wife entered the door, they saw their daughter in a daze, and wanted to write that she should have known about the draft.

Prime Minister Bai was relieved: "Yueyue, you don't have to worry, my father will definitely not let you enter the palace." ”

"Yes! My mother won't let you enter the palace, I'm just a daughter like you, how can I be willing to let you go to that cannibalistic place. Madame Bai wiped away her tears as she spoke.

"Dad, mother, don't worry, your daughter has a way not to be chosen by the emperor, you can rest assured that you can just hand over the post."

Bai Xiyue said her thoughts, and the two of them calmed down and stopped being in such a hurry as they were just now.

Bai Xiyue also thought that Prime Minister Bai and his wife would want her to enter the palace, after all, if she could be favored, it would also be of great help to her career, and it seemed that her father and mother did not like the emperor so much.

Madam Bai was not so relieved and said: "What if their Zuo family just wants to deal with you in the palace?"

"Mother, don't worry, doesn't Prime Minister Zuo have a daughter who can't hide things," Bai Xiyue said. Seeing that their daughter had a countermeasure, the Bai couple relaxed.

After Bai Xiyue nested at home for a few more days, she finally went out.

Bai Shuang had already heard that Zuo Yu'er was going to the Red Sleeve Workshop to choose fabrics today, and when Bai Xiyue arrived at the Red Sleeve Workshop, she really saw Zuo Yu'er.

Bai Xiyue wore the most popular white fairy skirt in the city, with a veil, and a fairy who did not eat fireworks in the world, as if she would be scared away if she spoke loudly, which attracted many people.

Such a commotion naturally attracted Zuo Yuer's attention, she had never seen Bai Xiyue's appearance, but this dress was very familiar, not to mention that she hadn't forgotten Bai Tao's face.

Zuo Yu'er walked over proudly: "Yo, who should I be, this look like I'm not going to be able to do anything, don't stay at home, come out to scare someone."

She didn't speak politely at all, now she is the one who wants to enter the palace, and Bai Xiyue can only be a person who is lower than her, so naturally she doesn't have to show any affection.

Bai Xiyue knows Zuo Yu'er's temperament very well, and if she wants to speak out of her set, she has to control her temper.

Bai Xiyue glanced at Zuo Yu'er lightly, ignored her sarcasm, and bypassed her into the store.

Zuo Yu'er saw that Bai Xiyue ignored her, and immediately became angry, at this time, she still looked high, who to show her, today I have to give her some color to see, let her know who should not be offended.

"Bai Xiyue, you wear a veil all day long, is it ugly, you don't have a face to see people, think about it, not everyone can have a beautiful face like my Zuo Yu'er, you must have come here today to make clothes, an ugly person like you, nothing can compare to me."

Zuo Yu'er is most unaccustomed to Bai Xiyue's appearance of pretending to be innocent with a veil, the men of Tianyuan Kingdom like beautiful and gentle women the most, but Zuo Yu'er's eyebrows and eyes are slightly charming, not as good as Bai Xiyue's round apricot eyes.

Zuo Yu'er spoke so loudly that the surrounding women also looked over, and they all talked about it.

Bai Xiyue still calmly selected the fabric, she took a white cloth and said to the boss: "Is it appropriate to wear this material to the draft to make clothes?"

"Suitable, Miss, your raw white, this material is the most suitable."

Hua Niang saw Bai Xiyue's intentions at a glance, and immediately cooperated with the acting.

Zuo Yu'er saw that she was actually holding the moon shadow yarn she chose, so she immediately said to the boss: "I have all the moon shadow yarn in your store, make it into clothes, and send it to Zuo Mansion."

At this time, Bai Xiyue finally spoke, pointing to the white cloth and said, "This! I fell in love with it first! ”

"Miss Ben is just going to do it, a person who doesn't even have the qualifications for the draft deserves to compete with me!" Zuo Yuer's tone was full of sarcasm.

Bai Xiyue looked at the boss, and the corners of her mouth under the veil raised slightly: "Oh! How does Miss Zuo know that I am not qualified! If I make the cut and you don't, it's a shame. ”

Zuo Yu'er listened to her words and said even more disdainfully: "The Liu family, who organized the draft this year, and my father have been friends for many years, do you think I will let you be selected, the final result can only be that I will enter the palace in glory, and you can only marry a lowly person."

"How can you do this, you are a bully." Bai Tao didn't know Bai Xiyue's thoughts, in her cognition, it was a great honor to be able to enter the palace as the emperor's concubine, and when she heard Zuo Yu'er's words at this time, she stood up instantly.

"A little dares to talk to me like this, Lu Luo, give me a palm." Zuo Yu'er commanded sharply. She had long seen that Bai Tao was not pleasing to the eye, and she made disrespectful remarks three times and twice, and she really thought that she didn't dare to teach her a lesson.

Lu Luo on the side heard the young lady's order, raised his hand and was about to hit it, Bai Xiyue quickly pulled away the white peach, Lu Luo saw this and was ready to step forward, but was blocked by Bai Xiyue.

"The draft is imminent, Miss Zuo doesn't want any officials to impeach Prime Minister Zuo in front of the emperor, saying that he has no way to teach his daughter, and connived at his daughter to beat people on the street, I don't know that the emperor heard this. Will I choose you? ”

Bai Xiyue gave up her position as she spoke, and stood aside looking like she was watching a good show.

Zuo Yu'er saw her say this, but she couldn't do it, there are still many officials in the court who can't get used to their father, if they really make trouble to the emperor, I'm afraid that even their own entry into the palace will have an impact.

"I'll let you go today, and we'll see later."

Bai Xiyue had already gotten the answer she wanted, and she didn't entangle with Zuo Yu'er, so she left the Red Sleeves Workshop.

After knowing that she would not enter the palace, Bai Xiyue relaxed her heart.

Along the way, Bai Tao was depressed, and as soon as he returned to Baifu, he couldn't hold back anymore.

"Miss, aren't you angry, Zuo Yu'er is so excessive."

"Angry, why should I be angry."

"Because Zuo Yuer deliberately didn't let you go to the draft." Seeing her so calm, Bai Tao accentuated her tone.

"My stupid peach, who told you I wanted to go to the draft." Bai Xiyue held the face of Bai Peach, and really thought she was stupid and cute.

"What!" Bai Tao looked puzzled and stunned.

"Baishuang, you explain to her, the two of us are not on the same channel, I can't tell." Bai Xiyue held her forehead and handed over this task to Bai Shuang.

Bai Tao, who learned the ins and outs, finally knew how stupid she was.

Soon, the draft list came out and was posted on the notice list, Bai Xiyue didn't worry about taking a look at it, and sure enough, she didn't see her name, but to her surprise, Zuo Yuer was not on the list.

This made Bai Xiyue very puzzled, Zuo Yu'er's performance in the Red Sleeves Workshop that day was definitely going to enter the palace, not like pretending, and there was no reason why Prime Minister Zuo would give up such a good opportunity.

There must be a demon when things go wrong, Bai Xiyue paid special attention to this matter, and later learned that the emperor was worried that Prime Minister Zuo was too powerful in the court, and he didn't want the daughter of the Zuo family to get involved in the harem, so as not to cause Prime Minister Zuo to have bad intentions.