"Yao, why are there so many people over there? Let's go and have a look. ”

Xue Yao and Ye Mao walked out of the gate of the academy after school, and saw a bunch of people surrounded in front of the announcement wall in front of the mansion, and Ye Mao pulled Xue Yao over to watch the excitement.

There were too many people in front of them, and the two of them couldn't squeeze in, Ye Mao jumped on Xue Yao's shoulders, trying to see what was written on the notice posted on the wall.

When he was about to fall, Xue Yao reached out to support his leg and carried the person to his shoulder.

The field of vision suddenly became wider, Ye Mao was startled, and subconsciously held Xue Yao's head to stabilize himself.

Except for sitting on his father's shoulder when he was a child, he has never sat on someone else's shoulder, especially this person is still his own little friend, Ye Mao is very embarrassed, "Ah Yao, let me down." ”

I always feel like the people next to me have looked at it.

Xue Yao didn't let it go, but asked, "What is written on the notice?" ”

Although he was about the same size as Ye Mao, he was a head taller than Ye Mao, and he was much bigger than him, so it was easy to carry him.

Ye Mao looked at the notice.

"It said that this year, Fengchi County will elect a woman to pray on behalf of the people by the Bailong River. If someone's family has a concubine, they can get 1,000 taels of silver, and they can also reduce taxes for three years, not only that, but the concubine can also get the opportunity to meet the emperor. ”

"Wow! Little boy, is it true or not? There wasn't such a thing in the past. ”

"If you leave the concubine, you can get a thousand taels of silver, reduce taxes for three years, and see the emperor?"

"Little boy, help me to see, how can I become a maid?"

Ye Mao read it out: "Any woman who is under the age of eighteen, unmarried, has good complexion, has no scars on her body, and has no physical defects, can go to the government to participate in the selection of women." ”

"Yikes! My Nizi just fits the bill! I'll have to go back and tell them the news! ”

"Alas, I knew that I would marry the girl two years later, my girl is handsome, maybe she can be selected!"

Some people were happy and some were worried, everyone was talking, and the content of the notice spread throughout Fengchi at the fastest speed, and spread to several surrounding counties and towns.

Xue Yao told his family about this after he went home, and the Xue family just listened to it, no one took it to heart, after all, Xue Wu and Xue Jun sisters, one is a "married woman", and the other has a stubborn disease, which is considered to be physically defective, and they are not eligible.

However, what Xue Wu didn't know was that she had already been targeted.

In the past, the door of the government was deserted, but today it was very lively, there was a long queue in front of the door, all the women in the team, and they were not very old, and most of their appearance was above the horizontal line.

However, there are a few exceptions.

"Hey, you see, she looks like a sharp-beaked monkey gill, how can she have the face to run for the shrine?"

"That's it, I look at the age of definitely more than eighteen, and I am really ashamed to come here to pretend to be tender."

"If I were her, I wouldn't even dare to go out of the door, where would I dare to run here to be embarrassed?"

"She's seen it! Ouch, she still dares to stare at us? ”

"It's scary to see her eyes like bull's eyes."

"The nose is turned out, it's ugly."

The object of the women's discussion was a thin little girl, only about 1.5 meters tall, with her nostrils turned out, her mouth big and protruding, she was really not good-looking, only a pair of eyes, dark and bright, very brilliant.

But at this moment, those eyes were full of anger, and their teeth were grinding, as if they wanted to rush up and bite the women who talked about them to death.

Seeing this, the women who were pointing at her couldn't help but be a little frightened and stopped.

Hmph, these people are ugly! She's the best-looking in the clan!

Wu Qi, the girl who was ridiculed and talked about by everyone, thought so in her heart.

The selection proceeded quickly, and the people who went in stayed inside for a few breaths before they came out, and after a short time, Wu Qi, who was in the middle of the line, came to the front.

Curious, she walked in to see how the men chose the maidens.

Under the eaves of the corridor, there is a square table, and in the gold lacquer carved tray on the table, there is a jade jue, the jade is delicate and transparent, and the five elements of the gossip diagram are engraved on it. Behind him sat a young man with a white face and no beard, who was Yuan Huai, the leader of the flower and bird envoys.

The help he asked Wang Liang to help him before was to post a notice in the name of the government to select the women, just as the Shangshi Festival was approaching, and the selection of the women was justified, but in fact, it was for the selection of candidates.

Wang Liang didn't know Yuan Huai's true purpose, because what Yuan Huai told him was that His Majesty intended to select beauties from the people to expand the harem.

The emperor also knew that this kind of thing should not be publicized to everyone, otherwise his reputation as the emperor would never be good, so he issued an order before Yuan Huai left, no matter what name he used to select, he just couldn't pass on the four words "picking yin and supplementing yang".

Yuan Huai naturally would not disobey the emperor's orders.

Regarding the emperor's selection of beauties to enter the palace among the people, Wang Liang, as a courtier, had nothing to do but do so, so he gave Yuan Huai a great convenience, not only temporarily lent him the palace, but also ordered his subordinates to obey his assignment.

He only hoped that Yuan Huai, a group of people who "picked flowers" for the emperor, would finish their work and leave early.

Yuan Huai saw Wu Qi coming in, his expression instantly lost control, and he yelled at the two officials guarding the door: "What are you doing?" How did you put such an ugly girl in? ”

Yali was yelled at and came back from his sluggish and stiff state, both of them were a little dazed, and then looked at Wu Qi who had entered the courtyard, and the two of them were more frightened than Yuan Huai.

They were obviously trying to stop this ugly girl just now, why did she go in in the blink of an eye?

Wu Qi is very unhappy, she is the first beauty in the clan, how can she become an ugly girl when she arrives here!

"You're blind! You open your eyes and take a good look, I'm obviously as beautiful as a fairy, where is it ugly! Wu Qi walked up to Yuan Huai angrily and put his face in front of him.

Everywhere is ugly, okay! This woman really doesn't have the slightest self-knowledge!

Yuan Huai was suffocated for a while, and quickly leaned back to avoid close contact with that ugly face.

"Get her out." Yuan Huai didn't want to talk nonsense with the ugly girl in front of him, so he directly confronted the two yali daos behind him.

When the two Yali approached, Wu Qi rolled his eyes, snatched the jade jue from the tray on the table, ran to the roof, and stuck out his tongue proudly at Yuanhuai, "I won't leave, what can you do to me?" ”

Yuan Huai's face changed greatly, "Return Yujue!" ”

Wu Qi originally just thought that Yu Jue was very good-looking, so she snatched it over and played with it, but seeing him so nervous, she became more and more interested, and deliberately took Yu Jue in her hand and shook it, "I won't pay it back, what can you do with me?" ”

But at this moment, the jade jue suddenly emitted a burst of dark light, reflecting Wu Qi's entire person black.

She was so shocked that her hand shook, and Yu Jue fell.