Chapter 26: Candle Tears (4)
Shengjing City
The first national draft of the new emperor will be officially opened tomorrow, and the Western Chu Palace is full of lights, and these days the Internal Affairs Office has finally renovated the various towers and palaces in the palace, and the entire palace has a new look.
The day before the draft, the new palace people entered the palace, most of the palace people of the previous dynasty went out of the palace to find a new life, and the few people who had no one at home stayed. The faces of the new people entering the palace are more or less full of joy and expectation, and most of the purposes of their entry into the palace are to fight for a new life, just to meet a good master, and live peacefully until the age of leaving the palace.
Alien to all this hopeful atmosphere was the emperor's seventh brother, Ji Wang Gu Duan, who felt that his life was becoming more and more difficult now. The imperial brother obviously likes the princess Zhaoyang more than him, and the new concubines will soon enter the palace, and the little love left by the imperial brother will be distributed to those concubines. The queen mother didn't get early, his father also died, and the concubines who loved him in the past either went with the emperor or went to the temple to shave their hair, and now even the imperial brother doesn't love him as much as before.
Gu Xiaoqi felt that he was not even as good as the little cabbage in the wasteland in winter, he didn't love his father, his brother and his mother, just like the snow in the wasteland in winter all day long, and there was no grass, which was extremely desolate.
Bu Fu
Nian Nian looked at everything in front of her and was a little overwhelmed, a room full of people were looking at her, and everyone had hope in their eyes. Mrs. Bu on the throne was already crying, her eyes were red from crying, she pinched her handkerchief and sobbed quietly, and Master Bu next to her frowned, forcibly suppressing the sadness in her eyes.
Everyone was waiting for her to nod.
Seeing that Niannian was still hesitating, Mrs. Bu couldn't help but pounce at her feet, knelt down and grabbed her hand and said, "Girl, please, for Yue'er's sake of saving you, save the Bu family." ”
Nian Nian helped Mrs. Bu up and sat down, and finally made a decision, nodded with her eyes closed, "Okay." ”
A few days ago, she took the Bu family's merchant ship to Shengjing, but unexpectedly encountered water bandits on the way. The goods transported by the Bu family this time are very important, so they are escorted by many masters. The water bandit was finally defeated and destroyed, and the water bandit leader grabbed her and dragged her into the water before he died. When Zhibu Yuemian saw her fall into the water, she jumped into the water desperately to save her, but the cold entered her body, and she had a high fever that day, and her life was in danger.
The Bu family is an imperial businessman, and the daughters of the family must participate in this draft, otherwise it will be a capital crime. But now that Bu Yuemian is seriously ill, Mrs. Bu has no other way out for this one daughter. Fortunately, Bu Yuemian grew up in Jiangnan since she was a child, and she returned to Beijing for this draft, and no one in Shengjing City has seen her. I only knew that there was a daughter in the Bu family, who was beautiful and didn't know her name, so I had no choice but to ask her to impersonate Bu Yuemian to enter the palace.
Master Bu hugged his fists towards Nian Nian and said: "Thank you girl, if you are selected, please don't worry about the girl, the Bu family must be the girl's backing." ”
At night, Nian Nian looked at the various colors of fat and powder hairpin rings on the dressing table and was stunned, if she didn't win the selection tomorrow, she hadn't played enough.
Qianyuan Palace
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. Yesterday, I suddenly felt a cold wind and was bedridden. However, the draft has been prepared for a long time, and the matter is too big to delay, so I decided to let Princess Zhaoyang and King Ji participate in my place. The power of the two, if I come in person, the two of them are in charge of the draft, and they must not be disobeyed. Chin this. ”
The official flag pretended to be calm and finished reciting the holy decree, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead. The group of people kneeling below looked at him stunned, and he felt that what he was holding in his hand was not a holy decree, but his amulet.
Unexpectedly, his official banner went through a thousand difficulties to climb to the position of the eunuch in front of the emperor, and so soon ushered in the second life and death catastrophe in his life. Recalling the last time he was canonized as Princess Zhaoyang, he was almost drowned by the spittle of the ministers, and this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out of the Qianyuan Palace.
It was not only the ministers, show girls and palace people who were shocked by Gu Xiang's operation, but also Gu Duan and Mu Yi who were sitting on both sides of the dragon chair above.
Although Gu Duan was shocked, he still felt a little more happy in his heart. The royal brother didn't even come to the draft, I must choose a few special ones, so that the imperial brother won't like them, so that I can keep my second position below Princess Zhaoyang.
Mu Yi could probably guess why Gu Xiang did this, but she was hesitant now, after all, she had sworn to Gu Xiang a few days ago that she would definitely just look at it, so now she would just take a look or not. After struggling for a while, Mu Yi got up and walked to the side of the official banner and said, "The official banner, what does the emperor mean by this?" ”
Guan Qi looked at Mu Yi very gratefully, thanking her for saving him from fire and water, he was about to collapse by the group of people. The savior who looked at him said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, Your Majesty means that the draft will be handed over to you and His Royal Highness King Ji." Your Majesty also asked me to tell you, remember what I said to you that day, and think twice. ”
Mu Yi nodded clearly, patted the shoulder of the official flag and said, "Okay, thank you." Then he looked at the eyes below and said, "You go to stand beside King Ji first, they are not so bold." By the way, tell him that the emperor said that I will choose one and he will choose two for today's draft. ”
Guan Qi nodded, walked to Gu Duan's side with the holy decree, and told him Mu Yi's words. Then Gu Duan turned his head to look at Mu Yi, obviously not believing the words of the official flag.
The two couldn't make eye contact, because then the Ministry of Rites officials announced that the draft had begun.
Mu Yi thinks that he has seen a lot of beauties after walking in the world for a few years, and he has long seen that beauty is not beautiful. But she only learned today that she was lonely and informed, and the emperor's draft was really different.
Everyone is beautiful, the small family jasper, can be literary and martial, ring fat and thin, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. Mu Yi thinks, what kind of show is it to choose such a good condition, isn't it good to find a home, I have to go to the palace to see the red walls and green tiles, and be lonely all my life.
After a busy day, in the environment where Mu Yi and Gu Duan had their own thoughts, they finally left three of them among the many beauties. Mu Yi didn't understand the intermediary of the harem, and after discussing it with Gu Duan, he decided to give the three of them the same intermediary.
Mei Yan, the daughter of Mei Ming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was named Jiejie Yu and lived in Changle Palace; Qingyu, the daughter of the governor of Qiyang Hou, is Yu Jieyu and is given to live in Weiyang Palace; Bu Niannian, the daughter of the emperor Bu Yuan, was Ying Jieyu and lived in Yong'an Palace.
Gu Xiang stood on the city tower and watched the procession of carriages carrying the draft girls slowly drive into the palace, and when the red door closed, there was a dull sound, separating the parents and family who came to see them off from the palace walls.
After ten years, life and death were boundless, and he only missed and did not dare to be delusional.
Why bother to enter the palace, the red dust outside the wall is rolling three thousand prosperous, and the red walls inside the wall are green lights and green tiles.