Emperor Sheng issued an edict requiring all young talents of appropriate age in Anyang City to participate in Princess Roujia's recruitment meeting to run for concubines.

First of all, candidates are required to submit a personal roster detailing personal information and family background, including the identities of all blood relatives within three generations.

If a parent has passed away for less than three years, a relative who has committed a crime will not be selected.

Secondly, candidates should also be well-looking and in good health.

Those who are ugly or disabled will not be selected.

After the primaries, it's time for the official campaign.

The recruitment conference is divided into a literary test and a martial arts test, and the top ten are selected through the results of the two competitions, and then Princess Roujia personally examines the school and selects her favorite candidates.

The rigor of this selection of horses is even more severe than that of the imperial examination, which cannot help but be staggering.

However, the princess is equivalent to entering the royal family, and the status is not the same, of course, not just anyone can have this honor, since they have to go through a very strict selection.

Because Su Yu also met the conditions, although he had already been excluded from the list by Princess Roujia, he still had to participate in the recruitment in the strange eyes of others.

"The most lively thing in Anyang City now is that Princess Roujia chose a concubine, and the most talked about among them is that Su Gongzi, who was just scolded by Princess Roujia a few days ago, is also running for a concubine. Everyone is speculating that it is very likely that the talent of Prince Su will be saved until the end, and how will Princess Roujia treat him at that time? This is a big drama of grievances and hatreds, and everyone is waiting to see it! ”

Yan Ran was practicing calligraphy, and Qingxuan was helping her grind while happily telling what she had seen outside.

coincided with Xuanyue sending Chaguo in, and when she heard what Qingxuan said, she interjected and asked, "Since Su Gongzi knows that he can't please him, he should deliberately lose the election at the beginning, right?" ”

Yan Ran paused for a moment, smiled slightly, and said firmly: "He doesn't dare." ”

Qingxuan and Xuanyue were puzzled: "Why? ”

Yan Ran put down the pen, took the handkerchief handed over by Qingxuan, and explained while wiping his hands: "Su Yu is known for his talent, and he has conflicts with Princess Roujia in the past, even if he really plays abnormally this time, he will be considered to have deliberately failed to escape Princess Shang's affairs." Wouldn't that confirm that he instigated the son of the Xue family to slander the princess's reputation, and even committed the crime of bullying the king? So, don't say that he didn't dare to deliberately lose the election, he didn't even dare to play abnormally! ”

Other people who don't want to be a princess can still "play abnormally", but Su Yu definitely can't.

No matter whether the final result is that Princess Roujia has no feelings for him, or will humiliate him in public, he can only participate in the competition to the best of his ability, and then resign himself to fate.

Yan Ran was eating tea fruit comfortably, and Xian Luo walked in, calling with a slightly heavy face: "Girl." ”

Yan Ran asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xian Luo pursed her lips and said in a deep voice: "Childe has passed the primary election and needs to participate in the recruitment meeting." ”

Yan Ran raised her eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

It stands to reason that with the relationship between Minyang, Wen Rongan and Wen Chengyan both want to call Xiao Se's aunt, and they can't participate in the selection of horses at all.

But if you say it carefully, Wen Rongan is not Minyang's biological son, and he is not related to Xiao Se, so it is not impossible if he has to participate.

But even if this is okay, Wen Rongan is congenitally deficient, not considered healthy, and should not be able to pass the primary election.

Therefore, there must be someone who is obstructing this.

Who did it......

Yan Ran's cold eyes narrowed slightly, who else could there be besides Minyang's mother and son.

Qingxuan hurriedly said: "The eldest prince showed his style in the hunting, and he just won the first place in the literary test, and he is the first person in both civil and military affairs!" As the girl said, he can't deliberately lose the election, he will be able to stay until the end, how can this be good? ”

Yan Ran chuckled and said, "There is only one horse, where can it be so easy to choose?" ”

Yan Ran wasn't worried, after all, Xiao Se didn't have a good impression of Wen Rong'an, and with her in charge, she wouldn't let him be chosen.

But Yan Ran couldn't figure it out, what was the purpose of Minyang's mother and son?

You must know that if Wen Rong'an becomes a concubine, although he is not a good person, he has a noble status, and he can enjoy all the glory and wealth in the second half of his life, which should not be what they are happy to see.

Yan Ran couldn't guess Minyang and Wen Chengyan's intentions for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in her heart.

Soon it was time to hold a recruitment meeting.

The venue of the recruitment meeting was set in Pinghu.

It belongs to the realm of the royal palace and is easy to guard; It is also surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful; And the terrain is open, can accommodate tens of thousands of people, is the royal usually held large banquet venue.

The emperor and queen sat on the platform, and the civil and military officials were arranged down in order of rank.

In the middle of the field, there is a ring for the literary test on one side and a ring for the martial arts test on the other side, which is convenient for young talents to take turns to compete.

Yan Ran was invited by Xiao Se and had the honor to sit at the same table with her, occupying the best position to watch the competition, which caused many girls to blush.

Although this recruitment is to choose a horse for the princess, it gathers all the sons in Anyang City who have prominent families, good looks, and good civil and military skills.

Naturally, the girls wanted to take this rare opportunity to inspect the appearance of the sons of each family, so that they could grasp their own marriages in the future.

After all, there is only one colt, and the son next to them is still theirs!

Zhen Yu was summoned by the queen to her side, and after talking with the concubines for a while, she felt bored, and looked in the direction of Yan Ran and Xiao Se from time to time.

Seeing that her eyes kept glancing away, the queen smiled and said, "Okay, the eyeballs will fall out if they turn again." It's rare to be lively today, and this palace is not limited to you, so go and play with your friends. ”

Zhen Yu was overjoyed, but he still saluted in a proper manner: "Thank you, aunt!" ”

Zhen Yu came to Xiao Se's seat, and originally wanted to sit next to Yan Ran, but in this way, Xiao Se couldn't sit in the middle.

After all, Xiao Se is the protagonist of today, Zhen Yu is not good at taking the lead, so he sat on the other side of her and talked to Yan Ran through her.

"Sister Yan, the lotus flowers in the Lotus Pond will open in a few days, let's go and see them together!"

When Xiao Se heard this, he said with interest: "I'm going too!" ”

Zhen Yu was embarrassed: "However, it will be half a month before the lotus flower opens, I wonder if you were still in Anyang at that time?" ”

Xiao Se said: "I want to stay until after the Thousand Autumn Festival!" ”

Zhen Yu said happily: "That's good, let's go together then!" ”

While the two girls were talking, they made an agreement to enjoy the lotus together.

Yan Ran listened absentmindedly, and there was no answer to a word, and her eyes and thoughts had already run to the field.

The competition in the field has begun.

Wen Rongan was first assigned to the martial arts test group and is now guarding the ring.

Each group is divided into six people, and Wen Rongan has won four people, and now there is only one person left, as long as he holds the ring, he can win.

But although he has a kung fu foundation and flexible moves, his body is a little unbearable after this round of challenges.

The last person obviously realized this, and as soon as he came to power, he attacked with a fierce attack.

Although it is a competition, you should also uphold the style of a gentleman and point to the end.

But this man is very murderous and his moves are deadly.

Wen Rong'an was already physically exhausted, and in the face of such a strong attack, he couldn't help but be tired of coping with it, and retreated in defeat after defeat.

Yan Ran grabbed a heart, her fingers grabbed the food table fiercely, and she didn't even dare to come out.

She is not afraid that Wen Rongan will lose, but she is afraid that he will be injured.

Seeing that Wen Rongan had been forced to the edge of the ring, the man threw a fatal blow with all his might.

Wen Rong'an turned sideways slightly at the critical moment, dodged the attack, and landed behind the man as light as lightning as lightning, and the sharp blade came out of the sheath and hit his throat.

The invigilator quickly reported the results: "Seven groups, Wen Rong'an, win." ”

While Yan Ran breathed a sigh of relief, she looked at Wen Rong'an's miserable white face, and felt distressed.

"Well, that's good."

Minyang suddenly let out a sigh.

Emperor Sheng looked at it curiously: "Isn't that kid already victorious, why are you sighing?" ”

Wen Rong'an showed his skills in the hunting and spring tests one after another, which made Emperor Sheng have an impression of him and knew that he was Minyang's stepson, so he asked this question.

Minyang frowned and said wistfully: "Your Majesty doesn't know, An'er has always admired his father and wants to join the army. But Qinghan died on the battlefield, and if An'er also had an accident, how should I explain to Qinghan? So I didn't allow this, so An'er got angry with me and secretly came to the recruitment meeting, thinking that if I was far away, I would not be controlled. But he is nominally the son of a princess, so how can he run for the pony? It's not in order! ”

Emperor Sheng laughed, waved his hand and said, "Sister Huang doesn't have to worry, I won't blame him if I don't let him be selected." As for joining the army......"

Emperor Sheng had a different opinion: "A man should make contributions to his career, he has such ambitions, and he has the style of his father." He was able to come out on top in the hunting tournament, and now he can win the competition, but I think he is a good seedling, and it is not necessary to go to the army to experience. Perhaps, in the future, he can become a general like his father to protect his family and defend the country, and the imperial sister should not stop him. ”

Minyang was embarrassed for a long time before he reluctantly responded: "What Your Majesty said is true." However, Your Majesty must not grant him any official position, let him start from the bottom. Maybe after some hardships, he couldn't hold on anymore, so he was willing to go home. ”

Minyang perfectly showed the image of a loving mother of a defeated child, as if she loved Wen Rong'an a lot.

The more Minyang behaved like this, the more proud Emperor Sheng became.

He thought that he had persuaded Minyang and helped Wen Rongan realize his ideals, and he felt that he was very holy and immersed in self-absorption.

Yan Ran was cold all over her body when she heard it.

Because Xiao Se's seat was not far from Emperor Sheng, Yan Ran took their conversation into his ears word for word.

When Min Yang first spoke, Yan Ran thought that she was going to accuse Wen Rongan of running for the horse for unruly faults.

Unexpectedly, she went around in a circle, but it was to propose to let Wen Rongan join the army!

Army? Scold.

When Wen Rongan enters the barracks, whether he lives or dies is not under his control.

Not to mention the harsh living conditions in the army, whether Wen Rong'an's body can stand it, if he is transferred to the front line, it is too common for someone to die on the battlefield.

Minyang hit, that's the idea, right?

Yan Ran lowered her eyes, and a raging anger ignited in her eyes.