"Queen Mother, it's not early, and the Queen Mother has already set off."

The draft started very early, and now the first batch of palace pickers are already waiting outside Chuxiu Palace.

The queen looked at the phoenix waiting outside the palace gate, and sighed helplessly. Seeing that the queen was sitting there and had no intention of leaving, Xiyan urged again.

"Niangniang, I know you don't like these trivial things, but if you don't go, the Queen Mother will definitely blame you."

"Okay, okay, you're really getting nagging." The queen glanced at Xiyan with a little reproach, and then slowly got into the sedan chair.

The sedan chair traveled through Wanhua Gate, and happened to meet the queen mother's sedan chair. According to the time, if the Queen Mother had left early, she would have arrived at Qingxiumen now. The queen knew that the queen mother was waiting for herself.

"Sons, see the emperor's mother."

"The queen is busy with the affairs of the harem, and she must also pay attention to the time. The first batch of show girls are waiting in front of the hall to have a pillar of incense, and you have only arrived here. ”

The queen knew in her heart that she was blaming herself for not leaving earlier. It's just that in the current situation, it seems that no matter how you say it, you are looking for excuses to shirk.

"The queen mother forgives her sins, the master was worried about the election yesterday, and he was so busy that he didn't stop when he was ugly, and he got up early in the morning to take care of the trivial affairs of the palace people. It was easy to rest for a moment, but it was the slave who felt sorry for the master and couldn't bear to call her, so she missed the time. ”

If you want to say that the personal attendants of this master must be the most clever, Xiyan only said a few words, and took all the fault on himself.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother was not really angry with the queen, so she went down the steps.

"It's a matter of the harem, and the queen is also conscientious, and the mourning family doesn't blame you. Now that you've met it, let's go with it. The queen should also be selected well today, there is Jia Jieyu in the front, and Xu Guifei in the back, the queen should really keep her eyes open, this harem can't enter another fox. ”

The Queen Mother said generously and powerfully, especially when she talked about the two concubines, her face was full of disgust that could not be hidden.

"What the emperor mentioned is that the sons must be selected for the emperor."

When the Queen Mother saw the queen like this, she smiled. Waiting for Xiyan to help the queen get on the phoenix, the two continued to march towards Chuxiu Palace.

The royal draft is divided into primary, secondary, and palace selection. The primary selection is just to check the age, appearance and posture, which are very simple thresholds, and basically all women who participate in the election can pass the election.

This re-selection is to look at the talent and etiquette of the show girls, generally a group of ten show girls, screen out three who are not very outstanding, and the others can also pass.

Li Shenlan didn't say anything about her appearance and posture, although her etiquette and talent were not superior, but the captain was dotted early in the morning, and the identity and grade were there, Li Shen arrived at the palace without much effort.

Outside the Chuxiu Palace, the show girls waiting for the palace selection were grouped together in groups of three and two, chatting about the east and the west. Every once in a while, there will be singing harmony in the palace gate, "leaving a brand, giving flowers", "leaving a brand, giving incense sachets".

Li Shenlan searched back and forth for a long time before she saw Wang Jun'er in the queue. Wang Jun'er has a good foundation and is good at playing the kite, Li Shenlan knows that she will definitely be able to pass.

"Yu'er! Wooer! Over here! ”

Lu Xin also heard the sound and saw Li Shenlan, saw that there was no Li Mingyue around, and heard that the captain seemed to have punished Li Mingyue, so he had a count in his heart. Knowing that Li Shenlan was not easy to mess with, he simply hid to the side and chatted with other show girls.

"Sister Lan!"

Wang Jun'er had long wanted to talk to Li Shenlan, but her aunt in front of her was not allowed to get together, and she was in front of Li Shenlan during the re-election, but she couldn't meet her.

"My sister is so beautiful today, she compares all the show girls to her!"

"Shhhh I can't say that. ”

Wang Jun'er is heartless, and it is not an exaggeration to say this in normal times, but now that he is saying it at this time, he is not giving Li Shenlan hatred.

"Hehe, my sister made a mistake again."

"You~" Li Shenlan doted on Wang Jun'er's forehead, and said uneasily, "When you arrive in front of the palace in a while, you can't be so open-mouthed anymore." As long as you perform well, you will definitely be selected. ”

Wang Jun'er was also moved when she heard this, she was born in a family of businessmen, and most of the daughters of official families looked down on her. Li Shenlan treats herself like this, and Wang Jun'er has a warm current in her heart.

"Next batch!"

With the singing and harmony of the eunuchs at the palace gate, Wang Jun'er entered the Chuxiu Palace in an orderly manner.

Li Shenlan watched Wang Jun'er go in, and secretly prayed in her heart that Wang Jun'er would be selected.

"Wang Jun'er, leave a sign and give a sachet!"

"Hit!" Li Shenlan almost shouted out when she heard the joy, but she didn't have time to be happy, and the next batch arrived at Li Shenlan.

One by one, they walked to the front of the hall on tiptoe, because Li Shenlan lost the election in front of them during the re-election, so Li Shenlan is now standing in the middle of this row. In addition, the dress is white that few people wear, and Li Shenlan can be said to have been noticed by the people in the palace at a glance.

In the main hall, only the queen mother and the queen sat down, and the emperor didn't know why, he hadn't come over for so long.

"Li Shenlan, the daughter of the first lieutenant of Kyoto, is seventeen years old."

Hearing the eunuch in charge shouting his name, Li Shenlan bowed down to the main hall in a proper manner.

"Courtier Li Shenlan, see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be auspicious and healthy, and the Queen Mother will be auspicious. ”

The sound echoed over the empty hall, but there was no sound of shouting in the hall for a long time.

"Raise your head and mourn the family and see."

The Queen Mother's voice was very majestic, and the show girl on the side just stood there and couldn't help but shudder.

Li Shenlan raised her chin slightly as she said, the rules required that she could not look directly at the Queen Mother, and Li Shenlan could only drop her eyes on the ground. Despite this, the Queen Mother can still see Li Shenlan's face clearly.

At the farewell banquet, the queen mother returned to Shoukang Palace in advance because she was unwilling to deal with the flattery of those courtiers, but she failed to see Li Shenlan. This is the first time I saw it, and when I saw Li Shenlan's face, she was obviously wrinkled every day, and her eyes were sharper than at the beginning.

"You are the Li Shenlan who danced at the farewell banquet that day?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, it is the courtier"

"I heard that the emperor met you last time he visited the people privately."

"It is a blessing for a courtier to meet the emperor by chance."

"Heh" The Queen Mother sneered inexplicably, which made the already oppressive environment even more breathless.

"The orchid is elegant and quiet, and the princess gave you such a name, but you have not yet entered the palace to charm the king. Today's election is a happy day, but you are plain, and the person in charge of the Ministry of Rites for this re-election is becoming more and more lazy! ”

The Queen Mother's words were extremely unkind, even though Li Shenlan was calm and calm, and she lost face in front of so many people, Li Shenlan's face was still very red.

The eunuchs in charge are all very discerning, and when they saw the queen mother say this, they didn't wait for the queen to say anything more and sang "Li Shenlan, give flowers to the brand!" ”

The eunuch standing on the side immediately walked up to Li Shenlan with a plate of silk flowers, and was not shocked, which Li Shenlan had been silently reciting in his heart. Seeing this, his face was still faint, and he reached out to take the silk flower.

"The courtiers thank the Queen Mother, and wish the Queen Mother good health and blessings for ten thousand years."

"Wait!"

The person who stopped it was none other than the belated emperor Yin Chen.

"Long live my emperor."

Everyone knelt down and bowed, except for the Queen Mother, who was still sitting on it, full of unhappiness.

"The retainers greet the emperor."

The Queen Mother sat on it, raised her hand and took a sip of tea as if she hadn't heard it, and said faintly when she saw that the emperor didn't mean to get up

"The Emperor came too early."

Fools can hear that this is an antithetology, the queen is still squatting there, and the emperor first raised his hand to signal her to get up, and then returned to the queen mother's words.

"There were a lot of things in the previous dynasty, and the son folded a batch, so he forgot the time, and hoped that the emperor would forgive his sins."

said that he was guilty of pleading, but his body was not bent, and it could be seen that the emperor was also angry with the queen mother.

"The emperor cares about the world, and it is the act of the Ming monarch to be busy with the government, so why should the mourning family blame him. It's just that this draft is also for you, if you don't come, the protagonist, just let the mourning family and the queen sit in charge, what do you want. ”

"It was my son's negligence."

After the emperor finished speaking, he turned and asked the kneeling crowd to get up. Seeing Li Shenlan holding silk flowers, her eyelids secretly blocked her eyes, and she couldn't see her emotions.

"Whose flower did the emperor give her?"

When the applause eunuch heard this, he immediately understood what the emperor meant, and sang again.

"Li Shenlan, the daughter of the first lieutenant of Kyoto, is seventeen years old."

Li Shenlan also saluted with silk flowers again, "Courtier Li Shenlan, see the emperor and the queen mother." ”

The emperor was already sitting on the dragon chair at this moment, looking at Li Shenlan from a distance, and the surprise in his eyes was almost not hidden. The queen on the side took in the changes of the emperor, and there was more meaning and loneliness in her eyes.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, is the second girl okay?"

The emperor Xian Shao would chat with the show girl, and the faces of the people around him changed, and Li Shenlan was weighed again in his heart.

"Back to the emperor, everything is fine with the courtiers."

"I still like the snacks that people send me every day?"

With such obvious partiality, Li Shenlan clearly heard the low cursing of the show girl beside her.

"The craftsmanship of the imperial dining room is naturally excellent, and the courtiers also like it."

"Since I like it, I'm very tired of sending Xiao Dezi out every day, I am sympathetic to the next person, you can go to the palace to live, and then you don't have to send snacks every day, you work hard."

When the emperor said this, he just found a reason to leave Li Shenlan's brand. Although the Queen Mother knew the result when the emperor appeared, she couldn't help but pull her face when she heard the emperor's slightly ridiculous excuse.

"What does the emperor think?"

The queen mother glanced at the emperor, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and saw that the emperor's eyes remained unchanged, so she replied without saltiness, "The emperor likes it, and there is no need to ask the mourning family." ”

"Li Shenlan left a brand and gave a sachet!"