Chuxiu Palace.

Now it is the season of spring flowers, the locust tree in the courtyard has bloomed, the branches have emerged tender green branches, the flowers are blooming little by little, everywhere is filled with the breath of spring, and the beauties under the beautiful scenery are more attractive to people to look sideways.

There is only one day left before the day of choosing the princess and concubine, and the etiquette in the palace and the rules of the royal family, the show girls have already learned from Aunt Jiang Rong.

On the last day, they only need to choose the right clothes, dress up beautifully, and face the queen, Jin Guifei, Shu Fei and Jing Guiren.

The prince's selection of concubines was originally the sole responsibility of the queen and Concubine Jin.

It's a pity that the eldest prince left the imperial city to go to the fiefdom, and the emperor authorized Li Mu's biological mother, Concubine Shu, to participate in the selection of one or two for the eldest prince.

In short, no matter which show girl is chosen, she will have to travel a long distance to send her to the northwest fiefdom. The people can't be told that the emperor is wary of his eldest son, who has a bad reputation and is ridiculed.

When Jing Guiren heard the news, he was naturally very anxious, the eldest prince and the second prince were assisted by the daughters of the ministers of the previous dynasty, and her little prince Li Jiake could not lose to others.

So she went to Jinluan Palace every day, tried her best, and finally persuaded the emperor to give permission, and she also went to Chuxiu Palace with the queen to choose concubines for the little prince.

This matter reached Chuxiu Palace, and the show girls looked at each other one by one, and they were very unhappy in their hearts.

As we all know, Jing Guiren used to be the queen's maidservant and climbed to the emperor's side with great ambition. The court is helpless, and the harem is cold, which show girl marries the little prince, isn't it equivalent to being a child daughter-in-law?

Fang Yan and Yuhua carefully helped Tang Anxia choose clothes and accessories, and said in a chattering voice: "Our girls are naturally beautiful, but they can't lose to others." ”

"That is, with the beauty and figure of our girls, we will definitely be able to easily compare the limelight of other show girls!"

Tang Anxia walked to the cabinet, looked at the colorful clothes inside, and shook his head helplessly.

I looked at the clothes selected by Yuhua and Fang Yan again, gorgeous and elegant, noble and prominent, although wearing them on the body can show a unique temperament and attract everyone's attention, but these are not what Tang Anxia wants.

In the innermost part of the cupboard, she found a milky white garment, with beautiful and elegant plum blossoms embroidered on the cuffs and corners.

Laxue Hanmei ...... Li Junqi in his previous life, his favorite flower.

How could Tang Anxia forget? Although she is now deeply in love with Li Junqi in this life, she is still unforgettable for the love in her previous life, and occasionally dreams back at midnight, and prays that Li Junqi in her previous life can live well, even in another world, she can be safe and happy.

Although they can't be together, after all, they are people who have loved before, even if they ...... Tang Anxia silently thought in her heart: You are the paradise that I can't reach in my life. I also want to put this feeling somewhere in my heart, and treat it as a collection of treasures that no one can touch.

"Just wear it." Tang Anxia said lightly, without any ups and downs in his tone.

Fang Yan and Yuhua looked at each other, and were stunned at the same time, Fang Yan couldn't help asking, "Second Miss, have you really thought about it?" Wouldn't this dress be too tacky? It's just simple white, without the embellishment of gorgeous silk threads, and it is simply embroidered with a few plum blossoms, which is not attractive at all, and it doesn't look very valuable. ”

Tang Anxia put his clothes against his body, compared them, and said with great satisfaction: "I think it's good, it's good-looking, and it fits my style." Besides, I didn't plan to be selected in the first place, the person I like is Prince Wen, wouldn't it be better to lose the election? If I can wear this dress to the palace tomorrow, it will be my blessing! ”

Yuhua knew Tang Anxia's temperament and temperament, so she didn't say much, but took out the jewelry box, a gold hairpin and a silver hairpin, and looked at it: "Second Miss, which one do you want to choose?" Slave maid get ready for you first! ”

Fang Yan hurriedly took a step inlaid with round and full pearls, and exclaimed: "Second Miss, this craftsmanship is really good, the slave maid feels that with your clothes, it is like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world and has been stained with a trace of dust." ”

Yuhua laughed and said, "Just you can speak!" ”

Tang Anxia nodded: "Okay, according to your meaning, that's it." ”

Following.

The show girls in Chuxiu Palace are all dressed up in flowers, some do not apply powder, and some wear heavy makeup.

Manwen wore a light blue dress, charming and graceful, with a light plum blossom makeup painted on her elegant jade face.

Tang Wanning wore a pale pink palace dress, with amethyst walking in her temples.

In comparison, only Tang Anxia wore a light and chic dress, with a plain face, and even her hair was pulled up at will, and she simply wore it with a step.

The mighty masters entered Chuxiu Palace, and Jiang Rong said loudly: "Kneel!" ”

Everyone knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "See the queen mother, see the Jin concubine, see the Shu concubine, see the Jing nobleman!" ”

"Get up!" The queen said coldly.

Today, she deliberately dressed up, wearing a golden Biluoxia dress embroidered with a phoenix, a pink smoke gauze skirt that mopped the floor, her face was like a hibiscus, her eyebrows were like willow leaves, and her shoulders were shaved into a waist.

Speaking of which, when she met the emperor, she had never dressed up in disguise like this, perhaps because she recognized that the emperor was also ruthless to her, or maybe the queen had already died to the emperor.

However, in the face of a group of concubines and beautiful girls, they will always patiently put on makeup and wear gorgeous clothes, for fear of being talked about by others.

The queen occasionally feels that when she was young, her mother's words were quite reasonable: women, when they were young, they always felt that they were living for love and for men. When you get older, you will find that love is not all you have, love is enough, if it is really accompanied day and night, you may find that there is not so much love.

What women really want to fight to the end is actually similar to men, power, position, ambition, family, which one is not carrying a weight on their shoulders?

Now the queen knows the mystery of it, maybe she married Yiwen, and she followed her wishes, but she couldn't escape the ordinary life, and that little love was exhausted, maybe it was no different from life in the palace, so she liked Yiwen, but never took half a step.

In the coming day, I don't know if this group of fledgling show girls can guess the truth of this world.

Jiang Rong ordered the servants to prepare four rose chairs, and the queen's one was specially covered with soft cushions, which made it more respectful.

Concubine Jin sat leisurely on the edge, looking at the excitement and not a big deal. In short, she has no children under her knees, if it weren't for the emperor's insistence on asking her to assist the queen, she really wouldn't be too lazy to participate in this kind of occasion, so as not to add to the blockage.

Jing Guiren couldn't help but show a look of envy, and his words were shabby: "Oh, it's still a blessing for the concubine's sister, don't worry about your children!" We're not so comfortable! ”

Concubine Jin is the daughter of a courtier, with a prominent family background, and she entered the palace before the emperor ascended the throne.

She tolerated the queen's yin and yang weirdness and said a few words, how could she let a maid like Jing Guiren be ridiculed?

"Humph!" Concubine Jin smiled disdainfully, her bright eyes glanced at Jing Guiren, and then looked at Concubine Shu and the queen, and said, "This palace is to serve the emperor's holy decree to assist the queen to choose girls for the princes." Not to mention, Ruoyan, the sister of this palace, will never marry the little prince! The mother's family is helpless and destitute, who wants to marry and be a child bride?! Hehe! ”

Concubine Jin deliberately lengthened the last sentence, as if she was afraid that others would not hear her, and as soon as the words fell, the people in the courtyard snickered.

Looking at Jing Guiren's original bright and glamorous face, her face suddenly lost color, Concubine Jin not only insulted her, but also looked down on the little prince, Jing Guiren said confidently: "Although the little prince is young, he is also the emperor's biological son, and he can be like the eldest prince and go to the northwest fiefdom to be a prince!" Sister Guifei has no children under her knees, so naturally she doesn't understand this! ”

Concubine Jin glared angrily, and raised her face arrogantly: "Can the little prince be compared with the big prince?!" The eldest prince's mother is the prominent Concubine Shu, and the Taifu Lord relies on, and the little prince only has his sister as a nobleman, and in the future, I am afraid that he will be able to survive in the palace, so he will burn high incense! Still want to be a prince? Scold! What cats and dogs want to climb the dragon and the phoenix? Don't look at your own virtues?! ”

Jing Guiren's face was even more embarrassed, after all, in front of so many show girls, she was still eager to find a show girl who could be relied on by her mother's family to help the little prince, who would dare to marry if she was sneered at by Concubine Jin? !

Just about to open her mouth to argue, the queen spoke coldly: "That's it, they are all their own sisters, serving the emperor together, why bother to win or lose?" ”

Turning his face, he looked at Jiang Rong calmly: "Don't delay the hour, let's start!" ”

Aunt Jiang Rong blessed her body: "Yes, the slave obeys the order!" ”

Instead, Jiang Rong stood in front of all the show girls, her sharp gaze swept over everyone, and said loudly: "The prince chooses a concubine, start immediately!" The first item, female red! Please embroider patterns on brocade cloth in the kung fu of a pillar of incense. ”

Then, with three high-fives, the servant brought a tray with needles and threads and brocade cloth, and distributed it to the hands of the show girls.

Tang Anxia glanced at Tang Wanning, others didn't know, but Tang Wanning's female celebrity was one of the best in the General's Mansion.

Tang Anxia is not inferior, her hand is up and down, and in a moment, the budding cold plums are engraved on the cloth, lifelike.

Originally, she didn't like Hanmei, but I don't know where to start, she fell in love with Hanmei's arrogance and strength.

Tang Wan embroidered a phoenix in the air, soaring and spreading its wings in the sky, magnificent!

When the incense burned out, Jiang Rong ordered the servants to collect it: "Please take a look at the queen mother, the Jin concubine, the Shu concubine and the Jing nobleman!" ”

Turning around, he ordered the show girls who had just breathed a sigh of relief: "The second item, calligraphy and painting." In the kung fu of a pillar of incense, please feel free to play with the show girls and draw them on rice paper. ”

After that, the servant held the tray again, prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and placed it on the table in front of the show girls, neatly arranged.

Tang Anxia picked up the pen and drew a plum tree again without thinking, with lush branches and leaves, pink petals picturesque, and wisps of fine snow on the branches, which was as beautiful as a fairyland on earth.

Manwen painted a picture of a fish leaping over the dragon gate, Tang Wanning painted an eagle soaring with wings, and Mengqi painted a milky white ivory folding fan.

A pillar of incense burned out, and Aunt Jiang Rong ordered the servants to take it away, and presented it to the queen first: "Please take a look!" ”

Then, he said to the nervous show girls: "The third item, choose your own talent, there are pianos, drums, fans, and pips next to it, and the show girls can choose one at will according to their preferences and show it to all the girls." ”

According to the order, the first to perform was Manwen, she glanced at the musical instruments displayed on the side, walked straight to the middle, and raised her face confidently: "See all the ladies and daughters, the courtiers sang a song today to show their hearts." ”

The queen and Concubine Jin were stunned at the same time, and the show girls in the audience were even more surprised.

Sing? What kind of courage is this? Don't touch the piano, don't play, don't even use all external forces, and win the appreciation of the mother with her talent alone!? What kind of self-confidence is it!

The queen smiled: "It's okay, I haven't listened to a tune in this palace for a long time, what will you sing?" ”

Man Wenyan's red lips raised: "The courtiers offer a song of flying with wings!" ”

The queen's brows frowned, flying like wings? Singing the praises of beautiful love? After all, I'm still young, longing for something ethereal!

"It's good!" Naturally, the queen would not say what she thought in her heart.

Manwen sings loudly, the voice is like a nightingale, and the bird's song is sometimes like a trickle of low chanting and singing, sometimes poignant like dew drops of bamboo leaves, and sometimes tactful as affectionate.

Tang Anxia had to admire, Manwen's singing voice was really beautiful, as clear as a hollow valley orchid.

At the end of the song, there is an illusion that the aftermath lingers for three days.

Concubine Jin couldn't help but admire: "Very good, very good." ”

The queen didn't like the words of praise, and calmly raised her face towards the next show girl: "What about you?" What are you going to admire? ”

"The courtiers are willing to play a pipa." It was Tang Wanning who spoke.

The corners of Tang Anxia's mouth couldn't help but rise, Wan Ning learned the pipa since she was a child, Hua Yao specially invited the musicians in the palace to teach her, now that it has been more than ten years, in the world, I am afraid that there are less than five people who can win her!

As expected, Tang Wanning's pipa is subdued and frustrated, the style of music is tactful and melodious, and there is a kind of hinge plucking the strings three or two times, and there is a loving charm before the tune is formed.

When it came to Tang Anxia, she chose the nine-stringed piano, which was more esoteric and difficult to play than ordinary pianos, but for Tang Anxia, it was simply easy.

Her fingers jump, the tune is soft and lyrical, beautiful and ethereal, like moonlight, like flowing water, like a waterfall, moistening into people's hearts.

The performance of the nine show girls took a long time, and by the time it was over, it was already noon.

Jiang Rong blessed the queen: "Niangniang, the etiquette and rules in the palace of the show girls have been learned, and they have also shown their talents to all the maidens, which palace will they be arranged into?" It's all up to the mother's will. ”

The queen wanted to consider her second prince first, and said bluntly: "The second prince of this palace is fighting outside, and this palace is not greedy, and only fell in love with two show girls." Yu Shi Yiwen's only daughter Nian Wei, gentle temperament, virtuous and kind, won the love of the palace. The palace will tell the emperor that you will be crowned the second princess! ”

Nian Wei lowered her eyelids and said softly and weakly: "Courtiers, thank you to the queen." ”

The queen looked at another woman with a bit of manliness between her eyebrows and eyes, and the second prince needed a woman who fought side by side to fight the country, and she would accompany her.

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