Chapter 145: A Sudden Accident
Everyone knelt on the ground, Fei Jingyue quietly looked at Emperor Chengshun, his face was still handsome and beautiful, but there was a faint sadness between his eyebrows, if it weren't for Fei Jingyue's deep understanding of people's expressions, he would definitely not be able to see it, but he didn't know why he had a faint sorrow.
The queen has her usual smile, noble and dignified, so that people dare not blaspheme, Fei Jingyue wants to try to see something from her expression, but her always impeccable temperament makes her unable to see why.
The Queen Mother still looked that loving, with an amiable smile, looking at the courtiers kneeling on the ground.
"Zhong Aiqing is flat." Emperor Chengshun opened his mouth.
Everyone thanked them and stood up.
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come." A man who looked like a chief eunuch stepped forward and said.
He nodded lightly, turned his head to look at the queen on the side, the queen also turned to look at Emperor Chengshun, her eyes were full of love and affection, the two glanced at each other, and the queen opened her mouth with a beautiful smile.
"Today is a big day, there is a new person in the palace, and the concubines congratulate Your Majesty." She saluted the emperor.
Then she said: "The selection of the show girl hall is a rule handed down by the ancestors, which is intended to show the emperor's grace, and the selected show girls are the best women in Dashun, and they are also the credit of the Zhongqing family for many years. ”
This can be regarded as the opening remarks, and everyone is naturally going to thank them once, and the next thing is the palace election.
When the palace is selected, the selected show girls will be lined up, three days or a group of four, brought to the palace by the upbringing grandmother, and then reported their names and origins one by one by the stewards and eunuchs, these women are dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing veils, and after the eunuchs report their births, they will take off their veils one by one, if Emperor Chengshun can see it, he will leave a seal, if he doesn't like it, he will also give it to the bead flower hairpin, but the woman who gets the bead flower hairpin, even if she loses the election, will be brought back by her mother's family, and the selected woman, Naturally, someone will take them into the palace, and they will be the emperor's women in the future.
There are also some women who are not looked down upon by Emperor Chengshun when the palace is elected, but they are given to marry the prince or the royal family with a title, which is also a good place to go, such a woman will get a set of jewelry from the royal reward, and then bring it back by her mother's family, and then choose an auspicious day to marry into the house of the person who was given to marry.
It is not easy for Fei Jing to come to this step layer by layer, with her appearance and Fei Fu's background, she will inevitably be sealed today, and she is not just a beauty, she will be a nobleman, if this is the case, the Shu family will have a place to turn over, and it will not be easy to knock it down again.
Fei Jingyue naturally knows this truth, so she also has her own plan, just wait for a while to watch the show.
The teaching guide had already brought the selected show girls up, and she respectfully handed the chief eunuch a document that recorded the identities of these women.
This time, I brought four women up, each of them was graceful, walking and swaying, just looking at the back, I knew that it was a beauty.
"Xiang Yilan, the second daughter of Xiang Bocheng, the right envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, has come to see you!" The chief eunuch said.
The woman on the far left took off the veil first, and she was really a stunning beauty, although she was not as bumpy as a few well-known beauties, but she was definitely the best choice in terms of appearance, and the second daughter of the imperial history of the right capital of the Inspectorate was also from a famous family.
The woman looked at the king above with a charming smile and some shyness, although he was over middle age, he still looked handsome and extraordinary, not at all like a man in his forties.
"Courtiers Xiang Yilan, see Your Majesty, Queen Mother, and Queen." Her soft words are like jade, refreshing people's hearts.
The people below also talked about it, this ceremony was originally to show grace, and it was naturally more casual than formal occasions, and it was harmless to taste some of them.
Everyone was looking at that Xiang Yilan, and they were speculating whether she would be selected and what kind of noble person she would be called.
"Sure enough, a wonderful woman." The queen mother at the top also whispered to the queen.
The queen nodded, just waiting for Emperor Chengshun to speak.
Emperor Chengshun also smiled, but Fei Jingyue always felt that he was a little absent-minded, and he didn't even know where he was, and sitting on it was just an empty shell.
"What does the queen think?" Emperor Chengshun asked the queen beside him.
The queen has always had a good reputation, and when the emperor asked her, it was just a sign of respect, and seeing that she was sure, he nodded and said: "The daughter of the right capital Yushi stays and is named Lan Meiren." ”
gave the title of a beauty, which is also in line with Emperor Chengshun's consistent style.
The next three beauties, one is the third daughter of Xu Zonglin, a cabinet bachelor, one is the eldest daughter of the general political envoy, and the other is the youngest daughter of Guanglu Siqing, the three women are all beautiful and beautiful, and these officials are also Beijing officials who belong to the third grade or above, and their daughters are naturally left, except for the title of a noble person given by Miss Xu, the remaining two are all beauties.
Among them, the woman of the Qing family of Guanglu Temple is the woman of the Meng family, and she is the cousin of Meng Dongli, and now the imperial concubine of Dongli has also begun to manage her own forces, this woman must have spent a lot of effort.
Everything went smoothly, and Emperor Chengshun seemed to be very happy today, and none of them were returned, but Fei Jingyue felt that he had no intention of choosing, and it was just up to the queen to handle it.
Next, Mama Jiaoyin brought three more people up, and these three people were the last three people selected in today's palace, among which was Fei Jingruo, who stood in the middle.
Zhang's outfit that cost a lot of money for her is really the best choice, although the three of them are standing on the same station and have not yet taken the veil, but it seems that Fei Jingruo has already won the game, as soon as she walked, the originally absent-minded Emperor Chengshun raised his eyes, flashing with indescribable brilliance.
"Su Yun'er, the eldest daughter of Su Hanyun, the inspector of the Ministry of War." The first is a woman from the Su family.
Fei Jingruo recognized her, the daughter of Su Hanchi's younger brother, Su Yingying had already told her before, and she was not a good person, and her two cousins were wearing a pair of pants, but I didn't expect her to be there today.
"Stay, give the cloud beauty." Emperor Chengshun was a little anxious.
Cloud beauty? Wasn't there a cloud beauty in the palace before? It's just that because of hurting Fei Jingyue, Qi Xiu was left with a phantom medicine and died, and now he has added another one, but I don't know what the fate is?
The woman was very grateful and was taken away, and the next was Fei Jingruo.
Fei Jingyue felt that the reason why Emperor Chengshun gave the cloud beauty so quickly was because of Fei Jingruo.
Fei Jingruo is a little different today, but where is the difference, she can't remember it for a while.
Sure enough, Fu Qingrou beside her confirmed her conjecture.
When Fei Jingruo walked out, Fu Qingrou tightened her brows, and muttered in a low voice at this time: "Why is Ruo'er so like the eldest sister?" ”
"Mother?" Fei Jingyue asked her quietly.
Fu whispered softly: "Ruo'er's demeanor today is similar to that of the eldest sister, and the gilded tassel on her head is exactly the same as the one the eldest sister used to be. ”
Fei Jingyue immediately understood that she had seen Fei Morui's portrait in Fei Mansion before, and today's Fei Jingruo is probably based on that portrait, especially the one on her head, which was the one Fei Morui wore on the portrait at that time.
Fei Jingruo may have spent a lot of effort this time, she has an advantage that others do not have, that is, the Queen of Pure Kindness, although she is not as similar as Fei Jingyue, but she still has the blood of Feifu, if she deliberately imitates it again, I am afraid that Emperor Chengshun, who is sick with his thoughts, will naturally have a false impression, if she is really allowed to enter the palace smoothly today, I am afraid that everything she has operated before will be destroyed in one fell swoop, and there will be no return.
"Fei Jingruo, the eldest daughter of Fei Moyang, the commander of the infantry army, is here!" The chief eunuch had already sung her name and origin, and as she took off her veil, a gasp sounded.
She is so beautiful, she really deserves to be the first beauty in Dashun, and she has a different style in front of the palace today.
Fei Jingruo bowed, "Fei Jingruo, the daughter of Fei Moyang, the commander of the little female infantry army, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty Wanfu, Queen Mother Wanfu, Queen Wanfu!" ”
Her delicate appearance made many of the men present fascinated by her, and she was unsteady on her feet.
Looking at Emperor Chengshun again, his eyes, which were originally not in a state, suddenly became energetic, and he even wanted to stand up, but was gently pulled by the queen, and then he came back to his senses.
Although the woman below is not so much like Rui'er's face, but the gait is a little more like, plus the step shake, it also has the appearance of Rui'er, which makes his heart ripple.
She is different from Fei Jingyue, if Fei Jingyue looks at it roughly, it is simply a copy of Rui'er, the demeanor of walking, the gestures of her hands, and the tone of her speech, but if she gets along carefully, she is completely different from Rui'er, which is also the reason why Emperor Chengshun sees that Fei Jingyue has no love, Fei Jingyue is more like a continuation of Rui'er, like the daughter they imagined, so Emperor Chengshun's love for her is all love for his lost biological daughter.
And Fei Jingruo is different, she has a three-point resemblance to Fei Morui, coupled with deliberate imitation, inadvertently arousing his strong thoughts about Fei Morui, and this kind of longing and admiration is a man's infatuation with a woman, with a sense of desire and possession.
"Rui ......"
"Your Majesty!" The queen, who was sitting next to her, suddenly spoke.
Emperor Chengshun turned his head, his expression a little unhappy, as if complaining that the queen had interrupted his thoughts.
"What does the queen think?" He spoke.
"The concubine thinks ......" The queen was about to speak, when suddenly a woman's screaming voice interrupted her.
Everyone looked at the place where the movement was caused, and it was the place where the ladies of the Fei Mansion were standing.
I saw a lady in a fancy dress constantly pulling her hair, and her mouth made a sharp scream, as if she was frightened by something, and she had been retreating, behind her was the center of the palace, her sudden seizure caught everyone off guard, and several women around her failed to catch her, and she had already retreated to the main hall.
"Mother!" Fei Jingruo, who was waiting for the gift in front of the palace, exclaimed, this person is Aunt Shu.