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At the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Yang Guozhong's ministers were suspected of rebellion, and Xuanzong intended to let various local officials select women with outstanding appearance and virtue to train them and send them to the East Palace to monitor the prince, and Li Jiao, the eldest son of the crown prince, the eldest grandson of the royal family, also reached the age of marriage...... Wu Xing Taishou in the house, there is a girl with a drooping hair is playing with the maid in the courtyard, I don't know why, this year's plum blossoms are competing to bloom, particularly pleasing.
In particular, the pot of green plums in the house is even different from previous years.
"Miss, do you know, I heard that this year, Your Majesty wants to choose some women with both character and appearance in the official eunuch family to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Guangping, Miss, you are a talented woman of Wu Xing, and you have bright eyes and bright teeth, you will definitely be able to stand out in this selection!!" The red-shirted girl sitting on the stone bench said.
This girl is dressed as a maid, although she is not as bright and moving as the young lady next to her, but she can be regarded as Chu Chu and cute, and her smile is a little more playful, revealing two tiger teeth to look more lively.
The woman in yellow next to her smiled slightly, her complexion was better than snow, and she was even more gorgeous in this snowy scene.
The woman in yellow slowly spoke: "Although I heard that His Royal Highness King Guangping Yushu is in the wind, but I have never met him, if I am elected to the East Palace, then wouldn't my Shen Nianqing spend my life in the deep palace in vain?" Qiaoqian, you don't know, although I am a boudoir woman, I have thought more than once that I will marry someone in the future, not to seek wealth and nobility, but to seek a one-hearted person, and bring one person to old age. ”
"Ahem, what a girl, don't be ashamed" Shen Zhongze came over in a green robe, touching his beard and smiling.
"Daddy, I don't want to participate in the audition, you are just a daughter like me, can you bear that I will never see my father and mother in the tiger's den in Longtan for the rest of my life?" Shen Zhongze sighed and said slowly
"Nianqing, it's not that you don't know, and Daddy doesn't want you to go, but the emperor's order is hard to disobey! You also know that I have been an official for many years, and I have never participated in the disputes of various factions in the court, and I dare not say that I have any credit, but it is not an exaggeration to say that your father and I are honest, and my father has no way not to let you go. Although Shen Zhongze couldn't bear it, he still told his daughter his helplessness and the truth that she had to go.
"Daddy, is there really nothing to be done now?" Shen Zhongze shook his head helplessly, and sighed again
"Nianqing, you are our Wu Xing talented girl, my father believes in you, you will definitely be the most gorgeous flower in the deep palace, although you and the king of Guangping have not met, but the king of Guangping has great ambitions, and the appearance is dignified, which is well known, such a talent can also be called a good match!"
"Nianqing knows that his father has no choice, and he also knows that his father also thinks about his daughter everywhere, King Guangping is not bad, but I don't like him, so I naturally don't want to marry him." Although Shen Nianqing looks like a weak willow supporting the wind, she reveals a tenacious character in her bones.
Shen Zhongze also knew his daughter's temper, and he also knew that he couldn't change his daughter's mind for a while, so he sighed and said
"The feelings between men and women in this world are nothing more than two kinds, love at first sight and long-term love, whether you like it or not can't be easily decided just because you haven't met, forget it, you understand it yourself, in short, the East Palace picks, you can't help it. But it's just a choice, and as a father, I hope you can't choose. Shen Nianqing suddenly understood what Shen Zhongze meant
"Daddy, my daughter understands, when the time comes, I only need to let His Majesty and His Royal Highness know that my daughter Wu Xingcai's name is a wasted name, and she will definitely be defeated!"
"Hmph, you little girl!" Shen Zhongze said with a smile.