The palace of the new lotus kingdom, the Zhongcui Palace.

At midnight, Concubine Qi Niangniang's bedroom.

"Click! Thundered! Whoa—"

At this moment, there are dark clouds outside the window, the wind is blowing, the moonlight is nowhere to be seen, and there is only lightning and thunder and pouring rain.

A young woman dressed in light gauze leaned thoughtfully on the beauty couch, holding a Persian cat in her arms, and gently stroked it.

The snow-white purebred Persian cat, which is very valuable at first glance, squinted its eyes and looked very pleasant, as if it enjoyed the warm time of being gently stroked by its owner.

It's just that the thunder outside the window made the woman frown from time to time, and she must have been a little irritated to hear it.

Only the Persian cat was very calm, as if the sky had fallen, and it had nothing to do with it.

After about a quarter of an hour, when the lightning and thunder outside the window finally calmed down, the woman's brow furrowed.

"Stump, Tread, Tread—"

As soon as she was quiet, the woman heard a rush of footsteps from far and near, and soon came to her couch.

"Concubine Qi, it's not good...... Oh no! ”

I saw a palace maid with a somewhat flustered face.

"Qiaohui, what's wrong? Isn't it just that there are more lightning bolts than usual today, as for being so panicked? Say, which tree in our palace fell? Or which wing has been flooded? Wasn't it all about these trivial things in previous years? As for this late and midnight to bother the main palace? ”

Concubine Qi glanced at the palace maid kneeling in front of her, and asked a little absent-mindedly.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, it's about Chuxiu Palace...... That show girl...... The thing ...... the smoke and rain."

The palace maid named Qiao Hui stammered and replied, especially when she mentioned Chu Xiu Palace and Yanyu, her voice became a little trembling, and she was extremely unconfident, as if mentioning these words in this Zhong Cui Palace was a capital crime.

"What! Didn't this palace say that the three words of Chuxiu Palace and the name of that cheap maid should not be mentioned again! Don't slap your mouth yet! ”

After hearing the words Chu Xiu Gong and Yanyu, Concubine Qi sat up angrily, pointed at Qiaohui and scolded.

"The slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave knows that she is wrong......"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

And Qiaohui was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, and slapped her face fiercely......

This woman who suddenly became angry is the heroine of this Zhongcui Palace, named Xia Ziqi, and she is also the show girl who was directly promoted to Concubine Qi after participating in the draft a year ago.

It stands to reason that even if a show girl is selected, she generally starts from a promise or a regular start, and is slowly promoted according to her performance, and will never be directly promoted to a concubine.

However, there were some exceptions in the draft a year ago, that is, among the 3,000 beauties who participated in the election, the Holy Lord did not meet and only left twelve show girls.

These twelve show girls are all without exception, all of them are the lotus goddesses who appeared at the last lotus rain birth ceremony more than ten years ago, including the sick and unconscious Yanyu at that time.

The other show girls who were not Liansheng Heavenly Daughters, Jun Buyu did not take a fancy to any of them, and after they were all defeated, they were sent out of the palace.

At that time, the ministers and many rich and noble families were very dissatisfied with this result, after all, most of the daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles were just ordinary women, and their identities were naturally inferior to the naturally noble Liansheng Heavenly Daughter.

They sent their daughters to participate in the draft, hoping that their daughters would be favored one day, and one day they would give birth to a prince, or even become a prince in the end, so that the whole family could enjoy all the glory and wealth and worry about it for a lifetime.

Who knew that this new emperor did not meet but did not select at least a few hundred show girls to enter the palace in the first year of the draft like other emperors in the past, but stubbornly insisted that only the lotus born heavenly girl was selected to enter the palace, and other women were not considered.

Even Yanyu, a half-dead show girl like Yan Yu, was left in the palace, how could she let other show girls who were healthy, peerless, and outstanding in all aspects be willing to lose?

After all, they felt that in addition to not being born lotus born to the heavenly girl, they were no worse than the selected show girls in other aspects.

In this regard, Jun Buyu's explanation is that this lotus born celestial girl will only come to the world when the rare and Dilian appears, and each time Dilian can only give birth to a total of eighteen children.

In addition to him, the Lotus Born Heavenly Son, there are only seventeen Lotus Born Heavenly Maidens, but the birth ceremony was attacked by the Black-tailed Leafhopper Country back then, which led to the death of five Lotus Heavenly Maidens on the spot, and only the twelve Lotus Heavenly Maidens are left.

Since it is a godsend, of course, as the Son of Heaven, he has to accept the mandate of heaven, and since ancient times, if the lotus born heavenly daughter fails to marry the Son of Heaven and remarries someone else, the final outcome is very miserable, not only the lotus born heavenly girl will die tragically, but also will lead to the fate of the Son of Heaven to be changed, and even unfortunately die, which will affect the fortune of the country, so you do not dare to go against the will of heaven and put the safety of the country in the first place, so it was decided to take them into the palace as soon as possible, so as not to cause extraneous branches.

As for the reason why none of the other non-Liansheng Tiannu show girls were not selected for this first draft, Jun Buyu also explained, because he felt that Lianshengguo had just suffered the tragedy of the death of the emperor and officials above the fourth grade, and the whole country was in mourning.

Moreover, at present, the Lotus Kingdom has just been rebuilt into the new Lotus Kingdom, and a large number of humerus ministers have been lost overnight, and it is also in a time when everything is in ruins, and internal and external troubles are in trouble, so it is really not appropriate to interfere with the main thing because of the affairs of the harem.

He also solemnly said that in the next three years, the state affairs will be the priority, the affairs of the harem, everything will be simple and low-key, and he will not even ask any of the selected show maids to sleep, and then return to normal after the three-year filial piety period expires.

At that time, it also coincided with the triennial draft to be held again, and at that time, he promised that he would select a group of women who were not lotus goddesses to enter the palace and fill the harem, so as to ensure that the royal family could spread out its branches and leaves, extend more heirs, and stabilize the country of the new lotus country.

After listening to Jun Buyu's explanation and promise, the ministers and wealthy families whose daughters were not selected to enter the palace calmed down, silently looking forward to the draft again in three years, hoping that their daughters could fly on the branches and become phoenixes in three years.

They naturally appreciated Jun Buyu's promise that he would not ask any of the show maids to sleep, because in this way, after their daughter entered the palace three years later, they could also have an equal opportunity to compete for favor with the show girl who entered the palace three years ahead of schedule, and of course they were much more comforted.

But the dignitaries and nobles who have been selected to enter the palace are not happy, because they can't be canonized if they don't serve in bed, how can this not make them worry about their daughter's status in the harem.

Fortunately, Jun Buyu also thought of a way to appease them, that is, the twelve Lotus Born Heavenly Maidens selected this time, even if they will not sleep in the next three years, they will still be canonized according to their performance during the draft and their family history.

Subsequently, Jun Buyu also issued an order on the spot and canonized these show girls.

In addition to the vacancy of the queen, from the imperial concubines, concubines, concubines to nobles have been canonized, and the corresponding palaces have been rewarded according to their positions.

The only one is still a show girl, that is, Yanyu, who was unconscious at the time, but although Yanyu did not have a canonization position, he still rewarded Chu Xiu Palace, but the food and clothing were still distributed according to the standard of the show girl.

For Jun Buyu's special care of Yanyu, the ministers also strongly objected, and asked Jun Buyu to continue to leave Yanyu in the Xiunu's residence to recuperate, and there was no need to occupy the Chuxiu Palace where only concubines with status could live.

It's just to everyone's surprise that Jun Buyu hasn't opened his mouth yet, and Prime Minister Linghu actually changed his normal state, standing on Jun Buyu's side for the first time, and tried his best to say good things for Yanyu, saying that Yanyu is the identity of Liansheng Heavenly Daughter after all, and she is the granddaughter of the late general, plus she is in a coma, how can she be treated like this.

Wouldn't that chill the late general under the Nine Springs? It also violates the will of heaven that the lotus goddess is born with a noble identity.

After listening to Prime Minister Linghu's words, Jun Buyu also felt that it made sense, so he naturally defended Prime Minister Linghu's statement and continued to insist on letting Yanyu recuperate in Chuxiu Palace.

And when the other ministers saw that Prime Minister Linghu, who was above 10,000 people under one person, they all opened their mouths to help Yanyu speak, so naturally they didn't dare to say anything more, and the matter was over.

After all, this Ling Hu Prime Minister has always been known for his iron fist, he is gentle and humble on the surface, but in fact, he is ruthless in private, and strong in martial arts, unfathomable, many ministers who once disobeyed him as prime minister have suffered his secret losses, and even almost died of the whole family, so today's Manchu Dynasty civil and military dare not meet the newly enthroned monarch, but dare not be disrespectful to Ling Hu Prime Minister.

First, Prime Minister Linghu was the only guard who survived the tragedy of the Taihe Temple a year ago, and he also saved the life of the Holy Lord, which won the trust and reuse of the Holy Lord.

Second, although Prime Minister Linghu was once just a guard and did not have any family background, he always gave people a sense of mystery, after all, he was lucky enough to survive the tragedy of Taihe Palace, and he was destined to be very human.

Moreover, Prime Minister Linghu is also very good at winning people's hearts, he has a flexible mind and great wit, and even this palace is supervised by him to rebuild and rebuild, so he established his prestige in the court a few months after taking office as prime minister.

He used thunderous means to deter the officials and forces who opposed him, and completely gained a firm foothold.

The reason why Prime Minister Fox was able to survive the tragedy of Taihedian is that only he knows the truth.

That is, he was not an ordinary guard, otherwise he would have died in the main hall a long time ago.

Because he is actually the prince of the original Black-tailed Leafhopper Country that was destroyed, and he is also the heir to the throne of the Black-tailed Leafhopper Country, his own physique is far beyond ordinary people, and he still has a special magic weapon to protect himself, so he survived.

And because of this, he also won the favor of the mysterious woman who caused the tragedy of Taihe Palace, that is, the strange woman from the Lotus Immortal Kingdom.

It was also she who forcibly broke up the marriage between Yanyu, the saintess, and Jun Buyu, the saint, in the immortal country, with the purpose of seeking the position of the saint and finally marrying the saint, so she secretly came to the Lotus Kingdom to deal with Yanyu.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yanyu has been living a life of exile and family ruin in Liansheng Kingdom, but the current Yanyu is powerless to fight against that woman.

For Yanyu, no matter how hard and tired she is, she will insist on living, and when she can one day have the ability to return to the Lotus Immortal Kingdom, she will definitely regain the Holy Monarch that belongs to her, as well as the happy life that originally belonged to her.

It's just that all this is a later story, and all she has to do now is to survive in this intriguing and dangerous palace.

Yanyu knows that although she is just a show girl at the moment, since she entered the palace, she has not seen the Holy Monarch without meeting her, but she will still become a thorn in the side of the other concubines in the palace, a thorn in her heart, and sooner or later she will find a way to get rid of her.

The reason is that she has no canonization position, but she actually lives in Chuxiu Palace, how can she not make other concubines jealous.

What Yanyu didn't know was that among the other concubines, the one who hated her the most was Xia Ziqi of this Zhongcui Palace, that is, Concubine Qi's mother.

That's why this Qi Concubine Niangniang was so excited and angry when she heard the personal palace maid Qiaohui mention Chuxiu Palace and Yanyu.

And it all started three months ago......