As soon as the moon entered, the capital ushered in a major event, and the draft was the same as the official selection.

More than 300 daughters from all over the country conducted the first round of selection, and those young ladies who did not perform well on weekdays were sent home. In the two-day selection, only one hundred and fifty young ladies were left in the competition, and fortunately, the six young ladies who "had no hole" were left behind.

Among these 150 people, fifty people will eventually be left, some of whom will enter the palace to participate in the draft, some of them will enter the palace to participate in the official election, and some will be assigned by the eldest princess to the lord of the official family above the second rank, the son, as a wife or concubine.

The second round of selection will be carried out separately for quyi, chess, calligraphy, tea, etiquette, dance, cooking, embroidery, archery, and riding, and the top six in each subject will be left for the third round. The so-called official-business marriage is the eldest princess's decree to point out the young lady of the merchant to the official family, and the young lady of the official family to the merchant is pointed out to the merchant, so as to promote the combination of government and business and common development.

As for the third round of selection, the remaining ladies will be ranked according to the overall score, and the top 50 will enter the fourth round. The fourth round is the round of selection in the palace hall. The first round of palace selection was selected by Wei Zong, and those selected would enter the palace as concubines and become the emperor's women. The remaining unselected ladies will be selected by the Queen Mother in the second round of palace selection, and the selected ladies will enter the palace as officials, and the rest of the ladies will become the wives or concubines of large families.

During the third round of selection in Jiaoyanfang, the most controversial was the second miss of the Fang family, Fang Qingxi.

The sister-in-law of the eldest princess, who is one of the chief examiners, has a close relationship with the other two examiners. Fang Qingxi has undoubtedly become the focus of everyone. After the first round of selection, she didn't know how many bad things were said behind her back.

The second round of quyi assessment was conducted on the morning of the third day, and Fang Qingxi had enough confidence in this quyi assessment.

She has been by He Wuji's side for many years, and if she does not do well in the assessment, then she will become a big joke in the quyi assessment, and she will naturally redouble her efforts.

Before the quyi assessment, Fang Qingxi went to the quguan room to select musical instruments accompanied by Wanxin. This assessment attaches great importance to the inside and outside of the palace, and musical instruments and other objects are uniformly deployed in the palace to prevent fraud.

"Miss, what instrument do you want to choose?"

Looking at the dazzling array of musical instruments in front of her, Wanxin really doesn't know which one her own lady will choose, teaching Yanfang's quyi class has always taught a little bit of any instrument, her own lady is best at the guqin and jade flute, Wanxin hopes that the eldest sister can choose the piano, and the lady's piano skills have always been exquisite.

"I want a flute."

"Why didn't Miss choose the piano, Miss's piano skills ......"

"It doesn't matter how good my piano skills are, what matters is that the music is born from the heart, and the instrument is just an auxiliary tool."

He Wou-Ki once said that people who understand music are not limited to which instrument to use, and music is born from the heart, and this is the truth.

Fang Qingxi's words Wanxin mostly understood it, and when she thought of her young lady's flute, she was relieved.

Quyi assessment, Fang Qingxi will definitely be able to win the championship.

"Yo! Miss Fang Er had a big breath, Gu Ling didn't believe that Miss Fang Er would still be able to play a tune if she didn't have a musical instrument. ”

Hearing the voice, Fang Qingxi noticed the person who spoke.

She knew that person, it was the daughter of the second-rank military general Gu Yan, Gu Ling. She and Gu Ling hadn't met a few times on weekdays, but Gu Ling was targeting her everywhere.

"Miss Gu."

Gu Ling is Gu Junyi's cousin, Fang Qingxi is very polite because of Gu Junyi's face, but Gu Ling is not appreciative of Fang Qingxi's friendliness.

"Second Miss Fang was very talented yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only glanced at you and left you behind, but I was asked for a while."

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can ask in person, Miss Gu should be happy, right?"

"I'm glad to have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asking, but I haven't forgotten my identity and rules, unlike some people who are frowning and not serious."

Seeing Gu Ling's ability to point out Sang and scold Huai, Fang Qingxi was silent, now that her identity has become different, there is no need for her to get along with this kind of person.

"Miss Gu, I have something to do first, I would like to advise Miss Gu, the palace is no better than in your own house, and careful words and deeds will cause disaster, not to mention the means of scolding Huai? Wanxin, let's go. ”

After saying that, Fang Qingxi ignored Gu Ling's stunned expression and walked out of the Quguan room with Wanxin.

As soon as she got out of the curved pipe room, Wanxin couldn't wait to express the doubts in her heart.

"Miss, why do you say Miss Gu always can't get along with you?"

"Who knows, she doesn't look like her cousin at all, and I'm afraid that this kind of temperament will not end well in the future."

Fang Qingxi wasn't worried about Gu Ling, she was worried that Gu Ling's future disaster would affect the Gu family, and it would be okay to say that Gu Yan's room would be affected, but if it was Gu Xian's room, I was afraid that Gu Junyi's life would not be easy.

The quyi assessment of the second round of selection was arranged in the Xiang platform of Jiaoyanfang, which was originally a stage in Jiaoyanfang, but was later changed into an assessment venue by Shen Hongyun.

At this time, the platform was surrounded by tables and chairs, and under the shed facing the north were the three chief examiners Wu Man, Wu Zhen and Wu Epidemic, accompanied by the gentlemen from Jiaoyanfang.

The assessment has not yet begun, and everyone in the shed is making full preparations according to the order in which the ladies will appear.

"Qingxi is ranked thirteenth, Suki, you go and arrange it, and the tables and chairs will be removed when Qingxi comes on the field later."

Shen Hongyun carefully instructed Su Qi after seeing the order of appearance, no one knew what she was doing this for.

"Yes."

As Shen Hongyun's right-hand man, Su Qi knew what she meant, so she hurriedly retreated.

"Mr. Shen's move is really wonderful, and this palace sighs to himself."

Wu Man looked down at the copywriter, but the words were fine.

"The eldest princess laughed, none of the people present did things with emotions, Hongyun just tried his best."

"It's a good one to try my best, but this palace advises Mr. Shen, and the second round of champion father is remembered."

As soon as Wu Man's words came out, Shen Hongyun's face suddenly became ugly.

"Miss Fang Er's archery and riding skills, this king cannot be complimented."

Just when Shen Hongyun was embarrassed, Wu Zhen's words helped her a lot.

The thoughts of the chief examiner and the accompanying examiner are the same this time, that is, to let Fang Qingxi pass without knowing it and enter the third round of the palace selection. It is indeed a tricky thing to keep Qingxi stable and unnoticeable.

Wu Zhen's words gave everyone a dose of reassurance, Fang Qingxi's archery and riding skills are bad in the teaching Yanfang, not bad, how easy is it to enter the top six? This champion must not be hers.

"Then it is an auspicious word to borrow traces."

Wu Zhen's words are not useful to Wu Man, she panders to him and is just telling everyone that her position is the same as everyone's.

As soon as the bell rings, the assessment begins.

The assessment is carried out in an orderly manner, and each contestant will have half a pillar of incense time to play, and the examiners will also score after the performance.

Soon it was time for Fang Qingxi to play.

The woman in the audience slowly walked to the stage with a bamboo flute in her hand, the skirt swayed with the pace, the colorful butterflies on the group became vivid, and the small jacket embroidered with colored threads on the upper body wrapped people tightly. The long hair is combed into a new bun, the hosta on the hair, the jade beads in the ears, and the jade on the neck lining the woman's delicate face.

Qingxi saw that everyone's eyes were focused on her, so she didn't wait any longer.

The ethereal flute flows slowly, like the clear and sweet spring in the mountains, and like the upside-down waterfall flowing endlessly, a sad and joyful, a grass and a tree, the flute sounds to construct a world, a beautiful world. The sound of the flute slowly flowed into everyone's heart, and those sad, angry, jealous, and those good and bad emotions all became faint and empty under the flute. In the sound of the flute, people see hope and find their way, and they are no longer afraid, but move forward with determination.

The sound of the flute gradually melted into the depths of the soul, and there was a trace of confusion in everyone's eyes, only He Wuji under the stands stared at Fang Qingxi on the stage tightly.

She was playing a piece from the sheet he had given her, and he had never told her to play it on the flute. Today, is she in trouble?

casually took the Xiao in the hand of the young lady on the side, and a melodious and clear Xiao sound accompanied by the flute sound permeated the heaven and earth.

Fang Qingxi raised his eyes to look at He Wuji, He Wuji just sounded with the flute, Qingxi thought that he hadn't been in harmony with He Wuji for a long time, so he began to get serious.

The eyes of the people around the stands gradually cleared, looking at a man and a woman on and off the stage, listening to the sound of the palace, and the mood was extremely comfortable for a while.

The time of the half-pillar incense is over, the flute sound is gone, and everyone's previous sense of comfort is also followed by the sound of discussion one after another.

"Why did Mr. He suddenly play with Fang Qingxi's flute?"

"yes, they're cheating."

"It's not fair!"

In the face of everyone's discussions, Qingxi on the stage looked at He Wuji, she wanted to see the truth in his eyes, but she didn't see anything. His eyes were as gentle as ever, and as elusive as ever.

Even so, she had to step down in embarrassment.

"Traces, epidemics, are you going to see this matter?"

Seeing Fang Cai's scene, Wu Man was shocked in her heart, she believed that Wu Zhen and Wu Epidemic were both like this.

"Sister Huang, if you let Qingxi play it again, this time it's over."

Wu Bao saw Qingxi's lonely back, and his heart was also uncomfortable, and he thought that this was the only solution. At least, there is no other way now.

"No, what if the next ladies feel that they don't play well and do it again? There is no such precedent. ”

Wu Zhen decisively rejected Wu Epidemic's proposal, and he had a better plan in mind.

"What does the cousin think?"

Although Wu Epidemic's proposal was vetoed by Wu Zhen, Wu Plague didn't plan to care about anything, he felt that as long as he could help Qingxi, it would not be difficult to endure the dissatisfaction in his heart for the time being, as long as it was for her, he would give it a try.

"Normal rating."

"Normal rating? You said it lightly, do you think those ladies will agree? ”

"Didn't the imperial sister be moved by that piece of Xiao Di's harmonious tune? Ask which lady present can do it! If there is, the king will immediately marry her back to the palace with eight sedan chairs. ”

Wu Zhen rarely lost his temper for a woman, and a few people under the shed attracted a lot of attention, and everyone knew that His Royal Highness King Cheng did not hesitate to say such things in order to protect the second lady of the Fang family, and even Fang Qingxi was moved by Wu Zhen's words.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird, and Wu Man and Wu Fang were both surprised for a moment. Especially Wu Man, she thought that Wu Zhen would be interested in Fang Qingxi's identity and ability, but just now she could see a trace of distress in Wu Zhen's eyes, it was his distress for Fang Qingxi, although it was only for a moment, she was still cleverly captured.

"Marks, we can't judge this with emotion."

"It's not about emotions, the royal sister only said that this song is still not good."

"This song is naturally good, but it's ......"

"It's nothing, the imperial sister wants to watch her righteous sister being criticized? Qin Xiao, pass on the king's orders, and in the next selection, whoever has flute skills above Fang Qingxi in everything will be led back to the house. ”

"Yes."

Wu Zhen's voice was originally very loud, and as soon as the news spread, the ladies once again became hotly discussed, only Zheng Qi'er in the audience bit her lip and forcibly endured the anger in her heart.

"Wu Zhen, you are acting rashly."

"This is a matter for my brother, and I don't care about the royal sister."

"Okay, since His Royal Highness King Cheng insists on this, the palace can't control it. This palace is tired, you will preside over today's selection. ”

After that, Wu Man turned around and left, Wu Bao on the side glanced at Wu Man, shook his head helplessly and said:

"Cousin, let's continue."

The gratuitous episode in the morning slowed down the process a little, but it still ended the quyi assessment in a day and a half. In Fang Qingxi's subsequent assessment, as Wu Zhen expected, no one's flute skills were comparable to Qingxi, so Qingxi became the first place in the quyi assessment, and therefore became the object of envy of all the young ladies.