Chapter 40: The draft begins

The fact that there is suddenly an extra woman in the palace of King Cong can actually be heard by anyone with a little skill.

For example, the crown prince.

Gu Ziyan's evaluation of Gu Congyuan has always been "unkind" and "not close to women", and when he suddenly told his father that he wanted to marry the daughter of a businessman, he was so frightened that he smashed his jaw.

Just when this person was wondering whether this Gu Congyuan was too abstinent and began to indulge in lust, Lu Yao found him.

She used some small wrists to inquire about the places that Gu Ziyan frequented most often outside the palace on weekdays, and easily found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who traveled lightly in a teahouse.

It turned out that this Gu Ziyan was very sympathetic to the people's feelings, and he ran out of the palace every once in a while to distract himself, and cared about the people's feelings.

Lu Yao compared people with Gu Congyuan in her heart, and only then did she feel that Gu Congyuan had delayed puberty, and she only ushered in the rebellious period of life in her twenties, and she scoffed at this.

Obviously, Gu Ziyan didn't expect why this "former" brother-in-law and daughter-in-law had such a high chance of meeting him recently.

He ordered a few more plates of dim sum with a little surprise, and said, "Miss Lu also likes to come to this teahouse?" ”

is also called Miss Lu, Gu Ziyan's gentle and warm tone is much more comfortable than Gu Congyuan.

She had unconsciously branded Gu Congyuan as a "bad guy" in her heart.

"Actually, the little girl deliberately waited here for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time." She lowered her voice and simply told the truth.

"Oh?" Gu Ziyan gently played with the teacup in his hand, slowly rubbed the pattern on it with his fingertips, and said, "It seems that there is something that needs the help of this palace?" ”

"It's nature." Lu Yaotian smiled shamelessly.

Although she heard that Gu Congyuan and Gu Ziyan had a bad relationship, they had little intersection in the past, and she had not spoken a few words to the prince for several years after marrying His Second Highness.

She had some almost meaning, but in her heart she didn't have hope for the prince to make a move.

When you meet in Pingshui, you can't beat the eight poles, why should people help you?

Lu Yao really couldn't find anyone else to help, and looked at him a little embarrassed and smiled: "Here's the thing, my Lu family has a female dependent, who can participate in this draft with age and qualifications, and I am very reluctant to her." ”

After a pause, she said with an embarrassed face: "But now I have reconciled with His Royal Highness II, and I will never enter the palace again, but on the day of the draft, I want to accompany my sister to go together, and it is also excellent not to enter the main hall, but to wander around and wait in the palace." ”

Gu Ziyan's smile is still so polite, and he stretches out his hand not to hit the smiling person, but he seems to be a ruthless character who can slap people with a smile and make people speechless.

He said, "That's why Miss Lu found me?" The Prince of the East Palace. ”

Lu Yao said coldly, but nodded honestly.

“…… Miss Lu is really out of sight. Gu Ziyan also seemed to wipe a cold sweat.

Half a month later, the draft officially began.

I thought that Emperor Gu Ji's draft this time was not as grand as before, and the number of people would be much less, but seeing the small sedan chairs carried into the palace one after another, Shangguan Yu's heart suddenly followed.

At this time, the main hall of the palace was already full, most of them were princes and princesses and some powerful ministers, and on the main seat sat the emperor with an upright face but threatened to let the girl enter the palace, and next to him was the young and beautiful Xiao Guifei.

Concubine Xiao Guifei is glamorous today, wearing an emerald green Luo skirt that seems to show her future destiny, and her makeup is exquisite

And dignified, the jewels make people dare not look at it, and it has the posture of the lord of the harem.

And Gu Congyuan, who was sitting below, was different from his mother's coldness, and Zhou's body revealed a noble and cold aura.

He sat expressionlessly, mocking the big dye vat of the palace in his heart, but there must be waves of women to follow him.

It's really ridiculous.

The first round of selection is nothing more than a familiar face, a row of beautiful young girls standing in front of the old emperor, all of them are fat and thin, graceful and graceful.

Even if Gu Congyuan was not close to women, he couldn't help but secretly slander himself: "It's cheaper for this old thing." ”

Xiao Guifei and Gu Ji whispered a few words, she was very knowledgeable and did not let the good-looking girl be eliminated.

Gu Ji pointed to a few people, and the big eunuch immediately stepped forward and put up a sign for those lucky women, and the old emperor looked complicated and kept silent.

Gu Cong saw that Sang Chaqing was left behind, and as expected, he was secretly relieved in his heart.

However, God deliberately played with him, just in time for him to see Shangguan Yu beside Sang Chaqing, Gu Congyuan put down the wine bottle, and was stunned in disbelief for a moment.

How...... Possible?

Shangguan Yu took the sign, smiled gently, and saluted the people.

Gu Congyuan came back to his senses at this time, and he was immediately furious, and he said why Lu Yao suddenly asked himself the question of bringing a woman back to his house!

It turned out that he heard that the Shadow Pavilion was going to give someone away, so he also sent someone into the palace!

He has been planning carefully for a while, but he found that the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches were behind, and he was furious for a while, and the anger in his heart was also burning.

Jianxiang and Chang Shan stood behind him, and they both saw Shangguan Yu, and their faces became very exciting.

"Why is Shangguan Yu here? She was also retained! Changshan whispered to humanity.

At this time, the great eunuch stepped forward to announce the results of the first round of selection, and when he called Shangguan Yu, it was not this name, but "red jade".

The Second Highness gritted his teeth: "Okay, Lu Yao is afraid that someone will find out the truth, and he still has second-hand preparations." ”

Seeing that Gu Congyuan's face was becoming more and more ugly, the two guards behind him didn't dare to make a sound, and only looked at him cautiously.

Dare to love him, Gu Congyuan was put on a stand by Lu Yao!

However, Sang Chaqing's killer feature is not something that anyone can fight......

The first round was checked by the concubine, and now the dust has basically settled, and Gu Ji is also very satisfied.

But his gaze had been glued to the face of one of the women, and he couldn't take it off for a long time.

Xiao Guifei looked at the flowers and flowers, and her impression of these women was about the same, she was blind for a while, and she didn't notice the girl with her head hanging down.

"Your Majesty, you have been staring at this girl since the beginning, isn't there any difference between this girl?" She asked softly.

Fang Cai felt strange, but he couldn't figure out what was strange.

"It's like it......" the emperor smiled bitterly, "it's too similar." ”

He glanced down at the roster and said in a loud voice, "Sang Chaqing, raise your head." ”

The woman named Sang Chaqing raised her head gently, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, looking warm and warm like a spring breeze.

That pair of just right phoenix eyes is even more amorous, revealing a hint of softness, not as sharp as ordinary people, which makes people involuntarily want to be loved.

Anyone who has seen the first queen is shocked, because Sang Chaqing and the first queen's faces are simply the same

The same, especially these phoenix eyes.

Even the cup in the prince's hand was so shocked that it fell: "How can this ......?"

His eyes were slightly moist, he didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, if there was really such a thing as reincarnation in this world, then standing in the main hall must be the first queen.

Gu Ji couldn't help but squint his eyes, looking at Sang Chaqing carefully, his eyes were full of affection.

Xiao Guifei was on fire in her heart, why didn't she notice that there was still this woman, she knew that she should be the first to be eliminated!

After a long time, the emperor waved his hand and said, "Go down, prepare for the second round of the draft." ”

Ruby couldn't help but feel anxious in her heart, she found that the man had already taken most of the eyeballs, and she could only think to herself in her heart, waiting for the next round of dance performances.

The sound of discussion in the hall did not stop from the beginning, until the musicians holding the silk and bamboo orchestra came in, and it was clear that the next round of screening was going to be carried out, and everyone died down.

The dance link has always been the prince's favorite, and for people like Gu Congyuan who don't understand customs, it is the same whether to watch it or not.

Hongyu and Sang Chaqing were both dressed in white gauze this time, and both of them were like floating clouds on the horizon, and their bodies were as soft as bones.

The two of them have their own merits, competing for beauty, and it is rare to see Shangguan Yu, who has always been tepid, working hard, Gu Congyuan only then took a cursory look.

But Shangguan Yu, that is, today's Hongyu, the more she tried to grab the emperor's attention, the more Gu Congyuan put this anger on Lu Yao's body.

He slowly clenched the wine bottle in his hand, narrowing his eyes dangerously.

Lu Yao......

Gu Congyuan's whole person exuded an aura that was not easy to mess with, and Chuan Xiang and Chang Shan had to pretend to be stupid and stunned, and did not provoke him.

The sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra gradually subsided, and only then burst into bursts of cheers.

Concubine Xiao Guifei has been declining and loving in recent years, and this time she saw Sang Chaqing, which is similar to the queen, and the red jade, which is comparable, and her heart is mixed for a while.

"Mulberry tea dances, it seems to be an old man." Gu Ji's heart was touched, his eyes changed a little, and he said, "Very good, you don't have to participate in the future selection, you can enter the palace directly." ”

The woman who was praised also accepted the praise of the old emperor very proudly, but Shangguan Yu, who was also dressed in white next to her, made her feel a little worried.

She secretly glanced at Shangguan Yu and found that this person had a soft face, neither humble nor arrogant, nor nervous, nor anxious, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The old emperor is a smart man, he knows that Sang Chaqing has the intention of eye-catching appearance, but the appearance is similar, it is already rare and valuable, he doesn't want to be entangled so much, if there is a woman like the former queen who is like the first queen to accompany him, why worry about it?

However, such a direct hand-picking is inevitably unruly, so he disobeys the rules to the end, looks at Shangguan Yu on the side, and says, "Hongyu, shortlisted." ”

Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and smiled lightly: "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Basically, these two people will be among the best, Gu Congyuan didn't want to watch it, so he simply went to the imperial garden to breathe.

At this time, the cold was unexpectedly cold, and few people were wandering around the rockery, but he saw a vermilion figure.

When I got closer, the man wrapped himself in a furball and was resting here, apparently waiting for someone.

He looked closely, and his face darkened.