Entering the harem is like being in a golden prison, where success or failure is all in one move. If you can stand out in the draft this time, it will be a good thing for yourself and even the whole family.

Therefore, why don't they know the truth that once they enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea? In fact, they are more unwilling. For example, a little girl like Zhu Xuan, who is only twelve years old, is in the prime of her cardamom years, and she should have been happy under her parents' knees, but for the so-called fame and fortune, she had to step into this palace gate and bury her life in vain. And like Bai Qingyan, she just wants to help her father gain a firm foothold in the court, and she is just a chess piece that her father can soar. It's a pity that she still blindly thinks that she can rely on her illustrious family background to get Murong Chen's favor.

But like Shangguan Jing and Qiu Jing, they are the most different types of women.

They all dare to love and hate, and they know what they want and what they don't want. Qiu Jing can give up this glorious and rich life for the sake of his beloved, and is willing to accompany him to the end of the world.

And what about Shangguan Jing?

She has never been interested in harem disputes, and those fame and fortune are as light as a feather to her.

Now she is only seventeen years old, but she is already a person who has died once. It's a pity that Lord Yama refused to take her in, and let her come back to life. Now that she has a deep blood feud, she has always had to endure humiliation and burden, so that she can find out the truth, return her father's innocence, and warn the world not to be deceived by illusions.

Shangguan Jing lived in the harem as a show girl, and if she wanted to get close to Murong Chen, she had to stand out from this group of show girls and become his rightful concubine. Although Shangguan Jing has always done things against her will, she has never regretted her decision.

So much so that every time she thought of Murong Shuo, she would suppress the intense grief in her heart. She didn't know why she cared so much about what he thought of herself, and his attitude seemed to hit her bull's-eye, always making her heart skip a beat.

As a qualified show girl, the most basic thing should be a female celebrity. Fortunately, Shangguan Jing had practiced those daughters' piano, chess, calligraphy and painting before, and embroidery alone naturally couldn't be difficult for her.

It's just that she didn't expect that she would test the female popularity of the show girls as soon as she entered the palace.

Aunt Jin and Aunt Zhao were silently watching them behind their backs throughout the whole process, but Bai Qingyan still seemed to be unscrupulous, and people couldn't help but feel disgusted when they looked at it.

She twisted her slender waist, put a handkerchief on the tip of her nose with one hand, covered her mouth and nose pretending to be a lady, dressed as a flowery branch, and came to the examination room with a twist.

All the show girls have arrived, only she didn't arrive on time. But the two aunts didn't seem to want to care about her, and they always turned a blind eye. provoked a lot of show girls to be dissatisfied.

Aunt Jin walked up to Bai Qingyan and pushed the embroidery in front of her, and said to her softly: "Miss Bai, this is the picture scroll and needlework to be used in this competition, and now that the hour has passed halfway, Miss Bai still needs to complete it as soon as possible." ”

"Got it, that's verbose!" Bai Qingyan replied without hesitation, making her speechless.

Aunt Hibiscus suffered a dumb loss at her place, and she felt very uncomfortable. But it's not good for her to put things on the bright side.

At this time, Aunt Zhao came over, pulled Aunt Jin back, and said angrily: "Some people are not worthy of your nod for her." ”

Bai Qingyan exploded, she pricked the embroidery needle out of the embroidery cloth and glared at Aunt Zhao.

"Auntie is really clear about public and private!" Bai Qingyan said sarcastically.

Aunt Zhao was not annoyed, but just pulled Aunt Jin away. Bai Qingyan snorted heavily, picked up the embroidery picture again, and got busy.

Shangguan Jing sat in the last row with his head down, seriously embroidering his own orchid blooming picture.

After six hours of hard fighting, everyone's embroidery has been completed.

Bai Qingyan was the first to stand up and bring the embroidery in her hand to Aunt Zhao, and then raised her head proudly and left the embroidery workshop.

Aunt Zhao and Aunt Jin cleaned up the embroidery of the show girls together. Without Aunt Jin noticing, Aunt Zhao actually stuffed Bai Qingyan's embroidery into her wide sleeves. A series of movements flowed like water, and Aunt Jin didn't notice anything unusual.

In fact, this embroidery was secretly convened by the Queen Mother Leng Yang. The purpose is to be able to choose a good family with ingenuity. She knew that Murong Chen would use various excuses to avoid the draft like in previous years, so this time she had to do it herself. Murong Chen has been on the throne for more than four years, but he has no children under his knees, and this will inevitably cause a lot of turmoil in the long run.

To say that Murong Chen dotes on Murong Ruolan, but he has never surpassed her. Murong Ruolan was originally his wife, and it stands to reason that she should have given birth to her eldest son a long time ago, but the truth is not satisfactory. Leng Yang once thought that Murong Ruolan had a problem with childbirth, and she was most unaccustomed to her mother's Jingyang Palace, so Leng Yang would rather let Murong Chen hang in the back seat than let Murong Ruolan stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

She also tried to ask Murong Chen and Murong Ruolan several times, but the two deliberately kept silent about childbirth, which made Leng Yang very dissatisfied.

After this round of preliminary examinations that were not public, six show girls left the next day with regrets.

Originally, there were twenty-four show girls, and it was a very terrible thing to be dismissed by Leng Yangjia's secret mission for the first time.

The next day, the rest of the show girls gathered in the courtyard, and the two aunts stood opposite them, their eyes grim, looking at them repeatedly.

Aunt Zhao was the first to speak: "I have summoned you here today to tell you something......" She deliberately took off her long tone.

"As you can see, there are six less in one night. Why is that? Because our trials are everywhere. The first time is to spot check the female red, then the second time will be pointed out what to do, it is unknown. I hope that all the little masters can live here in peace, and only by keeping their duty can they be favored by His Majesty and the Queen Mother. ”

The show girls were amazed and glanced at each other and the others around them.

Shangguan Jing stood at the back of the line, still wearing a veil.

Although she is very amazing when she recovers her daughter's body, and there is no shadow of a woman dressed as a man before, she has to be careful in everything that is complicated by many people in the palace.

After the two aunts finished speaking, they took a group of show girls to start learning palace rules and etiquette.

Some of them have been taught and guided by their grandmothers since they were young, and they must have started earlier than those of small families, and they naturally learn quickly. There are even some rules that they don't need to learn at all, and gradually the gap is revealed.

And these are more difficult for Shangguan Jing than the good family of other small families.

Since she was a child, she has been different from other girls, others learn female red etiquette, but she has to learn boxing from her master and practice strength. Faced with a bunch of cold weapons every day, he often made himself covered in bruises.

And Shangguan Chengru was very strict with her, and layers of pressure forced her to work hard. She has never suffered less than boys of her age.

Although Shangguan Jing started late, she practiced for a few hours more than others every day, plus she had a super high learning ability since she was a child, and she was able to keep up with the rhythm of others.