The Aromatic Hall is a side hall of the West Palace of the Forbidden City, which is used to train some of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to read and write.

Today's selection of the prince's concubine selection exam was held in the main hall of the Aromatic Palace, at this time the hall was full of all kinds of beautiful girls, they racked their brains to write, Zhang Yue sat among them, and seemed to be very serious with his right hand to write hard.

Li Dongyang is the chief invigilator today, and he sits on the invigilator in front of the hall, scanning everything below, especially Zhang Yue's situation.

Zhang Yue answered very seriously today, almost barely raised his head, Li Dongyang was curious, deliberately stood up, and walked slowly among the show girls, when he walked next to Zhang Yue, he seemed to be checking the show girl's answers, and when he looked at the rolling paper, Li Dongyang almost didn't laugh.

In order not to reveal the true level of calligraphy, Zhang Yue wrote with his right hand, and the handwriting was neat. Most of the questions on today's test paper are about women's morality and women's teaching, and she wrote a Tang poem under each question.

"Cough~~~" Li Dongyang cleared his throat, Zhang Yue raised his head and winked at his senior brother, and then buried his head in writing the next Tang poem.

Li Dongyang reluctantly left her side. The written answer in the morning ended quickly, the show girls left the venue one after another, and all the test papers received in Li Dongyang's hands, when Li Dongyang was sorting out the test papers, he took advantage of no one's ideas, pulled out Zhang Yue's test papers, took out a pre-written test paper from his arms and put it in the file, and then put the test paper written by Zhang Yue into his arms.

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Zhang Yue returned to Futing Xuan with the show girls after the exam, and began to pack up happily as soon as she entered the room.

Liu Yuying looked at Zhang Yue apprehensively and said, "Zhang Yue, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Yue said while cleaning up, "I can't choose it anyway, I'll pack up my things first, and I'll be in a hurry when I leave the palace and go home!" ”

When a show girl next to her heard it, she said with a gloomy face, "I'll clean it up in advance, I don't know a lot of today's exam questions, presumably the third one must be without me." ”

After saying that, they also began to pack their things, and the other show girls who felt that they had no hope also began to pack their things. Liu Yuying looked at the others and said nothing.

In the afternoon of the next day, all the show girls were gathered in the courtyard, Mama Dong stood at the front, waiting for the results of the selection of three, and after a while, several people walked into the courtyard, led by a middle-aged eunuch, slightly fat, with very small eyes, but bright, looking at the clothes, the grade of this person in the palace should not be low.

He held a scroll in his hand and walked in front of everyone, and when Mama Dong saw the visitor, her face was immediately full of smiles.

"Slaves and maids participate in Father-in-law Qin, and all seventy-two show girls are waiting here, just wait for the public to announce the results of the election three."

This person is the celebrant and eunuch Qin Ji, and he is also the official in charge of the celebrant and the Ministry of Rites in the selection of concubines. He didn't pay attention to Mama Dong, and after looking around at the show girls, he slowly spoke,

"The miscellaneous family was ordered to come here to announce the results of the election three, and all the show girls knelt down to listen."

All the show girls in the courtyard knelt down and bowed their heads,

Qin Ji unfolded the scroll in his hand and began to read out the content, and said a lot of words at the beginning, what is the emperor's grace, the show girls can come to choose the concubine this time because of the kindness, and how the Ministry of Rites and the celebrant carefully prepare for the selection of the concubine, Zhang Yue almost didn't listen much, and finally read which three show girls were selected as candidates for the crown princess,

“....... Jinyiwei commanded Wan Xi's third daughter, Wan Xiu'er, and Liu Zhizhong, the second daughter of Liu Zhizhong, the right attendant of the ministry, ......"

When Zhang Yue heard Liu Yuying's name, she secretly glanced at Liu Yuying, only to see her face showing joy, and Zhang Yue was also happy for Liu Yuying in her heart.

“...... Zhang Luan, the eldest daughter of Guozi Prison Supervisor Zhang Luan. The above three show girls saw the car in front of the Wanshou Palace three days later. ”

Zhang Yue felt that in an instant, the eyes of many people around her were focused on her, and she was instantly stunned, she wasn't hallucinating just now.

She followed the other show girls in a daze, and after Qin Ji finished reading it, he left Fu Tingxuan, before he left, Zhang Yue didn't know if it was an illusion, Qin Ji seemed to glance in her direction.

Zhang Yue and the other three were congratulated by the show girls, Liu Yuying was especially happy, and came over to hug Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue was speechless.

Wan Xiu'er had a proud attitude, as if this result had long been within her expectations, she glanced at Zhang Yue and Liu Yuying with extreme contempt, and walked away.

After choosing three, Zhang Yue, Wan Xiuer, and Liu Yuying were arranged in a single room in Futing Xuan, rewarded with clothes and accessories, and each of them was accompanied by a small palace maid to serve them, and their diet was also improved a lot.

That night, Zhang Yue was lying on the bed in his room, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, what happened? Not to mention that Li Dongyang is behind to help make himself unable to choose, even if there is no Li Dongyang, he will not be selected if he answers the exam papers like that. Thinking of this, Zhang Yue complained in his heart that his senior brother had not done anything well. Is!

At this time, Li Dongyang was in the pavilion of the East Palace Garden, playing in front of the crown prince Zhu Youjiao, when he suddenly felt that his ears were hot and hot, so he touched it.

Zhu Youzhu saw it and asked, "Dongyang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "The minister lost his temper, for some reason, his ears suddenly itched, I think I haven't rested well in the past few days." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, and asked again, "You have really worked hard these past few days, how did Father and Concubine Wan react to the results of the third election?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "The emperor and Wan Guifei already know that without the holy edict, they seem to be satisfied with this result." ”

Zhu Youzhang's eyes were bottomless, "Okay, suddenly I am looking forward to the palace election in three days." ”

Li Dongyang raised his head and smiled slightly, "The minister is also looking forward to it." ”

Li Dongyang seemed to suddenly remember something, took out a roll of paper from his arms, and handed it to the prince,

"The minister found a special test paper in yesterday's exam and presented it to His Highness."

Zhu Youzhu took the test paper and did not unfold it.

Li Dongyang hurriedly said, "If Your Highness doesn't have other orders, the minister will retire first." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, "Hmm." ”

After Li Dongyang left the pavilion, Zhu Youzhu slowly unfolded the test paper, only to see that the content of the test paper was densely written, the handwriting was barely neat, and Zhang Yue's name was written on the frontispiece, he glanced at the content of the test paper, a smile was clenched on his lips, and he whispered,

"If you dare to answer questions with Tang poems in the Crown Princess's third exam, you are also the first."

As he spoke, he rolled up the test paper and looked into the distance with dark eyes.

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Zhang Yue had been wandering around Fu Tingxuan all day, trying to see Li Dongyang, but how could he see him in the palace.

When it was dark, Zhang Yue returned to Fu Tingxuan listlessly, and as soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw other show girls chatting around a bunch, she came over curiously, and heard the show girls say,

"Have you heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince met Liu Yuying in the palace today."

"I heard that the two talked very happily, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also praised Liu Yuying for her good quality."

"I didn't expect Liu Yuying to be so lucky, although the palace test the day after tomorrow, although it was approved by the emperor, but in the end, I must ask His Royal Highness the Prince's opinion. Before, I thought that the crown princess was already Wan Xiu'er's bag, but I don't know who the flowers will be......"

"What tongue base to chew? Are they all idle? ”

A sharp voice interrupted the conversation of the show girls, and as soon as Zhang Yue turned around, she saw Wan Xiu'er's face turned white, standing behind the show girls, and she was yelling at the show girls with a high spirit.

Seeing this, the show girls quickly dispersed. Wan Xiu'er saw that Zhang Yue was also in the crowd, and glared at Zhang Yue fiercely, Zhang Yue looked innocent, but she didn't have the same knowledge as her, and went back to her room to rest.