Late at night, in the Mingde Hall of the East Palace, Li Dongyang hurriedly entered from outside the hall, Zhu Youzhu was sitting behind the bookcase, flipping through an ancient book, and Xiao Jing was waiting beside him.

After Li Dongyang greeted the crown prince, he said, "Your Highness, the selection of concubines is going smoothly, after the two links of audition and primary selection, there are now only seventy-two show girls left to enter the third selection. ”

Zhu Youzhang's face was calm, "Wanxi's daughter must have been successfully selected, right?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "Yes, Wan Xi's daughter Wan Xiu'er has been selected, in addition, the daughter of Lord Liu Zhizhong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, is also among the seventy-two show girls. ”

Zhu Youzhu pursed his lips lightly, "Liu Zhizhong, you have been attached to Wang Zhi before, right?" ”

Xiao Jing said beside him, "He is one of Wang Zhi's former henchmen, and after Wang Zhi fell, he has never found a new master." ”

Zhu Youzhu asked, "Did someone put it in?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "Your Highness rest assured, it has been inserted." ”

"Well, since Liu Zhizhong wants his daughter to come out like this, let's fulfill his wish."

Then Zhu Youzhu seemed to think of something again, "Dongyang, did you bring the list of show girls?" I'm going to see it. ”

Li Dongyang didn't seem to expect it, he was stunned for a moment, and then took out a roster from his arms and handed it over with both hands.

Zhu Youzhu took the roster, browsed quickly, and suddenly stopped his eyes on a name, his eyelashes twitched slightly, Li Dongyang peeked at it, and knew that Zhu Youzhu must have seen Zhang Yue's name.

Zhu Youzhang's gaze immediately crossed the name and continued to check the origin of the other show girls. After a while, the list was returned to Li Dongyang,

"Dongyang, you are very careful in choosing a concubine this time, but the identities and backgrounds of these seventy-two show girls must be carefully investigated, and they must not be negligent."

Li Dongyang nodded, "Yes, the minister understands." ”

Zhu Youzhu turned his head and gave Xiao Jing a look, Xiao Jing willingly withdrew from the study, and there were only two people left in the room.

Li Dongyang lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, only feeling a sharp gaze hovering over his head. After a long time, a cold voice came,

"You were the one who put her in the show girls."

"Xiao Wu didn't want to get married, so she begged me to find a way for her, so I had to let her participate in the selection of concubines, so as to take the opportunity to push off this marriage for her."

"With her temperament, it is impossible to easily agree to choose a concubine, what did you promise her?"

"The minister did promise her that she would lose the election in the third election, according to the court system, the show girl who lost in the third election will need a year before she can marry again, which can buy her more free time, and she agreed to the minister."

Zhu Youzhang's half-bright eyes are as deep as sea water. He looked at Li Dongyang for a moment,

"Dongyang, say it! Who's that guy behind you? ”

Li Dongyang's neck was cold, and his heart trembled, "Your Highness, there is no one to instruct, the minister just wants to help Xiao Wu." ”

Li Dongyang said and glanced up at Zhu Youzhang, it's okay not to look at it, when he looked at Zhu Youzhang's eyes that saw everything, he instantly felt that his heart was seen through in front of the prince, the sweat on his forehead flowed down instantly, his body was weak, and he knelt down,

"Your Highness, it's Lord Wynne! After Lord Huaien went to Fengyang, he has been in contact with the ministers, and Lord Huaien believes that Xiao Wu is the successor of Xuan Weilu, and those who get Xuan Wei Lu will win the world, and Lord Huai wants Xiao Wu to be your crown princess. In this way, you can get the Xuanweilu indirectly. That's why this time he and Chen designed Xiao Wu to participate in this draft. ”

Zhu Youjiao's expression did not change as if he had expected it, "I expected him to be behind you." Dongyang, choose three links, let Xiao Wu lose. ”

Li Dongyang had an incredulous look on his face, "Your Highness, why?" I don't believe you don't have feelings for Xiao Wu? Don't you want Xiao Wu to be your crown princess? ”

A trace of sadness flashed in Zhu Youzhang's eyes, "Xiao Wu likes to live a free and easy life, she wants to control her life, I can't force her to stay by my side." ”

Li Dongyang stood up, "Your Highness, how do you know that Xiao Wu doesn't want to stay by your side?" From the moment I knew that she sent the Xuanjing beads to His Highness, I knew that she liked His Highness, so His Highness deliberately avoided her coldly before, and she was so arrogant that people would react so lost and angry, this is the gain and loss of the relationship between men and women, but she has been dressed as a man since she was a child, and she opened her mind later than the average girl, and she didn't notice it, once she opened her mind, her feelings for His Highness will definitely pour out. ”

Zhu Youzhang's face was slightly moved, and Li Dongyang continued, "The minister acted according to Lord Huai's instructions this time, not only because Xiao Wu is the successor of Xuan Weilu and wants His Royal Highness to get Xuan Wei Lu, but also because Xiao Wu is my important relative, I treat Xiao Wu as my own sister, I hope she will be happy, and His Royal Highness will not only be a virtuous monarch in the future, but also a husband worthy of being entrusted for life." Since His Royal Highness has affection for Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu has His Royal Highness in his heart. I finally made this decision and tricked Xiao Wu into the game, even if she knows the truth and blames me as a senior brother in the future, I will not regret it. ”

Zhu Youzhu slowly took out the string of Xuanjing beads from his arms and carefully put it in his hand, stared at it for a long time, and said, "Got it, you go down." ”

Li Dongyang knew that Zhu Youzhu had made a decision in his heart, and slowly withdrew from the hall.

Zhu Youzhu put the Xuanjing beads on his chest and whispered, "Yue'er, please forgive me for being selfish once." ”

In the past few days, Zhang Yue and other show girls have been practiced by Mama Dong day and night in Futing Xuan, learning to walk, learn etiquette, and even learn the etiquette of eating. If you don't practice well, you won't be allowed to eat and sleep.

After a few days, Zhang Yue actually lost a lot of weight, and by the evening of the fifth day, Mama Dong announced that the etiquette teaching was over, so that everyone could rest early and prepare for tomorrow's election three.

After dinner, the show girls gathered in a bunch, chatting, one of the show girls surrounded by the most people, this show girl was slender, a pair of Danfeng eyes were extremely frivolous, looking at the show girl next to her, her face was full of disdain.

Zhang Yue curiously pulled Liu Yuying, the two of them have a similar temperament in the same room these days, and they often chat together.

"Yuying, who is this person? So arrogant! When you talk to others, you look at people through your nostrils? ”

Liu Yuying hurriedly covered Zhang Yue's mouth and pulled her aside, "That's Wan Guifei's niece Wan Xiu'er, I heard that she is the internal candidate for the crown princess this time." Don't talk nonsense, be careful of being heard by her and make a feud. ”

Zhang Yue picked his eyes and looked at Wan Xiu'er carefully, and instantly sympathized with Zhu Youzhu in his heart, such a master, he didn't know if the prince could eat it or not, so he turned his head and said to Liu Yuying, "Yuying, let's go to the garden on the side for a walk, it's been boring for the past few days." ”

Liu Yuying said, "Yue'er, I'm not going, my father asked someone to send me a letter today, so that I must redouble my efforts and be sure to pass the third choice." I'll want to read a little longer. Don't run around, you were caught by Mama Dong, and you should be punished again. ”

Zhang Yue shook his head with a smile and said in a low voice, "It's okay, it's okay, anyway, after the third election is over tomorrow, I'll go home, and it's impossible to enter the palace again, I'll walk around." ”

Liu Yuying said helplessly, "Okay, be careful, you must come back before the lights go out." ”

Zhang Yue agreed, and quietly went out through the side door, these days, she is familiar with the road near Fu Tingxuan.

She wandered around for a while, and was about to go back, when she suddenly remembered that there was a small garden not far from the west side of Futing Xuan, and the kumquat trees in it were full of small kumquat trees recently.