Chapter 126: Keep thinking
Lu Yanhua's eyes were solemn, and she glanced at several high-ranking officials who were in the dust, as well as those tired female officials who had been looking for a long time.
"You go back and rest first, tomorrow's palace election still needs you to manage."
"The rest of the people are divided into three teams, and they will continue to search in the Hehuan Hall secretly, and wait for the palace election to make a decision!"
"......"
Wei Yufan's words came to his lips, but looking at Lu Yanhua's firm eyes, he still swallowed back with interest.
Presumably she ordered this, and she had already thought of a way to deal with it in her heart, the left and right Shang Palace Bureau was the head of the Six Shang Palace, and Lu Yanhua's orders were in advance, even if the emperor really blamed him, this responsibility was borne by Lu Yanhua first, what were they afraid of.
"Then the official will retire!"
Wei Yufan symbolically bowed and then left to return to his dormitory, and the others dispersed one after another.
No one noticed that in the chaos of the crowd, a little palace maid quietly stuffed a note into Lu Yanhua's hand, avoiding the crowd until she reached her room, and Lu Yanhua dared to open it.
The fine rice paper was impregnated with a faint smell of sandalwood, but the three big characters that were clearly visible made Lu Yanhua's heart sink.
It says......
Lu Chengxuan!
And those who can afford to use such good paper and spices, in this harem, only those who are in the phoenix position are ......
Empress Hu.
to be able to afford such a precious thing.
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Choshin Palace.
The house is full of incense, the white marble paved ground shines with a warm light, the phoenix is ready to fly on the cornices carved from sandalwood, and the floating windows are piled up with jade carved from the blue tiles of the wall panels.
Compared with Lu Chengyin's Jade Hall, the queen's bedroom is not so luxurious, but it is full of dignified atmosphere.
Hu Shuwan was wearing a light green silk shirt, with a thin grease powder on her face, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of spring, and she was attentively playing with the flower branches on the mahogany table.
The frost and snow melted, and the flowers bloomed one after another.
Hu Shuwan loves flowers very much, no matter which season is spring, dawn, autumn and winter, she always likes to find some seasonal flower branches to make a vase and place it in the palace, and every flower arrangement is done by herself, without the help of others.
is different from Lu Chengyin's charm, Queen Hu's appearance is more beautiful and elegant, and her complexion is extremely beautiful, but when she looks at it, she should feel more comfortable and close.
The candles were lit in the hall, and the other palace maids and eunuchs were dismissed, leaving only the personal nurse to serve on the side, surprisingly quiet, and only the sound of scissors cutting off branches could be heard.
Aunt Bai looked at Hu Shuwan suspiciously, hesitated and entangled, and finally asked the question in her heart, "Queen Mother, the slave doesn't understand very well." ”
Hu Shuwan is in a very good mood, cutting the flower branches with a serious and careful expression, a pair of watery eyes will be like dripping water, like a smile is not a smile, the spring is the most delicate, soon the spring is about to pass, the other flowers in the imperial garden are going to bloom, this begonia is difficult to find, there are so many buds left in the total, all of them were found to Queen Hu to please her.
"Don't understand what?"
"I don't understand why so many of the show girls in this year didn't choose the palace, but chose a concubine who was unsuccessful? Or is it the concubine's sister-in-law? ”
Hu Shuwan was thoughtful and knew Aunt Bai's concerns, "Obviously, the palace is fighting openly and secretly with the concubine in the harem, and she has been competing all the time, and she doesn't want to think of a way to suppress her relatives, but she is also promoted and given her a chance?" ”
Aunt Bai hung her head and said in a respectful voice, "Yes, the slave just doesn't understand why you know this relationship in your heart, but you still have to do that." ”
Lu Chengxuan came out of the Lu family, and Lu Chengyin is in the same vein, Lu Chengyin is as pregnant as the sun is in the sky, and I heard that three of the talented people who have passed the palace selection this time are also children of the Lu family, which makes Lu Chengyin like a tiger.
Queen Hu is not worried, just think of a way to deal with it in advance, and even think about pushing Lu Chengxuan, isn't this training for Lu Chengyin again?
Aunt Bai was puzzled.
Hu Shuwan shook her head and chuckled, and asked instead of answering, "In the Hehuan Hall that day, did you hear the song "General's Order" played by Lu Chengyin and Sun Miaoyi? ”
Hiss –
It turned out that the figure that was swaying behind the screen in the Hehuan Hall that day turned out to be Queen Hu.
Aunt Bai frowned in confusion, "I heard it." ”
It is precisely because she heard Lu Chengxuan's song "General Order" that she has such a question in her heart, in Aunt Bai's opinion, Lu Chengxuan and Sun Miaoyi's ensemble can be regarded as ingenious at best, but it is not strong enough, but it exposes the shortcomings, and it is not smart.
Moreover, Gusse is indeed ingenious, and it also requires the ability of the player, not who can play it if he wants to, and he will only laugh and be generous.
Thinking that Ning Juan back then was a must, with predecessors to compare, it seems that the current Lu Chengxuan is too second.
It's better to be down-to-earth and conservative, and it won't be so obvious that it will be wrong, and it will be detected by others, and even the assessment of the Liushang Bureau can't pass, even if such a person is given another chance, what's the use, can he become a big tool?
It's not a wasted opportunity.
Hu Shuwan looked at the entanglement between Aunt Bai's eyebrows, and couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling, "How did Aunt Bai also be deceived by that little girl." ”
"Do you think she really doesn't understand Guser, and she will make mistakes if she lacks strength?"
Aunt Bai opened her mouth incredulously, "Isn't it?" ”
"Of course not!"
Click-
Scissors cut off the last flower branch, Hu Shuwan was satisfied to watch the begonias inserted in the blue vase of tangled branches, both the shape and the matching are perfect, then she was satisfied with the porcelain vase and placed it on the edge of the window, looking directly at Aunt Bai with a faint gaze.
"Guser is obscure, the fifty strings are repeated, and there are only two possibilities for playing, one is mastery, and the other is not at all, there is no possibility of half-assing."
"That song "General Order" sounds like Sun Miaoyi's chimes are magnificent and more atmospheric, but in fact, it is Lu Chengxuan's Guser who helps from the side, and every time she plays in the ensemble, she will cover up Sun Miaoyi's shortcomings, so that she can play the best effect, that is because Lu Chengxuan doesn't want to delay Sun Miaoyi's assessment results, but when it comes to her own solo, mistakes are frequent......"
"Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?" The corners of Hu Shuwan's lips hooked up a mocking arc, although Lu Chengxuan's level is very high, even if he makes a mistake, it is so natural, but he can't hide the eyes of Queen Hu, who is also proficient in Gusser.
It is precisely because Lu Chengxuan made too clever mistakes that it confirmed her high level, only when you have reached the level of perfection in something, can you control the degree of your own play.
Otherwise......
If you really make a mistake, who can control it?
It's normal for Aunt Bai not to understand, after all, Guser is obscure to learn, not something that ordinary people can be good at, looking at Shengjing, there are only a handful of people who know Gusser, and it just so happens that Queen Hu is one of them, otherwise, I'm afraid I really can't find out Lu Chengxuan's clues.
"And her other four assessment results." At first, Hu Shuwan didn't care about Lu Chengxuan, the reason why she went behind the scenes to watch was because she wanted to take a look at the two daughters of the Lu family, Lu Chengxue and Lu Chenghuan, and didn't want to find an unexpected gain.
"Lu Chengxuan is both first-class in terms of female celebrity and diet, but she is C-level in etiquette and dress, the two most difficult performances are outstanding, and the easiest two are not satisfactory, plus the last C-level ...... Three results led to the defeat of ......"
Hu Shuwan's eyelids were slightly raised, but the rest of the words were not spoken, and at this point, the situation was already very clear, and it would be nonsense to say more.
Aunt Bai looked at Queen Hu in disbelief, "That queen mother, what do you mean ......?"
"Lu Chengxuan deliberately made a mistake and lost the election!!"
Now she seems to understand, it is true, although she couldn't see the expression on Lu Chengxuan's face through the screen at that time, but she seemed to be too calm, she didn't have the sadness of the other maids after she lost the election, and she didn't even feel sad at the fixed point, everything was so natural, it seemed to be in her expectation!!
It turned out to be ...... Deliberately?!
Will anyone else dislike glory and wealth and deliberately lose the election?
Aunt Bai said that she couldn't understand it, let alone understand it...... Since Lu Chengxuan didn't come here to be selected, why did the Lu family send her over?
The Great Zhou does have a rule, all women who are over the age of thirteen to seventeen must enter the palace to run for election, and they can only marry on their own after losing the election, but there is also a limit on the amount, and there can be no seven or eight sisters in a family, all recruited to serve the emperor in the harem, even if they really have this mind, they are embarrassed to really do it.
Therefore, each family only needs to send one, and the Lu family has Lu Chengyin who is no longer in the draft, even if he finds another excuse not to send people in, it doesn't matter, I don't want to ...... Instead of taking advantage of the convenient opportunity to marry other daughters, the Lu family sent all their brains to the palace......
This is really funny, then Lu Yuancheng wants to become a national uncle and wants to go crazy, and he has many daughters, and they are all of the right age, so he sent four more, and the other three are all small achievements, and this Lu Chengxuan was defeated.
or did not perform well on his own initiative.
In this case, if you don't come to the palace directly, it won't be over.
But Queen Hu pursed her lips and said in her chest, "Although she has the surname Lu, she is not the sister of the concubine, but the stepdaughter brought by the aunt of the old man of the Lu family." ”
The affairs of Lu Chengyin's family, as early as after she entered the palace and was favored and crowned as a concubine, Hu Shuwan inquired clearly, otherwise what would she do to fight with Lu Chengyin for so many years?
Aunt Bai opened her mouth, her face full of astonishment.
"As for how she was sent to the palace, we don't know, and we don't need to know, we just need to know that she herself is unwilling, and that's enough."
Hu Shuwan lowered her head, her eyes were staring out of the window, flashing with fine light.
"The more unwilling she is, the more I have to force her to be willing, and as for whether she can win, or the slut can win, isn't it all a good thing for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?"
Aunt Bai booed.
The candle flame was bright and burned out overnight.
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The palace maid is simple, but it inexplicably makes people sleep at ease, and they don't have to worry about how not to become the emperor's woman when they wake up at night, they just need to sleep when they should sleep, and work hard when they should wake up.
Today's palace election, after Lu Yanhua sends talented people to the palace, he will come to allocate and dispatch the places where they are unsuccessful.
Lu Chengxuan's washing and dressing room was suddenly attracted by the screams of a group of unsuccessful maids outside.
"Wow, that's so handsome......"
"See, the one in front is the general who has just received his military exploits recently, I heard that the emperor was overjoyed, and I was very fortunate to be promoted to the palace as a personal guard.
"That's not it, you think that this personal guard can be done by anyone, not only does it require a high status, but the most important thing is to be liked by the emperor."
"I don't know if such a handsome and excellent man still has a marriage match."
The woman lowered her head shyly when she spoke, her eyebrows and eyes were full of peach blossom style, and the smile on the corner of her lips was also a little desired.
"We don't know if there is a marriage match, but you still have to serve in the palace for another five years, and after five years of marriage after leaving the palace, you will be old, and you still think that people can take a fancy to you!"
"Besides, looking at it like this, maybe we have already had a childhood sweetheart, and we can only look at it from afar, but we can't eat it."
"Flutter...... You still laugh at me, don't you like it! ”
"He looks so handsome, even if he can't eat us, it's pleasing to the eye when he looks at it from a distance, what's wrong! No! ”
The sound of frolicking and playing was near and far away, which roughly made Lu Chengxuan listen to it, the status of the palace maid was not as precious as that of the concubine, and there was no special person to guard it, and in comparison, the scope of action was much freer.
The palace guards had to patrol at a fixed hour every day, and they had just passed by the door of the palace maid's house.
"Cheng Xuan, come out and take a look at the excitement, those handsome guards will have to change the guard later." Ji Changle also just watched the excitement and greeted Lu Chengxuan happily.
Lu Chengxuan shook his head and refused with a smile, "No, look, I'm not interested." ”
The smile on Ji Changle's face disappeared, and he tilted his head and came forward to stare at Lu Chengxuan who was grooming suspiciously, "Cheng Xuan, you obviously have a very cheerful personality, why do you always feel that you have an inexplicable sadness when you usually get along!" ”
"It's so lively outside, so don't go up and make up."
Lu Chengxuan was reluctant to go out, Ji Changle simply stopped watching the excitement, returned to the room and sat at the long table, looked at Lu Chengxuan with his hands on his chin, and smirked, "Chengxuan, you look so good." ”
"It's a shame that I didn't make the cut."
Ji Changle's voice was full of regret, she looked mediocre and had no special skills, but Lu Chengxuan was different, her appearance was delicate, and she was so good-handed, I really don't know what kind of vision those Shang Palaces have, don't let such good talents go, and choose so many inferior talents to the emperor.
"What nonsense?" Lu Chengxuan was amused by Ji Changle's serious appearance, "Whether you can be selected or not depends on luck, and I don't have anything to be sad about when the time is not good." ”
"I'm going to clean it up, and if some people talk a little longer, I'm afraid they'll all have their breakfast gone.