Lin Yuan's style is incomprehensible. However, others did not have the psychology to understand Hui Zhaoyuan's abacus at this time, and all the concubines in the palace who had a slightly better family background and some power in their hands were anxious to inquire about the news of the draft. On the sixth day of the first month of February, Zhao Zhaoyi selected more than 300 palace people from the court and ordered them to move to Chaohuatang to serve the showgirl.

Everyone can see clearly, which one must be bold and long-handed, in order to install his own hands in the palace people who serve, making trouble. Even the subordinates are still subject to such calculations, let alone the show girls. The life of the slave is not valuable, this is also a trivial matter in the eyes of Lin Yuan and Zhao Zhaoyi, and the two of them didn't bother to investigate it after handing over the matter to the Shen Criminal Division.

On February 15, the concubines went to Changle Palace to meet the Queen Mother as usual.

Empress Shangguan wore a lilac-colored cardigan brocade skirt, combed the palace's ordinary Ruyi high bun, and applied fat powder thinly, dressed very hastily and casually, and wore a precious jasper hairpin in front of her forehead to show her identity. Although she looked casual, she was not snub to the Queen Mother, and when she entered the main hall of Changle Palace, she personally presented three volumes of neatly copied Buddhist scriptures, and said to the Queen Mother: "The sons have not asked the Queen Mother for many days, and I am ashamed, copy these scriptures to make amends to the Queen Mother." ”

Everyone in the palace knows that the queen drives to Huanxiu Villa every day to take care of her young son, and she doesn't even have the mind to take charge of the palace, how can she blame her for not coming to Changle Palace from time to time to fulfill her filial piety. The Queen Mother stretched out her hand to take the scriptures, glanced at it lightly and nodded with a smile: "The queen is very attentive." ”

Shangguan Li's face was slightly relaxed, and he personally stepped forward to pour tea for the Queen Mother, and held the list of show girls for the Queen Mother to see.

God knows how hard she, the queen, has worked. She is relieved that there are no less than two princes, and she has to go out of the palace to visit every day, and she can't spare her hands on trivial matters in the palace, but this draft is extraordinary, and she has to stay up all night to flip through the palace book. On the Queen Mother's side, as a daughter-in-law, she has to be filial, she knows that she does not have the affection of Empress Xiao and the emperor in weal and woe, and she does not dare to take it big in front of the Queen Mother.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother never made things difficult for her.

The Queen Mother has been suffering from asthma in the past few days, and the tea in her hand does not stop, and she carefully reads the booklet presented by the queen. After turning two pages, she pointed to a small statue of a show girl and said, "Yizhou Thorn Shi Jiang Yunfeng's daughter...... Queen, why did you put this name on you? ”

Shangguan Li was not in a hurry, and explained with a smile: "Erchen listened to the report of the 'Wind Collector' Wang, saying that this Jiang concubine is frail and sick, and she has been a medicine jar since she was a child, so it is not suitable to be elected to the palace to open branches and leaves for the royal family." ”

There were already palace people beside him who presented Lord Wang's recital.

After the show girls from all over Kyushu were screened and sent to the capital, their rosters and portraits were handed over before entering the palace for the emperor and queen to read. If the emperor and queen feel that someone is inappropriate, she can even order them to be sent out of Beijing.

The Queen Mother was not prepared to find fault with the queen, and after listening to what she said was reasonable, she turned over this article. However, at this time, Lin Yuan stepped forward with a small plate of honey lotus root flour cake, held the queen mother's arm and said: "The queen mother is really meticulous and thoughtful, for the draft, even the 'wind collector' has been summoned for questioning." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the name of another noble girl under the Jiang family's concubine on the list, and said, "This Miss Wei is the cousin of the Jiang family, right?" ”

Shangguan Li raised his head and glanced at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan didn't say any more, smiled gently, and tried the pastries with silver chopsticks for the queen mother, and then stepped back to stand with the concubines.

Everyone didn't stay in Changle Palace for too long. The queen mother and the queen discussed the draft, and no one dared to intervene, and after a while, the queen mother left the queen and ordered the concubines to disperse.

Lin Yuan led Xiaoqi to Yuronghua Palace to enjoy the newly bloomed lily of the valley flowers. Yu Ronghua seemed to be very unhappy in her heart, and used scissors to trim a pot of Qian peach lily of the valley indiscriminately, and whispered to Lin Yuan: "Niangniang really thinks that Concubine Jing will not be able to sit still?" ”

Yu Ronghua has been in a bad mood recently, Shangguan Li dominates the emperor, she doesn't dare to compete in the open at all, and she doesn't get a day or two of favor in the past few months, which is completely different from the scenery she once had. Now it's another draft again, and I don't know what will happen to new people when they come in the future.

And the turmoil caused by the draft was even more terrible than she imagined, Hui Zhaoyuan and Concubine Jing hibernated together, and her intuition told her that danger was imminent.

She is Hui Zhaoyuan's person, and she is a sworn enemy like Concubine Jing, she doesn't like Hui Zhaoyuan being beaten down by Concubine Jing in this battle.

"She couldn't sit still for a long time." Lin Yuan sneered: "I have already given her the 'icing on the cake' today, just waiting for her reaction." ”

Today in Changle Palace, the Wei show girl mentioned by Lin Yuan is the youngest cousin of the Wei Mi Zhuang family. That Miss Jiang family has nothing to do with the harem concubines, but coincidentally, she and Miss Wei are cousins.

It's true that Miss Jiang is weak, and Empress Shangguan didn't tell this lie. And according to the news obtained, Miss Jiang's body is not ordinarily bad, she has a heart disease, and the father and son of Xiliang are a problem.

This is a genetic disorder that runs in families.

If Empress Shangguan understood, she would be able to seize this opportunity and expel Miss Wei, who was close to Miss Jiang, from the capital under the pretext of a hidden illness.

Concubine Jing's maternal family is not prosperous, Concubine Jing herself has no sisters, and there are very few cousins. That Miss Wei was the only person she could take and send into the palace to help.

Just when the harem was in an uproar due to the draft, Lin Yuan and Zhao Zhaoyi stood still, but who knew that Concubine Jing was also very quiet. Lin Yuan didn't move, firstly, because Lin Yuan's parents only gave birth to one of their daughters, and the rest of their relatives were commoners, so she had no way to choose a reliable person to send to the palace; The second is that when she went to Jianzhang Palace to explore the wind, the roster of show girls had been taken away by the queen first, and she lost the opportunity to compete with the queen for the authority of the draft, which was troublesome and did not have much benefit.

And Concubine Jing's peace made Lin Yuan feel uneasy.

Lin Yuan believed that Empress Shangguan would also be very uneasy.

With an opponent like Concubine Jing, she can't settle down, she must be doing something, but she can't see it on the surface.

Yu Ronghua and Lin Yuan were in one place, thinking about the draft with their own hearts.

The flowers and plants in Yuronghua Palace are a scene in the harem, and her main seat, Cheng Guifei, befriended her, and voted for Zhao Zhaoyi's disciples, knowing that Lin Yuan was coming, she specially ordered the palace maid to offer expensive gold magnolia to flatter. Lin Yuan and Xiaoqi stayed here and had a good time, and they didn't stay away after lunch with Yu Ronghua.

While enjoying the game, someone reported that Zhang and Qi Ronghua had come over.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, Yu Ronghua glanced at her, and beckoned her to come in.

Zhang Yihuan has been very little favored recently, but she is diligent in sending food to Jianzhang Palace every day, and the emperor has not forgotten her. As for Qi Chengyu, she supported the Zhang family to take the throne, but she was never favored.

The two stepped forward to salute, Yu Ronghua raised her eyebrows and glanced at Zhang Yihuan, as if she was smiling: "Sister Zhang has always been quiet and does not make friends with people, why did she come to me this time?" ”

Although Zhang Yihuan is four years older than An Ruyi, his personality is very immature, burying his head and not speaking. Qi Chengyu on the side laughed and said, "I heard that Yu Ronghua has a new lily of the valley flower here, we are sisters in the first palace, and we are bored all day long, so we will come and see something fresh." He waved at Lin Yuan again: "What a coincidence, Hui Zhaoyuan is also here!" Niang Niang won't be noisy and drive us away, right? ”

"The two sisters came over to be lively, and Hongu was happy." Lin Yuan's voice was flat.

An Ruyi didn't have Lin Yuan's good temper, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she glanced at her face with a cold snort. Zhang Ronghua has only recently been favored, how can a discerning person not know why she is here? He and Hui Zhaoyuan are both favorite concubines, whether Zhang Ronghua is climbing to meet or wants to have a chance encounter with the emperor, both purposes make An Ruyi disgusting.

In the past few days, she has been busy preparing for the draft, and the queen often runs to the two palaces of Changle Palace and Jianzhang Palace, Zhang Ronghua is afraid that the queen will not dare to go to Jianzhang Palace, so she came here!

There is only one emperor, how many women in the harem are waiting to try their luck!

If it weren't for Hui Zhaoyuan's face, she wouldn't have let these two people in at all!

Zhang Yihuan was frightened by An Ruyi's face, and because the purpose in his heart was not pure, he couldn't help but be very embarrassed. Fortunately, Qi Chengyu was generous, she took Lin Yuan's hand and said, "Zhaoyuan Niangniang mentioned our grace last time, and we don't know how to repay it." ”

Lin Yuan just smiled: "Mention something? How Hongu doesn't remember. ”

At the beginning, she gave a handful of plum blossoms to help Zhang Ronghua gain favor, and the biggest reason was that Zhang and Qi lived in Huayang Palace and begged for a life under Concubine Jing. The two of them have been unknown for many years, but once they ignored Concubine Jing's desire to compete for favor, there must be a secret in it.

And it must be related to Concubine Jing.

Lin Yuan was afraid that Huayang Palace would not be chaotic, so he naturally wanted to help. But she and Zhang and Qi are not related, and there is no reason to help them all the time in the future.

Qi Chengyu seemed to have expected her to say this, and her smile did not diminish at all. She got up and saluted Lin Yuan solemnly: "Niangniang, the sun and the moon shine together, and the concubines and others are all candlelight...... The concubines and others knew that they were not as good as Yu Ronghua and did not deserve to be supported by Niangniang, but they were still very grateful to Niangniang for helping each other. This is Zhaoyuan's favorite Jialan rouge, but it is not a product of the Xia Kingdom, it is a tribute from Siam in the south, and I heard that the Jialan flowers there are more fragrant than the Xia Kingdom in the Western Regions. ”

The maid behind her stepped forward with a yellow box made of ivory.

Garland Rouge is the most valuable decoration in the world. But there is not much decoration on the box, only a Jialan engraved with a fine brush.

Garland blooms like a flame.

Lin Yuan looked at it for a long time before he smiled and said, "What is Sister Qi doing so politely...... Didn't you give a gift to Hongu before? ”

Although he said this, Lin Yuan still ordered Chu Xue to accept the things.

The arrival of Zhang and Qi made Lin Yuan's heart throb, and he lost the mind to enjoy the flowers with Yu Ronghua. After the two of them retired, Lin Yuan also left with the six princes under the pretext.

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