Chapter 18: The Old Man
The hands under the wide-sleeved robe were trembling slightly, and the fingertips that were as white as jade were embedded in the palms, only in this way could He Xi calm down.
Narrowing his eyes, he raised his head, only to see Lan Ruo sitting opposite him, dressed in a red palace dress, with a familiar smile on the corner of his lips, still extremely charming, but only He Xi knew that there was cruelty and ruthlessness in that smile.
The upbringing grandmother of Chuxiu Palace stood with her hands down, and said to the queen with a respectful expression: "Niangniang, sixty-six show girls were selected this year, and ten of them have been gifted to Your Majesty because of stubborn diseases. ”
Lan Ruo nodded, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty has been on the throne for two years, and there are not many concubines in the harem. ”
"The queen mother can rest assured, the slave and maid must abide by the queen's teachings." Zhao Ruxue suddenly stood up and saluted Lan Ruo.
Lan Ruo looked at the grandmother on the side, and the grandmother handed over the roster in her hand to Qiao'er, and then said respectfully: "This is the daughter of Zhao Yancheng Zhao of the Changzhou Command Office, who is seventeen years old and good at dancing. ”
As soon as the grandmother's voice fell, Zhao Ruxue couldn't wait to say: "Courtier Zhao Ruxue, I am willing to follow the maid in the future, and I hope that the lady will not give up." ”
A trace of ridicule welled up in Lan Ruo's eyes, and even Qiao'er's face showed a trace of disdain, but the more people who couldn't hold their breath like this, the easier it was to handle, thinking of this, Lan Ruo waved his hand and said: "It's a clever person, I think Your Majesty will like it." ”
When Zhao Ruxue heard this, she was overjoyed, and she looked quite complacent, which made Xu Qing'er unhappy for a while, and muttered in a low voice: "It's strange that Your Majesty likes it if you don't know how to be polite!" ”
The queen saw Xu Qing'er standing at the bottom, this is the highest-status show girl in this draft, according to the convention, the canonization reward cannot be lower than the fourth grade, and looked at Xu Qing'er, and found that the woman standing next to Xu Qing'er was slender, her skin was like clotted fat, and what was even more strange was that there was a little bright red cinnabar between her eyebrows.
"What's your name?" Lan Ruo looked at He Xi and said.
"The people's daughter He Xi, the daughter of the Jiangnan merchant Jia He, is fifteen years old." He Xi replied decently.
"Raise your head and let Hongu take a look." Lan Ruo's tone turned out to be a lot more positive, and the moment He Xi raised his head, Lan Ruo was like a lightning strike, and his armor was tightly pinching the edge of the roster.
He Xi's name on the roster has become distorted due to external forces.
Lan Ruozai looked at the woman in front of her carefully, obviously she had a different appearance, her eyebrows and eyes were different, but why did she give herself such a familiar feeling, it was impossible, she had already been buried in the fire, and it was obvious that her corpse had been scorched. How could it be, the girl in front of her was only fifteen or sixteen years old, she must have thought about it too much, it must be.
He Xi didn't seem to notice Lan Ruo's abnormality, just smiled and called softly: "Niangniang, is there anything else you want to know?" ”
After a long time without a response, everyone was a little surprised by the gaffe of the queen's mother, Qiao'er didn't know what was wrong with Lan Ruo, so she stood aside and reminded in a whisper: "Niangniang? Empress? ”
Finally, Lan Ruo came back to her senses, but she didn't want to look at He Xi, she lowered her eyes and looked at the roster, and said coldly: "Shinong Industry and Commerce, when the daughter of a merchant can also enter the palace, what will happen to the Internal Affairs Office!" ”