Chapter 32: Sooner or Later
Dressed and coquettishly dressed women, standing there in line, the Queen Mother sat on the high seat in front of them, her eyes sweeping over these women.
"Lift your head up for me!" The Queen Mother ordered.
When those women heard the queen mother's order, they all raised their heads shyly and looked at the queen mother, their eyes were full of expectations, to participate in the queen mother's selection of concubines, they were all hopeful, they all hoped that they could be selected to be the emperor's concubine, when the emperor was still the prince, they admired him very much, but at that time, the prince was so arrogant, so unapproachable, just when they were about to die, he became the emperor, and the queen mother came with the news that she wanted to choose a concubine for the emperor, They all tried their best to let their father, who was an official in the court, find a way to send them to participate in this concubine election.
"Report your name one by one, what kind of official is your father!" The Queen Mother ordered again.
One by one, the women walked up to the Queen Mother and began to report their names and their father's official position.
"Su Yuanyuan, my father is the governor of Sanjiang in the southwest." A petite woman in gorgeous clothes walked in front of the Queen Mother first.
The Queen Mother smiled and looked at this woman, with a petite figure, a round face, thin willow eyebrows, and a small black mole in the center of her eyebrows, she looked very delicate and cute, and the Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction.
"Qin Qingqing, the daughter of the sea salt transport envoy." A tall, fair-skinned and delicate woman walked up to the Queen Mother to report.
"Yes, the appearance is outstanding." The Queen Mother nodded and said. The woman in front of her is described as "captivating the country and the city", it will not be too much at all, she is not only tall and well-proportioned, fair-skinned, but also that face is very delicate, with phoenix eyes, distant mountain eyebrows, cherry mouth, it is so harmonious together.
One by one, the women walked by, and the Queen Mother also put a checkmark on the list of women she liked.
"Su Yuanyuan, Qin Qingqing, Mu Tiantian, Dong Ziyan...... Wait for the twenty women to stay, and the rest can go back. "Father-in-law De announced the list of people who were selected by the Queen Mother, and these are all people with outstanding families and appearances.
After the selection of concubines, the Queen Mother arranged for these women selected by her to temporarily live in Chuxiu Palace, so that they could wait for the emperor's selection again.
"Little Tokuko"
"The Minions Are In"
"I will send the portrait of the woman just selected to the emperor, and let the emperor choose another time."
"Slaves obey!"
"Help the mourning family to go back to the palace to rest." After just some tossing, the Queen Mother felt very tired, she sighed, "I'm old, I'm tired if I work a little harder." ”
"The Queen Mother is not old at all." Father-in-law De said complimentally.
"Xiao Dezi, only you know the heart of the mourning family best, alas, the emperor always doesn't understand the bitterness of the mourning family now." Listening to the compliments of the German father-in-law, the Queen Mother sighed.
"The Queen Mother is working hard, and the emperor will definitely understand."
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"These are the ones chosen by the Queen Mother?" Xiao Lang looked at the portrait sent by Father-in-law De, raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Yes! These are all selected by the Queen Mother one by one this morning, all of them are peerless beauties, and their families are good. Father-in-law replied.
"Well, I see. Tell the Queen Mother that I will go to see those women tomorrow morning. Xiao Lang said that he wanted to see these women sooner or later, and he just wanted to complete the task of the Queen Mother as soon as possible.
"The slave will go back to the Queen Mother." After speaking, Father-in-law De left.
Xiao Lang looked at the portraits in front of him and sat back on the chair helplessly, if he could, he would rather not choose a concubine for the rest of his life, he didn't want to meet those women, no matter how prominent their families were, because he Xiao Lang was not a person who wanted to rule the country by political marriage, and he had always felt very incompetent about such people; He doesn't care how peerless they are, no matter how beautiful a woman is, in his eyes, it is not as attractive as Ling'er's smile.
But at the moment, he has no choice, his queen mother will force him to die, he is marrying a concubine and for his mother, tomorrow to see those women, he will only take a symbolic look, just choose a few.
"Your Majesty, are you still worried about choosing a concubine?" Mo Yan came out of the shadows.
Seeing that it was Mo Yan, Xiao Lang nodded and said, "Yes!" Mo Yan, you have followed me all the way, and you also understand my heart for the queen, and I really can't accommodate other women in my heart. ”
"My subordinates understand, what is the emperor going to do? Could it be that the emperor really planned to accept these concubines, but never touched them? The subordinates thought that their father would not agree. Mo Yan said worriedly, he knew that the women chosen by the Queen Mother were all the daughters of courtiers with prominent families and a certain position in the court.
"I don't know! It is a day to be able to push a day! Xiao Lang said annoyedly, "Mo Yan, it's you, how are you and Xiao Min doing?" I have made a decree to give you Xiao Min, right? ”
Hearing Xiao Lang's words, Mo Yan was very embarrassed, he was originally here to persuade the emperor, but the emperor mentioned this matter instead. Xiao Min is a beautiful and lovely woman with the queen's mother, he likes Xiao Min very much, but Xiao Min is the queen's favorite girl, and he can't ask Xiao Min to come over now.
"The slave likes Xiao Min very much, but ......"
"But what? Mo Yan, the queen should support Mo Yan like me, as long as Mo Yan likes it, I will go to the queen on behalf of Mo Yan to ask Xiao Min to go. Looking at his heartfelt subordinate, Xiao Lang said with great relief, he and Ling'er both knew that Mo Yan liked Xiao Min, and Xiao Min probably liked Mo Yan too, right? It's just that the girl's family didn't dare to express it. Although Ling'er likes Xiao Min very much, Ling'er should also hope that Xiao Min can be happy.
"No, Your Majesty! Subordinate...... Subordinates ......" Mo Yan was so anxious that his face was flushed, and he didn't know how to express it, he knew that the emperor was for his good, but now that the emperor wants to take a concubine, the queen must be a little sad in her heart, Cai Qing is gone, and the queen is now only accompanied by Xiao Min, and he can't ...... for the time being.
"But what? Mo Yan, don't you like Xiaomin? Seeing Mo Yan's anxious look, Xiao Lang asked with a smile.
"Miss Xiaomin is innocent and cute, and the slave likes it very much, but now the queen needs Xiaomin to accompany her......" Mo Yan finally held back what he wanted to say and expressed it.
"Who said that Xiao Min was going to leave the queen after marrying you?" Xiao Lang said with a smile, "After you and Xiao Min got married, you still accompanied me, and Xiao Min also accompanied the queen." When you and Xiao Min have their own children in the future, Xiao Min will leave the queen again. ”
Hearing Xiao Lang's words, Mo Yan suddenly realized, it turned out that the emperor meant this!
"Really, Your Majesty?" Mo Yan said happily, "If that's the case, then Mo Yan will thank the emperor and the queen first!" The great kindness of the emperor and the queen's mother, Mo Yan will be grateful for it all his life! ”
"Good! If Mo Yan agrees, I will give an order to fit Xiaomin in marriage in the past two days. ”