According to the decree of Da Cao, every third year in July, the women of appropriate age in the courtier's family will be brought into the palace by the flower and bird envoys arranged by the court, and they will live separately in the palace room of the West Garden. Each palace has sent a female official, seven days later by the Shang Palace Bureau to select a batch, another seven days by the court re-election, and then choose an auspicious day by the emperor himself. The winner will be crowned a concubine three days later.

Pei Zhao listened to the court order casually while criticizing the folds, put down the pen, and said, "I'm very busy, the palace election will be handed over to the queen mother." He replied to a "promise" and was about to get up to deliver the decree, and he added: "Tell the Queen Mother to choose a few people who have the same temperament as her." After thinking about it, I still didn't feel at ease, so I took a break in my busy schedule to go to Changle Palace, and said to Su Ying in person:

"I've always been impatient with these things, if you think it's interesting, take a look, if you don't like it, teach Duanniang to choose for you, find a few lively and laughing, outstanding talents, and fall in love with you, so as to relieve your boredom."

What he said was sincere, but it meant something different to Su Jin's ears.

Pei Zhao handed over the matter of the palace selection to himself, Su Ying didn't feel strange, after all, he had seen his heart early, and since he was so ashamed, he must be embarrassed to see it in person. Although she didn't know who the girl was, since Pei Zhao "hinted" at her like this, presumably the girl must be among them, too, Pei Zhao's sweetheart should be a very outstanding girl, and it is naturally not difficult for her to be selected at all levels. And the reason why she and Pei Zhao are so compatible is precisely because the two of them have similar preferences in many ways, such as the tree flower that she has been obsessed with, and he seems to want to see it very much; For example, I can always see my favorite dishes every time I dine with him. They are so like-minded that they should look at the girl in the same light. Pei Zhao is so well-intentioned, he has a deep affection for that girl, and entrusts such a big thing to himself, which shows his trust in himself. When Su Ying thought about it, she attached more and more importance to this matter, and couldn't wait to achieve Pei Zhao's happy marriage.

On the day of the palace election, she got up early without waiting for Gong E to call, and on the way there, she secretly asked Yun Luo: "You said that so many girls, if they are all equally good-looking, then how should you choose?" ”

Yun Luo thought for a while: "Then make them all concubines." ”

"That's not going to work." Su Ying blinked: "It's better to let them all fall, this is the best-looking girl, even if she wrestles, she must be the most beautiful." Without waiting for Yunluo to reply, he laughed to himself: "I'll let you play, if so many beauties fall down, then it's okay, Yunluo, are you being scolded by me again hahahaha......"

Yunluo: "......"

She took this incident very seriously, and took it for granted that there must be a gathering of beauties in the nave of the West Garden, and the fat fragrance was fragrant. Who would have thought that there were only ten people standing in the hall, all wearing lake-colored palace clothes, standing in a row in the center, she looked at them one by one, only felt that everyone was so good-looking, and she really couldn't tell which one it was. The ten people bowed their heads shyly or in fear under her gaze, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, and she didn't know what to say, and she struggled for a long time before she held back a sentence: "You guys...... Have you had breakfast? ”

Everyone coveted each other's "......"

Duan Niang hurriedly came out to play the round: "The Queen Mother is kind and very concerned about your well-being." He turned his head and asked her, "Queen Mother, can you start?" She nodded busily: "Start, start." ”

The palace test is divided into two rounds of "virtue" and "talent", Xiaohuangmen came up with a tray, and Duan Niang asked one by one according to the roster in the tray, but it was to ask some Derong Yangong and the big talk in "Women's Rules" and "Women's Training".

Su Ying had always been most afraid of listening to this, and at first she listened patiently, Duan Niang asked a lot, and those girls also answered very fluently, as if many voices were whispering in her ears about the things she hated, and gradually she started to be stunned, until she heard Duan Niang cough lightly, and then suddenly realized from the fugue. Duan Niang finally finished asking, these people all answered the same well, I really don't know who the girl is, she was very embarrassed to glance at the ten people standing in order, couldn't help yawning, I don't want to stand on the edge of the woman is looking up, seeing her like this, winking and smiling at her. She has been in the palace for five years, and it has been a long time since anyone has smiled at her like this, as if she were a friend. Su Jin's heart was very happy, and she also showed a very friendly smile to the girl.

Su Ying was very curious about the talent test before, but now she looks really wonderful, these girls are beautiful, and they are all proficient in talents, which is very pleasing to the eye. This one played a song "Qi Ao" on the flute, and that one danced a good "Step Song", and for a time the singing and dancing in the hall was leveling, which was fascinating, and she was very energetic.

After Zhou Shilang's sister presented an embroidery, the girl who had just looked at her and smiled came forward to salute, she looked down at the roster, and then she realized that this girl was actually the daughter of Old Master Sun, called Miaoyi.

She had seen Master Sun a few times in the Prime Minister's Mansion before, remembering that he was very old-fashioned, not smiling, and suddenly remembered the rumors about his fear in the teahouse, the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became, and couldn't help but burst out laughing, Sun Miaoyi looked at her very suspiciously, although she didn't know what she was laughing at, but she also laughed, and she suddenly felt that this girl was very close to her.

The friendship between girls is actually very fast, such as liking the same step, loving to hum the same tune, and being able to be sisters in just a few words. For example, when she faintly saw Sun Miaoyi's half-hidden hand in her sleeve moving slightly from time to time, she felt very kind, and whenever she felt bored but couldn't do anything, she would secretly twist her fingers to play. Pei Zhao asked her to choose someone who fell in love with her, she felt that Sun Miaoyi was about this person, she was good-looking, and her temperament was lively, Pei Zhao always didn't like to talk, maybe he needed a girl who loved to talk and laugh to change his temperament?

Su Ying secretly thought about it in her heart, she never thought that Pei Zhao's vision was really the same as her, she not only found a sweetheart for Pei Zhao today, but also found a playmate for herself to laugh and relieve boredom, which is really the best of both worlds.

In this case, the talent of the girl in the back is probably not to be seen. In order not to teach these flower-like girls to be sad in vain, Su Ying called Duan Niang, and was about to tell her to go to her private treasury to get some extra rewards, but Xiao Huangmen, who was in charge of signing up, had already shouted: "Wu Yuehua, the daughter of Wu Zhijing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, go to the palace to see you!" ”

Su Ying couldn't, so she had to wait patiently to see the talent, but this look made her wide-eyed.

......

Three days after the palace election, she was the concubine, and the day before the concubine, she specially asked Pei Zhao, and he said casually: "It's all Jieyu." ”

She said abruptly: "I'm really sorry, I originally only chose the daughter of the Sun family, but the Wu family in the back is really outstanding......

Wu Yuehua is really as good as her name, as beautiful as a bright moon. She is not only good-looking, but also a good landscape, and even the words inscribed on the picture scroll are delicate hairpins. Before Wu Yuehua appeared, Su Ying was completely sure of Sun Miaoyi, but Wu Yuehua was so good that she hesitated.

Pei Zhao's sweetheart must be a talented and beautiful girl, didn't he himself say that he wanted to be "talented"? Just like Wu Yuehua. But he also said that he wanted to choose the one who fell in love with him, that was Sun Miaoyi, and he didn't know what to do, so he had to keep both of them in the end.

Pei Zhao's face was very calm: "It's okay." ”

It seems that no matter what, he still found his sweetheart, which can be described as lucky. She thought of something and hurriedly said: "They are all very good girls, I don't know which one you like, but no matter how much you like her, don't treat another girl too harshly, don't always let her be lonely, it's better for her, okay?" ”

He bowed his head and replied, "Hmm." ”

Su Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and finally couldn't hold back her curiosity: "You should always tell me now, which one is the girl you like, right?" ”

Pei Zhao raised his head when he heard this, and his expression was slightly puzzled: "How could I be..."

When she saw him like this, she had no choice but to wave her hand and say duplicitously: "Are you still shy?" Anyway, I'm not a gossip person, and I'm not really interested in this kind of thing. ”

He looked at her quietly, and after a while, he said, "No." ”

"What?"

"The girl I like, not any of them."

She was taken aback: "You don't like it? Then why are you ......" asked stiffly, thinking that he couldn't find his sweetheart after looking for it, he must be uncomfortable, so he said softly: "It's okay, there are so many girls in the world, you will always find it if you look for it slowly." ”

He said lightly: "No, it's not them. ”

Not them...... Su Ying repeatedly speculated that it wasn't them... Don't... Could it be them? The thought was so shocking that she stammered, "You... You... Could it be..."

He raised an eyebrow: "How?" ”

She gritted her teeth: "You shouldn't also have a dragon yang fetish, like men, right?" ”

Pei Zhao's hand trembled slightly, and the tip of the pen was smeared on the music to spread a small ball, Su Ying looked at him so strange in his heart, thinking that he must guess that he must be eight or nine without leaving ten, this thing is really terrifying, she was a little flustered, but she didn't forget to comfort him: "Don't worry, I won't say it, you... If you really are...", I don't know how to continue, I stammered for a long time and squeezed out a sentence: "Anyway, I'll help you think of ideas." ”

Pei Zhao looked at her with a smile: "I don't have that kind of habit yet." ”

Hey?

It turned out that he had thought too much, Su Ying breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Pei Zhao didn't... No... Otherwise, she really didn't know how to find his sweetheart, such a comparison, it was easy to find a favorite girl for him, she couldn't help but smile, looked at the dark brocade robe on his body, and asked, "Why don't you wear a robe?" ”

Pei Zhao chuckled lowly, she wanted to tease him, and joked: "You still look better in a robe." ”

He was stunned for a moment, remembering that when he was in Baihuazhou that day, Su Ying's sentence "Maybe it's because you are wearing this, in fact, I'm not very used to it", raised his eyebrows and said: "You are really ......"

didn't finish the words, just looked at her and smiled, with a gentle helplessness in his expression, teaching her to be unpredictable.