Chapter 160: Candidate for Entering the Palace
Chapter 160: Candidate for Entering the Palace
Chen Qingxuan watched everyone gather in Fenghua Palace every day, discussing the list of candidates for the horse master in a mess, she wanted to laugh, you can't afford to hurt the 'women' in this deep palace, they really have nothing to do all day long, Emperor Yinxi is usually tight about the 'women' and 'sex', which makes the harem concubines even more boring, and now she is seizing such an opportunity, she is even more active, and it is estimated that she is more attentive than picking a husband for herself.
Finally, after half a month of discussion, I finally picked out twelve people from many official eunuchs in the capital, who had good appearance and knowledge, and whose character and family background were acceptable, and carried out the final screening.
On this day, in the Weathering Palace, Empress Dowager Li looked at the portraits of the last remaining twelve young and handsome men one by one, looked at the people waiting around her, and asked: "You all see, Princess Moving Star can be regarded as your sister-in-law, who is more suitable for these twelve people?" β
"These twelve people, each of them has their own benefits, it's really hard to choose" Concubine Qin Xian unfolded a portrait, looked at it and put it down, and then went to look at another one.
"From the perspective of the concubines, let's not be so petty," Concubine Miaoyi, who was serving beside Empress Dowager Li, said with a smile, "It's better to let Your Majesty recruit these twelve people into the Imperial 'Flower' Garden, and let Princess Yixing secretly take a look at whomever Her Royal Highness the Princess chooses, it's who, you can see it?" β
"This method is not bad," Empress Dowager Li heard this, nodded lightly, "It's just that in the past two days, the Ministry of Rites has written that the one hundred and two show 'women' selected by Jiangnan are about to enter the palace, if these sons are allowed to see it, wouldn't it hinder the royal prestige?" β
Although the border is full of wars, but it has not hindered the rich Jiangnan and other places, originally this year is the third year of Emperor Yinxi's accession to the throne, all over the country will take the draft 'female' into the palace, how to say that there will be nearly 500 people, among these people, most of them will be in the palace to serve as chores, some of the outstanding looks, literate and literate, will serve as a 'female' official or have the honor to be selected, become the concubine of Emperor Yinxi, and become a human being.
The royal family will give a sum of money to the 'female' son who has reached the age of twenty-five in the palace and send him back to his hometown.
metabolism, for the filling of the royal harem and the rough chores in the harem.
"The concubines heard that the show 'women' need to wait until around February 20 to enter the palace, and the people have not yet arrived in the capital, and these sons are all in the capital, let His Majesty make an order, but they can gather together in a day or two, and they can be completely before the show 'women' enter the palace" Chen Qingxuan smiled lightly.
"Well, what Concubine Shu said is right" Empress Dowager Li nodded, "Let's do it, wait for the mourning family to go to His Majesty to make an order" As she spoke, she suddenly glanced at Chen Qingxuan thoughtfully.
Chen Qingxuan just smiled, what did Empress Dowager Li want to do, she somewhat understood in her heart that among the twelve candidates for the Horse Master this time, there was Chen Hong, she knew that Empress Dowager Li already knew about her identity, and she also knew about her things in the Chen family, it seemed that she wanted to use Chen Hong to provoke the relationship between her and Yang Xi.
Once Emperor Yinxi became suspicious of her, the two of them turned their faces, and Empress Dowager Li had a chance. For Li Keqi's death, the murderer has not been found, and the Empress Dowager Li has always been haunted, and even the Empress Dowager Li has always suspected that the murderer is her Chen Qingxuan.
Perhaps, Empress Dowager Li would never have dreamed that the murderer would be that person?
That night, Yang Xi stayed in the Qinghe Palace, Chen Qingxuan sat in front of the dresser, opened the bun, and combed the grate a little bit, Yang Xi sat on the side and watched blankly.
"What do you think of the twelve candidates?" Yang Xi asked abruptly, he naturally knew that among the candidates for the horse this time, Chen Hong was included.
"No" Chen Qingxuan retracted her gaze and carefully combed her long hair like satin.
"Didn't you say before that you wanted the eldest son of the Chen family to marry a princess?" Yang Xi suddenly raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Not anymore," Chen Qingxuan shook her head, "because someone is dead." "She was just worried about the genuine Chen Qingxuan, but now, the genuine Chen Qingxuan is dead, Chen Hong? Even if he wants to do something, he can't do anything, Chen Yuande is just fine, but Chen Hong always feels a little weird, "I don't want to push a good 'girl' child into the fire pit"
"How is she?" Yang Xi suddenly raised his eyebrows and sneered, "How good can a person who can kill his biological mother with his own hands be?" β
"What?" Chen Qingxuan was stunned, turned her head to look at Yang Xi, frowned and asked, "What did Your Majesty say?" β
"Do you know why the old witch of the Li family is so concerned about her affairs? Hmph, that's because she once helped the old witch of the Li family to kill her biological mother with her own hands, in exchange for the title of princess, in addition, she also killed Princess Haoyue" Yang Xi sneered, he has never had a good impression of this sister, he has seen more than Chen Qingxuan about such disputes as the royal family, after all, he himself has grown up in the palace since he was a child, and he has come over step by step, and has seen too many bloody killings, some things, definitely not want to be so simple on the surface.
For example, this time Concubine Li Keqi's death, if the Empress Dowager Li knew the truth, I am afraid that she will also be so angry that she will vomit blood.
"Princess Haoyue?" Chen Qingxuan never seemed to have heard of this name.
"Princess Haoyue is two years older than her, and she was born to an ordinary concubine in front of the first emperor, but the first emperor was very fond of her, and she canonized the princess not long after she was born - but she has always been born frail, and she never leaves the 'medicine' jar all year round." Yang Xi said softly, "Moreover, you may not know that there has always been some innocence between Princess Shifting Star and Yang Hui. β
"Uh......" Although Chen Qingxuan guessed last time that Princess Shifting Stars might like Yang Hui, she didn't expect that the two of them would 'get a little affair'? No, this is not a romantic affair, although the two have different mothers, they are also brothers and sisters of the same father, this is simply **, "Between this Princess of the Moving Star and the Lord of the Inviting Moon, what is not clean?" β
When Chen Qingxuan asked such a sentence, she felt powerless for no reason, this palace is really not a good place to stay, there are only things you can't think of, there is nothing impossible.
The old witch of the Empress Dowager Li has a male pet by her side, and the princess and the prince are playing ambiguous and crooked games, what is this to him?
"It's hard to say," Yang Xi frowned, "God knows, I'm not so boring yet, I'm just telling you, hey......"
"What did you just say that she killed her biological mother?" Chen Qingxuan asked.
"Yes, in this palace, in order to survive, everything can be done" Yang Xi sneered, "Family affection is sometimes ridiculous - in this palace, I haven't seen a good person"
"What about Your Majesty?" Chen Qingxuan suddenly asked rhetorically, it seems that she still underestimated the princess of the moving stars, originally thought that she was a 'girl' child, but she was just a chess piece in everyone's hands, she looked good, had a sweet mouth, and knew how to please the Empress Dowager Li, so she was naturally welcomed by the Empress Dowager Li.
For Chen Qingxuan's rhetorical question, Yang Xi said for a long time: "I am not a good person" After all, the prince was killed by him, although there was a hint from the first emperor, and it was also his attention to hang the prince's head on the city 'gate' to show the public - he needed to shock people's hearts, and the effect he wanted was obviously received, when the prince died, the second and fourth did not dare to underestimate him.
It was precisely because of the death of the crown prince that he gained the support of some courtiers
As a monarch, there can be no benevolence of a 'woman' - this is what the first emperor said to him before his death, although he is not a candidate for the throne in the first emperor's heart.
He had thought more than once that the first emperor hated him, because part of this 'chaos' situation was also caused by him.
"Good people are not suitable for the life of the palace" Thinking about it, Yang Xi added another sentence, good people? The first queen is a good person, she can tolerate any concubine who wants to compete for favor, and she has not poisoned her behind the frequent provocations of the Empress Dowager Li, after all, she has been in power for many years, if she wants to make some small moves, even if the first emperor knows, he can't help her.
Although even if Empress Dowager Li died, the first emperor would still support other concubines to compete for favor and disperse the power of this harem, she knew it, but she just smiled.
Until recently, Yang Xi suddenly had a glimmer of realization, the first emperor was really a failureβa failure
The first queen never liked her from beginning to end, when she entered the palace, she competed for favor, and her mother honored the world, but she achieved the meritorious service of land warfare.
Therefore, as soon as Lu Zhan died, she also drew her sword and killed herself, and she died a well-deserved death
Just like now, although Chen Qingxuan and him are close to me, there is probably no him in her heart, right? Thinking of this, Yang Xi shook his head gently, as an emperor, he can't get everything.
Chen Qingxuan, like the former queen, looked at him with a closed eye and a concubine, watched him pamper other 'women', and even pushed him out to other concubines.
Looking at the calm smile on the corner of her mouth, his crazy heart has the two of them, the 'sex' is very similar, looking at this palace, it is like watching a scene, they are all outsiders, so they see it more thoroughly than ordinary people.
"Twenty-five is a good day, let those prospective horses enter the palace" Chen Qingxuan changed the topic, there are many dirty things in the palace, she has no interest in knowing, as for who Princess Yixing wants to choose to be the concubine, she doesn't want to interfere too much, anyway, there are too many people who want to interfere, not one worse than her,
As for Chen Hong? Chen Qingxuan sighed softly, he is a heavenly eunuch, although outsiders rarely know about it, but there are some rumors in the capital, if Empress Dowager Li really thinks about Princess Yixing, she will definitely not take such a risk.
In comparison, Chen Qingxuan knew that if these would-be horses were allowed to win the princess's heart, she was afraid that Chen Hong's chances of winning would be very large.