Chapter 15: The Draft
"Your Majesty, the time has come, is the draft going to start?" The slave on the side lowered his head and said to Ye Yuntian respectfully.
Ye Yuntian smiled and said to Ye Yunfeng: "Fourth brother, you can take a good look, tell the imperial brother which one you like, and the imperial brother will call the shots for you." ”
Ye Yunfeng nodded helplessly: "Brother Emperor Xie." ”
As soon as the words fell, a shrill voice came: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”
Ye Yuntian and Ye Yunfeng glanced at each other and hurriedly got up to greet them.
"Sons and daughters, see the queen mother."
"See the Queen Mother."
"Get up!" The Queen Mother is dressed in gorgeous clothes, although she has entered middle age, she does not show her old age, but she still feels a little charmy.
"Queen Mother, why are you here?" Ye Yuntian asked puzzled.
The Queen Mother said with a smile: "The mourning family came to check for the emperor and personally select a good queen for the emperor to be the mother of the world." ”
After Ye Yuntian heard this, his dissatisfied expression flashed, and he greeted the Queen Mother with a smile.
The draft officially began.
The four show girls walked into the hall in full clothes and solemnly, knelt down and saluted according to the command of the eunuch on the side, and then stood up together, stood with their heads bowed and waited for the celebrant to roll call, and then went out one by one to see. I only heard the one-year-old eunuch shout one by one in a dumb and shrill voice:
"Sun Yuling, the daughter of Sun Qiu Ming, a scholar of Hallym University, is eighteen years old." Sun Yuling stood out of the ranks, her posture was light, she bowed slowly, and said in a crisp voice: "The courtier Sun Yuling sees the emperor and the queen mother, may the emperor live long and be blessed; May the Queen Mother be auspicious. ”
"Raise your head and let the mourners see." The majestic voice of the Queen Mother came.
Sun Yuling raised her head slowly, her face was delicate and dignified.
Ye Yuntian asked, "Your father is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, what books have you ever studied?" ”
Sun Yuling replied according to her words: "Since the courtier's father arranged for Mr. Shi to teach, she is proficient in the Four Books and the Five Classics. ”
Ye Yuntian nodded approvingly: "It is worthy of being the daughter of a scholar, and a talented woman should be like this." While instructing the eunuch to keep his name.
"Thank the emperor for his approval." With that, he retreated back into the queue.
"Ji Rumeng, the daughter of the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Ji, is seventeen years old."
As soon as Ye Yuntian heard that it was Ji Wenwen's daughter, he remembered that Ji Wenwen had made a contribution to quelling the rebellion last time, so he paid special attention to Ji Rumeng, "Raise your head and let me take a look." ”
After hearing this, Ji Rumeng pressed the ecstasy in her heart, raised her head shyly, her cheeks were crimson, and a pair of big watery eyes were looking at Ye Yuntian shyly.
Ye Yuntian smiled slightly, and instructed the eunuch to keep his name.
"Shang Jieying, the daughter of Shang Fei, the general of the protector of the country, is sixteen years old."
"The courtier Shang Jieying sees the emperor and the queen mother, and wishes the emperor and the queen mother auspicious." The sound will be sonorous and powerful.
Ye Yuntian looked at Shang Jie's handsome face with a heroic spirit, her expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and she said approvingly: "A good woman who doesn't let her eyebrows shave her eyebrows, keep it." ”
"Lan Wan, the daughter of Prime Minister Lan Yuzhou, is fifteen years old."
As soon as the words fell, the Queen Mother said kindly: "Wan'er, come to the mourning family, let the mourning family see, I haven't entered the palace to see the mourning family for a long time!" ”
Lan Wan was wrapped in a pale pink dress, covered in a white gauze dress, revealing a beautiful neck and clearly visible collarbones, her face was like a hibiscus, her eyebrows were like willows, her eyes were more charming than peach blossoms, her skin was like snow, her black hair was pulled into a high beauty bun, her head full of jewels gave off a dazzling light, her bright red lips rose slightly, and she lightly opened her red lips.
"Auntie, it's all Wan'er's bad, please don't be angry."
"Silly boy, how can my aunt be willing to be angry with you?" The Queen Mother lovingly touched Lan Wan's hair.
Then he turned to Ye Yuntian and said, "This is Lan Wan, your cousin. ”
Ye Yuntian smiled slightly: "Wan'er has grown so big, and she is so beautiful, I can't even recognize it." ”
Lan Wan looked at the emperor shyly, she hadn't seen her for many years, she didn't expect the emperor's cousin to be so outstanding, she had always been conceited and beautiful, and there was no one in the world to compare, but standing in front of the emperor's cousin, she was still overshadowed, and she was completely a foil. Fortunately, the emperor's cousin will become his husband, and he will also become the queen of the world, and he will be with the emperor's cousin for the rest of his life. Thinking of this, his face turned even crimson.
The Queen Mother looked at the expressions of the two people in front of her, and showed a satisfied smile: "Yuntian, I will accompany Wan'er around the imperial garden in the palace for a while, your cousins and sisters have not seen each other for so long, there must be a lot to say, the mourning family is tired, so go back to the palace to rest first." ”
"Congratulations to the queen mother."
"Congratulations to the Queen Mother."
After the draft, Ye Yuntian, Ye Yunfeng, and Lan Wan enjoyed the flowers in the Imperial Garden.
Ye Yuntian looked at Ye Yunfeng and asked, "Which girl do you like?" ”
Ye Yunfeng said: "Brother Huang, I really have no plans to marry at the moment, let's discuss this matter later." ”
Lan Wan smiled and said, "It must be that King Rui didn't take a fancy to the daughters of those ministers. ”
Ye Yuntian turned his eyes to Lan Wan and said, "Wan'er, why don't you be the princess of Rui for Yun Feng?" ”
When Lan Wan heard this, she was immediately frightened, and said anxiously: "Cousin Emperor, don't make fun of me." ”
"How can it be fun, cousin is asking you seriously!" Ye Yuntian showed a serious expression.
Lan Wan hurriedly said: "I have always respected King Rui as a brother, and there is no love between men and women, I believe that Brother Yunfeng will definitely meet the girl he likes." ”
After speaking, he left the imperial garden in the name of wanting to accompany the queen mother.
"Brother Huang, it seems that Lan Wan is the queen that the Queen Mother is going to give you." Ye Yunfeng looked at Ye Yuntian with a worried expression.
Ye Yuntian looked at the place where Lan Wan left, and said coldly: "In the past, I endured everything she arranged, because I had to rely on her, and now, from the moment I sat on the throne, she didn't want to manipulate my life anymore." ”
"Brother Huang, there is Prime Minister Lan behind the Queen Mother, and Prime Minister Lan has a lot of power in the court, and it is not suitable to confront him in his current form." Ye Yunfeng said.
"So we are currently mainly trying to find a way to disintegrate Lan Xiang's forces, fourth brother, you go and find out how many officials in the court are now attached to Lan Xiang, both openly and secretly, and then arrange for the shadows to investigate these officials, once these officials are not clean, I will wipe them all out and completely disintegrate Lan Xiang's forces." Ye Yuntian commanded.
"It's still the royal brother's thoughtfulness, and the imperial brother admires it." Ye Yunfeng said respectfully.
Then he thought of something, and asked: "Brother Huang, the daughters of so many ministers today, do you have a favorite?" ”
Ye Yuntian's face flashed in front of him, revealing a hint of helplessness, and he asked, "What about the fourth brother?" ”
Ye Yunfeng said: "No.
Ye Yuntian smiled: "I don't either." ”
Ye Yunfeng said: "Brother Huang, you are the emperor, the ruler of the world, no matter whether you have a favorite girl or not, you must establish a concubine and reproduce future generations for the Yunyue Dynasty." ”
"Fourth brother, I know my duty, and I will do it." After saying that, he left the Imperial Garden.
The next morning, the promotion of the show girls was announced:
"Sun Yuling, the daughter of Sun Qiu Ming, a scholar of Hanlin University, was named a noble concubine."
"Ji Rumeng, the daughter of the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Ji, was named a noble concubine."
"Shang Jieying, the daughter of Shang Fei, the general of the protector of the country, was named Zhaoyi."
"Lan Wan, the daughter of Prime Minister Lan Yuzhou, was named Concubine Lan."
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