August 16 is the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also designated as the day of the draft.

The location of the draft is set under the Imperial Garden Seifu-te.

The quiet garden is quiet and elegant, and a group of show girls are neatly taken to a clump of pine and green bamboo, and stand in turn.

The show girls lowered their eyebrows and looked neat, obviously in just a few days, they had been trained to be familiar with the etiquette in the palace, and they all followed the rules, for fear that they would make a mistake and be teased in public.

In front of the imperial case, the graceful and elegant Empress Yiren Tong Jiashi came to the garden early this morning to arrange it. Soon, seeing that Concubine Wu Yashi also arrived, they gossiped together and waited for the emperor to arrive.

After a while, I could only hear the eunuch singing loudly: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Empress Tong Jiashi and Concubine Wu Yashi stood up in unison, led everyone to kneel down and saluted: "The concubine (slave) respectfully invites the emperor to Sheng'an. ”

Before the words fell, an old man fifty miles away, with gray hair and braids, and a bright and yellow court uniform, strode into the garden, helped the queen Tong Jiashi up with one hand, and said with a smile: "The queen doesn't have to be polite. ”

This old man with a kind face is the current Holy Emperor Kangxi.

Empress Tong Jiashi smiled slightly, and Yin Yin said with concern: "The emperor came from the court on purpose, right?" knew that this was the case, and the concubine should have done it for him. ”

Kangxi and the queen sat in front of the imperial case, and when they saw that Concubine De had taken their seats from the side, they said to the eunuch standing on the side: "Let's start!" ”

The eunuch snorted, raised his hands and slapped his palms twice, and then quietly stepped aside.

I saw that behind the bamboo screen a foot away, five show girls came out, neatly lined up in a row.

"JS according to the envoy Hong Antai's daughter, Hong Xiulian, sixteen years old."

As the eunuch recited the name of the family on the side, a show girl with a posture of Tingting took a few steps forward and stopped.

The showgirl was dressed in a lilac fragrant cloud sara dress, and the beads on her dress glittered in the sunlight, like a goddess surrounded by jewels.

Kangxi saw it and said leisurely: "Your father is the same Hong Antai who worked as a Taoist in Tianjin Customs Road before?" ”

When the show girl heard that the emperor could call her father by his name, and she could clearly remember her father's original official position, she was overjoyed and said with a smile on her face: "If you go back to the emperor, it is exact." ”

Kangxi looked at the show girl in front of him, his eyes were slightly dark, and he said in a deep voice: "When your father was a Taoist in Tianjin Customs, he was very attentive to his work, and I saw that he was still very peaceful and simple at that time." ”

After a pause, he continued: "In July and August this year, there were frequent floods in Suzhou and Huizhou, and the people on both sides of the strait were struggling to make a living. It's really Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road! These days, every day, some people come in and complain about Hong Antai's negligence in disaster management. I thought someone was trying to frame Zhongliang, but now that I see you, I have a number in my heart. He is not only negligent, he is simply immoral, incompetent! ”

The show girl was overjoyed, thinking that her father had made a meritorious contribution to affairs, and she could enjoy the honor together.

Who knew that the emperor's tone was so unkind, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a thud, trembling, silent, and shaking.

Emperor Kangxi's face was full of displeasure, he tilted his head, and said to Empress Yiren: "Empress, what is the precept of the Qi family in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Empress Yiren glanced at Emperor Kangxi softly, and said gently: "The emperor is angry." The precept passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors is diligence and frugality. ”

Kangxi was still angry, but it was inconvenient to punish Yu Xiunu at will, so he said to Empress Yiren: "Queen, you can make up your mind." ”

Empress Yiren got up and poured a cup of tea for Kangxi, and said with a smile: "The emperor is angry, she is still a child." This is FJ Xingong's Lingnan Wangxue, and the concubine thinks that one cup can moisten the mouth, and two cups can nourish the heart. The emperor tasted it, moistened his heart, and relieved himself, which has been a lot of work in government affairs for several days. ”

Empress Yiren's few words, Kangxi said that Kangxi was intimate and close to his lungs, and in the past month or so, how to quell the flood disaster as soon as possible and provide extensive relief to the victims has made him think about it for a long time, and his heart is about to break.

With a mouthful of amber tea soup, which penetrated into his mouth and reached his six abdomen, Fang felt that his whole body was really comfortable.

Kangxi put down the teacup, let out a long snort, and turned his head to glance at the eunuch in charge.

The eunuch knew the emperor's intentions, and immediately sang loudly: "Pick up the brand!" ”

Emperor Kangxi glanced at the purple and red behind the bamboo screen from afar, and said impatiently to the eunuch on the side: "Liang Jiugong, you go and bring the most plainly dressed among them to me for me to see, and I don't want to look at the others." ”

Liang Jiugong hurriedly lowered his head and let out a deep "sigh", and hurriedly walked towards the show girls.

The show girls saw that among them, the family background was the most prominent, the most brightly dressed, and the show girl who was in the lead to face the saint, in front of the emperor and queen, without saying a few words, was teased by the brand, and couldn't help but look at each other, I don't know why, everyone was in danger.

Some people look innocent, others look indifferent.

Some people looked at a loss, while others looked calm.

Mu Lan didn't say a word from beginning to end, watching everything that happened not far away with a cold eye, and faintly planning what she was thinking.

The consuls on both sides saw that the great eunuch Liang Jiugong was present in person, and they didn't know what the emperor had ordered, so they hurriedly bowed their heads solemnly.

Liang Jiugong frowned, slowly walked through the willow green and pink in front of him, slowly paced in front of the team, took the list of show girls presented by the consul, and after Liao Liao sketched a few strokes on it, he said loudly to the show girls: "Below, the show girls who read their names will be lined up in front of them." ”

"The daughter of Mu Lingzhu, Mu Lan."

"Taizhou Tongzhi Shen Qing's daughter, Shen Jiayuan."

"Quanzhou Zhoutong Miao Jiahe's daughter, Miao Ruolan."

"Jingzhou Court sentenced Yao Yuandao's daughter, Yao Muge."

"Liaozhou's capital An Yue Tang's daughter, An Ruyi."

"The daughter of Yin Fu Ruoshi of Liangzhou Mansion, Fu Yingxue."

......

Read the name, close the roster, put your hands behind your back, and wait for the show girls to stand up one by one.

The consul on the side checked the names again from beginning to end, each reciting a name, but let the show girl raise her head and let the great eunuch patrol from the side.

After the roll call was completed, the great eunuch Liang Jiugong said in a low voice to the six show girls in front of him: "Do you know why I left you behind?" ”

The show girls didn't dare to raise their heads, and stood silently.

Liang Jiugong walked in front of the show girls with cold eyes, and said leisurely: "If you can stay, you should thank your parents for wearing the right clothes for you." It's not like them, it's too ostentatious! The emperor worries about the country and the people every day, every day in the sky, seeing the one just now, he is angry, a few of you will be in front of the emperor for a while, what should be said, what should not be said, you must do it yourself. ”

After that, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Mu Lan, who was dressed in plain clothes, and said, "You, the first one in line, come with me quickly." ”

Mu Lan was slightly stunned, and hurriedly walked a few steps, followed behind the great eunuch, and hurriedly walked towards the Qingfeng Pavilion Imperial Drive.

Mu Lan buried her head all the way, staring at Liang Jiugong's heels without squinting, following step by step.

Walking a few meters away from the pavilion, Liang Jiugong stood and bowed to Emperor Kangxi, and then quietly retreated to the side.

Seeing the long ears of dust that were flicked one by one, he finally stopped slowly.

The consul's chanting voice sounded again: "The daughter of Mu Lingzhu, Mu Lan, is thirteen years old. ”

Mu Lan knew that he had come to the front of the palace, and immediately lowered his head deeply, and after Ying Ying bowed down, he still knelt down, staring down at the piece of blue bricks and stones in front of him that were as clean as jade and slightly glowing.

After a moment of silence, I could only hear a deep voice in front of me: "Raise your head." ”