Chapter 226: Step by step

Although Jiang Zhi was very hard-mouthed in front of his grandmother and sisters, he was really worried in his heart, so he didn't go out for more than 20 days.

On this day, she received a post from Gui Xiu, the daughter of her friend Gui Wen, a university scholar, who invited her to go to Gui Mansion to participate in the Lotus Flower Festival.

Jiang Zhi has a tricky personality and has no friends, but Guixiu and her are particularly close to each other, and they are both tricky and strong, so although there are constant contradictions, the relationship is not bad.

Jiang Zhi was originally a little worried, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was a little too timid, and he was actually afraid of a eunuch's revenge, so he couldn't help laughing, and immediately ordered his mother-in-law: "Go and let the coachman set up the car, I want to go to the Gui University Scholar's Mansion!"

It's a sunny day with a cool breeze.

Jiang Zhi sat in the car, quietly lifted the curtain, and let the cool breeze blow on his face, and his heart was extremely happy.

At that moment the carriage suddenly paused as if it had struck a man, followed by the neighing of horses, and at the same time the cries of the coachman to rein in his horses.

The maid looked out and saw a young man in shabby green clothes sitting on the ground in front of him, covering his waist, and there was a pool of blood on the ground, as if he had been hit.

She hurriedly said, "Girl, our carriage hit a countryman!"

Jiang Zhi snorted coldly and commanded the coachman loudly: "The countryman is walking around the street, he deserves to be killed, ignore him, let's go!"

The coachman replied "yes", threw a whip and was about to drive the carriage away, but the young man in Tsing Yi sitting on the ground suddenly shouted: "The person who hit the person is going to run!"

Several people dressed as peasants suddenly came out of the crowd, blocking the way of the carriage.

Jiang Zhi was a little anxious, afraid of delaying Guixiu's lotus flower meeting, so he immediately said loudly: "Go, you deserve to die!"

killed a few ordinary people, but just a few taels of silver! She's not afraid!

The coachman was about to raise his whip, but his wrist was grabbed, and he was stunned.

The peasants shouted and dragged Jiang Zhi and her two maids down, and one of the medium-sized young men shouted: "She hit someone, and she has to run over people, it's really vicious, let's beat her up and let her taste it too!"

Everyone shouted in response, and one of them grabbed Jiang Zhi.

Where did Jiang Zhi pass by such a scene, he was already trembling with fright, and the whole person collapsed there.

In the blink of an eye, his fist fell, and he greeted Jiang Zhi in the face.

Jiang Zhi was so painful that her eyes turned black, and as soon as she covered her face, her face became in sharp pain, she reached out and touched it, and found that it was wet, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that her hands were full of blood, and she immediately cried.

When the farmer saw that Jiang Zhi's face was cut deeply by the sickle, and half of his face was bleeding, he suddenly roared, and everyone dispersed in a hurry.

When the people from Jiang Mansion arrived, those people had long since disappeared, and only some people who watched the excitement were arrested, and after interrogation, it really didn't matter, so they had to be released again.

Three days later, Jiang Zhi sat in front of the dressing table, looking at his face with ointment in the mirror, and felt a fear in his heart: In a few days, it will be the day to choose a concubine, if there is a scar, what can I do?

The female doctor carefully removed the ointment, dipped the gauze in the potion, and carefully scrubbed Jiang Fang's wounds.

As the ointment was washed off little by little, the wound on Jiang Zhi's face gradually became clear.

Jiang Zhi tried his best to endure it, and when he heard the female doctor say "Okay", he hurriedly held his breath with trembling hands and went to the target glass.

Looking at the long wound in the mirror, which was still turned outward, Jiang Zhi suddenly screamed: "Ah-"

Her life is over!

With such a wound, not to mention entering the palace to participate in the selection of concubines, it is difficult to get married......

Li Rui, Li Rui! This enmity is not shared!

After listening to the maid's words, she learned that Jiang Zhi was broken, and the corners of Jiang Zhen's mouth curled up - she has one less competitor!

Li Rui was playing in the water with Lin Yin, and after listening to Lingque's return, he smiled slightly and said, "Well done!"

Lingque also laughed and said: "If the second girl Jiang is not so vicious, we will not really make a move, who knows that her heart is too vicious, and she actually wants the carriage to run over our brother, everyone is a little angry, and I scratched her face!"

Li Rui was about to speak, when he saw Lin Yin about to step into the water basin, he hurriedly hugged Lin Yin: "Shizi, let's go and see the fish!"

Lin Yin has a strong personality, although he was taken away by Li Rui, his eyes were still looking at the basin, and he was thinking that he would have to jump in and try it after a while.

Lingque couldn't help laughing when he saw that his own leader had become a nanny and was playing with Xiao Shizi all day long.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to choose a concubine.

Yu Yu has already come out of the confinement period, so naturally she is going to go.

When she got up in the morning, she sat down in front of the makeup mirror and started to make up.

When Lin Jia came over, she saw that Yu Yu had already finished her makeup, combed her peach heart bun, inserted a gold silk inlaid emerald peacock hairpin, and only wore a pair of emerald earrings on her ears, and wore a white Luo cross-collared narrow sleeve shirt and a ruby green satin skirt.

Yu Yu smiled and walked to Lin Jia's side, and saw that he was not wearing a dress, only a plain white robe, so she laughed, walked over and said, "Why did you get up so early in the morning?"

Lin Jia hugged Yu Yu's waist: "I went to see Ah Yin and Chang'an!"

Ah Yin and Chang'an now live in the west side of the room, and he went to see their brother and sister in the morning.

Yu Yu laughed when he heard this: "You've been watching it for half an hour!"

Lin Jiajun's face was slightly red, and he hurriedly changed the topic: "Let's go now!"

He really loves Ah Yin and Chang'an, and when he thinks that these two villains are the flesh and blood of him and Yu Yu, he likes it very much.

Yu Yu's eyes fluttered and glanced at Lin Jia, and reached out to hold Lin Jia's hand: "Let's go!"

It is still the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Lin Jia's hands are already a little cold, so it can be seen that the physique is still not good, and he must take care of himself.

The selection of concubines was held at the Canal Palace.

Lin Jia rode a horse and escorted Yu Yu's carriage into the Canal Palace.

Because it has not been a concubine for many years, there are many school-age girls who come to participate in the selection of concubines, Yu Yu sat in the carriage and looked out, and found that the blue brick road was full of girls in gorgeous clothes, among which there were quite a few beauties.

When those girls saw Lin Jia riding a horse, they knew that it was the young prince and looked over, their eyes were shining, and their little faces were crimson, obviously shy.

Looking at these rivals, Yu Yu still had a trace of sour vinegar in her heart, so she lifted the curtain and glanced at Lin Jia.

Lin Jia was riding on a horse, his back was straight, his eyes were not squinting, he didn't notice that Yu Yu was looking at him, and he didn't notice that he had already become the focus of the girls' eyes.

In front of the main hall, Lin Jia got off the horse, helped Yu Yu to get out of the carriage, and took her hand and walked towards the main hall.

The Canal Palace had already appreciated Lin Jia, and Yu Yu had been here several times, but at this time he was still amazed by the magnificence and delicacy of the main hall.

At this time, countless aristocratic girls who had come to participate in the selection of concubines had already gathered outside the main hall, and they gathered together, whispering while waiting for the selection of concubines to begin.

Seeing a tall and handsome young man leading a tall and delicate young woman with sparkling eyes, the girls couldn't help but look over, and the scene was quiet for a while.

Among them, those who had seen Lin Jia and Yu Yu said in a low voice: "This is Prince He and Concubine Bai!"

After the prince and the white concubine walked by, the girls began to whisper again, some envious, some jealous, some sneered, and some didn't care.

Jiang Hao and Jiang Fang stood together, smiling as Lin Jia walked by holding Yu Yu's hand.

Jiang Fang said softly: "Prince He is so good-looking!" Concubine Bai has just come out of confinement, her complexion is so good, looking at it in the sun, her skin seems to be shrouded in a layer of pearles, she is really a beauty! โ€

Jiang Zhen said in her heart: No matter how beautiful Yu Gardenia is, she is just a lowly concubine, I will trample her on the soles of my feet sooner or later, so that she will regret that today the peacock opened the screen and proudly led Lin Jia to swagger through the market!

She wanted to tear the jade garden apart in her heart, but she still had a calm smile on her face, which made Jiang Fang embarrassed to speak.

Lin Jia and Yu Yu entered the main hall and found that Concubine Hu Liang and Concubine Xu Hui had already accompanied Emperor Yongtai to sit on the throne in the middle, so they stepped forward to salute together.

After saluting and getting up, Yu Yu looked up at Emperor Yongtai and found that Emperor Yongtai looked haggard, his face was pale, and he looked sick and without any energy.

Emperor Yongtai waved his hand, and said weakly: "Since Ajia has arrived, let's start!"

Lin Jia took Yu Yu's hand and sat down on the treasure chair side by side.

Yang Wen went out of the main hall and announced the start of the selection of concubines, and the female officials in the palace had already divided the girls who participated in the election into groups of six, and entered the palace in a row to salute.

After the first row of ladies bowed, Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia with a smile: "Ajia, do you have anything you like?"

Lin Jia's handsome face flushed slightly, and she pointed to Jiang Zhen in the middle and said, "The one who wears a light purple skirt is okay, and the one who wears an apricot yellow skirt!"

That's Jiang Zhen!

Emperor Yongtai immediately smiled and said, "Stay!"

Since the last time Yu Yu had an accident in the palace, it has been a month, and Lin Jia has not been in the palace to dry him, and he has long been a little anxious.

Now seeing that Lin Jia is still willing to take care of him, Emperor Yongtai is very happy in his heart.

Jiang Hao knew that she would be selected, but when she was really selected by Lin Jia herself, she was a little nervous and retreated with everyone.

Yu Yu watched Jiang Hao's figure retreat, although she knew that Lin Jia had her own plans, she was still a little sour, but her face was not obvious, and she was still light and light.

An hour later, all the ladies who participated in the election went through and are now waiting outside.

Emperor Yongtai took the list handed over by Gonggong Ding, and looked at Lin Jia with a smile: "Ajia, you come to the concubine, the side concubine and the lady!"

Lin Jia took the list, picked up the cinnabar pen and ticked it a few times, and then looked up at Emperor Yongtai: "Father, my Great Zhou is based on filial piety, and my father is in the spring and autumn period, how can my sons and daughters surpass my father?" The sons and daughters selected a few for their father to fill the harem, so that they could extend their sons for their father! โ€

As soon as his voice fell, there was silence in the hall.

Yu Yu's eyes lit up and she looked at Lin Jia.

Concubine Hu Liang and Concubine Xu Hui looked at each other, and then they were both a little happy, and they all looked at Emperor Yongtai.

Emperor Yongtai was about to open his mouth to refute, but when he saw Lin Jiafeng's eyes squinting at him, he immediately changed his words: "The filial piety with the prince is commendable, I am very pleased!"

When Lin Jia heard this, he looked at Emperor Yongtai and laughed.

Emperor Yongtai wiped his sweat silently, and said in his heart: I really owe this child in my last life, alas!

Jiang Zhen stood in the crowd outside the hall with great ambition, and when she heard her name announced in the hall, she couldn't help but laugh proudly, and walked towards the hall with her head held high.

The great eunuch Yang Wenli announced loudly in front of the palace: "Jiang Zhen, the daughter of the scholar Jiang Shulin, is Concubine Feng Min, and lives in Shouchang Palace; Gui Xiu, the daughter of the university scholar Guiwen, Feng Liang Concubine, lives in Chuxiu Palace; Xu Feng, the daughter of Xu Shuping, the head of the household department, is a noble person of Fengjiaโ€”โ€”"

Jiang Zhen couldn't believe her ears, and suddenly stayed there, with a crying and laughing expression on her face - it couldn't be true! said that she wanted her to be Lin Jia's concubine! How did it change?

Seeing Jiang Zhen like this, Yang Wen hurriedly whispered: "Miss Jiang, thank you quickly!"

Jiang Zhen's body was shaky and fainted suddenly.

Yu Yu looked at Jiang Zhen who fell to the ground, thinking of Jiang's bullying of herself, she was very happy, but when she saw that Jiang Zhen, who was only fifteen years old, was going to become the concubine of Emperor Yongtai at the age of forty, she still felt a little unbearable in her heart, and asked Lin Jia in a low voice: "Ah Jia, after all, it is your cousin, why don't you take this opportunity to make peace with your uncle?"

A smile tugged at the corner of Lin Jia's mouth.

Since Jiang Shulin dared to stab him in the back and bully his Yu Yu, then he let him taste the taste of being stabbed.

However, if Jiang Shulin has the heart to seek peace and sincerely admit his mistakes to him, he can let Jiang Zhen go......