The dust finally settled on the selection of Jiangnan, Guo Siqing was selected as she wished, packed up and dressed up, and took her own things and got on the carriage to the capital. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

In the carriage sat many women who were equally elected to the same as her, some from commoners, some from official families, or wealthy gentry families.

These girls have the same dream, they all hope to leap on the branches and become phoenixes, which can bring supreme glory to themselves and their families, and Guo Siqing is no exception.

In addition to her own belongings, the selected woman should not even bring a service ring.

Guo Siqing has grown so big, there has never been a shortage of people waiting, and she wears and serves her own maid ring on weekdays, but now she is away from Mrs. Guo San and the maid ring around her, and on the first day she left Yangzhou, she rode in a carriage with a group of girls of the same age, and always felt all kinds of inconveniences.

And at night, without the service of the maid, it is fatal.

Sleeping on the hard bed board of the post station in the middle of the night, she began to miss the high bed and soft pillows at home. At dawn the next day, the little official of the post station brought hot water to wash, she barely combed her hair, but the craftsmanship was really not good, thanks to the girl named Jian Mei in the same room to help her, so that she could go out to meet people without hurrying.

Jian Mei was born in a small rich family, her father was in the spice business, she was born from the original match, and her mother gave birth to her because she was born in childbirth and died early. Her father remarried, and her stepmother gave birth to her younger brother Mèi Mèi, so she couldn't tolerate her. She was born with six or seven points of beauty, plus she has a spice shop at home, and she has been good at dressing up since she was a child, which is even more dazzling.

The stepmother didn't want her to be a good family, but when she heard that the selection envoy went to Jiangnan, pinched her fingers and calculated the age of the current saint, she immediately felt that this was a good thing. Not to mention that the beauties in the palace don't know how many people there are, Jian Mei may not be able to get the favor of the saint, and the saint's age is not young, more than ten years older than Jane's father, if she can come out, she can still benefit her family, if she can't come out and earn her life in the palace, the family can not help on the ground, just leave it alone, and save a lot of money to dowry.

The stepmother made up her mind, so she blew the pillow wind to Jian's father, what "It's a pity that the eldest girl of our family is born with such a look, with a common man, if she can be sent to the palace to be a mother, it is really a good thing to honor the ancestors", or "If Mei'er becomes a mother, then the husband is the ruler of the country, and I can't say that the spice business can still be done in the palace" and so on. It didn't take long to blow Jian's father unconscious, and when the selection envoy arrived in Jiangnan, he registered for Jian Mei, and Jian Mei was really not brushed down after several selections.

Jian Mei has been clever since she was a child, knowing that her stepmother doesn't want to see her, so she learned to please her father and stepmother, and begged for a life under her stepmother, and her stepwife also wanted to get a generous and kind name in the hands of Jian's father, so she didn't dare to treat Jian Mei harshly on the surface, and she had to pretend to love Jian Mei more than she loved her own child.

In this environment, Jian Mei's self-care ability is dozens of times stronger than Guo Siqing's, not only cleaning herself up, but also piggybacking on Guo Siqing.

Guo Siqing had Jian Mei's help in the first two days, and finally stopped being in a hurry, in order to express her gratitude, she also gave two of her hairpin rings to Jian Mei, and only a few days after she exchanged sisters with Jian Mei, and left Yangzhou for three days, the two have become familiar.

At noon on the fourth day, it was pouring rain on the road, and a group of men and horses, a dozen carriages full of young girls, and mule carts with luggage, finally took shelter from the rain in a small town.

The envoy sent someone to inquire if there was a post station in the town, and the guards sent out took a long time to go back and forth, saying that there were many waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, so there were not many land post stations, let alone such towns.

The selection envoy took a group of people to stay in the largest inn in the local area, chartered the entire inn, drove away the scattered guests, and escorted the girls back to the room.

The selection envoy was changing clothes in the room, and a guard came to report: "My lord, the boy of the Zhongshushe escorted Zhou Hong, the envoy of the two Huai salts, also arrived at the door of the inn and wanted to move in." ”

The selection envoy was Hu Guichun, the godson of Hu Yan, the great eunuch next to the saint, who was originally only called Xiaochunzi, and worshiped under Hu Yan's name, but even changed his surname and followed his surname.

Hu Yan saw that he was well-behaved and obedient, so he raised him from time to time, although he did not let him get close to the saint's side, but he tried to get some fat outside into his hands.

Hu Guichun was obedient and coaxed in front of Hu Yan, he was really more filial than his own son, his mouth was as sweet as honey, he had already thought about it in his heart, eunuchs are all rootless people, what does it matter if they recognize their ancestors or not, it doesn't matter if they change their surname, as long as they can climb up in the palace.

Tong Wenyi, a scholar in the middle school, is also a sage's confidant, and the two parties have no stake, so wouldn't it be better to give it a convenience.

Hu Guichun hurriedly put on his clothes and came out, went to the door of the inn to greet Tong Wenyi, and made a gesture to salute before getting close: "I really didn't expect to meet Master Tong on business here?" Come in, come in, come in! ”

Tong Wenyi was stopped at the door of the inn, and at this moment he stood under the eaves to avoid the rain, and asked Zhou Hong to be released from the prisoner car, and the two stood side by side, talking, Hu Gui