In the Qing Palace, there was a burst of low pressure. Emperor Kangxi made an expression of his face, and Tongying and another young man knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound. The great eunuch Li Dequan silently cleaned up a broken cup on the ground in front of the case, and then retreated silently.

There were also two kneeling in the middle of the room, led by an elderly man with gray hair, followed by Xinran's husband Yitai.

The old man raised his bowed head, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, you have to be the master for me, my good son, you can't just give your life in vain!" Then he burst into tears. Yitai's eyes were red, but he didn't dare to speak, still keeping his head down.

Kangxi threw the fold aside impatiently and said, "Baltu and Tongying get up, this matter has nothing to do with you." Tongying glanced at Baltu on the other side, then looked at the old man in the hall, got up hesitantly, and stood to the side with his hands down.

Kangxi glanced at the old man a few more times and said, "Bo Wengguonuo, when will you stop?" You were once the king of the county, and you were in the council, but look at what you did?! Naboongono was shocked and stopped crying.

"Back then, you were dismissed, you were in a bad mood, and you beat people everywhere, but you knew how precious his son was to the Duke of Jinguo, and you also broke the leg of the young man, and you turned around and got drunk, it's not the same thing! Three years ago, I thought that you were still honest and had a hard time, and I was going to give you a promotion to a prince and make your family feel better, but who knew that you would cause me a big disaster when you turned around! If you just say a few nonsense words, you will hurt someone and fall off your horse! He forcibly drunk people again, and as a result, he died a few days after he went back! I'll help you clean up the mess, but you still think I'm troublesome in private? Fortunately, his family didn't know the truth, so they didn't make trouble. Harqi, his old man, is a soldier brought out by his grandfather himself! It is used by Emperor Taizong again, and Jin Guogong is the brother of our love Xinjue Luo family, you are so nonsense, can you have an ancestor in your eyes? ! ”

Boongono bowed his head and wept silently. Ita's expression was shocked. And Tongying, who was standing on the side, was a little frightened when she heard it. I thought that the death of Duan Ning and Shuning's grandfather actually had such an inside story.

Kangxi took two breaths, slowed down his voice and said: "If you want to marry your son as a daughter-in-law, say hello to the palace, although you have dismissed the knight, you just need to let Prince Zhuang Fujin say it." But you have to hire yourself, and when you are looking for candidates, you don't even inquire about people's conduct. Nasektu is notoriously spicy! It had a bad reputation when it was drafted. After losing the election, no one dared to propose marriage. But you covet that your father is a deputy commander and has a rich dowry, so you just married your son to such a person! Marry back, marry back, and live a good life. But in less than a year, you will have to take a concubine for your son again! I didn't expect the concubine to be killed, but your son died. Hmph, Boongono, you dare to say that it's all someone else's fault?! ”

Boongono burst into tears: "I...... I...... It's me who is confused, Your Majesty, please punish me......" He cried for a long time before he raised his head again and said: "Your Majesty, although I did something wrong, I ...... But my family Funa died unjustly! I want to give that slut to my son to pay for his life, but she is desperate to stop her. Is this how my son died in vain? Please call the shots! ”

Kangxi sighed. He sat back down, pinched his eyebrows, and asked softly, "Is the Seketu family at his mother's house now?" Boongono hurriedly said: "Yes, she brought dozens of people to pick up her daughter, and she didn't take us seriously at all." Kangxi called "Li Dequan" noncommittally, and after hearing a "in", he said lightly: "Ask someone to send a piece of white silk to Seketu's house." Don't make a big fuss. Then Li Dequan responded softly and retreated.

A hint of happiness flashed on Bowengono's face, and he was busy kowtowing to thank him, but Kangxi just said: "Let's leave when the matter is over, don't be confused in the future." Boongono kowtowed. Then he went down with his son.

The room was quiet, Kangxi seemed to be thinking about something, but Tongying and Baltu still didn't dare to speak. After a while, Li Dequan came back and said that someone had been sent, Kangxi nodded. Then he asked, "The son of Boongono, whose name is Yitai, is a fourth-class guard, right?" It's hard for him, but he is an honest child, go back and say to Feiyangu, let's be promoted to a third-class shrimp. Also, when I went to the sect to ask how the younger sons of his family were studying, I asked someone to report it to me. Li Dequan responded and stepped back again.

Kangxi smiled self-deprecatingly, and said to Tongying and Baltu: "So, marrying a wife is still a virtuous one." If you only covet beauty, power, and wealth, you may not end well. Tongying and Tongying glanced at each other and responded with a smirk.

"What are you smirking at?" Kangxi deliberately made a straight face, "You are both not young, especially Baltu, who is twenty-one years old, and he should have married a daughter-in-law a long time ago." It just so happens that the draft is going on in the palace, and when the selection is over, you go and see, which one you like, just come and tell me, as long as it's a show girl with a brand. ”

Tongying said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty...... You said......" "Let you choose your own daughter-in-law?" I'm leaving you to choose. The concubines in the harem still have a good vision, and the show girls who leave the brand are passable. You also saw it just now, Boongono picked a spicy show girl for his son who was unsuccessful, what was the result? If you want to pick any random person, I can't say yes. ”

Tong Ying knew that the emperor said this, so he said that it was impossible to change it, so he had to respond, but he was secretly anxious in his heart, and he regretted that he said "It's okay to lose the election" when he met with Shuning before.

He was anxious, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he could only pretend to be idle and continue to talk about business with the emperor, but he was secretly thinking about how to reveal the news to Shuning, who was in the harem, and was troubled, when he suddenly remembered someone.

When the Emperor allowed him to leave with Baltu, he was full of preoccupations

went out, but was stopped by Baltu and said, "It's not early, I'm calling to find the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother, and by the way, I will ask for lunch, you can go with you." ”

Tong Ying said: "I just remembered something, I want to go to the household department to ask, you can go by yourself." ”

But Baltu refused: "Isn't it okay to ask again after eating?" Besides, I met Sibeiler this morning, and he said that he would go to the palace today to visit his mother and brother, and maybe he would be in the East Fifth Institute now. He is familiar with the household, so if you have something to ask him directly. ”

Tong Ying's heart moved, but he looked at him with a puzzled look, and said, "It's really strange, I don't usually see you so interested in the East Five Institutes?" Could it be ......" he turned to a wicked smile and said, "I see." Isn't the East Fifth Institute just on the edge of the Imperial Garden? You heard that there is a draft girl in the Imperial Garden, and you want to take a peek, right? ”

Baltu coughed lightly twice, and said with a straight face: "What are you talking about, I was ordered by order, didn't the emperor say, let's pick a daughter-in-law among the show girls?" What's the important thing in advance? ”

Tong Ying snickered: "It's so high-sounding, who is it?" The emperor said that he would pick the land after the election, not that you should go now. Again. Although the emperor said this, we should also know in our hearts, if you fancy someone, it is the emperor or the princes who take a fancy to you. Isn't it embarrassing? ”

Baltu scratched his head: "Just look at it......" Seeing this, Tongying smiled secretly in her heart and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you on a trip, lest you say that I don't pay attention to righteousness." ”

Baltu was overjoyed and walked away, but was stopped by Tongying and asked a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" Tong Ying said angrily: "That's the harem!" If you want to go, you should find someone to lead the way, lest someone get a grip on such a trivial matter! Baltu smirked. Turning his head and beckoning to a small eunuch next to him: "Little Wanzi, come here!" ”

The little Wanzi ran over and called Qian'er: "Say hello to the two Bei Ziye, what do the two masters have to order?" Baltu said: "We are going to the East Fifth Institute to find the seventh elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother to play, you can help us lead the way." Xiao Wanzi heard it clearly, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Hey, Master Bei." From here, it's better to go through the East Five Institutes, or walk the Imperial Garden faster, what do you think? Baltu slapped him, laughed and scolded the "little ghost", and picked up a purse and threw it over. The little Wanzi took the purse. Heavy, happy in my heart, busy leading the way first. Tong Young snickered as she followed them.

However, they miscalculated. From the Qianqing Palace to the East Five, you can only pass through the east side of the Imperial Garden, but the draft is carried out in the Chengrui Pavilion in the northwest. All they could hear was a faint laugh. No one can see it. Baltu was greatly disappointed, Tong Ying patted him on the shoulder with a wicked smile, and said, "Let's go, otherwise I won't even be able to eat for a while When I read the full text of the True Monarch of the Other World, it will really be in vain." ”

Baltu moved his head dejectedly, and suddenly there was a sound of a piano in the distance, and he paused and turned his head to listen. Tong Ying asked strangely, "What's wrong?" Baltu turned his head after a while and grinned, "It's nothing, it's weird." ”

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Shuning had a bad lunch today. It was good, but because I heard that in the morning, there were several talented and beautiful women, and they were all left with signs, and the show girls couldn't help but have some calculations.

Wan Ning was talking to Chang Lu about the talent show, but I don't know who bumped her in the back, but the whole cup of tea in her hand was poured and half of her robe was dyed. She turned around angrily, but there was nothing unusual at all, Chang Lu and the people around her said that they didn't see who hit it, and some even questioned whether someone had hit it. Shuning was sitting at another table with her back to them, and she didn't see it, so she had to accompany Wanning back to her room first.

Wan Ning changed the clothes, and Shu Ning wiped it clean with a wet handkerchief while the tea was still dry, and hung the clothes up to dry.

Wan Ning still resented herself: "It must be the woman who scolded me in the morning!" Think I don't know? She is Da Fu Jin's cousin, what is her name Yueyingdi. looks like that, can't compete with me, so use such despicable means! ”

Shuning thought back to the appearance, words and deeds of the show girl, and felt that although she had always thought of herself as an ordinary person, compared to that girl, she was only more likable than her. Even if the fifth elder brother has no feelings for Wanning, he knows who to choose. However, this conjecture does not seem to hold water.

She said: "This girl named Yueyingdi seems to be sitting at a table in front of me, and she was still eating in her seat when you were hit. I remember she glared at you a few times. It can't be that she did it. ”

Wan Ning said: "Who could that be?" I didn't get in anyone's way except her. ”

Shuning thought for a while and said solemnly: "Second sister, we have been thinking too simply. The so-called draft, in fact, is first to fill the harem, and then it is the turn of the princes and clans. Most of the show girls in this year are people from the surrounding areas of Beijing, but there are also direct subordinates and other provinces. If you are in the capital, you have heard about you somewhat, but people from other places are afraid that they don't know that you are going to Wufujin. When they see that you are outstanding and dressed extraordinarily, they naturally regard you as a fierce rival and want to exclude you. ”

Wan Ning felt that this made sense, so she first made a bitter face: "Maybe that's the case." Hey, who did I recruit to provoke whom? These people look down on me too much. Who wants to marry an old man as a concubine? ”

Shuning smiled bitterly: "Second sister, it's better not to say this in the palace, beware of the ears on the wall." Wan Ning waved her hand: "Everyone has gone to eat, who will hear it." Shu Ning was about to say something, when she suddenly noticed that a figure flashed outside the window, and her heart was not good, so she hurriedly walked over and opened the door, it turned out to be a little eunuch in her teens.

As soon as he saw Shuning open the door. So he first said hello to Qian'er: "Say hello to the little master." Shuning asked nervously, "Who are you?" What to do here? "The little eunuch

"The slave is a small step, working as an errand in the three teahouses in the east, and sent a few palace maids to send things to Sister Ruifu in this palace." He smiled and raised the two purses he was carrying. It means that it is true.

Shuning looked him up and down, believed it for six or seven points in his heart, looked at the purse in his hand, and said, "Your two purses are exquisite, and I also have a pretty similar one, what do you think?" As he spoke, he took out a purse.

Actually, it doesn't look like it, it's just that it's all cyan and embroidered with pink flowers. This is Holly's experiment with learning to make new styles, but it is sturdy enough, and it is completely incomparable with the purse with exquisite embroidery in the hands of the small steps. But the opening of the purse is a little loose. Slightly revealing the golden inside.

The little step was a clever one, respectfully took the purse, pinched the small gold ingots inside, and said with a smile quietly: "The little master's purse is naturally fine, and compared with the palace maids and sisters, it is not inferior at all." ”

Shuning smiled: "You are really good at talking, I have a younger brother who is about the same age as you." But it's not as sweet as you. This purse will reward you. Ruifu just went to the laundry room at the back, you go straight to her. Just be careful, don't let your aunts see you, or they'll scold you for running around. ”

Xiaobuzi smiled and hit Qian'er: "Thank you for reminding the little master, the slave knows what to do." Then he put the purse on his sleeve. And he left.

Shuning breathed a sigh of relief, this palace is full of human spirits. After closing the door, Wan Ning asked, "Could it be someone who sent the spies?" Shuning said: "There is a smell of tea on his body, and there are traces of tea on the hem of his clothes, and his clothes, shoes and socks are a little worn." It shouldn't be a weighty figure. But let's be careful, this is not home after all, and we must pay more attention to what we say and do. ”

Wan Ning was extremely depressed: "I don't even have freedom of speech, I really hate it, when can I go home!" ”

Shuning sighed, why didn't she think so? She smiled, "Let's go back to the temple, I don't know if there is any food left." ”

Back in the main hall, many people had finished their meals, and they could only eat some pasta and snacks.

Chang Lu said to Wan Ning with a worried face: "Sister Wan, are your clothes okay?" Is it clean? Wan Ning smiled: "It's okay, just dry it, this kind of little trick can't help me." When she said the latter sentence, she raised her voice and attracted a lot of attention. Chang Lu smiled and clapped her hands: "Great, I'm still worried that my sister won't have good clothes to wear when she is re-elected." The robe was so pretty, it was a shame to get soiled like this. Wan Ning smiled: "Don't worry, there won't be such a thing." ”

Shuning sighed lowly, feeling her head hurt again.

Throughout the afternoon, the palace was filled with the sounds of pianos, songs, and poetry, and it seemed that everyone had gathered their strength to prepare for the talent test in the coming days. Of course, there are also unprepared people who are in a hurry to practice some "hometown songs", or think of some jokes and anecdotes.

Shuning stayed in the room to practice with Yuanning. However, this obviously interferes with each other too much, so I made an appointment to take turns to practice for half an hour.

Yuan Ning was sweating profusely when the palace maid Ruifu knocked on the door and came in, bringing the clothes she had washed last night. This palace maid is a taciturn person, but she does things cleanly. She handed the washed clothes to Shuning, who took it with a smile, only to find that something was stuffed in her hand. She thanked her quietly, and put the thing in the cabinet with her clothes, only to find that it was a letter, and the words on it were clearly Tongying's handwriting! She held back the excitement in her heart and looked back at Ruifu, but the other party bowed to the two sisters silently as usual and withdrew.

After a while, Yuan Ning had time to rest, so she changed her clothes and said that she wanted to go out. Shuning thought that she was probably going to see Jinxu, and she didn't care. As soon as she left, she immediately took out the letter, remembered that she wanted to avoid people's eyes, and was about to close the window, but she felt that it was too conspicuous on a hot day, so she simply turned around and walked behind the screen, and only then did she read the letter.

Tongying's letter was only one page, and she wrote a lot of densely, first asking her if she was okay and whether she had been bullied, and then directly told her the emperor's will, which made her feel a black line. It seems that Kangxi has always been the nemesis of Qing women, and he likes to do things like to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum. In this way, you really have to find a way to choose.

She continued to read, but it was Tongying who had told her to be careful, including not to leave the letter so as not to be discovered; Be careful with what you say and do in the palace, even when you are alone; Every show girl may have some disputes, she must be more careful around her cousin, don't be plotted; If you see something uncomfortable, bear with it and complain to him when you come back; Recently, it has been raining, and there is a scorching sun when there is no rain, so you should pay attention to take care of your body and don't get sick......

In addition to the first few important sentences, most of the pages of Tongying's letter are instructing her on trivial matters. She looked at it and suddenly felt mixed feelings. Although it was mostly sweet, it was faintly sour, and it was only when there was a salty taste in her mouth that she realized that she was crying.

Although she was reluctant, her reason told her that it was the right thing to do to destroy the letter according to Tongying's instructions, so she gritted her teeth and burned the letter.

But she didn't feel much sad when she saw the piece of paper full of concern disappear into the fire, because she suddenly found that everything she had worried about before was no longer important, and she already knew what she should do. Since Tongying has done so much, it is her turn to work hard for the future of the two.