A month later, it was finally time for the final round of the draft. On this day, Huizhu and his entourage of forty-six show girls came to Shunzhen Gate under the leadership of the eunuchs.

Then six people entered the hall in a row and let the emperor and concubines choose to see. Hui Zhu and Hui Ya belong to the Yellow Flag, and since there are very few show girls in the Yellow Flag this time, they are lined up in front of the list to be selected. At this time, Huizhu and Huiya were arranged in the second row, and the first row was all show girls under Zhenghuang.

I don't know how it was chosen, but after a while, Huizhu saw someone coming out inside. It was the six show girls in the first row, except for one who looked average, but whose family background was the best in this year, and walked out with a happy face, and after proudly glancing at the people waiting for selection, Fang followed the little eunuch with a smile on his face and left. As for the other four, most of them looked depressed, and only one of them looked calm.

Without waiting for Huizhu to think about it, she heard the eunuch next to her call her row of show girls into the hall to be selected.

A row of show girls knelt on the ground according to the rules that had been rehearsed in advance, and asked for peace: "Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live, mother, thousand years old, thousands of years old." ”

With the ups and downs of please Ansheng, Huizhu's mood is now both scared and excited, afraid that she will be selected, and excited to see the real Kangxi Emperor. However, she didn't forget that this was the Qing Dynasty, where the imperial power was supreme, so she had to try to calm down, staring at her toes without squinting, trying to make her look inconspicuous.

"No courtesy." A voice that was not loud, but full of majesty and oppression, sounded. Huizhu knew that the person who spoke was Kangxi, and she heard the voice of Emperor Kangxi three hundred years ago!

Huizhu took a deep breath, barely held back her mind, and kept hinting to her that she had to be stable, she must be stable, she couldn't lose her big because of a small thing, and a comfortable life in the future was the most important thing. After some self-indulgence, she stabilized her mind a little, and she didn't want to think that Kangxi's voice sounded again: "Which one is the second one on the left?" ”

The second on the left? The second on the left? Isn't that her!

Huizhu couldn't, secretly exhaled and inhaled, Fang stepped forward and replied: "Back to the emperor, the slave and maid belong to the yellow flag, and they are the daughters of Niu Hulu Lingzhu, Niu Hulu Huizhu. ”

When Emperor Kangxi heard this, he looked at the tray in the eunuch's hand again, sighed lightly, and said to himself: "Well, there are two girls of the right age in this Niu Hulu family this time, well, this one looks better, steady and steady." Then I saw Kangxi point his hand into the tray, and with a wave of his hand, he immediately heard the eunuch shouting: "Under the inlaid yellow flag, Niu Hulu Huizhu, the daughter of Niu Hulu Lingzhu, the concubine of the four-grade ceremony, leave a brand." After a pause, he shouted loudly: "Show girls thank the emperor." ”

Hearing this, Huizhu was completely stunned. Then, he just left with the eunuch in a daze, and returned to the room of Chuxiu Palace to sit in a daze, not knowing what Huiya said. When he came down again, a little eunuch came to inform him that if he didn't leave, he would close the palace gate. She suddenly sobered up, saw Hui Ya waiting for her with a worried face, smiled embarrassedly, said a few more words, and then took Hui Ya's hand out of the palace and got into the carriage of the Internal Affairs Mansion to return to the house.

Huizhu was sitting in silence on the carriage, suddenly felt stumbling, guessed that it was here, raised her eyes and glanced out of the car window at random, then suddenly got up, opened the door curtain, ran out of the carriage, threw herself into Zhang Jia's arms and shouted Eniang, and then cried as if venting.

Zhang Jiashi looked at Huizhu who was crying loudly, and a let down heart was lifted again. Early this morning, she inquired that all the show girls with yellow flags had been selected, and they were all sent back by the carriage of the Internal Affairs Office. It stands to reason that Huizhu should come back at about the same time, but Huizhu and Huiya sisters have not come back for a long time, and the family has been worried for a long time. But now? finally saw Huizhu come back, and cried so sadly. Zhang Jiashi had no choice but to temporarily suppress the doubts and worries in his stomach, persuaded Huizhu softly, and helped him into the house.

Back in the main hall, Zhang Jiashi figured out the whole story from Hui Ya, and then sent the servants sent by Hui Ya's mother and daughter and the old lady to inquire about the news, and after explaining that Mama Zhao should not let anyone disturb him, he went straight to Hui Zhu's bedroom. Facing Huizhu, who was sitting on the kang, he comforted: "Daughter, don't cry, crying makes my mother's heart break." Now that you have been left with a sign by the Holy Lord, it is also a gratifying thing. E-Niang knows that you don't care about this, but it's a foregone conclusion, and the way forward is still to go. But according to Eniang, you don't have to be too sad, you should marry into the clan. Judging from the people in the current clan, it is quite likely that you will be pointed out to several royal brothers. ”

Hearing this, Huizhu was puzzled, and looked at Zhang Jiashi with inquiring eyes. Didn't she enter the palace, and didn't have to be the little wife of the fifty-year-old Emperor Kangxi? As soon as she thought that she didn't have to go to the bloodless harem, she instantly felt like she was turning around. From the worst news to the average news, it took a long time for Huizhu to come back to her senses.

After listening to Zhang Jia's explanation, I realized that she was mistaken, and the Empress Xiu who entered the palace would announce that she would stay on the spot, instead of being like her. Knowing what was going on, Huizhu's heart relaxed a lot, so she simply told Zhang Jiashi the reason for crying.

But Zhang Jiashi didn't smile, but looked at Huizhu with a little worry in his eyes and said, "My son, it's Eniang who is sorry for you, and you will ...... in the future." Although you don't need to enter the palace, according to the conditions of our house, you can only be a concubine if you marry the clan, unless you are a lonely child of the clan, you can be a side room. Forget it, it's useless to talk about this, we can only wait for the decree to come down and discuss it now...... Why was it you, not the third girl......" It was not too late to speak, Zhang Jiashi seemed to be unable to stop it anymore, his eyes were red, and tears followed.

Crying and worrying, Huizhu at this time has accepted the facts, who is not marrying this time, and I never thought that I would meet someone I love in the Qing Dynasty and marry him again. Indeed, when she first heard the news, she thought that she was going to enter the palace and marry Kangxi, who was older than her Amma, and it would be difficult to see her parents and brothers in the future. Now that we've determined that it's not, it's fine. Although I am very reluctant to be a concubine in the future, it is only because of the low status of the concubine that she is not as popular as the concubine, and there is nothing else.

After figuring it out, Huizhu noticed that Zhang Jia, who had loved her for more than ten years, was sad and sad because she was going to be a concubine, and Ling Zhu and the eldest brother and younger brother who were worried about her in the main house, couldn't help but be annoyed that she was unconscious and emotional.

So he comforted the crying Zhang Jia, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Eniang, don't cry, it's your daughter who made a mistake, as long as you don't enter the palace, your daughter will be able to see you." Besides, according to her daughter's character, even if she is a concubine, she will live well, and she will never be bullied. Okay, E-Niang, my daughter hasn't eaten a drop of rice all day, and I guess Ama and E-Niang are also worried that I won't have dinner. My daughter went to tell the kitchen to prepare food, and then our family had a good meal in the main house. My daughter hasn't relaxed in the palace for a month, so I'm waiting to go home and have a big meal. As he spoke, he stood up, and after turning around in front of Zhang Jia's family, Fang smiled and said, "Eniang, do you see if I have lost weight, this trip to the palace is also rewarding." ”

Zhang Jiashi looked at Huizhu who was trying to make her laugh, although she was still sad, she also cheered up, and reluctantly smiled: "I know that you are a glutton, I called the kitchen early and prepared your favorite food." After saying that, both of them laughed, no longer mentioned the matter of marriage, and said something else.

Later, seeing that the atmosphere was better, the mother and daughter left Huizhu's boudoir and walked to the main house.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a ten-year-old boy in a blue robe running over, holding Huizhu's hand, and said in a childish voice: "Sister, Ama and Big Brother and I have been waiting for you for a long time. I miss my sister so much...... Sister, don't cry, if anyone bullies you, I will avenge you. ”

Looking at the lively, cute and very caring Junxian, Huizhu couldn't help but smile, lost her troubles, touched this Junxian's head and said: "Okay, sister knows, our virtuous brother has grown up and can protect his sister, he is a man." As he spoke, he took Duan Xian's hand and entered the main room, and after sitting down at the round table where the paint was dropped, Fang looked at Ling Zhu and Junde, and said in a cheerful voice: "Let Ama and my brother worry, my daughter really shouldn't be." But now my daughter is very hungry, so let's eat. ”