Mo Li said softly: "When you enter the palace, you will inevitably have to pay a little bit, and when you meet a palace person who needs to be rewarded, you must not save it." ”

"The princess ......" The corners of Murong Wan's eyes were slightly red, but she didn't expect Mo Li to even plan these for her.

"You can't shed tears, or your makeup will be spent." Mo Li smiled and squeezed her hand, "Let's go, don't let the people in the palace wait for a long time." ”

Outside the gate of the Beining Palace, a white-faced and beardless palace man bowed respectfully with a sharp voice: "Miss Murong, please get on the sedan chair." ”

Murong Wan glanced back at the lintel of the palace, after all, he was the landlord who was born and raised by himself, and he didn't know when he would come back after leaving.

Seeing the person looking at him with a smile on the steps at the door, Murong Wan suddenly turned around and said, "Sister Jinxi, take care!" ”

She had long wanted to call her sister, but she didn't say it because of her status. Mo Li stepped forward to support her: "Sister also take care, don't worry about things at home." ”

Simple and peaceful, as if her sister was sending her sister out, it warmed Murong Wan's heart again.

Over there, Danyu had already stepped forward and stuffed a purse into the hands of the palace people: "Father-in-law is hard, this is our princess to reward my father-in-law, and I will have to bother my father-in-law to take care of my young lady in the future." ”

The palace people did not shirk, and pinched the purse when they stuffed it into the sleeve pocket, the thin paper must be a silver ticket, and the two round beads do not know what they are, but as far as the silver ticket is concerned, this reward is not less.

The smile suddenly piled up all over his face: "Thank you to the princess for the reward." ”

Mo Li smiled lightly and patted the back of Murong Wan's hand: "Let's get on the sedan chair." ”

Murong Wan took a deep breath and was helped by Qiu Yu to get into the sedan chair.

Mo Li looked at the group of people who were hurrying towards the palace, and sighed lightly, not knowing what kind of road would be in front of Murong Wan.

Just as he was about to turn around and go home, he inadvertently glanced at the corner of the street diagonally opposite, and saw a cyan figure wearing a hat standing in the shade of a tree, it was Chen Kang, a partial general of the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

At this time, Chen Kang's gaze was also moving back from the street where the sedan chair could not be seen, and Mo Li saw the faint sadness in his eyes.

At this time, there were still many people in front of the Bac Ninh Palace, so it was naturally not the time to speak. Besides, Mo Li also knew that no matter what she said, she couldn't appease this young man's heart, so it was better to let time dilute everything. Pretending not to see it, he turned around and entered the house.

Chen Kang pressed the hat down and left in the other direction. Growing up to such a big age, it was the first time that I was moved by the girl, but I didn't want to be a step too late, and I finally became a stranger.

……

Not all people are like Murong Wan and Sun Xiaoxue who are afraid to avoid entering the palace, most of the girls in the official eunuch family want to take this opportunity to fly on the branches and become phoenixes, and their parents want their daughters to become a boost in their careers, so there are more than 200 show girls who have been screened into the palace this time, and there are many women who have entered Beijing from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty in the mid-term.

The process of selection was complicated and rigorous, and after one hurdle after another, only thirty people remained. Murong Wan didn't know if she was lucky or good enough, and watching the people around her become fewer and fewer day by day, her heart was both relieved and nervous.

This morning, the freshening has been completed, and the housekeeper came to report that today the palace painter will paint a small portrait of the show girl. Murong Wan glanced at Qiu Yu, and Qiu Yu immediately understood, took out a small purse and stuffed it into Mama's hand: "Mama has worked hard!" ”

On the day of entering the palace, the small bag given by the princess was full of small purses, Murong Wan asked Qiu Yu to count them, and there were silver tickets ranging from five taels to fifty taels in the purses of different colors, and some of them also added gold beans, and there was a stack of silver tickets of various denominations in the largest purse.

At that time, Murong Wan looked at this little burden, and couldn't help but have tears in the corners of her eyes, not because of how much silver Mo Li gave her, but because this intention is not something that anyone can do. It is precisely because of this burden that she has been courteous everywhere after entering the palace, whether it is teaching Mama Xi or waiting for the palace people, they all praise the dignified atmosphere of the young lady of the Beining Palace.

Today, this grandmother won the reward, and she was naturally happy, and she talked in detail about what kind of clothes she should wear and what kind of bun she should comb when painting a small portrait, and specially called two palace maids who were good at grooming to redress Murong Wan. Before leaving, Mama also quietly told Qiu Yu that the painter must be respected, the etiquette should not be taken lightly, and the painter must be able to experience it as soon as he comes.

The meaning of these words is clear, but the small image is to be presented to the emperor, naturally it is necessary to draw more beautifully, but this beauty is also exquisite, that is, it must not be true and highlight the characteristics of the beauty, otherwise it will be lost in the end.

Qiu Yu said that, as soon as the painter arrived, he respectfully presented a purse. The painter took the opportunity to mix the ink and quietly opened it to see that it was actually two hundred taels, and the smile on his face immediately became more modest. You must know that his annual Fenglu is only a few dozen taels. The reward of other show girls is at most fifty taels, and this young lady from the Bac Ninh Royal Mansion is really extraordinary, and it is two hundred taels as soon as she makes a move.

The painter asked Murong Wan's opinion while painting, and finally presented it to her, and when she was satisfied, he respectfully took the portrait and went back to the errand.

Thirty small statues were quickly presented to the imperial study, Zhang Dehui waited by his side since the emperor was still the prince, and when he saw that the emperor had finished replying to the recital in his hand, he reminded softly: "Your Majesty, can you see the small statue of the show girl?" ”

"Bring it."

Zhang Dehui took the scrolls and unfolded them one by one, while observing the emperor's face.

The emperor looked at it one by one, and there was no change on his face, but he said indifferently: "Let's put it aside first." ”

After that, he picked up a copy again and began to approve.

Zhang De saw that the emperor was not interested in the small statue of the show girl, and only thought that he didn't like it too much, so he put the painting scroll back on the square table on the side, packed it up, and stood behind the emperor, ready to wait at any time.

When the new emperor was still the crown prince, in addition to the crown princess Yuan, there were two other concubines, and the Yuan family has now been established as the queen, and the two concubines have been named Jieyu and Beauty, but the harem is really empty, so under the strong advice of the ministers, there is this draft.

Since his accession to the throne, the current emperor has devoted himself to state affairs, and even Queen Yuan only went there once in ten days, and the number of times the two concubines could see the emperor could be counted on one hand. For this reason, the Empress Dowager has repeatedly hinted that Zhang De will remind the emperor to go to the harem more often and not always stay in the imperial study.

Of course, it is good for the emperor to be diligent in state affairs, but he can't be indifferent to the concubines in the palace because of this, otherwise how can he make the emperor's heir prosperous.

Thinking about this, Zhang Dehui took the opportunity to change tea and said, "Your Majesty, where are you going to rest tonight?" ”