Who knew that the show girl was not angry, turned around, and helped Changge up with a smile and said, "It's okay, sister, please get up." ”

Changge got up and saw that it was a dignified and elegant young lady, only to see that the young lady was also looking at her, and said a little distractedly: "Dare to ask my sister's name and where she lives?" ”

When Changge heard this, he replied: "Gu Changge, my father is Gu Qingsong, the governor of Jiangnan. ”

"It turned out to be the daughter of Lord Gu, no wonder my sister is so beautiful, my name is Lu Yuzhen, and my father is Lu Feng, the servant of the ministry," Lu Yuzhen said with a smile.

Changge nodded, and Lu Yuzhen started talking to Ge. Lu Yuzhen has a graceful bearing and good manners, although it is only the first time they have met, Changge has a good impression of her.

"Seeing my sister just now reminded me of an old friend of mine, so I lost my temper for a while, and I ask my sister to forgive me."

"My sister is worried a lot, but where is this old man of my sister now?"

Lu Yuzhen sighed: "She married far away from the southwest, and I haven't seen her for a year." But now my sister and I are very close to each other, and if I am lucky enough to enter the palace, I can also be a companion in the future. ”

Changge nodded: "My sister thinks the same way." At this moment, the eunuch in charge walked in and summoned the next group of show girls to go to the Chuxia Hall to face the saint, Lu Yuzhen happened to be in this group, Changge smiled and encouraged her, and then looked at the sky outside the window alone.

The Imperial City of Dongyue was majestic and majestic, and Changge looked at the sky outside the window, and somehow his head suddenly ached. What's going on, I haven't had this symptom for a year, why is it now...... It hurts, Changge clenched his hand, took out a pill from the small jade bottle in his sleeve and swallowed it, gritted his teeth and endured it, and finally ...... Changge calmed his aura and tried to look no different from everyone else. The show girls entered batch after batch, and by the time the long song was in the afternoon.

The sun was sunny and warm outside, Changge and several show girls stood in front of the Chuxia Hall and waited, because there were many show girls this time, the little eunuch first presented the prepared portrait to the emperor, and then the emperor picked out the show girls he was interested in to enter the Chuxia Hall for questioning. For this reason, the Zhenguo government does not know how much money it has spent to check up and down in case something goes wrong. Changge stood outside the hall waiting, the sun was shining on her a little dizzy, she took a deep breath, trying to calm her mind.

"Gu Changge, the daughter of Gu Qingsong, the governor of Jiangnan, is seventeen years old, and she is selected in the palace." The inner prison's shrill voice came from inside the hall.

Changge walked into the Chuxia Hall with a light gait, Ying Ying bowed down, and said in a voice like a clear spring: "The courtier Gu Changge greets the emperor and the queen, may the emperor live long live and be healthy, and the queen will be auspicious." ”

The Chuxia Hall is wide and empty, the emperor sitting on the jade platform wears a crown on his head, and twelve white jade beads hang down from his forehead, so that people can't see the appearance clearly.

"Have you ever read?" The emperor's warm voice was a little ethereal in this empty Chuxia Palace, as if he had heard it somewhere.

Changge thought for a while, and replied softly: "I've only read "Women's Rules", and I just know a few words." ”

The emperor nodded, "Well, this book is about women's virtues, not bad. Bai Yuzhu rang, and the emperor could only be heard: "What's your name?" ”

"Gu Changge" Changge said with his head down.

The emperor stopped talking, and at this time, the empress said to the eunuch with a pleasant face: "Governor Gu teaches her daughter to be in a good way, write it down." ”

Changge bowed and bowed, and then silently withdrew from the Chuxia Palace, although it was already expected to be selected, but his heart still sank, and when he looked back at the Chuxia Palace, the emperor's face became more and more blurred.

Is that high-ranking Ninety-Five Supreme his future husband, and will this majestic imperial city be his home in the future, or is it a cage for his eternal life?

Walking out of the Chuxia Palace, the sky has slightly revealed the sunset, Changge looked at some of the sunset in the sky, and his heart was mixed. The older palace maid came up to congratulate her and said, "Congratulations to Miss for seeing the sky." He ordered the two little eunuchs to follow Changge, who took out the silver he had prepared to reward her, and followed her to Taixiangmen.

When the two of them saw Changge returning, they hurriedly took out their cloaks and put them on her, and only after they got into the carriage did they ask about today's situation. After Changge replied a few words casually, he felt bored in his heart, so he leaned on the cushion and took a nap.

Before entering Dongyu Street, the two little eunuchs who followed the carriage clapped their hands, and Changge knew that this was the rule in the palace. Whenever an official woman is selected, the palace chief will definitely send two little eunuchs to follow until the new palace concubine enters the palace. When the people of the town and country government saw it, they learned that Changge was selected to return home, and hurriedly lit the firecrackers and fireworks that had been prepared for a long time.

The Duke of Zhenguo led a group of family members to kneel down and said, "The ministers welcome the mother home safely." Changge had mixed feelings in his heart, and because there were people in the palace here, he had no choice but to say: "Uncle, please get up, let's go in and talk." ”

Zhen Guogong got up and followed Changge into the house, and at this time, only Changge and Zhen Guogong's family were left in the house. Changge knelt down and cried: "Thank you uncle for your care and attention in the past few months, please accept Changge's worship." ”

Zhen Guogong hurriedly picked up the long song and said: "Niangniang can't help it, Niangniang is talented, virtuous and virtuous, and it is God's will to be selected." ”

Changge heard this and hurriedly said: "Uncle doesn't need to shirk, if there is no uncle up and down, Changge is really difficult to be selected." ”

And Ziyu, Liu and Wu were surrounded by others, all speechless, only weeping and speechless. After a long day's work, coupled with his distraught, Changge only drank a little rock sugar pear soup and returned to Ruiyuxuan to rest. The candles were blown out, and only one room of clear light remained in the entire Ruiyu Xuan.

Early the next morning, there were eunuchs in the palace to announce the decree, and the prince of Zhenguo took a kind of relatives to the hall to listen to the decree: "On the second day of November in the third year of Shengping, the edict is submitted: Gu Changge, the daughter of Gu Qingsong, the governor of Jiangnan, is sealed with the six pins of Baolin, and enters the palace tomorrow. ”

When Changge heard this, he couldn't help but have tears rolling down his eyes, but he reluctantly smiled and calmly accepted the order. Zhen Guogong had already prepared a reward gift to send to the eunuch Xuanzhi, and led him to tea. As soon as the people left, Ziyu plunged into Changge's arms and cried: "My sister will enter the palace tomorrow, I don't know when we will be able to meet." ”

"Good sister, don't cry" Changge took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears and comforted: "When the banquet is held in the palace in the future, our sisters will still have a chance to meet." ”

When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but choke up, and only heard Liu say: "Changge, in the future, when you enter the palace, you must fight openly and secretly, no matter what, you must save yourself and save the lives of our family." ”

Changge nodded according to his words, "Grandmother, Changge understands these truths. ”

Because he was going to enter the palace tomorrow, Changge talked to everyone about his son and returned to Ruiyuxuan early to get ready. was packing up his things, only to hear a knock on the door, and when he pushed the door, it turned out to be his cousin Guo Zixiang.

I saw that his eyes were slightly wet, and he said softly: "Disturb my sister." ”

Changge never thought that Guo Zixiang would come to her, and said softly: "I don't know what my cousin is looking for me?" ”

"Oh, it's not a big deal," he said after a moment's hesitation, then took another piece of paper from his cuff; "There is a physician I know, his name is Qi Wang, and he is the most cautious. I have been kind to him before, and if you need it in the future, you can go to him. ”

Changge took the small piece of paper, not knowing how to thank him, Guo Zixiang seemed to guess what Changge was thinking, "Cousin doesn't need to take it to heart, this is just a gesture, you also have a lot of things to do today, I'll go first, look at the future, cherish." ”

Changge settled down, let Yidong send Guo Zixiang away, and sat on the stool and looked at the paper.

In addition to the detailed information of the imperial physician, it also recorded the relationship between some concubines in the palace. Changge looked at it carefully, and finally saw the word "cherished" at the end. Changge's heart warmed, and he only put the paper in his clothes.

It was just after noon, Ziyu walked in with two boxes, and before the sound of "sister......" ended, tears flowed.

"Why are you crying again?" Changge hurriedly sat her down and wiped away her tears.

Ziyu took a breath and said, "Sister, you must be careful when you go to the palace." ”

Changge nodded with tears in her eyes, and brought her some pastries, Ziyu took a sip of Yuhua tea, and said: "Sister, I brought you the shadow puppet today, if you have no one to accompany you after you enter the palace, call a few people to perform a shadow puppet show to relieve your boredom, okay?" ”

"Okay, sister, listen to you." Changge's heart was sour when he heard this, and he rolled down tears, after today, he can no longer talk to Ziyu like this, there are many rules in the palace, and I don't know when we will be able to meet.

Seeing that she was sad, Ziyu hurriedly stopped her tears and cheered up: "Sister, can I sing a shadow puppet show to you?" I just learned it with Xiaohuan two days ago. ”

"Okay, can you teach my sister to sing?" Changge wiped his tears and smiled.

Ziyu nodded, took out two shadow puppets from the box, and ordered Xiaohuan to set up a shelf.

"The lake reflects the waves, the building is accompanied by the three pools, the boat is lightly pulled, the peach and plum in the wind are timid in the spring, the green mountains are crying cuckoos everywhere, the smoke waves paint the boat, how is this spring cold? Leaving home to go to the country and returning, the splendid Chang'an night is not young, that person who thinks about it for a long time, where have you gone now......"

"I once remembered that the green plum wrapped around the old tree roots on the bed, and you sighed lightly with a handful of fragrant tea; That year, Lang rode a bamboo horse to pick up lantern flowers, you are a legend with unparalleled elegance, this kind of lake light and water color, but it is a red flying flower......"

Ziyu and Xiaohuan sang, and the long song looked up at the corner of the sky, and there was not a trace of clouds in the blue sky.

"The rivers and lakes are the same, and the old people are gone; Life is like a dream, and Shaohua has passed away...... Dreaming of the capital, how many have fallen without a trace; Wake up from a big dream, the flowers fall, and I am left alone to taste this love, hate, hatred, hatred, and resentment......"

At the end of the play, the long song burst into tears, and the sky was already covered with sunset, like the nine-colored glass light above the hated sky. Changge didn't know if he was sad for the people in the play, or if he was paying tribute to the inexplicable loss in his heart.