Xuan Ye and his grandmother have long had a tacit understanding about the draft, this time they want to leave the sister of the imperial concubine, it just so happens that the emperor has not returned from the tour, but the girls of the flags have already entered Beijing, so there is no reason to make them wait for a long time. Now that the imperial concubines, concubines and four concubines are complete, the selection of low-ranking concubines can be presided over by the empress dowager or the empress dowager, and this time to leave Xiao Tong Jia's family, no matter what the ministers think of the above, Xuan Ye will not come forward in person, and there will be something to say to those ministers in the future.

After all, everyone's age and identity are among the candidates, and if they don't stay, they don't want to continue to expand the power of Tong's relatives, and they are the queen mother and the queen mother, and they just keep the brand according to the rules.

Concubine Rong is taking care of everything related to this draft, she had no intention of asking the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to come forward, and patiently waited for the return of the holy car, but today the Imperial Concubine called her, saying that it was not appropriate to let the show girls gather outside the palace and wait for too long, Concubine Rong came to Cining Palace with the Imperial Concubine to ask for a decree, how did she know that the Imperial Concubine was instructed by the family, in order to be able to keep her sister smoothly.

For her sister to enter the palace, the imperial concubine has always been resentful, after the queen mother was willing to leave, and left everything behind, Concubine Rong felt that the imperial concubine should be instructed by someone to come here, the draft should have been arranged by the emperor early in the morning, secretly sighing that there is no big family to rely on outside the palace, there is no one to discuss in case of major events, and in the past, Concubine Hui assisted from the side, she can always figure out the holy will through the Pearl Mansion, this time the queen mother did not let her take care of the draft, people hung high, did she still stick it to find her.

In this way, Concubine Rong brought it up when she was relaxing with Lan Qi, and said to her more frankly: "You are the same as me, you are only born in this one thing and are not as good as others, but you like to be entrusted with important tasks, I know that it is not easy for me to go step by step, if you take care of the affairs of the six palaces in the future, it will be hard without support from outside the palace." ”

At that time, Lan Qi didn't quite understand why things in the palace depended on people outside the palace, it can be seen that Concubine Rong said sincerely, and she was really hardworking, and she thought that the Empress Dowager and Xuan Ye were looking forward to her very much, and she was even more determined to learn her skills and wait patiently for that day to come.

This draft was presided over by the Queen Mother, and it was also the first time that the Queen Mother presided over such a big event, the Queen Mother did not come forward in person, in order to train her daughter-in-law to be able to sit in the harem in the future, the Queen Mother has felt more and more lazy and heavy over the years, although the foundation is still good and the spirit is good, but I know that the twilight of the late years, living for an extra year is a gift from God, looking back on the magnificent life, and now when the sun sets, I am more willing to lead a caring and sensible child like Lan Qi to finish life peacefully.

On the day of the draft, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong accompanied the Queen Mother to wait in Cining Palace, the Imperial Concubine and the Concubine followed the Queen Mother to preside over the selection, early in the morning the draft girl had entered the Shenwu Gate to Shunzhen Gate to wait, there were household officials in the management there, and then the eunuchs were introduced by the shift, five people per class, selected by the Queen Mother, or left a sign or a sign, and then returned to their own families.

This round of selection, until dusk, the queen mother led the imperial concubine and the concubine to return to life, the three of them were tired, sitting for a day and watching the girls pass by in front of them, the queen mother smiled and said: "I was dazzled when I saw the back, and looked at the five people standing in a row, how to give birth to a look." ”

Let's say that marrying a wife and marrying a concubine Nase, it is the turn of the show girls who enter the palace at this time, except for Xiao Tong Jia's noble background, other women with noble backgrounds, most of them are put up to let them marry on their own or the emperor will marry in the future, and most of them can stay, most of them are from average backgrounds, in order to fill the harem to serve the emperor, and there is not much help in politics, so the queen mother has already been instructed by the queen mother, and the best ones among the show girls are the best, and those who are too charming and beautiful to be retained, and those who are not suitable to enter the palace with their net worth are recorded in the list early. Eliminated one by one.

The imperial concubine has always been gloomy and did not see joy, after the resumption of life, the queen mother did not appreciate the meal, so she left on the grounds of physical fatigue, she did not want to stay, and then the four concubines Hui Fei and Yi Concubine also left, only the queen mother, the queen mother, Concubine Rong and Lan Qi accompanied to dinner, during the banquet, the queen mother smiled: "The imperial concubine is naturally beautiful, is a superior beauty, but her sister's appearance is very ordinary, that look is random in the palace, I don't know if the eyebrows will open in the future, whether it is a different posture." Speaking of which, the concubines didn't think that the new children didn't look good in the past, and today I don't know how tired they are, or if this year's show girls are not as good as in the past, there are not many children who are eye-catching, and it is really hard to think about the emperor's choice in the past. ”

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, naturally can't see the posture, this woman's posture and rely on physical and mental temperament to raise, but if she doesn't have a crooked nose and squinted eyes, she knows how to maintain and dress up, and she will naturally become more and more beautiful year by year." ”

Concubine Rong pulled Lan Qi and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager said that we are Concubine De, when the concubine first saw her, she was just a beautiful little girl, her eyebrows have gradually opened over the years, and she is so beautiful when she is pregnant with a child." ”

For a while, all the young and old made fun of Lan Qi, but she was good-natured and thick-skinned, not only did she praise her and did not listen to what she said, but the Queen Mother liked her even more when she saw her like this, and the mother and son had a meal very happily, and then agreed on the matter of the newcomer entering the palace, and the major event of the draft was decided.

Concubine Rong sent the Queen Mother back to Ningshou Palace at night, she was still very energetic after a day of idleness in Cining Palace, and the Queen Mother said that she wanted to sit for too long and wanted to scatter and move her muscles, and the two walked back to Ningshou Palace together, gossiping a few words on the way, but the Queen Mother mentioned it: "The newcomer enters the palace, and he must live scattered with the lord, and there must be someone in your Jingyang Palace, if he can be liked by the emperor, he will remember you more in the future, and you are still young." But you have to teach newcomers well, and don't have any more people like Nala and Guo Luoluo. ”

Concubine Rong knew that the Queen Mother was referring to the two dead nobles, and she replied in her mouth, but she knew in her heart that such extreme ones were really a minority, and then thinking about the madness of the noble Yikun Palace, it was difficult to escape the blame, and Guo Guiren was a person from the Yikun Palace, no wonder the Queen Mother was unhappy, after all, the biological mother of the fifth elder brother she loved was the one in Yikun Palace.

Sure enough, when I heard the Queen Mother mention the fifth elder brother, she sighed: "How good it would be if this child was born to you." ”

Concubine Rong didn't want to talk behind people's backs, and she and Concubine Yi had never had a bad relationship, but just quietly listened to the Queen Mother's verbosity, and after sending her back to Ningshou Palace, she went back by herself.

A few days later, on the auspicious day, the selected show girl officially entered the palace, and the position she promised to be there is still unknown, which will have to wait for Xuan Ye to come back, if the sister of the imperial concubine has already set a concubine, naturally there will be a canonization ceremony, so she is not in a hurry to do it now.

On this day, the imperial concubine and the concubines sat in turn in the Chengqian Palace to meet the newlyweds, and more than a dozen fresh young girls stood in the center of the hall. The emperor may bring one or two when he returns from his eastern tour, and the imperial concubines and concubines in the palace are not declining, and the fate of the newcomers is not necessarily good.

The girls of Yingying Yanyan are fresh and cute, with different temperaments, the imperial concubine will disperse after a few words, the newcomers will retreat, and the concubine Rong will leave, and she will suddenly hear Wen Guifei smile and say: "The concubine also thought that the sister of Queen Hesheri should also enter the palace this year, it turned out that she was still young, but the sister of the imperial concubine finally saw it, and she had seen it once or twice when she was at home before, and she was a big girl in the blink of an eye." ”

The imperial concubine glanced at her, did not speak coldly, with a posture of wanting to chase away guests, and saw that Concubine Wen did not move, so she left first, but heard her sneer: "Most of the sisters in this palace have a bad life, and Concubine Yi is the most painful, and now you see Princess Kejing every day, and you see the former residence of your sisters, are you not sad and sad?" ”

Concubine Yi looked embarrassed and responded embarrassedly: "The concubine is the best tribute to her sister in her private heart, and she died as a guilty person, and the concubine, as a royal concubine, should not be sad for the guilty." ”

Concubine Wen smiled bitterly: "You can push it clean, this palace thinks of my sister every night, and you can't be as ruthless as you, she kept this palace in order when she was alive, don't you still do things according to the rules she set in the past?" Speaking of which, I'm tired of you thinking about her a lot. ”

Everyone knows that Concubine Wen has a strange temperament, who knows what kind of temper she committed today, Concubine Hui stopped beside Concubine Yi and didn't let her speak again, and the imperial concubine also left without saying a word, and Concubine Wen saw that no one ignored her, and soon left.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Rong came out together, and Concubine Yi said hatefully: "Concubine Guifei is really strange, does she want the six palaces to ignore her, do you have to step on people's feet?" ”

Concubine Hui pulled her and signaled not to talk too much, Concubine Rong knew that there were some words that she should not listen to, so she dispersed in front of the gate of Chengqian Palace with a few polite words, but the three of them saw that the gate of Yonghe Palace was open, and someone cleaned it in and out, and only after walking away did Concubine Yi say sourly: "The emperor is about to return to Luan, is she still waiting in Cining Palace?" ”

Sure enough, as Concubine Yi said, because of the holy drive, the Empress Dowager asked Lan Qi to move back to Yonghe Palace to live, this day the three saw Yonghe Palace cleaning, one is that Concubine De has not been here for several days, in addition, the hospital has come to prepare the delivery room, Concubine De is in labor in June, because of her weak body can not keep any accidents, these are prepared in advance, in case Concubine De gives birth at any time.

It was Lan Qi who took a soft sedan chair back to Yonghe Palace, was closing her eyes and recuperating, and heard the laughter in front of her, and soon the laughter gradually stopped, and she heard Huan Chun say outside: "Master, it is the new show girls who have entered the palace, do you see it?" ”

"You don't have to see me, you go and say something for me, I'm not physically convenient, it's not too late to see each other in the future." Lan Qi commanded like this, the sedan chair still moved forward, she knew that those show girls should be standing by the palace road, slightly raised the curtain and saw a row of young girls standing with their heads down, remembering that she was standing in such a place and was seen by the emperor, how could she have thought at that time, she Wuya Lanqi would have today.

After Huan Chunlai said a few polite words to a few newcomers, he left with the master, the newcomers were relieved, and some people looked at the sedan chair in the distance fixedly, and heard someone say: "I really want to see what Concubine De looks like, what clothes she wears, Concubine De Niangniang is like that, the emperor will like it." ”

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