Chapter 222
The will of the draft came quickly and suddenly, and it didn't even give people time to react at all, and on the third day, Cen Yuan entered the palace to run for the election.
There were no elders in the Cen family in Beijing, and it was people from the Ministry of Etiquette who settled in the General's Mansion and guided Cen Yuan to choose etiquette in the few preparation times.
When Ling Miao learned the news, she was both surprised and angry.
This anger is not only because Cen Yuan is her friend and Ling Su's crush, but also because she knows that Cen Yuan has never thought of entering the palace, and General Cen has never had the idea of borrowing a woman to take the throne. And many ladies in the capital like Cen Yuan were recruited into the palace by a volume of holy decrees, and they were judged by their character and even stripped off their clothes to check whether they were perfect. From start to finish, they didn't have a choice.
"This is really ......" Gu Wan was also heartbroken, she had always liked Cen Yuan's hearty atmosphere, and her son was devoted to her, she was already ready to propose. Before, your brother also wrote a letter to General Cen asking for marriage, and although General Cen did not explicitly say that he would allow marriage, he also agreed eighty percent...... Now, how can it be good! β
She felt sorry for Cen Yuan, and she felt even more sorry for her son.
Ling Su was brought up by her, and Gu Wan knew best what temperament. Since getting the news of Cen Yuan's candidacy, Ling Su has not yet come out of the Wuding Marquis' mansion. Gu Wan was very worried, his son was weak, but his temperament was stubborn. Once you are tempted, you are sincere. As the saying goes, love is deep and longevity, and wisdom will hurt. It's easy to identify a girl, but in the blink of an eye, is she going to be beaten with a stick?
"Perhaps, there is room for dΓ©tente." Ling Miao bit her lip and deceived herself, "It's just a ...... to run."
This reason was too far-fetched for her to believe herself.
Cen Yuan's appearance is only middle-class, and she has a reputation for being fierce and rude, coupled with the news of the incident with the Marquis of Jinxiang a year ago, many people know that the Cen family and the Han family had an oral marriage contract. It stands to reason that Cen Yuan should not be on the candidate list at all. However, there is her.
Aside from being favored by the emperor, Ling Miao couldn't think of any other reason.
"Not really." Ling Hao shattered the glimmer of hope in Ling Miao's heart.
He sat in a large chair with a cup of tea in his hand, and his face was a little gloomy.
Gu Wan looked at him and frowned, "There really isn't half a point of hope?" β
Ling Hao shook his head slowly.
Ling Su is also the junior he is optimistic about. Within the scope of his ability, he certainly hoped that Ling Su would get what he wanted. But that girl from the Cen family ......
He raised his eyes, looked at Ling Miao, who had a sad look on his face, waved his hand and told all the maids to go down, before putting down the teacup and explaining slowly but cruelly: "If it weren't for Ah Miao's marriage, this time, I'm afraid it would be indispensable." β
"Huh?" Gu Wan's face changed, and he became more anxious, and the wrinkle between his brows became deeper and deeper. "What did Master Hou say about this?"
Ling Hao asked, "Ah Miaoke knows why?" β
Ling Miao's mind was still blank, she bit her lip tightly, thinking of her brother and Cen Yuan, her heart was full of colic. Wei Zifeng lost Chu Xuanhua, could it be that Ling Su also lost Cen Yuan?
It wasn't until Ling Hao asked again that she came back to her senses and smiled miserably, "The emperor doesn't take a fancy to Ayuan, right?" β
It is not so much that the emperor wants Cen Yuan, but that he wants General Cen's allegiance.
General Cen came from a humble background, and he relied on his own skills to fight for today's achievements. For the emperor who has been committed to suppressing the generals who have followed the first emperor over the years, it is the object that needs to be won over urgently, just like Ling Hao himself.
Xu is the seventh prince raised the dead before the emperor made the emperor very vigilant, or maybe it was the prestige of the second prince and Empress Shen that made the emperor frightened, in short, the emperor has become more and more impatient.
Although Ling Miao is not his own daughter, everyone knows that he loves Gu Wan, and can even risk the world's disapproval for Gu Wan. Ling Miao now lives in the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and everyone before and after him also calls his father, if it weren't for the previous emperor who personally married Ling Miao to Xiao Li, I'm afraid that this time it would be difficult to escape the fate of the draft into the palace. and Pingnan Hou Yanshu, I'm afraid I'm glad that my daughter is still young at this time, right?
Thinking of this, Ling Hao's handsome face had a stern mockery on it.
The dignified emperor, the ninety-five, is obviously supposed to be the rain of hands to control the court, but now he will only start from women. The Li family was before, and now it has become the Cen family. It's just that I don't know, General Weiyuan, who loves his daughter and is obsessed, will he feel the grace of heaven and be loyal to the emperor from now on, or will he be thunderous and angry, and he will be separated from the emperor?
This draft is the second in the twenty years of the emperor's reign. It came quickly, and it went quickly, but after three days, it was already over like a summer shower.
The emperor appointed four show girls to enter the palace, and among them, there was Cen Yuan.
Cen Yuan was named one of the four concubines, Concubine De, in order to show his attention to her, the emperor specially ordered her to be sent back to the general's mansion, and only three days later did she officially enter the palace. In addition, Shen Duyan, the daughter of the prefect of Zhejiang, was named a noble concubine with the title of Mei, and the remaining two show girls had a lower rank and did not have a title. These three people all stayed in the palace directly.
After the news spread, the most worried person was the Jinxiang Marquis Mansion. The previous reason about the Cen family and the Han family quitting was because the Cen family learned the news of the draft early, and the rumors that Cen Yuan intended to cling to the royal family came out of their family. Now Cen Yuan has been awarded the title of Concubine De, which seems to confirm this. The Han family did not gloat at all that the prophecy came true, on the contrary, from Mrs. Han to Han Qi, they were all worried - the reason why they dared to spread such rumors was because they knew that with Cen Yuan's appearance, temperament and reputation, it was impossible to be elected to the palace under any circumstances. This is also their short-sightedness, who would have thought that no family background or virtue or merit can be compared to a General Cen with a heavy army?
It's okay if Cen Yuan enters the palace if she is not favored, once she is favored, if she blows a pillow wind, the Jinxiang Marquis Mansion will be in danger!
Jin Xianghou was not afraid of guilt at this time, pointed at Mrs. Han's nose and scolded him, grounding people.
Ling Miao was worried about her brother, so she deliberately returned to the Marquis of Wuding's mansion.
However, in the past two or three days, Ling Su seemed to have changed as a different person.
The body is thinner, but the temperament around the body is no longer as warm as before, and it is a little more gloomy and gloomy.
Especially in his eyes, which always had a gentle smile, they were like a bottomless pool of water, pitch black and cold.
"Big Brother ......"
Ling Miao was extremely sad and didn't know how to comfort Ling Su.
"I'm fine." Ling Su stood in front of the window of the study with his hands in his hands, his eyes falling on the distant sky.
The heart-piercing pain, how can it be okay?
He only felt hatred, resentment, and anger in his heart, intertwined with heavy chagrin, as if he wanted to tear his whole person apart.
Suddenly, his hand was hot, and two drops of something fell on the back of his hand.
Ling Su turned around and saw his sister with tears rolling down.
"Why is this happening...... Ling Miao hugged Ling Su, "Brother, why?" β
She understood the reason for this as well as Ling Hao, and believed that Ling Su also knew, but she just couldn't understand it. Could it be that a woman's lifelong happiness is nothing in the eyes of those people?
Ling Su wordlessly took his sister into his arms and did not speak.
He couldn't tell his sister that he had already met Cen Yuan.
Just last night.
After Cen Yuan was sent back to the General's Mansion, she was accompanied by palace people, and she only waited for someone from the palace to officially take her into the palace three days later.
This kind of treatment is something that other show girls have never enjoyed, and even Concubine Li, who was the favorite of the harem at the beginning, was also sent into the palace in a small sedan chair. And in order to show his attention to the Cen family, the emperor actually allowed her to be a concubine. Degui Shuxian, the four concubines under the queen, the head of the four concubines, the first person in the palace except the queen.
Such a grace did not make Cen Yuan how glorious. Compared with Ling Su and Ling Miao, she was more panicked and uneasy, and she was even more painful. Obviously, she likes Brother Ling so much!
Getting rid of the palace people who were called care, but were actually surveillance, Cen Yuan sneaked out of the General's Mansion and found Ling Su.
The emperor's order was difficult to disobey, but she couldn't help but give Ling Su an explanation.
"Brother Ling." Under the cold moonlight, Cen Yuan stretched out his hand to Ling Su. In the palm of her hand, it was the red coral hairpin that Ling Su had personally inserted into her sideburns.
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