The vermilion palace wall is surrounded by thousands of times, and it is a symbol of majesty in the capital. The golden-roofed red door makes people look solemn, the glazed tiles sparkle in the sun, and the forbidden army who comes and goes to inspect holds heavy weapons and has an expressionless face.

The sedan chair that the show girls were riding stopped in front of the palace gate, and one by one the warblers and swallows came out of the sedan chair, all looking at the palace with longing eyes.

In the future, they will spend time in the walls of this thousand palaces.

Gu Ning couldn't hide the little excitement in his heart, and his joy was beyond words.

Mama Li stepped forward to report to the commander of the forbidden army, and after the report, the group slowly stepped into the palace gate.

The moment they step into the palace gate, all the show girls are no longer their original selves, they will eventually fade away from their immature and simple shells, and wear the gorgeous clothes that they sewed by themselves, only in this way can they live in the palace.

After walking through the palace gate, there is a long official road, and you can't see the end. Mama Li led the way in front, and warned them not to forget what they learned in the Etiquette Division.

"Everyone must have heard of the rules in the palace, and if you make a mistake, you will be punished. Now there are several concubines in the palace who are very favored by the emperor, and they must weigh their behavior and do things first, so as not to destroy their future. ”

Mama Li is a very good person, so she treats them bitterly. She was old, she had stayed in the palace for decades, and when she saw those young and beautiful women who had entered the palace, she thought that if she could help, she would try to help them.

Because the crying in the cold palace is too miserable, the day and night of grief makes life boring. If you can save one or two, save it.

Mama Li took them to the Qiankun Palace, and no one agreed for a long time after going in to report, and when she asked the father-in-law next to her, she knew that the emperor suddenly invited Prime Minister Murong to question, and she didn't come out for several hours, and she didn't know what she was discussing.

So he ordered the show girls to wait outside the hall.

The hall was lit with sandalwood, and on the throne of the gold-lacquered carved dragon, Liancheng closed his eyes and rested his mind, his fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, and sometimes he opened one eye and glanced at Murong who knelt down under His Highness, still without saying a word.

"Do you really think I can't do anything about you?" Patience, here in Liancheng, has long since disappeared.

"The emperor is the Ninety-Five Supreme, who governs the world and rules the Quartet, how can he have no way to take Weichen?" Murong's eyes drooped slightly, but he was still neither humble nor arrogant.

"Huh. Liancheng sneered. Also, he took the throne, so many people in the court have opinions about him, so what if there is more of this now?

"Murong, we used to be good brothers, right? Now, we are going back to each other because of our pursuit of differences, where did the original brotherhood go?" he asked, his tone sharp.

"Is the emperor talking to Weichen about brotherhood?"

Murong is still calm and breezy, the so-called brotherhood has long since disappeared in the consumption of power and money, and the rest is indifferent to the courtesy of monarchs and ministers.

"Or what do you think?" Liancheng's eyes suddenly became gloomy, and his fingers clenched at the edge of the armrest. He is always like this, there is no bottom line, he has repeatedly challenged his authority, he is already the ignorant teenager who stole school, so others should no longer look at him with ordinary eyes.

As the saying goes, don't bully young people into poverty.

He finally ascended to the position of Jiuding, finally stood at the top of power and overlooked all living beings, and finally survived poverty and cold eyes, so that everyone in the world admired him.

But the person in front of him, his former dearest brother, still looked at him with that kind of eyes, contempt and disdain, which was particularly dazzling to him.

His Royal Highness never heard a voice, his lowered eyebrows and eyes were just like others, he had no intention of resisting him, everything was just acceptable, anyway, he was begging for a living under him.

The dead silence in the hall, Liancheng suddenly felt annoyed, and slammed the jade seal on the ground, what is the use of asking for this thing?

Zhao Gonggong on the side couldn't help but exclaim, and hurriedly trotted to His Royal Highness to pick up the jade seal that had fallen and held it in his arms and wiped it carefully.

"Get out of here!"

Liancheng has never been able to hide his temperament, what he likes, what he hates, and even his anger is clearly written on his face.

Wechen retired. After receiving Liancheng's answer, Murong said lightly, then turned around and left mercilessly.

"Hey, my ancestor grandfather, this is the national seal, how can you say that you will fall?" Zhao Gonggong complained mercilessly, and he was the only one in the court who dared to talk to Liancheng like this.

He was dizzy, his muscles were bursting up, his fingertips were weakly kneading his temples, and his words were helpless, "I'm like this, but it's wrong?"

"How can there be so many rights and wrongs in the world? Different ways do not conspire with each other, you should be clear about the emperor. ”

can't tell the emperor whether what he did was right or wrong, Gonggong Zhao didn't know what kind of relationship he had with Murong, but he was making such a fuss today, and when he heard the word brother in the emperor's mouth, the two must have been close friends before.

What he didn't understand was that the emperor wanted to trouble Murong again and again, and the two were incompatible openly and secretly, why did he still keep his position as prime minister?

"I know that. ”

Gonggong Zhao looked at his eyes and cautiously mentioned: "Your Majesty, there is still a new show girl waiting outside the palace this year, you see?"

"Oh, yes, the beauties can't wait long for them all to come in. ”

I thought that the emperor was angry, and after hearing these irrelevant things, he was going to be angry and reprimand himself. Unexpectedly, he readily agreed.

Gonggong Zhao sighed, turned his head and shouted outside the hall: "Please invite the new show girl to enter the palace." ”

After Murong walked out of the Qiankun Palace, the show girls had already adjusted their state and were ready to meet the saint, when they heard the voice of Zhao Gonggong, they walked in one by one in an orderly manner.

The show girls are all as beautiful as flowers, standing in the hall like bright flowers, burying their heads, waiting for the emperor's interrogation.

They all looked up. He commanded.

Gu Ning couldn't wait to hear this, and looked at the man in front of him with autumn water in his eyes.

Swept lightly from their faces, they did not stop on a person's face, and the number of beauties that Liancheng had seen was countless, and no matter how beautiful the skin was, there was only a pile of white bones left after coming to the palace. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel upset, waved my hand, and said impatiently: "Go down!"

What does that mean? All in the palace, or are they all sent home?

Mama Li didn't leave, and she didn't go, so she had to look at Zhao Gong Gong for help.

Zhao Gonggong understood, and whispered in Liancheng's ear: "Your Majesty, now there is only one Ningxin Palace left in the harem, and the other little masters are afraid that they will live in the side hall." ”

Zhao Gonggong deliberately interpreted Liancheng's words as leaving all the show girls in the palace to see how he answered.

There is only one main palace, which means that only one show girl will be a concubine, and the others can only stoop to become concubines.

Lian Cheng was a little surprised, and said that the harem could accommodate 3,000 beauties, why was his harem full so quickly? I think he forgot that when he first ascended the throne, in order to satisfy his selfishness, he wantonly collected beauties from the people and made concubines at will. But until now, he didn't even remember what the concubines in the harem looked like.

"Is there a roster?" he asked the names of the ladies in the hall.

Zhao Gonggong hurriedly turned over the roster from the fold and handed it to Liancheng.

He opened it and looked at it line by line, all of them were the daughters or relatives of the ministers of the court, heh, did he want to borrow the hand of the harem to participate in the government affairs? He was not afraid of the city, he was not afraid of the city, he had no relatives and no reason, if someone wanted to trip him, it might not be so easy.

"Which masters does the emperor want?" Zhao Gonggong asked when he saw that he was distracted.

When the show girls heard this, they all raised their hearts to their throats, for fear that one would miss their name if they didn't pay attention.

Liancheng circled a few people on it at random, and casually threw the roster aside, Zhao Gonggong picked it up, cleared his throat and read: "Su Yu, Qin Zhilan, Lily." You three, stay for now. ”

Suddenly a thunderbolt on a sunny day slashed straight from the top of her head, Gu Ning's legs suddenly became weak, she raised her head and looked at Liancheng in disbelief, but she didn't know that it was already a big crime to look at the emperor without permission.

There were a total of fifteen show girls traveling with him this time, but the emperor only left three. Gu Ning's cheeks were pale, and he didn't know that his fingers were deeply embedded in his nails, and the name read out of Zhao's father-in-law's mouth seemed to be still echoing in his ears, and he couldn't hear her.

In this way, even if the selection is over?

"It's the emperor. Mama Li bowed to the throne, and then said to the few rows of show girls beside her: "Su Yu, Qin Zhilan, Lily, the three of you stay, and Gonggong Zhao will arrange the residence." The rest, come with me. ”

The defense line in Gu Ning's heart had collapsed, and the steps that followed the rest of the people to turn around were much behind. She didn't want to believe that she was defeated like this, if that was the case, how could she return to the Gu Mansion to face her parents?

"Your Majesty, do you want to take another look? These show girls are all selected by the Etiquette Department. "Mama Li also wants to fight for them to have a chance.

What kind of person is Liancheng? I don't like to follow the process and don't follow the rules, and the cold snort from my nose is a response.

Mama Li was interested, and after saying goodbye, she led the rest of the show girls to retreat.

Gu Ning only felt dizzy and his steps were vain.

The person sitting on the throne looked away, suddenly thought of something, and asked suspiciously: "Eh, I remember, there should be someone from the Gu Mansion among the show girls this time, right?"

After a pause, Gu Ning was extremely nervous, and Mama Li also stopped, and heard Zhao Gonggong say: "Exactly, there is two thousand gold from Master Gu's family, Gu Ning." ”

"Gu Ning?" Liancheng called several times, thinking about the name in his mind, but after a long time of no success, he always felt that something seemed to have been forgotten. If you can't think of it, you will give up, no longer think about it, and only command below: "Coincidentally, there is no one in Ningxin Palace, let her go." ”

A casual sentence decided whether she would go or stay.

Zhao Gonggong echoed with a smile and said, "The emperor is wise. ”

The meaning on the faces of the show girls was unclear, and Gu Ning was even more excited, look at it, she knew that the emperor would choose her. Hurriedly turned around and walked out of the ranks, her steps were still vain, and she had not yet recovered from the loss of being driven home, and let her bear such a surprise.

It's for her to stay in Ningxing Palace!

This means that her concubine position will be higher than the other three selected show girls.