The gates of the palace were opened at the beginning of the day.

Because it was still early, almost no one entered or left the palace except for the motionless pestles of the iron-clad guards standing guard there.

It wasn't until an hour later that I saw more than a dozen small housekeepers in the imperial dining room coming to this side in an endless stream, raising his hand and handing the guard a card to leave the palace, and the guard took it and checked it to confirm that it was no different, and then waved them over.

Then, one after another, some middle-aged maids of high rank came out. They are all in charge of the small stewards of all kinds of daily necessities in the lives of the concubines in the harem, and today is also the day when they want to go out of the palace to buy.

handed a sign to the guards in turn, and then took the seven or eight maids behind him out of the palace with the guard's approval.

When they left the palace gate, several carriages were waiting outside, and after the stewards had negotiated the price with the coachman, they left in the carriages one after another.

In one of the carriages, a little maid glanced at the black-faced companion beside her and felt a little embarrassed, and doubts flashed in her eyes: "I don't seem to see you, which lady are you waiting for?"

The black-faced maid looked up and grinned at her: "My mother said, if I go to wait in front of my mother, I may be unhappy at some point, and the imperial dining room is the safest, so let me go to the imperial dining room to help those chefs, wash the vegetables or something." ”

The maid nodded, then glanced at her face again, and smiled: "Don't say it, your mother also knows the reason." Now several ladies in this palace are not waiting for the master, if you go and collide with which master, this is a matter of losing your head. Working in the imperial dining room, although it is hard, at least the small life is guaranteed. ”

The other maid also nodded in agreement, and then asked, "You actually work in the imperial dining room, how can you go out of the palace with us who buy logistics?"

The black-faced maid continued to laugh, and said a little shyly: "Originally, I shouldn't have come, but my mother stuffed some silver into a steward and asked her to take me out for a walk, and buy some delicious food by the way." ”

The round-faced maid who had been sitting on the side and had not spoken looked her up and down, and her gaze deliberately stayed on her hands, and said casually: "Look at you like this, you are also a stupid brain, working in the imperial dining room, what good things can't be eaten?"

"The manager didn't speak, I ...... I don't dare to steal it. ”

"Cut, why don't you dare, take advantage of their inattention, and stuff a piece into their mouths who can see. After speaking, he glared at her with an iron-clad face: "Look at your small body and thin body, and your face is also very haggard, people who don't know still think that you have suffered a great crime in the palace." What's your name, I'll bring you something delicious when I have a chance in the future. ”

The black-faced maid blinked twice with big eyes, a little unbelievable that there could be such a good person in this palace.

But after she glanced at the round-faced maid, she hurriedly lowered her head, and the maid's sister had a terrible look in her eyes.

The round-faced maid frowned and said, "Why don't you speak?"

The black-faced maid lowered her head and said, "My mother said that in this palace, no one will suddenly be kind to a person, don't sell yourself because of a little bargain in front of you." After speaking, he glanced at the round-faced maid again: "I...... Thank you sister for your kindness, I have enough to eat every day, I'm not hungry. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the carriage was in an uproar. The maids, who were still a little jealous of her good luck, looked at this inconspicuous maid with some surprise when they heard her words.

looks like a simple face, honest and honest, and I can't imagine that I can resist the temptation to fall into my hands. But when you think about what she said, there's nothing wrong with that.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

The round-faced maid was also surprised, and then returned to her natural and had a cold face: "Do you believe me?"

The black-faced maid hurriedly shook her head and waved her hand: "No, no, I'...... I'm really not hungry, I really ......" Her anxious tears flowed out, and she kept waving her hands but still couldn't say why.

The round-faced maid snorted coldly, and turned her face away from looking at her again. In his heart, he had doubts about the identity of this black-faced maid.

When they arrived at the market, several of the maids in the carriage dispersed to buy things under the command of the round-faced maid.

In the end, only Su Qingmo and herself were left.

She glanced at the black-faced maid in front of her: "You follow me." ”

"Yes. Su Qingmo bowed her head and answered, and followed behind her honestly.

As she walked around the corner of the street, she glanced at the shop that specialized in pickles not far ahead.

Pulled the sleeve of the round-faced maid beside her: "This sister, I always heard me say that she misses the little pickles bought outside the palace, and I want to bring some back to my mother." ”

"My name is Green. The round-faced maid pulled back her sleeve and spoke coldly.

"Yes, Sister Green, that ...... I ......" Su Qingmo pointed to the pickle shop and looked at her expectantly.

Green Yi looked at the shop, looked at her again, and walked over there: "Let's go over together." "Anyway, as long as she stays under her eyelids, she is not afraid of what little moves she will make.

As soon as the hour arrived, all kinds of luxurious carriages began to appear at the gate of the palace, and all the ladies from the famous families in the capital came down from the carriages.

Almost immediately, after they got out of the carriage with the help of the maids, they began to look to the left and right, looking at the ladies of the family who had entered the palace for the same purpose.

When some people see that the other party is not as good as their own in terms of dress and appearance, they will look proud and move their eyes to the next one.

When he saw that the other party looked better than himself and was dressed more luxuriously than himself, he turned his head and snorted coldly, and secretly cursed: Charming fox, fox spirit! What is the difference between dressing up like this and those dusty women!

After getting out of the carriage, the ladies of the families all gathered in one place to greet each other, and everyone present had a false smile on their faces, and it seemed that the atmosphere was very harmonious from a distance.

After seeing the emperor's most favored chief of the interior, Father-in-law Su, come out of the palace, they all put away the extra thoughts on their faces and put on a friendly smile.

Nearly 100 young ladies from the family consciously stood in several rows, waiting for Grandpa Su's review.

Gonggong Su held the Buddha dust in his hand, walked in front of those young ladies one by one, and when he saw anyone who was dressed inappropriately, he would clearly point out, if the other party was an eye-catcher and secretly stuffed some silver taels into his hand, he would point out one or two. If you meet an eyeless person, you will snort coldly and go directly to the next person.

After a final glance, the time was almost up, and he nodded at those women of the family, swept the Buddha dust in his hand, and began to say with a sharp noise: "Today is the day when the national teacher chooses a concubine. With the emperor's permission, you are allowed to enter the imperial garden to wait, the imperial garden has prepared melons, fruits and tea, you must not make loud noises after entering, and the violators will be expelled directly from the palace. Do you understand everything?"

"Understood. The ladies hurriedly responded.

Father-in-law Su nodded again: "You enter the palace this time, and the maid doesn't have to go along." ”

"Ah......h The faces of these young ladies who were pampered by the family changed slightly, if the maids did not follow, then what did they need?

Father-in-law Su lightly swept the young ladies who were complaining in a low voice: "This is what the national teacher meant, if the young ladies present are unwilling to leave your maids, they can also choose to take the carriage at your house and go back to your house now." The rest will go into the palace with the Sprinkler family. ”

As soon as he said this, the scene suddenly fell silent.

It turned out to be the meaning of the National Teacher, so naturally they would not give their opinions, who made the National Teacher the best husband in their hearts.

After Gonggong Su arranged those young ladies of the family in the imperial garden, he hurried to the Palace of Heart Cultivation. Today is the day of rest, and all officials do not need to go to court.

The emperor is no exception.

However, if there are too many twists and turns at hand, then he still needs to take the time to approve the twists.

"Back to the emperor, Gonggong Su is back. The attendant who was guarding the door came in and announced.

Mingchen Hao waved his hand: "Let him in." ”

After a while, I saw Father-in-law Su walking in with a slight hunchback, and he was just about to kneel down and salute: "Little ......"

Mingchen Hao waved at him: "Excuse me, you hurry up and tell me how the situation is over there." He looked at Father-in-law Su and threw the fold in his hand on the bookcase.

"Yes. Father-in-law Su began to explain to him the forms of those ladies of the family one by one.

After a while, Mingchen Hao's face looked better, and he muttered thoughtfully: "Listening to your description, those women's behavior is not very good, Ah Qing shouldn't be eye-catching." ”

Father-in-law Su hurriedly answered: "The little one also thinks so, with the appearance of a heavenly man like a national teacher, how can those vulgar fans and secular women afford to match." The elders of those families didn't weigh the weight of their daughters first, so they rushed to send them in, and the Sprinkle family didn't want to express their opinions on this. ”

Ming Chenhao obviously agreed with this remark, and sneered: "You don't want to express your opinion yet, so you have to have a place to express your opinion." ”

"That's what the emperor said. Father-in-law Su hurriedly bent over.

"What time does the concubine selection banquet start?"

Gonggong Su hurriedly glanced at the hourglass next to him: "Before, Lord Zuo said that it was the end of the hour. It should start in half an hour. ”

"Can Zuo Xiang enter the palace?" asked Mingchen Hao again.

"The little one didn't see Zuo Xiang's figure just now, but ......" Speaking of this, Grandpa Su hesitated.

"What is it?"

"The little one saw the carriage of the Su Mansion parked there at the gate of the palace before, it seems that this time the national teacher chose the concubine, and the Su Mansion should also have elected a young lady to participate. ”

Mingchen Hao frowned: "Su Fu? I remember that there seems to be only one daughter under Zuo Xiang, Concubine Yu, where did this daughter come from?"

Father-in-law Su's eyes rolled twice, and he said cautiously: "Could it be a side branch in Su's mansion?"

Mingchen Hao nodded, his face was gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Okay, you Su Ming, no wonder you took the initiative to ask for the concubine selection this time." It turned out that you wanted to fight this idea?" and looked at Father-in-law Su again: "What is the appearance of the woman from Su Mansion?"

Father-in-law Su wiped his sweat: "Your Majesty, when the little one went there, all the women stood together, and I didn't know what the name of the young lady of the Su family was, so the little one didn't know which one was the young lady of the Su Mansion." ”

"You go and get a list of concubines now, this capital is the Su Mansion of Zuo Xiang's family, and it is impossible for a second woman surnamed Su to appear on that list. ”

"Yes, yes. ”

Qingchen Palace, outside the peach forest courtyard.

"What time is it?" asked Seiichi.

Qing Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked up and glanced at the sun in mid-air: "It's probably your own time." ”

"It's time, when did the master's selection of concubines start?"

Qingyi frowned: "It seems to be Chenshi." ”

"What is it? It's the hour. Yin glared at him fiercely, suddenly remembered something, and secretly screamed that he was afraid of being bad, and walked to the courtyard after speaking.

Qingyi pouted: "You actually know, what are you asking me for?

Yin suddenly paused, turned around and glared at Qing Yi: "Qing Yi, what day is it today?" I know that the master has been looking forward to today's concubine selection banquet for the past few days, but now he has not come out of the study for a long time, have you not thought about whether something happened in the middle? In short, if the master is to blame for a while, it will all be your responsibility!"

Qing Yi was stunned for a moment, then followed, and retorted: "What do you mean that everything is my responsibility? Don't try to shift the blame to me! If something really happens to the master, he can only blame Qingsan. ”

After listening to it, he nodded: "You're right, we've been guarding outside the courtyard all along, and this library is under the jurisdiction of Qingsan, so today's responsibility lies with him Qingsan." ”

They didn't know that Qing San at this time had been put to sleep by him as early as when he entered the library yesterday, and he hadn't woken up yet.

So the two of them would never have imagined that the truth they saw next would come so suddenly.

After searching around the library for a few times, I finally found the location where Liqing was.

And then they just stayed on the spot.

The picture in front of them was too beautiful for them to dare to look at.

Qing Yi pushed the hidden beside him and said in a low voice: "You go over and see if the master is awake." ”

Glanced at him and took a step back: "If you wake up, do you think that according to the master's requirements for the environment, he can lie on the ground and still not get up?"

"What can we do then? The master's current situation, at first glance, there is no clothes inside, if we see the master's body, it will be strange if he turns around and does not cut us. ”

"I only know that if we don't wake up the master now, when the master wakes up, we don't have to wait to turn back, he can open his eyes and directly thunder the two of us. ”

"You have a good relationship with your master, you go. Qingyi raised his hand and pushed it in.

Yin took a step back and sneered: "If you want a celebrity around your master, who can compare to you Qingyi." You'd better hurry up, or I'll tell him all about your current behavior when he wakes up." ”

"Hide, you're such a veritable villain!"

Yin raised his hand: "Won the prize." ”

At the end of the time, in the Imperial Garden.

The maids present walked silently among them, from time to time to add mung bean soup that can clear away heat and relieve heat to the teacups of those young ladies, or make up some cool melons and fruits for them to eat.

Hundreds of well-dressed ladies of the family sat in the garden one by one, looking up at the sky from time to time, picking up handkerchiefs and fanning their faces.

Today's sun is very big, even if it is now close to the beginning of autumn, it is still very sunny. Sweat began to break out on their foreheads, and the delicate makeup on their faces began to show signs of failure.

But because of the warning of Father-in-law Su outside the palace, no one dared to say more, let alone talk to each other, and the scene was quiet.

They all secretly cast their eyes on the entrance of the banquet, in order to hope that after the national teacher came in, he would be the first to notice him.

One of them, Gong Ziyue, the third lady from the Gong family, really couldn't hold back, and complained in a low voice: "Why hasn't the National Teacher come yet? It's almost the end of time, and I'm going to be sunburned." ”

A woman sitting next to her tugged at her sleeve and motioned for her to stop. She is the fifth lady from the Luo family in the capital.

"Sister Yin, what are you pulling me to do, I didn't say anything wrong. Gong Ziyue pouted dissatisfied.

Luo Tianyin furrowed his brows, he already had a little face that I was pitiful for, and this twisting of his brows made people feel even more distressed. She admonished in a low voice: "Sister Yue, this is not in your and my mansion, don't talk nonsense." Be careful to leave others with a handle. ”

She is one year older than Gong Ziyue, sixteen years old. Look at things a little farther away. Know what to say on what occasions, and if you can't say it, it's best to keep quiet.

Just like the current situation, although she is also very impatient, there is no right to complain among them, the young ladies who came to the palace to participate in the selection of concubines.

If they can be favored by the national teacher and finally accept them, it would be the best. It must be of great benefit to the future of the family behind it, if you are not chosen, then don't cause trouble for the family.

The third lady of the Gong clan seemed to listen to her very much, and she didn't even refute it, but nodded obediently: "Well, Sister Yin, I understand." ”

And in another corner, there is also a young lady who can't stand this boredom. She tilted her head slightly, and kept saying something to the woman next to her.

However, it seemed that the woman in pink had been talking all the time, and the woman in the blue dress sitting next to her nodded her head from time to time to indicate that she was listening.

They are Xiao Lanyan, the second lady of the Xiao family, and Shen Xueyan, the fourth lady of the Shen family.

The two are the same age, but Shen Xueyan's birth month is two months younger than Xiao Lanyu.

"Lan Eucalyptus, who do you say the National Teacher will choose to be his princess in the end?" Shen Xueyan swept around the women present with a pair of beautiful eyes. Their looks are on par with the two of them.

In order to choose a concubine this time, all major families put the best looks and the closest age to the conditions on the roster.

Seeing that the woman next to him didn't pay attention to her, he complained again: "Lan Eucalyptus, you, your temperament is too cold, I really don't know what kind of man your future husband will be." ”

Xiao Lanyu's face was a little cold when she heard this, she didn't take this matter in her eyes at all, in her opinion, no matter whether she was chosen or not, her final destination was to start from the interests of the family.

What's the point of her expectation?

She turned her head and glanced at the woman beside her, her mother and her mother were handkerchiefs, and the two would often take them to each other's mansions as guests.

Therefore, she and Shen Xueyan can be regarded as a pair of green plums who have grown up together since childhood.

The only difference between herself and her is that her father likes his son, but her mother only gave birth to her, and in Xiao Mansion, she has not been unfavored since she was born.

And Xueyan, she is the pearl in her father's hands.

Maybe she still has the right to choose her husband to pursue her own happiness, but she can't.

Just as she was looking in one direction, she suddenly found that two figures appeared in her sight.

One was dressed in bright yellow, and the robe was embroidered with a golden dragon, and she didn't have to guess, she also knew that it was the current saint.

The other is wearing a snow-colored robe, with picturesque eyebrows and a jade face, if she guessed correctly, it should be today's protagonist National Teacher.

Seeing that snow-colored majestic figure constantly approaching this side, Xiao Lanyu's cold face also changed slightly.

Her heart began to beat violently, and her little hand holding the handkerchief tightened unconsciously.

Is that him......

Shen Xueyan noticed her distraction, followed her line of sight, and suddenly gasped.

Then more and more exclamations sounded around him.

"Is he the National Teacher?" exclaimed a woman who could not control herself.

For a while, the four words of the National Teacher rippled in the hearts of all the women at the scene.

When they walked to the stage, all the ladies knelt down and saluted that Mingchen Hao and Liqing.

"The courtiers have seen the emperor and the national teacher. ”

"Everyone, please get up. Mingchen Hao raised his hand at them.

After these women got up, some of the bold ones fixed their eyes on Liqing's body.

It's just that none of them noticed that at this moment, the anger in the heart of the national teacher was surging, he had a straight face, his eyes were like the ice of the moon, and his gaze swept over everyone present one by one.

The women who felt his gaze couldn't help but tremble and lowered their heads, and they couldn't control the shyness in their hearts. Secretly praying that the immortal-like national teacher could keep his eyes on himself.

He swept around and saw that most of the people were bowing their heads, which made him unable to see his face clearly.

He frowned slightly, and glanced sideways at Qingyi behind him.

Qing Yi comprehended, stepped forward and said, "All the ladies present, please raise your heads." ”

When the women heard this, they all raised their heads with a decent smile on their faces, trying to show their best side to the fairy-like man.

It is best to let the national teacher remember his beautiful appearance at a glance, and then ......

Even Xiao Lanyu, who has always had a cold face, tried her best to soften her facial expression, but unfortunately, she hadn't laughed for too long, and now she had forgotten how she wanted to laugh to be the best.

Therefore, the expression on her face seemed a little stiff, but she still persisted.

Liqing's gaze swept over the faces, but he still didn't find the face he wanted to see the most, even the black face that made his eyes hurt when he saw it.

Ming Chenhao, who was sitting on the side, saw that he didn't stay on any woman's body for long, and the one that was originally clinging to the armrest quietly loosened a little.

He looked at Li Qing with a gentle face, and his tone was full of a hint of temptation: "National teacher, it seems that there is no match?"

Li Qing didn't pay attention to him, but gave Qing Yi a look again, and Qing Yi stepped forward in a cold sweat on his forehead: "Please Miss Su from Su Mansion to stand in front." ”

Mingchen Hao grabbed the handrail and tightened it again, his face was a little ugly.

began to think about it, wouldn't this concubine selection banquet just be the cover set up for him by Ah Qing and Zuo Xiang, in order to ask to marry the young lady in Zuo Xiang's mansion?

However, that woman, he had come to see it before, was not very good-looking. Ah Qing's vision ......

A well-dressed woman came to the front with small steps and stood there with a cower.

Li Qing stared at the slightly thin figure below, the pupils in his eyes were a little darker, and the big hand in his sleeve slowly tightened.

She's not her......

This time, he didn't have to leave Qing to look at him, Qing Yi continued to speak: "Please raise your head." ”

So this woman named Su Qingmo, under everyone's gaze, slowly raised her head, revealing a miserable little white face.

The sea of eyebrows on his forehead has been wet and sticky with sweat, and the delicate makeup on his face has also been melted by sweat.

Her body trembled slightly, obviously scared to death, but she bit her lip tightly and stood there forcibly.

Seeing that face clearly, Qing Yi's face was also a little ugly, she was not Miss Su.

He looked at his master with a look of self-reproach.

saw that the master suddenly laughed, and then the cold voice came into his ears, which made him shiver.

"You said your name is Su Qingmo?" Li Qing stared at the figure below, his peach-colored thin lips slightly lifted, and his teeth were slightly cold.

The woman's body trembled, and she answered softly in a trembling voice: "Yes......"

"Hongu didn't hear clearly. ”

"Yes!" the woman shouted this time, adding a nod.

Li Qing nodded, and slowly walked to a distance of only five feet from the woman, his narrow eyes were half-squinted: "Bengong asks you again, you say your name is Su Qingmo?"

"I ...... I ......" The cold sweat on the woman's forehead kept sliding, and finally she couldn't resist it anymore, and her eyes rolled and fainted.

The women standing behind her were frightened and were about to scream, but they forced the exclamation into their throats in Liqing's cold gaze.

The scene was silent, and even Mingchen Hao, who was sitting on the top seat, did not make a sound.

Li Qing turned around and gave Qing a cold look, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "You send this young lady surnamed Su back to Su Mansion intact for this palace, and say hello to Lord Zuo Xiang by the way, this palace frightened his granddaughter today, and I am very sorry in my heart, this palace will personally go to Su Mansion at night to make amends to Lord Zuo Xiang." With that, he turned and left.

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