Mrs. Hu didn't care much here, probably didn't hear the previous words, nodded and said with the same concern: "You are right, His Royal Highness King Qin has no one to take care of him, that is, my daughter is still young, otherwise with Lao Hu's friendship with His Royal Highness King Qin, I will also send my old face to be a concubine for the prince." ”

"Ahem, that's that, what does Shopkeeper Hu have to do with King Qin, we are all envious, at least he is also a concubine. We are different, we can be satisfied if we can be a maid. The crowd chimed in.

The old shopkeeper Hu blushed, and said in his heart, "Loser, where did I get such a big face? If there is, don't say that the girl is small, even if there is one in the present life, I will give birth to him if I can reserve the position of a concubine.

Mrs. Hu was shocked, "Yes, if you can't be a concubine, you can become a maid, and in a few years, the girl will be able to do laundry and cook, I'll go back and ask her if she is willing to ......."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the back house.

Shopkeeper Hu looked at the bosses awkwardly, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Ahem, don't get me wrong, that's what I just said, I know your intentions, it's not easy to send people to King Qin. That, what......"

"Understood, we all understand, Shopkeeper Hu doesn't need to say much......" everyone smiled and waved their hands.

At this time, Shopkeeper Hu saw Boss Jin, and his face flashed, and he said: "It's okay for others, Boss Jin, you can't do it, you are the one who opened the Qinglou, what is the identity of His Royal Highness King Qin?" has a relationship with you, what do people think of His Royal Highness? ”

", it's true that Lao Tzu opened a green building, my daughter is good, clean, how can you look like this? You...... What do you all think so? Boss Jin just wanted to blow up the thorn, turned his head to look at the others, yes, all have the same vision, I couldn't help but sink in my heart, and then looked back at my daughter, the child's eyes were full of gloom, at this moment, Boss Jin felt that his heart was pierced.

After a moment of silence, Boss Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Lao Tzu will close the Qinglou when he goes back and go back to open a calligraphy and painting shop." ”

……

Everyone admired Boss Jin's courage very much, Shopkeeper Hu didn't dwell on it anymore, thought for a while, and said bluntly: "Everyone, you have also seen that I can't talk about my own daughter, what can I help you?" ”

"I didn't let you do it, you just need to talk to His Highness and let him take a look, if you don't look down on it, it's a little girl who is not blessed, and we will die." Boss Jin had a flexible mind and said in a different direction.

Having said this, the shopkeeper Hu couldn't refuse, nodded and agreed, and made up his mind to visit King Qin in private tomorrow, and help ask, if you give him a beautiful woman, you shouldn't be scolded.

The next morning, the shopkeeper Hu took his son to visit Li Yuanying, Li Yuanying, who was planting vegetables in the backyard, was very happy, Lao Hu was one of his few civilian friends in Chang'an, so many people were eager to tie himself up, it was rare for Lao Hu to not forget his original intention.

Let Doudou take the shopkeeper's son to the toy room to play, Li Yuanying and the shopkeeper Hu sat on the stone bench in the backyard and drank tea, very leisurely.

Looking at the shopkeeper Hu who was impetuous and restless, Li Yuanying smiled and said: "Old Hu, we are old friends, if there is anything to do directly, there is no need to shy away, have you encountered any difficulties?" Don't dare to speak because I'm a prince, I'm still me. ”

Shopkeeper Hu was seen through his thoughts, his face turned red instantly, he picked up the teacup and drank it all, he had the courage to lower his voice, and came to Li Yuanying's side and said, "Then I can say it." ”

…… That's all there is to us, is that so?

Ahem!

Shopkeeper Hu recovered a little bit of his tone at this time, "Then I'll say it directly!" I heard that you are choosing a side concubine, someone asked me to ask, do you want a concubine and a maid? ”

What's that?

Burst......

Li Yuanying couldn't hold back, and directly sprayed the tea in his mouth on the face of the shopkeeper, listening to this tone, why is it so familiar?

A familiar movie picture involuntarily appeared in my mind: Lao Xu, do you want a wife?

After pondering for a moment, Li Yuanying asked with a serious expression, "What?" Someone knows about our relationship and forces you to set up a relationship? What a guts! Who is it? ”

"No, no, don't get me wrong, it's not persecution, it's not a wicked person, it's just a few familiar shopkeepers, they heard that you were choosing a concubine, and they found me. You also know that there is no one in the world who is not grateful to you, so when I heard that you are short of people to take care of you, everyone is very concerned.

So a few shopkeepers brought their school-age daughters to me for help yesterday, and wanted their daughters to come over to take care of you, and they also knew that their status was not enough, and they didn't dare to ask for any concubines and nobles, as long as they could be a concubine, or a maid or something.

I thought that none of them were bad people, and they didn't dare to have any bad intentions, and it wasn't a bad thing to give you this kind of thing, so I dared to ask you. ”

Shopkeeper Hu explained nervously.

Li Yuanying listened quietly, and understood it, and signaled Lao Hu not to be nervous, but to have a heart.

"Thank you for your kindness, the choice of concubine is set by the imperial brother and sister-in-law, you know, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty can't even have a woman by his side. It's not that there is a lack of people around me to take care of me, the imperial brother gave me the Qin Wangfu to support thousands of family members, but I like this small shop, there are fathers and children in it, who do you want to take care of? are all girls from good families, how good it is for them to find someone to marry, wouldn't it be a mistake to send them to be a maid, don't mention this again. ”

Shopkeeper Hu smiled and said: "That's not what you said, this is your opinion, in the eyes of us ordinary people, it is a blessing to have the opportunity to serve His Royal Highness King Qin." To tell the truth, the children of our group of businessmen, marrying a person is nothing more than a businessman or at most a petty official, but it is far inferior to a maid in the Qin Palace. ”

Li Yuanying interrupted and said, "Okay, do you still have to stuff someone here with me?" Don't say it, hurry up and drink tea, if I promise you today, I promise that tomorrow your threshold will be broken, and the day after tomorrow, the entire West Market will be crushed by the people who are vying to send their daughters, and the old Hu ...... who has no trivial matters in the heavenly family."

This one......

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Hu's face changed, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of regret in his heart, isn't it, he is just a commoner in the end, and he thought about things simply, and almost made a big mistake.

As soon as he thought of this, he stood up, how could he still have the heart to drink tea, "I'm really sorry, it's my short-sightedness that almost caused a big disaster, so I'll go back and refuse them, and from today onwards, I will close the door and thank you, and promise not to cause you trouble." ”

"Don't worry, drink tea and leave......"

"Another day!"

Sent away the shopkeeper Hu and his son, someone came from the palace, and sent a big box, Li Yuanying opened it and took a look, oh, it was full of portraits of beauties, full of boxes.

The chamberlain Lao Gao explained: "These are all portraits of women sent by families from all over the country to choose concubines, these people are coming to Chang'an one after another, the queen said that there are a lot of people, please first select according to the portrait." ”

Preliminary selection?

Li Yuanying couldn't help laughing, how could she have a feeling of a beauty pageant in her previous life? It's just that he was an audience in his previous life, and he became a judge in this life.

"Lao Gao, the preliminary selection is not a problem, but your pile of portraits is too ...... It's too ghostly, it's simply a representative of abstraction, and you can see your personal beauty and ugliness with this? ”

"Huh? Your Highness, are you saying that these paintings are not good? However, these are all painted by the personal disciples of the master painter Yan Lide, who are already the most brilliant group of painters in the Tang Dynasty. ”

That's it?

Li Yuanying pointed to two of the portraits and asked, "These two paintings, can you tell which woman is more beautiful?" ”

Without thinking, Lao Gao pointed directly to the one on the right.

"These two paintings, although the brushwork is delicate, but they only outline the lines of the figures, there is no three-dimensional sense, these two people are almost the same, the face shape is also similar, how can you tell the difference?"

"Posture! Your Highness, the body on the right is a little plump, it must be easy to give birth! ”

Burst...... Li Yuanying suddenly remembered something, Datang regards fat as beauty, should it be ...... After the calf, what beauty do I choose? This is not a concubine selection, this is a fertilizer selection!