Yu's mansion is not very far from the palace, so Yu Tang has already arrived at the palace when he just felt drowsy, the carriage stopped at the palace gate, and a group of show girls got off the carriage one after another, Yu Tang looked at these faces, some seemed to have seen, and some had never met, but suddenly saw Ling Qiuning coming down from a carriage behind, and seeing that the housekeeper had not yet arrived, Yu Tang quietly moved over.

"Sister Ling!" Yu Tang came to Ling Qiuning's side with some excitement, Ling Qiuning was also very surprised to see that it was Yu Tang, and hurriedly took Yu Tang's hand: "Tang'er, we actually entered the palace together, great, I'm 1 confused and don't know who to look for together, and now the two of us are just right companions." ”

"That's right, but my sister shouldn't think I'm noisy."

"Naughty! How can I think you're noisy, looking at this battle today, there must be a lot of show girls in this year's draft. ”

Yu Tang also looked around and nodded: "Yes, just the family of officials above the fifth grade in Beijing must enter one, not to mention that there are also selected from various townships and counties, looking at this, it is not necessarily for the emperor to choose a concubine." ”

"It is estimated that the concubines are selected for the prince and the princes, after all, the holy harem is not abundant today, and seeing that the prince and the princes have almost no concubines, presumably the saints and the ladies also expect the royal family to spread out as soon as possible."

"Alas~ Sister doesn't know, I really don't want to come to the draft, I'm afraid that I will be selected by mistake, and now I have found that there are so many beauties, I am really worried, so I am relieved."

Ling Qiu Ning glanced at Yu Tang helplessly, and then said, "You have always been like this, this palace is like an iron cage, how can you lock up this little bird?" But my sister and I thought about it this time, and I have a ...... after all."

"Sister! We should be able to live in one place, right? Yu Tang suddenly raised his voice and asked, gently squeezing Ling Qiu Ning's hand with his hand as he asked, and Ling Qiu Ning echoed: "Yes, I hope we can get a place to stay." ”

Yu Tang raised his eyes to look at Zhou Qiantian who came over behind Ling Qiuning, only to see Zhou Tiantian walking over with Lin Qiurong, the daughter of the secretary of the military department, and two young ladies who had never seen her, only to see her look at Yu Tang with some contempt: "Roar~ Isn't this Yu Tang?" This draft is really any crooked melon and cracked jujube can be selected, isn't it Sister Qiurong. ”

"Heh, Sister Zhou hasn't seen you for a few days, this mouth Zhou Shilang and Mrs. Zhou haven't helped you heal, such a mouth, my sister is afraid that my sister will insult a few words, if it collides with the nobles in the palace...... Sister, don't let your mouth affect your head. ”

"You !!" Zhou Tiantian was about to argue, but Lin Qiurong raised his hand to stop her, and then looked at Yu Tang with a smile: "Miss Yu, we met again, although I don't know what you have to do with Tianting, but you tend to be happy and straight-hearted, and you have never been a person who can twist and turn, presumably she offended Miss Yu like this, Qiurong apologized to Miss Yu on her behalf." ”

Yu Tang looked at the kind smile on the face of this fake woman and the hostility in her eyes and felt inexplicable: "What is Miss Lin doing, I don't have a holiday with Miss Zhou, I'm just joking with her, besides, why does Miss Lin apologize for Miss Zhou, Zhou Tiantian has a father, a mother and brothers and sisters, isn't it that Miss Lin wants to be the daughter of the Zhou Mansion and be a sister with Miss Zhou?" Or did Miss Lin want to be Miss Zhou's sister-in-law or younger sister, but she actually regarded herself as the Zhou family first? ”

Lin Qiurong wanted to slap her in the face and tell her not to talk nonsense, but she was a young lady, so she could only endure it, and she had to keep a smile on her face, facing her face, Yu Tang felt that her expression was about to be deformed, just when Yu Tang thought she was going to turn her face, Lin Qiurong just spit out a sentence lightly: "Miss Yu really likes to joke, I am the same as my sisters, and I don't want others to bully her, since Miss Yu is joking, then I misunderstood, I guess the grandmothers are coming, I went to the front to prepare, Miss Yu took care of herself. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Yu Tang to respond, she turned around and walked towards the front, and the few women who came with her also hurriedly followed, Yu Tang looked at Lin Qiurong's proud posture with a straight neck, rolled her eyes, Ling Qiuning raised her hand and pinched Yu Tang's cheek: "You girl, why did you come to offend people just after entering the palace?" Those people are not easy to get along with, and now that they have offended, I am afraid that it will be difficult in the future. ”

"Sister don't worry, I'm not offended them today, I'm afraid they have already looked at me unpleasantly, if I make them arrogant today, I'm afraid it will be more difficult in the future, but sister, I found that I don't know these noble girls, can my sister recognize them?"

"On weekdays, you rarely come out to participate in these girls' banquets, so it's normal not to know them, I will introduce you one by one, take those people just now as an example, Lin Qiurong Zhou listened to you It's not the first time I've seen you, you should know the two of them, the other two people with them are Zhao Shijing, the daughter of the right attendant of the military department, this person is also a particularly high-profile person on weekdays, and the other is Song Panying, the daughter of Zongren Fucheng, this Song Panying is relatively quiet on weekdays, but I don't know why these people can get together."

Yu Tang reacted suddenly, clasped Ling Qiuning's hand and said: "I know sister, this Lin Qiurong is the daughter of the secretary of the military department, so it is not surprising that Zhou Tiantian, the daughter of the left attendant of the military department, and Zhao Shijing, the daughter of the right attendant of the military department, have a good relationship with her, after all, their father wants to work under the hands of other people's fathers, so he naturally wants to flatter her, but that Song Panying, maybe she just doesn't seem to like to talk, and the person who may get along with them is probably not a good stubble, anyway, we will stay away from them in the future, I am annoyed when I see them." ”

Ling Qiu Ning smiled and nodded.

As soon as she finished speaking, the housekeeper came over: "The slave maid has seen the girls and ladies, and I also ask the ladies to stand in two columns and go to Chuxiu Palace with the old slave for the primary election." ”

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Yu Tang and Ling Qiuning watched one after another show girls go in and out of one room after another, some entered the next link with joy, and some followed the eunuch with their name tags in tears, Yu Tang couldn't help but sigh: "Don't those show girls who ran out crying think that this is the best, leave the palace, go out to choose a suitable husband, live a stable and happy life, no need to intrigue, no need to compete with so many women for a man's favor." ”

Ling Qiuning was also a little distracted, and said slowly: "Yes, but sometimes I can't help myself, some of them have to run for the sake of the family lintel, and some of them are also dreaming of flying on the branches......

Yu Tang was also a little speechless for a while, both of them were a little sentimental, but the team moved forward quickly, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at Yu Tang, Yu Tang stepped forward and reported his name, only to see that the eunuch suddenly smiled: "It turned out to be Miss Yu, the slave is clumsy, this is your brand, you take it, please follow the housekeeper to the house." ”

Yu Tang nodded lightly: "Thank you, father-in-law." After saying that, he followed the housekeeper into the hut, and the room was divided into several different parts, to check the face of the show girl after the cleansing, from the eyes to the nose, mouth, ears, whether the skin was smooth and flawless, whether the figure was well-proportioned and coordinated, and whether it was still a girl's body...... From top to bottom, Yu Tang even saw a show girl in front of him who was eliminated because of a mole on her chin, which was an eye-opener for herself.

When Yu Tang walked down this process, he was tired and half dead, but he was still selected after being tired for a long time...... Yu Tang felt depressed in his heart, seeing that Ling Qiuning was also over, Yu Tang hurriedly went over to ask what the result was, but Ling Qiuning's eyes were a little red, and Yu Tang knew that she was also selected.

Yu Tang was a little helpless: "It's okay sister, the draft is more than this round, and it will continue to be eliminated, we don't have to worry, this round failed to be eliminated, maybe it can be eliminated in the next round." ”

Ling Qiuning nodded, and Yu Tang pulled her up and walked to the eunuch who was recording the name of the selected show girl, reported her name, and handed over the name card.

The slave carefully checked the wooden plaque of the names of the two, confirmed that they were selected as show girls, recorded their names and handed them back: "Miss Yu, Miss Ling, the slave has been recorded, and the two of you are invited to follow this palace maid into the main hall of Chuxiu Palace." As he spoke, he pointed to the palace maid who was waiting on the side.

"Thank you, father-in-law, there is Miss Lao." Yu Tang took back the wooden card and replied.

Then followed the palace maid to the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, only to see that the main hall show girl had already stood in two rows at the door, because Yu Tang was standing in the back, so there were not many show girls behind, Yu Tang and Ling Qiu Ning arrived not long after the eunuch came to inform all the selected show girls had arrived, the grandmother standing on the steps nodded, called the eunuch to close the door of the main hall, and then circled around the show girls a few times, and then returned to the steps and said slowly: "Ladies and ladies will start to learn the rules with the old slave from today onwards, A total of 270 people participated in the draft, after the first round of screening of a total of 76 show girls, after learning the rules for ten days, it will be the second screening, and then some of the show girls will be eliminated, and the rest of the show girls will be selected by the saint, the queen mother, the queen mother, and the concubine mother, so I hope that the ladies will carefully learn the rules before they can be successfully selected. ”

"Yes, the courtiers must learn the rules carefully." Everyone suddenly saluted and replied together, and Yu Tang hurriedly followed the action.

Mama looked at the show girl in front of her with satisfaction: "Well, all the young ladies have rules, and the old slave will definitely teach with all his heart, the old slave's surname is Liu, the young ladies can call me Mama Liu, the old slave of the young lady's bedroom has also been divided, and the old slave will inform the young ladies now: Gao Shuyu and Yang Manyi ...... the north house behind the West Palace."

"Sister Ling, do you think the two of us can be divided into one place?" Yu Tang asked quietly.

"I hope this grandma can separate you and me together, you are honest, this person has many eyes, don't be looked at." Ling Qiu Ning raised his eyes slightly and looked around

Said cautiously.

Yu Tang nodded lightly and did not continue to move, but honestly waited for his name.