In front of the city gate, thousands of Xuanjia soldiers and 50,000 elite soldiers stood outside the city gate in unison, each of them had a face written on their faces that they were looking at death as home, Mu Lingci withdrew his gaze at Lou Yunxiao, looked up at the dark and oppressive sky, and then looked ahead.

"Let's go!"

Mu Lingci rode a dark war horse and rushed to the front of the team like a gallop, the cloak on his body fluttered in the wind, and the cold wind blew across his face like a knife.

Lou Yunxiao looked at his peerless back, and there was a piece in her heart as if she had been taken away, she had never felt like this, it turned out that this is what it feels like to fall in love with someone.

Watching the army leave in a mighty way, Lou Yunxiao could no longer see his back in her eyes, and she hoped that she would see Mu Ling rushing towards her in the next second, telling her to take her to the expedition together. But what she thinks is just a fantasy.

The streets were noisy and chaotic, but she didn't seem to hear anything, sitting in the carriage and thinking about the past between her and Mu Ling, and the whole person was depressed.

There was a black cloud hanging over the capital all the time, as if it was a gloom in people's hearts, and it seemed to indicate something.

Since Mu Ling resigned from the expedition, Lou Yunxiao's mood has been uneasy, she goes to Zenyin Temple every day to pray for him, hoping that he can return triumphantly as soon as possible.

On this day, she was about to return to the mansion after praying for blessings as usual, when suddenly a tall figure blocked her way.

"Lou San Niang, long time no see."

Lou Yunxiao looked up, and her mood instantly became very unbeautiful, why are some people always ghostly, but she still respectfully owes herself.

"The Nine Emperor Princes are polite."

The Nine Emperor Princes smiled slightly, leaned closer to her ear and said, "Mu Ling resigned from the expedition, I am very happy." He has hurt me so badly, and I will have to repay him a great gift. ”

"Nine Emperor Princes, what are you talking about, the courtiers don't understand, it's not too early, the courtiers will retire first." Lou Yunxiao was disgusted with him for no reason, and just wanted to leave quickly.

Behind him, he only heard the Nine Emperor Princes laughing, and said arrogantly: "Don't worry, you will understand soon." ”

Lou Yunxiao quickened her pace, and her heart should be at the extreme. But what exactly do the words of the Nine Emperor Princes mean? Could it be that Mu Ling's resignation and expedition this time was arranged by the Nine Emperor Princes? She returned to the mansion with a full stomach full of questions and went straight to Fuguangxuan.

"Cangyuan's expedition was indeed recommended by the Shen family." Lou Xuanyi said.

"In this way, the Nine Emperor Princes and the Shen Clan want to take advantage of the Battle of Huizhou to get rid of Cangyuan!" Lou Yunxiao stood up excitedly.

Lou Xuanyi saw that she was so excited, and hurriedly said, "You sit down first, don't worry." Cangyuan didn't let me tell you, he actually knew the purpose of the Nine Emperors and the Shen family, this time he went to quell the chaos, not only for the people of Huizhou, but also for another reason, that is, to lure the Shen family to attack him, if he can come back, he can completely bring down the Shen family, if he can't come back...... Then I will let Le Ji come back with his own letter and hand it to me, and I will present it to the Holy One. ”

"But isn't Cangyuan never involved in partisan disputes?"

"Remember the garden feast? That time, the Nine Emperor Princes despised you, and you almost died at the hands of Princess Changhe, and from then on, he was ready to fight the Nine Emperor Princes to the death. ”

After a while, Lou Yunxiao walked out of Fuguangxuan, it turned out that she didn't know Mu Lingci, she was not even as good as her brother.

Suddenly, Sanssouci ran towards her.

"Oh no, Sanniang, someone from the palace is here."

Emperor Shun ordered the selection of concubines for the crown prince and the nine emperors, and all the daughters of official eunuchs who have reached the age of thirteen are among the drafts, including Lou Yunxiao and Lou Yunxue.

When Lou Yunxiao arrived in the front hall, the attendant who came to deliver the decree had already left. Lou Qihuai only told her that two days later, the palace would send someone to take her into the palace.

"Xiao'er, my father knows that you care about Mu Lingci, but now you have to enter the palace, our Lou family can't afford to resist the decree."

Only then did Lou Yunxiao understand what the Nine Emperor Princes had said to her today, if she became the princess, even if Mu Lingci could come back alive, she could only watch her beloved woman marry someone else.

Murder and heart-wrenching, that's it.

In the past two days, Lou Yunxiao has been thinking about how to avoid this draft, and the only best way is to disfigure him with poison, so that the saint will not let his son choose an ugly woman as his wife. As long as you can avoid this draft, you can use the antidote to restore your appearance in the future.

She looked at the alluring face in the mirror and slowly picked up the poison powder box on the dressing table.

Chu Yuxian happened to walk in at this time, knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, she saw Lou Yunxiao's intentions as soon as she saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the poison powder box in Lou Yunxiao's hand.

"Auntie?"

"What is this?"

"Auntie, I don't want to go to the draft. So I thought, I want to ruin this appearance, and wait until the end of the draft to restore my appearance. ”

"Do you know that this is a crime of deceit? So many people in the capital have seen you, do you think you can hide it from everyone? Ah Niang knows that you don't want to bear the abyss, but this move is too risky, if the Holy God offends you at that time, Ah Niang will lose you again. ”

Chu Yuxian's last sentence was almost choked up, what she was most afraid of now was losing a pair of children.

After thinking about it, this move is indeed inappropriate, but if the target of the Nine Emperor Princes is really her, then how should she face the abyss.

On the other hand, Lou Yunxue, she is very looking forward to flying on the branches one day, and it will be easy for her to avenge Fu Yuewei when the time comes. What Chu Yuxian, what Lou Yunxiao, they all have to kneel and beg her.

The two-day deadline has arrived, and the female officials in the palace came to pick up Lou Yunxiao and Lou Yunxue as scheduled.

The palace is prosperous and majestic, but Lou Yunxiao has no intention of appreciating it, and the little ladies look east and west, with their own careful thoughts in their hearts. If you can become the crown princess or the ninth princess, then you will be a superior royal person in the future.

The little ladies followed the female officer to the Chengxiang Hall and stood still, and after a while, a female official with heroic eyebrows and good manners came out of it.

She glanced at the little lady at the bottom of the steps, and then spoke: "I am the female official next to Her Royal Highness the Queen, my surname is Gan, and the word Tang is Tang." From now on, it is up to the ministers to take care of the ladies in the palace should be fed, clothed, housed, and etiquette to teach, before the ladies officially become the princesses, they are all treated equally, and I hope that all the ladies will keep to themselves in the harem and be self-contained. ”

Then the accommodation for these days was arranged, "The selection date is set for three days later, and the ladies must eat and live in the Chengxiang Hall before the selection, and they are not allowed to move around in the harem unless necessary." The next ones who read their names lived in the east side hall, and those who did not read their names lived in the west side hall. ”

Lou Yunxiao and more than a dozen ladies lived in the east side hall, but Lou Yunxue was arranged to the west side hall.

Many little ladies living in the west side hall suddenly complained:

"The people who live in the east side hall are all ladies from families, and this is the lady who looks down on us fathers and brothers who are not of high grade."

"Yes, when it comes to treating everyone equally, in fact, we have long been divided into three, six, nine and so on."

The east side hall also choked when he heard it:

"There is a clear distinction between respect and inferiority in the palace, and in my opinion, there is no problem with this point."

"Isn't it, look at their sourness, it's really a must-fight, if they are selected, it will be fine."

On both sides, you say a word to me, and no one will let anyone, only a few people who are still sober and do not participate in it. However, Gan Tang watched all this in front of the door, but he had no intention of stopping it.

It wasn't until the two sides fought for a while that Gan Tang deliberately coughed twice, and the little ladies were silent in an instant.

"It is possible that all the ladies will be the princess in the future, and there is no point in arguing about some small gains and losses. Ladies and gentlemen, please take care of yourself, and the ministers will retire. ”

Seeing Gan Tang's departure, the two sides began to look at each other unpleasantly, but Lou Yunxiao couldn't help but sigh that the tricks in the palace were really clever. Placing the high door in the slightly more comfortable and wide east side hall, and placing the lower door in the slightly inferior west side hall, it is natural to divide the two groups of people into two factions.

The east side hall will inevitably show a proud posture, and the west side hall will inevitably show a look of dissatisfaction and jealousy. Presumably, when the two sides were arguing, Gan Tang was observing whether these people's actions and deeds were appropriate, I am afraid that the selection began as soon as they entered the palace.

In the Jiaofang Palace, Gan Tang handed the queen a piece of paper with both hands, which was written where the ladies stood in the Chengxiang Hall today, but there were several names on it that were ticked out in red circles, which were the ladies who were arguing today.

"It's just a house, and it's so unbearable, it's still a noble girl." The queen handed the paper to Gan Tang again, "Continue tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Gan Tang took the paper and withdrew.