She and Ye Hanxi followed Gan Tang to Changqing Palace, and along the way, Gan Tang told them a lot about the manners of the face saint, although they had learned all of this, but now after all, it is a real face saint, and they still have to tell a few words.

Lou Yunxiao looked at Ye Hanxi, who was traveling beside her, and found that she was the first Ye Niangzi to pass the assessment.

After walking for about half an hour, I finally arrived at Changqing Hall. Under the guidance of Gan Tang, the two entered the hall and stood in the center of the hall.

"Ye Hanxi, the daughter of the courtier Ye Chuzhang."

"Lou Yunxiao, the daughter of the courtier."

The two bowed down and said in unison: "I have seen the Holy Lord, I have seen Her Royal Highness the Queen." ”

"Look up." The queen said.

The two raised their heads, this Lou Yunxiao was clearly immortal, but Ye Hanxi on the side looked a lot inferior.

The prince looked at Lou Yunxiao with wide eyes, Li Shiche chose her?

But the Nine Emperors hooked the corners of their mouths slightly, looking confident.

Lou Yunxiao saw the expression of the Nine Emperor Princes, and the disgust for him in her heart increased exponentially.

Emperor Shun took a closer look at the appearance of these two people, and then looked at the portrait hanging on the side, and couldn't help asking: "Little lady of the Lou family, what's the matter with your portrait?" ”

When returning to the saint, a mouse came out of nowhere when the courtier's portrait was painted, and the painter was startled by the courtier's shout and accidentally dotted ink on the courtier's portrait. If the saint is frightened by the ugly face of the courtier, the courtier is willing to accept the punishment. Lou Yunxiao replied unhurriedly.

"It doesn't matter. I remember that Lou Xuanyi has a sister who is a fellow mother, and it is you. Emperor Shun waved his hand, looking at this girl, he liked it very much, and her calm demeanor was like an abyss.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, exactly." Lou Yunxiao replied on her lips, but in her heart she was thinking about how to get rid of the Nine Emperor Princes, "Holy Lord, the courtiers have something they want to get back. ”

Emperor Shun didn't expect this girl to be so bold, ordinary people were sincerely afraid when they saw the emperor and queen, but this girl was not only calm, but also dared to take the initiative to talk to the emperor, which was really strange.

"Say it."

Lou Yunxiao knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "Holy Lord, the courtiers already have someone who is pleasing to their hearts, please take back your destiny and ask the Nine Emperor Princes to choose another good wife." ”

Her heart was beating fast as she said this, and her body trembled slightly, but she managed to steady herself so that she didn't look so nervous. If you don't say it now, it will be difficult to say it later.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and some people refused to marry the prince, which was the first time in the world. Concubine Shen Shu's eyes were full of disgust for this Lou Yunxiao, what kind of thing did she dare to refuse the prince?

The face of the Nine Emperor Princes darkened, and he hurriedly got up and walked to her side and knelt down, "Father, the matter of choosing Lou Yunxiao as the princess must have been rumored all over the city at this moment, if you take back your life at this time, I am afraid that others will discuss the royal family and the Lou family." ”

Emperor Shun was not very happy when he heard that his son was rejected by others, "Little lady of the Lou family, I can see that you have a resolute character, but refusing a royal marriage is not a trivial matter." And I am the king of a country, how can I convince my subjects if I go back on my word? ”

"Courtier's ......"

"That's it!" Emperor Shun interrupted her, "I see that you are Lou Xuanyi's own sister so I will be more tolerant of you, don't challenge my bottom line!" ”

Emperor Shun said that he brushed his sleeves away, and the queen also gave Gan Tang a look and chased him out. Concubine Shen Shufei glared at Lou Yunxiao and left.

Only the crown prince, the Nine Emperor Princes, Ye Hanxi and Lou Yunxiao were left in the palace.

Gan Tang gave a salute to the two princes, and then left the Changqing Hall with Ye Hanxi and Lou Yunxiao.

The crown prince got up and walked in front of the Nine Emperor Princes and asked, "Do you know that Lou Yunxiao is Cangyuan's sweetheart?" ”

"It is because I know that I want to take away his love, and I want him to lose everything! Isn't Mu Cangyuan going to fight me? Then I'll fight to the death, I want to see if he can beat me! The Nine Emperor Princes glanced at him indifferently and turned to leave.

Ye Hanxi and Lou Yunxiao were placed in the Wanfu Palace, Ye Hanxi lived in the East Hall as the future princess, and Lou Yunxiao lived in the West Palace.

"The two ladies will stay here, tomorrow Xi Shangyi will personally come to teach the two of them the rules and etiquette in the palace, and the two ladies please rest early."

Gan Tang left the Wanfu Hall with a group of maids, Ye Hanxi turned around and owed to Lou Yunxiao, and Lou Yunxiao hurriedly returned the salute when she saw this.

"I don't know what year Lou San Niangzi was born?"

Ye Hanxi's voice was soft and sweet, and Lou Yunxiao's tense nerves were also soothed a lot with her tone.

"He was born in the fourteenth year of Tiansheng."

"I was born in the twelfth year of Tiansheng, so I have to call you Sister Yunxiao. I went to the capital with my father a while ago, so I don't know much about the people and things in the capital, and I'm afraid that there will be many things to ask my sister about in the future. Ye Hanxi said with a smile.

"Ye Niangzi is the future crown princess, how dare I call each other sisters with Ye Niangzi." Lou Yunxiao felt in her heart that she would not be a concubine with Ye Hanxi.

"Sister Yunxiao still refuses to accept the reality, although I admire my sister's actions, but I want to say more to my sister, the royal face is much more important than personal gains and losses, my sister let the saint, Shen Shufei and the Nine Emperor Princes not come to the stage in public, I am afraid that the future will not be easy."

Lou Yunxiao sighed helplessly, "Thank you Sister Hanxi for your kind reminder, but I can't let my sweetheart down." ”

"My sister has always been a good person, I can only advise my sister, my sister's entire family life is now tied to you, and I will think twice about acting in the future."

In fact, Lou Yunxiao didn't know this truth, but she really couldn't love the Nine Emperor Princes, not to mention that Cangyuan was still fighting bloodily, if he knew, he might not be able to do anything.

Soon after, the female officials in the palace also took Lou Yunxiao and Ye Hanxi's personal maidservants into the palace, and in the future, they will also marry the royal princess with the princess, and the rules must be learned.

Wu Wu saw that Lou Yunxiao was worried, but she didn't have any good way to help Lou Yunxiao. On the other hand, Ye Hanxi's side was much happier, and her maid Baihe entered the hall and told her that the mansion was now happily preparing a banquet.

In the twilight, the prince thought about it in the East Palace, and still felt that he had to talk to Lou Yunxiao, so he immediately set off for the Hall of Ten Thousand Blessings.

As soon as Ye Hanxi wanted to come out to breathe, she saw the figure of the prince, she immediately became shy, and hurriedly ran back to the east hall when the prince hadn't seen her yet, and tidied up her bun.

"Look at the second lady like this, it seems that she likes the prince very much." Lily quipped.

Ye Hanxi's cheeks were flushed, and he hurriedly said: "I only saw him once when I was a child, and today is only the second time I have seen him, so why do you like him?" ”

"That side of my childhood has made the second lady think about the prince for many years, and now it can be regarded as a wish, and the prince will come to see the second lady later, and Lily will go out and not disturb the second lady and the prince to catch up."

"You girl, you have a bad mouth." Ye Hanxi said angrily, but she was very happy in her heart.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came into the hall, and Ye Hanxi immediately stood nervously at the door waiting for the prince, but the voice was getting farther and farther away, as if he was just passing by the east side hall.

Hearing that the voice was wrong, Lily stepped forward and opened the door, only to see that the prince was heading to the west side hall.

"How could the prince go to the West Side Palace? Isn't it the lady chosen by the Nine Emperor Princes who lives there? Lily frowned and wondered.

"Sister Yunxiao entered the capital a year earlier than me, maybe she and the prince are old acquaintances. is about to become a brother-in-law, and it is also appropriate to meet each other. Ye Hanxi said this, but he was actually very flustered in his heart.

Lily had another guess, "I heard that when choosing the portrait, it was the Nine Emperor Princes who chose it first, could it be that in fact, the prince wanted to choose Lou San Niangzi, but he was preempted by the Nine Emperor Princes?" ”

When Lily said this, Ye Hanxi's heart became even more flustered, "Could it be that the sweetheart she said is His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

And at this moment, in the west hall, Lou Yunxiao was very surprised by the arrival of the prince.

"I came abruptly, and I didn't inform the lady in advance, but the matter is urgent, and I can't take care of it much."

Lou Yunxiao gave a salute, "What's the matter with the prince?" ”

"Before Cangyuan set out on the expedition, he told me that the most reassuring thing for him was you, and he also asked me that if Shiche has any ill intentions towards you, let me protect you thoroughly."

"But now I am still in the hands of the Nine Emperor Princes, I thought that I could go out of the palace and go home without going to audition, but I didn't expect that I thought too much." Lou Yunxiao said dejectedly.

"At the beginning, the selection was actually based on the words and deeds of the ladies from each family after entering the palace, not the final result of the assessment on the day of selection, so even if you don't participate, you may still be selected."

"But I don't understand, why is the Nine Emperors so sure that I can be selected? The assessment is obviously a female official next to Her Royal Highness the Queen? ”

The prince sighed and said, "I think that if you are selected, he can marry you openly, and if you are not selected, he will ruin your reputation in other ways." ”

"What?" Lou Yunxiao's three views are all destroyed, how can there be such a shameless person in the world.

"In short, it's better to stay on hold for now. Presumably, Shi Che will not do anything before marrying you, if he embarrasses you, he will let someone come to the East Palace to inform me, and I will never stand idly by. ”

The prince and Mu Lingci grew up together, closer than brothers, even if Mu Ling couldn't join the prince's party, he would still treat Mu Lingci and the people around him well.

"Thank you, Prince." Lou Yunxiao bowed to him and thanked him deeply.

Seeing the prince leave, Lou Yunxiao's heart fell slightly, maybe this is the best result now, but now she can only take one step at a time.

Ye Hanxi of the East Side Hall never waited for the prince to come to see her, and suddenly there were a lot of cranky thoughts in her mind, she thought about Lou Yunxiao's beautiful face, and her inferiority complex instantly poured into her heart.

"Sure enough, my fair lady and gentleman are good, my appearance is not as good as Sister Yunxiao after all."

Suddenly, the door to the east side hall was opened.