Chapter 40: Election (I)

On the twentieth day of the forty-third year of Kangxi, it rained for a while in the morning, and the wind rose, and the weather was not as hot as it was a few days ago.

The West Warm Pavilion of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.

On the kang under the south window, a kang table carved from rosewood was set up, and at this time, Kangxi was sitting cross-legged on the mink cushion in the east head, and a fold was spread out on the kang table at hand.

In the month, he originally wanted to go to Saiwai to escape the summer, but this year there are a lot of things, and he is worried about Guarjia Zhiyun and the fourth child, so he didn't leave, Kangxi picked up the pen and wrote a few comments on the fold, thinking about what the old fairy Weng said to him that day, that Guarjia Zhiyun is a good person, and he is also blessed, and the fourth child is not a bad match, besides, since it is a marriage made in heaven, he has no reason not to allow it......

This idea only passed in Kangxi's heart, and then it was settled, Zhiyun and Ouyang took a little effort to hint, but in the end, the effect was good, even if the one who accepted the hint was Kangxi, who was said by later generations to be the first emperor of the ages.

Kangxi closed the fold after the approval, raised his eyes, and looked at Zhang Tingyu and Mingde, both of them knelt down, one waited for the pen and ink, and the other held a stack of folds-

"Mingde, are you feeling better?"

Shengshang's cold words startled Mingde a lot, but he had experienced it in the end, and when he thought about it in his heart, he knew what the Shengshang was talking about.

At the end of last month, Kangxi asked the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother to deal with the corruption case of the Ministry of Industry officials when they repaired the river work, who would want to get involved in this kind of thing? Besides, if someone else is just that, but if he follows Sibeile on an errand, then he will have to be busy taking off a layer of skin, where will he get the time to be busy with his baby sister's preparation?

Therefore, as soon as Sibeile revealed his intention to second, Mingde refused with a slight illness, not only him, that month, in addition to the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department, several adults were sick.

Mingde was stunned in his heart, he didn't know why the saint was asking this, but his face was deliberately stunned, and he hesitated for a moment before he cautiously raised his eyes and said: "Don't dare to ask the saint, the slave's body is still quite hard......"

Looking at Mingde's slightly embarrassed expression, Kangxi raised his eyebrows, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "You slippery heads......" He laughed once, and then threw it aside, speaking of which, his son himself knows that the fourth child is straight, and he is very strict with others and himself, and it is really hard to follow him on errands......

Having said that, Kangxi still taught Mingde a few words lightly, until he saw sweat on his forehead, then changed the topic, asked Mingde about the situation at home, and learned about the situation of Guarjia Zhiyun in a roundabout way, and by the way, he cared about his family, and gave the little reward a jade wrench.

In this way, when Mingde left the palace, he was also sweating, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart, 'Companion is like a companion', but when his sister passes the draft, he will be appointed governor of Zhejiang, although it will not be easy at that time, but at least it is lighter than in front of the emperor...... It's just that an official like him who was promoted so quickly is probably rare in this dynasty, and it will cause a lot of attention. Mingde secretly made up his mind that from now on, he would serve as an official steadily and do something practical in a down-to-earth manner......

Of course, the main thing now is that the day has finally come for the election of the governor of Gualjia Mansion.

Just after the third watch, Zhiyun was tossed up by Mama Cui, took a comfortable bath in the bath, and her skin was slightly red, after washing, Zhiyun took a white agate carp vase, went for a walk in the garden as usual, folded a few flowers by the way, and inserted them carefully, looked left and right, and felt that her flower arrangement art was not bad.

After visiting the garden, Zhiyun still wanted to eat something, but Zhang Ruyan took July and October to pull her away from the table nervously, saying that no food was allowed to be imported, and only pulled her to start dressing up.

The main girl tossed together, but still got Chen Shizheng, Ruyan was relieved, sighed, and said, "Almost, so be it." ”

Turning around in front of the dressing mirror, Zhiyun smiled slightly, quite neat, if she could wear it like this at home in the past, it would be comfortable - a blue flag suit with a pipa placket, her jet-black hair was simply combed into a thick braid, her sideburns were wearing a flower ornament made of pink crystals, she was wearing a small pearl pendant on her ears, she stepped on the bottom of a two-inch-high flower pot, and there was a strip of white silk cloth with her life story written in front of her placket.

Zhang Ruyan looked at the slim girl in front of her, her eyes were red, but in the end, she held back her tears, and said a lot of words, what must you pay attention to eating, don't eat what others give, put away the clothes and jewelry, use water to fight yourself, even if it is hard, don't let those palace maids help, see the grandmother and send more silver, don't be reluctant to spend money......

After speaking, he stuffed a few more reward purses into the baggage, carefully checked the clothes and jewelry, thought about it, took a few pieces of pastries and wrapped them in oiled paper, and let Zhiyun hide them, and when he was very hungry, he could satisfy his hunger a little, so he let go of his hand and let Mingde escort his sister out.

Mingde kept sending Zhiyun to the mule cart, and he stopped talking for a long time, and finally Zhiyun smiled and comforted him a few words, in fact, it was really nothing, there were indeed many people in the palace who went in the draft and never left the palace, but - does she need to worry?

Finally got on the mule cart and set off with the vast army.

After traveling for more than half an hour, the mule cart finally stopped, Zhiyun estimated that it was about outside the Shenwu Gate, and then changed to the carriage of the Internal Affairs Office, and walked for an unknown amount of time, and then arrived at the Shunzhen Gate.

Lined up to follow the nervous and helpless show girls to move forward, Zhiyun's mood was quite relaxed, and there were a lot of eyes in the corner of her eyes This ancient Forbidden City, in fact, after arriving in this era, she doesn't like to visit places of interest and monuments very much, after all, for her, there are monuments everywhere, everyone is an ancient, look at it every day, look at it every month, see it every year, and see it every year, what else is so fresh. However, the first time she entered this ancient Forbidden City, she was still a little excited.

After walking for a while, he arrived at an extremely spacious courtyard, and the little eunuch who led the way was extremely kind, and said with a warm smile: "In a while, according to the roster, please ask all the show girls to come forward to inspect ......"

Zhiyun looked at the show girls with blue lips, trembling bodies, and squinting eyes, and then remembered that this first round of selection seemed to be to take off their clothes for a physical examination, which seemed to be extremely torturous...... A cold light flashed in her eyes, if only those grandmothers were interested, if they were deliberately embarrassed...... She is a mage, so she naturally has her own pride, and she can't be insulted by others.

Zhiyun belongs to Shangsanqi, and it didn't take long for him to be invited to a room, where there were several grandmothers, one of whom had a face, and said coldly and contemptuously to Zhiyun: "Please girl wide clothes...... " She didn't finish a word, and another grandmother next to her suddenly pulled her sleeve secretly, and the grandmother who spoke was stunned, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the white silk cloth strip on Zhiyun's body, and her face changed greatly......

At this time, another grandmother spoke, but her voice was much kinder, and there was even a hint of flattery in her tone: "Don't worry, girl, you are blessed at first glance, let's go through the motions." ”

Zhiyun smiled, I don't know if Kangxi told me, or my own boss? Kangxi is more likely to ask, after all, even if it is the fourth emperor, it is unlikely that he will do anything when the show girl is picked......

Sure enough, it was a formality, Zhiyun went to her outer clothes, and she didn't even take off her underwear, and a few grandmothers circled around her twice, looking at her palm prints, which was finished.

Of course, Zhiyun will not take it big, deliberately offended these people, and also stuffed each grandmother with a very heavy purse, and several grandmothers even smiled, at the beginning, the grandmother who seemed to be embarrassed Zhiyun also said a lot of auspicious words, and personally sent her out of the house.

The show girls of the Qing Dynasty were picked, and each round took about eight days, during which they had to live in the palace, Zhiyun paid attention to it, and the other show girls were probably three or four people living in one room, but she lived alone.

Entering the room, Zhiyun saw that the place was quite exquisitely decorated, the bedding was all brand new, and there was a smell of sunshine.

Living alone, no one bothered, Zhiyun simply set up a trigger warning bell in the house to warn once someone approached, and went back to her own half-plane nest, eating and living by herself, the meals in the palace were only symbolically typed with a dozen, just eat, she was not interested in personally verifying the jealousy of these show girls in the palace, you know, the special treatment Zhiyun received was really obvious, after a few days, I don't know how many people saw it in their eyes, anxious in their hearts, and full of jealousy.

In this draft, other show girls are trembling, for fear that they will suffer, they just want to leave the palace and go home safely, and they are also full of longing, hoping to be a noble person in one step, but Zhiyun can say a word with confidence, in addition to doing experiments in the half-plane every day, playing games and watching movies, pulling Ouyang to chat and talk, and also going out to take a look at these show girls, but this time they are not all 'boutique', of course, there are beautiful and charming, but there are also those who are very average in appearance and temperament, or more general.

However, in general, Zhiyun is here, so happy, and she has appreciated her beauty generously, and people are very willing to show her the best side of herself like a peacock......

The days passed, and soon, the re-election passed.