Chapter 20: The Election of the Temple
Lu Yuning and Weng Qian's names were in front, and soon read their names, Lu Yuning didn't react when she heard her name, and Weng Qian rarely hooked the corners of her mouth when she heard her name.
Xu Lingyan's name did not appear at the end of the name, and just when Xu Lingyan thought that he was not selected, Gao Gonggong read her name.
When Xu Lingyan heard this, he immediately turned around and said happily to Lu Yuning: "Sister Lu, I can stay and see the palace selection." ”
Lu Yuning was also happy for her, and said with a smile: "I heard it, congratulations." ”
"Hey, hey." Xu Lingyan smiled: "Congratulations to Sister Lu, I thought I was hopeless, who would have thought that I would really stay." ”
Xu Lingyan was happy, and a mocking voice floated next to him, "Look at the way you haven't seen the world, but you just stayed temporarily, and I don't know if the final palace can stay, as for being happy like this?" ”
The person who spoke was wearing a fiery red dress, his facial features were bright and flamboyant, his chin was slightly raised, and his face was full of arrogance, it was Cui Ru of the Dingyuan General's Mansion who had just read his name.
People who were as happy as Xu Lingyan heard Cui Ru's words, and their faces were a little stiff for a while, and they didn't know whether to continue to be happy.
The smile on Xu Lingyan's face was retracted, and he said seriously: "I'm not like Miss Cui, I will definitely be selected for the palace, and it is already an unexpected joy to be able to stay until now, so it's normal to be happy." ”
Cui Ru, who listened to the compliment in Xu Lingyan's words, was very satisfied, and when she heard that she didn't continue to look for Xu Lingyan's stubble, she said very arrogantly: "You have vision." He turned and left.
As soon as Cui Ru left, everyone stopped suppressing their emotions, happy and happy, sad and sad, it really responded to that sentence: a few families are happy and a few are sad.
Lu Yuning glanced at Xu Lingyan and said with a smile: "Sister Xu, you are really witty. ”
Just now, Lu Yuning was thinking about whether to help her, how to help her? I didn't think she would solve the matter easily on her own.
Xu Lingyan smiled and whispered to Lu Yuning: "A young lady like Miss Cui, who has a good background and no one in her eyes, is much easier to deal with, I used to use this trick to deal with my father's boss's daughter, and I have long been familiar with it." ”
After noon, the show girls whose names were not read were sent out of the palace one after another, and the overcrowded Chuxiu Palace suddenly became empty.
However, Lu Yuning and the others in this room, except for Lu Rui, who was sent out halfway, the other three people were not missing.
After that, they stayed in the palace for two more days, and finally came to the day of the palace election.
Fifty show girls who had been selected through layers waited for the announcement outside the Chongyao Hall together.
As the names of the show girls around her were read by the eunuchs, entering and leaving, Lu Yuning was rarely nervous.
After finally hearing his name, Lu Yuning took a deep breath before he walked into the Chongyao Palace, "The courtier Lu Yuning knocked to see the emperor, the queen mother, the queen mother." ”
"Flat." A deep, mellow voice sounded.
After Lu Yuning thanked him, he got up and stood there in a proper manner, not daring to raise his head to peek at the holy face.
"You are the girl of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, the sister of the noble concubine, right? Raise your head and let the mourners take a look. The Queen Mother's voice was kind and majestic.
Lu Yuning slowly raised her head as she said.
Queen Lin Ruoxue, who was also sitting high, was slightly confused when Lu Yuning raised her head, but before anyone noticed it, her expression returned to a dignified atmosphere, and she smiled at the Queen Mother and the Emperor Luo Chengjing: "It's not a loss to be a girl from the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong, this appearance is even more charming and moving than the concubine back then. ”
The Queen Mother nodded when she heard this, and said with a smile: "The queen is right, the little girl is really good-looking, and the mourning family likes it very much, this person likes good-looking little girls when he is old." ”
Luo Chengjing spoke, "Since the queen mother and the queen both like it, let's stay." ”
Lu Yuning hurriedly knelt down to thank her, "The courtiers thank the emperor, the queen mother, the queen mother." ”
Lu Yuning came out of the Chongyao Palace after her legs were a little weak, although she had entered the palace several times before, but she followed everyone to meet the queen mother and the queen from a distance, this was the first time she met the emperor and the queen mother alone, the three queens, and she was almost overwhelmed by the majesty of the three of them.
As for the emperor's face, she didn't dare to look at it at all, but listening to the emperor's voice is quite good, and the length shouldn't be too bad, right?
Forget it, no matter what, it's already come to this point anyway, even if the emperor is ugly, she has no way out.
Smiled at Xu Lingyan, who saw her come out and cast an inquiring look at her, Lu Yuning returned to Chuxiu Palace again.
If the show girl who participates in the palace selection is selected, she must continue to stay in the Chuxiu Palace and wait for the canonization of the holy decree, and the canonization of the holy decree can only move into her own palace after the canonization of the holy decree.
And if there is no selected show girl in the palace, then you can pack up your things and go home from the palace.
Not long after Lu Yuning sat down in the residence, Weng Qian and Xu Lingyan came back one after the other, although Weng Qian's expression was still cold, but just by looking at the look in her eyes, she knew that she must have been chosen.
Xu Lingyan followed Weng Qian in, with a smile on her face, looking like she was about to faint with happiness.
Seeing her like this, Lu Yuning was just about to say hello to her, when she heard Xu Lingyan say happily: "Sister Lu, I finally met the emperor and the queen mother and the queen mother, this trip to the palace is simply worth it, although I was not selected in the end, but I can meet you, I can meet the emperor and the queen mother, the queen mother, I really have no regrets in this life." ”
Lu Yuning's words of saying goodbye were stuck in his throat, and there are probably not many show girls who can be so happy if they are not selected, right?
The Dayong Dynasty does not force women of appropriate age to participate in the draft, and those who are willing to participate in the draft are basically with the mentality of hoping to be selected.
Xu Lingyan didn't notice Lu Yuning's expression, and after talking to herself, she said to Lu Yuning: "Sister Lu must have been chosen, right?" I'm here to congratulate my sister first, but it's a pity that my sister will stay in the palace in the future, and it will be difficult for us to see each other. ”
Without waiting for Lu Yuning to speak, Xu Lingyan's voice changed, and he said: "But even if Sister Lu is not selected to stay in the palace, the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion is in the capital, and my family is in Yongning Mansion. ”
As she spoke, Xu Lingyan's eyes turned red, and she hugged Lu Yuning and said, "Sister Lu, I can't bear you." ”
Lu Yuning also felt a little reluctant in her heart, she also hugged Xu Lingyan, and said softly: "Maybe there will be a chance to see you again in the future." ”
"What's the chance?" Xu Lingyan said with a crying voice.