The night is thick like ink, the low-hanging stars are sprinkled in the air, the green gauze tent is slightly flicked, Ai Lian said: "Slave... Is it really possible to do whatever you want? I put my hands behind my head, and said, "Of course, everyone is equal..." ”

Ailian's heart suddenly brightened, and she got up in a trance and poured warm water into the flower hall.

On the day of the draft, I didn't sleep almost all night, and when the rooster crowed, I took a carriage to Shenwumen. Amma was worried about me and rode with me. I thought it was still early and there was no need to worry, but when I arrived at the gate of the palace, hundreds of mule carts were already crowded, and there was noise from time to time. Amma sat high on his horse and tapped the beam with the silver handle of the whip pole, and I propped up the window and asked, "What's wrong?" Ama said: "There is still half an hour before the palace gate is opened, you take a nap, and when the hour comes, Amma will call you again." ”

I was indeed very tired, and said, "It's hard work. ”

I fell asleep almost as soon as I touched the cushion, and when Ama called, I was forced to cope with it. The palace wall was lit up, and Amma personally helped me out of the carriage and said, "Don't be afraid, Amma is waiting for you outside." The emperor is not a hungry tiger and a wolf, you just have to be generous and ask you anything. "It's clear that it's me in the draft, but Amma is more nervous than me.

Wanyan's family belongs to the Yellow Banner, and Amma's official position is high, so the position assigned to me by the staff is very high. The eunuch in the robe led the way, entering the Shunzhen Gate from the Shenwu Gate, passing through several palaces along the mezzanine road, and stopping at the Tiyuan Palace.

At this time, it was bright and it was breakfast time. I waited with dozens of show girls with yellow flags in a small warm pavilion, and the palace ladies presented pastries and tea, but no one dared to drink it. First, I am afraid of going to the toilet, and second, I am afraid that my mouth will be contaminated with the smell. My stomach was grumbling with hunger, thinking that it would be worth the loss if I was hungry, and besides, I had never heard of someone being beheaded for colliding with the emperor and queen mother during the draft, so I desperately picked up two pieces of osmanthus cake to fill my stomach.

Unexpectedly, the osmanthus cake was as hard as a stone, and I almost broke my teeth.

I threw up again.

A few palace maids standing still in the room couldn't help but look at me curiously, it was the first time they had seen a show girl really eat pastries, which was also an anecdote. Before half a pillar of incense, the little allusion of the daughter of the Wanyan family eating osmanthus cake in the small warm pavilion spread all over the Tiyuan Palace, and the cook smiled: "Every time I come to the draft, I don't know how many snacks to prepare, they are all prepared ten days in advance and stored in the freezer, and the taste is naturally not good." He touched his beard again and said, "It's also strange, there are still show girls who dare to eat pastries in front of the face saint, aren't they afraid of makeup?" There was a mother-in-law squatting at the bottom who pulled a firebox, and while adding coal to the stove, she smiled: "I heard that it is the daughter of the family of the household servant Wanyan..."

It was nearly noon, and a eunuch sent a message, and Xuanren went to the main hall to read.

There were four people in a row, and I stood at the end. With his eyebrows bowed, he stepped on flowerpot shoes and shook his veil, and followed the eunuch through the palace corridor to a vermilion lacquer gate. Another eunuch at the door sang loudly: "Kneel! ”

I listened to the eunuch's instructions and bowed on the platform, and then reported to myself: "The slave and maid are inlaid with yellow flags, and the daughter of Wanyan Luocha, Wanyan Rose, is to ask the emperor for peace, and for Concubine De Niangniang." ”

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and a vigorous voice came out, saying, "Xuanjin Palace." ”

I said reverently: "Thank you for the emperor's grace!" ”

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