A year later,

"You say, with my current appearance, can I be a princess in the harem?" Today is the day when the emperor chose a concubine to the world for the first time since he ascended the throne.

"You, let's choose it!" Yun'er still likes to raise the bar with Lu Qiao.

At this time, Zihao had been on the throne for three years, and Ziyun was also in a high position as a concubine in the harem. Because she is very good at charming, even if there are many concubines in the palace, she is still favored, and she is also presided over by the selection of concubines this time. She had already explained that the eunuchs and old mothers who were specifically responsible for it should screen out the women who were too good-looking, and they could not be allowed to enter the emperor's imperial election. However, she had a way to deal with this trick - she didn't apply powder in the first few rounds of screening, but drew a black mole on the corner of her mouth, and at the same time stuffed the eunuchs and mothers with a lot of silver. As a result, Green Qiao was able to successfully pass through many levels and enter the emperor's imperial election.

"Because I want to enter the royal election, I pretend to be ugly, and now that I have entered the royal election, I can't pretend to be ugly anymore. Yun'er took Yimei's clothes and waited for her to enter the bathtub. Lu Qiao sat in the bathtub and said wistfully: "I can't pretend to be ugly anymore, there is no problem in entering the palace with my current appearance, but how can I become that standout?"

"Don't forget that being alone is the target of public criticism, and I think you should still keep your eyes on it. ”

"Taoguang Yanghui?" Lu Qiao subconsciously said: "Yimei is dead, and I am Lu Qiao, forbearance and kindness are not what I should do." Her eyes were a little cold and stiff in the dim and warm candlelight.

Outside the window, a few crows were parked on the ancient locust tree, and their cries resounded through the ethereal sky.

There are many women in the palace who take the initiative to flatter, and those show girls are even more eager to please the emperor like flies chasing dung. Green Qiao expected that the Emperor was tired of all this, so she decided to do the opposite and give the Emperor something fresh. Whether it is the dress or personality, it must make the eyes of the people in the palace shine, so as to really attract the lustful and tired of the vulgar king.

On the day of the royal election, Lu Qiao wore a water-blue dress, and the headdress was just a turquoise hosta, which was enough to attract people's attention in those purple and red bushes. What's more, she still has such a beautiful appearance. Sure enough, the emperor fell in love with her at a glance among the six girls to be selected in a row. He ordered Lu Qiao to calm down and stepped forward and asked, "Everyone has tried their best to dress up in order to become my concubine, why did you come here so elegantly?"

"Your Majesty, the grandfather of the slave family is just a doctor, and he has no extra money to buy a business, and I hope the emperor will forgive him!"

The emperor leaned on the dragon chair and turned the jade plate on the thumb of his left hand with his right hand and said, "Oh, you look worried, are you wronged to marry me as a concubine?" Lu Qiao immediately knelt down and said in great trepidation: "The slave family does not dare, but the slave family often hears that once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea and a little afraid." When the emperor heard her say this, he smiled evilly, and motioned for Lu Qiao to come forward and sit beside him. He lifted Lu Qiao's delicate chin with his hand, looked at the jade muscle that could be broken by blowing, and said, "What are you afraid of with me to support you!" His hungry look showed that he couldn't wait to carry Lu Qiao back to the dragon bed immediately.

"Slave family thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

Soon, the restless concubines and other concubines in the harem received the emperor's will, which said that the Yang family's daughter Lu Qiao was beautiful and dignified, gentle and virtuous, and was selected as the first-class female official of Yunyun Palace: Concubine Xian. After listening to the holy decree, Concubine Shu asked the inner prison to announce the decree again

Repeated. She was so shocked that she was at a loss and incoherent, "How could it be, as soon as I entered the palace, I was named a concubine, and I was the first of the four concubines, half a level higher than me." As she spoke, her heart was full of doubts: What kind of ability does this Yang Luqiao have? After all, this inner eunuch usually receives a lot of small favors from Concubine Shu, so when she saw her like this, she comforted her and said: "Niangniang, don't worry, even if she is a virtuous concubine, she is just the emperor's freshness." Over the years, the emperor has favored fewer female officials in the palace, but what is the result? This harem is not your world!" The words of the inner supervisor seemed to reassure Concubine Shu to calm down a lot in an instant, she stopped and glanced at this rootless person, and suddenly laughed gloomily, and then said to the female official close to her: "Reward!"

"Slave thank you Niangniang for your grace!" the voice of the inner supervisor also had a sense of yin and yin.

It was night, and Lu Qiao and Yun'er rented a room in the capital.

"Tomorrow you will enter the palace as a virtuous concubine, are you worried?" Yun'er and Lu Qiao were lying on the same bed, candlelight flickering in the room. Hearing her ask like this, Lu Qiao couldn't help but turn over and ask, "When did you start worrying about me?" Yun'er was a little annoyed when she saw through her thoughts, and said, "I'm just worried that you won't be favored in the palace, and my life as a maid will not be easy." After speaking, he also turned over and slept with his hands on the wall.

That night, they were all pretending to be asleep, but none of them were asleep.

The next morning, Luan's driver from the palace appeared outside the inn on time, and the streets were also emptied early in the morning and full of guards. In the past, Yun'er used to serve Lu Qiao and groom her, but today she could only watch dryly-because two grandmothers and two palace maids came to the palace to dress up Lu Qiao. One of the grandmothers explained to Lu Qiao the etiquette and things to pay attention to in the palace, as well as who the harem ladies in the palace are now. As for the etiquette in the palace, I knew it when Yi Mei was a female official before, so Lu Qiao was quite interested in how many ladies there were in the palace. So she interrupted Mama and asked, "Is Zhenggong Niang the princess when His Majesty used to be in the private mansion?" She wanted to determine what Su Qi's identity was in the palace now.

Mama looked a little embarrassed, "There is no queen mother in the palace now." ”

Lu Qiao and Yun'er were surprised, "Why?"

"The first queen passed away last year, and Your Majesty has not established a new queen so far. ”

"That?"

"Now in the harem, the concubine Niangniang is respected, but Niangniang, you are the head of the four concubines after you enter the palace, and you should be respected. "These two grandmothers are worthy of being the old men in the palace, you slapped the emperor's new favorite sycophants with a word.

Green disguised herself and said with a little trepidation: "Respect me, how dare you, I am from a humble background......" Before she finished speaking, there was a palace maid and couldn't help but say angrily: "Then she is not just a woman who pours tea and water, how noble can she be!"

"Presumptuous! The birth level of the harem maid will not allow you to make a big fuss here, and you will not retreat!" Mama reprimanded the palace maid and said to Lu Qiao with a smile: "The auspicious time is coming, Niangniang will use some court slaves to serve you into the palace." ”

"There's Mama Lao!"

After Lu Qiao was carried into the palace, he was asked to follow the ceremonial aunt to the door of the emperor's residence hall to ask for peace, and then to the temple of the first queen mother to offer incense, and then to the first queen's temple to offer incense, and finally return to Yunyun Palace.

She and Yun'er were tired enough, especially Yun'er was like a frosted eggplant, but Lu Qiao still had to cheer up and listen to the last instructions of the etiquette aunt and the eunuch: "Niangniang, let's rest today, tomorrow there will be concubines and female officials from all palaces who are lower than yours to come to congratulate you."

"Okay, thank you aunt for the reminder!" Lu Qiao sat down in his seat and bowed slightly to them.

"In this case, I will retire first!"