The pageant takes place at Lotus Square, the largest square in the capital of the country of Fura, in front of the main entrance of the royal palace.

Now, the lotus square is crowded with people, separated by a fence in the middle, guarded by soldiers, and a round woman standing in a small circle surrounded by soldiers. Outside are the family and retinue on the inner and outer three floors.

In the middle of the square, a high platform was erected, I don't know what it was for.

"Dudu-du-" The horn sounded, and when the time came, a group of people walked out of the wide open gate of the royal city. The leader was a short and fat old eunuch, and he walked on his toes.

Walking to the middle of the square, he waved his hand, and the crowd immediately fell silent.

The short and fat old eunuch smiled "hehe", very satisfied with everyone's attention to him, and said loudly: "Everyone must have read the royal proclamation here. ”

People nodded their heads.

"Today is a good day for our wise majesty the king to choose a beautiful woman to enter the palace. His Majesty is in the prime of life, the heirs are not abundant, and the beauty entering the palace is a step to the sky, with a bright future, and it is also the supreme glory of the family. And the king is merciful, this time the Na'vi people can even sign up for the selection regardless of their origin, as long as they meet the conditions. I am the person in charge of this selection, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gao Ming. After Gao Gonggong finished speaking, he emphasized: "If the women can't meet the conditions, you can leave on your own, don't delay everyone's time." ”

The women standing in the inner circle glanced at each other, and no one left.

This is also expected by Gonggong Gao, how could they give up the opportunity to turn a sparrow into a phoenix? He showed a look of disdain, raised his hand, and ordered the young eunuch beside him: "Let's start." ”

The young eunuch ran into the royal city with a puff of smoke. After a while, a team of eunuchs in the royal city carried out a long and straight trunk, which had been cut off from the leaves and side branches, and was rounded and straightened. Some of the eunuchs carried thick ropes, and five or six eunuchs carried a large copper plate that was one foot round, and finally a large piece of iron came from a carriage dragged by eight horses.

The eunuchs got busy, and soon, with the high platform as the fulcrum, a huge scale was erected.

Gao Gonggong shouted: "Please take off the hairpin rings on your bodies one by one, go up to the weighing pan, and weigh yourself." If the portion is not enough, it will not pass the primary selection. ”

The crowd was in an uproar. It turns out that a big scale is directly weighed! But isn't this a beauty pageant? The women have taken off all their costumes, and they look too "plain."

Such a straightforward selection...... Ding Rong, who stood behind the crowd, whispered with emotion: "This is not a beauty pageant, is it?

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The beauty pageant took "weighing" as the main process, and the thinly dressed women went on the scales to weigh it, and the final selected women were really among the top women.

Grandpa Gao, who supervised the whole process, kept frowning.

The young eunuch beside him immediately served tea and asked carefully, "Manager Gao, are you not satisfied?"

"How can you be satisfied?" said Gao Gonggong, "this time the conditions have been relaxed, haven't you heard that beauties from all over the world have flocked to the capital? ”

The well-informed young eunuch said, "You don't know anything. Last night, there were many people in the city who had severe diarrhea, especially the women who were coming to run for election today, who were out of shape overnight. Some say it's worse than last year's. ”

"What? At the moment of the beauty pageant, this happened?" Gao Gong said, "If I can't choose a suitable woman, won't I have the grace of God?"

"Your Excellency, this has nothing to do with you. Last year, it seemed to be a demon, so in the end, it was subsided after the national teacher's practice. Isn't it the same this year?" said the young eunuch his speculation.

"National teacher?" Speaking of her, Gao Gonggong said dissatisfiedly: "She is against this beauty pageant, she can't wait for us to choose a beauty, how can she help us? She doesn't think about the emptiness of my queen's harem, what is a mere hundred people, and the monarchs of the northern countries are all three thousand beauties in the harem!"

"Yes, there are not many harem women in my country. The young eunuch immediately and humbly cooperated.

Gonggong Gao pondered for a moment and asked, "The remaining thirty places have already been allocated to ten small counties?"

"Yes. ”

"This beauty pageant, the king gave us ten days, so let's divide it into batches. Today's situation is not good, choose thirty first, and in a few days when the beauties from all over the world enter Beijing, choose another forty. "Grandpa Gao commanded.

"Yes, I'll announce it. ”

"Wait. ”

The young eunuch hurriedly turned his head and waited for Grandpa Gao's orders.

"I will ask the doctor from the Tai Hospital to come out of the palace to study this disease. You also send someone to inform the national teacher and ask her to get rid of the evil spirits. Gao Gonggong thought about it, it is better to take a two-pronged approach.

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After the young eunuch announced the decision of the split selection, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, Gonggong Gao, took the other eunuchs and a team of round beauties back to the palace.

Everyone talked about it, and a few families were happy and a few were sad. Those who were selected were naturally overjoyed, and the fat ladies who failed to be elected because of diarrhea were also happy to have a chance.

There are not many people who are worried, but they include the golden shopkeeper.

When Ye Yiren and his party returned to the inn, they heard the golden shopkeeper cursing angrily: "This little girl, what kind of shit luck did she bump into, and she was actually selected to go in!

A table of outsiders next to him smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, happy event, what do you need in the palace, what kind of burden do you need?

The shopkeeper said worriedly: "What kind of happy event? Our inn has been open for three generations, who is it to pass on now? I originally hoped that she would recruit a husband to inherit it." ”

"What kind of tricks? Don't get cheap and sell well!" The fat lady who checked in yesterday walked into the inn with a bad face and her entourage: "I didn't choose, but your daughter did, this is her conspiracy!"

The shopkeeper Jin hurriedly explained: "Guest officer, the whole city was like this last night, it really wasn't done by a little girl! Not to mention that the adult said today that he will be re-selected in a few days, Miss, you are as beautiful as a pearl, you will definitely be selected." ”

"Hmph!" Miss Fat said angrily to the golden shopkeeper: "Next time, if I still have diarrhea, I will only ask you!"

"Yes, yes. The golden shopkeeper nodded.

Ye Zhi and the others glanced at each other and went upstairs.

Xiang Nan was still asleep, but his face was much better.

The five senior brothers and sisters sat down around the table, and Ye Zhi told everyone what they had encountered the night before.

Tong Yuyang said in surprise: "Lu Wuzhu is lost, and the trackers of the Xijing Temple have chased this neighborhood?"

Bai Yuelan said disappreciably: "You just care about the gossip about stealing treasures! What does this treasure bead have to do with you? What is happening here in front of you is the point, right? It's a little weird, right?"

Ding Rong nodded: "The fourth senior brother and I have been recruited, and the fat I ate two days ago seems to be gone all of a sudden." The problem of fat and thinness always makes me feel that I can't get rid of the brothers and sisters of the country. ”

"Not bad. Ye Zhi arranged, "Let's go separately, Senior Brother Qu and Junior Brother keep an eye on the movements of the National Teacher, the people from the Xijing Temple should still come to trouble the National Teacher, everyone be careful not to collide with the people from the Xijing Temple." The two junior sisters paid attention to the situation in the palace. I maneuver. ”

"Yes. "Now that we have gone out for a walk, everyone has listened to Ye Zhi's arrangement.