On the morning of the first day of April, the sky had just turned a little white, and two blue sedans came to the palace. Today is the day of the official talent show, whether it is a private selection of show girls or a show girl from aristocratic families, today
Enter the palace and be selected together on the fifth day of April.
Gu Panfu was sitting in a blue-topped sedan. The sedan was really small, barely big enough for her to sit in. The curtains were very thick, not letting in any light. Gu Panfu simply closed her eyes and remembered the old lady's words.
Two days ago, the old lady asked her to talk alone. Gu Panfu entered the main room of Deshou Yuan. After greeting the old lady, the old lady asked her to sit down. The old lady's dark eyes entered the room from her.
The people in the room had been looking at her since the beginning, and Gu Panfu just didn't know. She was a little nervous, but she was more calm. Gu Panfu sat quietly, letting the old lady look at her, and even told the old lady that she was cute
smiled a little.
The old lady raised her eyebrows and spoke first: "It seems that I, an old man, sometimes misjudge the person."
When Gu Panfu heard this, she just smiled slightly, raised her head and looked into the old lady's eyes: "Make grandma laugh."
The old lady chuckled, took a sip of the tea at her hand and said, "I have observed you these days, and I see that you have a calm temperament and a delicate mind. When it comes to entering the palace, you are more suitable than the fourth girl." After that,
She looked at Gu Panfu again, not missing any expression on her face.
Gu Panfu thought to herself that the old lady seemed to be talking to her sincerely, but in fact she was mostly trying to test her. "Grandma was joking. My granddaughter and fourth sister are both daughters of the Hou family. The fourth sister has a more lively personality." She didn't answer the old lady either.
Even so, he still looks gentle and gentle.
"Forget it, I'll tell you clearly if I have something to say. It's boring to go around all those roundabout ways." Seeing that she was unmoved, the old lady understood that this granddaughter was not easy to fool. "Your grandfather and I are standing between you and the fourth girl.
At this time, I still prefer you to enter the palace. The emperor's harem is empty, and there are only a few empresses from Qiandi in the palace. In this draft, only the ladies from our Anyang Marquis Mansion and the Gongqinbo Mansion of the emperor's biological mother's mother's family are daughters of aristocratic families. The emperor will definitely meet
Let the daughters of these two families be selected."
Gu Panfu's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She knew that Gongqin's house knew that the emperor's biological mother was the late emperor's poppy, and her father only studied in the Hanlin Academy of the sixth rank. The Yu family was extremely beautiful, and the late emperor also favored her.
After a while, because of her low birth, she achieved the status of a beauty. Later, when she gave birth to the emperor, she could not raise her by herself, so the then queen and now the queen mother raised Xie Xiao. It was a pity that the poppy was short-lived and could not wait until she was born.
Xie Xiao died of illness when he took the throne. After Xie Xiao ascended the throne, he named his biological mother Yu as Empress Wenxian, and gave his maternal ancestral family an earldom. This led to the creation of Gongqin's Mansion.
What surprised Gu Panfu was that this was the first draft since the emperor ascended the throne, and there were so few girls from aristocratic families participating. And why was the old lady so sure that the emperor would let girls from these two families be selected? She suddenly remembered that the new decree issued last year
After thinking about the decree for a while, I realized that although the emperor had weakened the rights of the aristocratic families, he did not intend to kill them all. Moreover, there would be daughters from other ministers' families in this draft. Selecting daughters from aristocratic families to enter the palace was intended to appease them.
It can also balance the harem. It's a pity that the aristocratic family is frightened by the emperor's methods and dare not come forward rashly. The Yu family's different identities are naturally different. Gu Panfu has to admit that Jiang is still hotter, and the old Marquis is still courageous.
Seeing that she could understand it in such a short time, the old lady narrowed her eyes. It was a good thing that her granddaughter was smart, but she was just worried that she would not be able to control her.
"I know you have your own thoughts in your heart, and your grandfather and I both understand. It's us elders who have neglected to care, but you have to understand that your surname is Gu, and you can only be tied to the Gu family from birth, no matter where you are.
"Where." The old lady sat up straight, her expression became serious, and her tone became a little more solemn. She understood that with Gu Panfu's intelligence and character, saying anything to make up for it would only make Gu Panfu disgusted, so it was better to let this family relationship
It is safer to turn a relationship into a community of interests.
Gu Panfu lowered her eyes. She originally wanted to give herself a try. It was better to have the help of the Marquis than to struggle on her own. It was just that she had her own considerations in her heart, but at this moment she stood up and took it seriously.
He gave a blessed gift to the old lady: "Please rest assured, grandma, my granddaughter understands."
The old lady nodded and felt relieved for the time being. It would be best to cooperate with the kind-hearted Ken. Aunt Sun was still in the house, and she was not afraid of Gu Panfu leaving.
"Young master, we have arrived. Please get off the sedan chair." The voice of the accompanying maids came from outside. During the election period, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent people to accompany them. Each person was accompanied by a rough maid. When they entered the palace, the beautiful ladies
He must be called a mistress, and only when he has a position can he be considered a serious master.
Gu Panfu got off the sedan and found that apart from her and Gu Panxin, there was only a girl in plain clothes standing in the distance at the entrance of the palace. When she saw them getting off the sedan, she looked over here from a distance.
The maid who spoke just now stepped forward and took the baggage from Gu Panfu's hand, and then gave Gu Panfu a gift: "My maid, Qin Yu, has met my young master."
Gu Panfu lowered her head and glanced at the palace maid. She looked quite steady despite her age, and raised her hand to signal her to get up: "Girl, please get up." She also took two taels of silver from her purse as a reward. "Thank you, my master, for your reward."
." Qin Yu accepted the silver reward generously, stood next to Gu Panfu, and helped her walk towards the aunt in charge who was standing at the palace gate.
Qin Yu glanced at Gu Panfu quietly, feeling a little puzzled. She thought the young master would ask her some questions, but she didn't expect him to say a word. She pursed her lips, wondering if she should take the initiative to say something. She hesitated.
Suddenly, she spent almost all her savings to be able to serve the new mistress who entered the palace this time. She wanted to find a way out for herself, and did not want to be a roughneck in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a maid. "Little mistress,
The other young masters all go through another palace gate. This palace gate can only be entered by young masters from aristocratic families. After a while, the aunt will take the young masters to Chuxiu Palace, where the young master, the other young master Gu and the young master Yu will go.
He will live in the front hall, and the other little masters will live in the back hall."
Gu Panfu had already guessed that the girl in plain clothes and skirt was Miss Yu. She also noticed Qin Yu's secret glance at her. She curled her lips and didn't care. When Qin Yu took the initiative to speak, she also nodded.
He accepted her kindness with a smile.
Gu Panfu walked towards the palace door and saw the appearance of the Miss Yu family clearly. The name of the Miss Yu family was Qianyue. She sounded gentle and quiet, but her appearance was not like that. Yu Qianyue looked quite ordinary.
She is gorgeous and looks very aggressive. Even her light makeup and clothes can't hide the sharp look between her eyebrows. On the contrary, she has a sense of violation.
Gu Panfu and Gu Panxin greeted the nanny in charge. Yu Qianyue always had a cold face, and she even snorted coldly after seeing Gu Panfu's appearance clearly. Gu Panfu didn't bother to pay attention to her. According to her title, Anyang Marquis Mansion
It is one level higher than the Gongqin Mansion of the Yu family. As for the identity of the emperor's cousin, the queen in the harem is also the emperor's cousin. Who else in the harem can be higher than the queen except the queen mother.
Gu Panxin pursed her lips. It wasn't that she and Gu Panfu had a good relationship, it was just that she couldn't stand Yu Qianyue's style. What was the background of the Yu family? Is it because of the emperor that she could become a famous family?
"The old slave has met all the young masters. After a while, the old slave will take all the young masters to Chuxiu Palace. Until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the young masters will live in the front hall of Chuxiu Palace. If the masters in the palace are not special,
When summoned, the young masters are not allowed to step out of the Chuxiu Palace. In addition, the old slave will always serve in the Chuxiu Palace during this period. If the young masters have other needs or questions, they can come to the old slave." The manager.
When Grandma saw that they were all here, she bowed and turned aside to lead the way for them.
The three of them followed the nun into the palace gate. Gu Panfu stepped over the high threshold and looked at the endless palace road in front of her. She felt some indescribable fear in her heart. She pinched her fingertips and pressed down
With the inexplicable emotions in his heart, he did not look back at the slowly closing palace door.
The nun in charge told them some of the rules in the palace as they walked. Fortunately, this palace road was specially used for beautiful ladies entering the palace, and there were not many people.
Suddenly, Yu Qianyue interrupted the grandma in charge and asked, "Excuse me, grandma, can I live in a house by myself?"
The grandma in charge was interrupted, paused, and looked at Yu Qianyue with some surprise, but still replied: "Back to the little master, every little master has his own person and a room."
After hearing this, Yu Qianyue didn't look satisfied, but frowned and fell silent.
The mammy in charge stopped talking, and the palace road became silent. Yu Qianyue frowned even more tightly, with anger on her face, cursing in her heart that this old slave was so rude, waiting for her
After entering the palace, I told her to look good.
Entering Chuxiu Palace, Gu Panfu and Gu Panxin were assigned to the east wing of the front hall, and Yu Qianyue was assigned to the west wing of the front hall. The layout of Chuxiu Palace is different from other palaces, divided into front hall, middle hall, and back hall.
There is no surrounding side hall, and it goes down in a straight line, like a large house with several entrances and several exits. The front hall and the middle hall are close to each other, and the middle hall and the back hall are separated by a small garden and a small pond.
When Yu Qianyue heard that she was living alone in the west wing, the anger on her face subsided a little, and she showed a bit of pride. The grandma in charge still looked calm and bent her knees slightly: "You are tired from the journey, you can take a rest.
Breakfast will be delivered later. At other times, the young masters can make their own arrangements. The old slave will be waiting in front of the palace, and the young masters can give orders to the old slave at any time."
As soon as the nanny in charge finished speaking, Yu Qianyue rolled up her sleeves and left. Gu Panfu smiled and said thank you, and also entered the east wing. Gu Panxin stepped forward and pulled up the nanny in charge warmly.
She said some nice words and stuffed her with money. Gu Panfu just pretended that she didn't know. Gu Panxin's old habit had happened again. Why didn't she have a long memory?
There are five rooms in the east wing. Gu Panfu chose the room on the east side. This room was sunny and spacious. Just as Gu Panfu was about to enter the room, she heard Gu Panxin calling her from behind, and she turned around looking for the sound.
. She saw Gu Panxin standing at the door of the middle room, looking at her with a smile on her face.
Gu Panfu turned around and asked, "What's wrong with Fourth Sister?"
"My younger sister chose the room in the middle. Third sister won't mind, right?" Gu Panxin asked her pretending to be innocent.
Gu Panfu raised her eyebrows but said nothing. She didn't quite understand Gu Panxin's brain circuit.
Gu Panxin looked at her and said nothing, then continued with a slightly provocative tone: "Third sister, we are biological sisters. We have to help each other when we enter the palace, right?"
Gu Panfu just looked at her like that. After a while, Gu Panxin began to feel a little uncomfortable, and then she suddenly smiled: "Fourth sister is so sure, I am here to congratulate you first." After that, she turned around and entered the house.
Gu Panxin stood there alone, not wanting to get angry. Her face turned red and white, and she took several deep breaths to suppress the anger.