At noon, in the Taichen Palace where the emperor lived, the palace people all walked very lightly. The emperor Xie Xiao had just had lunch, and the palace people were waiting on him to wash his hands. In addition to his hair crown and regular clothes, he was ready to take a lunch break.
A young eunuch walked in from outside, lowered his head and knelt in the outer hall to report: "Your Majesty, the Queen is outside asking for an audience."
Xie Xiao was leaning on the soft pillow on the couch, flipping through a travel journal boredly. After hearing the report, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Ming Zhong, the eunuch chief eunuch of Taichen Palace on the side: "Did the show girl enter the palace today?"
"Back to the emperor, the ladies and mistresses have already moved into Chuxiu Palace." Ming Zhong bowed and replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Xie Xiao knew what the Queen was asking for. He raised his chin and signaled to Ming Zhong: "Why don't you go and invite your Queen's master in?" Ming Zhong sighed and slipped away.
Queen Chu Jingyao entered the inner hall. She looked graceful and majestic, with a plump and slightly chubby figure. She was wearing a pomegranate skirt, with a phoenix spreading its wings embroidered with gold thread on the skirt. Her head was covered with blue silk tied up high and decorated with
Wearing luxurious pearls and a golden phoenix holding pearls, it looks like blooming peonies from a distance. The queen looked at Xie Xiao's casual look, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am safe, I am here uninvited, do you think so?"
Disturbing the emperor’s morning rest?”
Xie Xiao sat up a little straighter and stretched out his hand towards the Queen: "If the Queen is there, come and sit down."
The queen stood up, put her hand into Xie Xiao's palm, and followed the emperor's strength to sit on the other side of the squat. The queen took a thin booklet from the hand of the maid next to her and handed it to the emperor: "
Today, all the beautiful ladies have entered the palace, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has compiled a roster. I also want to show it to the emperor."
Xie Xiao took the booklet, flipped through it, and paused slightly when he turned to a page: "Is someone coming from the Yu family too?"
"Yes, among the aristocratic families, only the girl from the Anyang Marquis Mansion and the Yu family's cousin were selected this time. I wanted to take care of the Yu family's cousin for a while, so as to reassure the emperor." The queen smiled softly, showing more dignity and grace.
Xie Xiao's eyes darkened, and he tapped Yu Qianyue's name on the booklet with his index finger. He originally didn't want the Yu family to send anyone to the palace, not to mention that the Yu family was not from a high background and there was no capable person among the younger generation.
.But with him as the emperor, he can protect the Yu family from collapse for three generations. For a mother family with little affection, given a noble title and a prosperous life, he felt that the Yu family should be content. He never thought about the Yu family.
His greed was so great, Xie Xiao sneered in his heart, but did not show it on his face. Then he followed the wishes of the Yu family. When this so-called cousin came into the palace, he could only keep her alive for the sake of his biological mother, and the rest
He didn't have that leisurely mind. He turned another page and saw the two names of the girls from the Gu family of the Anyang Marquis Mansion. He laughed out loud. The Marquis of Anyang deserved to be a mature man. With the current trend, only his family dared to send girls to him.
Entering the palace, they gave two at once. The emperor had already prepared that no girls from aristocratic families would enter the palace in this draft. He didn't expect that the Gu family and the Yu family gave him such a "surprise". Anyway, he didn't expect to be able to do so.
It is impossible to drive out all the aristocratic families. The promulgation of the decree of demoting nobles and ascending nobles left many follow-up questions. Moreover, the current situation in the court has not achieved the balance effect he wanted. The Gu family and the Yu family's daughter entered the palace for a reason.
Method.
"It doesn't matter. Queen, just follow the rules." Xie Xiao put the book down casually, then picked up the travel notes at hand and continued reading.
Seeing this, Chu Jingyao didn't care. The purpose of her trip had been achieved. She smiled and hooked the emperor's palm, and stood up: "Then I won't disturb the emperor's rest. I will leave first."
The emperor patted the back of her hand soothingly and smiled at her: "Okay, queen, please go back first. After I finish my work, I will go and have dinner with you and Baozhu in the evening." The eldest princess Xie Baozhu is five years old this year, smart and well-behaved.
Linglong, Xie Xiao and the Queen doted on her very much.
The smile on the queen's face grew wider, and she returned to Fengyi Palace in response to Xie Xiao's words.
A few days passed peacefully in the Chuxiu Palace. Gu Panfu was passing the time casually in the house. Occasionally she went out to walk in the yard. When she met Gu Panxin and said a few strange words, she also walked back lightly. Look.
Watching Gu Panxin want to have an attack but holding it back was a kind of fun. She lived a leisurely life like this. It was just that everything was fine in the front hall, but in the back hall, a beautiful girl was sent out due to a sudden illness.
He went to the palace. When Gu Panfu heard this, she just smiled. Whether it was a serious illness or something else, she didn't know.
On the fifth day of April, the aunt in charge of Chuxiu Palace sent the three ladies Yu and Gu uniform palace clothes, a light yellow skirt made of common satin, with some dark patterns embroidered with silver thread, and matching
She wore a handkerchief and a round fan without a pattern. Gu Panfu asked Qinyu to comb her hair, revealing her jade-like neck. She looked so beautiful and refined, and her peach blossom eyes added to the elegance of this outfit. Dress up
Well, Gu Panfu waited in front of the Chuxiu Palace. After a while, she saw Yu Qianyue coming out of her house with a dark face. Yu Qianyue was pretty and was not suitable for simple dressing, but Gongqin's family was not rich.
She was not rich, so she could only dress plainly in the past. Moreover, her skin color was not as fair as other beautiful girls, and the light yellow palace dress actually made her darker.
Gu Panxin was the last one to come out. She was constrained by time and had a little displeasure on her brows. She felt that this outfit was too plain and did not reflect her uniqueness. How could she let the emperor see her at a glance?
? She struggled for a long time, and finally gave up by pinning two more small flowers on her head. When she saw Yu Qianyue, the unpleasantness disappeared. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and almost didn't laugh out loud.
Gu Panfu glanced lightly at the flowers on Gu Panxin's head, withdrew her gaze and said nothing. The three of them followed the aunt in charge through the back door of Chuxiu Palace. There was actually a palace there, and they wrote to Tiyuan Palace.
As soon as the three of them stepped into the palace gate, the little eunuch at the door said: "The daughter of the Gu family of the Anyang Hou Mansion, and the daughter of the Yu family of the Gongqin Mansion are here!" Along with this singing, two or three people gathered in front of the palace.
The show girls together looked towards them.
At this moment, all the hairs on Gu Panfu's body stood up. "You three girls, please wait here. I will take my leave first." The aunt in charge bowed and left.
Gu Panfu quickly scanned the circle with her eyes. There were a few people in the crowd whom she had met before. Most of them were the daughters of civil servants, and there were also a few daughters of nouveau riche. However, Gu Panfu had only met them a few times.
They were just not familiar with each other. There were a few other beautiful girls who were sought after but it was because of their looks. She had no intention of chatting with anyone, so she found a stone pillar under the shade of a tree to sit on, not minding other people's looking eyes.
.Gu Panxin saw familiar people when she came in, while Yu Qianyue was surrounded by several beautiful girls.
Not far away, there was a woman who was gently waving her fan and looking towards Gu Panfu. She had a soft appearance and gentle temperament, and her willow-leaf eyebrows made her even more gentle and approachable. Beside her, she was talking.
Seeing this, a beautiful girl with a round face asked, "Sister Xue, you know that sister, do you need to go over and say hello?"
The girl known as Sister Xue turned her head when she heard this and saw the innocent expression of this round-faced beauty. She squeezed her palms quietly and said with a gentle smile: "That is the third lady of the Gu family of the Marquis of Anyang Mansion."
, I only met her a few times. Since she doesn’t often come out to attend gatherings, I was just curious when I saw her.”
"It's better that Sister Xue's family is in Beijing. As a newbie like me, I still need Sister Xue to teach me." The round-faced beauty continued delicately, and then stretched out her hand to shake the girl surnamed Xue.
sleeve.
The girl surnamed Xue still smiled softly, but calmly pulled back her sleeves. The girl surnamed Xue's maiden name was Zhichun, and she was the granddaughter of a master of the first rank. The round-faced girl's name was Feng Zhihe, and she was the new servant.
The biological sister of General Mingwei of the fourth rank. Mrs. Xue is a veteran of three dynasties. As Xue Zhichun, she does not need to be so friendly with Feng Zhihe. However, Mrs. Xue is getting old and will retire soon, and the next generation of the Xue family cannot support it.
The Feng family is an upstart who has been highly favored in recent years. General Mingwei, Feng Zhihe's brother, was even sent to garrison in the Northeast.
The Feng family just came to Beijing not long ago. When Xue Zhichun first came into contact with Feng Zhihe, she was very unhappy with her pretending to be innocent. However, she had to endure it for the sake of the family. She looked at Feng Zhihe's chirping and pretended to use
The fan covers the dark light in the eyes, one day...
On the other side, Gu Panfu noticed that most of the beautiful ladies just looked at them once and then looked away. They started whispering again, and one of the beautiful ladies said with a slightly sour tone: "Qin Shulan is quite pretty.
Even the palace clothes can't hold her down."
"So what if she has a good look? No one knew her origins a few days ago, and some people even came up to her. Look, no one cares about her today. It's just the daughter of a bookkeeper who pretends to be so noble.
." The beautiful lady who answered her words flicked her veil, her eyes full of disdain.
Gu Panfu followed their gazes and saw that the woman in the same palace dress showed a slimmer waist. The woman's eyebrows were unpainted but thick, her eyelashes were long and thick, her eyes were as clear as water, her lips were moist and full, and she had a pair of white catkins.
Gently brushing the green hair hanging by her ears, she stood there looking like a picture of a beautiful woman with a weak willow supporting the wind. Gu Panfu secretly praised that this woman was stunningly beautiful, and none of the beautiful girls in the yard could compare with her.
It's just that his background is too low and his situation is difficult. He also thought that being an emperor would be a blessing. All the beauties in the country were available for him to choose. What kind of beauties did he want? She was envious of her own thoughts, and it was a bit funny.
With a smile on her lips, she shook her fan gently.
"All the ladies and gentlemen whose names have been called, please pay homage to the Emperor, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother in order." A eunuch holding a whisk and wearing dark blue clothes stood at the door of the palace and said loudly. Judging from the shape of the clothes, he should be a housekeeper.
The eunuch in charge of the government.
When the beautiful ladies in the courtyard heard this, they immediately panicked and arranged each other's clothes and hair. Gu Panfu also stood up and gently smoothed the wrinkles on her skirt, thinking that the emperor, the queen mother, and the empress had already arrived.
Success or failure depends on this.
"Quiet, Mrs. Gu is looking forward to her husband, Mrs. Yu is looking forward to seeing you in Qingyue." The eunuch in charge sang loudly, and the sound seemed to penetrate the clouds and reach high into the sky.