"Eunuch Huaibao, this...tea cup..." If the portrait is dirty, something will really happen.
"Withdraw first." Huaibao waved his hand.
The official breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly asked people to remove the tea cup, and carefully wiped the table.
Huaibao had already taken out a painting and looked at the purple-dressed beauty on it. He was very dissatisfied: "This is not good. The corners of the eyes are too sharp. At first glance, she is too aggressive."
After saying that, he closed the scroll and picked up another one.
"That's not good either. Her looks are really bad. All the maids in Prince Qi's palace are prettier than her."
"This one with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks can't do it."
"This... is too fat."
"The face is too long."
"A too long chin is not a sign of good fortune!"...
The officials were dumbfounded by Huaibao's next comments. He reached out to take the scrolls thrown by Huaibao, and frowned helplessly.
He knew that the Prince of Qi was here to cause trouble. These were the daughters of aristocratic families who were selected, not only with their looks, but also with good family backgrounds.
Now it is judged to be worthless.
"Sir, is that all?" Huaibao looked around and asked again after reading all the pictures.
"For now...that's all." The official looked bitter, carefully gathered the scroll, and put it down on the table in front of the window again.
"No, no, it really can't be done." Huaibao shook his head and looked at the officials carefully cleaning up. He shook his head and sighed, "Our prince is also very discerning, just like our prince."
The officials clicked their tongues, not knowing what to say. These daughters from aristocratic families are already the most suitable ones. There are several of them with stunning faces and they are already so beautiful. Why can't they look down on them?
But when he thought about the appearance of Prince Qi, the official felt that there was a reason why he looked down upon him. He was so handsome that he had seen it from a distance before. At that time, the prince was still losing his temper and looked at Yin Han.
Cold, but extremely handsome in appearance.
Thinking about it like this, I actually had a weird feeling. I really felt that even the scroll over there couldn't catch the eyes of Prince Qi. After all, with such an exquisite appearance, could anyone really compare to him?
"Please bring the list over to our house and take a look." Huaibao stretched out his hand.
"Come here, get the list." The official said outside.
This is a government yamen, and it is very simple to get the list. After a while, the initial list was presented to the desk. The official pushed it in front of Huaibao: "Eunuch Huaibao, please take a look."
The list is not a secret, just look at it, especially for the people from Prince Qi's Mansion, after all, they were originally planned to be sent to Qi.
"What is this matter that Minister Qian is in charge of?" Huaibao read the ten lines at a glance, and finally focused on the name at the top.
"The emperor ordered Mr. Qian to take charge of this matter." The official nodded.
The main thing here is selection, and the real decision-maker is of course Minister Qian.
"The Minister of Rites is in charge of this matter...it is indeed appropriate." Huaibao was quite satisfied, and it sounded like he was very proud of Minister Qian.
The official breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away the non-existent cold sweat, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is absolutely right, Minister Qian is the most prudent, and he will never make a mistake in selecting people."
"The candidates are all in charge of Mr. Qian, and they are distributed, verified and selected one by one, and then sent to Mr. Qian."
The official said that his responsibility during the itinerary was not big, it was just a tentative process, and he was not the one who made the real decision.
When it comes to the servants of Prince Qi's palace, the officials feel that it is a good thing that they have little responsibility. Although the father-in-law Huaibao is always smiling and seems to have a particularly good temper, he does not dare to think that this is true.
Just looking at the way he sometimes smiles but doesn't smile, the officials feel ashamed. He is really just a small official who does things and has no decision-making power.
The servants of Prince Qi's Mansion don't have to keep an eye on him.
"Look at the image first, and then choose the person?" Huaibao asked curiously, smiling as if he could talk easily.
"Yes... let's first see if each family has a suitable girl of the right age who has not yet been engaged." The official said immediately, "Then we will prepare the portrait."
"Not yet engaged?" Huaibao thought thoughtfully and stretched out his hand.
He made a vague stroke in the air, "What if this girl... is already engaged?"
"Of course it was crossed out." The official said immediately. He knew about this. "But in fact, no one else knew whether some daughters from aristocratic families were engaged to be engaged. They had to check it out before finally making the appointment. They were on the initial list.
, they are not on the list at the back."
The roster cannot be decided immediately. From the initial trial list to the subsequent review, it actually takes a lot of time.
There is room for maneuver in this. Of course, it is not easy to say this clearly. Everyone just needs to understand it.
"We've almost completed the inspection. Is there an updated roster?"
"There are... there are two copies." The official said immediately while asking someone to get it. This matter was related to King Qi's affairs, so it was natural for the people sent by King Qi's Mansion to ask.
Huaibao took the two rosters and compared them. Some of the names on the previous roster were originally there, but some were crossed out later, which showed that they had been updated.
The first book had Yu Lanyun's name on it, and the second and third books also had Yu Lanyun's name on it, but obviously he hadn't had time to cross it out yet.
"The most recently updated copy is at Mr. Qian's place. The copy here is still the one I had before. I just used it to make a pair. The decision is not in Xiaguan's hands."
Huaibao slowly closed the book: "Sir, how many of them are you going to send to the court?"
"This... I don't know clearly. In the end, it is Master Qian's wish." The official responded carefully and did not say anything.
"Does that mean I have to find money, sir?" Huai Baopi said with a smile.
"The final decision is made by Mr. Qian." The official said vaguely, not saying yes or no, but just basing his words on his own feelings.
"The booklet...can you lend it to our prince to read?" Huaibao held up the two booklets he got later and continued to ask with a smile.
"Okay." The official thought for a while and stamped his foot vigorously. He couldn't make the decision on this matter. Anyway, the final booklet was sent to Qian Shilang, so it had little to do with him.
"Thank you so much, sir." Huaibao said politely, stuffed the book into his sleeve, stood up and said goodbye. The official sent the person to the Yamen. After watching Huaibao get on the carriage and leave, the official clicked his tongue and called out.
Someone went to report it to Minister Qian, but he had no control over the matter and could only report it to Shangguan...
The account book fell into Yu Xijiao's hands. She looked at what had been crossed out and what had not yet been crossed out, with thoughtful eyes.
Finally, her eyes fell on a familiar name, Xu Jiayi, Xu Shufei's biological niece. Although Xu Shufei never paid much attention to her and looked a little silly, she was an excellent person.
She is not engaged, she is a daughter of a noble family, and she does meet the quota for being sent to Qidi, but everyone knows that she is a bit stupid, and the marriage has not been settled yet, and there is nothing that can be done.
No aristocratic family that knew about her situation was willing to get married to her family, even if she was King Yong's cousin. Yu Xijiao had heard people talk about it before, and it seemed that she might enter King Yong's backyard in the future.
Compared with Prince Duan's Mansion, Prince Yong's Mansion can be said to be very quiet. It has one main concubine, one side concubine, and one side concubine. Some people think that the concubine Shu was specially reserved for the niece of her mother's family.
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Yu Xijiao felt that maybe not.
From what Xu Jiayi said, Concubine Shu was not kind to Xu Jiayi, nor did she show any closeness to the Xu family, which was very strange.
He stretched out his hand and circled Xu Jiayi's name. It was strange to see Xu Jiayi's name here. With her situation, it was impossible to take her turn, but her name was right there.
No matter from any aspect, Xu Jiayi is not suitable.
Her eyes passed over Xu Jiayi's name, and then landed on several other familiar names. These people she knew in her previous life. Although this list has been revised, there are actually quite a lot of names on it.
"Girl, do you want Eunuch Huaibao to go get the latest copy? It is said that it is in the hands of Minister Qian now." Mingyue saw that she was silent, only looking at the list thoughtfully, and suggested in a low voice.
Yu Xijiao shook her head, "Wait a moment, wait for Nanny Xu to come over."
Nanny Xu went to Zhengyuanhou Mansion and helped Zhengyuanhou Mansion go to the Yamen
To report this matter, since Yu Lanyun was engaged and was about to get married, it was impossible to go to Qidi. The name should be crossed out from the list. In fact, she could have waited for someone to come to verify. The third lady was really worried and felt that it was better to
Take the initiative to report to your door.
Yu Xijiao had a vague feeling that this was not going to go smoothly and that someone was behind the scenes, so she asked Aunt Xu to follow her and see if there was anything she needed help with.
"Girl...think something is wrong?" Mingyue said.
Yu Xijiao shook her head: "Actually, I can't tell. Maybe I thought wrong."
I had a vague feeling that everything was pointing towards the Qian Mansion, and sure enough, I checked the roster and found Minister Qian.
In the capital, Mr. Qian is a good old man, and Mrs. Qian was once a good person. But now Mrs. Qian's reputation makes many people feel that she may not be a good person, she may not be really good, and she may not always be good.
There is no selfish intention. If he is really so good, how can he raise such a daughter and granddaughter?
"Girl..." Mingyue was still about to speak when she heard Nanny Xu's voice coming from outside. She glanced at the window and saw Nanny Xu before entering the courtyard door, "Girl, Nanny Xu is here.
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"Let her in." Yu Xijiao put down the list.
Mingyue went to the door and raised the curtain, and sure enough she saw Nanny Xu coming over in a hurry.
"Aunt Xu, please come in." Mingyue greeted with a smile. Looking at Aunt Xu's angry face, she knew that things were not going well.
Nanny Xu nodded and entered the door. Mingyue lowered the curtain and followed her in.
When Nanny Xu entered the door, she bowed to Yu Xijiao and said, "I've seen the girl before."
"What, it's not going well?" Yu Xijiao knew something was wrong as soon as she saw Nanny Xu's face, so she raised her eyebrows and asked.
"Girl, you are really bullying me." Aunt Xu said angrily, "I really met someone I don't know today. She made it so clear, but she also said that she had to go through a process and get a level.
I reported it to the superiors and said that there was a timing issue. If it was too late, they would not be able to do anything if something happened by then."
"Is there a time question?" Yu Xi asked with a smile.