On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, various government offices began to unify seals, and the Holy Emperor held a rare meeting.
All civil and military officials in the court were in high spirits, welcoming the first court meeting in the new year with a spirit of apprehension and excitement.
Yesterday's accident by the goldfish pond was witnessed by everyone, and I'm afraid the Holy One will make a judgment on it today.
Not only the civil and military ministers, but also the high-ranking families in the capital were waiting to see how the Holy Emperor would deal with the Zhao family.
So after greeting everyone in the Shou'an Hall today, everyone was still waiting. Xie Tu and Xie Songhua held Brother An to make the old lady happy, and others also used this excuse to kill time.
Xie Yuncang and Xie Feiwu came back directly after court. After all, it was the sixteenth day of the first lunar month and there was nothing going on in the Yamen.
The old lady didn't want him to be polite and asked directly, "What do you say about the Zhao family?"
"Shilang Zhao went to court today as usual, and there was nothing unusual in his expression. However, someone came to the book and talked about the war in Datong last year, saying that our court had won a great victory and was a blessing from heaven.
Then another Qin Tianjian came over and said that there was a vision in the sky last night, which looked like the Lord's phoenix throne, and it should be in the harem."
When Xie Yuncang said these words, there was no excessive expression on his face, and he looked straight, as if he was just retelling the situation at that time.
But Mrs. Qi was so shocked that she immediately jumped up from her seat, "What did the master say?!"
Compared to her shock, the old lady and Xie Yuncang looked much calmer. He glanced at Mr. Qi lightly, seeming to be reproachful, but also a little helpless.
Choosing a concubine for the festival."
Over there, Xie Shuhua exclaimed, and everyone saw that her face was pale and her eyes were straight, as if she was terribly frightened.
"Shu'er, Shu'er!" Mrs. Qi didn't care about anything else and quickly hugged her over, rubbing her chest and calling her, "Don't scare me!"
After a while, Xie Shuhua woke up faintly. She looked at her father's tearful eyes and couldn't believe it, "Dad, what did you mean by just now?"
Xie Yuncang just snorted coldly and finally sat down on the seat next to the old lady.
Xie Feiwu glanced at Xie Shuhua sympathetically, then sat next to Xie Changqing, and the two brothers whispered something.
The way other members of the Xie family look at Xie Songhua and Xie Shuhua has completely changed. Some are sympathetic, some are distressed, and some are gloating about their misfortune.
The old lady looked at Mrs. Qi with a hint of ridicule in her eyes, but more of it was worry, "Now that I have said that, it means I can't avoid it. I wonder what the conditions for selection are?"
"It's not an election, but Eunuch Hong said that in the capital, all girls of the right age to have hairpins must enter the palace to prepare for election. That's what happened in the past few days, and these sisters will have to get on the car to go to the palace."
Xie Shuhua finally cried out, but she didn't care about the Qi family, let alone so many people watching her. She just begged Xie Yuncang, "Dad, please give your daughter a medical checkup! Or, maybe she is already married.
, Your Majesty is almost at the age where you will know your destiny, my daughter..."
"What's the use of saying this now?" Xie Yuncang snorted again, "Rumors about you two sisters spread a lot a few years ago, and how many pairs of eyes in the capital are watching.
Now that Qin Tianjian has spoken about the title of Lord Phoenix, who do you think the Holy One is targeting in choosing the concubine? Do you think my Xie family can resist the emperor's orders? Or do you, Xie Shuhua, have the ability to hide things from the sky and trick the emperor in front of the emperor?
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Xie Shuhua immediately fell back on her chair, shedding tears but unable to say a word anymore.
"In addition, I advise you not to have any further thoughts," Xie Yuncang stared at Xie Shuhua coldly and said, "Apart from your eldest sister, who has already combed her hair by herself, in our family, you are the only two who are over fifteen and are qualified to be selected for the palace.
Concubine's conditions, from today on, I will send someone to keep a close eye on you.
If there is any mistake in every move, I will immediately remove his name from the family tree. If you want to escape or do something else, you can try it, and then your surname will return to your Jiang from now on!"
Xie Shuhua stared blankly at Xie Yuncang, and finally couldn't help but cover her face and run away crying.
Mrs. Qi was so angry that she was trembling all over. Even though she wanted to argue with Xie Yuncang, seeing her husband's gloomy face, she knew that Xie Yuncang was serious this time, and she was afraid that she would have already made him dissatisfied.
If she had a conflict with him at this time, Xie Shuhua would be even more hopeless.
So she could only hold a bag of tears, and hurriedly chased Xie Shuhua without caring about the others.
Others in the room were originally interested in watching the fun, but now seeing Xie Yuncang getting so angry, they didn't dare to say anything.
On the contrary, it was Xie Songhua who seemed to have nothing to do with him from beginning to end, even holding a cloth tiger to make Brother Ang laugh.
Even Xie Tu, who was sitting next to her, was very worried, but now was really not the time to speak, so he could only swallow all the words he said.
The old lady waved her hand and asked them all to retreat, leaving only her three sons by her side.
He waited until everyone in the room had left, and then he let out a long sigh and said, "I really did something wrong in this matter."
She looked at her sons with somewhat evasive eyes. She knew that the eldest of her three sons was only in charge of the Shensi Museum and was obsessed with teaching.
The third child has a free and unrestrained temperament and is not keen on court affairs. The second child has the toughest temperament and the most promising future, but is calm-minded and even a little too cautious.
If the three sons were given the choice, none of them would choose to send their own girl on the road to win the imperial concubine.
How could Qi's actions be hidden from her eyes?
If Mrs. Qi had not been aware of her tacit consent, she would not have been so bold. But who would have thought that one day the Holy Body would get better and the Holy Body would be in this situation again.
"Mother is feeling sorry for her children and is just trying to give Qi family dignity. Her son knows her mother's good intentions. Mother must not blame herself."
The old lady didn't say anything else. Xie Feiwu frowned and said: "Originally, the 'Tianfeng destiny' could increase the value of our children, but now if they really enter the harem, not to mention Empress Zhao, even Concubine Gao is afraid.
We can't tolerate it, we've offended both sides in one go."
Xie Changqing glanced at them, still leaning in the chair, then quietly picked up a piece of snack from the plate next to him and threw it into his mouth. After taking two bites, he seemed to think it tasted pretty good, so he picked up two more pieces.
Seeing that they were discussing the entry of Sister Xie Songhua into the palace, she had no time to pay attention to him, so she became more and more unscrupulous. She simply poured herself a cup of hot tea and tasted it carefully.
But in the end, the mother and son didn't come up with any good results through their discussions.
The old lady finally sighed and said: "When it comes to entering the palace, the third girl is more suitable than the fourth girl. Although she has a selfish and calculating temperament, she can go far in the palace with such a temperament.
In comparison, the fourth girl's character is too upright and soft-hearted, and she has really not seen too many dangers in the world, so I am really worried when I go in."
Xie Feiwu said: "Otherwise, we should find a way to report some hidden illness to the fourth girl? In this case, it will definitely be difficult for her to marry into the royal family in the future, and the matter of fate will not be so important.
Moreover, she has long been known as a disaster star, and the Holy Emperor really wants her to enter the palace without even seeing her. What’s more, of the two girls in our family, it is reasonable for one to be selected and the other to be defeated."
