Lu Shang bed kneeled down.
The female historians behind her all knelt down.
Where has Chu Xiugong seen such battles
In a panic, Qiao Lanyin looked back at Luo Yingyi, Luo Yingyi looked back at Mu Wanqi, Mu Wanqi looked back at Qin Jie, Qin Jie followed everyone's movements and looked back at the wall.
Lu Shangxin's eyes gradually blurred, and he called again, "Niangniang."
This mother-in-law seems to drag people back to three years ago—
At that time, Lu Shang's bed was just the female history in charge of the lamp anointing in the Shang bed bureau.
It is said that a seventh-grade female shi who has no background wants to become a shangshi, which is simply a daydream. After all, the lantern female shi is only doing night work, and she can't even get rewards on weekdays, let alone a promotion
But people's fortunes are different. The one who was born in the first year of Yanxi and entered the Kunning Palace was particularly difficult to handle when it came to sleeping.
It's fine for the emperor to sleep in Kunning Palace, but as long as the emperor doesn't come. The candle flames of Kunning Palace continued all night.
Su Ling told the little girl Shi that she slept soundly with the light on, otherwise she would always feel that the palace was empty and gloomy.
Lu Shang's bed was the one who waited on Su Ling's sleep all night.
Su Ling saw that she was quick at work, well-mannered, and straight, and in a word, she raised her to the fourth-rank bed.
Therefore, Lu Shangbing was also one of Su Ling's confidants back then.
Luo Yingjing looked at Lu Shangbed and was about to cry.
Everyone knows that there is no lord in the harem right now.
Everyone knew that the queen had gone three years ago.
There are only four beautiful girls in this room, where did the empress come from, and what did she see
Luo Yingjie said with a trembling voice, "Auntie... who are you calling?"
Lu Shang stared at Qin Xun intently.
I saw Qin Ye clenching her cuffs, looking at herself timidly, her eyes were clear and translucent, and she also looked frightened.
She was wrong.
Her mother-in-law is dignified, virtuous, bright and generous, and she has never shown such a cowardly look in her eyes.
Three years ago, the candles in Kunning Palace were extinguished by her own hands, and now she is so rude, I am afraid it is not crazy.
Lu Shangbing lowered his head to calm down, stood up, straightened his face, and said, "This servant came to deliver the bedding and candles in the name of the Queen Mother, and I just admitted the wrong person. I hope all the girls don't blame me."
Qiao Lanyin stroked Luo Yingyi's shoulder.
The four said in unison, "Auntie is very polite."
After Lu Shang went to bed.
Luo Yingjie shook her lower lip and said, "Auntie just said that she recognized the wrong person... Then who did she recognize as the first queen?"
Qiao Lanyin frowned and said, "I remember that my aunt looked at Miss Qin. Could it be that... Miss Qin gave birth to..." How similar is it to the first empress
Mu Wanqi glanced at Qin Jie, who was gasping for breath while clutching her chest, and said, "Okay, how can there be such a coincidence in the world."
At this time, Mu Wanqi did not expect that such a coincidence would happen in this world.
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When Lu Shangbing left Chuxiu Palace, the sky was already dark, she carried the horn lantern and walked along the palace wall towards Cining Palace.
The plain-colored moonlight reflects on the yellow glazed tiles, shining brightly.
Lu Shang was only walking to the door of the bedroom when he heard a coughing sound from inside.
"Tomorrow's palace election, all the slaves and servants are arranged according to the Queen Mother's order." Lu Shang stepped forward and presented the roster of the three hundred selected show girls, "This year's three hundred show girls, slaves and servants have seen them all. , all of them are beautiful and elegant, with great manners."
The Empress Dowager Chu was leaning on the red sandalwood carved lacquer inlaid copper-striped Arhat couch, half-squinting, turning over the book in her hand.
The daughter of Mu Kangwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Mu Wanqi, aged sixteen.
The daughter of the British Duke, Luo Yingji, was fourteen years old.
The daughter of He Chengmao, the minister of household, He Yuru, fifteen years old.
Xu Lanzhi, daughter of Xu Bowei, the censor of the left capital of the Imperial Court, was sixteen years old.
…
Empress Dowager Chu rubbed the roster and suddenly smiled.
At the moment, there is no queen in the palace, and the crown prince has not yet established. The thoughts of each family are clearly revealed. Looking at this posture, all the noble ladies in the capital are probably here.
Madam Kang rubbed the queen mother's shoulders and said, "The palace has been deserted for a while, now it's lively."
"It's just that each family is so attentive, but the emperor may not appreciate it." The queen mother read the names of these girls again and murmured: "He is no longer the emperor three years ago, and these girls have entered the palace, I am afraid they will be disappointed. already."
Mammy Kang said, "But anyway, His Majesty agreed to the draft this time."
The Empress Dowager Chu said, "If it wasn't for the eldest prince suffering from a strange illness and having not spoken for three years, he might not be able to nod his head in this election."
At the mention of the word "eldest prince", Mother Kang's expression immediately became serious.
Three years ago, the queen died, and the emperor moved his anger in the harem.
The question of where Xiao Yun, the eldest son of the emperor, was raised was.
Everyone in the world thought that the emperor would send the eldest prince to the Queen Mother's lap, but they didn't want the emperor to send the eldest prince to the concubine, the biological mother and grandson of Princess Changning.
The prince who was supposed to be raised in Cining Palace was sent to Shou'an Palace.
This is undoubtedly hitting the Queen Mother's face.
In addition, the emperor was not the mother of the empress dowager, and most of them kept silent when talking about this matter inside and outside the palace.
Mammy Kang looked at the corners of Empress Dowager Chu's pursed lips, and said cautiously, "Your Majesty is filial and filial. Every other day, you will come to Cining Palace to greet the Empress Dowager. I want to come..."
"His benevolence and filial piety are for the world to see!" The Empress Dowager Chu interrupted Mammy Kang loudly, "Renxiao? If he was truly benevolent and filial, would he suppress the Chu family like this? He had only been on the throne for three years, and he seized power like a wolf. The Ministry of Rites, the Imperial Court, the Imperial Academy, where is my Chu family's place! I think he wants to learn from the great ancestor!"
The great ancestor of Da Zhou, as soon as he ascended the throne, spared no effort to suppress the nobles of the aristocratic family.
Mammy Kang's shoulders trembled, and she immediately said, "It's the servant who made a mistake."
The night is long.
None of the 300 beautiful girls in Chuxiu Palace could sleep well, and their breaths were different in depth. When the sky turned white, everyone's eyes were a little different from yesterday.
Immediately face the holy.
The location of the hall selection is located in Jiangxuexuan, the Imperial Garden.
The beautiful girls followed Gong E towards Yudongnan, and there were whispers around them.
"Have sister Zhang attended the palace banquet? Have you ever met the emperor?"
The woman in Tsing Yi blushed and said, "Far... I have seen it once."
Another said: "When?"
The woman in Tsing Yi said, "Last autumn, last year."
When it comes to Qiu Xie, several girls invariably think of the emperor with precise arrows on the hunting ground.
Xiao Yu was born in a military commander, and his heroic appearance when he stretched his arms and drew the bow is unforgettable.
They whispered to each other, cheeks flushed.
Qin Jie looked at the picture of Zhang Jiaotong, and gradually became fascinated—
In the first year of Yanxi, after the conferring ceremony.
Xiao Yu took her to the imperial garden.
There are scenes everywhere in the Royal Garden, and the scenes move with each step.
Green pines and cypresses, Qionglou Yuyu, Shijian Poolside.
Kunning Palace, Xianfu Palace, Changchun Palace, Jingren Palace, Yonghe Palace, and Zhongcui Palace were all beautiful, but she felt that the inner court of this huge palace was empty and cold.
Walking through Qianqiu Pavilion, you can see Chuxiu Palace.
The silhouettes of the two were pulled very long by the setting sun.
Su Ling raised her hand and stroked the circle dragon pattern on the new emperor's crown with her fingertips. very light.
Xiao Yu stopped, looked down at her and said, "What is the queen thinking?"
Su Ling looked up at him, her heart beat a little faster, and she clenched her fists.
She pretended to be casual and said: "I always feel that this palace is a bit empty, and I don't know if there will be more people in the future, will it be more lively..."
It is said that it is difficult to guess the thoughts of the daughter's family, which is true.
She was waiting for him to ask why, and for his rebuttal.
But Xiao Yu only smiled at her.
His brows and eyes are full of elegance, and when he looks at you, he seems to be a bit wanton as if he only takes a scoop of water.
Time passed slowly, and her heartbeat gradually calmed down.
Insects roared on the glazed tiles, and he didn't ask anything, and he didn't answer anything.
Just held her hand gently.
How naive she was that year, she didn't know that the emperor's palm was warm and her heart was like frost.
How could he not understand such a plain temptation.
It's just that, I don't want to answer.
Thinking of this, her expression darkened a little, and there was a faint smile on her lips.
In this harem, whoever hands over his heart is crazy.
Luo Yingjing interrupted her thoughts, and she said softly, "Have Sister Qin ever met His Majesty?"
Qin Jie shook her head and said, "Never."
Luo Yingyi said again: "Then are you nervous?"
Qin Xie bit her lip and nodded, "Yes."
Eunuch Sheng, who was beside the emperor, said to the little eunuch: "Your Majesty has arrived, and is ready to call someone into the hall."
The "A" group on the direct roster of the little eunuch said: "Start from here?"
Eunuch Sheng raised his hand and patted his head, "You're watching a play, but you're still watching from the beginning! Our family didn't tell you yesterday, so you have to go from the back to the front." Who has the heart to watch the best? Behind
The little eunuch said immediately: "I know my father-in-law."
The emperor was so busy with his official business that he could not see the three hundred beautiful girls one by one. Eunuch Sheng proposed that the three hundred people be divided into four grades, A, B, C, and D, according to the initial test and the re-examination. Among them, there were 180 beautiful girls at the D level. A group of ten people entered in turn.
You don't have to speak, and you don't have to salute.
It only takes half an hour to go up to the temple center station.
If the emperor did not want to ask questions individually, he would put down the brand.
After an hour passed, the show girls gradually became uneasy.
The one hundred and eighty beauties of the D-level are mostly folk women, and the emperor doesn't care about any of them.
In front of the overcrowded Jiangxue Pavilion just now, there were only thirty people left.
In the hall, Xiao Yu sat on the throne of red sandalwood inlaid with cloud and dragon pattern, drinking tea with his head down, Eunuch Gao walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, next is He Shangshu's daughter."
The man, "um".
After the little eunuch summoned him, He Yuru walked around the red sandalwood side seat with the jade inlaid flower-patterned screen, stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Your Majesty, Wanfu Jinan."
"Look up," Xiao Yu said in a deep voice.
He Yuru raised her chin lightly, her snow-white neck instantly flushed red under the man's gaze.
After a while, Xiao Yu said, "Leave the sign."
As soon as the voice fell, He Yuru breathed a sigh of relief.
Two hours later, Jiang Xue Ge finally heard the voice of leaving a sign.
Eunuch Sheng said: "He Yuru, the daughter of the Minister of the Household, He Chengmao, keep the sign."
Immediately afterwards, he said again: "Xu Lanzhi, daughter of Xu Bowei, the censor of the left capital of the Duchayuan, keep the sign."
There were fewer and fewer people, and the little eunuch led Qin Jie to the front of the hall.
Eunuch Sheng glanced at the roster, and as soon as he looked up, his expression instantly froze.
Since he had already been here earlier, Qin Jie saw that Eunuch Sheng's knees were weak, and immediately said: "I have seen Eunuch, I am the daughter of Qin Taishi, Qin Jie."
Eunuch Sheng opened his mouth, closed it again, and swallowed his saliva.
He blurted out: "The emperor is waiting for you inside..."