What happened in the imperial garden was like a pebble thrown into the sea, splashing a small splash, and then quickly calmed down. The big people turned a blind eye and didn't care if they saw it.
There are more important things waiting for them to go and do.
"Niangniang, Empress Niangniang!" In the courtyard of Changchun Palace, the palace maid Mingyu hurried over, trying her best to follow her air, "The palace election is coming soon, you should prepare earlier!"
There is a huge yard, but only jasmine flowers are blooming.
Layers of light-white petals are dotted among the dark green leaves. Among them is a woman in plain clothes, holding gold scissors, and pruning the flower branches attentively.
The wind blew, only the sound of leaves shaking, and the sound of clicking.
Did she not hear, or did she hear it? Mingyu was a little undecided, so she winked at a beautiful palace maid next to her.
This palace maid was also dressed in plain clothes and held a copper kettle in her hand. At first glance, she looked inconspicuous. She looked like a sweeping maid who had just entered the palace. In fact, she was Erqing, the maid of honor who served the queen. The weight is one of the few among the palace maids.
Therefore, what Mingyu dare not say, she can say, and what Mingyu dare not do, she can do.
Taking a step forward, Er Qing asked in a low voice, "Niangniang?"
With a click, a jasmine branch left the branch, and the plain-clothed woman turned back with the jasmine in her hand. The whole garden suddenly eclipsed in front of her. This boundless orchid seemed to exist just to set off her.
True vacuum valley orchid, independent from the world.
It is the current queen, Fucha.
"Today's beautiful girls are competing for their beauty, what can I prepare for?" Queen Fucha closed her eyes, lowered her head and sniffed the orchid in her hand, and smiled softly, "It's better to stay and care for the flowers."
The emperor was so anxious to kill the eunuch, Mingyu scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks like a monkey who couldn't eat bananas: "Then how can I do it? If the empress doesn't go, isn't it giving the Chuxiugong a chance!"
"Mingyu, be careful!" Erqing was like a monkey taming monk, but with a displeased look, Mingyu settled down, and then she said to Empress Fucha amicably, "It's just the empress, the palace's choice. It's a big event, you should always go and see it. Otherwise, the Queen Mother knows, and you should be blamed for ignoring the palace affairs!"
It is said that the entrance to the palace is as deep as the sea, and it is true that the big fish in the sea eat the small fish, and the palace is pressed with one end, and the only one who can make Queen Fucha put down the flowers is the empress dowager.
"Hey." Queen Fucha got up helplessly and patted the soil on her skirt, "Little grade, so long-winded, let's go and have a look!"
Mingyu was overjoyed and jumped three feet high: "Niangniang, this servant will immediately dress you up!"
After she finished speaking, she turned and ran, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared, leaving only the dust flying behind her.
"It's really a monkey." Queen Fucha shook her head helplessly.
"She's just a monkey, and, this—" Er Qing stepped forward and carefully took off the small jasmine flower ball from the queen's temples. The queen was stunned for a moment, but then she burst into laughter.
The location of the draft is set in the Yanhui attic of the Royal Garden.
It was said to be dressing up, but in fact it was just changing into slightly cleaner clothes, and then washing the soil off her hands with clean water. However, even with her face up to the sky, Queen Fucha still outnumbered all the women present. First, it was because of her Appearance, and secondly because of her status.
However, some people did not take her status seriously.
"Concubine Hui is here!"
As the eunuch sang, a concubine with heavy makeup and a maid walked into Yanhui's attic with graceful manners.
Some women cannot wear makeup, and they look vulgar when they are heavy, such as Empress Fucha.
But some women must wear heavy make-up and wear dangling rings, such as this concubine Hui in front of her. There are two jeweled oriental bead pendants on the ears, and a string of jadeite bracelets made of 18 emerald beads and two tourmalines wrapped around the wrist, especially the large pull-wing on the head, which is jeweled and inlaid. Silver emerald butterfly, ruby peony, both are lifelike, and the butterfly flutters and the peony trembles as she walks.
If such a lot of jewelry is placed on another person, I am afraid that this person will become a jewelry shelf. Others can only see the jewelry, but not her. However, Concubine Hui is different. She looks like a peony. Abruptly suppressed this jeweled aura.
She walked gracefully in front of the queen and squatted down, both her movements and her voice showed an undisguised perfunctory: "Chen and concubine respectfully invite the queen to be holy."
Erqing's face was expressionless, but Mingyu's face was already angry. With only a word from Queen Fucha, the monkey could jump up and slap her with a set of big ears, but Queen Fucha just smiled: "No courtesy."
Before the ceremony was finished, Concubine Hui Gui had already stood up, walked to the bottom of the queen and sat down, raised her hand to take the tea handed over by the maid, took a sip, put down the tea cup, and commented on the beautiful girl outside. : "The quality of this show is not bad, but there are also a few beautiful and lovely people."
The queen looked calm: "I am a draft pick in the Qing Dynasty. Since it is different from the previous dynasty, I have to choose a daughter who is from a famous family and has both virtues to serve the emperor. It has nothing to do with appearance."
Concubine Huigui covered her lips and smiled, this smile seemed to be full of peonies, and the country was fragrant, not to mention men, even women had to be heartbroken for her romance: "Then you can't choose a bunch of crooked melons and cracked dates, the emperor saw How frustrating, it also affects the appearance of the emperor, doesn't it?"
The seemingly ordinary conversation is actually a hidden murderous intention. The people around are silent, and the beautiful girls even look down at the ground, not even daring to breathe.
Although the orchid and peony have their own beauty, but when the two flowers compete, there is bound to be a defeat. To everyone's surprise, Queen Fucha seemed to take a step back, only to see her calm voice: "No matter how beautiful the beautiful girls are, they can't match. The imperial concubine is gorgeous."
Seeing her back down, Concubine Huigui was even more proud, a smirk like a silver bell came out of her mouth, and she said while laughing: "The maiden praises me, the concubine is ashamed, but the peony country is beautiful and fragrant, it is the king of flowers, Not everyone deserves it!"
"You..." Mingyu was furious, and was about to curse out loud, when she saw the queen wave her hand at her. Although she was unwilling, she could only clench her fists and step back.
"The Emperor is here!"
A singing interrupted the confrontation between the two. Shao Qing, a tall and handsome man walked in with his hands behind his back. In contrast, his dress was more like Queen Fucha, and neither of them had much jewelry on them. , The dark blue uniform looks very capable and quiet, and there is a scent of ink on the sleeves. It seems that before coming here, he was still processing a pile of official documents before the case.
This person is the current sage, Hongli.
"Chen and concubine (minions) respectfully invite the emperor to be holy."
"No ceremony." Hongli walked quickly to Queen Fucha, reached out and picked her up, a gentle look appeared on her handsome face, "The queen doesn't need to be too polite."
The previous sentence was said to everyone, and now this sentence is only said to her.
Concubine Huigui stared blankly at the hands of the two of them, with a hint of jealousy in her eyes.
Hongli had never seen such a hint of jealousy. For him, this draft was more like a routine. He helped Queen Fucha to sit down, and then he sat down on the imperial table at will, with one hand on his cheek, and ordered at will. One sentence: "Let's get started."
"Nuo!" The eunuch said by name, "Suo Chuo Luo Yuli, daughter of Dali Temple Minister Suo Chuo Luo Dao Jin, is fifteen years old."
A tall and thin beautiful girl stepped forward hurriedly.
Hongli squinted at her and said, "It's so windy today, it's hard to stand."
"No, it doesn't take much effort." Xiu Nu hurriedly replied, but she unexpectedly received a chuckle from Concubine Hui Gui, "Yes, Your Majesty, this one is too thin, and a gust of wind can blow people away."
Although Hongli said no more, he pursed his lips and smiled.
The eldest eunuch knew how to look at people's faces the most. When he saw this smile, he immediately said, "Give flowers."
A young eunuch immediately came up with a silver plate full of flowers, and the tall and thin girl had no choice but to take the flowers and leave.
"Gan Ruyu, the daughter of Gan Tanglin, the minister of the Supreme Court, is sixteen years old."
A beautiful girl with a rounded head that has grown into a ball stepped forward.
Hongli smiled at a glance: "How many meals do you eat a day?"
Since it was the emperor asking questions, it would be better not to answer, the mellow and beautiful girl blushed and said, "Three meals."
"More than that." Hongli said, "At least five meals, otherwise, how to eat such a body will almost catch up with the sumo wrestlers raised in the palace."
There is no need for more sumo wrestlers in the palace, and even less in the harem.
"Give flowers!" The eunuch said immediately, "Zhang Jiaruhong, daughter of Zhang Jia Sixian, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, is fifteen years old."
A beautiful girl with black skin stepped forward.
Before and after, two show girls had already lost the election, and all the show girls were a little nervous, for fear that Hongli would ask questions.
"Do you bask in the sun with soy sauce every day?" But he asked again.
It's just that this question is too weird. The black-faced beautiful girl sighed, and then shook her head blankly: "No, the minister's daughter lives in the boudoir for a long time, and rarely goes out to sunbathe..."
"Haha!" Concubine Huigui laughed out loud, "The emperor said that your face is black, yo, take a closer look, there are spots on it!"
The black-faced beautiful girl was blushing from her smile, with tears in her eyes. After taking the flowers, she turned and ran away, with the name of the eunuch behind her: "The next one, Wuya, the daughter of Wuya Xiongshan, the minister of Taichang Temple. Qingdai, seventeen years old."
Shaoqing, a beautiful woman came out.
Different from the domineering and domineering in the imperial garden before, at this moment, she has restrained her whole body, and what she shows to outsiders is only her most beautiful side - her walking posture.
Every beauty has her own uniqueness, Empress Fucha, Konggu Youlan, Huigui Concubine Peony, national beauty, Wuya Qingdai can't compare to these two, but her walking posture is very light and beautiful, ten Walking alone, others will definitely notice her at first sight.
Even if you don't notice how she walks, you'll notice—
"Huh?" Concubine Hui Gui suddenly raised her eyebrows, "What's on the ground?"
Everyone followed the sound and saw that where Wu Yaqingdai passed by, two long strings of lotus imprints opened among the beautiful girls and ended at Wu Yaqingdai's feet.
Above his head, Hongli's voice came: "What's going on on your feet?"
He did notice...
Wu Yaqingdai was ecstatic in her heart, even if she tried to suppress it, it still showed on her face, and even her voice trembled with a hint of joy: "Your Majesty—this is called Step by Step Lotus."
"Really?" Hongli laughed, not sure if it was an illusion in her heart, Wu Yaqingdai felt that the laughter was a little cold and a little scary, the next moment, she heard Hong Li coldly say, "Take off her shoes. Now, let me see!"