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"The lord has five daughters. The eldest and second daughters are married, and the fifth daughter is still young. The old emperor has written that all the daughters of the Qiao family who are waiting to be married can participate in the competition. The fourth princess Qiaorong can come, so why can't our third princess Qiaochu come? It's a pity that the lord only sent Qiaorong to Chaoge, and now they are sending you to obstruct it?"
The big man called Duma laughed and said, "Girl, your master had expected this ambush a long time ago, so why are you pretending to be surprised? Otherwise, why did you all dress up as men and not just go to the ceremonial officer to announce your name so that you can enter the palace?"
The four beauties looked at their master, the green-clothed youth Qiaochu, who had remained silent the entire time. Qiaochu had a plain scarf on his face and smiled faintly, "No, Qiaochu is stupid. He only knew there was an ambush. If he had walked out rashly, he would have been captured by the ambushed person before he even reached the ceremonial officer. He was just trying to find a way to escape, but he didn't expect to be discovered so quickly. He also didn't expect that Sister Qiaomei would send you, Master Duma."
A cold light condensed in the beauty's eyes. Qiaochu glanced at her quickly and shook his head. Duma sneered and said, "You were poisoned in order to help Qiaochu get out of the desert. If you force yourself to use your power, you will only die faster."
The beauty said coldly: "Don't worry about it, I will send her in even if I die."
Duma whispered, "Girl, your body is not as strong as before. You can't get her in even if you fight to the death!"
The four were furious and looked at the beauty, but saw that the beauty was looking at Qiaochu. Qiaochu frowned slightly, but was looking forward.
Two sedan chairs stopped in front of the Prince Rui's mansion. The originally surging noise suddenly became silent, and everyone held their breath and stared at the woman who got off the first sedan chair.
Text 004 A curtain of clouds separates us - we will meet again as if we did not recognize each other
The woman was seen being supported by two maids on both sides. She was wearing a pink dress, with thin gauze tied up on both sides of her arms, her hair combed into a Japanese bun, a flowing cloud-like gold leaf hairpin hanging down, a gauze scarf on her face, and a smile and a hint of anger in her eyes as she looked at the crowd.
Everyone who was swept by her gaze was filled with radiance. Even without seeing her appearance, the charming gesture of this woman was enough to captivate people.
Seeing that the guards were all staring at the woman infatuatedly, Fan Rusu coughed lightly and glanced at everyone coldly. The two adjutants were the first to wake up and shouted at the guards to maintain order.
At this time, Eunuch Mo glanced at the ceremonial officer, and a female official in the middle hurriedly stepped out and saluted, "Princess Qiaorong is here."
Fan Rusu was puzzled. Everyone else went through the secret door, but why did Princess Qiaorong go through the front door alone? Then, the sedan chair following closely behind Qiaorong must be carrying the prince! But this was against etiquette. The prince was noble, so the sedan chair should be in front!
Just as he was wondering, he heard a commoner gasp, "Is this a fairy?"
"Princess Qiaorong already looks like this, and her sister, the Crown Princess, is known as the most beautiful woman in the north. The Crown Princess's appearance..."
"In my opinion, the position of Rui Wangfei must belong to Princess Qiaorong."
"Luckily I bet on her early."
But Qiaorong's veil suddenly fell off, causing chaos everywhere and sounds of exclamations.
When Fan Rusu looked, she saw that Qiaorong was indeed radiant. As soon as she took a quick glance, a maid hurriedly tied the veil back on Qiaorong's face, and a female official of ceremonies hurriedly helped her over. However, people's eyes were still following Qiaorong.
Eunuch Mo greeted Qiaorong. Qiaorong smiled, but was not in a hurry to go in. He just let the female official support him and stand in front of the stone lion. He looked at the second sedan chair with his bright eyes.
The four beauties all felt sad and looked at Qiaochu. The world only knew about the two beauties, Qiaomei and Qiaorong, born to the wife of the Northern Lord. But they didn't know that Qiaochu, the concubine's daughter, was as beautiful as the two beauties.
In order to prevent Qiaochu from participating in the competition, the lord forced Qiaochu to take the Beauty Pill, which changed Qiaochu's appearance and made her look like an ordinary woman. If she did not take the antidote that was hard to find in the world, it would be difficult for her to restore her old appearance.
At this time, the purple-robed young man who had been standing next to the second sedan chair smiled and looked at Eunuch Mo. Eunuch Mo bowed and said, "Censor Wang is here too."
The young man in purple was Wang Mang, the elder brother of one of the candidates, Wang Yuzhi. His father was a tutor, a first-rank civil official. Although he was still young, he was very intelligent and had already become a censor, a first-rank official, and a close friend of the crown prince.
He pointed at the sedan chair, and Eunuch Mo nodded quickly and read out loud, "The prince has arrived."
"Greetings to the Crown Prince, may His Majesty live forever." The people were trembling with excitement, kneeling down and cheering.
The four great ladies were surprised and delighted. This was actually the prince's carriage
"Kneel down."
Before they could think about it, they only heard Qiaochu's whispered instructions, and then they knelt down with the crowd. While they were doing the ceremony, they stared at Duma warily, fearing that he might harm Qiaochu.
"Stand up."
The curtain of the sedan chair did not move at all. A man's faint voice came from the sedan chair. The tone was gentle, but it carried a faint irresistible aura.
Listening to the sound coming from afar, Qiaochu clenched his palms.
Text 005 A curtain separates the clouds - the promise is too difficult to keep
Duma frowned and finally sighed, "Princess Qiaochu, why do you think Princess Qiaorong appeared here alone?"
Qiaochu frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "The competition is approaching, and there is no sign of any of the beauties. I guess the carriage must have another way to enter the mansion. Qiaomei wanted her biological sister to be the first to win, not only did she want Qiaorong to show up, but she also asked the prince to accompany her. Otherwise, even if they wanted to enter the mansion through the main gate, the sedan chair would not have to stop in front of the gate, and could have just been carried in directly."
Duma nodded, "The princess is a wise person. Since you know this, you should know that you have already lost before the game even starts. Everyone has a background, how can you compete?"
Qiaochu smiled and said, "Master, I just asked for a chance. I have never asked you for anything. For the sake of our past friendship, I only ask you to let me enter the mansion."
Her eyes swept across the prince's sedan chair, and she turned sideways to look closely at Duma.
Duma looked at her clenched and unclenched hands, and saw the calluses on the woman's palms. This princess had done everything from herding livestock to harvesting food.
He felt sad. Qiaomei sent him to stop Qiaochu because she guessed that he would not dare to betray her and wanted to hurt Qiaochu's heart. Apart from the false title of princess, Qiaochu only had her mother, four beauties, two maids and him, her master who taught her riding and archery.
I remember asking Qiaochu why she gave the four beauties such strange names. She replied calmly that two people were too lonely, and four people sounded more lively.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Chu'er, if I let you go, you will not be able to complete the mission, and Master will be disloyal; if I don't let you go, you have saved Master's life in the past, and I will be unjust."
"Master, let me make a promise with you. If you do not announce your name as the third princess of the Northland, but are able to enter the Rui Palace under the eyes of the Crown Prince and everyone else, Master will just pretend that I did not see you today."
Hearing this, the four beauties were surprised and amazed for a moment, and then they reacted and said angrily: "Dumah, what loyalty is hard to be complete is just a nice talk, you clearly intend to embarrass my master. In the concubine selection competition, all the royal relatives are in the Ruiwang Mansion, which concerns the emperor's safety. Who would let a person of unknown origin in?"
But the beauty winked at her, and the four cursed themselves for being stupid. As long as Qiaochu could break free from Duma's control and reach the gate of the mansion, who would care about any agreement with Duma? Just take out the token, give your name and go in.
The Emperor of Dongling once rewarded the lord with five beautiful jades and gave them to five princesses. Although there was no escort from the lord's personal soldiers, it became strong evidence for Qiaochu to prove his identity.
The two were just happy when they saw Duma staring at Qiaochu and said sternly: "Chu'er, if you break the agreement—"
Qiaochu glanced at the two girls and said softly, "Since the master can offer such conditions, he must have a way to stop us from cheating."
Duma's expression eased a little, and he said, "I will draw the bow in the dark. If you use trickery, you can't blame the master for being unfair."
The four and the beauty were shocked. Duma was an expert at shooting arrows from a hundred paces away. Even though the beauty was a skilled martial artist, she was not sure she could stop his arrows before she was poisoned! And now she was poisoned.
If they don't follow the agreement, Qiaochu will be shot to death by Duma, but according to the agreement, they can't get in at all! The prince is clearly within reach!
Text 006 A curtain separates the clouds - a dialogue with the person behind the curtain
The two were about to retort, but saw that the female official had already helped Qiaorong into the mansion, and on the other side, the prince's sedan chair was ready to take off.
The two were getting anxious when Qiaochu lifted the veil from her face and nodded quickly to Duma, accepting the conditions.
Duma slowly loosened the dagger from Qiaochu's waist, and a man behind him quickly handed him a small package.
The four and the beauty smiled bitterly at each other. Duma must have brought a lot of people, and now they are all mixed in the crowd. What he just handed to him must be a bow and arrow. But can their master really come up with a solution
In front of the palace gate, Wang Mang bowed to Eunuch Mo and was about to follow the prince's sedan chair into the palace when he suddenly heard a voice shouting, "Master Censor, please stay."
Wang Mang was startled and stared at the three young men who hurried out of the crowd. People were curious and started to look at them.
The prince's sedan chair stopped.
Eunuch Mo glanced at Fan Rusu. Fan Rusu walked up to the young man who was stopped by the guards and was about to question him, but Wang Mang said, "Let them come over."
Seeing Wang Mang's eyes lightly fall on the young man in green on the far right, Fan Rusu was a little surprised. He could see that these three people were actually women, but in terms of appearance, the girl in green was the most ordinary. It was just strange that she only had a pretty appearance, but her eyes were bright as stars. At first glance, she was so beautiful that it was a pity that she looked so ordinary on this face.
It turned out that these three people were Qiaochu and two maids.
The four were anxious, not knowing what Qiaochu would do. The beauty had sharp eyes and saw Wang Mang's gaze pass over the tassel on Qiaochu's waist, on which was a jade pendant.
The more the beauties were puzzled, the jade pendant Qiaochu was wearing was not the jade pendant given by the emperor to prove her identity as a princess, but the jade pendant they stole from a woman in Chaoge. When they were staying at the inn, they met a woman who said that her family was strictly guarded and she had never left the house. This time she sneaked out to play.
After hastily fleeing from the desert and arriving in Chaoge, they were penniless. Qiaochu said: Let's steal, we still need to eat.
So they stole the woman's jade pendants and some of her belongings.
The beauty had a cold personality, and when she heard Qiaochu say "steal" a moment, she felt a sour nose.
Qiaochu later did not allow them to pawn the jade pendant for money, saying that judging from the carvings on the jade, it seemed to be something from the royal family, and the woman's identity was probably not simple, and the jade must not be exposed again, otherwise it would cause trouble. At this time, she somehow tied the jade around her waist.
The beauty was worried and anxious, but she saw Qiaochu also subconsciously touching the jade pendant, as if he wanted to take it off. He suddenly stopped and said with a smile: "Prince, can you take us in to watch the concubine selection competition?"
When these words came out, everyone, including Mo and Fan, was shocked. They just wondered if this person didn't want to live? How could he make such a request to the prince
At this time, Wang Mang slightly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and whispered something to the prince. Inside the sedan chair, the prince hesitated for a moment, then smiled instead of getting angry, and said softly, "Why should I grant you what you ask for?"
The four beauties were sweating. Qiaochu touched the jade pendant on his waist again, frowned slightly, and then opened his eyes wide after a long while. He said anxiously, "I have heard that the prince is famous for his talent, but I don't know how his luck is. How about I make a bet with the prince? If I am lucky enough to beat the prince, the prince will take us in to watch the fun, okay
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Text 007 My heart is not told by geese - I am willing to be a slave for my whole life
Eunuch Mo frowned, "Lord Fan."
In fact, based on his intuition, Fan Rusu did not dislike this ignorant "young man". He did not dare to neglect him. He called two assistants and was about to drive the three people out.
He personally tried to grab the girl in green, but before his hand touched her shoulder blade, he heard the prince's voice coming from the sedan chair, "Who allowed you to touch her?"
Although it was a light reprimand, Fan Rusu was already sweating profusely, and Eunuch Mo was also startled. The two hurriedly apologized. In a trance, the man's faint voice came through the curtains, "I have gambled on treasures and women, but never on luck. This is interesting. Tell me about it."