No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 116 Entering the palace for an audience (two chapters in one)
It wasn't the first time Luo Junyao had heard of the name Bai Jingrong. In fact, she had always been curious about this woman.

Today's Dasheng women have long since lost the vitality of the Tangling period, except for a few old people who grew up in the Tangling dynasty such as the empress dowager, the younger they are, the more lifeless they are.

People who are about the same age as the Empress Dowager, no matter how glamorous they were when they were young, are now mostly old, sick, sick, and dead.

Therefore, suddenly there is a woman like Bai Jingrong.With so many people hating her, yet seeing her as an enemy, Luo Junyao was always a little curious about her.

Not to mention, this woman is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

Looking at the black-haired foreign man in front of him, Luo Junyao remembered that his handy Youyue thorn seemed to be the treasure of the Rouran clan.

Luo Jinyan said: "A few days ago, a few dogs raised by Bai Jingrong bumped into me. I don't know if the wild dogs have eaten up the body now. I hope you two can be as tough as them." After speaking, Luo Jinyan turned to face The two brothers and sisters said: "Let's go, there will be someone here to greet them."

The three walked out of the dungeon, Luo Jinxing frowned and said, "Brother, that person just now was really..."

Luo Jinyan said: "Is there something important? He is already a dead man."

Luo Jinxing had never met Shen Han before, and only heard a little about him.

He didn't have any thoughts about his sudden "resurrection". He was worried about other things, "The man was exiled to the border but managed to escape by feigning death. He must have been helped by those Qi people. He was originally a fifth-rank official. What's the value? Bai Jingrong didn't save her to plot against father, did he?"

Luo Jinyan glanced at him and said, "Are you thinking too much?"

"Otherwise, what's going on?" Luo Jinxing was a little dissatisfied, Shen Han's only value was his kinship with the Luo family, isn't that obvious?
Luo Jinyan looked down at Luo Junyao who was following beside him, "Yaoyao, tell me."

Luo Junyao thought for a while and said, "That man looks like he's had a miserable life. If he was really rescued by the Qi people from the beginning, it shouldn't be like this. After all... if Bai Jingrong wanted to use him for something, Naturally, a sound person is more valuable. Like him, he can only do some low-level things. Once he appears in any occasion where he should not appear, he will be noticed immediately. Moreover, he looks like He contacted his cousin in private, not at the behest of the Qi people. Although blood ties are hard to break, if he really did things for the Qi people for ten years, he probably wouldn’t be so impulsive.”

Luo Jinyan looked at Luo Jinxing and asked, "Do you understand?"

Luo Jinxing was speechless: Are you trying to say that I am not smart enough?

Luo Jinyan said: "Just take a look at those three people, don't worry about it anymore. Don't tell anyone about this matter except father, understand?"

"Yes, big brother!" The two little ones responded in unison.

Luo Jinyan looked at his well-behaved and obedient younger siblings and was very satisfied, "Okay, let's go back."

Luo Junyao was full of anticipation, "Brother, please let me know if there is any progress."

Luo Jinyan laughed, "You girl, why are you suddenly interested in these things?"

Luo Jun shook his eyes and said, "Isn't this just like reading a script, wouldn't it be hard not to see the ending?"

Luo Jinyan didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he just smiled and said, "Okay, I will tell you if there is progress, and it will be soon."

It was indeed very fast, and the spy who was caught would either recruit or die.If you delay for too long, the news you get will be greatly reduced. Instead of wasting time, it is better to check in another direction.

After dismissing Luo Junyao and Luo Jinxing, Luo Jinyan turned around and went to the study alone.

In the study, Luo Yun was frowning and thinking about something, when he heard Luo Jinyan begging for an audience, he raised his head and let him in.

"Father." Luo Jinyan said respectfully.

Luo Yun nodded and motioned him to sit down and talk, "Did you take Yao Yao to the dungeon?"

Luo Jinyan nodded and said, "Yes."

"She's a girl..." Although Luo Yun is a daughter, he is still an ordinary father in essence. Naturally, he hopes that his daughter will live a happy life and does not want her to be frightened.

Luo Jinyan said: "Father, don't worry, Shake is not that timid and won't scare her. And...it's good to let her know more about things."

Luo Yun was silent, thinking of his daughter's strange illness that he didn't know if it would recur.Fortunately, the last time didn't seem to leave any psychological shadow on Yao Yao, but if there is any more in the future, I don't know what will happen to him.If you are too timid, it is really a good thing.

Luo Yun sighed, "Miraculous Doctor Xue has been out of the city for several days and doesn't know what he's doing. If he comes back, I'd better ask him to show you to Yao Yao."

Luo Jinyan said: "The genius doctor Xue promised the king regent to treat the empress dowager, and he should be back soon. At that time, we will ask the genius doctor to take a look at Yao Yao. Father just now, are you worried about Yao Yao's entry into the palace tomorrow? "

Luo Yun frowned and said, "Ma'am said that the Empress Dowager summoned the noble lady to enter the palace probably to choose a concubine for the Prince Regent."

"..." Luo Jinyan was not surprised by this.

If Princess Changling hadn't thought of this level when she visited them before, the result would be obvious now that the Empress Dowager came forward in person.

Now in this huge Shangyong, besides the regent, who else is worthy of letting the empress dowager worry about marriage while dragging her sick body?

Luo Yun shook his head and said: "No, not to mention Xie Yan's age, his status and status are too troublesome. Yao Yao can't go, or... let Yao Yao report illness tomorrow."

Luo Jinyan said: "Father, don't worry, the Empress Dowager is not the only one who summoned Yaoyao, so it can be seen that she has not made up her mind yet. The Empress Dowager has been ill for the past few years, and she is not familiar with the noble girls in Beijing. Maybe she just wants to recruit her first." Look, it's not appropriate to shake it off."

Luo Yundao: "Madam also said the same thing. I'm afraid there are not many people in the capital who want our Luo family to marry Xie Yan. But..."

Luo Yun was still a little upset, why should his daughter choose Xie Yan?When he followed Emperor Gaozu to fight north and south, Xie Yan was still a brat who followed the late emperor!

Luo Jinyan persuaded: "The empress dowager summoned the most outstanding noble daughter in Shangyong. If Yao Yao didn't go, wouldn't it make people feel that Yao Yao was inferior? Later we will choose a husband for Yao Yao, so naturally we have to let people know , our family Yaoyao is the most outstanding girl in Shangyong."

Luo Jinyan doesn't quite agree with his father's idea of ​​finding a son-in-law that the Luo family can suppress. If this is an important condition for choosing a son-in-law, it will be difficult to guarantee anything else.

Luo Jinyan doesn't like the kind of person who treats Yao Yao well because he is afraid of the power of the Luo family.

And it is impossible for a gentleman among men with outstanding character and ability to marry the daughter of the Luo family just because of the power of the Luo family.

If you want a harmonious husband and wife after marriage, it is natural for both parties to feel that the other is good.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Princess Changling's son-in-law.

Right now, others don't know about it, but the Luo family does.Princess Changling's son-in-law said on the surface that she was ill, but in fact she was escorted half-dead to the border. I'm afraid it won't be long before the news of the princess's son-in-law's death will spread.

But the real situation is that Princess Changling gave Qin Qian a divorce letter, and Qin Qian's name had already been erased from the clan's residence.

Luo Jinyan would not allow his younger sister to follow in the footsteps of Princess Changling. His future brother-in-law must be a real gentleman with strong character and extraordinary ability.

As for whether the power of the Luo family can continue to crush the opponent, this is not an important matter.As long as the Luo family remains standing, it can serve as the most solid backing for Yao Yao.

Luo Yun was silent, and Luo Jinyan didn't try to persuade him much.

He knew that it wasn't that his father couldn't think of these things himself, but he always felt guilty about Yao Yao, and it was difficult to calm down when encountering something about Yao Yao.

Luo Yun thought for a long time before he said helplessly: "In a blink of an eye, Yao Yao has reached the age to talk about marriage. Well, sooner or later, no matter who you marry, as long as I am here, no one will bully you." without her!"

Luo Jinyan smiled lightly and said nothing, his father still didn't understand Yaoyao well enough.

The current shake, really can't be bullied by anyone who wants to bully.

Early the next morning, Luo Junyao went out with Su Shi to the palace.

Luo Junyao was not the only one summoned by the Empress Dowager, Ruan Yueli, the daughter of Prime Minister Ruan Ting, Zhu Jin, the daughter of Marquis Chengen, Zheng Jingxi, the granddaughter of Duke Cheng, Su Rui, the granddaughter of Taifu, and others were summoned at the same time. a girl.

Among them, Su Rui and the other two girls are already engaged.

The Empress Dowager obviously didn't want this summoning to look too purposeful, so as not to turn around and make the noble ladies look bad, but everyone probably knew it well.

Therefore, when Luo Junyao saw those girls outside the palace of the Empress Dowager, he found that the expressions of the three engaged girls were as usual, looking relaxed and calm, and it was just an ordinary visit to the palace.

As for the other girls, although they tried their best to remain calm, there was a hint of worry between their brows.

However, there are some who are different. One of them is a girl in a light purple dress. She doesn't have the slightest worry on her face, but she is vaguely smug.

Seeing Luo Junyao who was following Su's side, she even gave her a look of disgust.

In order to enter Linglong Courtyard and guard against rivals in love, Luo Junyao knew a lot about the ladies of Linglong Courtyard.

It can be said that Luo Mingxiang and Xie Yuan's group is far from the top of the upper class of Yonggui girls.

The girls in front of them are the ones with the most outstanding family backgrounds in Linglong Courtyard.

And that unusual girl is none other than Empress Dowager Zhu's elder brother, Zhu Jin, the daughter of Marquis Chengen.

Luo Junyao is very interested, this girl... seems to be very interested in Xie Yan.

For some reason, Luo Junyao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

See, as long as you look good, no matter how terrible your reputation is, there is no shortage of beauties.

"The empress dowager invites all ladies and girls to enter the hall." A servant in the hall came out and said to everyone.

Only then did everyone rearrange their appearance and step into the hall one by one.

The empress dowager still looks thin, but she is very energetic.

The main seat she was leaning on was covered with soft and thick fur, and her right arm was leaning against the lead pillow beside her.Princess Changling sat beside her and carefully helped her to sit up, while Empress Dowager Zhu sat in the chair next to her, she wanted to get up to help, but the Empress Dowager raised her hand to stop her.

"The minister's wife kowtowed to the empress dowager, the empress dowager."

"The courtier's daughter kowtows to the empress dowager, kowtows to the empress dowager."

When everyone entered the hall, they stood in line according to their ranks and saluted together.

The Empress Dowager was obviously very happy to see these bright and beautiful girls, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite, everyone get up and sit down."

Everyone thanked the Empress Dowager again, and then sat down in turn according to the rank and status of the wives.Girls don't have to follow their rank or status, after all, except for Luo Junyao, everyone actually doesn't have titles and titles, and they just sit next to their mothers or grandmothers.

The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes slightly to look at the crowd, and said with a smile: "I have been dim-sighted these past few years, and it's rare to see young girls in this imperial city. There are so many beautiful girls, and I don't know who belongs to which family."

Princess Changling smiled and said: "The queen mother has been quiet for the past two years, even if I have been in the palace too much, I have to drive people away. No wonder I don't know each other. But I am a playful person, and I know all these girls. The queen mother Look, this is the second girl of General Luo's family."

Luo Junyao stood up, bowed his knees respectfully, "My daughter, Luo Junyao, pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager waved her hands with a smile, and said with a smile: "What a beautiful little girl, come here and show me."

Luo Junyao stepped forward as he said, and walked up to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager saw that although the little girl looked small, she was not only exquisite and beautiful, but also had a calm demeanor. Her big bright and clear eyes looked agile but did not lose the calmness of everyone's girls. She was completely different from the rumored Luo Junyao. different.

The Empress Dowager had read all the news files about Luo Junyao in the past few days, but the Empress Dowager did not pay as much attention to Luo Junyao's love for Xie Chengyou before as others.

The little girl in the year of cardamom is the time when her heart is sprouting. As long as she doesn't do anything out of courtesy, it's not too outrageous to be attracted to someone who has saved her.

That is to say, the rich and powerful in Shangyong have become more and more staid and boring these years, and every little thing has been made a fuss.

What's more, those things are so big, more people are secretly fueling the flames.

If you look carefully, this girl has not done anything to hurt dissidents or hurt her rivals.

In that position, with a father like Luo Yun, the little girl is just too naive to be plotted against.

Now that she is awake, isn't she a very cute and cute little girl?
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager couldn't help thinking about it again.

Knowing that the adopted child is a trouble after all.

Who would want to have a stepson who is older than their own girl before their daughter even gets married?
Now it seems that the child is not a good one. I really regret not being able to prevent King Mu from taking advantage of the loophole.

"Second Miss Luo's boudoir name is Jun Yao?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Go back to the Empress Dowager, that's right."

The Empress Dowager smiled kindly, "My good boy, I heard you have a good relationship with Ah Ning?"

Luo Jun shook his smile and said: "My daughter and Ah Ning are in the Martial Arts Academy together, Ah Ning is cheerful and lively, we really get along well."

The Empress Dowager smiled at Princess Changling, "Your uncle wrote back, but said that Ah Ning had been with several cousins ​​for more than a year, and now she has friends. It can be seen that the capital is suitable for her."

Princess Changling said helplessly: "The girls in my uncle's family are all gentle and quiet girls, but Ah Ning likes to wield knives and guns."

The Empress Dowager took Luo Jun and smiled and said: "I left early that night, and I heard that Jun Yao was strong against the Princess Gao Yu, and he fought for the face of our Dasheng noble daughter. It is very good that General Luo has a daughter. "

Luo Junyao quickly thanked the Empress Dowager for her compliment, and Su Shi also stood up to thank the Empress Dowager.

After talking to Luo Junyao, the Empress Dowager let her go back to her seat.

Princess Changling then introduced the other girls, and everyone also bowed to the Empress Dowager together, and as usual, the Empress Dowager called them to ask a few words.

Among them, Zhu Jin was obviously more active. She was the Empress Dowager Zhu's niece, so she had more visits to the palace to see the Empress Dowager than others, and she was also a little closer to the Empress Dowager.

When she stepped forward, Empress Dowager Zhu also joked a few words along with her.

It's just that the empress dowager's reaction was a little flat, and when Zhu Jin returned to her seat, there was a faint displeasure between her brows.

After talking with the girls and seeing the ceremony, the Empress Dowager smiled and said: "It's not good to let the little girls sit here with my old woman, come here, and invite the girls to play in the imperial garden."

The girls got up immediately and thanked them, followed the maids who came in and went out, leaving only the ladies who were still talking with the Empress Dowager in the hall.

Now that the emperor is still young and doesn't have a harem, these foreign girls are not afraid of bumping into any nobleman when they come to play in the imperial garden.

At the end of August, the imperial garden is still full of flowers, blooming like a brocade.

A few golden osmanthus flowers are still blooming on the edge of the rockery, bursting with strange fragrance.

Luo Junyao sat under the rockery with some gloom, resting his chin with one hand in a daze.

The Linglong Institute and the Martial Arts Institute have disliked each other for a long time, and in addition to her previous bad reputation, although there is no direct conflict with these girls, they are not willing to play with her.

Although Luo Junyao likes to watch pretty young ladies, if the young lady makes it clear that she doesn't like her, she won't take the initiative to join in the fun.

Xie Yan is really happy, there are so many beautiful ladies and sisters who let him choose the princess.

Luo Junyao thought sourly, completely forgetting that he was one of them.

"Miss Luo Er."

Just as Luo Jun was wandering in the sky, a gentle and smiling voice sounded.

Luo Jun shook his head and saw a beautiful girl in a snow blue embroidered shirt with a faint smile standing a few steps away looking at him.

"Sister Su." This is Taifu Su's granddaughter Su Rui.

Su Rui is only five months older than Luo Junyao, she has a good family background, she is beautiful and talented, although she is not as good as Shen Lingxiang to compete for the title of the number one talented woman, but even Shen Lingxiang dare not say that she is better than her in learning.

She was dignified and beautiful, with a gentle and generous personality, and she was very popular among Shangyonggui girls.

However, Luo Junyao had a little grievance with her, because Su Rui was somehow involved in a temper tantrum with Xie Chengyou, and Luo Junyao once scolded her as a "hypocritical female sour scholar" in person.

Seeing that Su Rui took the initiative to answer him now, with such a gentle and gentle appearance, Luo Junyao was somewhat embarrassed.

"Can I sit down?" Su Rui asked.

Luo Junyao quickly stepped aside, "Sister Su, sit here."

Sure enough, Su Rui sat down next to her, looked at Luo Junyao with her head tilted for a long time, and then said with a smile: "Ming Xiang is really right, you have changed a lot."

"..." There is another reason why the original owner doesn't like Su Rui, she and Luo Mingxiang are friends.

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "I was ignorant before and was rude to Sister Su. Now I know I was wrong. Sister Su forgive me, okay?"

Su Rui smiled and said, "It's okay to forgive you, but let me pinch your face."

? !What kind of strange condition is this?

But being pinched by a pretty young lady...

"Okay."

Sure enough, Su Rui was not polite, she stretched out her hand to hold Luo Junyao's small face for a look, and then gently squeezed it a few times.

It's really soft, beautiful and cute.

"Sister Su..."

Su Rui let go of her and said with a smile, "Okay, I forgive you."

"Then will we be friends in the future?" Luo Junyao asked.

Su Rui nodded and said, "I can barely admit that you are my friend."

Luo Junyao cheered and hugged Su Rui.

Sneaking at Miss Sister's willow waist, she was satisfied, "Sister Su is really generous, beautiful and kind."

Su Rui looked at the happy girl in front of her, and said with a smile: "Small mouths are really cute, no wonder Mingxiang sent me a message early in the morning, asking me to take care of you."

Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "It turns out that Big Sister asked you to take care of me?"

Su Rui raised her eyebrows and said, "Otherwise, do you think you had a good relationship with me before?"

Luo Jun shook his head and covered his face, "Sister Su, I know I was wrong, please don't mention it."

Su Rui pulled her hand covering her face and smiled, "But you performed very well at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, you played well!"

Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "I thought you didn't like girls using knives and guns."

Su Rui said: "Even in the Linglong Academy, not everyone is like this. Don't the girls in the Martial Arts Academy hate piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? What's more, it's facing Gao Yu people. If you didn't win the Gao Yu princess, wouldn't you Does it look like we Dasheng dwarves?"

Luo Jun smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if Sister Su doesn't like martial arts, I will protect you in the future."

Su Rui laughed, "Okay, I'll wait for Yao Yao to protect. By the way, do you know why the Empress Dowager summoned you today?"

Luo Jun shook his head, "I know, my mother and elder brother have told me about it."

"Any ideas?"

Luo Junyao sighed, "I'm so happy."

"..." What happiness?who is happy?
Su Rui is speechless, so is there still a communication barrier between her and the Martial Arts Academy?
Su Rui shook her head, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, anyway, I just took a casual look. If your family doesn't have that intention, don't bother with it, just think it's for fun in the palace. Those two are both interested in being the regent princess. If you are in the position, stay away from them, so as not to get into any trouble."

Su Rui was referring to Ruan Yueli and Zhu Jin.

The two were also divided into two groups, each with two people around them.

The Empress Dowager only summoned eight people into the palace today, and they were divided into three groups so clearly, and they seemed to be ignorant of each other.

Luo Junyao recalled the conversation between Empress Dowager Zhu and Xie Yan that night. Xie Yan obviously didn't want to marry Zhu Jin, so...could it be that Ruan Yueli had a better chance of winning?
His eyes fell on Ruan Yueli, she was a woman with elegance and poetic charm written all over her body.

She may not be the most beautiful woman in Shangyong, but she must be the most talented woman.Compared with her, Shen Lingxiang looked a little too weak, and lacked the demeanor of a talented woman.

Luo Junyao felt that she looked a little familiar, and after a while, he remembered that Ruan Yueli's appearance was somewhat similar to Ruan Yuelou whom he had only met a few days ago.

Ruan Yueli seemed to have noticed something, turned around and met Luo Jun's scrutinizing eyes, nodded slightly at her before turning back again.

Luo Junyao couldn't help thinking about Ruan Yueli and Xie Yan standing together.

Hmm... The fruit I ate before entering the palace in the morning was not ripe, and had a sour taste.

　(づ￣ 3￣)づ~ Today is still a two-in-one chapter, and there is no second change~~(~￣▽￣)~ I know everyone wants to see Tiantian, and I won’t really turn all the scumbags around. Write about Shake and Wang Ye. (*￣3)(ε￣*)
　　Everyone is happy every day~~(*￣3)(ε￣*)
　　
　
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