Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 137
It was inconvenient for Li Taiwei to intervene in matters between concubines and concubines in the harem, so she found an excuse to back out.

There is a Youlong Terrace on the west side of the palace, where today's Jinwuwei selection is held.

When Li Taiwei arrived with Dafu, the women's side was already full.

During the Great Zhou Dynasty, the folk customs were open, and there was no need to cover the curtains when men and women sat together. This selection of the Jinwu Guard became the best time for each family to meet their daughter-in-law/son-in-law.

Erlang, who can be selected into the Jinwu Guard, not only has extraordinary skills, but also has a good family background.

Looking at the dark head, Li Taiwei lost interest for a while, and regretted agreeing to Lu Xiao's trip.

It's better to rest at Changping, have tea and snacks...

I was annoyed when I heard a call.

"The princess!"

A familiar figure in the distance waved towards Li Taiwei.

Li Taiwei took a closer look, it was Xiangling!

Mrs. Zhao, who was sitting in front of Xiangling, also looked this way, smiled and waved to Mrs. Li, telling her to sit beside her and squeeze.

What Li Taiwei didn't expect was that Li Yao was actually sitting next to Mrs. Zhao. Seeing this, she quietly moved to the side, taking up the small vacant seat.

Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows slightly, her jade-like pupils immediately turned a little colder.

"Princess! The imperial concubine, please sit here!"

Li Taiwei turned sideways, and a maid in a bamboo green palace dress respectfully stepped forward to salute, and then raised her hand to lead the way.

Dafu also saw Li Yao's little action just now, his face turned red with anger, and when he saw this, he tugged on Li Taiwei's cuff:

"Princess, let's sit there! Make her mad!"

Li Taiwei stood still for a while, she was already outstanding, but today she was wearing a begonia red skirt, standing on the side of the female relatives, she looked even more eye-catching.

Many officials and family members noticed this, and they got up one after another to greet her, or sincerely or falsely invited her to sit with her.Younger girls cast amazed or jealous eyes from time to time.

Even at the man's seat opposite, many people stretched their necks to look over. Zeng Shaoqing glanced at the female family member's side, then elbowed Lu Xiao who was standing beside him, and said badly:

"Look at how many people miss your wife."

Zeng Shaoqing is the eldest son of Zeng Yu, the commander of the Army and Horse Division. He has been with Lu Xiao since he was a child, and his affection is incomparable to others.

Lu Xiao asked Li Taiwei to marry him and didn't hide it from him. When he heard the word "daughter-in-law" in his words, Lu Xiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. He glanced at Li Taiwei from a distance, tilted his head slightly and said to Zeng Shaoqing:
"If you are drawn in a while, my brother on the same stage will let you?"

When Zeng Shaoqing heard this, his eyes lit up a little, and he didn't care about his age, so he immediately clasped his fist at him solemnly and said:
"Brother, what you say counts! If you really match up in a while, you can save some face for Brother Wei!"

Lu Xiaoyuan was one year younger than him, but he was handsome since he was a child, and he called himself an elder brother, Zeng Shaoqing really didn't dare to argue with him!
Thinking about it, the two were only eight or nine years old when they first met. They were young at that time, and they blamed Zeng Shaoqing for his cheap mouth, but they often suffered Lu Xiao's fists and kicks because of it.

Zeng Yu and Lu Qing had a fatal friendship, every time Zeng Shaoqing was beaten up and cried in front of Zeng Yu when they were children, Zeng Yu ignored him and blamed him for his lack of skill!And when Lu Qing learned that Lu Xiao got into trouble, he would chase him for two miles with a whip every time.
Later, the two became confidants and became close friends who talked about everything.

Even the day when Lu Xiao singled out a litter of sons from Duanjun Prince's Mansion, Zeng Shaoqing stood aside and applauded. Later, this matter was exposed, and Zeng Shaoqing was almost not beaten to death by his father that day.
In Zeng Shaoqing's heart, the relationship between him and Lu Xiao can be regarded as a fateful friendship!

Lu Xiao's eyes were glued to Li Taiwei's body, seeing her passing through the crowd and sitting beside Concubine Xiao Gui who was not far away from him, he quietly turned his face away.

Li Taiwei and Concubine Xiao were sitting together on the high platform, the view is naturally much better than that of the side.

She stroked her skirt and sat upright, looking majestically around the audience, when her gaze fell on Li Yao's slightly pale face, she deliberately stayed there for a moment, and stared at her with a frosty brow.

Li Yao immediately lowered her head, tightly clutching the handkerchief with her fingertips, her lips turned white.

Only then did Li Taiwei look away in satisfaction, and turned to look at the Jinwu Guard standing neatly opposite him to be selected guards. When his eyes passed by one by one, he couldn't help but pause!
She almost forgot that there was such a person!

"What does Princess Chonghua look at?"

Concubine Xiao Gui smiled and said.

After saying that, he leaned towards Li Taiwei again, lowered his voice and said:
"It's rare to be able to sit with the princess today... I'm still wondering why brother Xiao came to Yong'an Palace in person to invite me to join me. It turned out to be for the sake of the princess..."

Li Taiwei regained consciousness, and Xiao Guifei's face became hot when she teased Concubine Xiao, and she was a little embarrassed for a while:
"Thank you for your love..."

As soon as the words were finished, the sound of compact drumbeats sounded. Li Taiwei and Concubine Xiao sat down with serious expressions, looking at the competition field on the high platform, and the selection of the Jinwu Guards began...

All the female relatives suddenly became interested, their faces were full of joy, and they couldn't help whispering, looking at which family could win the top spot this year!
Li Taiwei raised her eyes and saw that the candidates were all seventeen or eighteen year old boys, a hundred people wearing silver armor, lined up neatly on the Youlong Terrace, they looked very imposing.

"His Royal Highness is here!"

"The eldest prince is here!"

"The second prince is here!"

The prince changed into a new robe, surrounded by other princes, and sat at the top of the high platform one after another.

After a while, Lan Fei also came.

Everyone stood up and saluted, shouting His Royal Highness a thousand years old.

The prince said flattened, and then gave a speech of praise, and everyone sat down.

Seeing Concubine Lan coming alone, Concubine Xiao frowned for a moment, then calmed down quickly, quickly winked at the nurse in charge behind her, and warmly called Concubine Lan to sit beside her.

The officials and family members all looked at the stage one after another, seeing that only Concubine Xiao Gui and Concubine Lan came today, they exchanged glances, and silently calculated in their hearts.

From the corner of her eye, Li Taiwei caught a glimpse of the nurse in charge retreating, so she guessed that Concubine Xiao Gui should not have known about Xu Liangyuan's throwing into the well.

Concubine Xian gave birth to a child before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and has been resting in the palace to raise her body.Concubine Hua was punished by His Majesty for planning the marriage of the eldest prince, and she has not been able to come out so far.As for Concubine Jin, she couldn't come because such a big event happened in the Yaohua Palace that she was in charge of today.

Li Taiwei collected her mind, turned her head and whispered something to Dafu in a low voice.

At this time, there was a sound of drums, and everyone gathered their minds, and turned their eyes to the silver-armored guards on the high platform.

Ten internal servants came up with silver trays. In each silver tray were neatly placed [-] nameplates facing upside down. The silver-armored guards stepped forward and took them one by one and held them in their hands. The person who played against each other in the first round.

Lu Xiao was watching the movement on the stage intently, when he caught a glimpse of Dafu coming towards him from the corner of his eye, he found an excuse and quietly retreated under the high stage.

Dafu walked to the corner, gave Lu Xiaofu a blessing, and whispered:
"Your Majesty, the princess asked the servant to send a message. Said that among the guards to be selected, there is a man named Xia Ming, and asked the Majesty to beat him up hard in a while!"

(End of this chapter)