The days when I farmed in Liaozhai

Chapter 163

On the official road to Hangzhou, a donkey cart came slowly opposite.Seeing the person sitting in the car, the little fox demon turned his head and buried it in Fu Duoxi's arms, and Xiao Qinglong lowered his hat brim and turned his face away.

When the two carts crossed, there seemed to be a breeze blowing towards the face, and the great monk Fu Duoxi, who was sitting on the donkey cart, performed a Buddha ceremony.Fu Duoxi smiled back as a gift.Turning his head to look, the great monk was also turning his head to look at her, and said in his mouth: "Amitabha, so good!"

Princess Changji brushed her forehead and stared at the background of the great monk, "Is that the eminent monk from Lingyin Temple invited by the Huang family?"

"It should be. I saw the word Lingyin engraved on his Buddhist staff. It's a pity that I came late..."

Fu Duoxi looked at the back of the old monk again, and the donkey cart turned and disappeared.

Fu Duoxi's carriage deliberately walked slowly, hoping to meet Cui Manniang on the road, but unfortunately, Cui Manniang was not seen until Hangzhou.

The palace people in Hangzhou Royal Garden suddenly got busy when they saw Princess Changji coming back.The lady in charge reported that the prefect of Hangzhou had already sent people to find Princess Changji several times, and that the draft girls from the south of the Yangtze River had been concentrated in Hangzhou City, and they would be sent to the capital in batches after Princess Changji's primary election.

"Princess Changji can look at the roster of show girls first. If there is no Cui Manniang in the roster of show girls, then think of other ways."

The show girl was given to the emperor, the roster must not be falsified, no one can bear the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Princess Changji immediately asked the maid in charge to go to the prefect of Hangzhou to ask for the roster. The maid in charge glanced at the night outside the window, but she still had to go out in a hurry.

Fu Duoxi still remembered the countenance of Zhou Chengzhang, the prefect of Hangzhou.It is very difficult to save Hua Chun and Xia Er from him, but the little sister who once promised to be in trouble together must not lose her word.Fortunately, Princess Changji is in charge of this matter, and after a while, I will get the roster and cross out the names of Hua Chun and Xia'er.

There are five books in the roster of show girls, each of which contains information about [-] show girls, in addition to names, ages, specialties, hobbies, and family backgrounds.

"The prefect of Hangzhou is really careful."

"How can the local officials be careless in doing things for the emperor! They all want to become high-ranking officials next to my father, but they can't do anything serious in the local area. They spend their minds on heresy. Hu Xiaomeng and Hanhanlong also Take a copy and read it, and we can find it faster together.”

"I can't read."

"I can't read either."

Both the little fox demon and the little blue dragon blushed shyly.

Fu Duoxi looked through the three rosters with a smile, but he quickly finished them just by looking at the names.Yan Jiu stretched out her finger and silently recited the name word by word. Fu Duoxi pulled the roster in his hand, but did not find Cui Manniang. Everyone's eyes fell on Princess Changji's face. On the last page, "I don't have Cui Manniang in this book either."

Fu Duoxi took the rosters that Princess Changji had seen and flipped through them. She wanted to find the names of Hua Chun and Xia'er, but none of the five rosters had their names.Obviously at that time they were locked together in the small black room in the backyard of the prefect of Hangzhou.

"Then there are still beautiful women who are not on the list? What does the prefect of Hangzhou want to do?"

Princess Changji had a cold face and a bitter tone.

"You can ask Mr. Zhou, maybe Mr. Zhou missed other rosters. The princess can conduct a primary selection of show girls tomorrow. I have two friends who don't want to be show girls. The princess can let them go home. One of them is Huachun, and the other It's Xia'er."

"Okay, I would also ask the show girls for their opinions, and I will definitely not force those who don't want to go to the capital."

The show girls gathered at the Hangzhou post station. When they heard that Princess Changji was coming for the primary election, the show girls lined up in several rows and waited in the yard of the post station.

Standing under the scorching sun, the show girls were sweating profusely. Guards were watching all around, and none of them dared to move. Fu Duoxi and Princess Changji got out of the car and walked into the courtyard, watching the two show girls suffer from heat stroke. fainted.

"How can you serve the emperor when you are so weak? Get up!"

Several female officials who were in charge of taking care of Xiu Nu stepped forward and kicked the fallen Xiu Nu.Princess Changji happened to see it, and she stared coldly and said: "Stop, you help them to go to the house to rest immediately."

"These people are dedicated to bullying the weak and fearing the hard!"

"Princess calm down."

Fu Duoxi also thought those female officials were hateful, but it was important to do business right now.

Princess Changji sat on the armchair and gave Fu Duoxi a wink. Fu Duoxi raised her voice and said, "Everyone raise their heads, and those who read their names raise their hands."

Fu Duoxi was wearing the palace gown of Princess Changji in charge of the court ladies, and her speech was like an order from Princess Changji. All the beautiful girls raised their heads and looked this way.

Fu Duoxi glanced over, but he was a little disappointed when he didn't see any familiar faces.After reading the five rosters, he turned to look at Princess Changji.

Princess Changji showed impatience, and the hope of finding Cui Manniang was once again dashed.He waved his hand to make the palace servants holding fans back, stood up and pointed to the left and right sides, those who were willing to go to the capital were on one side, and those who were willing to go home were on the other side.

None of the show girls moved.Fu Duoxi took a step forward and looked at the show girls with a smile, "Princess Changji will do what she says, and those who want to go home will not be punished."

The beautiful girls held their sleeves and looked down at each other. A tall and slender woman walked towards the capital, and another chubby woman walked to the other side, looking back and forth between Fu Duoxi and Princess Changji with uneasy expressions.

Soon the show girls were divided into two teams, and only a few show girls returned home.

Don't these show girls think that entering the palace is to enjoy the glory and wealth!
Princess Changji puffed her mouth and was angry, regretting that she had let the show girls choose for themselves just now, and she should decide who goes and who stays.

"Princess, you can mobilize them to choose to go home."

"mobilization?"

Fu Duoxi laughed, "Just to talk more about the difficulties in life after entering the palace. They are all smart, so they will naturally make wise choices."

"Today, the princess is asking you to choose whether to enter the palace according to your own wishes. If you choose to enter the palace, you will have to go through layers of selection by the chief executive before you can be selected as the official show girl... Even if you are officially selected as the show girl, you may not be able to see her." To the emperor, that is to say, she may only be a show girl for the rest of her life, or die in the palace, or have the opportunity to accompany her back to the west."

After Princess Changji finished speaking, there was a commotion in the show girl team, and the show girls walked to the other side one after another, and the numbers on both sides suddenly reversed.

At this time, the magistrate who rushed over saw that there were only a few beauties left after his hard work. After being surprised, he hurriedly said to Princess Changji that this matter is not a joke, and if there are not enough beautiful girls, he will lose his head.

"I, Princess Changji, will be responsible for the emperor's blame. I am following the queen's order. Is Mr. Zhou trying to disobey the queen's order? I advise Mr. Zhou not to be self-righteous about the harem."

"Master Zhou, where did you put the other show girls?"

Zhou Chengzhang was stunned by Fu Duoxi's sudden question, and then he recognized Fu Duoxi.

(End of this chapter)