This queen is not too curly

Chapter 31 Selection

The archives and booklets are neatly placed on the bookshelves in stacks. Every year, special personnel re-transcribe and organize them. Finally, they sort out the indexes according to the year and time, and put them in different cabinets.

Yan Yuan searched among the bookcases, rummaging through them, starting four years ago, looking forward one by one.

The index records the configuration of all the palace personnel who served in the palace in the year of the late emperor's death. Everyone in a huge palace is clearly listed.

She searched slowly along the names of the palaces in the directory, perhaps because she was too focused and exhausted, gradually the wound on her shoulder began to throb.

The organization she was looking for was called Kuiyuying.

When the first emperor was in power, he was once controlled by the powerful officials in the court, so he personally visited in secret, recruited people from all corners of the country, and gradually formed the Kuiyu Camp, an institution in the palace that only belonged to the imperial power.

This Kuiyu camp has a hidden weapon developed by a secret technique that has not been handed down. It is shaped like a flying knife and melts when it meets blood, leaving only traces shaped like leaf veins.The first emperor believed in it and loved it. For decades, the Kuiyu camp had a unique scenery in the imperial capital. The late emperor even personally bestowed the name "Dragon Que" on the weapons of the Kuiyu camp to reward the outstanding spies in the Kuiyu camp. .

And on her shoulder, there were old wounds like that.

Back then, she had personally seen that short and delicate knife pierced into her body, and then it disappeared into nothingness after being soaked in blood, leaving only leaf vein marks on her shoulders like burns.

……

However, Kuiyuying was deregistered after the death of the first emperor, more than ten years ago.

Yan Yuan leaned against the bookcase and read the files several times, but she still couldn't see the names of Kuiyuying's palace servants.

She rubbed her eyes, turned the document upside down, and flipped it up to the light, and she saw that a piece of the book cover was obviously missing, as if a few pages had been torn away.

...incomplete?
Yan Yuan was thinking on the spot, and turned around to find out the dossiers from the previous 15 and 20 years, and found that each dossier was missing a few pages.

Without the dossier, it is impossible to follow the index to find the names of the palace people at that time.

Yan Yuan stopped at the spot in a daze, frowning.

There was a slight sound of footsteps in the distance, and Eunuch Lian squeezed into the space between the bookcases, and said with an apologetic smile: "The old slave heard the mother sighing outside, is the mother tired?"

His eyes fell on Yan Yuan's hand, and he turned his eyes: "Who is your empress looking for?"

They are all human spirits, he was just stunned by fright, how could he not understand the current situation?
The empress entered this warehouse for another purpose.

Since there is a purpose, there is a gap to please, and even the manager smiled more and more: "The old slave has been in this warehouse for many years, and is willing to serve the empress."

Yan Yuan stared at Director Lian for a moment, then smiled softly: "Yes."

Under Lian Zhang's probing eyes, she slowly said: "I'm looking for a girl named He Yuan."

Lian Zhangshi said: "This girl...has a relationship with the empress?"

Yan Yuan closed the dossier in her hand: "When I entered the customs, I stayed in a hunter's family and had a simple meal... There was a girl in that family. I heard that she entered the palace last year. Miyahara thought he could return the favor."

She was telling the truth, and it was reasonable.

Lian Zhang couldn't see anything strange on her face, so he asked her: "When did that girl enter the palace?"

Yan Yuan replied, "Last year."

Manager Lian immediately understood, twisted his fat body and walked to another row of cabinets, collected a stack of documents and returned to Yan Yuan's side: "Your Majesty doesn't know, last year's palace servants haven't been included in the register yet, you have to see selection list."

Yan Yuan took the document calmly.

He Yuan.

Yan Yuan silently read the name that had been memorized in her heart long ago, and turned to the first page of the document.

This is the name of the younger sister of the big kidnapper outside the city. Although she didn't plan this event specifically for her, the purpose of coming to the Department of Internal Affairs today was to fulfill her promise and find her younger sister for the big kidnapper.

The conditions for the selection of palace maids are much stricter than she imagined. Age, place of origin, appearance, figure, knowledge, conversation, etc., are selected under many considerations to select suitable waiters to stay in the palace. , less than forty people were selected in the end.

And among these people, there is no girl named He Yuan.

Not even suspicious.

"Still not?" Lian Shi asked.

Yan Yuan shook her head: "No."

Lian Zhangshi said, "Maybe it's that commoner girl who signed up, but was screened out in the primary election?"

Yan Yuan: "Where would such a person go?"

Lian Zhangshi said: "If you don't enter the selection list, you will be sent out of the palace."

……

Yan Yuan didn't ask any more questions, she read the repetition several times, but she couldn't find He Yuan's name, so she had to randomly circle a few court ladies she cared about, which was considered as the task of this trip.

"Your Majesty, go slowly, the servant will send you off respectfully."

Manager Lian stood behind her respectfully, bowed, and when Yan Yuan's figure was gone, he turned and said to the people behind him: "The person selected by the empress, copy the list twice and send it to the Qianzheng Palace and Bi Xi Palace."

"Isn't it just the one from the Qianzheng Palace? Also send Bixi Palace?"

The little eunuch behind him was dumbfounded.

"There are more masters in the palace, there are more paths." Eunuch Lian snorted, "You are young and not sensible."

……

At that time, Yan Yuan had already gone a long way.

The sky had completely darkened, and the cool wind outside was blowing slowly, making the palace lanterns on the road crumbling.

Yan Yuan wrapped her fur collar tightly around her body, shrunk her head, and hurried forward under the moonlit night, with Xiaoyu chattering beside her: "Wow, is it so difficult to be a court lady? This is the only one you can choose." Forty out?"

Yan Yuan was also taken aback by Xiaoyu's thoughtless call.

Before she could answer, Xiao Yu smiled and rolled his eyes: "Then I followed Miss into the palace, didn't I take a huge shortcut?"

Yan Yuan: "..."

Xiao Yu was originally heartless, but at this moment, he was laughing wildly, as if he really took advantage of the sky.

Even Aunt Liangyu was infected by her innocent and optimistic appearance.

Even the guiding father-in-law of the Palace of Kindness behind her smiled: "Naturally, the masters in this palace are all lucky stars from heaven, and the palace people who can be selected by the empress today are also blessed people."

Is it a lucky star?
Yan Yuan lowered her head and also smiled.

Many years ago, she also heard a lot of such words.

But now she just wants to save her own life and live as long as possible.

But living is not easy.

She just overdrawn some energy today, and now her forehead is already burning faintly.She didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly asked Xiaoyu to prepare a bucket full of hot water, submerged her whole body in the water, and finally broke out a burst of sweat.

Fortunately, when I woke up the next day, my fatigue and fever had subsided.

Unfortunately, in the courtyard of Wangshu Palace, the head of the Department of Internal Affairs has been waiting for an unknown how long.

The sun was just right at this moment, and the warm light shone on Mr. Lian's smooth face. He walked up and down in the yard, and rushed under Yan Yuan's skirt in two or three steps before Yan Yuan could react.

"Empress!" Lian Zhang's figure was light, and he knelt down neatly, "Empress, please forgive me!"

Yan Yuan was taken aback and took a small step back.

Lian Shi was about to cry: "My Lady, the servants are here to plead guilty. The servants chosen by the Lady yesterday were not blessed, and suddenly they were seriously ill, so they couldn't come to serve..."

Yan Yuan was stunned: "All?"

Lian Zhang said: "All of them."

Yan Yuan: "..."

(End of this chapter)