King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 184 Thirteen Brothers Are Confused
"Yinglian, how are you doing in the palace?"

Hearing Baochai's question, Yinglian immediately said bitterly: "After entering the palace, I was assigned to be on duty in Kunning Palace. Every day I just cleaned dead branches and fallen leaves, and my life was very boring... It was far worse than being with a girl. Already!"

"You're not with Lord Thirteen?"

"No, since I entered the palace, I have been to Kunning Palace!"

After replying, Yinglian couldn't help asking: "How is the girl these days?"

Baochai replied, "I'm fine, but I'm not used to eating and living in Beijing. It's no better than Yingtian's house!"

The two chatted like this, and they walked for about twenty minutes before they appeared outside Shangyi's office.

"Miss Bao, I'll send you here, and we'll see you in Kunning Palace later!" Yinglian smiled sweetly.

Baochai couldn't help laughing: "You are so sure, I will definitely pass the re-election?"

"Not only do I know that you will pass the re-election, but I also know that the empress will also choose you!" Yinglian said with deep meaning.

Watching Yinglian go away, Baochai looked up at the plaque of "Shangyi Bureau", and then walked in.

At this moment, in the front yard of Shangyi Bureau, more than 20 women had already arrived. Everyone just glanced at Baochai, and then resumed their chatting.

"Baochai?"

Suddenly hearing someone calling her, Baochai turned around and followed the voice, and then saw Zhen Qin walking towards her.

After approaching, Zhen Qin pulled Baochai aside and said with a smile: "You are finally here, I have been waiting for you all this time!"

"Wait for me?" Baochai was curious.

"I'm not waiting for you, my aunt showed me the primary list the day before yesterday!" Zhen Qin's face was not without complacency.

"I see!"

Baochai was a little nervous, so she didn't want to say much at the moment. This kind of mentality was actually quite normal.

However, Zhen Qin was acquainted, approached Baochai and said in a low voice, "I'll tell you a secret..."

"What secret?"

Looking around, Zhen Qin became more cautious and said, "My princess position may be lost!"

"Ah?" Baochai never expected that Zhen Qin would say this.

Those words that Zhen Qin had said to her now came to her mind.

With the help of Concubine Zhen, Zhen Qin has said such things now, and it is obvious that there is a strong competitor.

At this point in the analysis, Baochai couldn't help being stunned, what does this have to do with her?

But she still couldn't help asking: "Why?"

"A few days ago, the empress summoned her niece into the palace, and she has already confirmed her status as a princess attendant!"

"I heard from my aunt that that person is the daughter-in-law prepared by the empress!"

Hearing this, Baochai couldn't help feeling heavy, and even felt a chill.

"How are you?"

Seeing Baochai's sad face, Zhen Qin said: "Oh...you don't have to worry about me, it's okay if you don't become a princess, and being a side concubine is worthwhile!"

"Don't you have to marry the Thirteenth Lord?" Baochai asked.

"Master Thirteen is a hero, who else is worthy of me?" Zhen Qin looked as if it should be taken for granted.

Listening to Zhen Qin's babbling, the time passed quickly, and the people who participated in the re-selection were already in place.

The people from the Shangyi Bureau are also ready, and the next thing is the competition in terms of body, speech, deeds, and demeanor. Every round, someone will be brushed off.

In the end, only six people including Baochai and Zhenqin remained, and the remaining 42 people were all brushed off.

Among them, not all of them were disappointed, they were all noble ladies, and it was normal not to want to enter the palace as a foil for others.

After a commotion, the ladies who were dismissed were led out by the female officer of the Shangyi Bureau.

"Everyone, you passed the re-election, and rest here first. After lunch... you will go to Kunning Palace to meet the empress!" Shangyi Zhengping personally lectured.

Next, she talked about the rules for meeting the queen, and after ten minutes of rambling, she let everyone go to the ear room to rest.

"She's really long-winded!" Zhen Qin couldn't help complaining.

Seeing her heartless expression, Baochai reminded: "Speak less, because being overheard will offend others in vain!"

"My aunt is a concubine, are you afraid that she will fail?"

Good words are hard to persuade the damn ghost, he has said everything he should say, and Baochai feels that he has done his best.

While everyone in Baochai was waiting, Zhu Jinghong, who was in charge of training in Shanglinyuan, was not thinking about it at the moment.

"I have to go and have a look!"

After muttering this sentence, Zhu Jinghong immediately shouted: "Call Wang Jie over here!"

Wang Jie is a member of the Dragon Guard Hundred Households, and he is a full-time military officer of the sixth rank, which is at the same level as the Deputy Thousand Households of the Guards, but as long as he is released outside, he must be at least the fifth rank.

In other words, Wang Jie can be said to have the best rank in the school grounds.

After a while, Wang Jie rushed over. He was mainly in charge of supervision, and relatively speaking, he was more flexible in his actions.

"Master Thirteen, do you have something to do with me?"

"As for me... I have something to deal with, here you watch for me!"

Let yourself stare at the training, this is the trust of the thirteenth master... Wang Jie was very happy.

Since the last "leaking" incident, although all the brothers forgave him, Wang Jie himself felt a thorn in his heart.

Now that he has this opportunity, how can he not seize it and prove that he is trustworthy.

"Master Thirteen, don't worry, even if I risk my life, I must supervise and train well!"

Seeing that Wang Jie was so excited, Zhu Jinghong was a little confused, but he still reminded: "Practice for half an hour, let them rest and eat, and practice again in the afternoon...I will check the results later!"

"The minister takes orders!"

Watching Zhu Jinghong leave, Wang Jie said in a low voice: "Master Thirteen will have a test later, we can't let him down...I think we need to practice more!"

"Practice for another hour, and then talk about eating!"

That's right, on the basis of Zhu Jinghong's request, Wang Jie directly doubled the amount of training.

Time passed, and when Zhu Jinghong returned to the palace, Baochai and others were still resting in the Shangyi Bureau, waiting for the Queen's call.

Zhu Jinghong originally planned to go to the Shangyi Bureau to see it, but he was stalked by Zhu Jingyuan just after entering the palace.

"Sixth brother, if you have anything to say, just say it, why make it so mysterious?"

Being pulled to the corner by Zhu Jingyuan made Zhu Jinghong a little impatient.

"Thirteenth brother, I heard that two days ago, you went to the Shangyi Bureau to help Xue's family in Jinling pass the review?"

Why would this guy ask this question?
Thinking of this, Zhu Jinghong said without hesitation: "What? Breaking the law?"

"Thirteenth brother, you are confused!" Zhu Jingyuan looked heartbroken.

"Why am I so confused?" Zhu Jinghong was very confused, not knowing why the sixth child was crazy.

"Did the fourth brother push you to do this?"

The sixth child really thought so, which saved Zhu Jinghong a lot of effort, but he couldn't admit it directly at the moment.

After hesitating, Zhu Jinghong said firmly: "Sixth brother, don't think about it, this is my own idea!"

Sure enough, Zhu Jinghong's hesitation made Zhu Jingyuan think that he was trying to hide it, and he was even more sure that it was the prince's trick.

"Old Shisan, the prince is using you, he doesn't treat you as a brother at all!"

"But we are brothers!"

Zhu Jinghong continued to pretend to be stupid, seeing that Zhu Jingyuan was angry and helpless, how could such a fool be unable to win him over.

After approaching, Zhu Jingyuan said earnestly: "Thirteenth brother, you should avoid dealing with the fourth brother in the future, you must believe in the sixth brother!"

At this moment, not far away, Prince Zhu Jingyuan walked over, and happened to see the two of Zhu Jinghong having a secret conversation.

Both of them came from Qianqing Palace, they were just front and back.

Seeing that Zhu Jingyuan poached his own corner again, Zhu Jingyuan immediately became unhappy.

"Lao Liu, what are you talking about?"

(End of this chapter)