The rich and noble peasant daughter

Chapter 352

Yun Huan, whose nickname is Zhuzhu, is the eldest daughter of Ming Princess Du Yunxi and Prince Rui Yunshen——Yunshen was canonized as Prince Rui by Chu Tianzhan after returning to power.She herself is also a princess conferred by the late emperor, her title is Zhao, her status could not be more honorable.

Her appearance is similar to that of Meng Zhiyun, the most famous beauty in the world, and she is even better than her parents who are famous for her appearance.

With a noble status and an alluring beauty, it was inevitable that she would be admired by many people since she was a child.Especially after Yun Huan reached Ji, the people who tried to test her marriage were like crucian carp crossing the river, which annoyed her very much.

For her future, she has already had a good idea.Even though she knew her parents didn't agree, she still wanted to marry Chu Tianzhan. On the one hand, it was because the two had known each other since they were young, and they fell in love with each other.On the other hand, it is to continue the great cause of the mother, the queen's aunt, and Aunt Wan.

Because of the subtle changes over the years, the status of women in Da Chu is no longer the same as it used to be, and women can even be officials.Just like her mother, she planned to implement the women's imperial examination during this time.Therefore, the status of Chu Tianzhan's wife is particularly important, which is related to whether their policy can continue.

Yun Huan couldn't help looking at the bronze mirror. The self in the mirror was extremely beautiful, as beautiful as a spring plum blossoming in snow, and as beautiful as an autumn flower covered in frost. As long as she smiled lightly, it would be enough to captivate all the men in the capital.

She lowered her long and slightly curly eyelashes, no longer looking at herself in the mirror, but playing with the jade pendant in her hand.

"Miss, Madam has something to look for you." Her maid Qingqiu said in a low voice.

Yun Huan came back to his senses and guessed in his heart why his mother came to find her, but there was only a smile on his face, with a sweet smile, "Could it be that mother made some delicious food?"

Qingqiu pursed her lips and smiled, "When Aunt Lixia came to see me, I smelled the smell of lotus cake."

Yun Huan smiled, "If the little sheep knows that I missed the lotus cake made by my mother when I went out, I'm afraid I will regret it."

The favorite snack of her younger brother, Little Sheep, is the lotus flower cake.

Yun Huan stood up and went directly to Yun Xi's side.

After entering the room, I saw several plates of cakes on the table, besides my brother's favorite lotus cake, and her favorite cloud cake and jujube paste yam cake, and a bowl of prepared rose dew beside it.

The corners of Yun Huan's mouth curled up, and the smile on his lips was sweeter than honey.

She picked up the chopsticks, tasted all the desserts on the table, and then drank the rose dew, "Mother's craftsmanship is better, our cook can't make the taste of mother."

She nodded seriously, "It must be because my mother is a great beauty in heaven and earth, not owned by the mortal world, so the dim sum she made has a bit more fairy air."

Yun Xi was directly amused by her precious daughter.Her family, Zhuzhu, has been articulate since she was a child, and she has coaxed so many good things from her elders with her mouth that is sweeter than honey.

She reached out and tapped Zhuzhu's forehead, her action was full of love and affection, "No matter how sweet your mouth is, I won't make you snacks tomorrow."

Zhuzhu sighed regretfully, "Mother doesn't love me anymore."

Yun Xi said: "Nonsense, Little Pudding and Little Sheep always say that I am biased and that I favor girls over boys."

In their Yunfu, Zhuzhu's daughter's status in the hearts of Yun Xi and Yun Shen was obviously higher than that of their two sons, after all, daughters had to be pampered.What's more, Yun Huan is really sweet, smart and sensible, which elders don't like it.

Yun Huan recalled how her parents favored her since she was a child, and she couldn't help smiling proudly, her eyes seemed to be full of starlight.

Looking at her beautiful daughter, Yun Xi felt both love and pride in her heart, but... no matter how much she loves Zhuzhu, Zhuzhu will eventually get married one day.

The smile on her face subsided a little, "Zhuzhu, are you really going to enter the palace for draft?"

Two months later, the draft will be held, and this is the first general election after Chu Tianzhan came to power. I don't know how many people have tried their best to send their own daughters to the palace as concubines.

Yun Xi doesn't want her daughter to enter the palace. On the one hand, Zhuzhu can be regarded as Chu Tianzhan's cousin; Even if there are Yang Yeqing and Su Wan's protection in the palace, it's the same for the unknown number of open and dark arrows.

Zhuzhu's expression became serious, and she no longer acted like a coquettish girl before, "I've thought about it a long time ago, someone should inherit your mother's business."

In the future, for her children, she will let them be influenced by their ears.

She suddenly smiled playfully and said, "What's more, I also like brother Tianzhan."

Yun Xi said: "Aren't you afraid that he will change his mind? After all, as the Son of Heaven, he can have three palaces and six courtyards, and own three thousand people."

Even though Yun Xi knew that Tian Zhan was the husband and wife who watched them grow up, and he was not the kind of person with a bad heart, Tian Zhan even promised that if he could marry Zhuzhu, he would be a married couple for the rest of his life.

Zhuzhu said: "If there is such a day, then I will give him a bunch of concubines and have nothing to do with him."

The corner of Yun Xi's mouth twitched. Is Zhuzhu planning to give him a beauty to hollow out his body?
But she still knows her daughter very well, this girl has never been the one who suffers.

She sighed, Zhuzhu didn't make a decision because of being confused by emotions for a while, she had already realized it.She didn't know if this was the right path, but she couldn't stop her daughter.

She reached out and stroked her daughter's hair, which was smoother than the finest silk, with a gentle voice, "No matter what happens, you must remember that we are your reliance."

Zhuzhu beamed brightly, "Of course."

Yun Xi didn't say anything, but prepared Zhuzhu's clothes for the palace draft.

Da Chu's talent show lasted for half a month, and during this half month, all the show girls lived in the palace.The show girls who entered the primary election, the two lived in a room, and were served by a court lady.

Yun Xi had already arranged everything, and was just waiting for that day.

She thought about it, but she was worried about her daughter after all, and decided to go to the palace to have a look at that time.

This time, a total of [-] women were submitted to participate in the draft, but with so many people, half of them would be rejected in the primary election alone.The Empress Dowager Yang Yeqing who presided over the draft, the noble concubine Su Wan, the concubine You, and the concubines Li and Shen.

October [-]st was the first day of the draft. All kinds of gorgeous carriages stopped in front of the palace in an orderly manner, but none of them dared to rely on their own status to be domineering. After all, the queen mother directly sent her servants from the palace to Supervisor, if he doesn't do well and falls in his eyes, he's afraid that he will be directly branded at that time.

Not every showgirl wants to enter the palace to become a concubine, some of them simply want to increase their worth through drafts.After all, the ones who can stay until the end are definitely better in everyone's minds than the show girls who were eliminated from the beginning.

Yun Huan was wearing a painted skirt today, with fluttering folds, like a fairy.She simply combed her hair into a Lingxu bun, and put on a green hairpin, her face was as gorgeous as it was, making it hard to look at.

She got off the carriage, and the surroundings were silent for a moment, as if everyone was captured by her radiance.

"Sister Yun Huan." An affectionate voice sounded, Yun Huan turned his head, and when he saw the person coming, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up, and his black and white eyes were stained with a real smile.

A beautiful girl in pink came to her side with a smile, her eyes were still heroic, this was Tao Huanhuan's daughter Luo Yan.Tao Huanhuan and Yun Xi have always had a good friendship, and even their children are also sisters who have known each other since childhood.

"Yan'er."

Luo Yan walked to her side and said in a low voice, "Sister, you haven't been out much recently."

Yun Huan said: "Recently, my aunt and I are learning the Tao of incense."

It's just an excuse to say that learning the incense way, those who have been taking classes since they were young, don't need to hold their feet now when they are dying.It's just that Uncle Yunqi and the others are waiting for someone to give her some urgent training in pharmacology, so as not to accidentally fall for her.On the other hand, it is also to avoid being calculated by others when going out.

It's not that this kind of thing has never happened in the capital. Last month, the daughter of the Minister of Rites was startled in public, so she fell down, and fell into the arms of a poor family in full view.

It's just that the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was also stubborn, and asked someone to send a gift to the Juren, but he didn't have the slightest intention to say that his daughter would marry him.

Speaking of which, this young lady is also a favorite in the draft. After this incident, she did not report her name to the draft list.

Luo Yan nodded, and said; "I don't know who has a dark heart who schemed against the Miss Wang family, making my mother a shadow of a snake, and I am not allowed to go out to ride a horse this month."

Luo Yan has the same temperament as her mother, she doesn't like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she only likes to dance with knives and guns, and even worships Chen Bofei as her master.

Listening to her chatter, Yun Huan's expression became much gentler.

Luo Yan also murmured: "Speaking of which, apart from my elder sister, the most famous of this year's show girls is that Shiquan girl, Su Huihua."

Su Huihua's reputation is so resounding that even Yun Huan has heard of it at home. It is said that she is virtuous and virtuous, considerate and gentle, filial and respectful, in short, she is a perfect person with nothing wrong.

Speaking of which, Su Huihua was the granddaughter of Mrs. Su who had the cheek to come to Yunxi's place to borrow money to save her relatives.At that time, the third house of the Su family sent sisters Su Yue and Su Yuan into the palace in order to hug the thigh of the late emperor Chu Ling. house.

It's a pity that Chu Ling passed away within a few years, and Su Yue and Su Yuan could only be concubines in the harem, relying on Yang Yeqing, the Queen Mother, let alone being promoted to the third wife.

The third room of the Su family lost the direct descendant of the Su family as their backer, and Su Yuan was very domineering when she was favored before, offended many people, and was quickly punished. If it wasn't for the surname Su, she would have been trampled in the mud long ago up.

Thinking of the past experience of the third house of the Su family, Yun Huan is not a fool, and he doesn't understand that the goal of the third house of the Su family this time is to send Su Huihua into the palace, and from the reputation of the Shiquan girl Su Huihua, she knows that their ambitions are not small .

There was a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth: in the eyes of discerning people, this Su Huihua is just a joke.

After entering the palace, Luo Yan knew how to behave and stopped gossiping with Yun Huan.

The aunts in the harem concubines such as Yang Yeqing and Su Wan presided over the primary selection of the draft.

The show girls lined up in a row according to their identities on the name tags.The benefits of high status are reflected at this time, the better the status, the higher the ranking.

For example, Yun Huan is the well-deserved first one.

Those serious aunts softened their eyes when they saw her—Yun Huan was also a frequent visitor to the palace, and was very familiar with these aunts.

"Leave a sign."

With one simple sentence, it was decided that Yun Huan had passed the primary election.As for checking if you are in Virgo, that's not needed.These nuns in the palace all have outstanding eyesight, so you can tell at a glance.

Those who left the sign were invited to another hall.

The primary election lasted all morning, and the last ones left were [-] show girls, including some of her familiar friends, such as Zhou Yi.

After the primary election, the ladies of the palace issued a wooden plaque to each passing showgirl, with the name of the palace house written on the wooden plaque.All the maids are arranged in the Yilan Hall and the Jiyue Hall.

The two beautiful women lived in one room, and each room was served by a court lady.

The room where Yun Huan lives is very well lit. There are two large beds, two dressers and a wardrobe in the room.

The maid who served them was an acquaintance, she was Hua Yin, the second-class maid in Su Wan's palace.Hua Yin handed over one of the cabinets to Yun Huan, and asked Yun Huan if he wanted some tea?
Yun Huan waved his hand, "No need, I'm not thirsty yet."

She looked around and found that the house had obviously been cleaned, clean, and the windows were clean.She put her clothes and jewelry in the cabinet, and after locking it, she took out a lock from the sleeve and went to the second layer.

Well, you must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.

After waiting for a while, her roommate also came.

Yun Huan smiled a little more when she saw the visitor, and the visitor could be regarded as her acquaintance - Yang Xi.Yang Xi is the niece of the current Empress Dowager Yang Yeqing, and Yun Huan has seen her several times in the palace.

Yang Xi can only be described as handsome in appearance and gentle in temperament.It's better to be her roommate than to be someone else.She doesn't know the distribution of other people, but what she can be sure of is that her side must have been deliberately arranged.

Yang Xi was also very happy to see her. What made Yun Huan feel funny was that she even brought her chessboard here during this draft.

She put the clothes and jewelry directly on the bed, and impatiently set up a chessboard for Yun Huan to see.

After the two played chess for a while, a court lady invited them to lunch.

Four hundred maids arranged a total of forty tables.

The draft is divided into three selections, primary selection, re-selection and final selection.The re-election will be three days later, during these three days, there will be an aunt in the palace explaining some rules to the show girls.

After lunch, some of Yunhuan's friends also came to say hello to her.The show girls all have their own acquaintances, so they are also divided into small groups.

After everyone communicated, Yun Huan realized that Luo Yan's house was only two rooms away from hers, and the room opposite her happened to live in the Shiquan girl Su Huihua.

The aunts' classes will start tomorrow, which means that they have free time this afternoon.Some people who seldom enter the palace can't wait to visit the nearby gardens, and some even hold the idea of ​​seeing Tianyan by chance.

As far as Yun Huan is concerned, she has long since disliked seeing the scenery in the palace, so she just lacks interest.She went back to her room very simply, instead of going out to visit the garden, she might as well play chess with Yang Xi.Yang Xi is introverted and holds the same opinion.

Two days passed in a flash, and the second round of re-election would be held on another day.

The second round of re-election was the exam, and Chu Tianzhan would come in person. The exam questions were also given by Chu Tianzhan. It was divided into two rounds, one for each day.

So before the exam, everyone started cramming themselves, and everywhere you could see people studying the Four Books and Five Classics.

What Yun Huan is not afraid of the most is the exam. The day before the exam, he read a novel leisurely and relished it.

As for Yang Xi, she went to talk to her cousin.

"Sister, can I borrow some of your rouge gouache?"

A timid voice sounded, Yun Huan raised his head, and it was Yang Xi's concubine Yang Xue who entered the room.Yang Xue's skin is a bit dark, but her facial features are good, but her hair is combed very old-fashioned, and her forehead is covered by thick bangs.If it weren't for her, she would be the niece of the queen mother Yang Yeqing's natal family, and I'm afraid she would be passed the first level.

Yun Huan and Yang Xue didn't know each other well. After all, they were a dignified eldest daughter and a concubine sister who depended on others, so they were not originally on the same path.

She put down the book and smiled playfully, "Didn't you bring rouge and gouache?" Impossible, right?Which of the show girls entering the palace is not well-prepared.

Yang Xue's eyes were slightly red, and she said, "Miss Li accidentally dropped my bag, and the ones I brought are useless."

Yun Huan thought for a while, and said directly to Hua Yin, the maid in the room: "Can my aunt help me and the empress dowager get a copy of rouge and water powder, so that I can give it to Miss Yang Xue?"

Yang Xue seemed to be frightened, and waved her hands and said, "How dare you do this? How could you alarm your mother for someone like me."

Yun Huan rolled his eyes in his heart: If Yang Xue doesn't want to disturb Aunt Wan, is she ashamed to disturb her?According to the relationship, she should ask Yang Xi for help, but when Yang Xi was not around, she ran to ask her for it, clearly implying that Yang Xi, the sister-in-law, bullied her.

Yun Huan hates this kind of scheming person the most.

She said slowly: "After all, I only brought a portion of rouge powder here. Besides, my rouge was formulated for me by my mother herself. Although it suits me, it may not be suitable for other people's skin. If something happens, then Oh no."

Yang Xue lowered her head and said, "Thank you, sister, for helping me this time."

Hua Yin went out to get a new one, while Yun Huan continued to read her novel, pretending that Yang Xue didn't exist.

After Huayin came back, Yang Xue got the rouge powder, thanked her and left.

After Yang Xi came back, Yun Huan never concealed this matter from her, and told her in every detail, "Your concubine is not a cheap lamp."

A good-tempered person like Yang Xi was furious, "If she came to me, she would be a sister, how could I not give it to her?" The concubine, but Yang Xue always looks timid in front of people, as if she is being bullied.

After Yun Huan comforted her for a while, Yang Xi calmed down a lot.

Early the next morning, the court lady Huayin woke them up.

Yun Huan chose a purple dress to change into. She looked fairy-like in light-colored clothes, and purple was bright and beautiful.

Yun Huan walked out of the room, the opposite door also opened, Su Huihua came out from inside, and the two met face to face.Su Huihua was wearing a lotus-colored dress, following the usual dignified route.

It's a pity that when she was compared with Yun Huan, her original dignity showed a bit of dullness and vulgarity.

Yun Huan didn't have any friendship with her, and he didn't bother to pretend to be a snake, he didn't even say hello, and left with Yang Xi directly.

Su Huihua happened to bend down to salute Yun Huan—after all, Yun Huan was also a canonized princess, but her knees were half bent, and Yun Huan had already left. It seemed that her actions were a little awkward.

Su Huihua took a deep breath, her face was still gentle and charming, but the girl beside her felt wronged for her, "Even if you are a princess, you can't ignore people like this."

"I don't think the princess did it on purpose, she just didn't see it."

"Pfft." There was a mocking sound, and Luo Yan said directly, "If you really think that your master is a character on some famous brand, everyone must know her?"

As soon as these words came out, the face of the girl who was gossiping just now turned red, Luo Yan was clearly mocking her as Su Huihua's servant and follower.

Su Huihua said softly; "Miss Luo, even if Xiuxiu's family background is not as good as ours, you shouldn't insult her like this."

Luo Yanheng snorted, "I've never seen any young lady following others like a sloppy maid, that's why I misunderstood her identity, I'm so sorry~"

She still wanted to continue stabbing, but Yun Huan's voice came from afar, "Yan'er, what are you talking about with irrelevant people, you don't have to waste time on them."||
Although Yun Huan's voice was far away, it was still very clear when it came over.

Luo Yan glanced at them and said, "By the way, I forgot to tell you, Sister Yunhuan's hearing is very good."

Then he trotted after him, leaving only the girl Xiuxiu with panic flashing on her face - she originally said that to please Su Huihua because she saw Yun Huan walking away.

(End of this chapter)