The concubine is poisonous

Chapter 8 The Empress Dowager Is Sick
When they arrived at the north gate of the palace, there was a line of carriages lined up to leave the army. Nian Se raised her foot and lightly lifted the bottom of the sedan chair twice. After receiving Nian Se's signal, Gu Xinning hid Zhao Yuning at the bottom of the sedan chair, while she herself Stepping out of the sedan chair, the entire north gate of the palace is full of well-dressed rich ladies everywhere.When Gu Xinning got out of the carriage, she saw a lot of people outside the north gate. The father-in-law at the gate was holding a register to verify the identity of the visitor.

After receiving Gu Xinning's hint, Nian Se walked up to her father-in-law respectfully, "Elder-in-law, the daughter of the Minister of Rites came to check the roster."

The father-in-law holding the roster looked at Nianse from top to bottom, "What's your name? He's here?"

Nian Se was very respectful, "Here you are, here you are. My lady is Zhao Yuning, and the one in the green dress is my lady." Nian Se looked at the two father-in-laws just to see if anyone was here, so she pointed them out to them.

The two father-in-laws looked at Gu Xinning, and they were astonished. Not to mention the exquisite facial features of this girl, there is also a charming look in her eyes, and her figure is also uneven. If you are lucky enough to meet the emperor, you must have a great feeling En Chong, thinking of this, the two looked at each other, and their attitude towards Nian Se was no longer as domineering as before.With a smile, he took the bag of silver stuffed by Nian Se.

The palace is a strange place, many people outside want to enter, but they can't even step in with a leg.Inside, there are many people who want to come out, but they can't. Even if the father-in-law and the eunuch can come out sometimes, he will go back soon. If he goes out for a long time, he will be punished. It is best to have a way to hide yourself for a lifetime, otherwise, once caught by the government, it will be the death penalty of beheading.

It is also very strict for a beautiful girl to enter the palace. First of all, one must have a good background, and at the same time have no stains on the clan, and secondly, one must be in good health. Those who are sick or physically disabled will not be eligible for election.Even if all the indicators meet the selection criteria, they still need to go through several inspections and screenings before they can finally stay in the palace.
After being ranked second, Gu Xinning boarded the carriage in order, and the maid brought by Xiu Numen could only follow behind the carriage and enter the palace on foot.

After entering the palace, the carriage stopped outside Jingyunxuan, and all the beautiful girls got off the carriage in the order they boarded before.

Jingyunxuan is the place to find the first-time showgirls.Here, the emperor and the empress dowager will personally select the beautiful women, but recently the empress dowager has violated her phoenix body and is recuperating in the palace, only the emperor visits Jingyunxuan alone.

The current emperor is the second son of Emperor Tianyuan, Ye Junyan.According to folklore, Ye Jun said that bloodthirsty is easy to kill, and he is ruthless. Anyone who offends him will kill the other's family and draw their blood to drink.Even those soldiers in Southern Xinjiang who claimed to be fearless of death immediately felt their hairs stand on end when they heard Ye Junyan's name. As long as Ye Junyan appeared on the battlefield, no one would dare to confront him.

Legend has it that his martial arts reached the pinnacle. Even Daoist Changfeng, who was once recognized as the number one martial artist in the world, announced his retirement from martial arts after a three-day and three-night battle with Ye Junyan.

But Gu Xinning is not afraid, her heart has long been filled with hatred, she doesn't know what to fear, besides, she doesn't have to use martial arts to kill someone, she prefers to use poison, watching her enemy roll all over the floor after being poisoned by her , Crying bitterly, definitely relieved hatred more than blowing their heads off with a punch.

However, there is another kind of hatred that is the best way to let the enemy live, but it is more painful than death. Killing and punishing the heart is actually the desire to live. When a person does not even have the desire to live, it is his most painful moment. .

At this moment, Ye Junyan was sitting upright on the steps, looking down at the beautiful women who had been lined up in order below and were standing with their heads down.

Seeing that Ye Junyan was seated, the eunuch in charge took a step forward and said to Zhong Xiunv: "The six Xiunv in the first row come forward."

"No need." Hearing the words, the six beautiful girls were about to step forward, but they were suddenly stopped by Ye Junyan.

Ye Junyan swept away all the beautiful girls with an indifferent expression. Ye Junyan showed almost no interest in choosing the beautiful girls. He just lazily raised his hand and glanced at the number plates of dozens of beautiful girls. , didn't even take a serious look at the looks of the show girls, just ordered a few signs to stay, and planned to leave in a hurry.

The eunuchs at the side also seemed to think that this draft was too much of a joke. Originally, the emperor should let the beautiful women come forward in rows, raise their heads to see their appearance, and ask a few words casually when they feel suspicious. Look at character and strain, and then consider whose cards to keep.

But today the Empress Dowager was not here, and the Emperor randomly picked a few cards without even looking at them, and the eunuch who served the Emperor whispered to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, should you at least see their appearance before keeping the cards. "

The emperor was about to leave, when he heard this, he said displeasedly: "The border is fighting again, I don't have so much free time, Ai, by the way, why don't I send you there."

When the personal eunuch heard this, he knew that he had offended Long Yan, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "This servant deserves to die, this servant dare not talk anymore, I beg the emperor to atone for my sin."

In fact, the eunuch who spoke knew in his heart that it would not take much time to draft a girl, and he would never delay anything because of the draft, but the emperor's thoughts were not on it, and he dared not speak any more as a slave, so as not to provoke anger emperor.

The draft is divided into general elections and minor elections, major elections every three years, and minor elections every year. Even the previous minor elections were all hosted by the empress dowager. Ye Junyan was never interested in it. Every year, the minor elections are checked by the empress dowager Picking and selecting people, Ye Junyan acts as a foil, just showing up and never paying attention.

But this time, the empress dowager was ill, and it coincided with the general election. Ye Junyan still treated it as a joke and didn't take it seriously, because Ye Junyan knew that no matter who he chose, he would be coerced by the empress dowager soon and become the empress. The empress dowager's eyeliner, so in Ye Junyan's eyes, the draft is just a system inheritance, nothing is better than having.So Ye Junyan was too lazy to worry about it, wasting time.

"Hmph!" The emperor looked at the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground and trembling in fright, snorted coldly, flicked his dragon sleeves, and walked straight out of Jingyun Pavilion, the eunuch who was frightened and trembling on the ground looked up. He felt the same, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, stood up quickly, and trotted along the way.

The eunuch in charge of the draft has been afraid to speak. Seeing the emperor walking away, he walked to the table and announced the results to the show girls: "Now I announce that the show girls who are honored to be selected by the emperor are Li Xianglian, Fu Ya, Zhang Jiqing, Wang Chenghuan, Zhou Xuemei, Sun Yu, Zhao Yuning"

Hearing Zhao Yuning's name, Gu Xinning didn't look particularly excited or surprised. After she learned from Zhao Zhongran of the emperor's and empress dowager's different attitudes towards the draft, she sneaked into the palace overnight and found the empress dowager's residence in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, quietly. Drugs were given to the empress dowager.Although it would not put the Empress Dowager's life in danger, it was enough to cause her to have a high fever and become unconscious within three to five days.

Once the empress dowager falls ill, there will be only one team left, Ye Junyan who doesn't care about the draft, and Ye Junyan has no intention of it, so he will definitely understand the selection matters hastily, and will not bother to ask about this time, as long as the empress dowager does not intervene No matter if Zhao Yuning is selected or not, the eunuch in charge of the draft can add Zhao Yuning's name to it.

In order to bribe the eunuch in charge, Gu Xinning almost asked Nianse to take the whole package of gold and silver jewelry that Zhao Zhongran gave her, including the silver, to the eunuch, only to get a lukewarm promise from the eunuch, "Since you My lady is so sincere that she wants to enter the palace to serve the emperor, and our family also wants to fulfill it. I heard that the empress dowager is ill today. If the empress dowager does not participate in the draft today, our family will add your lady's name to it. If her old man asks about this matter, there is nothing our family can do to help, don't say that our family took Miss Zhao's money but did nothing."

"Of course, regardless of success or failure, these things should be honored to the father-in-law." Nian Se said with a smile on her face.But he cursed in his heart: "Dead eunuch, I don't know if it will be successful, so I will take all the benefits first."

At this moment, when Gu Xinning heard Zhao Yuning's name, she had already expected it, so she was not very excited or happy, but there was still a meaningful smile on the corner of her mouth, after all, she finally completed the first step of the plan smoothly.As long as one can enter the palace, the subsequent plans can be slowly unfolded.

(End of this chapter)