Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 82

The beauties in the hall stood there quietly, except for Qing Yang, no one raised their heads to look at Gu Qi for half a minute.Because the aunt of the Shangyi Bureau said yesterday that after entering the Huayan Palace, only His Highness the Crown Prince looked at them. His Highness the Crown Prince did not speak, and no one was allowed to look up in private, otherwise it would be disrespectful.

So the ten beauties all stood gracefully with their eyes downcast, only Qing Yang raised his head and stared straight at Gu Qi, looking particularly abrupt.

Gu Qi pretended not to see it, glanced down at the list on the table, and softly called out a name, "Chen Xi?"

A woman stood out from the queue on the left, slightly raised her head to look at Gu Qi, "Ministers see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

This is the daughter of the Brocade Manor of Suzhou brocade family. Her father is the owner of the brocade manor. She is a wealthy person. She thinks she can enter the palace this time... The family has indeed paid a lot of money.

She was indeed beautiful, her eyes were not big, but they were crescent-like, which was very pleasing.

With a beautiful face, she can't be regarded as overwhelming, but she has a lot of agility and beauty.

No matter which dynasty it is, the family of scholar-bureaucrats must be more noble than the family of merchants, even if the latter's wealth is amazing, but there is a difference in status between being an official in the court and doing business in the market.

This is also the case in the Xuan Dynasty, but there is an extra special rule, that is, the merchant families on the wealthy side are not allowed to have younger generations to participate in the imperial examinations. The situation, secondly, is to suppress these forces. It cannot be said that the family is rich and powerful, and the wealthy party has someone who is an official in the court. If not, it is really a hidden danger.

This is also the reason why the family of merchants does not hesitate to spend a lot of money and hopes that someone in the family can occupy a place in the court.

Every year, the brocade factory in Suzhou produces brocade silk for the imperial court on a large scale, but because of this rule, no one in the family holds an important position in the court so far.

Presumably, letting Chen Xi enter the palace this time is also hoping to make the Chen family gain a firm foothold by entering the harem. After all, it is not only the brocade village that provides silk for the imperial court, but also silk manufacturers in other regions.

If Chen Xi can successfully become the concubine of His Highness the Crown Prince, the Chen family will be able to rely on it. If God favors her and can give her a son and a half daughter, that will naturally be the icing on the cake.

Gu Qi looked at this woman named Chen Xi, his face was expressionless, and he knew what he was thinking, so he asked casually, "Are there any brothers and sisters in the family?"

Chen Xi opened his mouth and replied, "His Royal Highness, there is an older brother in the family, and now he is helping his father with work in the Brocade Manor."

Gu Qi nodded, "Your father is also a hard-working person. It is not easy to take care of the Brocade Manor by himself. There really should be a helper."

He glanced at the female officer holding the tray next to him, "Give jade."

So the little eunuch at the side took out a piece of white jade with lustrous texture and necklaces from the tray in the female officer's hand, walked up to Chen Xi respectfully, and handed the jade over.

Chen Xi smiled sweetly and leaned over to thank her.

In the Xuan Dynasty's draft, when it came to the palace examination, there were no complicated rules.

It is nothing more than that whoever is called by the prince will stand up, the prince will look at it, the queen mother will look at it, and the concubines present will look at it, and at most they will only ask a few words.

If the prince likes it, he will give him jade; if he doesn't, he will give him flowers.

Therefore, the two female officials standing on the side holding a wooden tray, one is holding pearl flowers, and the other is holding white jade of the same style.

Right now, Chen Xi, who was the first to be called, got the jade, which meant to stay.

Many of the show girls present felt tense and became inexplicably uneasy.

The Queen Mother smiled, and praised Chen Xi, "This bearing and stature, not to mention that they come from a small place, even if they are placed in the capital city, it can be seen that they are ladies from everyone, and they are not inferior to the daughters of famous families."

It's obviously a compliment, but if someone with a heart insists on finding something wrong, this sentence will become an explicit praise and a dark criticism.

Even if no one in the Chen family is an official in the court, at least they have worked for the court for several generations. Even if they are not a courtier family, they are at least a merchant giant, and everyone in Suzhou knows everyone.

As the daughter of the Chen family's concubine, Chen Xi can't be regarded as a lady of everyone and a daughter of a famous family?

After all, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, she is just a merchant's daughter. Although she said that she has good manners and etiquette, it can't change the fact that her background is not on the stage.

Chen Xi's expression didn't change, still with a slight smile, he sincerely thanked the Queen Mother, but he didn't know if it was pure innocence or fake respect.

Next, he ordered the daughter of Liu Chengxi, the servant of the Ministry of Industry.

This time it was Concubine Mu who asked a few questions, all of which were ordinary polite words, such as what to do at home and what hobbies do you have on weekdays.

After some conversations, Gu Qi only said, "Give flowers."

That is to say, this Ms. Liu cannot enter the harem anymore.

Her expression froze for a moment, but soon regained her composure, she still took the bead flowers handed over by the eunuch, and bowed her head in thanks.

It doesn't matter, in fact, before entering the palace, my father said that it would be the best if she can succeed, but it's fine if she can't. After all, she is not very good-looking, and her background is not very good compared with the courtier's daughter who entered the palace together.

No matter how bad it is, there can be a marriage referral, and the master in the palace will personally refer to it, so it must not be too bad.

One by one place names, one by one to ask questions.

After six rounds, the three beautiful girls from the folk were all given jade, and among the three courtiers' daughters, only Shi Yanting, the niece of Princess Qi, was given jade, and the other two were given flowers.

In the end, there were still four people left, namely Qingyang, Mu Nianqiu, Shen Xin, and Chongzheng.

Gu Qi paused for a moment before slowly calling out the next name, "Shen Xin."

Compared with Mu Nianqiu, he is more familiar with this woman.

After all, when Chu Yan first entered the palace, Shen Xin entered the palace together as a companion, but later she offended Chu Yan somehow, crying and clamoring to drive her away, and not to keep her by her side.

Right now, Shen Xin stood out of the queue, with beautiful facial features and poetic brows, forming a painting of his own.

Her actions are like a weak willow supporting the wind, and her ordinary movements can also reflect her timidity and beauty, she is indeed a beauty.

Gu Qi looked at her calmly, smiled slightly, "Give jade."

He didn't say anything and just let her stay.

Admiral of the capital... Shen Junfeng's status in the court can be regarded as an important minister, and he has always been with Mu Qingzhuo, so he is also Mu Qingzhuo's powerful arm.

If both the Mu family and the Shen family had daughters entering the palace at the same time, and the Shen family, which happened to be a little lower in the court, had the upper hand in this matter, and Shen Xin was more favored than Mu Nianqiu, would Mu Qingzhuo not agree? Will you trust Shen Junfeng completely without any grievances?
The white jade was so easily obtained, and Shen Xin was slightly different, but there was only a faint smile on his face, and his voice was clear and sweet, "My daughter thanked His Royal Highness for your kindness."

The next Mu Nianqiu did the same thing, called a name, stood up, without even asking a question, Gu Qi asked someone to give the jade directly.

Originally, these two people were also outstanding in appearance. If you said that the crown prince took a fancy to their beauty, you would naturally have nothing to say, not to mention that they have a prominent background?
next.

"Chong Zheng."

It was clearly written on the list in his hand that this was the granddaughter of General Zhennan, Chongzheng.

The Great General Zhennan once made great contributions to the Xuan Dynasty and won several of the most important battles, especially when the emperor was in the dynasty, he was a fierce general, and his status was far superior to those of Mu Qingzhuo and Zhao Wu. Passed away a few years ago.

After old age, Lian Po is old and sick.

The emperor gave him permission to go to the south for retirement, and gave him a back cover and a mansion. He also hoped that this old man who had spent his entire life as a soldier would have a stable old age.

It was only because of the pain and suffering that he still went after a few years. The emperor sighed, but there was nothing he could do.

Gu Qi slightly hesitated, and asked, "After the general leaves, is everything in the mansion all right?"

Chongzheng's eyelashes trembled slightly, and there seemed to be some helpless emotions flashing in her eyes, and then she was very careful to hide them in her eyes, and she replied in a steady voice, "Go back to His Royal Highness, everything is fine at home."

Looking at it like this, it seems that there is no way to "well".

Otherwise, she would be fine, how could she be allowed to go north to the capital again to participate in some kind of talent show?
General Zhennan contributed a lot to the Xuan Dynasty in his life, and he didn't ask for anything. He was upright and upright. His father often sighed when he was in the palace. It would be great if there were more important officials like this in the court.

Now that he is gone, the General's Mansion, which practiced thrift in the past, may be struggling even more.

Gu Qi thought for a while, but still said, "Give jade."

Ever since, Qingyang was the only one left in the hall who hadn't been selected.

Looking at the princess who was eager to try, Gu Qi called her name flatly, "Qin Qingyang."

Qingyang smiled brightly, and responded without courtesy, "Brother Prince."

...it seems to be very superior.

Gu Qi didn't make too many comments on her title, nor did he talk to her, but directly ordered, "Give flowers."

Qing Yang was taken aback, watching the eunuch hand over the bead flower, his face changed, and he didn't pick it up, he raised his head and asked Gu Qi, "Why did you give me the flower?"

She was bold enough to let it go if she didn't pick up the flowers, and she still had the ability to ask the whole story.

It was Concubine Mu who answered, her lips curled up, and she smiled coquettishly and casually, "The princess asked this question a little strangely, don't you understand the rules of the draft? Give flowers to go, give jade to stay, since His Royal Highness the crown prince bestowed flowers, so naturally it is impossible to keep the princess in the harem, so why did you say that?"

The eldest princess was domineering in the palace in the past, and Concubine Mu Gui was also irritated. Now that Qingyang is here, she can't afford to give the princess a good face.

Qingyang's complexion changed, and he just said, "Why doesn't the prince brother want me?"

There was anger in his eyes, and he looked at Gu Qi without hesitation, as if he wanted to pierce his heart and see why he didn't want him.

this question...

The show girls present all lowered their heads, wishing they hadn't heard it.

(End of this chapter)