National Beauty

Chunwei has a three-year test. Since the end of the year, Chunwei has become the biggest talker among the officials and people in Beijing. Needless to say, there are candidates in the family, and those who don’t have one can also watch the excitement with relish. The alleys in the capital are empty, not to mention lively. In such an atmosphere, no one expected that Emperor Xuande would suddenly make a draft decision.

Draft, choose women for the emperor and clan.

Some people regard the draft as a ladder for promotion. The junior officials hope that after they become in-laws with the heavenly family, the nobles can support and support themselves. The senior officials think further, in case the prince followed by his daughter sits on the dragon chair in the future, his family affirms Some officials will not be willing to enter the palace because of their daughters' resistance to the draft.

If one chooses a show girl among officials from all over the Great Zhou, officials far away from the capital who do not want their daughters to enter the palace can quickly make arrangements for their daughters to get married before the emperor's edict arrives in the local area. But in this draft, there were no local officials at all. Emperor Xuande used the war in the border last year as an excuse and didn't want to mobilize the team and restricted the show women to the Beijing officials. There are few officials in the capital. In order to give King Shou and Prince Gong more choices, it is natural that officials of all ranks send unmarried daughters of the right age.

At the feet of the emperor, the decree announced in the early dynasty. After the dynasty was dispersed, the father-in-laws in charge of drafting matters quickly went out of the palace. They first went to the various prefectures to register the unmarried ladies, and three days later, the officials sent their daughters to the emperor. Outside the Gongchen Gate of the city, waiting for the primary election.

The government of Weiguo was unprepared. When the declaring father Gao came over, Song Jianing was playing with her younger brother on the swings in the backyard. The siblings had a good time, and Qiuyue suddenly ran over in a panic and asked her to go to the front yard to listen to the decree. Inexplicably, Song Jianing took his younger brother who hadn't swung enough to go to the main courtyard of the Guogong Mansion.

The third wife of the Lin family was close, and the wife, the second wife, and the third wife were delayed for a while.

Everyone was there, and Gao Gonggong announced the draft plan.

Lin's heart suddenly burst, and after holding back, he didn't turn his head to look at the daughter who was kneeling behind.

Madam Tai's drooping eyes moved, but the will came so quickly that they didn't give them time to plan for their little granddaughter.

"Dare to ask the old lady, are the three girls in the house married?" Gao Gonggong glanced at the three girls in the Guo family, and asked the lady with a smile.

Madam Tai could only tell the truth, pointing at Lan Fang and Yun Fang and said, "Both of them have been married in a month, and the wedding date is scheduled for September." Her eyes fell on Song Jianing, and she was shocked when she saw the little granddaughter. Then, Mrs. Tai sighed in her heart, and said helplessly: "Just this one is not willing to go out yet."

Father Gao looked at Song Jianing carefully, and sincerely flattered him: "The four girls must be blessed with their beautiful appearance."

Mrs. Tai smiled, and watched Gao Gong Gong write his granddaughter's name on the roster.

Father Gao left after his errands, and the family members of the children of the first hospital looked at each other.

The second wife looked at Lin's pale face and knew that Lin had no high-level thoughts, so she walked over and softly persuaded: "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Discuss with your eldest brother in the evening. Maybe you can avoid An An's draft."

The third wife also persuaded: "That's right, let's say, An An's reputation for delicious food has spread early. The emperor gave An An the Four Treasures of the Study. Even if An An enters the palace to run for the election, the emperor should not choose her."

With this, the wife frowned slightly, and glanced at the third daughter-in-law in discomfort. It's one thing for the eldest daughter-in-law to not want the younger granddaughter to be elected, but the third daughter-in-law alludes to the nobles in the palace that the younger granddaughter is not admired, which one is the mother's favorite?

Lin really does not like to listen, but the drafting is the first big thing in her mind at this time. Unintentionally playing tricks with the third wife, Lin calmly said to the two wives: "It is the good fortune of An An to enter the palace and draft. Even if I lose the election, it’s good to be able to meet the world. But I’ve experienced this for the first time, so let’s go back first, my brothers and sisters. I will learn from my mother.”

The second wife nodded and left with Lan Fang.

The third wife looked at Liushen Wuzhu Song Jianing, and led her daughter Yunfang towards Sanfang. The third lady did not believe that Song Jianing would elect the princess, she just took the matter as a joke. Yunfang glanced over the Shou Palace next door, and a thought suddenly appeared in her heart, and she was shocked: "Mother, the third majesty has some connections with the fourth sister, he Will it..."

The third wife turned to look at her daughter, and asked unexpectedly: "What is their origin?"

Yun Fang thought about it carefully. After Song Jianing and Shouwang teamed up to guess the lantern riddles, and when Shouwang just moved to the palace, he reprimanded Princess Duanhui for defending Song Jianing. After speaking, the more Yunfang thought about it, the more he felt that the fourth sister might be a possibility. The princess of Shangshou frowned and said, "Although the fourth sister is a little fat, she..."

She has a good face, and she and her two sisters who were born out of her will not compare to the four sisters in terms of appearance.

For some reason, Yun Fang felt a little uncomfortable at the thought that the fourth sister might become the princess. As early as when King Chu and King Rui selected their concubines, Yunfang believed that the princesses must all be born in small households, so he never thought of be a princess for any prince. Now Emperor Xuande temporarily changed the rules, and the fourth sister became a show girl. She was inexplicably unhappy with the opportunity to be a princess.

The eldest sister and the second elder sister are better married than her. Once the fourth sister becomes a princess, don’t think the longevity king is stuttering, and the stuttering is also the prince. When you stop there, the three men of their elder sisters have to bow down and bow to him. In the end, In line, she was the most unhappy marrying.

"Impossible." The third lady walked silently for a while, and then she was absolutely sure, and signaled the maids behind her to stay away. She whispered to her daughter to analyze: "First of all, the choice of the concubine is the queen and the queen is the master, and the princes can't intervene. If Concubine Xian is alive, she might help her three to make plans. Furthermore, your fourth sister's reputation has long gone bad, first she is greedy and delicious, and then rejected by Lu Zhen..."

Yunfang pursed her mouth: "Outsiders don't know, they are laughing at Lu Zhenben." She was so angry that it was Lu Zhen who saw that she was better than the fourth sister.

The third wife didn't argue with her daughter, and continued to say Song Jianing: "Anyway, the emperor will never let your fourth sister be a concubine, a concubine, maybe it's possible."

Isn't the concubine concubine?

Yunfang finally feels better, as long as the fourth sister doesn't become the princess, the side concubine or loses the election, she can accept it.

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Huan Yueju, Lin anxiously asked her mother-in-law for help: "Mother, An An was the one you watched to grow up. Her temperament, she can't be a princess and she can't be a side concubine, but she grows... mother, we can think of a way. Is An An exempted from going to the draft?"

Now Lin only hates her daughter for being too beautiful. If it is a little bit ugly, plus her reputation for being greedy, she doesn't need to worry anymore.

Mrs. Tai sighed, and put her arms around Song Jianing, who had never spoken, and said: "If we get news in advance, we can also arrange for An to avoid illness. But Father Gao just saw him. How can An An look sick? As soon as I heard about the draft. I fell ill immediately and no one would believe it, and would only offend the emperor in vain."

Lin's heart sank.

Qiuyue helped out her idea and whispered: "Madam, I heard that in the previous court draft, some show girls did not want to be selected, so they deliberately ate something unpleasant, or moved their hands and feet under the armpit..."

Before she finished speaking, she was vetoed by the wife: "An An has been in the palace, and the nobles in the palace have praised her for her good looks. These methods are too easy to be dismantled." It is precisely because the granddaughter has grown well in the past two years. There was a banquet in the palace, so she didn't ask her granddaughter to go. The princes were okay. The wife was even more afraid that her granddaughter would be favored by the emperor who was nearly 50 years old.

The master and servant discussed for a long time, but finally found that it was impossible to prevent Song Jianing from entering the palace to stand for election.

Seeing his mother’s worried face, Song Jianing, who had recovered his senses, wanted to laugh a little. He took his mother’s hand and said, "Mother, the emperor will choose the princess for the princes. I will definitely lose the election. Don’t worry." Shou Wang and Gong Gong, one is The future emperor, an eight hundred decent prince, how could the princess take her turn to be the fourth girl from the Guo family?

Song Jianing was really not worried at all.

The daughter's tone was relaxed, as if "definitely losing the election" was something to be proud of. Lin's face was smiled, and her heart became even more disturbed. This silly boy, because he was not a girl from the Guo family, has always been scornful of himself. He was very happy to be able to marry Lu Zhen. He never thought about it, just rely on her face, let alone the princess, the imperial concubine...

Thinking of this, Lin's face changed drastically. What she was most afraid of before was that her daughter was accused of being the side concubine of the prince because of her appearance. After entering the mansion, she was bullied by the future mistress. Now she thought that her daughter might be taken by Xuande, who is nearly half a hundred years old. The emperor saw that Lin was more than scared, she was about to break her heart, and looked at Mrs. Tai in horror.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law knew each other well. They just looked at Song Jianing, who was extremely "confident". Neither of them showed it. First, they sent Song Jianing to lead Brother Mao to play in the backyard, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law continued to ponder the way.

Before the sunset, Guo Xiao went back to the house before Guo Boyan, without changing his official uniform, and went straight to Linyuntang.

"Mother, I heard from the people on the way that the palace is going to draft women?" Guo Xiao Surong asked after the salute.

The stepson had no feelings with her. Lin couldn't guess what he was thinking of, so he didn't express his anxiety. He smiled and said, "Yes, your fourth sister's name has already been recorded, and she will enter the palace in three days. Sit down and have a sip of tea."

Guo Xiao nodded, and took a seat at the bottom left of the Lin family. After drinking tea, he looked outside the door and jokingly said, "Why didn't you see the fourth sister? Are you shy and hiding?"

The daughter is not shy, clearly heartless, but Lin can only admit it.

The scene of the step-sister being held in the arms of King Shou Wang suddenly appeared in his mind during the Mid-Year Festival last year, and Guo Xiao clenched the tea bowl tightly.

At this moment, Guo Boyan came back.

The mother and son in the hall both stood up. Seeing her husband, Lin could no longer conceal the worry in his heart and looked sad.

Guo Boyan saw it at a glance, and in a few words dismissed the obnoxious eldest son, he took Lin's hand and went to the inner room.

"I don't want An An to enter the palace." When the husband and wife are alone, Lin leans into the arms of the man. The mother-in-law can't help, she can only count on her husband.

Guo Boyan had considered this a long time ago and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if I'm not wrong, the emperor let the daughters of high-ranking officials participate in the election just to make up the number, and won't choose any of them, otherwise the King of Rui should think more about it."

King Shou is the younger brother of King Chu, and giving the King Shou his powerful wife clan is equivalent to exalting King Chu. At the same time, choose the concubine, here the longevity king gave the daughter of high officials, the four princes, Prince Gong, naturally have to point out the same. In this way, the four princes, only the wife of the Rui Wang, has a weak clan, and the emperor has always been fair and will never allow it. This kind of thing happens.

"Then, will the emperor..." Lin bit his lip, and the following words were a bit difficult to say.

Guo Boyan stared at her red lips. After a moment, he realized that his wife was suspecting that Emperor Xuande was coveting the color of his stepdaughter. Duanhui is one year older. How could the emperor look after his daughter's cousin? With that troublesome effort, it's better to think about how to serve me."

Yan Ba ​​Da horizontally hugged Lin and walked towards the bed net. A few days ago, his wife's menstruation was in his life, and he started to worry about it this morning.

Lin had been restless all day, Guo Boyan was only thinking about being happy. She was both annoyed and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

She believed Guo Boyan, since he was so sure, the daughter's trip to the palace three days later would definitely be safe.

The author has something to say: Emperor Xuande: I heard that you know me well?

Guo Boyan: Isn't it?

Emperor Xuande: Guess.

Guo Boyan: ...I'll go home and sleep with my wife.

Hey, if you are more enthusiastic, you might get married tonight~