"Uh, uh...!"

In the forty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, in a rather ordinary house located in the Xianghuangqi Station in the northeast outside the imperial city of the capital, a six or seven-year-old girl was dressed neatly and was about to go out.

There was a green-skinned puppy in the yard, wagging its tail and jumping around at her feet.

Because the girl was born on the tenth day of October, she has been nicknamed "Twenty-Twenty" by her family since she was a child.

The little dog looked very cute and cute at the feet of Twenty-Twenty, but its body shape was not the Mongolian mastiff commonly used by Manchus to look after their homes. Instead, its fur and appearance closely resembled that of a wild wolf.

Although it is not very big, it is still more agile and ferocious than ordinary dogs when it opens its teeth and claws.

Twenty-Twenty was not afraid, he smiled and bent down to pat the puppy on the head, "Yaqing, you have to be good. When I come back, I will bring you meat to eat!"

Yaqing is the life chosen by Twenty-Twenty for the little dog. It is a full term and also means "green", which is exactly the color of Yaqing's coat.

The little dog seemed to understand, and it shook its head and tail even more. Sometimes its limbs touched the ground, and sometimes it started jumping up and down, whining non-stop - it actually couldn't bark "bark".

Seeing that Twenty-Twenty was about to go out, Ya Qing stepped forward and bit Twenty-Twenty's pants leg.

Nian22 squatted down with a smile, put his arms around Yaqing's neck and coaxed softly, "Yaqing, be good, I'll come back as soon as I go. I'm just looking for meat for you. I won't stay there and never come back."

Ya Qing let out an uneasy whimper, but obediently let go of his mouth and fell to the ground.

Twenty-two comforted Ya Qing for a while, then left Ya Qing in the room and closed the door behind him.

She smoothed the wrinkles of her clothes and then respectfully called "Mother Zhou". Mrs. Zhou was her wet nurse and had grown up with her. Now when she goes out, she is also accompanied by Mrs. Zhou as a companion.

Twenty-two took Mrs. Zhou with her to the upper room to bid farewell to her parents.

Although she was young, she still greeted her parents upright, with her shoulders straight and not moving at all, "Nama, Enie, my daughter is leaving now."

Her father's name is Gong Ala, from the Niu Hulu clan. Due to the merits of his ancestors, his family was favored and incorporated into the old military commander of Xun, which has been inherited from generation to generation. Gong Ala inherited the official position of the old military commander of Xun from his clan uncle, and was later awarded Xianghuang Banner.

Zhang Jing, the printing house of Dutong Yamen.

Twenty-two is the eldest daughter of Gongala. Although she is young, she has been wise and sensible since childhood.

Gongala then nodded with confidence, "Girl, there's no need to be nervous, it's just a formality. After all, you can't blame us."

"Look at you~"

Twenty-two's mother, the Fujin Yehenara clan of Gongala couldn't help but push Gongala gently, "Big girl hasn't gone out yet. If you say such a thing first, it will tell us how big girls will do it later."

Where?"

Gongala hurriedly smiled and said, "I don't want to make you nervous, right? After all, the Niu Hulu family has so many sects and girls. Those big sects and princesses from the Duke's family are the first choice. We just accompany them.

Just going through the motions."

Yehenara ignored her husband and stepped forward to hold her daughter's little hand. "Whether we are selected or not, we cannot mess with our own rules. We are from a small family, but we cannot call them

Look down."

Although they are husband and wife, Yehenara and her husband still have quite different temperaments due to their different family backgrounds.

——Due to illness, Gong Ala’s ancestor was idle all his life and had no official position. As a result, Gong Ala’s family had no decent errands. When Gong Ala was a child, his family was in a tight financial situation. When he was young, he once “

He worked outside and supported his relatives with commission money, so he developed a temperament of "being gentle and humble in dealing with things".

Until this time, the house they lived in was still rented, and their family did not have enough money to buy their own house.

On the other hand, Yehenala's father, Bai Mingnai, was a first-class baron. He came from a branch of the Zhengbai Banner of Yehenala's family. His ancestors were from the line of Suksaha, the four major ministers of the Kangxi Dynasty. Yehenala's family grew up since childhood.

She is also a pampered Princess, so she is more conceited and does not want her daughter to be looked down upon in the slightest.

Because in her heart, her daughter is always better than the girls from the Niu Hulu family who have more noble status.

Although she is young, as the eldest daughter, she can understand E Niang's mood best. Then she nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, E Ni, I will not embarrass Nama and E Ni."

Mrs. Zhou also saluted, "Sir, don't worry Fujin, I will definitely accompany Gege well, and there won't be any mistakes in the trip."

Mrs. Zhou was safe, with her by her side, Gongala and Yehenala were also relieved, so they nodded with a smile and told Twenty-Twenty to go out now, don't miss the time.

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The twenty-year-old and Mr. Zhou went out and got into the car together.

The carriage chugged forward, and Twenty-Twenty looked out the window. The blue sky above his head was clear, and a string of white doves flew away with a whistle.

She was a little distracted.

She was going to the first-class Duke's Palace with sixteen rooms, the largest direct descendant of the Niu Hulu clan's Eyidu descendants.

This branch is the Eyidu-Ebilong-Arigun lineage.

There are really too many worldly titles received by the descendants of E Yidu. Some are granted due to military merits, and some are granted the title of Cheng'en Duke because he gave birth to a queen. Most of them are inherited from E Yidu's founding achievements.

First Class Duke.

The descendants of Eyidu were divided into seventeen houses, and they always looked after the first-class Duke's house with sixteen houses. Whenever there was something in the family, they would go to the first-class Duke's house to inquire about the details.

Twenty-two is going to the first-class palace this time because of the emperor's decree.

——The Emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Ten, has turned eight years old this year (virtual age) and is at the age to enter school.

When a princess goes to school, just like a prince, she needs to choose an attendant.

The emperor decreed that girls of the same age should be selected from noble families to enter the palace to study and accompany the ten princesses.

The Niu Hulu family is also one of the five great heroes in the founding of the Qing Dynasty. It is the top eunuch family in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, girls of the right age from the Niu Hulu family must be listed.

In the gift department, the emperor chooses.

She was born on the tenth day of October in the forty-first year of Qianlong's reign. She is one year younger than the tenth princess, and her age is also among the candidates.

Before officially sending these girls to the palace for selection, because their clan was prosperous, there were too many girls of the right age. To be cautious, the elders of the Niu Hulu clan decided to conduct a selection within their own clan first.

Primary round.

Although this kind of selection is not the triennial selection of Eight Banners show girls for concubines and close clan clans, but because they are also entering the palace and accompanying the princess, the performance of the girl will also be affected.

The royal family's attitude towards the Niu Hulu family is very important, so the people of this tribe attach great importance to it. This selection is no less tense than the selection of the Eight Banners Showgirls.

Twenty-Twenty is not nervous herself. She feels that Amma is right. Such a choice, based on her Amma’s official position and her own family’s situation, must be just a formality, and she will definitely not be the one to blame.

Going up.

"Ouch!"
Chapter completed!