In Yongning Zhai, Princess Yongning heard that Cheng Jin had brought Xiao Yu back to the palace and wanted to go out. However, because she was still thinking about her past behind closed doors, she could only stay in Yongning Zhai and could not go anywhere.
Princess Yongning was very calm this time.
It doesn't matter if Cheng Jin marries Xiao Yu, she will still have a chance to let Cheng Jin divorce Xiao Yu in the future. Even if she doesn't divorce Xiao Yu, she will find a way to marry Cheng Jin.
The current confinement is okay, one month will pass quickly, and she will soon leave Yongningzhai.
It's her person, her thing, no one can take it away.
Qin Zhao can't, and Xiao Yu can't even more!
A few days later, beautiful ladies from all over the country entered Kyoto one after another.
On the day of the draft, the show girls arrived outside the Shenwu Gate in a mule cart, and were led into the palace through the side door by the chamberlains.
Xiao Ce, the emperor, didn't care about the draft. In addition, Queen Mother Guo and Feng Ti broke the rules, so the draft was basically left to Qin Zhao alone.
Of course, Empress Dowager Guo was worried about leaving such a major matter to Qin Zhao, so she specifically asked Wu Xirou to assist her.
A group of young and beautiful ladies were led to Qin Zhao.
Because Xiao Ce, the emperor, didn't care about anything, Qin Zhao selected all the outstanding young ladies and let the Empress Dowager Guo take a look, and then the current group of outstanding young girls came into being.
Wu Xirou was accompanying Qin Zhao. She was secretly shocked when she saw the appearance of the beautiful girls in front of her. These girls were not only as beautiful as flowers, but also in excellent shape.
One of them is astonishingly beautiful, both delicate and charming, as beautiful as a spring flower in full bloom, making people unable to take their eyes away.
She even felt that the beauty of this beautiful girl could compete with Qin Zhao, but Qin Zhao was much older than this beautiful girl, and this girl was like a bud on a branch. She was moved even more when she saw it.
Forget about Xiao Ce as a man.
The moment Wu Xirou saw this beautiful girl, she blamed Qin Zhao in her heart for why she wanted to keep such a beauty. If it were her, she would definitely kill this beauty.
What on earth is Qin Zhao thinking?!
Qin Zhao didn't know what Wu Xirou was thinking. She carefully looked at the beautiful women and found that they were all excellent. She felt that it was not an exaggeration for them to stay in the harem.
It would be better if Xiao Ce picked them here personally. Let her choose, and she would not be willing to throw away each one.
"Baozhu, you go to the Yangxin Hall again and ask the emperor to come and take a look. Just tell him that it won't take long." Qin Zhao told Baozhu in a low voice.
The orb went away in response.
When Wu Xirou heard Qin Zhao's words, she secretly mocked Qin Zhao for finding trouble.
If Xiao Ce was not here, it would be understandable that they would have left behind some of the more beautiful ladies. When Xiao Ce comes and selects them himself, he will definitely keep the outstanding ones.
Does Qin Zhao know what he is doing?!
Wu Xirou was blaming Qin Zhao for being troublesome, but Qin Zhao only wanted to complete the errand at hand. She had no selfish motives at all. She simply wanted to add more outstanding women to Xiao Ce's harem, abandoning the actual harem.
The show girls were a little anxious when they saw that the draft had not started yet, and some even wondered whether the imperial concubine saw their beauty and did not want them to enter the palace to serve the king?
Especially since the emperor has not shown up yet, this thing seems weird.
For such a big event as the draft, as one of the parties involved, how could the emperor not show up? Could it be that someone deliberately stopped him?
Everyone felt that if the emperor showed up, it would be no big deal for them to stay in the harem. But if the emperor didn't come, their fate would be in Qin Zhao's hands.
Qin Zhao didn't know what the show girls were thinking. She waited patiently. About two-quarters of an hour later, Baozhu hurried back and shook his head at Qin Zhao: "The emperor said that he couldn't get away and asked the empress to preside over the show. The emperor also said,
I can trust you, the Imperial Concubine."
"The emperor is busy with government affairs, and it is normal for him to be unable to get away. Since the emperor is not coming, sister Qin, how about we start?" Wu Xirou said to Qin Zhao with a smile.
Qin Zhao stopped wasting time and raised his lips and said: "The draft begins."
Xiao Linzi agreed, and then asked the ten beautiful women to stand in a row in front of Qin Zhao, so that Qin Zhao could choose carefully.
Qin Zhao had already memorized the names and family backgrounds of all the beautiful girls, but the pictures were far from as vivid and beautiful as the real people.
On the one hand, she felt that it was great to be young, and on the other hand, she also felt that her vision was really good.
Qin Zhao left a mark on all the outstanding ones, and the most beautiful showgirl may not be an exception...
Wu Xirou saw that the situation was not right and hurriedly whispered to Qin Zhao: "Sister, please take a step to speak."
Qin Zhao didn't know what Wu Xirou was going to do, so she followed Wu Xirou to the side as instructed, "What's the matter?"
"Sister, don't you want to think about it again? The one just now looks too..." Wu Xirou hesitated.
"Are you talking about Yun Ran?" Qin Zhao asked.
Wu Xirou nodded hurriedly: "That's right. Miss Yun's appearance is too outstanding, so it's probably not good for her to stay in the palace."
"Xian Fei, you are discriminating against beauty. I think Yun Ran is not bad, and the emperor will definitely like her after seeing her. There are too few people in the emperor's harem now. It is rare to have such an outstanding beauty. Of course, she must leave a mark." Qin Zhao disagreed.
She feels that beautiful girls value their essence rather than having too much.
With Xiao Ce's temperament, if he wasn't special enough, Xiao Ce wouldn't be able to remember that keeping so many beautiful girls in the palace would only ruin half of his life, so why bother?
So she would rather choose fewer names to keep, rather than keep some with uneven looks in the harem.
Wu Xirou was speechless for a moment, she was still struggling: "That's right -"
"Xian Fei, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager have entrusted such an important matter to me. I cannot be biased in any way and must report it to the Duke. You are just assisting me, and I will make the final decision on other matters."
Zhao was too lazy to pay attention to Wu Xirou anymore.
She went to Yun Ran, smiled and said: "You are beautiful, the emperor must like you."
Then she kept Yun Ran's sign.
Yun Ran's expression didn't change at all. It was reasonable for her appearance to leave a mark. It would be strange if she didn't leave a mark.
Qin Zhao was carefully selecting beautiful girls when suddenly she heard the footsteps of Xiao Ce. Not only Xiao Ce, she also heard the footsteps of Queen Mother Guo approaching.
I thought that the two big shots would show up soon, but unexpectedly, the footsteps of the mother and son stopped when they arrived near here, but they were right here.
What else does Qin Zhao not understand at this time?
It was clear that Queen Mother Guo felt that she was selfish and would not keep an outstanding young lady, so she specifically asked Xiao Ce to spy on her.
She just thought it was ridiculous, but she just pretended not to know and continued to choose beautiful girls.
Until she picked out all the outstanding show girls, there were thirty in total, and the remaining more than a hundred people were eliminated.
This batch of unsuccessful show girls felt aggrieved and thought that Qin Zhao deliberately did not select them.
It has been several years since the emperor ascended the throne. This is the first draft, but only thirty concubines are left. This is obviously because he does not want too many newcomers in the emperor's harem.
