The annual Mid-Autumn Festival banquet will be held in three days. Everyone in the Hu Xia Palace is beaming with joy. Starting ten days before the banquet, lights and colors are everywhere, and they are full of joy.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is held every year, but the atmosphere this year is obviously much stronger than in the past. That is because it has been heard earlier that the emperor will hold a concubine selection meeting for the prince at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
Noble daughters and even concubines who have not been canonized by the emperor can run for election.
It is said that the Emperor will issue this unprecedented selection meeting for the Crown Princess because all the beauties the Emperor selected for the Crown Prince could not catch the eye of the Crown Prince. In fact, the Crown Prince even threatened not to marry any concubines for the rest of his life!
The prince appointed by the emperor, how can the king of Hu Xia not marry concubines in the future? The prince's words not only made the emperor furious, but also made him determined to choose a beauty who can make the prince's heart beat!
Therefore, there are not many conditions for this concubine selection meeting. As long as the person is beautiful and behaves well, regardless of wealth or poverty, everyone can participate. Now, the public sentiment outside the palace was naturally turbulent, and even the palace exploded in an instant.
Almost all the young girls who had never been favored by the emperor joined the ranks of candidates.
In the Prince's Palace, two palace ladies were carefully tidying up the dormitory. One of them, a pretty fifteen or sixteen-year-old palace lady, whispered to the palace lady who was tidying up the bedding on the prince's royal couch: "Lian'er, I heard that you also ran for the crown prince's post.
Selection meeting, do you know how many women are participating this time?"
The one called "Lian'er" turned around, her refined and beautiful face flushed with a slight blush. She gave the palace lady who was speaking a soft look and said softly: "Don't say these nonsense here.
I'll be in trouble if anyone else hears it."
"What's the point?" The palace maid looked disdainful, "Who doesn't know, Lian'er, that you are the most beautiful among all the palace maids in this palace? They target us all day long, just because they are unwilling to be inferior to themselves.
You are good-looking. When you become the Crown Princess, will they dare to bully us again?"
"Xiaorou, please stop talking nonsense." Lian'er blushed, and although she was scolding, there was a hint of pride in her tone.
She has never doubted her beauty. In the past, she was not favored by the emperor just because she did not have a prominent background. Now the emperor has made it clear that there is no restriction on her status and background when choosing a princess. This time, she must rely on her face and talent.
Outstanding beauty!
The prince... He is cool and refined, and extremely handsome. His appearance is even better than that of the third prince, who is known as the most handsome man in Hu Xia! She has never seen such a handsome man in her whole life.
Charming man! From the first time she saw him, her heart had been secretly committed to him.
In order to be transferred to the prince's palace, she secretly suffered a lot! But as long as she thought about seeing the prince every day, seeing his handsome features and tall and straight body, no matter how much hardship she suffered, it was worth it.
After Xiaorou was scolded by her, she had to shrug and stop talking. She also knew that some things should not be said in the palace. If you are not careful, you will get into trouble or even die. In the intrigues of the harem, because
There are countless palace eunuchs who have been sentenced to death for just gossiping.
Seeing that she was no longer talking nonsense, Lian'er's heart seemed quiet and disappointed. She actually liked listening to Xiaorou's words, but she was just afraid of the eyes and ears of the harem. Her eyes fell on the slightly messy quilt, and she bent over
Covered in the soft brocade quilt, she indulged in smelling the remaining faint scent of the prince, imagining that one day she could sleep on this bed and let the prince caress her...
Just thinking about it, her beautiful body couldn't help but tremble slightly. The smell of the prince, the breath of the prince, and everything about the prince made her deeply intoxicated and lingered over her. Others said that the men in the palace were unfeeling.
, but he was different from ordinary men. He often sat on the roof alone and watched the stars all night long. His lonely figure made her feel that he must be an infatuated man.
If she can become the only love in his heart one day, she will definitely be the happiest woman in the world...
"Lian'er, Lian'er?" Xiaorou saw her holding the brocade quilt motionless in a daze. She was afraid that someone would come in later and see her like this, so she couldn't help but go over and push her gently. "Lian'er! Wake up.
Wake up! Stop thinking about it, it will be serious if that person sees you!"
Hearing this, Lian'er trembled all over, and a slight chill rose from the bottom of her heart.
She calmed down and began to tidy up the bedding, but the fear in her heart still refused to dissipate. "Xiaorou, when will the prince have his own mansion and move out of this palace?"
"I heard from the little eunuch in the palace that the emperor has already ordered people to build the prince's mansion. I believe it will be completed in a few months." Xiaorou came close to her and whispered: "I am thinking of moving out with the prince so soon. I will live a happy life in the future."
day?"
"Don't talk nonsense." She raised the brocade quilt and tried to straighten it out, but she saw a small thing flying out of the quilt and falling to the ground, making a neither light nor heavy sound.
"What is this?" Xiaorou picked up the thing with a confused look on her face.
It turned out to be a sandalwood comb used by women. Looking at the texture of the comb, it seemed that it was not an ordinary thing. However, there was a woman's comb hidden in the prince's quilt. What does this mean?
Lian'er's face suddenly turned pale. She looked at the comb, and countless questions and disappointments surged in her heart. Did the prince already have someone he liked in his heart? Or, he actually went behind the emperor's back and went with this person.
Is a certain woman in the harem secretly having an affair?
"However, we have always been in charge of the Prince's Palace, and no other women have appeared in this palace at all." As if seeing her doubts, Xiaorou pinched the comb and wondered: "This comb...
Does it belong to any empress?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Lian'er was startled, but she herself became panicked. In the palace, what kind of serious crime is it for a prince to have an affair with a concubine? It could be as simple as executing the concubine, and as serious as not.
If you execute the concubine, you will also depose the prince!
If this is true, then... wouldn't it be very likely that they would be killed and silenced after discovering this secret?
"No! It's impossible!" Lian'er's little face suddenly turned pale. She shook her head, her legs softened and she fell down on the bed.
It is impossible for the prince to do such dirty things in the harem. He is so cold and refined! She never believed that he was the kind of dandy man who would do something that would disgrace the emperor for his own pleasure!
Absolutely impossible!
However, this comb obviously belongs to a woman. Could it be that there are other maids in this palace who can get close to the prince and attract his attention? The fact that he can put this thing on his royal couch shows that the prince is very interested in that comb.
The palace lady loved her so much, how could he like other women? She had suffered so much and suffered so much for him? How could he not like her? How could he fall in love with other women?