In a blink of an eye, the day of the draft came. The show girl was personally delivered to the palace gate by the elders of the family, received the sign from the Minister of Household Affairs, and was brought into the palace by the chamberlain. The female officer of the palace attracted her, which was the preliminary selection. She was selected.
Those whose names are registered by the female officials in the palace are considered to have passed the preliminary election and need to be selected again. If they are not registered by the female officials, they are considered unsuccessful and can arrange their own marriages.
Although Yun Shang was not the elder of any show girl, she had prepared a carriage early and was waiting in front of the palace gate. The carriages carrying the show girls came one by one, and the Minister of Tobe registered the status of the show girls at the door.
He then handed out a bamboo sign and asked the beautiful ladies to line up aside. When a certain number of them were reached, they were handed over to the chamberlain to be ushered into the palace.
Yun Shang opened the curtain of the carriage and her eyes fell on the beautiful girls. In fact, the primary election in the palace was not the first level. The primary election was for officials from all over the country to select women of the right age within their jurisdiction.
The situation is reported to the household department for verification.
Therefore, in fact, these beautiful girls went through a screening process more than a month ago. Therefore, most of the beautiful girls seen today are of the right age and at least pretty in appearance. However, there are many beautiful girls, and they usually have...
There are hundreds of people, and there are some uneven ones. Yun Shang looked at each person carefully, and if he saw someone with an outstanding appearance, he asked Qianliu and Qianzui next to him in a low voice who that person was, and asked them to
People write it down.
The primary election lasted almost a whole morning. Yun Shang had carefully looked at almost every show girl from beginning to night. After all the show girls entered the palace, she was very tired.
Just as he was about to ask the carriage driver to leave, he heard a gentle and elegant voice coming from outside, "Is the person in the carriage Ayun?"
When Yun Shang heard this, she frowned. It was Liu Yinfeng. Most of the secret guards following her when she went out were sent by Luo Qingyan. She was afraid that she would not get home yet and meet Liu Yinfeng here.
The matter has already reached Luo Qingyan's ears. Luo Qingyan is a person who is used to being jealous. Although he doesn't say it, Yun Shang can already think about what will happen when Luo Qingyan comes home later.
The situation of keeping a cold face and not saying a word.
It's just that Liu Yinfeng had already called out her name. If he didn't respond, it seemed a little inappropriate.
Yun Shang gestured to Qian Liu to push the carriage door open, and looked at the young master in green outside the carriage with a smile, "Why is Mr. Liu here at this hour today? But you are here to watch the preliminary selection of the show girls?"
Liu Yinfeng nodded, "Your Majesty asked Prince Rui and me to supervise the draft. Prince Rui is sorting out the information on the girls selected for the draft at the Ministry of Household Affairs. Come down here and take a look. Just now, from a distance, you felt someone in the carriage.
People are a bit like you, but they are always busy and never come over."
Liu Yinfeng smiled, but suddenly lowered his voice, "I saw that the servant who was sent by the palace to hand out signs next to the Minister of Household Affairs has been looking towards you..."
Yun Shang was stunned, and after pondering for a moment, she realized that the chamberlain was probably the Queen's employee.
"Thank you Mr. Liu for reminding me." Yun Shang smiled lightly, her eyes calm.
Liu Yinfeng arched his eyebrows, but there was a bit of worry in his eyes, "You shouldn't have come today. If you want to know who has been selected, it should be extremely easy, but a big place appears here.
If someone with an intention sees it, I'm afraid it will cause some trouble."
Yun Shang didn't care about this matter. Since she had arranged it like this, she hoped that some people would see it. However, she was grateful for Liu Yinfeng's concern.
"Thank you Mr. Liu for your concern." Yun Shang still smiled lightly and said polite words.
The smile at the corner of Liu Yinfeng's mouth gradually turned bitter, "I forgot, Ayun is so smart and always has ideas, how could he not think of this? It's just that I'm troublesome, I still have some
I'll take my leave now."
Hearing what he said, Yun Shang felt a little guilty, but she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Young Master Liu, take care of yourself."
Liu Yinfeng turned around and took two steps, but suddenly turned around again. After pondering for a moment, he said, "There are two things related to Ayun. I think I should let Ayun know."
"Huh?" Yun Shang was a little confused, "Master Liu, please speak."
Liu Yinfeng paused, and his voice became lower and lower, "During the third selection, the emperor and empress personally selected, and those who were left with the mark, in addition to entering the palace as concubines, may also be pointed out to the prince and prince... I
When chatting with Liu Wen'an a few days ago, he accidentally mentioned that the Queen had mentioned it to His Majesty again and again that it had been more than a year since Prince Rui and Princess Rui got married, but Princess Rui's belly had never been seen.
According to the news, there is only one mistress in Prince Rui's palace, Princess Rui. Prince Rui is already twenty-nine years old, so the issue of heirs cannot be delayed. From what Liu Wen'an said, the queen seems to want her majesty to choose two or three suitable ones among the beautiful girls and give them to her.
Prince Rui will be his concubine."
Yun Shang seemed to hear her heart thumping, and it took her a while to find her voice, "I have to thank Mr. Liu for informing me about this."
There was a somewhat distressed look in Liu Yinfeng's eyes. After a while, he slightly arched his hands towards Yun Shang, turned around and left.
Yun Shang frowned. There was no need for Liu Yinfeng to lie to her with such words. Several people had told her before that Xia Guoji valued heirs. Although she had thought about it, she mostly thought that if there were no heirs, she would just
She was afraid that there would be some obstacles in her fight for the throne with Luo Qingyan. However, she never thought that the queen would so quickly and in such a way make plans for Prince Rui's palace.
Your Majesty is asked to seize people into Prince Rui's Mansion, and the ones he seizes are beautiful women, which is justifiable.
Yun Shang closed her eyes, and after a while, she calmed down and said calmly, "Let's go back home."
After returning to the mansion, Yun Shang asked Qian Liu and Qian Zui to sort out the information about the beautiful women that Yun Shang asked them to write down today. Qian Liu and Qian Zui retreated, and Yun Shang leaned on the soft couch.
He frowned, his mind filled with Liu Yinfeng's previous words.
As soon as Qianyin came in, she saw Yun Shang's appearance. She stood aside silently for a long time and then said, "Princess, what happened?"
Yun Shang sighed and told her what Liu Yinfeng said. Qian Yin was a little surprised when she heard the words. After a while, she said, "The queen is really capable. This slave can't wait to rush to the palace and slap her twice."
Yun Shang's heart was in turmoil. Hearing Yun Sang's impulsive words, she couldn't help laughing, "How dare you say such treasonous words."
Qian Yin raised her hand and scratched her head, "I've said it sincerely. Apart from the princess, there is no other person who can be worthy of the prince."
Yun Shang smiled, but also thought seriously. If the fortress were to enter Prince Rui's palace, which beautiful women would the queen choose? After thinking for a moment, Yun Shang raised her head and said, "The beautiful women that Su Mansion will send to the palace this year."
The girl's name is Su Ruying. Go and find out what kind of person Su Ruying is, what her status is in the Su family, and what her relationship is with the queen."
Qianyin responded, "Princess, do you think the queen will let your majesty point out Su Ruying to the prince?"
Yun Shang nodded, "The Su Mansion is able to be as prosperous as it is today because the Su Mansion has always sent the most outstanding daughters in the family to the palace as concubines. Sometimes even the princes would not let them go.
I heard that the former Crown Princess is the daughter of the eldest sister in the Queen's family. If Su Ruying is pointed out to the Prince, it will have two benefits for the Queen. One is to keep the Prince and me apart, and the other is to protect the future of Su Mansion.
paving."
"If what the princess says, then Su Ruying cannot be allowed to enter the palace, no, not any woman." Qianyin snorted coldly, "Otherwise, I can have someone secretly send me here.
So Su Ruying has solved it?"
Yun Shang shook his head, "There's no need to scare the snake for the time being, just ask people to keep an eye on it."
Qianyin reluctantly agreed, and after a while she sighed and said, "I originally thought that the princess and the prince were the happiest when we were in Ningguo. Anyway, the princess is a princess, and no one dares to let the prince take a concubine.
But after arriving in the Xia Kingdom, the slave girl felt that the princess had always been walking on the tip of a knife. Sometimes this person wanted to plot, and sometimes that person wanted to assassinate her. She really wanted to go back to the Ning Kingdom. If she returned to the Ning Kingdom, the princess would not have to suffer.
Such a coward."
Hearing what she said, Yun Shang felt a little sad in her heart, but she smiled and said, "Silly girl, Ning Guo, I'm afraid it will be hard to go back. But it doesn't matter, I still have you, you must be
I won’t be wronged.”
Qian Yin quickly said, "That's natural. If anyone dares to make the princess suffer, I will be the first to rush up to him with a sword and fight to the death."
With Qianyin's comfort, Yun Shang felt a little calmer.
Qian Liu and Qian Zhui brought the compiled information, and Yun Shang took it over, instructing Qian Liu to bring the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to the soft couch. Yun Shang leaned on the soft couch and looked at it carefully, occasionally using
The pen circled something on it.
The sun was gradually setting in the west. Yun Shangfang finished reading the things in his hands and handed them to Qianliu, "The people I have circled here must be watched closely."
Hearing this, Qianyin also came up to take a look, and then asked, "Is there anything wrong with these people?"
Yun Shang shook her head, "It's not that there's anything wrong. It's just that some of these people have some relationship with Concubine Shen Shu, and some are good friends with the Su family. If they enter the palace, they may be their helpers. Although Concubine Shen Shu
Now that I'm in the cold palace, I can't take it lightly. These people asked me to think of ways to make them lose the election."
Qian Liu responded, holding the stack of paper and retreating.
There was a signal from the secret guard outside, and Qian Yin quickly stood up and hurried out. After a while, he came back again, holding a piece of parchment in his hand, "Princess, the list of show girls selected in the primary election is out.
"With that said, he handed the parchment in his hand to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang took it and scanned it, then nodded, "It's roughly the same as what I saw outside the palace gate today."
Qianyin also had a bit of a smile on her face, "None of our people were selected, which is a good thing."
Yun Shang also smiled, and then heard the voice of greeting coming from outside, "I have met the prince."
It was Luo Qingyan who came back. Yun Chang quickly stood up and handed the parchment in his hand back to Qianyin. Luo Qingyan had already opened the curtain and walked in. (To be continued)