Pampered Consort’s Acting Awards: 10. Face the Saint (Completed)
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==Chapter 10 Face to Face==
Lu Shang knelt down while sleeping.
The female historians behind her all knelt down.
Where has Chuxiugong seen such a battle?
In panic, Qiao Lanyin looked back at Luo Yingjue, Luo Yingjue looked back at Mu Wanqi, Mu Wanqi looked back at Qin Juan, and Qin Juan followed everyone's actions and looked back at the wall.
Lu Shang's eyes gradually became blurred, and he called out again, "Empress."
This voice seems to drag people back to three years ago——
At that time, Lu Shang was just the female historian in charge of the tuition fees in Shang Bing Bureau.
Ordinarily, it would be a daydream for a seventh-grade female historian with no background to become a minister. After all, the lamplight female historian does all the work at night, and she can’t even get rewards, let alone be promoted?
But everyone's circumstances are different, and the man who took over the Kunning Palace in the first year of Yanxi's reign was particularly difficult to take care of when it came to sleeping.
It’s okay for the emperor to sleep in Kunning Palace, as long as the emperor doesn’t come. The candlelight in Kunning Palace stayed on all night.
Su Ling told her daughter Shi that she would sleep soundly when the lights were on, otherwise she would always feel that the palace was empty and eerie.
Lu Shang was the one who helped Su Ling sleep all night long.
Su Ling saw that she was quick at work, well-behaved, and straight-tempered. With just one sentence, she promoted her to the fourth rank.
Therefore, Lu Shangqi could be regarded as one of Su Ling's confidants back then.
Luo Yingju looked at Lu Shang's bed and almost cried.
Everyone knows that the harem is currently without a master.
Everyone knows that the queen left three years ago.
There were only four beautiful girls in this room. Where did the queen come from? What did she see?
Luo Yingjue said with a trembling voice: "Aunt...who are you calling?"
Lu Shang looked at Qin Juan intently.
I saw Qin Wei holding her sleeves and looking at herself timidly, her eyes clear and translucent, and she also looked frightened.
She admitted her mistake.
Her mother-in-law is dignified, virtuous, bright and generous, and she has never shown such a timid look in her eyes.
Three years ago, she extinguished the candles in Kunning Palace with her own hands. Now that she is so out of character, she might not be crazy.
Lu Shangqian lowered his head to calm down, stood up, straightened his face, and said: "This servant came to deliver bedding and candles in the name of the Queen Mother. I just admitted the wrong person. I hope you girls will not blame me. ”
Qiao Lanyin stroked Luo Yingju's shoulder.
The four of them said in unison: "Auntie, you're welcome."
After Lu Shang went to bed and left.
Luo Yingju trembled her lower lip and said: "Auntie just said she recognized the wrong person... Then who did she recognize as the late queen?"
Qiao Lanyin frowned and said, "I remember that my aunt was looking at Miss Qin. Could it be that... Miss Qin gave birth to..." How similar is she to the former empress?
Mu Wanqi glanced at Qin Juan, who was holding her chest and panting, and said: "Okay, there is no such coincidence in the world."
At this time, Mu Wanqi did not expect that there would be such a coincidence in this world.
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When Lu Shangqi left Chuxiu Palace, it was already dark. She carried the ram's horn lantern and walked along the palace wall towards Cining Palace.
The plain moonlight reflects on the yellow glazed tiles, shining brightly.
Lu Shang had just walked to the door of his dormitory when he heard a cough from inside.
"Tomorrow's palace selection, the slaves and maids have all arranged according to the Queen Mother's instructions." Lu Shangqi took a step forward and presented the list of 300 girls who entered the draft, "This year's 300 show girls, all the maids I’ve seen it, all of them are elegant and graceful.”
The Empress Dowager Chu was leaning on the Arhat couch carved with red sandalwood and inlaid with copper horizontal stripes. She half-squinted her eyes and flipped through the roster in her hand.
Mu Wanqi, the daughter of Mu Kangwen, Minister of Industry, was sixteen years old.
The daughter of a British duke, Luo Yingju, was fourteen years old.
The daughter of He Chengmao, the Minister of Household Affairs, He Yuru, was fifteen years old.
The daughter of Xu Bowei, the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xu Lanzhi, was sixteen years old.
……
The Queen Mother Chu rubbed the roster and suddenly smiled.
At present, there is no queen in the palace, and the crown prince has not yet been established. The thoughts of each family are obvious. Looking at this posture, I am afraid that all the noble ladies in the capital are here.
Mother Kang rubbed the Queen Mother's shoulders and said, "The palace has been deserted for a while, but now it is lively."
"It's just that each family is so attentive, but the emperor may not appreciate it." The Queen Mother looked at the names of these girls again and murmured: "He is no longer the emperor three years ago. These girls just entered the palace. I'm afraid I’m going to be disappointed too.”
Mother Kang said: "But at any rate, Your Majesty has agreed to the draft this time."
The Empress Dowager Chu said: "If the eldest prince hadn't contracted a strange illness and hadn't spoken for three years, he might not have been able to nod in this election."
When the word eldest prince was mentioned, Grandma Kang's expression immediately became serious.
Three years ago, the queen passed away, and the emperor was angry with the harem.
Where to raise Xiao Yun, the eldest son of the emperor, became a problem.
Everyone thought that the emperor would send the eldest prince to the Queen Mother's knees to be raised, but they didn't expect that the emperor would actually send the eldest prince to Princess Changning's biological mother, Grand Concubine.
The prince who was supposed to be raised in Cining Palace was sent to Shou'an Palace.
This is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the Queen Mother.
In addition, the emperor was not the Queen Mother's biological son, so most people inside and outside the palace kept silent about the matter.
Mother Kang looked at the corners of Queen Mother Chu's pursed lips and said cautiously: "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial. You will come to Cining Palace to pay your respects to the Queen Mother every other day. I want to come..."
"His benevolence and filial piety are for the world to see!" The Queen Mother of Chu interrupted Mother Kang loudly, "Ren and filial piety? If he was truly benevolent and filial, would he suppress the Chu family like this? He has only been on the throne for three years, and he is like a wolf. The land is seizing power, the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial Academy, and the Hanlin Academy. How can there be a place for my Chu family! I think he simply wants to imitate Gaozu!"
The great ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty spared no effort to suppress the powerful people of the aristocratic family as soon as he ascended the throne. In order to prevent the aristocratic family from getting bigger and his relatives interfering in politics, even the queen sealed a low-status private daughter.
Mother Kang's shoulders trembled and she immediately said: "This slave made a mistake."
The night was long.
None of the three hundred beautiful ladies in the Chuxiu Palace could sleep restlessly, and their breathing varied in intensity. When the sky turned fish-belly white, everyone's eyes looked a little different from yesterday.
The face-to-face meeting is about to begin.
The location of the palace is located at Jiangxue Pavilion in the Royal Garden.
The beautiful ladies followed the palace maids as they marched toward the southeast, surrounded by whispers.
"Sister Zhang, have you ever attended a palace banquet? Have you ever met the emperor?"
The woman in Tsing Yi blushed and said, "I saw her once from afar."
Another said: "When?"
The woman in green clothes said: "Last autumn."
When mentioning Qiu Xi, several girls invariably thought of the emperor with accurate archery skills on the hunting ground.
Xiao Yu was a military general, and his heroic appearance when he stretched his arms to draw the bow was unforgettable.
They whispered to each other, their cheeks flushed.
Qin Juan looked at those beautiful faces, and gradually became trance——
In the first year of Yanxi, after the ceremony of enfeoffing the queen.
Xiao Yu took her to visit the Royal Garden.
There are scenery everywhere in the imperial garden, and the scenery changes with each step.
There are green pines and green cypresses, beautiful buildings and jade buildings, and stone ponds.
Kunning Palace, Xianfu Palace, Changchun Palace, Jingren Palace, Yonghe Palace, and Zhongcui Palace were obviously beautiful everywhere, but she just felt that the inner court of this huge palace was empty and cold.
After passing Qianqiu Pavilion, you can see Chuxiu Palace.
The silhouettes of the two people were stretched by the setting sun.
Su Ling raised her hand and touched the round dragon pattern on the new emperor's crown uniform with her fingertips. very light.
Xiao Yu stopped, looked down at her and said, "What is the Queen thinking about?"
Su Ling raised her head and looked at him, her heart beating a little faster, and she clenched her fists.
She pretended to be casual and said: "I always feel that this palace is a bit empty. I wonder if it will be more lively when there are more people in the future..."
It is said that it is difficult to guess the thoughts of a daughter’s family, and that is indeed true.
She was waiting for him to ask why, and she was waiting for him to refute.
But Xiao Yu only smiled at her.
His brows and eyes are full of elegance, and when he looks at you, he seems to be as wanton as if he only took one scoop of water out of three thousand.
Time passed slowly, and her heartbeat gradually calmed down.
Insects chirped and katydids jumped on the glazed tiles. He asked nothing and answered nothing.
Just held her hand gently.
She was so naive that year, not knowing that the emperor's palms were warm and his heart was as cold as frost.
How could he not understand such a simple temptation.
It’s just that I don’t want to answer.
Thinking of this, her expression darkened slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
In this harem, whoever hands over his heart is crazy.
Luo Yingjue interrupted her thoughts and whispered: "Has Sister Qin ever met His Majesty?"
Qin Juan shook her head and said, "No."
Luo Yingjue asked again: "Are you nervous?"
Qin Juan bit her lip and nodded, "Yes."
Eunuch Sheng beside the emperor said to the young eunuch: "Your Majesty has arrived and is ready to call people into the palace."
The little **** said directly to the "A" group on the roster: "Shall we start from here?"
Eunuch Sheng raised his hand and patted his head, "You think you're watching a play, and you're watching it from the beginning! Didn't we tell you yesterday that you have to start from the back?" Who would watch the best? Care to look behind?
The little **** immediately said: "I understand, father-in-law."
The emperor was busy with official duties and could not see the three hundred show girls one by one, so Eunuch Sheng proposed that the three hundred people be divided into four levels, A, B, C and D, according to the preliminary and re-examinations. Among them, there were 180 show girls in the D level. They entered in groups of twenty each.
No need to speak, no need to salute.
Just standing in the center of the hall for half a moment is enough.
If the emperor does not want to ask questions alone, he will put down the sign together.
After an hour passed, the show girls gradually became uneasy.
Most of the one hundred and eighty beauties in the D class are folk women, and the emperor just doesn't like any of them. How come even the C class didn't hear a sign when they entered?
In front of Jiangxue Pavilion, which was crowded just now, there were only thirty people left.
In the palace, Xiao Yu sat on a red sandalwood throne inlaid with clouds and dragon patterns, lowering his head to drink tea. Eunuch Gao walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, next is He Shangshu's daughter."
The man said "hmm".
After the little **** summoned him, He Yuru walked around the red sandalwood screen inlaid with jade and flower patterns, stood up, took a deep breath and said blessingly: "Your Majesty, may you be blessed with peace and prosperity."
"Look up" Xiao Yu said in a deep voice.
He Yuru raised her chin slightly, her snow-white neck blushing instantly under the man's gaze.
After a moment, Xiao Yu said: "Leave the sign."
As soon as he finished speaking, He Yuru breathed a sigh of relief as if she had lost all her strength.
Two hours later, Jiangxue Pavilion finally heard the sound of leaving a sign.
Eunuch Sheng raised his voice and said: "He Yuru, the daughter of He Chengmao, the Minister of Household Affairs, left a sign."
Immediately afterwards, he added: "Xu Lanzhi, the daughter of Xu Bowei, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, left a sign."
There were fewer and fewer people, and the young **** led Qin Juan to the front of the palace.
Eunuch Sheng glanced at the roster, and as soon as he raised his head, his expression suddenly froze.
Since she had already been here in advance, Qin Juan saw that Eunuch Sheng’s knees were weak and immediately said: "I have met you, Eunuch. I am Qin Juan, the daughter of Qin Taishi."
Eunuch Sheng opened his mouth, closed it again, and swallowed his saliva.
Blurted out: "The Emperor is waiting for you inside..."