Guoluo Luo's in the Qing Dynasty

Wanzhao put a pair of bright pearl and glazed emerald earrings on her ears, looked carefully at the dressing box, and was very satisfied with today's makeup.Today, the Empress Dowager's health is finally better, and she can finally chat with these concubines.Wan Zhao reckoned that the Empress Dowager was also bored in the Forbidden City, she either sat or fell asleep every day, and she didn't walk around, it's no wonder that her body wasn't suffocated.Picking a Jin Lai Si Cui Yu Chan to put on, Wan Zhao took Xiao Liu into the sedan chair and set off staggeringly.

The Empress Dowager was wearing a crow-blue flag dress embroidered with moon-white plum blossoms, and a honey-colored gown, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, looking lovingly at her great-grandchildren.The prince, elder brother and third elder brother came early to invite Ann and went to class. Only the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, the fifth elder brother Yinqi, the seventh elder brother Yinyou, the third daughter, the fifth daughter and the sixth son were present. ——The sixth elder brother Yinzuo is weak, and the empress dowager loves him and doesn't let him out.In fact, everyone is very clear about the facts.Especially when seeing the smiling face of the imperial concubine...

"Looking at the royal family's branches and leaves, the Ai family is relieved." The Empress Dowager smiled and asked the three elder brothers and three princesses to come to her side, touching their faces one by one, "Counting it, next year will be the emperor It's been a year since No.20 ascended the throne. Isn't that right, Imperial Concubine?"

"Yes." The imperial concubine replied.

"Now that the war in San Francisco is over, the disciples of the Eight Banners should return to the capital next year." The Empress Dowager fiddled with the prayer beads and said, "What Aijia and the Emperor mean is that they plan to carry out a grand election in April next year, and there should be some newcomers in the palace. , After all, this is also the need for the royal family to prosper. Imperial Concubine, this matter will be handled by you and Concubine Niu Hulu together."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the concubines except Wanzhao changed.Originally, there were only a lot of women competing for favor in the palace, if some newcomers were picked in, there would be no room for them to compete!Especially those women who have been in the palace for many years and have no children, they can't compare with Shu concubine, Cheng concubine and De concubine, and even more incomparable with newcomers. Childless life?

Wanzhao didn't have any thoughts in her mind, anyway, she had a son and a daughter and was firmly in the concubine position, so as long as she didn't make mistakes, her future life would definitely be worry-free.Concubine Rong, Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi's complexions also quickly recovered. Anyway, all three of them have children, so life is not afraid of sadness.Concubine Ping, on the other hand, lowered her head and held back her tears before forcing a smile and continuing to listen to the Empress Dowager.

"It's time to be lively in the palace again." Yi Cong called Yin Qi and Xiao Liu to her front, gave them a small plate of snacks before sending them off to play, while she watched Wan Zhao tease Eighth Brother with a bamboo dragonfly , "I think you are quite relaxed, don't you worry that the emperor will not favor you?"

"Sister, don't you still not worry?" Wan Zhao raised her eyes and said, "We sisters are firmly seated as the lord of the first palace and have a son next to us. I won't be cold enough to forget all the sisters. If I want to worry about this, I might as well think about my eighth brother!"

"You know it's good to think like this, let's just wait and watch the show." Concubine Yi smiled and fanned her fan, "I heard that those beautiful girls outside the palace are gathering one after another, just waiting to see who can be lucky enough to be accepted by the emperor." Got it."

"Speaking of which, do you want my brother's marriage to be palmed by my sister?" By this time next year, their third brother Ha Feng'a will be seventeen, and it's time to tie the marriage. Discuss it?"

"That's natural. I don't know how many people's eyes will be on the draft next year." Yifei said, "This year, a group of over-age show girls will be released, and there will be another group next year. But what Hafeng wants to see, It should be the show girl selected by the palace. Wait for the mother to see a few people, and then see how well they performed in the draft, let's make some moves."

"Sister is right." Wanzhao was a little excited. She was a woman who entered the palace directly without being drafted. Naturally, she wanted to see what the legendary draft would look like.When I read novels before, I often saw tit-for-tat and palace fights. I don’t know if I can read enough this time.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing that her mind was distracted, Concubine Yi waved her fan in front of her eyes, "You are still holding Brother Ba, be careful not to fall."

"I see." Wanzhao stuck out her tongue, remembering that her sister had experienced the draft, and said, "Sister, will someone deliberately make things difficult for you during the draft? Or make you wear shoes?"

"What are you thinking in your little head? How can such a thing happen? If it really happened, it means that the beautiful girl's tutor is not rigorous, and she will definitely not pass the primary election." Concubine Yi smiled and gave Wanzhao a glance. "So that's what you were thinking just now, then I can only say that you thought too much."

Wan Zhao pouted boredly, hugged her youngest son and went to ask for comfort.

When they returned to the Forbidden City, Wanzhao, Yifei and Jueluo roughly set the requirements for the future sister-in-law/daughter-in-law: they cannot be concubine daughters in the family, their background should not be too low, their character must be gentle and gentle, and most importantly What's more, it can't be a person from any faction of Nalan Mingzhu or Suo'etu.Wanzhao and the others may not know it in the harem, but their Ama Sanguanbao can see it clearly. These two ministers who the emperor relies on very much must start to get rid of the signs now. It's better not to join in their family.

Wan Zhao deeply agrees with this.However, she has been very busy recently. She had previously agreed to dedicate the hand-embroidered Buddhist scriptures to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager because she was pregnant, so she was forced to stop working. Now that the child has given birth, she is fine. Naturally, she will continue to work up.In addition, her precious son is about to turn one year old, and she has to train him what to catch when he catches the week.So now Wanzhao hastened to embroider Buddhist scriptures during the day, and teased his son to pick them up at night with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, trying to make him remember these fun things firmly, so that he wouldn't grab the wrong ones when the time came.

However, on the day of Catch Week, there was still a small problem.Because the child Xiaoliu also threw the jade pendant that the prince gave her last time on the stage, and the fat doll who was still holding a writing brush tilted her head to look at it, and grabbed the jade pendant in her hand.Wan Zhao's complexion changed at that time, and then she secretly looked at the expressions of the Empress Dowager and Kangxi, seeing that they didn't seem to be unhappy, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

"You child, I was almost frightened by you." Wan Zhao whispered while holding her precious son at night, "Those things that don't know what they are, don't catch them next time."

"Let's have a cup of tea first, my lord." Mu Jin smiled, "I've been tired all day, so let's take a shower and change clothes and rest. My little elder brother is also tired, so I can sleep well after being hugged and fed. .”

Only then did Wanzhao get someone to carry his son down to sleep, and after taking a hot bath and changing into pajamas, he fell asleep.

On the third day of April 21, the gates of the palace were wide open, and horse-drawn carriages brought young women of the right age from Beijing to Beijing to enter the palace to participate in the primary election.Of course, this primary election is not the main event, it is just to check whether the beautiful women have disabilities or scars, and by the way, conduct the first round of selection on the family background of each beautiful woman.

Wanzhao heard that 30 people from the Mongolian Banner, 58 from the Manchu Army Banner, and 15 from the Han Army Banner were selected for the re-election. After three days, she went to the palace to learn the rules.The show girls who entered the re-selection all lived in Chuxiu Palace and the side hall of Zhongcui Palace. Occasionally, when she passed by Jiangxuexuan, she could see a bunch of clothes of different colors. The little girls have their own characteristics. In response to the phrase "there is always one that suits your taste".

"Looking at those juicy little girls, I suddenly feel old." Zhao Jia said with a smile while drinking tea, "I heard that nobleman Nala and that nobleman summoned his younger sister one after another, it seems that they really want to let me My sister is staying in the palace."

"It's just what they think. In the end, it doesn't depend on what the emperor wants." Concubine Cheng said while holding the teacup, "I heard that Zhang Jia, the daughter of the sea wide, has a good character. They stayed. There are also a few women from the Han Army Banner, who look gentle and charming, so maybe there is a chance."

"We can't make a conclusion so quickly now, maybe there will be changes in the future." Wanzhao said, "But I have seen nobleman Nala's younger sister, and she is indeed very beautiful, but her temperament is very different from her older sister's." They are exactly the same, and they probably offended a lot of people behind their backs."

"Oh, how did you meet?" These concubines can't often go to see those re-elected show girls, so Concubine Cheng and Mrs. Zhao Jia are very curious about how Wan Zhao met Nala's.

Wan Zhao rolled her eyes at the two of them, took a sip of tea before talking.

That day, the concubines came back from the Chengqian Palace to greet the imperial concubine. Because she was thinking of the newly transplanted magnolias in the imperial garden, she wanted to pick some back at the last flowering period, so she took the hibiscus and lotus heart to the imperial garden. .As soon as she passed through the left gate of Changkang, she heard noisy voices coming from Jiang Xuexuan. She took a closer look and saw two figures, one red and one blue, arguing there. Among them was the silhouette of a girl in a red flag dress. , is also seventy percent similar to Noble Nala.

"You are just relying on the fact that your sister is a nobleman in the palace, otherwise how could you be so proud!" The girl in the water-blue flag sarcastically said, "It is obvious that you poured water on me Here, the wicked will sue first, and they are not afraid of bringing your sister a bad reputation, Nala Jiaxin."

"Hmph, you didn't have eyes to bump into it yourself, and you are still wronging me here." This Nalashi has imitated her sister's arrogance, "Your clothes are not very good, if you really think I am If you can’t do it well, then I’ll pay you one. Anyway, I have a lot of good clothes in my closet, so it’s okay to give you one! If it’s not good, you can go to my sister’s place and ask my sister to give you one. Yeah. But there are a lot of good materials in the palace, I'm afraid you won't be able to wear them if you get them!"

Wanzhao didn't listen anymore, but the girl from the Nala family left a very deep impression on her.

"This girl..." Zhao Jia shook her head, "Jiang Xuexuan is filled with the eyes of the imperial concubine, her deeds and conversations may have already reached the imperial concubine's ears."

"Yes, besides, there are people from the concubine and master." Cheng Concubine followed.

"That's why, this palace has to follow the rules and say nothing wrong. No matter how beautiful that Nalashi is, with such a temper, he might be sent out in a few days." Wan Zhao sighed. Said, "In the future, when raising your daughter, don't let her be so arrogant. This is a bright and bad example."

"Exactly."

The author has something to say: there will be a fourth update tonight, so stay tuned~

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