[Red Mansion+Qing Chuan] The heroine comes from the last days

The two eunuchs fought back and forth, while the beautiful girls stood quietly beside the mule cart, waiting for the unknown fate.

The third eunuch choked on his companion, then retracted his fingers triumphantly, and walked inside with the tray.Under the scattered sunlight, one can vaguely see that one of the wooden signs is glowing with light gold, as if there is a light gold edge engraved on it.The second eunuch's face changed slightly, and he looked towards the beautiful women, as if he wanted to find out the owner of the wooden plaque.

But the expressions of the show girls are the same, and it is unknown which one is the owner of the wooden sign.

The second eunuch coughed lightly, and said with a sharp and thin voice: "You guys wait in the imperial garden first, and then choose together when the girls with the blue flag arrive. If you are thirsty or hungry Why don't you tell me that although I am a servant, I can still bring you some water."

Most of the show girls looked indifferent and thanked the second eunuch, but few responded.

The eunuch knew that most of these beautiful women who had been left with a brand were from prominent backgrounds, let alone a small eunuch like himself, even a secretary of the household department would scold them directly, so he didn't care too much.After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the second mule cart slowly drove over from the palace road behind. There was a small blue flag on the cart. It was the beautiful girl with the blue flag he had just mentioned.

Because they are all show girls who have left their brands in the previous round, and there are not many of them, so they are reserved together.

The second mule cart stopped, and a row of beautiful girls stepped out of it.The eunuch who had just left took back the plates of the show girls one by one with an empty plate.The rest of the show girls stood neatly in two rows, led by two eunuchs, and walked towards the imperial garden.

At this time, it was the time when the sun was rising, and it was quiet inside and outside the palace, and no movement could be heard.The sweeping maids had already left, and the maids of the various palaces just got up again, which happened to be a rare vacancy.A show girl at the front stepped forward a few steps and asked, "My father-in-law, are we the first batch of show girls to be selected?"

The two eunuchs looked at each other and shook their heads.

The beautiful girl's complexion changed slightly, but she quietly stepped aside and followed the eunuchs.The rest of the show girls either changed their faces drastically, or remained calm, or looked indifferent, and their reactions varied.Jiang Ling watched for a long time, and gradually realized something.

Just as he was about to say something more, there was a faint commotion in front of him.The sound was not loud, but there was a lot of noise in the palace, which made people feel a little surprised.The two eunuchs looked at each other again, and said with a smile: "Please slow down, ladies and gentlemen, if the people in front meet you, it will inevitably lead to another dispute."

A show girl asked, "Who's in front?"

An eunuch replied: "There are still some beautiful girls who left the card before, and there are relatives of the concubines in the palace. The sisters all know that most of those relatives are 'wanted to stay, but can't stay', so Then in the Tiyuan Hall, I was left out in the cold for two full hours."

When the show girls heard the words, they couldn't help but look over there, feeling a little sad.

The eunuch laughed again and said, "Sisters, there is no need to worry. Those relatives are not allowed to stay, but the sisters are extraordinary. They are all selected from thousands of miles away, and they are the most favored by the royal relatives. Well, seeing It's almost time, sisters hurry up."

As soon as the voice fell, the noise in front gradually became quieter and thinner, and finally could not be heard anymore.

The beautiful women stood in two rows again, followed behind the two eunuchs, passed through the layers of flowers and trees, and came to the depths of the imperial garden, waiting... er, waiting for selection.Jiang Ling blinked and looked at the empty seats in front of him, one, two, three, four, five, six, a total of six large seats, all of which were empty, the teacups were empty, although the booklets, jade ruler, pens and inkstones were all ready. , but also all empty.

--what happened?

——Are you playing with them?

Jiang Ling was stunned for a moment, seeing that the faces of the beautiful ladies around her were all calm, so they also calmed down.

Anyway, the master is not in a hurry, so why worry about her who came out halfway?

After waiting for two or three quarters of an hour, finally a strange eunuch came over here with two female officers in their 30s.When he approached Jiang Ling, he realized that the eunuch was holding a booklet in his hand, and the two female officers were holding a tray with the sign they had just put on it.Although Jiang Ling had never been drafted, but thinking about it, he knew that something was wrong with this process.

But before she could think it through clearly, the strange eunuch unfolded the booklet and began to roll the name.

——Is this the end of the election?

...You people in the palace really know how to play.

Jiang Ling glanced at the booklet, and saw that it was densely packed with small characters, marking that a certain beautiful girl was born in a certain general's mansion, a certain beautiful girl was born in a certain governor's mansion, and a certain beautiful girl was born in another... She Thinking of the words "this time I'm choosing a family background" that the nuns told me before leaving, I nodded with some understanding, the family background, I really chose the family background to the extreme.

The first one to stay was a tall girl who was said to have been kept by a Baylor as a side Fujin.

The second one to stay was an indifferent girl, who was said to have been taken away by an older prince, and her whereabouts were unknown.

The third one stayed, Jiang Ling couldn't remember her appearance, it is said that she was taken away by a prince of a certain county.

The fourth one who stayed behind was glanced coldly by the eunuch, and said, "Drag it on."

The fourth girl was stunned at first, and then screamed loudly that she was the daughter of a certain Mongolian prince... But the eunuch glanced at her and said coolly: "Do you remember what you said to the concubine Hui?" ?” The girl’s voice stopped abruptly.

The fifth girl's face was pale, but the eunuch gave her a cold look, and "drag her down" again.

The sixth girl is Jiang Ling.Jiang Ling waited for about two or three quarters of an hour before hearing the eunuch's sharp voice: "Leave this one and make a decision after the ladies see each other." He asked Jiang Ling to stand behind one of the female officials.

It was only then that Jiang Ling noticed that there were only three or four brands in the trays of the female officials, but there were at least fifteen or sixteen beautiful women who came with them in the same car.Therefore, the so-called selection of family background is nothing more than picking some more suitable ones among women with excellent family backgrounds.

After all the fifteen or sixteen ladies were settled properly, the eunuch closed the booklet, nodded to the ladies, and then left.The two female officers held the tray and said with a straight face: "Please come with me, all the show ladies." The voice was cold and hard, and there was no emotion at all.

In the hands of the female officials, half of the boards had fixed destinations, and the other half had no destination boards.Jiang Ling glanced at the small wooden sign with his name written on it, sighed helplessly, followed a female official, and walked towards the other side of the imperial garden.

More than half an hour has passed, and the sun is slowly becoming dazzling.

Jiang Ling turned her head and looked behind, and saw that where she had just passed, there were two long rows of beautiful girls who were led into the imperial garden by the eunuchs.But this time, the seats in the imperial garden were no longer empty, but three or four women in flag dresses were sitting, picking and choosing from the beautiful women.These show girls are the third batch of show girls in this year's preliminary selection after Jiang Ling and others.

The experience of the third batch of show girls seems to be much more painful than theirs.

Jiang Ling sighed, stepped forward in two quick steps, and followed the female officer without any haste.The female officer didn't speak from the beginning to the end, and only left them with a tall back.After arriving in front of a palace, the female official said, "Stay here for the past two days and learn the rules. After the rest of the beautiful women have left their signs, let the Long Live Lord and the ladies... Well, Long Live Lord?!"

The female officer was shocked, holding the tray upright and saluted: "My servant has seen the emperor."

Jiang Ling never thought that she would meet the emperor here.

It was too late to think about anything now, and she followed the female officials in front and the beautiful girls behind her to salute Emperor Kangxi.In front of him was a cold bluestone floor, two pairs of soap-colored boots, and a bright yellow and a navy blue robe.Jiang Ling recalled what Emperor Kangxi said that day, and his face turned slightly blue.

The two pairs of boots stood still in front of the lady officer, and then a shrill and thin voice sounded: "It's a coincidence that I caught up with the previous wave. Long live you look, but you still have to go to Tiyuan Are you going to the temple? There are all--"

Emperor Kangxi shook his head slightly, and said impatiently, "Noisy."

The shrill voice stopped, and he took two steps back, the front of his clothes leaning forward slightly.Jiang Ling calculated in her heart, according to the eunuch's distance and movements... She froze for a moment, staring at the bluestone floor in front of her, not daring to move.

Emperor Kangxi glanced at those signs, and asked indifferently: "Zhongcui Palace?"

The female officer answered yes, and raised the tray slightly higher.Emperor Kangxi paused his gaze, pressed his fingers on a small wooden sign, and pondered slightly.That wooden sign was larger than the others, with a faint golden line engraved on the edge, glowing a faint color in the sunlight.

But immediately, he withdrew his hand and said lightly: "Since it is Zhongcui Palace, let's arrange it earlier."

After saying that, Emperor Kangxi left.The eunuch also left.

Jiang Ling rubbed his slightly sore ankle and stood up together with the female officer, feeling a little scared in his heart.Emperor Kangxi didn't seem to recognize her, at least in the performance just now.She raised her head and looked at the palace in front of her again. She wrote the three big characters of Zhongcui Palace, which looked a little deserted.

The female officer took them to Zhongcui Palace, handed them the palace rules booklet and keys, and let them settle by themselves.

Jiang Ling casually flipped through the booklet, and seeing that it was told by the nuns, she didn't care much.As for the key, it is said that it is their temporary residence for the past few days, each of them has one room, they are not allowed to run around, and they will not be responsible for any mistakes.Jiang Ling took her luggage outside, went back to the house to pack it up for a while, then went outside to find the female officer just now.But as soon as she went out, she was frightened: Emperor Kangxi was standing in front of the palace, playing with a small wooden sign in his hand.The wooden sign was slightly larger than the others, with light gold engraved on the edge, and the name written on it was Jiang Ling's name.

Jiang Ling couldn't speak for a while, so she could only take two steps forward, slightly bent her knees, and said to see the emperor.

Kangxi glanced at her face, paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "This is the second time I have seen you."

He put the sign on the wooden table next to him, sat down on the main seat, and asked seemingly casually: "How are you doing these days? I can see that your complexion seems a little bad."