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

Jiang Ling raised his eyes slightly, and his gaze stayed on the princesses for a moment, only recognizing one Princess Yu.

She lowered her eyes and stared at the bluestone road in front of her, and heard the concubines greet each other for a while, then went to the front together, greeted the empress dowager, and then took their seats.Until then, Jiang Ling and the others went to say hello one by one.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's hard for you guys to come all the way to accompany Fuquan's wife." After speaking, she turned to Princess Yu and said with a smile, "A few years ago you asked me to leave you some people with white flags, I stayed, but you also know that the wars in those two places are tense this year, and the emperor is worrying in his heart. He has no intention of drafting women into the palace, so he simply removed the sign completely, so as not to dangle in front of him and get upset. I reckoned that the Empress Dowager didn’t have many people left, so I simply picked a few extra maids for you. Look——” She pointed to the few beautiful ladies in front of her eyes, “There are only two people with white flags left. one, less than one-tenth of previous years, do you still want to pick from these people?"

Jiang Ling thought to himself, the reason for what he heard yesterday about "how can the inlaid white flag be kept" probably lies in this.

Sure enough, Prince Yu smiled and said: "I can't decide this matter. The emperor personally told our prince a year ago that if there is a beautiful girl he likes this year, he will pick them back together. Our prince said that only the white flag will be left." Yes, it’s settled after this.” She smiled gently, and said, “You guys, who is this year’s show girl, and who is not?”

Most of the female officials and maids in the palace were elected in previous years, not necessarily in the general election every three years.When Princess Yu asked this question, Jiang Ling and another beautiful girl stepped forward and stood still in front of her.Princess Yu's eyes fell on the two of them one by one, she paused for a moment, then picked a girl out, and asked softly: "Would you like to follow me back to the mansion and serve Prince Yu together?"

No matter how you listen to these words, it seems that there is a slight chill.

Princess Yu did not choose Jiang Ling, but the girl next to Jiang Ling. Jiang Ling was still staring at the bluestone floor in front of him, counting one, two, three, four silently in his heart.On the contrary, the beautiful girl next to her was stunned, and murmured: "This, this..."

This general election has been selected round after round, and there are countless beautiful girls who have been eliminated. In addition to the strong family background, the remaining ones cannot have flaws on their bodies. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are one in a million.But most of the show girls who stayed behind, except for Jiang Ling, who was an outlier, had made up their minds to enter the palace, rather than referring to a certain royal relative.

If you want to marry a relative of the emperor, you should be rejected in the first few rounds in order to get your wish.

Princess Yu waited for a while, seeing that the beautiful girl didn't answer, she couldn't help smiling and said: "I guess I don't want to." After speaking, she leaned back a little, picked up a cup of fragrant tea, and sipped it slowly.A curl of white mist rose up, blurring Wang Hao's appearance.

"I, I..." The beautiful girl muttered for a moment, gritted her teeth, and said, "But according to the princess' orders!"

It seems to have some heroic meaning.

Princess Yu smiled softly again, but her eyes gradually turned cold: "My lord said that the reason why the white flag was kept at the beginning was to be obedient." Prince Yu is the owner of the white flag, " If you are not obedient, then naturally you don’t have to stay.”

The beautiful girl's face turned pale.If she is really selected by Princess Yu, and she says "don't stay", it will be like being dismissed, and this year's general election will be over.She tried her best to stay until the end, how could she...

While hesitating, Princess Yu suddenly turned her head to look at Jiang Ling, and said with a soft smile, "What about you? Would you like to follow me back home?"

After seeing Jiang Ling's appearance clearly, Prince Yu was stunned for a moment, and said clearly: "So it was you."

Before Jiang Ling could answer, he saw a little eunuch hurriedly coming outside, and gave the Empress Dowager a slap, and said: "Report to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor said that this year's few should be withdrawn together, not one of them Keep."

The empress dowager suddenly changed color, stood up suddenly, and asked in a loud voice: "Not one left?! The emperor really said that? Not even one--not one?" The expression was quite shocked.

The empress dowager thought at the beginning that the emperor said that he would not keep anyone, meaning that it would be over if he just kept two people, but he didn't expect that he didn't even keep one, which was far beyond her expectations.

The little eunuch replied: "That's right, the emperor said not to keep anyone, but Director Liang tried to persuade him for a long time, but he didn't persuade the emperor."

The empress dowager thumped the table fiercely, pointed to the little eunuch and said, "What are you all for? Don't you know how to persuade the emperor! If none of you stay, wouldn't the triennial general election be a success? What a joke? Where did you put the royal rules? Go and tell the emperor, even if you choose with your eyes closed, at least choose one for me." After speaking, he touched his chest angrily.

The little eunuch shrank his head, and said in a low voice: "The emperor said the same thing just now, and asked Mr. Liang to pick one out for him. How dare Mr. Liang, he had to keep begging for mercy. With these few words, he made a decision." Stay, say yes...say yes..." If you stay, there may be more troubles, so it's better not to stay.

But I don't know how much the emperor's words are true and how much is false.

The empress dowager pointed at the little eunuch and touched her chest angrily, and the female officer next to her hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her.After a while, the empress dowager finally calmed down, pointing to the little eunuch again, "Go and tell the emperor, even if it's a lottery, you have to draw one out for me."

The little eunuch answered yes and left in a hurry.

Time passed bit by bit, and no one spoke at the moment, as if they were frozen.Princess Yu picked up the cup of fragrant tea and sipped it slowly, as if she was waiting for Jiang Ling's reply, and also seemed to be waiting for the result from Kangxi - if Kangxi accidentally caught one of them, she would naturally take it with her. don't go.So Jiang Ling and the beautiful girl stood there without moving.

The beautiful girl's whole body was stiff, while Jiang Ling remained in a state of indifference.

Anyway, whether she stays in the palace or goes to Prince Yu's mansion, she will eventually leave.What does it matter where you go?

The little eunuch hurried to Qianqing Palace and relayed the empress dowager's words to Emperor Kangxi in detail.Emperor Kangxi was stroking the booklet and marking words on it with a vermilion pen. Hearing that "Even if you draw lots, you have to draw one", he couldn't help but smiled lightly, and said, "I have made up my mind. If you want to draw lots—Liang Jiugong, you come here." Catch it."

Director Liang came down in a cold sweat.Just now when Kangxi asked him to pick one at random, he was already in a cold sweat, now Kangxi asked him to draw lots? ...Long Live Lord, you must know that the girl is inlaid with a white flag, so she shouldn't have agreed to Prince Yu at the beginning. Now that she is in the same position, she still has to make seventeen or eight bends to keep her. What kind of regulations do you want? You are talking.

Manager Liang wiped his sweat and kept looking at Kangxi, hoping to get some hints.

Kangxi smoothed the fold in front of him, and said lightly: "My son just put down the signboard of Mingzhu's house, isn't it considered a decision? You go and tell the empress dowager, even if you want to draw lots - that is absolutely impossible Yes. If I say no, I won’t keep any of them.”

Manager Liang wiped his sweat again.A few days ago, at the Empress Dowager's place, five or six girls from the families of important officials in the court were withdrawn in one go, and the courtiers were complaining in their hearts.No matter who is kept this time, he will be the target of public criticism, unless he is kept as a female official.But even if she is kept as a female officer, she is still a target of public criticism.The emperor wanted to keep that girl, but in fact, it was quite difficult.

The little eunuch in the hall was about to cry, kowtowed repeatedly: "Long Live Lord..." If this matter cannot be completed, he will have to be punished when he returns home.But this is the East Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and he really has no choice but to beg Kangxi for an order.

While hesitating, someone beside him suddenly said: "Your Majesty might as well listen to your minister."

Kangxi stretched his body a little, and said with a smile, "But Zhang Ying, what's your opinion?..."

Today is not the day of the imperial court, apart from Kangxi, there are only a few close ministers left in Dongnang Pavilion.But in the court, those who can be called close ministers are generally of high grade.Many people will listen to Zhang Ying's words.

For example, the ministers who were officials in the same dynasty as him.

Zhang Yingdao: "Since the emperor has made up his mind to withdraw all of them, and the queen mother can't explain it, why not write some notes to draw lots according to the queen mother's words. As long as half of these notes are empty, the emperor and the queen mother can all be satisfied. The meaning of the queen mother."

Kangxi almost clapped his hands and laughed: "You mean, everything is determined by the sky?"

Zhang Yingdao: "That's right." Anyway, there are only two beautiful girls left, and they are not queens. Everything is determined by God.

Kangxi nodded slightly, and said: "Then follow Zhang Ying's words." After speaking, he glanced at Liang Jiugong and said, "You heard that. Go and write six notes, remember to leave three with 'empty'. If I choose a blank one, you will explain it to the Queen Mother."

After saying that, he turned the vermilion pen upside down, and tapped lightly on the case twice.

Director Liang seemed to be pardoned, and while wiping his sweat with his sleeves, he dragged the little eunuch out to write a small note outside.About two quarters of an hour later, I saw Director Liang leading the young eunuch, holding a jade bowl with six pieces of paper rubbed in it, trembling towards Kangxi.Kangxi glanced at it briefly, picked one out of it casually, and threw it into the arms of the little eunuch.

The little eunuch opened the note tremblingly, and burst into tears of joy.

Although he didn't know how to read, but there were obviously many characters written on it instead of one character, so it was not "empty".

The little eunuch kowtowed repeatedly to Emperor Kangxi, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord Long Live, for your kindness!"

Kangxi seemed a little irritable, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." Then he continued to critique his notes.The ministers in the attic also shook their heads again and again, not knowing what to say.On the contrary, Director Liang went out with the jade bowl in his hands in fear, and burned all the notes inside, as well as the five notes in his sleeves.

--why?

Of course, because the same name was written on the six notes.

Six notes? ...He just wrote a full eleven.

The little eunuch was overjoyed, took the note back to the Empress Dowager's Palace, and told the Empress Dowager everything about what happened in the Qianqing Palace.The Queen Mother heard half of it, she couldn't help stroking her chest, and said it was very dangerous.Half of it is written and half is empty, so there is a half chance of not being able to keep people.The emperor picked a piece of paper with words written on it, but it was really a blessing from heaven.

——It was just right, blocking some people's Youyou's mouth.

The queen mother took the note from the eunuch, looked at Jiang Ling, and then at Prince Yu, showing some embarrassment.Seeing this situation, Princess Yu guessed a general idea in her heart, and said with a smile: "Since the one with the inlaid white flag was selected, then... then forget it, I will explain to the prince, and then choose two of these court ladies. One, it’s over.”

The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "It should be so."

From the beginning to the end, Jiang Ling watched coldly from the side, and found it quite interesting.

However, did Emperor Kangxi actually pick her?

With a one-sixth chance, my own luck is really not very good.