His Royal Highness, he is plotting against me

Chapter 5 Deliberately Hiding Clumsiness
Sometimes, Chen Fulin had to admit that the background of the aristocratic family was indeed profound.

What happened yesterday evening was not a small one. After all, the two favorites were eliminated so easily. If there were no other hands or feet involved, Chen Fulin, who had been in the small Shura field in the East Palace for more than a year in his previous life, would not believe it.

There are not too few people who guess like her, at least Nanny Chen should be able to guess, but who said that everyone has no evidence?

However, early this morning, all the show girls, especially the girls from aristocratic families represented by the right minister's grandson Queen Yanran, packed up neatly as if nothing had happened, and were ready for the primary election.

The so-called primary selection is just a preliminary screening of whether these show girls meet the qualifications for the draft. They need to check their identities, check their facial features, check their standing posture, sitting posture, and walking posture to see if they are incomplete, etc.

There are really a lot of officials above the fifth grade in Shangjing. It is said that there are more than 130 of these officials' beautiful girls before they come.

Although they are all official women, not all families are rich and supportive of girls.In this initial screening, half of the people were screened out.

Some are because of their lack of correct facial features, some are not good-looking when they walk, and there are even more bizarre ones who say that their appearance does not match their age. Looking at bean sprouts who are twelve or thirteen years old, they are said to be fifteen years old in the books.

Chen Fulin just walked around casually, acting mediocre, and wanted to see if her father's 500 taels was worth it, but the result was not surprising, both she and Cen Anran passed the primary election.

She thought to herself, the 500 taels from her family might not be worth the money!
Chen Fulin's heart was bleeding, her father's monthly salary was only two thousand yuan.

If I had known earlier, I might as well keep it for her, and I can still have a full month of food in Zhenxie Pavilion!
In the afternoon, all the primary elections for the show girls were over, Chen Fulin made a rough estimate, and there were only sixty left.

When Cen Anran returned to his residence, he quickly closed the door, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"There is no danger, there is no danger!"

Chen Fulin sneered, "Where did you get the thrill?"

Cen Anran is not bad-looking, and her family is in the residence of the Minister of Rites, so her manners are naturally not bad, so she will definitely not be missed in the primary election.

Moreover, Chen Fulin knew that for this selection, no matter whether it was the current emperor or His Highness the Crown Prince, they did not want the daughters of the powerful families to take over the East Palace and the residences of the princes again.

They are more inclined to the daughters of small officials whose mother clan is not so powerful.

Like myself, like Cen Anran.

After careful scrutiny, you will find that those who went out today may only be about half of the people who were really brushed off because of their demeanor and appearance.

The other half are like Li's side branch and Wang's side branch.

They kept the people from the main branch, and the people from the side branches were wiped out. This is a tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers, between the royal family and the nobles of the family.

Hearing this, Cen Anran suddenly blinked a few times, "That's right, where did I get the thrill?"

Wouldn't it be happier if she couldn't be chosen?

She didn't come here for the East Palace and those princes and lords, it's just that they only had her daughter of the right age, so she had to come.

Chen Fulin saw that she was ignorant, and after thinking about it, he immediately became annoyed, and the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually faded.

It was such a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl who became a tool for those people to compete for. She came alive and returned bloodied.

"Sister Fulin, do you think I should perform poorly on purpose and lose the election?"

Cen Anran's delicate voice brought her back from her thoughts.

Chen Fulin thought for a while, the reason why Cen Anran was chosen by them might not be because she was unanimously praised by the female officials for the picture of fish playing among lotus leaves embroidered in the second selection.

"What are you best at?" she asked.

The second election of the official women's selection is different from the general election. It is the talent show stage of the outstanding women, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, wine, scented tea, embroidery, etc. The outstanding women need to show at least one of the most outstanding ones for the Queen's Palace. Tasted by the ladies and doctors in the book.

This is a very subjective step. After all, everyone has their own preferences.

All the remaining people were carefully cultivated when they were young, but the degree of care is different.

If it is said that there is a skill, it must be there.

However, this second choice, it still has a quota limit!The remaining [-] or so people had to be sent out of the palace at least in half, so there was a sense of competition in it. The show girls would show their best skills in order to win the favor of the doctors invited from the Imperial College.

Cen Anran pursed her lips, and told her shyly, "I'm not particularly good at it. My mother likes embroidery, so my embroidery skills are not bad."

Chen Fulin understood, and told Cen Anran, "If you want to stay, show your best skills to the doctors. Dr. Cao, who studies women, is a master of Su embroidery."

Even if she gets out of the limelight, she can guarantee that she will never become a stepping stone for others this time.

"If you don't want to stay, just show it casually, as long as you can get by."

Cen Anran nodded, then frowned and began to think.

Of course she didn't want to stay, but if she wanted to hide her clumsiness on purpose, what should she do if she felt a little uneasy?
Seeing that the sky was getting late, I thought Cen Anran would have to struggle a little more before going to bed, but he didn't expect the latter to come over and hold her hand suddenly,
"Sister Fulin, I don't want to stay. There are still two days left in the second election. In these two days, give me more courage!"

Chen Fulin: ...

This thing?Can she give it?

Cen Anran looked at her expectantly, making it hard to refuse,

"How can I give you courage?"

"like this!"

Cen Anran took her hand, pretending that some strength passed from her hand to her hand, after a while, she shook her head, and returned to her bed refreshed,

"Okay, I received the courage today!"

Chen Fulin: You are really a living treasure!

"Go to bed early!"

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Two days passed in a flash.

The space inside is limited, ten people are in a group, Chen Fulin and the others are in the penultimate group, so they have to wait outside the door.

Even though Cen Anran had absorbed the "courage" for two days, he still couldn't help but feel uneasy at this moment.

Chen Fulin has already experienced it once, and his heart is as stable as an old dog, without any waves.In her previous life, she hastily drew a picture, and she didn't know who caught the eye, but she was also chosen.

She squeezed Cen Anran's hand, "Don't be nervous, just perform as usual!"

A girl next to them saw that one of the two was extremely nervous and the other was calm, as if they were confident, and smiled:
"That's right, why are you nervous, I can't be chosen anyway."

She glanced at the two of them, and she had never seen these two faces in the circle of noble girls in Shangjing, so she didn't feel any pressure to ridicule them.

Chen Fulin and the others reacted for a long time, and looked around, only to be sure that the girl with the oval face was talking to them.

Chen Fulin looked surprised: "Which family does the girl belong to? She has such great power?"

The girl looked proud, "I am the daughter of Xie Rui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War!"

Then she looked at her inexplicably: "What big rights are you talking about?"

Chen Fulin looked stunned, "It turns out that she is the daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War, so it's no wonder that she has the confidence to say such a thing."

The woman frowned, seeing that she had been going around in circles, she was a little anxious,

"What did I say?"

Chen Fulin hesitated to speak, stopped and hesitated to speak, as if he was a little afraid of the other party, and it seemed that it was difficult to speak when he saw so many people.

"You said it!"

Chen Fulin shrank her neck, thinking that this is what you told me to say, so she looked at death as if she were at home,

"Miss Xie bluntly said that we will not be selected at all, so there is no need to be nervous, but as far as I know, the selection process has been established since ancient times. Up to now, no one can directly decide who will be selected or not. They are all highly respected doctors from the Imperial Academy, so they are naturally very fair."

She paused, then continued,

"But Miss Xie's words seem to be able to directly determine whether we can choose the show girl, but the lady is the daughter of the Minister of War, so it's not impossible..."

After she finished speaking, Xie Linghua's complexion suddenly turned pale, "You, you are talking nonsense! When did I say that I can decide whether the show girl is selected or not!"

You can't talk nonsense!
The emperor is not dead yet, whether they are the Xie family or the Wang family, they are all just courtiers.

Even if he secretly despises the royal family in his heart, he must not show it on the face, Xie Linghua still knows this.

Chen Fulin looked apologetic, "Ah... that's what I said wrongly. It turns out that Miss Xie didn't mean that. It's because I misunderstood Miss Xie's meaning with my shallow knowledge. I will apologize to Miss Xie."

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　She started it!

　　Chen Fulin: I want to kill the Quartet in this life! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)