Chapter 88

Qi Susu looked at Empress Chen with a dull expression: Are you serious?
Empress Chen smiled: Of course it is serious.

Qi Susu stared at the beautiful women who were standing not far away, peeping over here with probing or appraising eyes.

To be honest, is it appropriate for her to be a concubine and to be drafted by the emperor who is considered her uncle?

Concubine Wei smiled at Qi Susu and said, "Princess Yu doesn't need to be too psychologically burdened. Originally, apart from the emperor, the queen decided on the draft, and I shouldn't be involved in it, but I like to join in the fun I want to see all the beautiful girls with good looks. Isn’t it here? Now that you are with Princess Yu, it’s even better. The three of us will add up together and choose some good-looking girls for the emperor’s good life. Beautiful?"

Qi Susu: Heh, heh.

You've already said everything, so what else can I say?

"Then I'll just...just watch the excitement and give the queen and the noble concubine some advice." When it comes to deciding who goes and who stays, she definitely won't intervene casually. She's not the queen or the noble concubine. Eliminated, isn't it annoying?

Reaching a consensus, Empress Chen gestured to Da Gongnu Lingyin, and the latter went over to let those beautiful ladies come to them.

Empress Chen and Concubine Wei, the show girls would naturally know each other, but there are not many who have met Qi Susu so far, Ling Yin specially introduced them to them.

The show girls were obviously very surprised, and at the same time couldn't understand why the princess was here on such an occasion, but thinking about it, they still greeted her politely.

After that, there was no gossip, and the primary election officially started with the queen as the main one.

Naturally, the twenty or so people in front of me cannot be all the beautiful girls, but only a small part of them, and they are also the most important among them. The noble girls in the capital are only the only group, and there are two more groups later. , adding up to a total of sixty noble ladies to be selected.

Among them are those from the Xungui family, and there are also those whose elders are first and second rank officials in the court, such as Xie Yunwan and Qi Jinya are among the best.

These noble ladies dare not say that all of them will stay in the end, but at least half will stay.

Others with ordinary identities, such as those official ladies from other places or the daughters of merchants, and the daughters of a small number of civilians, will have to undergo a "sea election". In the end, dozens of hundreds of people were left behind before they could actually walk in front of the emperor, and the emperor personally selected some of them to stay in the palace.

The rest will return to their original places and can marry freely. If they get favored by some people during their stay in Beijing, they may stay and enter some mansions.

The farther you go in the draft, the more chips you have when choosing your in-law's family, so not all women who participate in the draft want to enter the palace, or they may just want to follow this platform to find a suitable husband for themselves.

Empress Chen held a special list in her hand, which listed the strengths of these noble ladies when they signed up for the draft. Empress Chen would check accordingly to see if there was any moisture in it.

To be the emperor's woman does not necessarily require you to be amazingly talented and beautiful. You may be chosen by luck if you simply have an outstanding appearance but don't know a single word.

What really needs to be examined is whether there is any deception among them, and issues such as eye relationship.

Dare to deceive others before entering the palace, if such a person is really allowed to enter the palace, will they not be able to stir up wind and rain in the future and make the palace restless?

The gate of the mansion is not willing to stir up family spirits, so why doesn't the harem pay attention to these things?

Concubine Wei said before that she wanted to take a look together. It wasn't to fool Qi Susu. She really wanted to get involved, and it had nothing to do with provoking the Queen's majesty. Well, maybe some of them like to fight against the Queen, but most of them still don't want to Some overly ambitious show girls entered the palace to stir up trouble.

Now the layout of the harem has long been fixed, and in the entire harem, except for Empress Chen, there is no concubine who can compete with her Wei Lingyue.

But once these fresh, juicy little girls come, the changes will be big.

The emperor is not lustful, otherwise there would not be only seven princes and princesses in the palace, and it would not be unusual to double them.

But the emperor is not indulging in beauty, and he can't stand the ambition of Xiunu herself.

Little girl, she thinks she is young and beautiful. She has advantages over these 'old people' and has a sense of freshness. It is inevitable that she has some ambitions that she shouldn't have. It is common for them to intrigue each other. Fun, no harm.

I am afraid that they are too ambitious and will move their ideas on their own heads.

It's one thing to have fun, but it's not so bad to attract a strong enemy for yourself.

Therefore, when Empress Chen asked questions, Concubine Wei would occasionally interject a sentence or two, her words were either sharp or ridiculed to censor the beautiful ladies in front of her.

In this way, it took more than half an hour for the first batch of show girls to complete the review.

After Qi Jinya saw Qi Susu, she was always nervous. She was afraid that the other party had clearly promised her parents that she would not cause trouble, but she would backtrack, so that when the queen asked questions, her performance was not as good as that of Xie Yunwan and Jiang Yingxue. As long as there is no major deviation, there is no problem entering the palace for the daughter of the minister.

Empress Chen had heard something about the Qi family, but seeing that Qi Susu didn't say anything, she casually gave Qi Jinya a 'off'.

A total of 12 people from this batch of noble ladies passed, and these people are not guaranteed to stay. After the primary election, there will be a "re-selection", and finally the emperor will choose again in person to determine the final list.

Qi Susu basically didn't interrupt from the beginning to the end. Occasionally, Queen Chen asked her opinion, and she basically echoed the Queen's own opinion without expressing her own opinion. It's watching an ancient talent show.

She even found out that there were two very negative performances, as if they didn't really want to enter the palace, and the performances were more or less perfunctory.

Empress Chen didn't know if she saw it or not. Anyway, the last two backgrounds were fine, and their performance was quite satisfactory. It is reasonable to say that there was nothing wrong with them, but they were directly brushed off by the empress in the first round.

Then came the second batch of twenty people.

Qi Susu found that among the twenty people, there was another one who looked a little familiar. It seemed to be the daughter of Mrs. Mu whom she met at the Empress Dowager last time. She couldn't remember the name.

Among the other people in the same group, this person is considered to be above average in appearance, and his performance can be regarded as outstanding, but for some reason, he got in the eyes of Concubine Wei, and when Empress Chen almost made the list, she directly put the name of this young lady from the Mu family went.

Empress Chen probably didn't think too much about Ms. Mu, and she was too lazy to be serious with Concubine Wei for such a trivial matter. This Ms. Mu, who is full of confidence in herself, unfortunately lost the election, but she herself didn't know this at the moment. When people pushed away together, there was still a determined smile on their faces.

Qi Susu felt that although it seemed a bit redundant for her to sit here, she also felt a little bit of fun from it. After the third batch of show girls appeared, she even looked forward to seeing if there would be other fun to watch.

It wasn't until she saw a person from the crowd that her color suddenly changed, and she couldn't help but say something rude, "Damn!"

Fortunately, the swearing was not loud, Empress Chen and Concubine Wei, who were sitting next to her, faintly heard some movement and turned their heads, but they didn't hear what she said clearly.

"Does Concubine Yu have anything to say?" Concubine Wei looked at those beautiful girls, thoughtfully, "Could it be that she saw someone she knew?"

Empress Chen found that Qi Susu's complexion didn't seem very good-looking, even if she really knew her, the relationship might not be good.

Qi Susu asked in a low voice: "What's the name of the beautiful girl standing in the second row? Who is she?"

Empress Chen and Concubine Wei followed her line of sight, and found that the appearance of this group of beautiful women was considered to be above average.

Concubine Wei took a step forward and said: "I remember that this seems to be the daughter of a member of the household department, Wai Lang, named Huang Ruolin. She seems to have some talent in Beijing, and it is said that she is filial to the elders, and her personality is very soft and kind."

She said so, but Concubine Wei's expression and tone seemed to not like Huang Ruolin very much.

Qi Susu asked: "Is this Miss Huang's guilty concubine?"

"That's not true." Wei Guifei said very bluntly: "It's just that I don't like her delicate type very much, as if she can cry on the spot with just a few words, she looks hypocritical."

Empress Chen was not surprised by this at all. Among all the concubines in the Imperial Concubine Wei's harem, she has a very flamboyant personality, not only because she is a noble concubine, but because this is her nature. Most of these people would not like to be with her. People with very different personalities, to put it bluntly, just can't get along.

But if this kind of relationship does not come, it is not enough for Concubine Wei to brush people off because of her own selfishness.

"Concubine Yu has a relationship with this Miss Huang? If so, she has no problems in other aspects, and it doesn't matter if she stays." Concubine Wei took the initiative to speak, her tone seemed to be ready to settle the matter beyond Queen Chen. .

After hearing this, Empress Chen did not stop her, but also looked sideways at Qi Susu.

A little show girl, if Qi Susu really speaks, she will naturally not lose face, and even when the emperor personally chooses later, she can help her with a few good words to make her start higher.

However, she intuitively felt that Qi Susu's initiative to mention this person may not be out of good intentions.

Qi Susu was asked for advice by these two women with the highest status in the harem, and she had the attitude of leaving people behind as soon as she opened her mouth. She really felt like beeping a dog, full of strong desire to complain.

If you leave such a thing in the palace, you probably hope that a green prairie will grow above the emperor's head!

Qi Susu really wanted to tell them directly, brush her down as soon as possible, and let her go as far as she can, but... Out of some concerns, in the end she just said ambiguously: "If it's convenient, let her stay here for now. Let's wait and see."

(End of this chapter)

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