Three Hundred and Seventieth IX: Picking Girls and Performing Arts

As expected by the emperors, empresses and concubines, the first girl who picks up beautiful clothes for a girl, who makes a tinkling sound on her flying fairy bun, and who has passed five levels and cut six generals to enter Xiuzhuo Palace, of course has no problem with her looks, even if she is separated by a wide distance. Looking at the palace, I feel that the snow-skinned appearance, slashed shoulders and plain waist are pleasing to the eye.

Just paying more attention to his steps, he felt a little too nervous.

So much so that when he walked into the arena, the tassels in his hair were rustling.

It was an uncontrollable trembling.

Chunjia's expression was indifferent, but the queen was the first to lower her face. Although she didn't say anything, her displeasure was palpable.

It's not just the queen, the concubines don't know what's going on when they see this scene?

So except for Yun Fenghuang's calm face, neither sad nor happy, there is one in the entire harem, and no one gives a good face.

In addition, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is not a royal family banquet, and there are still officials sitting under it.

It's not that the courtiers didn't see the queen's intentions and felt pity for the newcomer, but who would dare to show such thoughts in front of the emperor? All of them sat upright, with serious faces.

I can't wait to hang a sign on my face, saying that I just appreciate singing and dancing skills, and have no intention of coveting the concubine-to-be.

Therefore, in the eyes of the first female picker who appeared on the stage, none of the eyes looking at her from all directions at the moment were amiable, approving and supportive.

Especially when she peeked up, the emperor and empress showed no expression. Although the imperial concubine did not show dissatisfaction, she obviously didn't care. The whole Wenyao Palace seemed to be expressing her dissatisfaction and contempt for her.

Those from a good family who come from a poor family, and relatives who are a little bit unfamiliar will avoid it. Where have you seen such a battle?

She hadn't set up a dancing pose yet, and the cold sweat had already washed away her makeup. Seeing this, the queen frowned immediately, and put the wine cup on the table in a gentle manner. This action made the Cai girl startled She was trembling, and the music started at this time, and she suddenly lost her rhythm... With such a beginning, one can imagine what will happen next!

The Cai girl herself didn't know how she finished the dance or how she stepped off the stage. After she exited the palace gate, she felt that her whole body was soaked in cold sweat. Holding back the sobs, she hurriedly avoided, as for concubine concubine, she didn't even dare to think about it, she just hoped that she wouldn't be accused of disrespect in front of the imperial court.

The next second and third are all about the same performance.

Among them was even a daughter of the Jiang family, who was a close relative of Yun Fenghuang, she was the daughter of a concubine's uncle, named Jiang Ruigu. She was seven years younger than her. Before she left Beidi, she went to visit Jiang's house during festivals. Aunt Jiang Rui was led out by her cousins ​​to salute her.

Looking carefully at this moment, it looks like a girl of her age when she first entered the palace, with sculpted eyebrows and handsome eyes, slim as a moon, and the appearance of her childhood can be vaguely discerned between her eyebrows.

It's just that although the Jiang family is considered to be a well-known family in the countryside, Aunt Jiang Rui has never seen such a scene, because she is not the first to appear on the stage. After knowing the situation later, although she made some preparations, she did not tremble too much or lose the shot. However, errors frequently occur.

In the end, he resigned in embarrassment.

Yun Fenghuang's complexion was not so good, and he turned his head and asked the queen in a low voice: "Is your empress working so hard for that Jiang family?"

"The former one is from my side." Gu Zhen said very calmly, "I said, how can it be possible to go straight from a female picker to a concubine without any skills? You were promoted quickly, but you How much did you pay for being promoted to Jieyu from the palace concubine? If the one who really lets these picking girls casually dance, sing, sing and play the piano can be made a concubine, do you think it is fair?"

Of course it's not fair!

Yun Fenghuang thought in his heart, at that time, in order to become a concubine, she forgot about the fate of her children!

Why can these poor and good families take advantage of the situation and easily become concubines?

But she refused to say this: "Because I came from a poor family, I know best how difficult it is for a good family from a poor family to gain a foothold in this palace! I have suffered so much myself, so I naturally don't want to do it later. repeat the same mistakes.”

Speaking of this, he smiled coldly, "Of course, the empress is of noble birth, so she must be indifferent. After all, you are the daughter of Uncle Zhaowu, and you are Mrs. Yaoning when you enter the palace. ?”

"The girl from a poor family next to me said that she had been through hardships since she entered the palace, but is Concubine Min a little too humble when she said that?" Gu Zhen said lightly, "In the past two years, no matter what position you came from in the palace, Who didn't look at Concubine Min's face?"

Yun Fenghuang said coldly: "Is this concubine capable? Then what is the empress?"

Gu Zhen said: "Whatever the facts are, justice is in the hearts of the people. You should also know it in your heart!"

"I'm a concubine..." Yun Fenghuang was still waiting to retort, but at this time the empress dowager suddenly said "huh" and said softly: "This child is in the eyes of Ai's family."

The concubine and concubine were startled, and quickly looked down, Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly.

The co-author who was praised by the Empress Dowager as a good eye-catcher was none other than Xie Ru-nan!

In terms of beauty, Xie Runan certainly wouldn't be too bad to be selected into the palace, but to be honest, she wasn't top-notch either.

This kind of not being top-notch does not mean that her beauty is only average among this batch of girls, but that this girl's beauty has no special characteristics.

It's the very moderate category. Ordinary people think of a beauty as having firm skin, eyebrows like emerald feathers, and eyes like watery apricots... She has all of them. If you carefully pick out one bad thing about her, there really isn't one.

It's just that she lacks the vividness that a top beauty should have, just like a painting by a not-so-skilled painter.

Such as Yi Xingen's peerless beauty, Yun Fenghuang's bright and gorgeous, Gu Zhen's heroic posture, Cui Lianye's noble and elegant, Jing Concubine's graceful and dignified... Xie Runan is the kind that no one can say she is not beautiful, but she is very beautiful. Difficult to remember.

She meets the requirements of a beauty in every way, but she cannot be noticed among many companions with some flaws in appearance.

...The empress dowager is used to three generations of stunning beauty, she, her niece, and grandniece are all magnificent beauties, would she think Xie Runan is a good match for her eyes?

Yun Fenghuang quickly thought about the meaning of the Empress Dowager?

As for the empress, she quickly thought, when did the imperial concubine and the empress dowager get married?

Underneath, Xie Runan could see that he was also trying to calm himself down.

Of course she is stronger than the Cai girls of the Jiang family and Xie family, otherwise, she would not be the talker of the two girls as a junior.

But it's also limited in strength, otherwise it wouldn't be provocative and embarrassing.

This time I chose the pipa, after a song, all in all, it is nothing but nothing.

It can be seen that Xie Runan is dissatisfied with this result, although there is still a smile on his face, but his eyes are very heavy.

This is also very normal, Yun Fenghuang had hinted before that he wanted to fight for the concubine position for her and let her perform well.

At this moment, he felt that his performance was not good, so Xie Runan naturally had to worry, would the promised concubine position disappear because of this?

Just when she bowed to leave and was about to leave after hearing the permission, a servant's voice came from above, asking her to go to the hall to have an audience!

Xie Runan was surprised and happy again, she already knew that Cai Nu did not perform well outside. But he was not punished either.

That being the case, with the imperial concubine present, it is obviously impossible to reprimand her for not performing well enough.

That should be a good thing?

While thinking about it, Xie Runan walked quickly to the hall, according to the etiquette he had learned these days, bowed gracefully and greeted him crisply.

The emperors, empresses and concubines were silent, only the empress dowager acted as if she hadn't seen them, she calmly ordered, and asked some questions in a kind voice.

When she learned that Xie Runan's surname was Xie, the Empress Dowager seemed a little surprised, she subconsciously glanced at Yun Fenghuang, and then said: "Good boy, don't be afraid, the Ai family thinks you are a good match, so I called you up to talk... ...you go to Ai's house and serve her."

This is a great grace. After all, no matter how perfunctory the empress dowager is with Chunjia, as the mother of Xiaozong, the emperor's first grandmother, her status is here, even if she is a queen, she is not liked by her. Serving her.

Xie Runan, a female picker who has not yet been formally registered, let alone serving her standing up, or kneeling in front of the empress dowager, is flattering.

The Empress Dowager hadn't expressed her opinion on such an occasion for a long time since the Ji family was destroyed, and suddenly she looked at Xie Runan differently this time, and the emperor and ministers in the harem were a little surprised and inexplicable.

But Xie Ru-nan, who was in charge, was stunned for a moment, with joy in his eyes. There was not much surprise, and he responded crisply, and walked forward to serve tea and water. But he was very upright and calm, without any guilt.

Seeing this, many people exchanged meaningful glances and kept hinting that the other party looked at Yun Fenghuang.

Yun Fenghuang's face was sinking like water at the moment, but she felt quite helpless in her heart. She knew that the reason why Xie Runan reacted like this was because she thought it was her own arrangement...

It's not a big deal for such a distant niece to misunderstand, the point is, Chun Jia and Gu Zhen seem to have misunderstood too...

"What does the Empress Dowager want to do?" Yun Fenghuang thought in his mind, why did the Empress think she was too lazy to care about it, but Chunjia still couldn't take the blame.

It's just that on this occasion, it's not easy to explain to the emperor in public, so I can only acquiesce.

But she was thinking silently, "Is she trying to add trouble to this Palace, or is there something else out there?"

The matter of Xie Runan disturbed everyone's thinking, and the next few pickers didn't pay much attention to it. It was not until a picker in a crimson dress entered that they asked everyone to take a closer look.

The Qing people bowed down to introduce Yun Fenghuang, saying that this was a person placed by the queen. His surname was Huang. His father and brother were both soldiers of the Dingbei Army. Obviously, after all, it is still the ranks of the poor.

This Huang's appearance is very outstanding, she is the kind of pretty girl with bright eyes, looking forward to her appearance, and she is the most elegant and generous girl who has appeared on the stage so far.

The Hu Xuan Wu dance is also very tasteful. It can be seen that he should have learned a little bit earlier, not just sharpening his guns in front of the battle.

"The girls who are closely related to the Queen's side, besides the Huang family and the two who did not perform well just now, there is also a Gao family who is behind." The Qing people murmured, "Don't look at the Huang family. She looks kind, but she has a lot of dirty tricks in private. That Jiang Cainu was almost forced by her to make things worse. If she hadn't met Jiang Cainu's stubborn stubble, the maidservant, to be honest, I'm afraid our niece , can't get her."

Yun Fenghuang said lightly: "It's normal. Her father and brother were born in the army, even if their family status is not obvious, they have seen the scene anyway. My Xie family's lintel is not as good, let alone Ru Nan is a remote branch?"

He also said, "Jiang Cainu is very popular these days, but no matter what Huang thinks in her heart, she is still so calm on the scene, which shows the depth of the city. Runan and the others are not even one point or two behind. Xiuzhuo Palace these days The turmoil has nothing to do with them, today there are more people, and they are not the first to come up, but everyone is trembling... Sigh!"

The Qing people asked in a low voice: "Then do you want to find an opportunity for Chen Jing to...?"

"You are an old man who has been in the palace for several years, how can you still have the same temper as those children of Aunt Rui?" Yun Fenghuang glanced at her, and said softly, "Jiang Cainu will definitely have trouble with them now, why should we charge forward? Is it good for us to save Jiang Cainu from an enemy?"

The master and servant exchanged a few words in a low voice, the empress over there let out a dry cough, leaned over her head, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think of this Huang family?"

Yun Fenghuang glanced at her, knowing that she wanted to recommend the Huang family to be promoted to the concubine position, he turned his mind, and said noncommittally: "I heard that there is a high-quality girl below, who is also talented, beautiful, and extremely smart, why don't you wait?" After reading it, let the concubine judge?"

The queen was about to speak, but who knew that a palace official came in anxiously at her feet, knelt to the foot of the altar and said tremblingly, "Nv Gao Cai was ill just now, she fainted!"

"..." The Empress Dowager and Chunjia didn't worry about these things, and said a few words indifferently, letting the next one do.

As for the one who passed out, she missed the opportunity, and she is not a well-known character, worthy of the empress dowager and the emperor's attention and making an exception, then of course she is dead.

The faces of the empress and the noble concubine were somewhat subtle.

"Your Majesty is really a good trick." Yun Fenghuang collected himself, covered his mouth with a round fan, leaned over, and teased in a low voice, "It seems that I knew what my concubine was thinking early on, this high-casual girl had an accident, but it happened just right? "

Gu Zhen's face was ugly, and after a moment of silence, he said coldly: "You and I have been together for many years, and there are some things that are just a waste of words, and there is no need to say them! The matter has come to an end, please express your opinion! This Mrs. Huang, what do you think? ?”