There is an election in the palace!
The entire capital was excited about the news, and the Lu family was no exception.
"That's great, miss."
Yu Duo and Lu Yunying looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking.
The old man and the eldest young master of the Hu family are both wolves and leopards. They are not good men. They will not have a good life after marrying them.
As for the palace, the palace is certainly not a good place, but any fool knows how to choose between a real fire pit and a possible fire pit.
In the end, Lu Yunying calmed down:
"Okay, okay, let's be quiet for a while. It's hard to say whether I can be selected."
"Miss, you are the most beautiful girl in the house, how can you not choose her?"
"Pfft, you are the most beautiful in the mansion? Now we are competing with the whole capital, and even the whole of Dalin. Who am I, your girl?"
Yu Duo bit her lip. She felt that was not the case. Her girl was the most beautiful she had ever seen, but in the whole of Dalin... Yu Duo was not so sure, but when she thought about not being able to choose As a result, the little girl became anxious again.
"Okay, okay, don't worry, aren't the gods and Buddhas blessing me too?"
"Um?"
"Look at me in this situation. It just so happens that there is an election in the palace. Isn't it God's will to help me? Now we don't have to look at my wife's face."
Lu Yunying's words were originally meant to comfort Yuduo, but when Yuduo heard it, she felt it was very reasonable. Her young lady might be the destined imperial concubine.
Da Lin is not any dynasty that Lu Yunying knows, and the trends of the Qin, Han, and Tang Dynasties are completely different. However, the founding emperor is said to have received help from immortals. This Lin also has the meaning of the arrival of immortals, which indicates that the emperor is destined to return. Therefore, Buddhist and Taoist culture is very popular in the country, and the people also highly respect the so-called destiny.
The current emperor of Dalin ascended the throne at the age of twelve, and is now twenty-three. It is said that he is addicted to fun and does not want to make progress.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother listened behind the curtain and the auxiliary minister personally appointed by the late emperor stabilized the situation in the court, so there was no trouble.
As for returning power to the emperor who has been crowned for three years? According to Lu Yunying's understanding of history in her previous life, neither the Queen Mother nor the Assistant Minister meant this.
It feels so good to be the master of your own affairs, why do you still listen to someone younger?
However, no one dares to treat His Majesty materially. The Queen Mother has been elected three or four times for him, and the Assistant Minister has also married his daughters into the palace one after another. It is a pity that the Emperor has many women, and the Prince The princess had none.
It's not that the emperor is not good, he has been born and lived, but he doesn't live long. Based on Lu Yunying's experience in reading palace fighting novels and film and television dramas, I feel that this matter is not simple.
If it weren't for her current situation, she really wouldn't want to enter the palace. Thinking this, Lu Yunying turned her head slightly, and the bronze mirror on the dressing table reflected a face as beautiful as a peach and plum.
Yu Duo was right, her face was indeed punchable. Even if she was placed in the entertainment industry in her previous life, this face would not lose anything.
only......
After clicking on her sign-in system in her mind and receiving today's eight copper coins, Lu Yunying sighed. It would be better if the talent show was just a beauty pageant. She actually didn't have much confidence.
Just like Lu Yunying's side, Aunt Qin and Madam's courtyard was very lively.
Aunt Qin is very confident in her daughter. Although the fourth lady Lu Yunsui's face is not as good as Lu Yunying's, her liveliness and energy are much better than Lu Yunying's.
A smaller pearl and a better-looking dead fish eyeball, everyone knows how to choose.
And compared to Lu Yunying, who had no information channels in the inner courtyard all year round, Aunt Qin knew much more about the person in the palace.
For the Queen Mother, the virtues of a beautiful girl are not important. She just likes to choose beautiful and good-looking ones for the emperor. In addition, the emperor likes her. According to her words, the emperor's will is hers.
And the emperor, a young man in his twenties who is still addicted to fun, according to Aunt Qin's own estimation, should also like lively and cheerful girls. Isn't this the case for the most favored Empress Zhen Zhaoyi now?
As soon as he told his daughter about his guess, the fourth lady Lu Yunshui's expression immediately changed, and she reached out and took her mother's hand:
"Then I, am not the imperial concubine?"
"Isn't that right?"
"Humph, my aunt will coax me, but if I really become the imperial concubine, then..."
Lu Yunshuan looked towards the main courtyard and said bitterly:
"This aunt will also get back what she got. There is also my brother. My brother is obviously outstanding in learning. If he can go to the Imperial College, he will definitely have the honor of being a civil servant now. He is no worse than the eldest sister's husband. I want to see that then. What else can mother and son show off to me?"
"Hey, my dear boy."
As he said this, the room was full of mother-daughter affection again.
The main courtyard is also lively, but this liveliness is different.
Different from Lu Yunying's entanglement and Lu Yunsuan's excitement, the second lady Lu Yunluo was more unwilling to accept it. She never expected that there would be an election now.
Lu Yunluo is now 17 or 18 years old. He was unable to participate in the draft more than a year ago because he was already engaged, and he was unable to participate in the draft more than four years ago because he was still young.
Before, she thought it was nothing, and she was satisfied with her marriage, but now that her third and fourth sisters, who were inferior to her, had a chance to rise to the top, how could she be willing to accept it?
What if, what if there really was a royal concubine in the family, wouldn't she, the legitimate daughter, be suppressed by those concubines? This was intolerable to her pride.
Madam Hu naturally knew what she was thinking, but what could she do? Sometimes people's luck is like this, not to mention that instead of entering the palace, she would rather her daughter marry into the Zheng family, at least clean and relaxed, and still a decent lady.
She is said to be the imperial concubine in the palace, but how can her life be so simple?
She had a loving mother's heart, fearing that her daughter would get into trouble for this matter, so she broke things apart bit by bit, crushed them into pieces and made it clear. Only then did the second young lady Lu Yunluo feel a little relieved.
"Don't worry about me, mother, it's me who screwed you up."
"After all, they may not be selected yet."
The third sister is beautiful but dull, and the fourth sister is delicate in appearance and even more frivolous in temperament. She does not believe that the royal family will choose them, and there is no need to continue to be heartbroken over this extremely unlikely thing.
As soon as she heard what her daughter said, Mrs. Hu knew that she still didn't understand it, but she was afraid that the second girl would be annoyed too.
What's more, it's not unreasonable. There are so many families in Beijing and so many good girls. How can their girls have such luck? You know, didn’t the older girl also lose the election back then?
The next day happened to be the time for greetings, and all the masters of the house, big and small, came to the main courtyard.
Contrary to what Mrs. Hu thought, Lu Feng felt that his family might actually have such luck.
The second girl won't talk about it. She has passed the third matchmaker and the sixth matchmaker, so she can be regarded as half an outsider, but the third girl and the fourth girl are different.
The third child is indeed dull, but that face... Seeing that Aunt Zhang has such a boring personality, he has already known that a woman's face is still very important to a man, not to mention that Yun Ying is better than Zhang My aunt is more beautiful.
As for the fourth child, what young man can resist that smart and cute look? What's more, Yun Sui is familiar with poetry and songs, and when the time comes, his red sleeves will be even more fragrant... Don't all men like this? He was more fond of Aunt Qin, firstly because of their childhood friendship, and secondly because Aunt Qin came from a scholar's family, and her father was an old civil servant, so she was no different from a lady from an official family.
Privately, Lu Feng still prefers the fourth girl, Lu Yunshui, but no matter what, seeing that the girls may have a bright future, he, as a father, will not be stingy with a little care at this juncture.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was here to greet Madam today, Lu Feng coughed and said:
"The weather is getting colder soon. Make some clothes and jewelry for the girls so that the girl's family can live more comfortably at home. After you get married, even if your father wants to take care of you, I'm afraid it won't be so convenient."
After hearing these words, Lu Yunluo and Lu Yunxuan showed moved expressions. Lu Yunying remained motionless, looking dull and rigid.
She was also a little speechless. What were these words? She knew the inside story and was not moved at all.
Where did the money for clothes and jewelry come from? If it wasn't Mrs. Hu's money, what money could Lu Feng, including Aunt Qin, and other people in the house have?
As for after getting married, if you really care about your daughter, no matter whether she lives or not, isn't she still your daughter? Doesn't her getting married affect your ability to provide people, effort and money for her?
So at this time, Lu Yunying also wanted to thank herself for being dull. After all, she really couldn't express her gratitude.
After Lu Feng finished speaking, he looked around. Lu Yunluo and Lu Yunshui were the most emotional, followed by Aunt Qin. Mrs. Hu sat next to him, nodding her head to show that she was doing this. Even the honest Aunt Zhang had tears in her eyes.
As for Lu Yunying's still dull look... forget it, his third daughter is indeed more beautiful than Aunt Zhang, but she is also more dull than Aunt Zhang. It seems that he doesn't need to count on her anymore.
