The next day, the vassal office went to the back office.
Liu Bingyi is leading a group of tailors to rush to make clothes for the "choose three" of thirty-two girls.
Suddenly, he saw his daughter Liu Xiaoyan walking over with a small box in her hand.
Liu Bingyi frowned: "What are you doing here to wrap up?"
Liu Xiaoyan said: "Chang Feng asked me to come here. He asked me to take care of a girl named Zhang Fengling. He also asked me to buy some good jewelry for her."
Liu Bingyi is an old official. He immediately heard the clues in his daughter's voice.
He pulled Liu Xiaoyan aside: "Chang Feng only wants you to take care of Zhang Fengling?"
Liu Xiaoyan nodded: "Exactly."
Liu Bingyi's little abacus was rattling in his mind: My virtuous son-in-law is the person close to the prince. During the election, I was not qualified to enter the palace and had no idea what was going on inside the palace. But the wise son-in-law followed the prince.
Understood! The prince must have taken a liking to Zhang Fengling.
Now that Zhang Fengling has not become the princess, Xiaoyan takes care of her and calls her "friendship". If someone becomes a princess and shows courtesy, it will become "flattery".
Befriending and currying favor are not the same thing. Hey, my virtuous son-in-law is so good at getting things done!
Thinking of this, Liu Bingyi smiled and said: "Okay, okay! Miss Zhang lives in Room C3. By the way, the jewelry you bought is not a bargain, is it? Can you get it?"
Liu Xiaoyan opened the box: "Here. It cost one hundred taels of silver! It's the one hundred taels you gave to Chang Feng."
Liu Bingyi said: "This money is worth spending. Go quickly."
Liu Xiaoyan was five years older than Zhang Fengling, and she felt like old friends at first sight. In the next three days, the two of them got along like real sisters.
It was noon the day before the third selection.
Liu Bingyi came to Room B3 to give Zhang Fengling the clothes to wear when entering the palace tomorrow.
Liu Bingyi smiled and said: "Miss Zhang, this dress is made of the finest Su embroidery material, which is different from the ones given to other girls."
Zhang Fengling was just from a small family. Where have you seen the chief envoy of a province before? The chief envoy was still so polite to her.
Zhang Fengling was a little flattered: "Thank you very much, Liu Fansi."
Liu Bingyi said: "Why are you so polite? I'm here to apologize!"
Zhang Fengling was surprised: "Apologise?"
Liu Xiaoyan came over: "Dad, why are you here?"
Zhang Fengling was surprised again: "Sister Xiaoyan, are you the eldest lady of the feudal family? How can I bear the pain you have taken care of me these past two days?"
Liu Bingyi said: "There's nothing you can't bear. My Xiaoyan said that we get along very well with you."
"She even suspected that you were biological sisters in your previous life! Being able to meet each other in this life is a continuation of the kinship from the previous life."
Zhang Fengling asked tentatively: "Did you just say you should apologize?"
Liu Bingyi nodded: "Your name was originally Zhang Fengling. Feng from Phoenix, Ling from Fang Ling. The palace felt that your name was taboo, so they removed you from the list during the audition."
"My son-in-law and I, ah, Xiaoyan's future husband, think you are outstanding in talent and appearance. It's a pity to eliminate it."
"So we took it upon ourselves to change your name and add it to the list."
"It's really outrageous to change the girl's name without permission. I'm here to apologize!"
Where did Liu Bingyi come to "apologise"? He’s obviously here to ask for credit!
Zhang Fengling said quickly: "Ah, the daughter of the people, thank you sir and brother-in-law for your help."
After a few days of getting along, Zhang Fengling already regarded Liu Xiaoyan as a sister. Therefore, Liu Xiaoyan's future husband is called "brother-in-law".
Liu Bingyi said: "Miss Zhang doesn't hate us for being abrupt. We are already Amitabhas. What do you mean by helping or not? It's just a little effort."
Liu Bingyi finished his performance and told Liu Xiaoyan: "Take care of Miss Zhang to sleep early tonight, recharge your batteries, and wait until you enter the palace tomorrow to 'choose three'."
Liu Xiaoyan nodded slightly.
Night falls.
The people in the story each have their own concerns.
Zhu Youtang from the East Palace fell in love with Zhang Fengling at first sight. I dreamed of her face for three nights in a row.
Chang Feng in Huai'en's outer residence is looking forward to Zhang Fengling's successful selection tomorrow and eventually becoming the appointed crown princess. In this way, he will have a big backer in the palace in the future.
Liu Bingyi, who was in the vassal yamen, thought to himself: Why are we, the big officials in the border areas, so polite to the most inconspicuous eunuchs in the palace, and rush to fawn over them?
Simply because they have the opportunity to get close to the emperor and prince. It can reveal the mood, anger, likes and dislikes of the emperor and prince.
Sometimes, a piece of information from them can help a local magistrate gain divine favor and be promoted several levels in a row.
My son-in-law is now close to the prince, which is really helpful to my career.
Zhang Fengling was on the couch rubbing the mandarin duck handkerchief that Fang Zhu Youtang gave her. Zhu Youtang was handsome and a prince.
No matter ancient or modern, which girl doesn't like a domineering president?
Liu Xiaoyan hoped that the concubine selection would be over soon. My father and Chang Feng could free up time to arrange their wedding.
Midnight watch.
Tonight the sky is dark with clouds covering the moon. Darkness covers the land. The cold wind of the first month blew "vomit, vomit". The sound of the wind was terrifying.
The old watchman in the yamen, muttering something about the bad weather, lit up a lantern and carried a gong, and went into the yamen to report.
Liu Bingyi had previously issued an order for the soldiers and Yamen servants to gather in the back Yamen to avoid bumping into the future nobles of the harem.
At night, the back office was empty without a single soldier or official on duty.
The old watchman suddenly heard a frightening sound, "Chirp, chirp, chirp!"
Not like a wild cat, but like...a fox!
The old watchman bravely walked forward and shouted: "It's late at night, the people are quiet, the sea is clear and the river is clear. It's midnight!"
"Chirp! Jie Jie Jie!"
The old watchman heard an even scarier sound!
A dark shadow took a few steps in front of the old man.
The old man raised the lantern and looked forward. I was so scared that I peed my pants!
He saw a fox as big as a man standing in front of him.
"Ah! There is a monster!" the old man shouted, and he fainted from fear...
The next morning.
Liu Bingyi and Xiao Jing, the eunuch of the East Palace, came to the back office happily to wait on the thirty-two girls on the carriage entering the palace.
However, there was only one old watchman who had passed out in the huge back office.
Thirty-two girls, and thirty-two maids to serve them. Among them were Zhang Fengling and Liu Xiaoyan, all of whom were missing!
Xiao Jing was stunned. In desperation, he grabbed Liu Bingyi's robe collar with both hands: "Where is the person?"
"Liu Bingyi, let me ask you, where is the person?!"
Liu Bingyi said tremblingly: "Yes, people, where are people?"
Thirty-two candidates for the Crown Princess disappeared overnight. Is this a big deal?
Less than half an hour. Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Criminal Department, Wucheng Military and Horse Department, Beizhili Inspector's Office, Shuntian Mansion... Thousands of people at the entrance of each government office surrounded the back office of the feudal government office.
When Prince Zhu Youtang received the news, he immediately ordered Chang Feng to come over and check the situation.
He said to Chang Feng: "No one else cares! You have to find Zhang Fengling for me!"
"Can't find it, come and see me!"
The demon fox once brought trouble to the capital in the twelfth year of Chenghua's reign.
Eleven years later, the demon fox reappeared, causing a shocking wave in the capital!
