Just after Mao hour, the palace gate opened wide.
Bai Yanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief secretly. She endured the public anger and her legs became weak when she stood. As for the ministers and family members, their knees were numb!
"The Emperor has decreed that this generation of beautiful ladies will enter the palace immediately! No one in the entourage is allowed to follow them into the palace without permission!"
The sharp voice of the palace father-in-law broke the strange atmosphere.
For a while, everyone kowtowed and thanked each other, then stood up, hugged each other with their family members, and said goodbye with tears.
Only Bai Yanqing and his daughter were calm and calm, with no trace of parting pain on their faces.
"Father, please take care of me. My daughter will enter the palace first."
Bai Yanqing blessed Bai Jingxuan, and then turned around resolutely without even taking a moment to remember.
"Go!"
Bai Jingxuan didn't say much else, just said two words lightly, and then watched his daughter slowly walk away. He firmly believed that his daughter would not be bullied. In the past few months, he also discovered that his daughter was stronger and more courageous than anyone else.
Whatever the future, Bai Yanqing can find a bright road for herself.
The two Yunqi brothers behind them saw that everyone was gone, so they slowly walked towards the palace together. They are princes and not family members, so why not enter the palace now? What's more, that Yun Ji came out of the palace!
"It seems that the emperor's dim sum is more in line with the wishes of the eldest lady of the Bai family."
Yun Ji suddenly spoke quietly.
Hearing this, Yun Qi paused slightly, then turned to look at Yun Ji, and said very seriously: "Of course! The cooking skills of the cooks in my house are no worse than those of the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen!"
Yun Ji looked at Yun Qi, with a slightly complicated look in his eyes, and then quickly returned to normal.
"After all, he is still the imperial brother, and he understands her taste better!"
Yun Ji suddenly felt a little wilted, and lost all of his arrogant aura just now.
This draft in the Chen Kingdom is not for the emperor, but for the princes of the right age to choose the main concubine and the concubine. Its purpose, in addition to propagating descendants of the clan, is of course also inseparable from the previous dynasty.
Since ancient times, royal sons and daughters have always paid great attention to family status, birth, etc. when choosing a wife. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary women to participate in this orthodox draft.
In this draft, all candidates for the show must be women of the right age from a well-known and well-established family in Beijing, with noble birth and outstanding appearance. Therefore, before this draft, some women who did not meet the regulations had been screened out. The only women left now who can be candidates for the palace are the best in appearance, virtue, and family background! ..
From the moment the show girls enter the palace, they have to accept all the rules of the palace and deal with all the problems that may arise during the draft.
When a beautiful girl first enters the palace, the first thing she has to go through is the selection of beauty and appearance.
Because before the leader entered the palace, the portraits of the beautiful ladies had been sent to the palace. The emperor and the queen personally viewed and selected them. Therefore, some of those women with poor appearance have been eliminated. The dozen or so people left behind were headed by Bai Yanqing, the outstanding-looking daughters of powerful families from major aristocratic families. Therefore, everyone has passed this first level.
Next, the most important thing today is to meet the current emperor and queen, as well as the princes who need to choose concubines this time. To put it bluntly, it’s just a face-to-face meeting!
Under the arrangement of the palace officials, Bai Yanqing and others stood in several rows in an orderly manner in front of the Tai Chi Hall, waiting for the emperor and his party.
Bai Yanqing saw a huge group of people arriving at about the time Mo Si arrived.
"See you, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor."
"See you, Queen. Your Majesty is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Under the leadership of the palace officials, the crowd shouted slogans that were insincere. The cookie-cutter opening is always cliché but cannot avoid it.
After everyone met the emperor and empress, they met the princes in the same way. The etiquette was simpler, but it was inevitable.
"Everyone, get up!"
As soon as the emperor spoke, everyone stood up quickly and steadily.
There are four princes in the palace who are of the right age to choose concubines. One is the eldest prince Yunqi, who is twenty years old. The second place is the third prince Yun Ji, who is sixteen years old. The third one is the second prince Yuntao, born to the current queen, who is eighteen years old. The fourth position is Yun Kai, the son of the most favored concubine Xian Guifei.
The four princes, except Yunqi and Yunji, are brothers from the same mother, so they were born one after another. The remaining two are not siblings from the same mother. There are many different kinds of involvements.
"Who is Bai Xiang's daughter?"
The emperor stared at the beautiful ladies at the foot of the steps and asked loudly.
Bai Yanqing secretly rolled her eyes. Not to mention that she had already sent a portrait before, but Yun Ji had been making trouble for so long. Is it strange that the emperor didn't know who he was? He asked knowingly, as if he was deliberately trying to embarrass Bai Yanqing.
"My little girl, Bai Yanqing, has met the emperor."
Bai Yanqing took a step forward, knelt down respectfully, and bowed politely to the supreme emperor.
When the emperor saw Bai Yanqing salute, he neither asked her to get up nor said anything else. The two Yunqi brothers turned to their sides and talked to themselves.
"I heard that you two brothers made such a big fuss at the gate of the palace early in the morning!"
The emperor looked displeased. The palace officials had long reported everything the Yunqi brothers had done to the emperor.
For the sake of a woman, many ministers were offended. How could the emperor not be annoyed?
"Father, you are serious in your words. I just can't wait to see the eldest lady of the Bai family!"
Yun Ji said without hesitation.
"I just want to give Miss Bai some snacks made by the chef in my house! Father, you know that the snacks made by the cook in my house are delicious! Even my third brother is often greedy. , sneaking over to steal some food! Right? Third brother?"
Yunqi still looked stupid and confused, as if he didn't hear the slightest hint of the emperor's words.
"Brother Imperial! Do you want to complain to your father about such a trivial matter? Why are you... so stingy? It's just a few snacks from you, and my father has not cut off the supply in your house! Do you need to be so stingy? "
Yun Ji was arguing with Yun Qi angrily. As soon as his aggressive and rolling attitude came out, everyone present started sweating on their heads!
"Okay, okay, okay! Who cares about your eating and drinking? If you continue to make trouble, I will punish you two for your misconduct in front of the palace!"
Seeing that so many people were watching, and the two sons didn't care at all, the emperor became more and more headache!
"Father! Do you want to punish us again? Poor us two brothers. We lost our mother when we were young. No one cared for her, and no one was steady enough to hold on! He still has the nerve to ask her to thank him? Then she Might as well just kneel down!
"The floor tiles in this palace are very cold. I was punished a lot when I was a child!"
Seeing Yun Ji pulling Bai Yanqing to talk, Yun Qi hurriedly came over and separated the two of them.
Every move of the three people here fell in the eyes of the queen and several princes.
"Two royal brothers, you are really... smiling for the sake of beauty, even at the expense of yourself!"
Brother, don't try to use the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman. When I meet the eldest brother, it doesn’t look like he’s acting. "
The second prince, Yun Tao, stepped forward at the right time and stared at Yun Qi with a slightly mocking look.
Everyone present, as long as they were not fools, could hear the implication of these words.
The eldest prince Yunqi suffered a serious illness when he was young. When he woke up, his brain was not very clear. Everyone inside and outside the palace knew that the eldest prince Yun Qi was as stupid as a child, and the third prince Yun Ji was as crazy as a scoundrel. In the eyes of everyone, these two legitimate sons were really incompetent!
Yun Tao's words were insinuating that Yun Qi was a fool.
Seeing this, Bai Yanqing on the side became a little unhappy. She only felt that the second prince's words were very harsh. However, due to his status as a prince, Bai Yanqing could not argue with him too blatantly.
"The eldest prince is a sincere person and has an ageless childlike heart, which is very valuable."
Bai Yanqing said to the two Yunqi brothers, with a soft smile on his face.
But Yuntao heard it immediately
Bai Yanqing is protecting Yunqi! There was a slight hint of dissatisfaction in his heart. This daughter of the Bai family really... doesn't know how to praise! His face instantly turned cold, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Bai Yanqing was extremely unkind.
"Really? So in Miss Bai's mind, am I so powerful?"
When Yun Qi heard this, he jumped up happily. His clumsy and stiff movements did not match his tall figure at all!
"What about me? What about me? Am I not sincere?"
When Yun Ji saw this, he was unconvinced and ran to Bai Yanqing, as if asking for reward!
"The third prince... has a lively and cheerful temperament, is righteous and friendly to others, which is also very good!"
Yun Ji had helped him so much, so naturally Bai Yanqing couldn't refute his face and make him lose face in front of the second prince. Tunnel also spoke and praised him.
"As expected of the person that this prince values, he speaks beautifully! He speaks much more pleasantly than those chattering people who don't know what they are talking about!"
Yun Ji didn't even raise his head, but anyone could tell who he was talking about.
"Chirp, chirp, isn't that a sparrow?"
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Yun Qi suddenly spoke and raised his question.
"Yes, yes, it's a sparrow!"
Yun Ji agreed. The extremely serious conversation between the two brothers made Bai Yanqing laugh secretly. At this time, she did not think that the two Yunqi brothers were stupid or crazy! It seems...deliberate!
But don’t the rumors say that the eldest prince is a fool? After all, is Yunqi really stupid? Bai Yanqing was a little confused for a moment!
