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Liang Limo sized Xiao Wei up from head to toe, "Even if he didn't say it personally, she was the one who instigated others to say it, do you think I wouldn't know?"

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Xiao Wei explained slowly, she did not speak loudly and she did not lean towards anyone, so one could not hear any emotion in her words.

Liang Limo wanted to say something, but she stopped herself. She tried so many times that she couldn't even say it out loud. Now that she had calmed down and thought about it, she had really fallen into her trap. Liang Limo turned her head and fiercely stared at the woman who was hiding behind Feng Yi!

"Well, even if Miss Liang's imagination is correct, we shouldn't let the maidservants slap Wu Lanxin. Since all of you have entered the palace at the same time, and you're also a preliminaries beauty, this is the only identity we have in the palace. Even if Wu Lan's heart is at fault, it shouldn't be the Prime Minister's Palace coming to teach you a lesson."

Liang Limo was rendered speechless by these few words. She had just calmed down and realized that she had been tricked by someone, even if she had lost her head at that time, she would not have needed to point it out right. Since when did the thousand gold in her residence fall to an unknown number of people? " "I have no right to teach Wu Lan Xin, so who are you and what right do you have to stand in front of me and criticize me?"

Xiao Wei lowered her head towards Liang Limo, "I'm sorry, I am not criticizing you, I was just discussing the matter." Without waiting for Liang Limo's answer, she turned around and faced Feng Yi, "Miss Wu, you are also in the wrong, right?"

"Why would I be wrong?" Feng Yi asked as he tidied up his slightly messy hair.

"No matter what, this is not a dojo. Miss Wu's skill is good, but she shouldn't be using it here. Am I right?"

Seeing that someone had stepped forward, the old eunuch seized the opportunity and brought his hands behind his back as he rented a seat beside Xiao Wei, while berating him. What business do you have, go back! " He had already memorized everyone's information when the group of beautiful ladies had arrived.

The daughter of an envoy actually dared to accuse the daughter of the Prime Minister. It was unknown if it was because her personality was naive and honest, or because she was so stupid that she didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was.

Xiao Wei lowered her head and retreated a few steps, then returned to the corner of the palace once again.

"You two, do you think that I don't exist?" The eunuch asked in a soft voice, but his words weren't gentle. "Even when the Consort entered the palace that year, she still obeyed the imperial edict, right? What do you two want?"

Liang Limo kept quiet. The Concubine Liang was the daughter of the general. When the general fought for the south of the country, half of the cities that had been excavated were fought by the elder brothers of the concubine, but when the concubine entered the palace, she followed the etiquette and insisted on having a meal and a meal with everyone. Before she even reached the fourth concubine, it was rumored to be a beautiful story that had always been circulating in this palace.

"She's right. It doesn't matter who you are, the Prime Minister's daughter, the Governor's daughter, or the commoners. As long as you enter the palace, all of your identities will be broken. You only have one identity." The old eunuch clasped his hands behind his back as he walked to the front of the crowd. "That is a woman from the royal family. Once you're elected as a beautiful woman, you'll only have this status in your entire life. Understand?"

"Understood!" The women answered.

Feng Yi turned around beautifully and walked to a place far away from Liang Limo. As if he didn't want to be with her at all, Liang Limo stood in her original spot and once again clenched her fist that had just loosened a little.

"Actually, ever since I entered the palace, I've never heard of anyone choosing a concubine from a commoner. This year, the Emperor's body isn't feeling well, and I need a large number of good girls to cheer me up, which is why you all have this chance. But don't think that from now on, the palace is a place where just anyone can enter and come out …"

His body was not feeling well! How would he know? Wasn't this supposed to be a secret that the Worryfree Hall was protecting? How could even the eunuch of a beautiful lady contestant know about this? They actually revealed this matter to the public, which means they do not need royal father's life anymore, otherwise they would not be like this.

"I don't like troublesome people, and the Emperor doesn't like troublesome people either. Therefore, if anyone wants to immediately withdraw from the selection, then raise your hand right now, so as to not waste your entire life."

The old eunuch glanced around. Everyone's heads were lowered. The room was completely silent. Not a single person raised their hand.

The old eunuch walked up the steps, his indigo eunuch's uniform shining brightly. "Since no one is raising a hand, then stay in the palace and obediently wait for me. Finding trouble tomorrow won't be this way anymore."

The old eunuch seemed to be cursing at Xiao Wei, but anyone with brain would be able to tell that he was referring to Feng Yi and Liang Limo, it was just hindering them from their identities, giving them face.

"Yes sir!"

After listening to the lecture in the hall, one by one, the people in the hall were brought to the rear courtyard of the hall, and had long since brought their greetings here. Chu Yunge was the first to be brought here, her heart in a mess as she stood at the window of the hall, staring at the tallest roof several hundred meters away.

Only a few pieces of the treetops remained standing, while the rest of the lush greenery had already turned into spring mud. A cold wind blew through the windows and entered through the wide collar of the elegant woman's dress.

Chu Yunge held the lower part of the window frame with one hand, and the hair that was drifting down from her ears also floated along with the cold wind. Her ears were filled with the excited voices of the palace maids and children, as she stood alone in front of the window, looking out of place.

In the four hours she had spent in the palace, she constantly observed her surroundings, hoping to find a loophole or a way for him to break through. However, there wasn't a single loophole, and the palace maids, eunuchs and Worryfree Hall people were all mixed together.

These were all still hidden in the shadows, and now, every few steps, there was a guard in the palace who would stare at you as you completed this section of the road in front of him, and then walk to the next person's line of sight. It was as if there were thousands of monitors and invisible cameras installed in the palace, and if anyone exposed anything, it would immediately be exposed.

This Daughter's Hall was sealed, and she couldn't even get out of the door.

"The sky is cold. If you stand at the window, you will feel the cold." Chu Yunge leaned her head against the window, and it was as if there was no hope for that single moment. Xiao Wei's gentle voice rang beside her ears, and just as Chu Yunge was about to straighten her body and turn around, she felt a warmth on his shoulders, and a cape had already been draped over her shoulders.

Xiao Wei walked in front of Chu Yunge and tied a knot on her cloak under her chin.

"Thank you." Chu Yunge turned her head, she had become more and more useless recently, she did not even notice that someone had entered the house, "You also live here?" When she first came in, she found two quilts.

"Yeah." Xiao Wei walked back to her own bed and started to tidy up her things. Chu Yunge held onto her cotton blanket and said, "You should be called Xiao Wei, it's not even winter yet and you've already brought the cloak." She was quite confident in herself. Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought along her clothes for the winter.

"My family lives in the Chuan Shu area. The mountains and roads are far too much trouble, so I might as well bring all of them here." Xiao Wei did not avoid it at all. What she said was the truth. Father told me that if I couldn't get a concubine in this election, I should be kept in the palace as a palace maid. So you must bring your clothes. "

Chu Yunge laughed and did not say anything else, the two of them were frozen in place, no one spoke, and most importantly, Chu Yunge was still not used to her dressing up, she actually liked this Xiao Wei, she was only afraid that her true personality would be revealed and scare this mediocre lady, and had yet to think of an opening statement.

The two felt awkward for a while before Xiao Wei spoke, "You …. Is there something wrong with that? " Otherwise, she wouldn't be leaning against the bed and blowing cold air.

"Maybe." It was as if she had never been at a good place in her life.

Xiao Wei made his own bed, and went to help Chu Yunge make his own bed, "Then, if you trust me, can you tell me? Perhaps I can help you? "

Chu Yunge stood behind Xiao Wei while she bent over and kneeled on the bed, swiftly making up a bed for her. She did not let go of even a single dead corner, making the bed completely flat and smooth. Actually, in terms of status, their statuses were about the same. One was the daughter of a canon of history, and the other was the daughter of an official. They were practically on par with each other, so Xiao Wei could completely ignore all of Chu Yunge's unhappiness.

"My father is currently suffering, but I can't be by his side. It's very likely that I won't even be able to see his last bit of him …" Now that the Worryfree Hall had almost completely surrounded the Imperial Palace and even released the illness of the royal father, it was clear that he no longer cared about the life and death of his father.

At that time, the royal father would pass away, the crown prince would not be established, there would be a struggle for the throne, a struggle for the throne, a struggle for the faction, there would definitely be chaos in the court, and it would only benefit them.

Xiao Wei stopped what she was doing, and slowly stood up, "Then … What do you want to do? " She originally thought that Chu Yunge might have just left home because she was in a bad mood, but she never expected that this would actually be the case. It was your father who allowed you to enter the capital to choose your consort? " After all, this kind of opportunity wasn't something that could be easily encountered. Wasn't his father the same?

She only wished to live in seclusion in the bamboo forest and drink a cup of tea and watch the sun rise and set. If she could find someone she knew, the two of them would travel the world hand in hand. If she couldn't find someone she knew, then she would hide from the world for the rest of her life.

However, this selection had shattered all her dreams. She was now shouldering the burden of the rise and fall of her family, as well as the responsibility of whether or not the Xiao family could make a comeback and become an important official. She did not want to be the consort of a princess.