C24

The most shameful thing was the physical examination. At first, there were facial features, as well as height, fingers, hair, eyes, and pupils. They all had to be examined one by one. Finally, there was a bit of tension.

Then there's the laugh, the laugh that isn't good, no, the laugh that doesn't know it, no, the laugh that isn't sweet, no.

This young emperor really has a lot of rules. Choosing a show, it turns out a smile is the most important.

Then he took off his clothes and let the court ladies examine him closely for injuries, as well as his chest and even his chastity.

I think every woman hates it the most.

But there was no other way. The talent show required a pure and innocent woman.

"Yun Zhiqiu." The female official called my name solemnly.

I stood on the other side.

"Luyao." The female official read again.

Lu Yao walked over with a wry smile on his face.

I reached out quietly to pull her, and she gave me a big smile, indicating that I should listen to what the female officer had to say.

From today onwards, you will live in the Congee Courtyard to learn etiquette and talent. Choose again after one month in front of the main hall. Unlike at home, everything has to be done according to the rules. If you do not comply with the rules, then you don't have to wait for a month before you are dismissed from the palace. "

I don't know why, but when I heard this, my heart sank and I started laughing.

Turning to look at Luyao, she winked back at me.

It turned out that their thoughts were just so that they didn't want to follow the rules.

There were also unwritten rules within the palace. As for what the emperor liked, all the female officials within the palace were naturally pondering over them. If the newly selected beautiful woman wanted the Emperor to take a liking to her, then separate himself from the beautiful woman and walk towards the position of a beautiful woman, then he would have to curry favor with the female official.

Of course, as powerful as he was, the female official even personally urged him to do so. A person like her would not fight for nor offer any tribute to him. Neither the female official nor the palace maid would pay any attention to him.

Lu Yao sat on the opposite bed with his legs crossed and said, "Zhi Qiu, just you wait and see. Of our hundred over beautiful girls, the Emperor will only take a few, or at most a dozen, but this year is different as well. Shangguan Hong, Su Xiang'er, Qiao Feng, Mu Liang, all of them have great backgrounds."

I shrugged. "Hur Hur, I don't know any of them." She was actually quite well-informed.

"Zhiqiu, are you familiar with the capital?"

I shook my head. Normally, he had to take care of his mother, study the zither outside of Tian Yun, and go to the Yang Mansion to be a little girl.

"I like making friends with you!" She laughed heartily and said, "If we all leave the palace, I'll take you to eat the braised duck on the clear stream, the Drunken Bamboo Pavilion's rotten chicken."

"The life outside is very good for you. Once you enter the palace, you will look very listless. As for me, I will definitely leave the palace."

She sighed heavily. "I don't know, really, Zhiqiu, it looks like I can't get out of the palace, but I'll do my best to get out."

"Why?" Lu Yao also looked very ordinary, and she didn't want to curry favor with those female officials. She had also said that the amount that the Emperor ordered was too little.

She said faintly, "My hunch."

Looking at me, she smiled again. "Do you know what I've learned? I've learned fortune-telling, but I'm only half-hearted and sometimes accurate. As for my father, why would he want me to participate in a talent show? This wasn't my intention, but as a member of the Lu Family, many things are forced upon me. Do you know what is called living in a noble house? Every single day in my room, learning how to draw and play music, and walking the path that others have set for themselves, I can be considered as someone out of the ordinary of the Lu Family. " As she spoke up to this point, a faint trace of grief appeared in her eyes.

He smiled at me again. "I've traveled almost everywhere in the south. I've fallen in love with that wandering life."

Was it love? Why wasn't it a desire? The sadness in her eyes became more and more intense.