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Lan Zhu couldn't help but laugh out loud. "The selection is for the emperor. Your highness, it can't be that you want to accompany the empress dowager and imperial concubine in hosting the selection ceremony, right?" Once you appear, the beautiful ladies will go crazy. Who wants to enter the palace? "

Feng Ningyan knew that it couldn't be for this, so she rolled up his other sleeve. "Your Highness isn't worried about the talent selection ceremony?"

"No, I'm worried about you." Shen Ling Jue said indifferently.

Feng Ningyan faintly smiled. "Then let's enter the palace together. I'm afraid there are still many things that need to be taken care of after what happened yesterday. You should pay your respects to the emperor as well."

It wasn't early yet, so the two of them hurriedly ate breakfast. Lan Zhu helped Feng Ning Yan to tie up her bun and put on the imperial costume.

The two of them entered the palace and first went to Chen Ming Palace to see the Emperor and Imperial Consort Fu. Shen Ling Jue stayed behind to accompany the Emperor, and then Feng Ning Yan went to the Thousand Blessings Palace to ask the empress dowager for a ride.

This morning, Shen Lingjue had sent someone to the palace to inform the empress dowager that Feng Ningyan had caught a cold last night and that she would be grateful if the empress dowager could delay the opening of the talent show.

As a result, the empress dowager was still at the Palace, but the ladies at the palace were already dressed up and waiting anxiously.

Amongst the four beautiful ladies staying in Weiyang Palace, only Hua Ruyu was the most indifferent. Although she did her best to dress up, she was not as anxious as the others.

She ate breakfast and went out into the garden to swing.

At this moment, another pretty girl, Li Wanshu, walked over to Hua Ruyu's side, leaned against Qiujia, and said with concern:

"Little Sister Hua, you're great. The emperor dotes on you so much that everyone says you'll definitely be selected for a high position. No wonder you're so relaxed …" I'm really afraid of failing! "

She and Hua Ruyu lived together in Weiyang Palace, and their relationship was even closer than the others.

Hua Ruyu was secretly pleased with herself, but she let out a long sigh with some melancholy: "Sister Li, you don't know."

She looked around as if she didn't want anyone else to hear.

Li Wanshu hurried over, "I don't know what?"

Hua Ruyu shook her head in self-pity: "Before yesterday, little sister also thought that the Emperor would at least give me a position and let me have a place to live in the palace. "But that cousin of mine, Princess Yuwangfei, has returned to the capital, so it's impossible for me to do so."

"Ah?" Why! "It's not like Princess Yuhuang is the emperor. How could she change the emperor's mind?" Li Wanshu asked in a strange and anxious manner.

"How would you know how sinister she is …" Hua Ruyu lowered her voice and grew even more cautious. "Yesterday, the empress dowager and the emperor held a welcoming feast. When it comes to the talent show, guess what wangfei Yu said."

Li Wanshu nervously asked, and Hua Ruyu then continued.

"She said that this year's beautiful ladies' talents were mixed, so we should test them out further. Therefore, we shouldn't make too high of a score. She even took out a list, and the rankings for all of us are drawn up on it."

She shook her head with a cold heart, "No matter if it's the only son of a great official like Sister Li, or a person with no one to rely on, they are all below the fifth rank. There are many imperial girls and Baolin, and few are the fifth rank imperial concubines or the imperial concubines. Unfortunately, it was only a single glance, and I wasn't able to see it clearly. "

Hearing that, Li Wan Shu tore at the handkerchief in hatred and said: "This woman is so venomous! She's not a concubine, do we have to mess with her? Why is she suppressing us like this! "

Hua Ruyu let out a sad smile, lowered her head, and used the handkerchief to pretend to wipe her tears:

"Don't you understand? She and esteemed wangfei were good sisters in women. It wouldn't be good for Imperial Concubine Fu to stick her head out and put on a virtuous front in front of the emperor. Naturally, it would be Princess Yuwangfei who would help her settle the new concubines that had entered the palace. But the empress dowager and the emperor listened to the Yuwang couple. "Just you wait, she definitely won't let me stay by the emperor's side …"

That's right, she was going to become an imperial concubine soon.

Li Wanshu was extremely angry.

She'd carried her father's hopes with her as she'd gone through great difficulty to the finals and was about to set foot in Qi Long Palace. But when she'd heard of this news, it had simply been a blow to her head, catching her off guard.

If he had known about it earlier, he would have been able to think of a countermeasure with his parents outside the palace.

But now, if she was bestowed with a concubine as big as a seventh-or eighth-grade sesame bean and was even able to bully a palace maid, wouldn't the Li family lose all face?

She hated him so much that her teeth itched. "Little Sister Hua, we can't just sit there and wait for death!"

Hua Ruyu raised her head and asked with red eyes, "If we don't sit still and wait for death, what else can we do?"

Li Wanshu couldn't think of any good methods, so she clenched her teeth and said, "We can't hide this from everyone. After all, it concerns the interests of all the pretty girls. Three skinsmiths have competed against Zhuge Liang. We can't think of any solution to this, but maybe others have a clever plan? "

"Elder sister, you want to tell this to everyone?" Hua Ruyu hurriedly grabbed Li Wanshu's hand. "No way, if Princess Yuwang knows that I was the one who said it, she'll definitely kill me!"

Li Wanshu smiled. "I said it's news my parents heard from the previous dynasty!" As long as the news spread out, there would naturally be people causing trouble. At that time, the empress dowager would know that Princess Yuhuang's suggestion isn't popular. She's kind and kind, so for the sake of harmony and harmony between the imperial harem and the harem, she'll definitely consider it carefully and give it a reasonable title. "

Hua Ruyu laughed coldly in her heart, but on her face, the crocodile's tears were already rolling down:

"It's still Sister Li who has great foresight, sister Ruo Yu who thanks you for your protection. "No matter if Yu can stay in the palace or not, I am willing to show you …"

Li Wanshu comforted her, then quickly walked back to Weiyang Palace and spread the news.

Such a shocking rumor was known by everyone in the Jade Embroidery Palace in the blink of an eye. Every single girl hated Feng Ningyan to death.

Not long after, the steward led the palace maids and eunuchs into the palace, announcing the decree of the empress dowager.

"The empress dowager has ordered all the maidservants to immediately go to Qi Long Palace."

When the maidservants heard the summons, they came out and lined up in two rows, and followed the mama to Qi Long Palace.

While the empress dowager was being supported into Qi Long Palace by Feng Ningyan, the beautiful ladies lining the sides of the road couldn't help but secretly glance at her.

"She's Princess Yu? Sure enough, she accompanied the empress dowager to host the talent show … "

"That's right!" Sister Li did not lie to us! "

"What do we do!?" Don't tell me that once we enter the palace, our status will be so miserable, and so low! "

"It's fine if you can't see the emperor, but if you don't even have two taels of silver per month in the future, how can you live?!" You still have the face to ask for help from your parents? "

All the maidens were frowning and grumbling.

Hua Ruyu and Li Wanshu were standing in the front row. When they heard the discussion behind them, they couldn't help but look at each other and feel proud of themselves.

The Empress Mother sat down, and Feng Ningyan and Xuan Yu sat on either side of her, announcing the start of the talent show.

The first segment was where the beautiful ladies performed.

Regardless of whether it was the music, chess, calligraphy, or poems, they all had to perform on the spot.

This was an interesting part, and the empress dowager was quite interested in it. She chose a few good-looking ladies and let Feng Ningyan remember their names and the characteristics of their performance.

Among them, the dance was crowned with flowers like rain, the calligraphy was best with Li Wanshu, the only daughter of the minister of war, Li Changjiu, the poetry was best with Leng Xiao Mo's daughter Leng Ziyuan, and Su Jianmin, the Bow Temple's Grand Scholar Su Shao's daughter.