C3

The talent show began. The prefectural ladies lined up and reported their names to the registration office.

When Li Chu reported his name, the registration officer was stunned for a moment before returning to normal.

Li Jun was bored to death. She frowned as she looked at the well-dressed crowd. She didn't notice the abnormality of the official in front of her.

"Today's consort selection is about to begin. Ladies, please prepare." A eunuch from the palace shouted hoarsely.

When many of the officials present heard this, they hurriedly tidied up their hair and clothing before standing in an orderly manner, waiting for the election.

Li Chu didn't seem to care. It didn't matter who he chose.

The daughter of the Minister of Rites' Assistant Minister, Li Chu, naturally couldn't lose face for her father. Her performance this time was perfect, and all of the nuns nodded at her frequently. The eunuch at the side also smiled at her approvingly.

The last match was a competition of drawing and writing. Although Li Chu was proficient in everything, he did not want to be excessively outstanding and did not want to embarrass his father.

He couldn't be considered outstanding, but he had nowhere to choose from.

At the most exciting point, Li Yu Chu deliberately moved his zither, and a strange sound rang out. Li Chu was satisfied as he looked at the crowd and started to discuss.

Li Xiao's smile turned into one of fear and he placed the zither to the side. Li Xiao Chu kneeled down in panic, his face full of tears. He didn't know what to do.

"Momo, calm down!"

The nuns said nothing, just waved their hands, and Li began to withdraw.

At the time of the final screening, the nuns had their own opinions on Li Chu's selection. As they were in the midst of a dispute, a man in a black robe suddenly appeared, and when the other nuns saw him, they all knelt down and kowtowed. Li Chu did not recognize him, nor did he notice when he appeared.

The man in black whispered a few words to a mama in charge, who looked at Li Chu sideways and nodded, a smile still on her face. Li Chu only heard the words, "This servant obeys!"

The man in black looked at Li Chu and nodded slightly. He treated her as if she were his master. Li Wen's intuition told her that something was about to happen.

"Announce the list of candidates … "Li Chu..."

When Li Chu heard his name, he froze in place.

No matter how weird and clever she was, she could not have guessed how she had been chosen for dressing up so unbearably.

The other young ladies at the side of the hall had their mouths wide open. Some of the young ladies who had mocked her earlier had turned deathly pale and offended the people resting next to the emperor.

The list was soon over, and the girls who had been selected stood in a row, kowtowing to the palace to show their gratitude.

The ones who weren't chosen seemed to be very disappointed, but most of them were staring at Li Mu from head to toe, sizing him up.

After exiting the talent show, the Li Mansion's maidservants crowded around, "Congratulations Miss, you have brought honor to our Li Mansion, you have already sent Little Wangzi back to report to Master!"

"That's right, Miss. This time, Master will never again ban Miss. In the future, Miss will be the imperial concubine. Even Master will have to be courteous to Miss!"

"Miss, when you enter the palace, you must bring me along. I can't leave you."

Li Jun indifferently nodded her head, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

She was thinking about what had happened in the past few days that she had neglected. Her selection must have been intentional.

However, even after thinking it through, he still didn't know what to do.

Sitting on the bridal sedan, the group happily carried the young miss back to the mansion.

Li Zhaodong had been waiting outside the mansion with a bow. When he saw his daughter's bridal sedan coming from afar, he quickly went up to greet her, and greeted her in front of the sedan.

Seeing him, Li Jun hurriedly jumped out of the palanquin and supported her father back to the mansion.

Li Zhaodong laughed out loud and shook his head. He did not expect that the little joke from that day would actually come true.

It was a matter worth celebrating that his daughter had been selected. He instructed the servants to set up a feast.

Li Jun was the only person in the Li Residence who was thinking with a heavy heart.

Suddenly, she recalled the solemn young man she met at the temple party. He was dressed in white, and he was definitely a rich young master who did not do crude work.

Could it be that this matter was related to this youth? Li Chu paced back and forth in his boudoir, unable to find a single clue.

Just as he was worrying, the imperial edict arrived.

Everyone in the Li Residence, from the Li Residence to the Li Residence, knelt down to receive the orders.

"With the blessing of the Heavens, the Emperor decreed that Li Zhaodong, the daughter of Li Zhaodong, the Minister of Rites, should be chosen as his daughter. Considering the need to take care of his family affairs, I hereby authorize him to leave for the palace in three days' time."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Li Zhaodong received the imperial edict with trembling hands, leaving his father-in-law to eat a simple meal. The father-in-law declined and bowed towards Li Zhaodong.

"Senior Li, congratulations!"

When Li Zhaodong heard this, he laughed heartily and called for money to be given to his father-in-law to eat wine.

The eunuch said a few words before leaving.

After the feast, Li Chu lay alone on his bed and decided that if he entered the palace he would enter the palace, and I was afraid of him!

The next day, Li Chu was still in a dream when he was awakened by the sound of messy footsteps.

Ye Zichen rubbed his sleepy eyes with a face full of unhappiness. Last night, he had thought about entering the palace, and it was already dawn before he finally slept.

He was still tired, but he was woken up again.

Sit up and stretch.

Li Jun looked up and saw Jing Ning, the maid who had been serving her since she was young.

"Why aren't you knocking at the door when you've entered? You have no rules!"

Li Yu Chu's face was filled with anger. He was so scared that Jing Ning knelt down and kowtowed without caring about anything else.

She knelt for half a cup of tea, but no sound came from her. Jing Ning raised her head slightly and saw that her young miss had fallen asleep while leaning against the wall.

He couldn't call her that, but he had no choice. The master and the guests were waiting outside.

Anyway, don't freeze the Lady.

Jing Ning walked quietly to Li Chu's side and gently placed the flower cover over his body.

Li Yu Chu suddenly laughed out loud, giving Jing Ning a big fright, and quickly retreated.

"How is it? Are you really worried to death?"

Jing Ning recovered from her shock, and was once again fooled by the Miss.

Her young mistress had been a mischievous little girl since she was young. She had a lot of clever ideas, which made Old Master Li's hair stand on end. There were so many servants in the mansion, not many of them were willing to serve this mischievous young miss.

"Miss, please don't make fun of this servant. The old master got anxious and asked me to hurry up and invite the young miss to the front yard. I came and went a few times outside the door and saw that you had been sleeping, so you did not wake the young lady up. Now you have punished me to kneel for half a day.

When Li Jun heard her father looking for her so urgently, she had already guessed eighty to ninety percent. He must have been chosen as the Elementary Scholar, so she attracted the attention of a bunch of flies that were trying to take advantage of her father.

"Don't worry about it. If the old master scolds you, I'll plead on your behalf!" Li Jie stood up and quickly ordered Jingning to wash herself.

"Thank you, xiaojie!"