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The Gai family had a girl who had just grown up. She was slim and elegant, elegant and virtuous.

In the spring of the palace women's talent show, it was hard for parents to part with a girl's heart.

Kang Xi for five years.

"Master, why are you sighing?" Gai asked her husband in confusion.

"Ah, Madam, please let your daughter prepare for this year's palace ladies' talent show in a few days' time. Rong'er will be on this year's list."

"Ah?" What? Master, you mean your daughter wants to be a slave in the palace? " Hearing this, Madam Gai's face was filled with worry.

"Mm. Madam, don't worry too much. Perhaps you won't be able to pick one. This palace maid isn't someone you can pick as you wish."

"But what if … what if he's chosen? What would Rong'er do then?" As she spoke, Madam Gai's eyes began to turn red.

"Well, madame, it's all life. Let's wait for Rong'er's life. Can we disobey the decree? "Well, go and talk to your daughter, talk to her, don't burden her." Gaoshan said helplessly.

In the small house in the backyard.

"Miss, the lotus that you embroidered is really beautiful." The maid Xiao Yu stood beside a beautiful young lady dressed in green who was focused on embroidery. The young woman smiled gently but did not say anything, but the young woman's face was like a full moon, clear and elegant, with black hair flowing down her shoulders, two strands of black hair falling onto her chest. Her smiling eyes were focused on the embroidery on her hands, while her two hands were elegantly moving on the embroidery.

"Rong'er …" A soft call sounded out from outside the door. The woman called Rong'er turned around and smiled sweetly, "Madam, you've come."

"That's right, Rong'er. Come, let's put down the work you're doing first. I have something to talk to you about." As she spoke, Mrs. Gai slowly walked over to Gai Rong'er and sat beside her.

He put the embroidery on the table and smiled at her mother. "Mother, what do you want to say?"

"Rong'er, you're 14 this year, and your daughter is older. You know that our family is covered by the yellow flag, and according to the rules of our Wang family, the Baoyi family has to participate in the palace's female selection ceremony at the age of 13 every year. You were sick last year, so you avoided it, but this year you are definitely going to the palace to serve the emperor, the emperor, the empress dowager, and the imperial concubine. This is also an honor." Even though she said that, the corners of Madam Gai's eyes still turned red. She paused for a moment before feigning calmness as she said, "If only … What if … Fortunately, the Lord has taken a fancy to her, so she might be able to be her master. If … "If the emperor doesn't like it, he can still come back home at the age of 25 …" Madam Gai knew clearly in her heart that these were just words of comfort, so she couldn't help but tear up.

"Huh?" The maid at the side, Xiao Yu, cried out in alarm, "Madam, if the young lady were to choose one, wouldn't she be gone for more than ten years?"

"This …" When Xiao Yu reached the sore spot of Madam Gai, her tears also increased. She took Gayong's hand and said, "Daughter, you told me to prepare you. I can't bear to see you suffer, but this is an imperial order and I can't disobey it.

"Mother, don't cry. Didn't you say it? If you could enter the palace to serve the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the imperial concubine, that would be your daughter's fortune. Also, your daughter might not have such luck."

As if it had nothing to do with him, Gai Rong'er picked up the embroidery again and said with a smile, "Madam, I understand. Please let Ama be at ease, my daughter will be prepared for you. Grandma, don't be sad. It's really nothing. Go and tell Father. " With that said, he began to concentrate on embroidery again.

"Hai." Mrs. Gai wiped away her tears and left the room.

"Miss, if you are sad, just say so. Weeping is fine too. Don't hold it in. If you are selected, who will serve you? How can you serve others?" Xiao Yu was so anxious that she was on the verge of tears. Her young mistress had never put on airs or looked down on her servants, so Xiao Yu was very interested in Gai Rong'er.

Gai Rong'er raised his head and smiled to the maid, "I'm really not sad. In fact, last year, I knew that I was going to participate in the palace's female contestants' competition. At that time, I happened to be sick and heard wrong from Ama, so I knew that this would happen sooner or later.

"But Miss, when have you ever done rough work? I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the hardships." The young maid choked with sobs. The old master's family was a well-off family after all. Since young, the little family had been cared for. If they really entered the palace, what would the young miss do?

"Silly girl, stop thinking so much. I may not be chosen. Alright, you can go now. I'll be alone for a while. "

"Yes, miss." Xiao Yu also walked out while wiping away her tears.

It was almost spring, and spring was already sprouting on the trees outside. "Spring brings new life to all living things, and I look forward to the good fortune of this year." It was a hopeful spring. What was my hope? Gai Rong'er shook his head, bitterly smiling in his heart. He didn't know, nor would he know if he knew or not.

The year before, Ama had told her in person that she was too ill to run for the Palace, and she knew from then on that it was her destiny to enter the Palace, and she could not avoid it. Entering the palace to participate in the election, if the choice is not good, can still go home to accompany his parents. If you choose, you will have to serve as a slave for more than 10 years in this deep palace. Rong'er's parents had loved him ever since he was a child, so he was very content. His temperament was also rather calm, but he actually didn't have much desire for him. Wang, forget it, let nature take its course. Let the heavens arrange things that cannot be changed for Rong'er.

In the front hall of the house.

"Master, I've already told Rong'er." Back in the front hall, Lady Gai spoke to her husband, wiping away her tears.

"Hmm, what did Rong'er say?" Zishan asked with a sigh.

"My daughter didn't say anything and even comforted me." Madam Gai paused, raised her head, and stared at Gai Shan. "Master, our daughter is really good, she has been obedient and sensible since she was young, she is my sore spot. If she becomes my servant, wouldn't that be digging my heart out? or what? " Lady Gai said as she stared at Gai Shan.

"Nonsense, women's opinions. This is a king's law, a system. Do you still want to go against the emperor's orders?" Gai Shan slapped his leg and scolded.

"Then do you see your precious daughter lose her happiness? This is our only daughter. " Madam Gai did not give up and begged;

Oh, my lady, stop it. How can you let your daughter safely participate in the election like this? "Rong'er has been very understanding since he was young, and is much better than a mother like you. From now on, you're not allowed to cause any more trouble. An Xin and her daughter are preparing to enter the palace to participate in the elections." His heart was also in pain. He was a little girl, and since he was young, he had been very sensible and obedient. He was in so much pain, and he wanted his daughter to make a good family, be happy and not suffer nor suffer. But as a court official, how could he do such a disobedient thing for his own daughter?

How many palace maids chosen to enter the palace each year were favored by the Emperor? She was an old maid who had just come out of the palace in her twenties, so how could she possibly have a good family? But her daughter was handsome, and she had been carefully raised since childhood, so the chances of her not being chosen was too small. Ever since the late emperor established the talent selection system, he had never heard of anyone bestowing the title of imperial concubine. That was even more so when he had been locked in the palace for the rest of his life.