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When Xi Tao walked in softly, Wang Rong had already finished her morning yoga on the brick bed. She had already put on her clothes, and was using a comb to gesture on her head in the mirror.

"Why didn't you ask me to serve you?" Xi Tao hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"As for the rest, I'll do it myself. You came at the perfect time. Otherwise, I really would have had to wait for you to come before I could fix my hair." Wang Rong said with a smile.

Under the oral guidance of Wang Rong He, Xi Tao tied up his hair and chose to place it into a hairpin. Miss, please wait a moment, I will bring in hot water and breakfast. "

"There's no rush. It's fine even if you take your time." Wang Rong was still smiling merrily, it was a good start to sleep.

The morning in the palace was quiet, and the girls who hadn't checked yesterday had just finished their breakfast and were preparing the meal. Wang Rong and the hot porridge that Xi Tao had brought over, which was still fresh in color, were touched. "Shang Yu Division, are you far from the Chuxiu Palace?"

"It's not that far." Xi Tao said that it was really a long distance, but yesterday she took Wang Rong and the silver to find the young eunuch from Shang Shang Guan and told him to deliver the morning meal to her Chuxiu Palace as soon as it was ready, and she picked it up halfway along the way without delaying anything.

did not understand, and Wang Rong said with a smile, "I can't possibly let you help me settle my own matters." In the Imperial Palace, it was necessary to make some preparations in order to make things convenient.

"It's not worth it. It's all the girl's silver." Xi Tao said. "Miss, are you saying that I'm too nosy?"

"Thank you, but it's too late." Wang Rong smiled. "I only care about two things, eating and sleeping. If you don't like these two things, your mood will be downcast and you will be able to bring out a few points in your conduct." It's precisely because I'm worried that I can't directly go to the people from the Shangnang Imperial Caterpillar Academy. Just treat it as helping me out and helping me do some stuff. "

"Does this lady have anything to eat?" Xi Tao was a little hesitant, "The only person I can come in contact with right now is this young eunuch. I had already decided on the food that Shang Cui Division would give me for Chuxiu Palace since a long time ago, I'm afraid that I can't change it too much."

"Do I have to eat and drink in the palace now?" "Wang Rong smiled." "Nothing much, just that I like hot food, especially in the morning. I like eating soup and water."

Xi Tao sighed, "That's easy to deal with."

Wang Rong He stuffed the bag into Xi Tao's hands. "Don't refuse, I'll have to send you to wash your clothes. You'll have to trouble yourself with all these, walk around everywhere and take care of them. If you feel that you can't take them back on the day I leave the palace, you can just return them."

Xi Tao could only place the bag back down, and only looked at Wang Rong He with a suspicious gaze, why doesn't the lady want to stay in the palace?

Last night, the five young ladies who slept in the Eastern Branch Hall had come to find Wang Rong He. After they had exchanged names and places of origin, the people who had come had invited Wang Rong She to accompany them on a tour around the Chuxiu Palace.

Wang Rong refused, saying that after yesterday's tiring day, her body was still very tired, so she wanted to take a rest. After last night's interaction, the five of them naturally became familiar with each other and didn't force Wang Rong to leave.

Wang Rong leaned against the table and looked out the window, as if she was looking out at a tree, but she also didn't seem to be looking. All sorts of thoughts raced through her mind. How would she perform, how would she naturally lose, and how could she lose? Your Majesty, he was the one who brought her into the palace. If he did not care about her, wouldn't she be pitiful?

But what reason did she have to look for it? Tell His Majesty that she did not want to be his woman, and that he wanted to give her a name by bringing her into the palace? He was really tired of living.

How many people would remain in the selection this time? Three hundred, two hundred, a hundred … that should not be less than a hundred. Only the last fifty people would be able to become the emperor's concubine. The remaining fifty people, if they were lucky, would be able to leave the palace and freely mate with each other. If they weren't lucky, they would be able to stay in the palace and work as a palace maid or a female official.

Wang Rong pressed her hands against her head, not knowing for a moment whether it was better to be one of the fifty concubines or the other one fifty percent.

People were being led to the Chuxiu Palace one after another, but it seemed that their first choice was not to go to the main hall. It wasn't until the afternoon that the first girl was brought into the main hall. She saw Wang Rong He give a faint nod and chose the western compartment.

Wang Rong was lost in her thoughts. It seemed like there were many people who took the cold route as well. She did not want to be the one to pick and choose, she only wanted to be the mediocre one. How could he grasp this speed?

Wang Rong told Xi Tao that she had a sister who was also participating in the selection. When she came to Chuxiu Palace, she would come over to inform Wang Zhixi that Wang Zhixi would recognize her easily, and that she should be the prettiest person in this year's Imperial Consort Candidate.

Xi Tao directly brought Wang Zhixi to Wang Rong and the other woman, but the two sisters did not cry bitterly. Wang Zhixi said with some difficulty, "Big sister, I mentioned to Miss Liu, who was with me, that if she was staying, we could also live together. She came out a little earlier than me, and has already chosen the position of the main hall of the rear palace. "

"I'm not asking you to live with me." Wang Rong was stunned. "Seeing that you're fine is how I feel now." "Since you've already made an appointment, you can go. Don't worry about me."

Liu Mu Lan secretly asked Wang Zhixi, "Why aren't you willing to live together with your sister?"

"Elder sister's temperament." Wang Zhixi said half a sentence, "I was dull when I was young, and always made big sister angry."

"You are so beautiful and yet so different from others. It must be because she is so narrow-minded and wants to make things difficult for you." Liu Mulan said, "It's good for you to stay with me." She was the daughter of a farmer's family in the vicinity of Beijing. She had been living outside the palace ever since she entered the capital during the selection. She bathed every day and combed her hair time and time again. As a man, he had a sense of loyalty. They were assigned to sleep next to Wang Zhixi last night. When they couldn't sleep and chat with each other, they knew what the other party's situation was.

"Elder sister is a pretty nice person. It's just that she's a bit more serious, so she always makes people misunderstand." Wang Zhixi said, "Seeing that you are amiable, I have my own reasons to be close to you."

"I also find you very dear." Liu Mulan said. Fortunately, you told me yesterday what the situation would be today. Otherwise, when that eunuch reached out his hand to me, I would have definitely screamed and beaten him out of here. "

"You're in the palace right now, don't say that you have a lot of strength." Wang Zhixi said, "Even if I can't be a concubine, there are good and bad points to be a palace maid. "What should I do if I see how strong you are?"

"It doesn't matter. I usually do things at home." Liu Mulan didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his words at all, and instead said with a big heart.

In the evening, the Aunt of the Palace Manager Bureau came to the Chuxiu Palace, and all the Imperial Consort Candidate stood at the front to listen in.

"At this point, the selection will have a total of two hundred ladies staying in the palace."

"But this is only the beginning. In the next month, there will be repeated selections, and only those who remain will be able to become His Majesty's concubine. And during this month, the girls have to be very careful and do their duty. The girls need to know that the place they are stepping on right now is the imperial palace, and it is the most honorable place in the world. If they make any mistakes, they will find that being kicked out of the palace is the best punishment, otherwise, it will only affect their lives and will only harm their parents. "

The ladies are scattered all over the Palace, and from morning till evening, and from morning until dawn, and from dawn to dusk, and from dawn to dusk, and from early to evening, they are not allowed to go out to their rooms or to leave the Palace until they are summoned." Each chamber was provided with five palace maids and two eunuchs. There are morning and evening classes every day. It is already taboo to have an Aunt of the Palace to instruct the Lady on etiquette.

"Ladies, please pay attention. At this point, the future is in the hands of the ladies." said my aunt.

When she entered the palace, she could only bring clothes and jewelry, not even a single piece of paper. Even if someone wanted to amuse themselves, it would be impossible. There were also people who asked if there were any needlework or cloth. If they could see the empress dowager's face, they could also pay their respects.

Wang Rong He, on the other hand, didn't have any thoughts on these matters. She just treated it as a month of closed training, and didn't want to practice her calligraphy, much less embroidery. She only frowned at her aunt, who was scolding her earlier. Would a female official of this level participate in the audition? She looked around, but no other girl had the same doubts as her? Could it be that she was the only one participating in the audition?

"Aunt said that you can directly ask palace maid for anything you need. palace maid will return it back to Aunt. Do you want some needle and thread?" Su Ruo, who shared a cubicle with Wang Rong, said.

"What do you need needlework for?" Wang Rong He said. There will be morning and night lessons every day. When the evening comes, you will be able to take a breather and do needlework with the lamp oil.

Su Ru obviously hadn't thought of this, "It's just that if everyone else does it and we don't do it, then it's just a coincidence."

"You didn't come to the palace to prepare a pair of filial work?" Wang Rong asked. Just you wait. If it's worth it, then we'll have to work on it on the spot. This is also the test. "

The five palace maid s serving one hall with thirty over Imperial Consort Candidate s was also quite heavy, so Wang Rong didn't specially call Xi Tao. However, Xi Tao still went along with Wang Rong's words and prepared two meals with hot water. There were too few palace maid s, so every morning's washing was a big problem. Wang Rong and her original plan was to find someone to help them with their hair, but who knew that there were three other people in the same room, who would support Wang Rong and help her tie it up like they didn't know what to do next. Otherwise, it would just be pulling Wang Rong's hair into a mess, causing her scalp to hurt.

Wang Rong and she still went to look for Yang Jingru in the neighboring room. The two of them probed for two days and became the last person to sweep her hair. No one is a fool to serve you for nothing. After that, the girl in the cubicle didn't have time to beg Wang Rong and get her hair done. Wang Rong He could only say that he was busy too.

Wang Rong slept early, once she fell asleep it would be very difficult to wake her up. This night she slept very well, when suddenly the night sky filled with screams, "There's a ghost!"

The mournful sound could actually make a child cry at night. The Imperial Consort Candidate s were awakened, those who were timid hugged their blankets and started crying.