Otoharu

Chapter 526 Determination and canonization

Seeing Li Meier's expression, the Qin family became more complacent, pursed her lips and said: "I have inquired carefully, this time the draft was specially organized by the emperor and empress to choose the side concubine for the crown prince, our family Yuyan said She is about the same age as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and her appearance and temperament are not bad, so she might be able to fall into the eyes of the Empress and be chosen as the Crown Prince's side concubine."

Seeing Qin's complacent appearance, Li Meier felt that she was extremely naive. If everyone could be selected as the crown prince's side concubine, then this side concubine would be too easy to be. Not just a concubine.

Li Meier sighed, completely lost the interest to continue talking with Qin Shi, forced a smile and said, "Auntie, can I go and see Sister Yuyan."

Qin Shi didn't notice Li Meier's emotional change, so she agreed with a smile, and called a maid to lead Li Meier to Zhou Yuyan's boudoir.

Zhou Yuyan was embroidering a handkerchief in the room at this time, she was very happy to see Li Meier coming, she hurriedly ordered the servant girl to serve tea and snacks, and dragged Li Meier to sit down on the soft couch by the window.

"Why are you here today?" Zhou Yuyan seemed to be in a good mood, and asked Li Meier with a smile.

Li Meier was very worried, she tilted her head to look at Zhou Yuyan for a while, and instead of getting into the topic immediately, she asked instead: "Sister Yuyan is in a good mood today, is there anything good going on recently?"

Zhou Yuyan pursed her lips and smiled when she heard the words, two touches of red glow flew up her cheeks, she fiddled with the tea bowl in front of her with her slender hands, hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "Meimei, I think I might be able to marry His Highness the Crown Prince? "

Li Meier took a deep breath, and couldn't hide some disappointment in her tone, "To be a concubine for His Royal Highness?"

The smile on Zhou Yuyan's face faltered, she lowered her eyes, and said slowly: "A character like His Royal Highness is beyond my imagination, but since I saw him last time, I can't forget him for a long time. , but I really like the prince, if I can stay by his side for a long time, even if I am a concubine, I am willing."

After hearing what Zhou Yuyan said, Li Meier's blood pressure was about to go up. Why didn't she see this girl's temperament before? She calmed down and said as calmly as possible: "Sister Yuyan, listen to me, you The liking for the prince now is only because of his appearance, and it may also be because of his status as a prince that you have a kind of admiration for him in your heart, but that is not really liking, after all, you have only met him once, You haven't even said a word, you don't even know what kind of person he is, what kind of temperament he is, you just want to be a concubine by his side just because of love at first sight, don't you think you are too stupid?"

At the end, Li Mei'er's tone was a little hasty, she was so anxious that she really wanted to slap the silly girl in front of her awake.

"Meimei, I know I'm stupid, but this is the only time in my life I want to be stupid. I've grown up, and I've never been attracted to any man. Of course, I can just find someone from a family with the same appearance and temperament." The man is married, but if that's the case, I'm afraid I won't be willing for the rest of my life. Meimei, you also really liked someone, you should understand my feelings." Zhou Yuyan raised her eyes and said with a little excitement.

Li Meier thought to herself, how can this be the same? She and Brother Shanqing have known each other since they were young, and they only chose to be together after they got to know each other well. If she took one look at Brother Shanqing and decided to marry her, then she must It is broken.

Li Mei'er didn't know if Zhou Yuyan's brain was flooded at this time, but judging by her appearance at this time, she definitely couldn't listen to her advice.

She thought for a while before she said again: "Sister Yuyan, have you ever thought about it? Although there are rumors that this draft is to select concubines and concubines for His Royal Highness, it is also very likely that it is for the old emperor to choose a harem. If you are unlucky and are selected by the old emperor, what will you do?"

Obviously, Zhou Yuyan hadn't thought about it so much. Hearing Li Meier mention this possibility, her face immediately turned pale. She obviously didn't know what to do when she encountered such a situation.

Seeing her expression, Li Meier immediately pursued the victory and continued to persuade: "Sister Yuyan, just listen to me, don't participate in this draft, and you don't want to spend your time serving someone who is about the same age as your grandfather."

Don't blame the old emperor, I am not saying that you are not good, but at your age, it is really not suitable for a little girl.

Zhou Yuyan's expression finally wavered a bit, she bit her lower lip tightly, her expression changed, after a long silence, she seemed to have made up her mind, she looked at Li Meier firmly and said, "If it's as you said, That is also my fate, I accept my fate, but as long as there is a little bit of hope, I also want to give it a try, and I believe that my luck will not be so bad."

Li Mei'er was really speechless, she had said so much, and the other party was still so obsessed with it, she really had no choice.

As the saying goes, you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.Zhou Yuyan is not only pretending to be asleep now, but also dreaming all the time!

When Li Meier came out of the Zhou Mansion, her expression was not very good-looking, but her powerlessness was greater than her anger. She found that since she entered the capital, many things had developed in the direction she did not want to see, and she could not control her own destiny. , and can't influence others, she could already foresee that Zhou Yuyan's draft in the palace this time, the result would not be as good as Zhou's family thought.

But no matter how anxious Li Meier was, the draft was still held as scheduled, and Zhou Yuyan was brought into the palace by a carriage sent by the palace. From then on, her fate was no longer in her control.

At the beginning of August, when the weather was about to turn cold, before the results of the draft came down, the imperial decree to confer Sun Pingting, the daughter of the Wu'anbo Mansion, as the Crown Princess came down.The day of their wedding is set on the second day of February the following year.

As soon as this news came out, it caused a sensation in the entire capital. Although many rich officials and eunuchs knew about the candidate for the crown princess, the real imperial decree came down, and only then did they feel that the dust had settled.

The status of Wu'anbo Mansion in central Beijing has suddenly risen, no matter whether they have made friends with him or not, they all go forward to make friends with them.

But Wu'an Bo's mansion is more low-key than before. On the pretext of preparing for the wedding of the Crown Princess, most of the guests who come to see him are rejected, and even the children in the family are restrained.

And just three days after the imperial decree came down, the results of this draft also came down.

(End of this chapter)