Ordinary clear day

Chapter 188 The Palace Gate
It was already past noon when the three Shuning sisters returned to the Earl's Mansion.As soon as Wanning entered the door, she said she was hungry, so Nala hurriedly asked someone to find something to eat.Shu Ning had already eaten snacks in the car, and she didn't feel very hungry, but she was sweating, sticky and uncomfortable, so she retreated first to take a shower.

When Nala asked about her daughter's draft situation, Wanning said: "I must have passed, and the fourth sister... probably also passed. But..." She frowned, and said: "The third sister may not be very good, I can see that her face is a little ugly, she seems very unhappy, and she will probably lose the election."

Yuanning glanced at her: "You're talking nonsense again." Wanning curled her lips and said: "I didn't! Didn't you see that her face turned pale? If she was selected, why would she look like that?" She thought to herself: Although she was not selected in the draft It means the right to marry independently, but the requirements for feudal women should not be too high, and they will definitely be unhappy.But the strange thing is, she remembered that the third uncle's daughter should be the fifth or fifth Difu Jin in history, why did she lose the election?However, she immediately thought that she had already replaced Shu Ning after time travel, so it was normal for her to lose the election.Anyway, Zhang Bao's daughter in history did not have a good life after marrying Wu Wu, so it is a good thing that she lost the election.

Nala hurriedly comforted the two of them, and secretly rejoiced that Tong had already left first, otherwise she didn't know what she would think when she heard this.

After Shuning took a shower, she found out that her second uncle had sent someone to pick up Yuanning.She ate some Qingcai dishes from her mother, and then asked: "Speaking of which, after entering Di'anmen yesterday, I haven't seen Big Sister Da Niu again. How is she?"

Tong Shi said: "She came home last night, much earlier than you. Eat another half a bowl." Shuning shook her head to express that she couldn't eat any more. I told my mother.Tong said to her: "I know that the physical examination is very difficult, but every beautiful girl can't avoid it. The only way to endure it is to die. It's good that you can get through it, and forget it later. But this It was also my negligence, if things had been prepared in advance, the nuns might be more lenient."

Shu Ning was a little depressed, and asked again: "What's the matter with the queen mother and Tong Niangniang? I remember that when Aunt Ming came, she only paid attention to the second sister, and she was not salty to me. Why did she want to leave a special message?" Me? Also, isn't Tong Niangniang already focusing on that cousin of the Wei family? Why did she suddenly intervene in my affairs?"

After pondering for a moment, Tong said: "I can't figure out what the queen mother is thinking, but the Tong family... probably just think that two people are safer. I will ask about this matter. Don't worry about it, you haven't slept all night Now, take a good rest."

Shuning really felt very sleepy, so she went to bed and fell asleep without any excuse.

It was evening when I woke up.She felt much better. She looked in the mirror and her face became rosy.Sure enough, it was because I didn't eat, drink or sleep, so my complexion and mood were very bad. I just need to eat and sleep in time.

She washed and dressed in a relaxed mood, and accidentally saw Su Xin secretly looking at her, so she asked: "If you have something to say, when will you not be so straightforward?"

Su Xin smirked, and then asked cautiously: "Girl...others say...you are upset because you failed in the draft...is it true?"

Shu Ning felt a little baffled: "No, who said I lost the election? Besides, why am I not happy?" But she immediately remembered that she was really in a bad mood when she came home, maybe someone misunderstood it?
Su Xin showed a smile again, and said: "It's the second girl who said that you turned pale, and you must be angry because you were not selected. Many people in the house are spreading the word."

Shu Ning frowned, what are you doing?Why is Wanning yelling all over the place?But she didn't have the strength to pay attention to these things, so she said to Su Xin: "I only ate something yesterday morning, I was hungry for more than a day, and I didn't sleep for another night, how could I look so good?"

"But... the second girl and the fourth girl..."

"The second elder sister is always in good spirits on happy occasions, and the fourth younger sister wears makeup on her face. Even if her complexion is not good, she can't tell it." This reminded her that many of the show girls have put on makeup, and she can't do it in the primary election. Makeup is to look more inconspicuous, but after entering the re-election, you should still follow the trend.Didn't you see that among the beautiful girls in the same room, apart from her and Wanning, is Chang Lu the only one who hasn't put on makeup?
Su Xin believed her words, and said: "So, the second girl is talking to herself. It's really..." She didn't continue, but she didn't care about it.Although Shu Ning was also a little depressed, she didn't want to bother.And as soon as she saw the friendly smiling faces of her mother and brother-in-law and felt their care before dinner, her little depression was immediately thrown into the sky.

Tong's has already asked someone to send a letter back to her natal family, and got a reply.Grandmother didn't quite know what Tong Xiangfu meant, but judging from the information she got on weekdays, Wei Jiashi was indeed the best choice for both appearance and talent. No matter what goal Tong Xiangfu wanted to achieve, the possibility of success was very high. , so pulling Shuning in was probably just to be on the safe side.It would be even better if Shuning also performed well here.

Shu Ning was very speechless, she really didn't have any good feelings for this relative, if she had known, she wouldn't have gone to them, maybe it would have been easier to lose the election.Duanning patted her on the head and comforted her: "Don't worry, don't worry, there will be a solution." Then he blinked his right eye at his sister.Shuning smiled, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

The results of the re-election were sent to the residences of all the beautiful girls the next day, and Shuning was naturally on the list.This was somewhat beyond Wanning's expectations, but considering that there are few women in this year's show, it is not surprising that those with poorer qualifications will be selected.After she saw the list of re-draft girls that her elder brother Qing Ning managed to get, she was even more sure that she had guessed right.

In fact, the list of selected show girls has never been announced to the public. The Ministry of Household Affairs will only tell everyone the results of each person, but those who have daughters at home will inevitably want to know what kind of opponents their daughters have, so Then someone managed to bribe the servants or small officials of the household department, and copied and brought out the entire list.Over time, it has become a way for the household officials to earn extra money.In fact, the price is not expensive, but Qing Ning invited a friend who worked in the household department to have a good meal, so he got this item back.

After Duanning found out, he copied a copy and brought it back to Huaiyuan to read with his mother, sister and wife.

After the first round of primary elections, only 130 of the remaining 82 seven girls could enter the second round of elections. On average, there were only about ten people per banner, and the number was even smaller when they were divided into the three banners of Man, Mongolia and Han.However, the actual situation is that the Manchurian Eight Banners have the largest number of candidates, followed by the Han Army Banner, and the Mongolian Banner has the least number of candidates.

For example, Manzhouzhenghongqi, where Shuning is located, has a total of six people selected, including the big girl who was named last year, and four of them belong to his family, which makes this "big family with a surname" very popular.Jin Bao had a lot of face in front of his relatives, friends and colleagues, and everyone rumored that he was going to marry the emperor, so many people came to curry favor with him.However, Jin Bao is a man of the city, and he is not proud of it. On the contrary, he always behaves very modestly, and he keeps saying that the rumors about his daughter are "just rumors and cannot be true".Although some people are jealous of him, seeing that he can behave well, they feel less resentful and just say a few acid words.

In addition, it is also Zhenghongqi, a total of four women in the Hanjun Banner were selected, but there was only one in the Mongolian Banner.

This situation is probably related to the greatly reduced scope of the draft.Many beautiful women from the Eight Banners families stationed in other places did not have time to return to Beijing to register within the deadline, so they did not apply for the election.As for the Han army flag stationed in the south of the Yangtze River, which is famous for its many beauties, only a few beautiful women came to Beijing in advance to catch up.This also caused the average quality of this year's show girls to be greatly reduced to a certain extent, and some people who were [-]% likely to lose the election were selected because of this.

The Mongolian Banners who have time to be elected are all those who have lived in Beijing for a long time, or those who came a few months in advance, so the number is the smallest, there are only 26 seven people in all, and there are only a dozen people who entered the re-election.

However, among the ten or so people, there was someone recognized by Shuning's family—Princess Nadanzhu of Horqin.

Shu Ning glanced at her elder brother, wondering if the princess would come to pester her?Duanning just smiled indifferently.Instead, Zhenzhen said, "Huh? Brother Duan, look at this name, isn't it the princess you mentioned? She is running for the election with Sister Shu, is it okay?"

Shuning's eyes widened and she looked at Duanning, but he still only smiled.Zhenzhen took Shu Ning's hand and said, "I don't know what the Princess will think when she knows that I'm married to your brother. My sister must be more careful."

Shu Ning nodded blankly, and after she left the table, she immediately pulled her brother over and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that you told your sister-in-law about Princess Na Danzhu? Aren't you afraid she might misunderstand?"

Duanning patted her hand and said, "Where did you think? Could it be that your sister-in-law is the kind of person with a small belly? As soon as I heard the news that the princess came to Beijing, I immediately put the matter in I have told your sister-in-law about the cause and effect, so she won't misunderstand. Even if the county chief comes to find fault, she will know who is right."

Shuning narrowed her eyes, and said "Oh" with a half-smile.Duan Ning raised his eyebrows, and said: "I didn't add fuel and vinegar, I even spoke nicely for the princess, but she is just a child who is not sensible."

Shuning pouted.Black-bellied man!

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In response to the re-election, the entire Earl's Palace was in motion.Of course, the focus is still on Wanning.Sanfang concentrated on making preparations for Shuning. Clothes, shoes, jewelry, over-the-counter medicines, daily necessities, musical instruments, pens, pens, and purses for rewards were all inspected properly.

And Shuning made a final effort in the five days before entering the palace, trying to feed herself into a fat man.Since Nanny Cui left, she has gained some weight. Although she can't see it from her figure, her face is indeed much rounder.She thought that as long as her face was rounder, she would look like a chubby girl, and then she could use Xinran's method to lose the election.

So now she eats five meals a day, each meal has meat and milk, and she also eats stew at night.Ermo was worried that she would be overstretched, so she said: "No, just eat a little more than usual, I know how to measure." She didn't want to ruin her body.

Zhenzhen saw her drinking stew desperately one night, she frowned and said: "This method is useless. If you can gain weight, you would have gained weight a month ago. Now it's just that your face is rounder. If you let those Ladies think you are blessed to grow up and be fertile, wouldn't it be worse?"

Shuning froze.

Why?Why?Will she forget this one? ! ! !

Tong Shi came over and said to her daughter with a half-smile: "I told you not to eat so much earlier. If you accumulate food, you will not be able to sleep." Then she turned to Zhenzhen and said, "It's night, please settle down earlier. Well, I'm still waiting to hold my grandson."

Zhenzhen blushed suddenly: "Mother-in-law...you..." She gave a hasty salute shyly, then buried her head and ran away.Tong Shi chuckled and said to her daughter, "Clean up, I have something to tell you."

Shu Ning followed her mother into the inner room with a puzzled look on her face. Tong Shi drove all the maids out, closed the door, pulled her daughter to sit on the bed, and asked, "Tell Er Niang honestly, what is it about the draft?" idea?"

"Of course I hope to lose the election. Didn't Er Niang already know about it?"

"Oh?" Tong's half smile is not a smile, "But after losing the election, many good candidates will lose their turn, such as...Tong Ying?"

Shu Ning was taken aback for a moment, her face gradually turned red, and she said awkwardly: "Emiang...how did you know? Did my brother say it?"

"No matter who said it, do you want to keep it a secret from Er Niang?"

Shuning said embarrassingly: "I didn't intend to hide it from you, it's just...just..."

"Just feel embarrassed?" Tong smiled, "Silly girl, although you are smart and sensible since childhood, you are a girl in her teens. When encountering such a thing, she will naturally be thin-skinned. Erniang doesn't blame you .”

Shuning twisted her handkerchief, bowed her head and remained silent.In fact, she is almost forty in the sum of her two lives, and she is only a few years younger than Tong Shi.It's just that it's the first time she has a good impression of a man, so of course she will be embarrassed to tell him.What's more, the other party is still a boy who is "younger" than herself. If it weren't for Tong Ying's tenderness and consideration and maturity beyond her age, she might not be tempted by him.

Tong said: "I've always been a little strange. If you plan to be with Tong Ying, why do you always think of losing the election? Although marriage is independent after losing the election, but a direct child like Tong Ying who was born in the government of the Communist Party of China, the marriage It has always been the emperor or the palace. You want to be with him, but you lose the election, isn't that a contradiction?"

Shuning whispered: "Brother Tongying made a great contribution when he came back from the northwest. He said that the emperor agreed to let him decide the marriage."

Tong was a little surprised, and after a while, he said: "If this is the case, it is reasonable. But even if you don't think carefully enough. Women who have always married into the royal family and clan, if they want to be respected in their husband's family, they should be less respected." Wronged, there are a few things that must be had. Do you know what it is?"

Shu Ning asked: "Is it... family background and husband's importance?"

However, Mrs. Tong shook her head: "The first thing is of course the family background, the second is the official status of the father and brother, and the third is whether the marriage refers to marriage or self-appointment. Nowadays, there are many children in the clan, and not everyone can get married. If the status and family background are poor, it is inevitable to arrange marriages by yourself. But the wives married in this way are no different from those of ordinary officials and officials. If the natal family is weak, they will abandon it. You can’t move. The same sisters-in-law, those who are married are naturally more noble than those who are self-employed. Others include dowry dowry, personal character, housekeeping skills, and finally the respect of the husband. You know, the regular wife married by everyone , is the mistress of the family, and is not the same as a loved one."

Shu Ning thought about it carefully, and probably understood what her mother meant: "Emiang said, if I didn't mean to marry Tong Ying, I would be despised by his family?"

Tong Shi nodded: "Now that you have entered the re-election, why not try to be selected, why do you have to do so many tricks?"

But Shuning said: "Actually, I also inquired about something from my elder brother. Brother Tongying... His mother died young, and now his stepmother and sister-in-law have their own plans for his marriage. He has nowhere to find someone and his wife in the palace. They ventilated and wanted to tell the emperor, but they were afraid of incurring taboos, so they had no choice but to think of this method. After all, there are many descendants of the clan who are waiting to marry wives, and among so many beautiful women, I just want to be pointed at him. too difficult."

Tong Shi said: "Since his stepmother and sister-in-law have other plans, and Tongying is getting more and more loved, what should you do if he is accused of another girl in the end?" Shuning lowered her head and said, "If that's the case, At least I won't be pointed to others casually..." Tong sighed: "I understand what you mean. Let's say hello to your grandmother later. Since your cousin of the Wei family has taken on a big responsibility, if you can It is also a good thing to be accused of being given to a noble clan. It's just..."

She paused, and said seriously: "There are some things, Er Niang wants to make it clear to you in advance. We have known Tongying for many years, and the boy who is about your age is the only one you have known the longest. I It's not that you can't see him. When you think about your marriage, why didn't you think of him? But although he is very good, he grew up in such a family. The backyard of Prince Jane's mansion is much more troublesome than you think. I'm afraid If you really go to his house, you may not be able to get used to it."

Shuning recalled Nanny Cui's pamphlet, and said softly: "I've heard some, his wives and concubines are very competitive for favor."

"It's more than amazing! When we were in Fengtian, we, the family members of the official family, sometimes talked about it. You were still young, so I didn't let you hear it. Don't say that they lost two concubine Jin and one My concubine, and Wang Fujin, who just gave birth to his twelfth elder brother this year, was so favored. His first son only lived for two years. Speaking of Tong Ying herself, she had suffered a lot since she was a child, and she was almost lost. Life, no one can explain the weirdness here. Although his house is the prince's mansion, the danger inside is no less than the inner courtyard of the palace. When you come to such a house, how can you live a good life? Look at our house, the older generation There are only four brothers and daughters-in-law, so there are so many troubles. There are more than a dozen brothers in his family, and when everyone has married a wife, how are you going to get along with that bunch of sons-in-law?"

Shuning bowed her head and said nothing, her heart beating a little.Seeing this, Mrs. Tong continued: "I'm not trying to stop you. Which girl's family doesn't want to marry a good husband in the future? There is promise and future, and the appearance and temperament are pleasing. But as a mother, I would rather When you marry into an ordinary family, as long as your son-in-law treats you well, even if he is like your eldest brother-in-law, you will not be afraid, but you will be more helpful. I know your temperament. , don’t you love to play and run? If you really come to a rich family’s house and fight in the backyard all day long, you will definitely not be happy.”

Knowing daughter Mo Ruomu, Shu Ning herself knew that what her mother said was reasonable, but she felt very uncomfortable when she asked her to give up Tong Ying: "Emiang means...you don't want...I marry Brother Tongying?"

But Mrs. Tong shook her head. Seeing her daughter's puzzled eyes, she smiled lightly and said, "I just hope you know what you are looking for. If you want to live a comfortable life, you must find a way to lose the election. You, Ama and I will definitely do it for you." You find a good family. If you want to be with Tongying, then find a way to be selected. From now on, no matter what happens, don’t blame others and do your best. You have to think clearly, It's your whole life."

Shuning didn't sleep well all night, just thinking about this matter.She used to think too simply, thinking that as long as she married someone with similar temperament and mutual affection, she could live a peaceful and happy life, but things were not that simple.Marriage in this era is not marrying a person, but marrying into a family.If she wants to live freely, she really only needs to find someone with a good family or a slightly lower status, as long as the other person is nice, the family population is simple, and it doesn't matter if she has feelings or not; but if she wants to marry Tongying, she has to endure his Some dark and terrible family.

She thought like this all night, and when she got up the next day, her eyes were covered with panda eyes.Tong looked at it, and said with some heartache: "There are still many days, why bother to think about it all night? I just hope you know it in your heart, and I'm not forcing you. "

Shuning smiled, in order not to worry her mother, she kept the matter in her heart for the time being and concentrated on preparing for the draft.

On the day of the re-election, she wore the same light blue cheongsam as last time, only with makeup added, and went to the Forbidden City with Wanning again in a mule cart.When you arrive at Shunzhen Gate, hand over all the luggage you brought to the eunuchs to mark and send it to your residence in the next few days.Then, together with the other show girls, they followed Manager Tang whom they met that day, and came to the hall where they had been.

The screens, tables and other things that were originally placed here have been removed, and it looks extraordinarily empty. There are more than 80 people standing inside, and it is not too crowded at all.

Manager Tang said to the show girls with a kind smile on his face: "Young masters, you will have to take a physical examination later, so please line up according to the flags. If you call later, follow the aunts to the next room." Beside him There were already six tall maids standing there, they looked quite old, but they looked very strong.

The show girls made a lot of noise, but they still stood obediently and followed the people one by one.

Shu Ning felt restless again, why did she come to this level again?But she calmed down a little when she thought that she would not feel as uncomfortable as last time with the things she brought with her.

While waiting, there was a burst of crying from the next door, but it stopped soon, followed by a whining sound.Shu Ning and the others were not far from the side, and they all raised their heads to see what was going on.I saw a beautiful girl being dragged out of the body examination room with her mouth covered, and then dragged out of the hall.The two nuns followed out very seriously, and one of them said to Mr. Tang, "This beautiful girl is unclean and has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. Mr. Tang, what do you think should be done?"

Director Tang still smiled like a Maitreya Buddha: "Then you should die, let's die with a stick."

So under the horrified eyes of more than 80 beautiful women including Shu Ning, the beautiful woman was dragged to the open space in front of the hall on the spot, four court ladies desperately held down her hands and feet, and two young eunuchs picked up boards and threw them on her. beat.At first she was still whining, but after a while, the sound became quieter, and then it became smaller and smaller...

Shu Ning suddenly felt chills all over her body.Although it was nearly June, the hall was like an ice cave.

Yuanning murmured beside him: "This is the imperial palace..."

(It's strange, I can't access the Internet suddenly, and I can't open any web pages, try again...)
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