Ordinary clear day

Chapter 193 Checking
Shu Ning suddenly woke up from the piano music, raised her eyes and saw that Yi Fei above didn't seem to want her to stop, so her hands continued to play.Thanks to Nanny Cui's devil training, she wasn't affected too much, but suddenly, she had an idea that she had performed outstandingly in the morning, and now...

As soon as this thought flashed in her mind, she pointed down two beats later, but soon returned to normal.After all, I still hope to be selected, and I can't do too much.But recalling the scene just now, it seems that there was something in the ear of Concubine Yi, which made her lose her composure.

Maybe it was because my mind was a little confused, the remaining half of the song was not as good as the first one, but I just played it according to the usual practice, and I can only say that it was not bad.After the piano was played, she stood up and bowed in a dignified way, then waited for the decisions of the harem girls.

At this time, Concubine Yi had calmed down, but she was still in a bad mood, and said with a straight face: "What is this playing? What a mess?!"

All the concubines knew what was going on, those who covered their fans covered their fans, those who drank tea drank tea, those who wiped their sweat wiped their sweat, but no one agreed with Concubine Yi.Concubine Tong smiled and asked, "Sister Yi, what's wrong? So angry? Don't scare these children." Concubine Yi was a little annoyed, but she couldn't refute it, so she had to keep her mouth shut.

Concubine Tong turned her head to ask Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong: "What do you two sisters think?" Concubine Rong said with a smile: "This girl is very good at sewing, and she is also good at playing the piano. She is already outstanding." Then Concubine Tong smiled and said : "Since Sister Rong said so, let's stay." Then he called the eunuch Liu Shuning's sign.

Shuning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was successful.She was delighted in her heart, but when she was saluting, she found that her feet hurt again, she gritted her teeth, and quickly retreated to the side, with cold sweat faintly breaking out on her forehead.Too bad this is just the beginning.She could only try her best to focus on other show girls and divert her attention.

The next Yuanning also played the piano, but she picked a very difficult piece, and her skills were almost perfect, which won the praise of the concubines.There is no fault in her dress etiquette, and her father is in charge of the things that are closely related to the daily use of the concubines in the House of Internal Affairs, and the crown prince has already greeted her, so she passed the customs smoothly.

Yuanning stood beside Shuning, and found that her face was a little pale, so she took a few more glances, expressing doubts with her eyes.Shu Ning forced a smile and shook her head, expressing that she was fine.Yuan Ning didn't believe it at first, but because the concubine above had already glanced at her, the two immediately stood up and didn't dare to do anything else.

Afterwards, most of the show girls' performances were mediocre, and some of them made jokes.Some made more than a dozen mistakes when playing the piano because they were too nervous; some sang "hometown ditties" but broke their notes; some lost their shoes while dancing;

The concubines above looked very happy. Although most of them would try their best to maintain their dignified image, there were also some who directly laughed out loud.Concubine Yi still put on a bad face, and almost every show girl would be questioned by her, Concubine Tong smoothed things over every time, Concubine Rong also said a few nice words for the show girls from time to time, and there were a few concubines and nobles on the sidelines. and with.

Gradually, there were four or five people lined up at Shuning's side, and it was Chang Lu's turn next.At this time, the eunuch's voice came from the door: "The Empress Dowager is here!" Everyone in Xuanzhong was surprised.

The Empress Dowager has grown old in recent years, and she only likes to stay in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, eat fast and worship Buddha, and seldom cares about the draft.Even when two grandnieces from her natal family applied for the election, she only asked about the family background and character of the object of marriage, and did not make any demands.Unexpectedly, she would come to the drafting site suddenly, and the concubines were surprised, and hurriedly led all the beautiful girls to the outside of the hall to greet her.

The Empress Dowager was a round, fat old woman with a kind face and kind eyes, and she was very kind.After she sat down in the front seat, she said with a smile: "Don't be nervous. I just woke up from a nap and I'm bored all day long. I heard that your place is interesting, so I just came here to join in the fun. You can do whatever you want."

Having said that, how dare the concubines be negligent?I still accompanied and showed hospitality for a while before continuing with the re-election.

Chang Lu recomposed a poem written by a certain Hanlin years ago to praise the emperor, and performed it with playing and singing.Although the singing voice is immature, it is clear and crisp, but it has a special flavor.In addition, she has a pleasant appearance, which has won the favor of some concubines.A concubine also laughed and said: "This child looks pitiful, but it makes people feel happy when they look at it."

Concubine Tong glanced at the Empress Dowager and saw that she also showed appreciation, so she said to the concubine, "Does Concubine Cheng like it? Then stay." Concubine Cheng thanked her quickly.Chang Lu heard it from below, but she just smiled shyly and then backed away.

Her clan sister, named Qiwei, has a different temperament.He is cheerful and loves to laugh, and because he is the youngest, he is a bit childish.She sang a long Mongolian tune, which she said she had learned with her father when she was in office in the Northwest, and the Queen Mother liked it very much.Concubine Tong asked about her family background, and learned that her father had made great contributions to quelling the chaos of Wang Fuchen, so she left her a sign.

Gradually, the selection of the show girls inlaid with red flags was almost finished. At this moment, someone outside the door reported that Wanning had come and asked to participate in the election, and then her beautiful figure appeared at the door.

There was a commotion among all the beautiful girls, and there was a lot of discussion.Shu Ning was also a little surprised, thinking she was so hurt, how could she still come here?
It turned out that after Wanning was injured, her foot hurt badly, so she planned to run for a by-election in the future.Later, when Madam Hu came, she vaguely revealed in her conversation that if she missed this time, she might not have another chance, because she was not the only one who coveted the position of Wufu Jin.She originally thought that the timing of her injury was too coincidental, but now she felt that there was something tricky about it, so she made up her mind to participate.After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor, her injury has healed a lot, and because the fifth elder brother was disturbed, an old imperial doctor who is best at iron injuries in the imperial hospital was invited to give her an injection. She felt that she could walk and jump, so she persisted Come here.

She told the empress dowager and all the concubines that she came here just now because her foot injury was getting better and she didn't want to disappoint the expectations of the ladies. She hoped that the ladies would give her a chance.Before the concubines said anything, the Empress Dowager spoke first, smiling and asking Wanning to perform well.

Concubine Yi was a little angry when she saw Wanning, and she even suspected that the queen mother was specially invited by her son to help Wanning, so she was still very angry, but because the queen mother agreed first, it was difficult to stop her, so she didn't come out. Voice.Concubine Tong smiled, and asked Wanning to wait until all the show girls with red flags had been selected before performing.

However, Wanning's appearance undoubtedly stimulated the remaining two show girls, causing their performances to fall far short of standards, and both of them lost the selection.Concubine Yi put on a straight face and told Wanning to start.But Concubine Rong smiled kindly and asked her what she was going to perform.

As a result, Wanning clapped her hands, and the two young eunuchs moved in four simple wooden screens, all covered with white gauze, lined up, and then another court lady brought a small case with pens, inks and paints to the side superior.Everyone was talking about it, not knowing what Wanning was going to do.

I saw her salute with blessings, her waist swayed, and she actually started to dance, but she sang "Water Tune Geto • When Will the Bright Moon Come?".Shu Ning felt a little dazed when she heard the unfamiliar yet familiar tune, and when she woke up, she found that Wan Ning had already dipped her pen in paint and started to draw a picture on the screen.She was in a trance again, thinking that this situation seemed familiar?

Wanning was already dressed up like a fairy concubine, and she had a bell hanging on her body somewhere. Following her movements, the pleasant bells rang out, which became the accompaniment music.As the sleeves of the butterfly fluttered, images of plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo appeared on the four pieces of white gauze. In addition, her graceful movements and melodious singing voice made everyone in Xuanzhong stunned.When Wanning repeated the song three or four times, finished drawing four pictures, put down the pen and bowed down, there was no sound around her.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Wanning's eyes flashed a smug smile, and a flower-like smile bloomed on her face, instantly overwhelming the audience.

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When everyone returned to their residence, there was already an imperial physician waiting to treat Wanning.After he bandaged her injured foot again and asked her to move less, he was invited by the maid to treat Shuning.

Shu Ning was not seriously injured at first, but she could barely walk without treatment, and even supported for a long time, her injury worsened, and it was more serious than Wan Ning's injury, but luckily she didn't hurt any muscles or bones.The imperial doctor told her to rest and try not to get out of bed in the past few days.Shuning begged for a pair of crutches for use when needed.

There are about a dozen more show girls who are leaving, including Da Niu.Yuanning went to see her off, came back and sighed: "Sister Da Niu is so pitiful, she cried so sadly. Second sister's room was full of people, but they only cared about flattering second sister. No one comforted her. Even the second sister Elder sister also only cared about asking her how she got her clothes dirty. Fortunately, another beautiful girl diverted the conversation, so sister Da Niu took the opportunity to leave."

Shuning also felt very strange about this matter, so she asked Yuanning what was going on.Yuan Ning said: "I was talking to others at the time, but I didn't see it clearly. It seems that the elder sister of the big girl was watching the scenery by the window. A court lady passed by delivering tea, and when the other beautiful girls turned around, they knocked over the teapot, and that's how the big girl got infected. My sister's clothes. It was late at that time, and it was too late to go back and change clothes, so she had to keep wearing them."

She paused, and then said: "Sister Da Niu cried and told me just now that she was only blamed for being confused for a while, coveting other people's costumes and jewelry, but ruining her own future. Actually... I was also a little puzzled. At that time, Big Niu Sister I and I were the first to arrive, she was wearing that dress, had the same hair as everyone else, and her back was facing everyone, if I didn't know in advance, I might have recognized her as the second sister..." She He raised his eyes to look at Shuning, but didn't say any more.

However, Shu Ning already understood what she meant, so she couldn't help but sighed.It seems that the big girl suffered from the disaster of the fish in the pond, but when I think of myself, I don't know if I can be regarded as one of the fish in the pond?The stick in front of the palace threshold is so strange no matter how you think about it.But for me who wants to stay in the house to recuperate, it is useless to think about these things, so I can only be more careful in the future.Anyway, I have been successfully selected, just wait for Tong Ying to ask for his will.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but start to pay attention to Ruifu's actions, wondering if Ruifu would disclose this news to Tong Ying?
The show girls of the two blue flags were already ready, but who would have thought that the last re-election was suddenly suspended.The queen mother was happy to come to play for a while, but she was tired. On the way back, she was caught by the wind and had a headache.The Imperial Physician was stationed in the Palace of Compassion and Ning all day long, and several concubines took turns to serve them, and even alarmed the emperor to feed the medicine himself. For a while, no one cared about the dozen or so beautiful women in Zhongcui Palace who hadn't seen them, and they were all a little panicked However, I had to take the opportunity to practice a few more times.

During this period of time, apart from repeatedly reading the two books she brought from home every day, Shu Ning did some needlework to relieve her boredom.She specially asked Ruifu Ruixin to help her obtain materials, and made a pair of flat shoes with thicker and softer soles than usual, so that she could wear them after getting out of bed.Yuanning occasionally chats with her, but most of the time, she goes out.She thought Yuanning was looking for Jinxu, but later found out that it was not, and she was a little suspicious, but seeing that Yuanning refused to reveal, she couldn't ask further.

There are not many beautiful women who came to visit Shuning, except Chang Lu and Qiwei who came twice, the beautiful woman named Xiaoxue who met in the sun that day, and her friend - a Guo Jia family named Zhaoyao — came once.

Although Wanning is recovering from her injuries, her life is very lively, with people coming to visit her every day.Many beautiful women who were not very polite to her at first heard some rumors from Concubine Rong's words, and learned that Wanning would not become a member of the harem concubine, but the future Wufu Jin, and they no longer hostile to her. He was very respectful to her, and people often sent expensive medicinal materials, so they regarded her as a person with good hands and eyes, and came to curry favor with her one after another.It's just that Yueying still didn't give her any good looks, but just immersed herself in the practice in the room, preparing for the re-election.

After two days like this, the Queen Mother recovered, and the re-election was finally able to continue.After some competition, the show girls of the two blue flags were eliminated by more than half.

Now, there were only 41 of the original 13 show girls.Among them was Qiwei, who was still young, and the harem issued a decree to let the three beautiful girls who had just turned [-] go home first, and then enter the palace to have a look at it later.

It would be too wasteful for the remaining 38 show girls to occupy two palace courtyards. Therefore, the show girls living in Zhongcui Palace had to move to Chuxiu Palace, and they were randomly assigned to rooms with vacant beds. Beautiful women with two yellow flags and two white flags live together.

At this time, Shu Ning's foot injury has healed a lot, and she can barely walk normally.When I moved to the new residence with everyone, I saw Wanning again who hadn't seen her for many days. Seeing her rosy complexion, able to walk and run, I couldn't help feeling a little envious. I'm afraid it will take a few more days for her to recover to this level. .

Wanning has made many new friends at this time, and she is even better with Chang Lu, but she is not as clingy to Shuning as before.Seeing this, Shu Ning only sighed slightly, then turned around to chat with cousin Xu Xu and Bao Yao who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

She also made a new friend here.The Xiu girl who moved here was placed in a room where only one person lived.In the room she went to, there lived a beautiful girl from the Han army with a yellow flag. She was only 14 years old, but she behaved steadily, sternly, with a touch of coldness.She has a beautiful appearance, a pair of black eyes, against the snow-white skin, reminds Shu Ning of a sentence: "Alpine crystal snow".

When the two met for the first time, this beautiful girl was wearing a light yellow cheongsam, holding a book in her hand, she nodded slightly reservedly, and said softly, "It's a pleasure to meet you. My surname is Wei, and my name is Guan."

Shu Ning was stunned, and smiled: "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Shu Ning from Tatala's family. May I ask if Ling Tang's maiden's family name is Tong?"

(I'm a little sleepy... everyone, I have more than 400 essences this week...)
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