The first day of the sixth month of the first year of the auspicious calendar of the Great Qian Dynasty
This year was the first year of the new emperor's ascension to the throne. All the ladies of officials above the sixth rank from all over the world gathered in the capital. The Liu residence was in the capital, so they did not have to leave home early like the ladies of other foreign officials and arrive in the capital the day before the selection.
It was not yet dawn, but the Liu residence was brightly lit.
Liu Weirong woke up early. The maid Bai Lian quickly combed her hair and changed her clothes. She was waiting for Liu Xiangya in the room.
White Lotus was a servant girl that Old Master Liu had specially given her, not a member of Madam Zhang. When Old Master Liu had given her this servant girl, Madam Zhang's expression could be described as brilliant, stunned, and incredulous.
Although she didn't know what was so special about this White Lotus, she knew that this servant girl wasn't simple.
It was probably because she and Liu Xiangya's Bi Shui had been carefully nurtured.
It seemed that Old Master Liu had already confirmed the truth of her words in these ten days. Even without Granny Qian as a witness, don't forget that there was still a concubine's Fourth Miss in the residence. She was only eight years old this year, but the cold poison had already begun to slowly accumulate in her body.
The only regret was that the status of the Zhang family was still stable. It was also true that the three children of the Zhang family were very outstanding. No matter how ruthless the Zhang family was, Old Master Liu would not let her down.
"Third Sister, let's go!" Liu Xiangya walked out gracefully. She applied a thin layer of powder and drew her eyebrows lightly, making her originally outstanding face even more outstanding.
"Sister is so beautiful!" Liu Weirong stood up, her eyes flashing with amazement as she sincerely praised.
However, he was a little confused. It was only the first day of the inspection. The inspection was only to check the age, physical condition, whether the facial features were neat, whether the body was clean, whether there was any smell, disease, and so on. Why was Liu Xiangya dressed so beautifully?
Didn't the novel say that she was very low-key during the talent show?
"Nonsense, it's getting late. Let's go out quickly!”Liu Xiangya pursed her lips and smiled. She was as beautiful as a blooming flower. Seeing that Liu Weirong was only wearing a simple gauze dress with a simple hairpin and no makeup, her eyes flashed.
"Yes!" Liu Weirong nodded and followed Liu Xiangya out of the room with White Lotus.
Outside, Zhang shi, Old Master Liu and the other concubines in the residence were already waiting there. At the same time, her two eldest brothers and her eight-year-old fourth sister were also there.
Seeing the two of them leave the room, especially when they saw Liu Xiangya, their eyes flashed with surprise. They all came up with a smile. Zhang Shi was even more satisfied to see her outstanding daughter fiercely suppressing that slut's daughter.
Old Master Liu was the first to speak up and encourage them, while Zhang Shi kept reminding Liu Xiangya. Liu Weirong politely nodded at her two brothers and then stood there like a wooden statue.
Soon, the carriage sent by the Internal Affairs Bureau arrived. Liu Xiangya and Liu Weirong each got into a carriage and left the Liu residence.
About an hour later, the carriage began to enter the palace. Liu Weirong was curious and secretly lifted a corner of the curtain of the carriage. What greeted her eyes was the magnificent golden roof.
He got off the carriage in front of the palace gate and sat in a sedan chair. After walking for a while, he finally stopped at the Beautiful Hall.
"Ladies, we have arrived at the Splendid Hall!”
Liu Xiangya got off the palanquin first and rewarded the person. Liu Weirong followed closely behind and signaled White Lotus to reward the eunuch who carried the palanquin. Then, she followed Liu Xiangya into the Brocade Hall.
The Splendid Hall was very large, and it was filled with beautiful women waiting to be selected. They were dressed in gorgeous clothes and had fragrant hair. They were all dressed beautifully.
As soon as Liu Xiangya and Liu Weirong stepped into the hall, they were greeted with all kinds of gazes. Almost everyone's eyes were fixed on Liu Xiangya with all kinds of envy and jealousy. Liu Weirong secretly frowned.
Indeed, although Liu Xiangya was not a peerless beauty, she was not far from it. In addition, she had deliberately dressed up, and her entire body was dazzling. It was almost covered by the beauty of the beautiful women in the hall. It would be strange if she did not attract jealousy.
This was only the preliminary round. Was there a need to do this?
Was she not afraid that she would be eliminated in the second round by those high-ranking concubines?
Or was it because she was the female lead and had a powerful cheat that she would definitely enter the palace?
Liu Weirong was confused. She carefully recalled the contents of her palace novel. In this talent show, Liu Xiangya should have hidden her appearance and entered the palace. How could this be?
She had been guessing for a long time, but she could not figure out why.
She had no idea that because of her accident, Zhang shi and Liu Xiangya had secretly discussed another way to attract the attention of someone in the palace and use him to achieve their goal.
The primary selection was checked by the Chief Eunuch and the Steward Nanny by the Empress Dowager's side. The other concubines could not do anything at all. After the primary selection, they would enter the second round of the talent competition. The Empress and the high-ranking concubines would come forward to choose.
The last round of selection was decided by the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress.
Liu Weirong had long since given up on the idea of entering the palace, but she still planned to put down her card in the third round of the final selection. That way, her chips would be even bigger.
In the ancient times, which was a time of figureheads and strict hierarchy, the superiority of those so-called transmigrated women would only make her die faster. So what if she had a portable space? Could she hide in it for the rest of her life?
Not to mention not getting married. According to Granny Gao, the marriage system of this dynasty was very strict. If a woman did not get married after twenty years, the court would force her to marry.
She remembered that when she learned about this system, she almost cursed the author of this novel to death. What a lousy system.
Therefore, only by following the rules of this dynasty could one live a better life.
She admired Liu Xiangya very much. She dared to stand out during the preliminary selection. Those noble daughters were surrounded by people, chatting and laughing. There was a bit of pride in their expressions. It seemed that they did not need to choose, but they were still worthy of being a beautiful girl.
They were jealous and disdainful of Liu Xiangya, but they didn't dare to do anything. The Empress Dowager's capable nanny and the new Emperor's chief eunuch were watching.
Because Old Master Liu was only a fifth-grade official, the two of them were in the middle.
After all the female cultivators had lined up, a eunuch came out with a name list. Five people in a group entered the side hall to check.
Coincidentally, Liu Xiangya and Liu Weirong were in the same group. The girls in this group all had the same family background, all of them were the daughters of fifth-grade officials.
As the number of beautiful women in front decreased, it was soon their turn.
The group of people followed a young eunuch into the side hall. As soon as they entered, they saw that there were five small rooms separated by screens. They could vaguely see the shadows of five nannies sitting there.
It seemed like it was the nanny in charge of the inspection.
Beside the empress dowager, the managing maidservant and the chief eunuch were sitting in front of five screens, eliminating the possibility of cheating.
Seeing them come in, the chief eunuch took the name list and repeated the names one by one for them to check.
Liu Weirong noticed that when the Chief Eunuch read Liu Xiangya's name, he paused for a moment, then glanced at the elegant and calm Liu Xiangya with a smile. A flash of shock flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared, but Liu Weirong caught it.
He was even more confused.
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