Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

While the students of the Lin Family Girls' School were enjoying Mr. Li's exquisite music, Baochai had already bid farewell to her mother and elder brother and entered the palace, officially starting her selection process.

As a rule, those who are selected must go to the palace gate for inspection at the beginning of Maochu (five o'clock) and enter the palace. Those who go early may also arrive at the gate of the palace at Yinshi (three o'clock in the morning).

Xue's family didn't want to go too early, but they couldn't make it on time.Therefore, at the second quarter of Cai Chou Zheng (02:30 in the morning), everyone from the master to the slave of Lixiangyuan got up and got busy.

The family ate breakfast in silence, not even Xue Pan, as if the food on the plate had a grudge against him.

After eating, the family of three remained silent.Seeing his mother hugging his younger sister, Xue Pan couldn't help crying, as if something was choking his throat.

Seeing that the time is almost up, Aunt Xue cried: "My good boy, be careful in your words and deeds in the palace. If you are wronged, don't be reluctant to give up money."

Although Baochai has always been dignified and dignified, she is only a 12-year-old girl now.

Thinking of this, the future of going to the palace is uncertain.If he is chosen by luck, he may not be able to be with his mother and brother every day as he is now.

If he loses the election, and his brother doesn't know how to repent, the Xue family will...

Baochai felt sad, but finally held back her tears and comforted her mother.Seeing that the time was about the same, the three of them got up and went outside.Aunt Xue Baochai rode in a chariot, and Xue Pan rode a horse.

Seeing that Baochai's luggage was only a small box, Xue Pan couldn't help asking, "What's enough for this small box? Why doesn't my sister bring more things to write? Our family doesn't lack these."

As soon as Aunt Xue Baochai heard this, she knew that Xue Pan had long forgotten the rules for entering the palace that were handed out when she went to sign up, or she didn't read them carefully at all.

Baochai saw that Aunt Xue's face changed, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "I entered the palace to participate in the election to choose a companion, not to be the master. The palace stipulates that beautiful women are only allowed to bring a two-foot-square bag when entering the palace. Box, put some clothes and jewelry you wear every day, not even books."

"Even if you bring more, the nuns in the palace are not allowed to bring them in. So this box is enough. Once you enter the palace, the palace will distribute utensils and supplies."

Seeing his sister's smiling face, Xue Pan felt the thorn in his throat go deeper, making him unable to say another word.

Seeing that Baochai had finished speaking, Aunt Xue thought that Xue Pan would be sent to Sichuan in a month or two, so she said nothing, took Baochai into the car, and went to the palace gate.

Yinzheng arrived at the gate of the palace in a moment, and saw dozens of carriages lined up on the long street outside the palace gate.The eunuch came and ordered not to ride on the horse, but to get off.

Xue Pan knew that he was a member of the palace, and that his younger sister would be taken care of by them in the future, so he got off the horse obediently and accompanied his mother and younger sister beside the carriage.

But after waiting for two or three quarters of an hour, it passed in the blink of an eye.Aunt Xue felt that she hadn't finished her exhortations, so the nuns and eunuchs asked Xiunu to get off the bus and line up, one by one corresponding to the family names on the booklet, and distributed number plates.

The salute boxes carried by the show girls were also pasted with numbers to avoid confusion, and the eunuchs were asked to carry them one by one to the rooms assigned to the show girls.

Baochai was assigned No. 52, which is neither good nor bad.She put the number plate on her wrist properly, held the number in her hand, looked back at her mother and brother, then lowered her head and followed the mother into the palace.

Xue Pan watched his younger sister disappear into the early morning mist, and it took him half a day to find his tongue, pulling Aunt Xue who was already in tears, and said, "Mom, go home."

After saying this, Xue Pan wiped his face, only to find that his own face was also wet.

Aunt Xue was relieved by Xue Pan's pull, and Xue Pan helped her into the car.

When I went out early in the morning, the road was still silent.Aunt Xue cried for a while, only to hear that the car outside the car was already very lively on the way home, and the voices of stalls going to the street were noisy.

When they arrived at Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue became cruel and took Xue Pan back to the room, saying to him: "Your sister has already entered the palace to earn face for our family. You can't be inferior to Bao Bao as an elder brother." Son."

"I have already written to your uncle, asking your uncle to send someone to take you to Sichuan to be educated for two years."

"You don't have to go to school these days, and you don't need to tidy up the house at home. Together with me, put the family's business books back together, and wait to go to Sichuan."

When Aunt Xue told Xue Pan about this, Baochai was lying on a small bed in the darkroom, being examined by the nuns in the palace.

Choosing companions for princesses and princesses is not a general election for choosing concubines for emperors and princes, and the requirements for girls' appearance are not so strict.

For example, when choosing a concubine, girls are required to have no scars larger than rice grains, no moles, no body odor, beriberi, etc.The skin should be white, the hair should be good, the facial features should be dignified and beautiful, and the body should be slender and well-fitting.

The appearance requirements for companion reading should be more relaxed.You can have scars no larger than the size of a red bean on your body, and it doesn't matter if you can have two moles.

Because all the girls are selected from six to 12 years old, they only need to be fair and pleasant, and there is no requirement for body shape, just don't be too fat or thin to affect the appearance.

But these requirements are not changeable.Otherwise, the princess reads and practice calligraphy with you every day, and you fainted the princess with one mouthful, isn't this a joke?

Because Baochai was already 12 years old, in addition to examining her appearance and body, and carefully smelling her body odor, Mammy also made a special examination to see if she was a virgin.

The princesses and princesses are still young.If you put your mind in a wrong way and put those who are not virgins next to the princesses and princesses, if you lead the princesses and princesses to ruin and do things that damage the face of the Tian family, who can take this responsibility!

This time was the first round of primary election, and Baochai passed it smoothly.

After the inspection was over, a court lady took her to the assigned room.

Baochai didn't raise her head all the way, and followed the maid obediently.

The maid who led her was a little surprised: most of the girls who participated in the selection said they were not very old, and even though they were well-bred at home, they couldn't help but be curious when they came to the palace.

She led three girls in front, and the oldest one was about the same age as the girl behind her, and she was dressed more colorfully, so she couldn't help but peek around.

When the girl was sent to the house, the maid saw that although the color of her clothes was light, the upper body of the autumn-colored jacket was made of brocade, and the lower part of the tender ginger skirt was made of brocade.The pearls on the bead flower on the head are also of uniform size.

Although Baochai intends to dress in a low-key manner, the maids can still tell Baochai's family background at a glance.He secretly thought in his heart that it was no wonder that the girl was so dignified, she must be from a wealthy family, and she had invited nuns to teach her carefully.

Since you have to verify your identity when entering the palace, it is not easy to bring any purse with silver, only a few silver tickets sewn in the middle of the clothes.The luggage was carried away by the eunuch again.So Baochai didn't have any reward money on him.

So Baochai could only salute slightly, and said with a smile, "Thank you sister for your hard work in sending me here."

The maid hurriedly avoided Baochai's gift.Seeing that Baochai was sensible and pleasant, she said a few more words, and said with a smile: "Young lady's salutes are all in the room. When the time comes, someone will come to ask young lady to have lunch, young lady just wait for it."

Baochai thanked the lady-in-waiting again, and when she saw the lady-in-waiting left, she chewed and chewed the words of the lady-in-waiting in her heart.

The two beautiful girls share a room.Baochai first looked at her own room, which faced south. When she entered the door, there were two boxes on the ground, one with her number 52 on it, and the other with 120 on it.

She was the only one in the room, and she didn't know who the girl No. 120 in [-] was.Baochai didn't care about these things, she stretched out her hand and moved her suitcase to the side of a bed, opened the suitcase and saw that everything had been turned over once.

This is also as it should be.Entering the palace to be elected, if you hide something that you shouldn't bring, such as arsenic, and something happens, you'll be fine, and how many people will be held accountable later.

After looking through a lot of things, Baochai found a lock from the box.Seeing that there was no hour clock in the house, he took out a pocket watch and saw that it was almost the end of the day (nine o'clock).

She put the pocket watch on, and locked the box and left it there.It has been three or four hours since morning, and Baochai is also very tired.

Seeing tea and snacks on the table in the middle of the room, she took a sip of tea, then sat quietly on the bed and waited.

After waiting for more than half an hour, a court lady brought the girl No. 120. Baochai stood up and saw that it was a girl who seemed to be the same age as her.

This girl had a long face and delicate features. Although she was smiling, Baochai always felt that there was a faint expression between her eyebrows and eyes.The action is dignified and stable, with its own rules.

After the maid left, they exchanged salutes and exchanged names and ages, and Baochai knew that the girl No. 120 was 12 years old and her birthday was in May, four months younger than her.

His father is the magistrate Pan of Yangzhou, and his name is Pan Meiting.

Daiyu finished her martial arts practice in the afternoon—today they saw Mr. Ge playing a big knife, and they also practiced it for a while, but it's right to start.So not as tired as before.

After resting for a while, she came to Wenjiaozheng courtyard to pay her respects.

As soon as Daiyu entered the room, Wen Jiao stuffed a post into her hand and sighed, "Look at it. I didn't even know that Mrs. Li came to Beijing last month to send Mei Ting to the palace to run for election." Yes. Mei Ting entered the palace today, and Mrs. Li said she would come to visit our house."

Daiyu was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly accepted the post and read through it at a glance.

Afterwards, Daiyu couldn't help but get red eyes: "This... If this is really chosen, the prefect Pan is in Yangzhou, and in the next seven or eight years, it may be difficult for Mei Ting to even see her parents and relatives!"

It turned out that the decree of the election in the palace was spread to Yangzhou, and the magistrate Pan heard that it was for the princess and princess to choose a companion to read. Remembering that the youngest girl in the family was just right, he told Mrs. Li that he would send Mei Ting to participate in the election.

Mrs. Li is in her 40s, and she has only three biological children.The eldest girl, Pan Meiyan, is married and has a son. Her son, Pan Meizhen, is 15 years old this year. He was elected in the Spring Festival last year. He is already engaged to Zhang Tongzhi's eldest daughter, Wanyan.

Then there is the little girl Pan Meiting.Although Mrs. Li has always been strict in her children's education, it is all for the children to grow up and have a good future, and she does not intentionally be harsh.

Prefect Pan suddenly wanted to send Mei Ting to run for election, but Mrs. Li was very reluctant because of her loving mother.

The companion of the princess princess sounds nice, but in fact her status is half master and half slave.What kind of grievances have been suffered by the master, can you still quarrel with the little sisters in the boudoir, can't you quarrel with the princess?

Besides, once selected, the mother and daughter will not see each other for many years.Mrs. Li has already started to find a good marriage for Mei Ting, and she absolutely doesn't want Mei Ting to go to the palace again and suffer that grievance.

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感谢在2020-05-2402:38:22~2020-05-2503:03:27期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: sakura 1;

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