kingnovel Chapter 381 Seven Beautiful Ladies
Chapter 381 Seven Beautiful Ladies
Chapter 381 Seven Beautiful Ladies
As a noble concubine, Xie Run is closest to the empress position and is also everyone's biggest competitor.
You can't hide from it.
But she couldn't take the initiative.
The longer Xie Run spent with the emperor, the less he dared to have any thoughts of harming him.
The emperor kept a record in his mind and remembered clearly everything everyone did.
Although everything seems calm on the surface, the emperor can gain or lose favor at the drop of a hat.
Xie Run had worked hard to get to this position, and she didn't want to take any gamble.
After all, as long as she doesn't make any mistakes, the emperor will not punish her even if he neglects her or doesn't favor her.
Now I just hope that this white moonlight will be like in the original script, just thinking about living a peaceful life in the harem, and not having any inappropriate thoughts.
"Noble Consort Zhao, I see you've been staring down there, but are you interested in anything?"
Xie Run paused fanning himself. "...I was dazzled by the beauties below. So many beauties standing together, like flowers blooming in a royal garden on a spring day, so beautiful that I couldn't help but stare at them for a bit longer."
The emperor was choosing a concubine and asked her if she had any favorites.
Look at the way this question is asked, it seems like he is asking her to choose a concubine.
The Queen smiled faintly, "I also find these beauties quite pleasing to the eye. Your Majesty, why don't you pick a few more and bring them back to the harem for your enjoyment?"
As she spoke, the queen looked at the emperor with a smile on her face.
She has been ill for so long and has to take care of so many things, and her weakness is evident on her face.
On such a solemn day as today, she put on thick powder, and for a moment she didn't look bad, but her voice was a little weak.
The emperor smiled, played with the Buddha bone bracelet on his hand, and said nothing.
Rows of beauties stood in front.
Concubine Jing Shu covered her mouth and chuckled softly: "The third concubine on the left has a good complexion. Standing under the scorching sun, she is more eye-catching than the others."
Everyone looked where she said and found that the person she was referring to was Bai Fu.
The emperor looked up and saw the eunuch reading out Bai Fu's name.
The sixth daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness—Bai Fu.
Concubine Ling died early, and the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion had been in decline for a long time, with few people in the family becoming officials.
When they suddenly heard the eunuch's announcement, no one took Bai Fu seriously. Only the emperor frowned, as if wondering why the name sounded familiar.
After announcing the names of the beauties in a row, the emperor pointed and said, "Since you all praise them, you can stay."
When everyone looked, they realized that he was referring to Bai Fu.
There was no jealous person present.
Seeing that the emperor had chosen a beauty, he only thought about the beauty's family background in his mind. Seeing that she posed no threat, he put it aside and did not take it seriously.
Xie Run sat for a while, then left on the pretext of feeling unwell.
As soon as I returned to Showa Palace, I saw a large table of dishes being delivered from the imperial kitchen.
The leading eunuch said respectfully, "Your servant greets Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine Zhao."
"The Emperor was worried that the Empress might not have a good appetite, so he specially gave her a lot of dishes and told her to rest well and not to overwork herself."
Xie Run was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Thank you for the trip, father-in-law."
"It's so hot..." Xie Run paused, "Xiao Shu, why don't you take your father-in-law downstairs to have some tea."
After sending the people away, Xie Run looked at the dishes on the table and felt a bit amused.
Is the emperor really worried about her, or is he afraid that she will be jealous and uncomfortable, so he specially gave her a table of food to appease her?
Xie Run only thought about it for a moment and then gave up.
She has never been one to think too much, let alone one who likes to create trouble for herself.
She would just accept the emperor's reward, since she wouldn't lose out anyway.
When Xie Run woke up from his lunch break, the audition had already ended.
Xie Run asked curiously, "So soon? I remember there were quite a few people, and I thought the selection would continue this afternoon."
"The Emperor doesn't want to choose anymore. He'll just pick a dozen beauties and marry them off to members of the royal family, and then let it end."
"A total of seven beauties have been selected, and the Empress has already placed them in the Chuxiu Palace to learn the rules."
Xie Run raised an eyebrow, "Only seven girls were selected?"
It's a lot less than in the original script.
A light peach meal.
She actually felt that seven was not too many.
The beauty pageant doesn't just happen once. Seven people are selected every year. In ten years, there will be more than seventy new people in the harem. By then, they will all be trying to compete for favor. How disadvantageous will that be to her master?
Xie Run didn't know what the girl was thinking, so he just asked, "Who are they?"
"Among this group, the most outstanding is Princess Ming Zhao, the granddaughter of Grand Princess Changming. She is beautiful and graceful, truly outstanding. The Emperor bestowed upon her the title of Ming and the status of Beauty."
"The second is Kong Wanwan, the daughter of the Jiang'an County Magistrate. She is beautiful and graceful, and the emperor has given her the title of Talented Person."
"There's also Bai Fu, the sixth daughter of the Loyalty Marquis's Mansion, who is beautiful, gentle and elegant; Fang Zijun, the daughter of the Imperial Household Scholar, who is well-versed in poetry and literature, aloof and noble; and Xue Shuang, the daughter of the Left Censor-in-Chief, who is charming, lively, and beautiful."
"However, the emperor only gave these three people the position of Baolin, and did not grant them any titles."
"The other two are not of outstanding family background or appearance. One is the daughter of a successful candidate, surnamed Miao; the other is the granddaughter of the former director of the Imperial Hospital, surnamed An."
"Both of them were given the position of Cai Nu."
Xie Run took a sip of tea and said, "Seven people, one Ming Meiren, one Kong Cairen, three Baolins, and two Cainus."
The emperor was just like in his previous life, reluctant to give him a high position.
The highest she could be was a sixth-rank beauty.
If these people want to climb up, they have to endure slowly and just hope that there will be no one who stirs up trouble.
Xiao Shu came forward with a freshly cut fruit plate and said, "Your Majesty, I have asked the people at Chuxiu Palace to keep an eye on these people. If anyone behaves unruly, they will not be spared."
Xie Run smiled and said, "This is the Emperor's first selection of concubines. I think they will all be good ones."
As for the restless ones... Xie Run couldn't help but sigh.
If she remembered correctly, Ming Meiren, the most dazzling contestant in this talent show, was a typical target.
The original script was that she provoked Fang Yuaner as soon as she entered the palace, and was suppressed to death by Fang Yuaner, which also shocked the six palaces.
Without Fang Yuaner in this life, I wonder if Ming Mei will change her personality?
I don't think so.
Xie Run asked again, "What's Bai Baolin's personality like?"
"Your Majesty, I'm quite good-tempered. I've only just entered the palace, so everyone is still cautious and acts with some trepidation. It won't be clear for a while."
"That's true." Xie Run raised his hand and touched his not-so-obvious belly: "Let's wait until they have served the emperor."
When Xie Run was first diagnosed with pregnancy, the emperor found an opportunity to transfer Xie Jing back to the capital and arranged for him to gain experience in the Ministry of Personnel.
Xie Run vaguely heard some rumors, but never asked the emperor.
In front of the emperor, she did not care about state affairs at all.
But she could vaguely guess that the emperor wanted to hold Xie Jing up.
As long as Xie Jing works hard, he will be promoted in the future and she will have someone to rely on.
The concubines learned etiquette in Chuxiu Palace for a month before being assigned to their own palaces.
When Xie Run received the booklet assigning palaces, he almost laughed out loud.
It is not known whether the emperor still remembered her words or the queen and she were in sync.
Of the seven beauties, four were arranged in Fanghua Palace, and the remaining three, one in Yongning Palace and two in Chonghua Palace.
After Concubine Li died, there has been no master in Chonghua Palace.
The original resident, Ye Cainv, was sent to the cold palace, and Concubine Wu moved to the Fanghua Palace.
The most idle palace in the palace now is Chonghua Palace.
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PS: The introduction has been changed. There is no Wanwan Leiqing. It goes straight to the script of Bai Yueguang’s rebirth, and the protagonist is Bai Fu.
This is the last female lead with a script, and it’s almost finished.