These fifty girls have to go through three rounds of selection before they can be chosen as the Crown Princess and concubines.
Nangong Xian may not be selected, but she must make full preparations for the audition. In order to help Nangong Xian advance, Nangong Jue specially found a group of excellent teachers for her to cultivate her talents.
After learning music, chess, calligraphy and painting at home for a month, Nangong Xian went to participate in the talent show.
Being locked up in the palace every day, watching a group of women frame each other for their future and engage in secret intrigues, Nangong Xian became more and more disgusted with this kind of life.
She hoped to be eliminated quickly.
After all, she was the daughter of a great general. Even if she was eliminated, she would not need to be a maid in the palace. She could go back and join the army with her father to fight.
But Nangong Xian underestimated herself. She was not proficient in any of the arts, but she still managed to advance to the top 50.
Nangong Xian thought that this must be because she was the general's daughter. To save the general's face, the queen and the queen mother gave her enough face and allowed her to advance all the way.
This selection is mainly to select a princess for the crown prince, so these fifty lucky candidates must get the approval of the crown prince after getting the approval of the queen and the emperor.
Nangong Xian hoped that the prince would look down on her.
Before she knew it, she had been in the palace for over three months. That night, after attending the peony banquet hosted by the Queen, Nangong Xian returned to the courtyard and heard that someone had fallen into the water and died.
The one who died was a little maid in Nangong Xian's courtyard. The maid was originally a personal maid under the name of Concubine Shu in the palace. Because she did something wrong, she was demoted to the laundry department to do hard work.
This time the maid was killed because she was implicated by someone else.
Because of this incident, Nangong Xian was summoned by the Queen for questioning. Knowing that Nangong Xian was innocent, the Queen did not embarrass her, but only told her to be more careful and not to confide in those around her.
When Nangong Xian returned to the courtyard, she saw a eunuch leading a palace maid in. The maid was very tall and slender, with a scar on her face from a burn.
In order to avoid scaring people, the palace maid wore a veil on her face.
Nangong Xian looked at the palace maid thoughtfully. After the eunuch left, she tapped her fingers on the table and said to the palace maid, "Once you enter my courtyard, you are mine. From now on, you will be called Zhan'er."
The palace maid nodded and hummed softly.
Nangong Xian said, "Your voice is a little hoarse, is it natural?"
Zhan Er said, "My dear lady, I accidentally burned my throat and my vocal cords are damaged."
Nangong Xian looked at her deeply, and once again lamented how difficult life was in the palace, where even a little maid was bullied. She wouldn't believe that the maid had been burned by her own carelessness.
"Okay, follow me and be loyal to me. If anyone dares to get burned by you, I will make her lose her head!" Nangong Xian has been in the army for a long time, and his voice has a bandit-like tone, which he can't change in a short time.
A hint of laughter flashed in the maid's eyes, but she suppressed it. "Yes, Miss."
"It's so hot!" Nangong Xian said to another palace maid, "Ying'er, go guard the courtyard gate for me. I'm hot."
"Yes, miss."
Zhan'er didn't understand what the heat had to do with guarding the courtyard gate, so he saw Nangong Xian taking off her long gown and skirt, and walking around the room wearing only a bellyband and a gauze skirt.
Zhan'er was a little shocked and speechless for a moment. He just watched Nangong Xian walking around carelessly.
As she walked, she lifted the hem of her skirt and grumbled, "They say the best tailors in the world are all in the Shangyi Bureau. If they're so talented, why don't they design some cool clothes for women?"
Zhan Er said, "Miss, you are already very cool when you wear this."
"You can't go out and see people dressed like this." Nangong Xian sat down and looked at the tall and strong Zhan'er. She suddenly asked, "What did you eat to grow so tall?"
Zhan Er was choked for a moment before he replied respectfully, "Both my parents were tall."
"oh."
After taking a few more glances at Zhan'er's figure, Nangong Xian muttered, "Her breasts are quite flat."
Zhan'er lowered his head and dared not answer.
Because the Queen wanted to examine the overall qualities of these beauties and was unsure which girl to choose as the Crown Princess, she often invited these concubines to visit her palace.
Every time Nangong Xian attended a party, he could not join in the conversations of these women.
They would talk about music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and would chat about making tea and needlework, but Nangong Xian only knew how to wield a broadsword and bend a bow to shoot eagles. After attending a few gatherings, Nangong Xian returned to the courtyard and was extremely bored.
She called Zhan'er over and deliberately made things difficult for her, saying, "You are an old man in the palace. Can you think of a way to get me a bow?"
Zhan Er was startled and said quickly, "Miss, weapons are prohibited in the palace."
Nangong Xian suddenly leaned close to Zhan'er and whispered in her ear, "Let's practice archery secretly in the yard and not tell anyone."
The air she breathed on Zhan'er's cheek made her body stiffen and her thinking slow. She nodded slowly and said, "I can definitely get you a bow!"
The next day, the powerful Zhan'er really brought a bow to Nangong Xian.
Nangong Xian immediately took off his long-sleeved gown that was in the way, drew his bow, and shot down three or four peaches from the peach tree in the yard.
Ying'er quickly took the basket and went to pick peaches.
There were four peaches, one for each of the three people, and the remaining one was placed on Zhan'er's head by Nangong Xian.
Zhan'er looked funny with a peach on her bun.
Nangong Xian pointed to the distance and said, "Zhan'er, go stand over there."
Zhan Er hesitated for a moment, but still walked over. Standing at the spot Nangong Xian pointed, Zhan Er pleaded with Nangong Xian in a low voice, "Miss, please don't shake your hands, I'm afraid."
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