Chapter 583: I don't accept it, she did it on purpose
The ministers were cursing when they suddenly saw a figure coming towards them. She pierced the biting cold wind like a sword shot from a bow, and lifted up her sleeves as she passed in front of them, bringing with her a gust of cold wind that hurt their faces.
"Master Zhang, did you see anything passing by just now?"
"Okay, it looks like a person."
"It's the Queen, it's Her Majesty the Queen!"
Behind Su Ying was a group of young ladies who were so tired that they were almost foaming at the mouth. If they knew that running this lap could cost them half their lives, they would not be willing to run even at the risk of being scolded when they returned.
Su Ying reached the finish line easily.
Zhou Qing had been waiting by the side with a cloak and a heater. As soon as Su Ying slowed down, she quickly stepped forward and put the heater in her hands, "My queen, please warm yourself up. The wind is so cold that my ears are about to fall off."
The wind was indeed quite cold, but for Su Ying, it was nothing.
"After exercising, I feel warmer."
"Your Highness, what are you doing? How can Your Highness choose concubines in the harem like this? This is clearly embarrassing us!"
The minister was so heartbroken to see his daughter swaying in the cold wind. Would the emperor still like her when he saw her little face with frostbite?
Su Ying drank the ginger tea in the cup and then turned to look at the indignant ministers.
"To embarrass others? Why is that to embarrass others?"
"She, they grew up in seclusion since childhood, how can they withstand such waste?" Isn't it just leaving delicate flowers to waste in the cold wind?
Su Ying raised the corners of her lips lightly, "They don't even have the ability to escape. If anything happens, they will only become a burden to the emperor."
These words left all the ministers speechless. After all, Su Ying had just run with these girls.
The Empress is more delicate and can run, so why can't they?
"Zhou Qing, go and count the number of people. The first 49 people can participate in the next round of examinations."
"yes."
Zhou Qing walked to the end with a pen and paper and waited. These girls had numbers on them, and he would be able to tell who was who by just writing down the numbers.
The ministers standing at the finish line all hoped to see their daughters, granddaughters, or even nieces.
But it took them two or three quarters of an hour to get to that station, and they didn't even see the hem of the skirt, which shows how fast the queen ran just now!
Finally, after another quarter of an hour, someone came this way.
Leading the group was General Wu’s daughter.
When General Wu saw his daughter coming, he no longer cared about his face. He clenched his fists and stamped his feet anxiously, saying, "Hurry, hurry up, hold your breath and rush over. You'll reach the finish line soon!"
Miss Wu gritted her teeth and used her last breath to rush to the finish line.
General Wu rushed over and supported his daughter, "Good girl, you really didn't let your father down."
Miss Wu likes to practice martial arts and her physical fitness is not bad, but she was still exhausted after running a lap today.
After catching her breath, Miss Wu grabbed General Wu's hand and asked anxiously, "Dad, have you seen the Queen? Did she reach the finish line ahead of me?"
General Wu didn't want to dampen his daughter's confidence. After all, the Queen was nearly half an hour ahead of her. "Yes, we're here, just a little ahead of you."
Miss Wu raised her chin with some pride when she heard this. "It seems that if I work harder next time, I will be able to catch up with the Queen."
General Wu: "Well, it's not that there is no possibility at all."
In the next half hour, the participating ladies arrived at the finish line one after another, and Zhou Qing also recorded the numbers of the first 49 people.
Many of the ladies running behind gave up early. It was not because they didn't want to run, but because they simply couldn't run.
Many of the young ladies fell so many times that they were covered in snow and looked very miserable.
"Dad...it's obvious that the Queen doesn't want us to enter the palace, so she's deliberately making things difficult for us."
"Dad, my daughter, I fell and it hurts so much, wuwuwu..."
Outside the palace gate, there was a sound of crying of grievance.
Many ministers looked unhappy and came forward to argue with Su Ying.
Su Ying's eyes narrowed, "You gentlemen, do you mean that the result of the previous competition does not count? Do you want me to give them another chance and let them run again?"
The ladies who had just finished running were so frightened when they heard this that their faces changed. It would be better for them to die than to run again!
"Master Ma, this is not too much trouble, right? The Queen is right. As a concubine in the harem, if she can't even run two steps, what else can you expect her to do?"
"That's right. Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. The better the body is, the more children the emperor can bear."
"This is clearly a fallacy. Didn't my wife give birth to so many children even though she couldn't run?"
"Lord Li, are you secretly boasting about your own abilities? Is it not okay to mock the Emperor?"
"Master Liu, please don't slander me. When did I ever say such a thing?"
There was a lot of noise outside the palace gate. Su Ying frowned impatiently, "The names have been recorded. We will notify you again during the next school exam. If the adults are not satisfied, let them run again."
"Yes, madam."
Su Ying waved her sleeves and left gracefully, without any shouting or cursing.
When Xiao Jin received the news, he was reviewing memorials in the imperial study. When he heard Zhang Shuming's vivid description of the situation outside the palace gate, he couldn't suppress a smile on his face.
"Naughty."
Zhang Shuming glanced at the emperor's expression. Oh, he could even smell the sour scent of love!
"Your Majesty, it's really hard to find fault with what you did."
Your Majesty, what's wrong with just wanting to select women with good physical fitness to enter the palace?
The ministers could curse and be angry, but they could not explain why some women were promoted. Who made their daughters unable to run faster than others?
"Madam, what are you going to test those young ladies on next?"
Su Ying closed her eyes and leaned back in the recliner, tapping the table with her fingertips from time to time, "Test your eyesight."
Zhou Qingshen agreed. In this deep palace, one must have some sense to survive. The queen is really smart.
Su Ying did not let the young ladies wait too long. On the third day, she called all the forty-nine people who had advanced into the palace.
Before this, Zhou Qing even received dozens of purses filled with silver from people who wanted to find out the content of her second round of tests.
Su Ying told Zhou Qing to accept everyone who came and split the profits with her 50-50. She also asked her to clearly tell those who came to inquire about the information that she would test their eyesight in the second round.
The content of the eyesight test was quite broad, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find out more detailed information.
All the young ladies were taken to Mingde Palace.
Su Ying was already waiting in Mingde Palace.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
(End of this chapter)
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