Chapter 51 Private Transfer
The audition lasted several days.
Pu Qiongzhi received news from Xi Xiaoneijian and Du Ke every day.
These are not secrets, everyone in the palace knows something about them.
However, to organize them together and pass them on like this, it would have taken the two of them the effort to do so.
Pu Qiongzhi had no way to repay him, so she could only give him some vulgar things like silver and money.
Several women who became famous at poetry meetings were all selected.
They were all ladies from scholarly families, so it was not difficult for them to make a name for themselves.
Compared to being an illiterate decoration, a woman with talent is an advantage.
However, apart from these reasons of marriage and family background, even when the royal family is marrying a wife, they cannot avoid the ability to manage the household.
Pu Qiongzhi flipped through the booklet and discovered that Du Ke was a talented person.
"The daughter of the Luo family had a verbal dispute with her younger sister over a place to live. She was considered petty and her name was immediately crossed out."
"This is taking advantage of a small opportunity and suffering a great loss. You can all go home tomorrow and there's no need to argue!"
"The daughter of the Meng family lied to Lady Jiaoyang, saying the Ninth Prince liked the color green. She was so clever and complacent, the Lady immediately reported her to the nanny for falsifying her age and had her expelled from the palace. No daughter of the Meng family is ever allowed to participate in the imperial examinations again."
"You don't even consider your own worth, yet you're trying to frame others. You'll be wiped out in the blink of an eye."
"In order to avoid being selected, Princess Roujia deliberately made trouble and bullied the daughters of the Zhang and Qi families. However, both Zhang and Qi were soft-hearted, so Princess Roujia gave in and had to compromise..."
"I don't know what the two daughters of Zhang Qi did wrong, but they happened to run into Princess Roujia. They must be easy to bully!"
"Madam, how come he makes something like the beauty pageant so vivid and interesting when he writes about it?" Yan'er couldn't help laughing as he read on.
Pu Qiongzhi flipped through the notebook written by Fang Miaozhu at a glance. A high mountain of books had already piled up next to her.
She has been reading various stories written by this girl these days.
In fact, she has always been curious about why this girl could write the same poems as Pei Wanqing.
Pei Wanqing and Fang Miaozhu seemed to be able to predict the future, circling around her...plotting something.
But her stories were so fantastical that Pu Qiongzhi flipped through them and felt they were nothing but fantasy and idle talk. While they were somewhat amusing, they were ultimately meaningless.
"Do you think Miss Pei will become the Ninth Prince's consort?" Yan'er asked.
Pu Qiongzhi didn't even look up and turned another page of the storybook, "No."
"Then Miss Pei's trip was in vain, didn't it?" Yan'er clicked his tongue.
Pu Qiongzhi's hands did not slow down, "I won't do that either."
"Have you forgotten? She is the girl of destiny." Chun Jing reminded.
This is the news they released.
Since she is the girl of destiny, how could she be eliminated?
Yan'er smiled and said, "I understand. Good things should be kept within the family."
"Wow. You sound really rude."
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"Madam, there's a message outside saying the Ninth Prince wants to see you."
Chunjing came back from outside with the message intercepted by Xinlong in his hand.
Pu Qiongzhi took the note and looked at it. "Shouldn't the Ninth Prince be in the palace during the selection?"
"Where did this news come from?" she asked.
Chun Jing said, "Someone shot an arrow into the Bo Mansion, and Xin Long intercepted it."
"Madam, what if someone is framing us..." Yan'er was a little worried and felt that the news was not credible.
Pu Qiongzhi looked at the words above again and said, "It wouldn't hurt to go and take a look."
…
Pu Qiongzhi hurried out, but she didn't expect that it was really Gongsun Huaili.
At the other party's signal, she dismissed the people around her.
Gongsun Huaili stared at her, and the moonlight made her skin look white and flawless.
After not seeing each other for a few days, she had lost so much weight.
"I greet Your Highness." She bowed slightly.
"Are you feeling okay?" Gongsun Huaili's brows were filled with concern, and his voice was gentle.
Pu Qiongzhi looked up at him, then lowered her eyebrows, "Your Highness should be selected in the palace."
After these words were spoken, the two fell into a long silence.
"Qiongzhi, why don't you look me in the eye?" After a long time, Gongsun Huaili spoke.
Pu Qiongzhi was a little surprised and didn't know what he was talking about.
"Can't you see my heart?" He seemed to endure for a long time before asking.
Pu Qiongzhi took a half step back and looked at him in surprise, "Your Highness..."
"I don't have anyone I want to marry except you!"
"I know. I should have chosen one of those men to marry in the palace."
"But I want to spend my life together, I want to have a long family, and the person I want to be with under the moonlight is you."
The seriousness in his eyes shocked Pu Qiongzhi.
She had no idea why this feeling came so suddenly and passionately.
The most important thing is that she is a married woman, and he is a prince who is undergoing a selection and marriage negotiation.
Even if the two of them were meeting in private here, it would already be extremely inappropriate, but he said such words regardless.
"Your Highness, even if I saw it, what could I do?"
"Qiongzhi, I don't want to care about that. I just want to ask you one thing: are you willing to be mine?"
"If you nod, I'll take care of the rest."
He sat there today and met more than one beautiful girl.
But when he heard those people talking about how he wanted to choose a clan woman to live with him, all he could think of was her.
Those women were attracted by his status and royal bloodline. Such a group of vulgar and superficial women were not worthy of being his wives.
And in those difficult years, the only one who insisted on letting him get through it was her.
Now, he has waited until this time, but she has married someone else...
But there is no other woman who can be better than her.
After returning from Lin'an, the draft was put on the agenda.
He had been resisting seeing her for a while, and there was no way he could explain the audition to her.
He originally thought that he would wait until he was able to snatch her away from Gong Ningbo before telling her all his feelings.
But after each of the beauties was selected, the numbness and emotions in his heart seemed to be unable to be suppressed.
Therefore, he couldn't help but want to come to her regardless of the consequences.
Pu Qiongzhi no longer wanted to pretend.
She didn't know what was wrong with him.
She originally thought that he was just lustful and had a crush on her.
But now I feel that this person is simply unreasonable! How can he be so absurd?
But Gongsun Huaili seemed to be obsessed with one answer.
"Your Highness's love is too great for me to bear."
Gongsun Huaili had not expected her answer.
"Why? Because of Lord Gong Ning? He can't give you anything! Or do you just not believe me?"
Gongsun Huaili felt a little embarrassed at the moment, "I was too anxious."
"Take your time to think about it. You don't have to rush to answer me. I just want to let you know first."
"Your Highness, everything in the world has its own laws."
Pu Qiongzhi wanted to make it clear all at once.
"Qiongzhi is the wife of Earl Gongning, and Your Highness is the prince. There is a huge chasm between us."
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