Kunning Palace.

Today is the debut of the successful contestants.

Among the second round of candidates for entering the palace, only three beauties stood out, which was the smallest number of candidates the emperor had selected in recent years.

The court officials expressed their dissatisfaction.

After hearing this, the emperor slowly said at the court meeting that he was very satisfied with the three current princes and was not in a hurry to take a concubine.

General Bai's rebellion failed, and the Emperor now has an unprecedented say.

The court officials quickly shifted their focus to the ownership of the crown prince. With the tragic news of Concubine De's death, the court officials knew that they could not push the emperor too hard, and they showed more understanding and tolerance towards him.

Return to Kunning Palace.

According to ancient customs, on the second day after passing the selection ceremony, the selected girls needed to formally go to Kunning Palace to pay their respects to the concubines.

At the foot of the solemn and majestic steps, Concubine Lu, Concubine Yin, and Concubine Wen stood anxiously in front of the gate of Kunning Palace, waiting for the Queen's summons.

Wen Da Ying's palms were slightly damp, with an imperceptible coolness.

She was plain-looking and unsophisticated, so she should not have made it past the primary selection. Her parents did not have high expectations for her, and only told her to behave normally and not bring shame to the family.

What you fear will come true. During the selection ceremony, Wen Da Ying worried too much and unfortunately sprained his ankle.

If the Queen had not mentioned her name herself, Wen Da Ying would have been expelled from the palace in disgrace.

Lu Changzai and Yin Changzai are both princesses of the royal family of a small country. Wen Da Ying cannot communicate with them in the same language, and they did not have much communication when they were in Jingyixuan before.

So when you really count it all, she is the only Chinese national selected this year.

Everything was ready, and Xiao Luzi, who was beside the queen, led the three of them in.

The decoration in Kunning Palace was almost the same as what Wen Ying had imagined. It was extremely luxurious, yet still retained the solemnity and dignity unique to the royal family.

The concubines in the hall were all very beautiful, each wearing gorgeous clothes, even more glittering than she had imagined.

With just a glance up, Wen Da Ying saw a lot of good things that were comparable to the family heirlooms.

She couldn't help but sweat on the back of her neck, and she needed to concentrate 100% to walk normally using her heels.

Hiding behind Concubine Lu and Concubine Yin, Wen Da Ying lowered her head, not daring to look directly at the concubines in the palace.

"I pay my respects to the Queen and all the ladies."

After saying this to Lu Changzai and Yin Changzai, Wen Da Ying shut his mouth tightly, practicing the principle of not speaking if possible.

However, Lu Changzai and Yin Changzai were not from the Chen country, and they were still learning Mandarin. When they replied, they stumbled and their meanings were unclear.

The Queen and the Imperial Concubine chatted with them for a few words, but couldn't understand what they were saying, so they had to offer them seats, thus putting an end to this somewhat awkward conversation.

Therefore, the focus of the whole audience fell on Wen Da Ying, the only one among the new concubines who could speak normally.

The queen, who was sitting in the main seat, called Wen Ying forward, looked at her carefully for a few times, and suddenly frowned and said, "Why are you so thin? I remember that you didn't look like this a few days ago."

The most noble woman in the world was actually asking herself the same question.

Thinking of this, Wen Da Ying's heart trembled, and his voice began to shake wildly.

"Reply... Reply to Her Majesty, I have had a poor appetite in recent days and have eaten very little, so I look a little thin. I am sorry to have caused Her Majesty to worry."

As he spoke, Wen Da Ying's eyes unconsciously turned red.

If someone who didn't know the truth saw it, they would think that the queen had said something harsh to her.

Seeing this, the queen stopped talking.

Wen Da Ying's heart rose to her throat. She was so scared that her face turned pale, fearing that her intermittent replies would anger the Queen.

She had this problem since she was a child - whenever she was in the spotlight, her breathing would involuntarily quicken, her mind would go blank, and she would unable to help wanting to cry.

Wen Da Ying looked around nervously and found that several nobles were pointing at her and whispering. Wen Da Ying thought they were laughing at her and wanted to run out of the door.

Little did they know that Concubine Zhang and the others were just worried about her.

"…Ms. Ji is wrong. Isn't Wen Da Ying a little timid? He is very timid."

Concubine Zhang had never expected that there was a concubine in the palace who was even more timid than herself.

"If Wen hadn't been too timid and wanted to hang herself because of losing the election, the Queen wouldn't have asked to keep her."

Concubine Sun echoed, "The Queen had no intention of adding any new people. Concubine Lu and Concubine Yin had to be chosen. She was really an accident."

"Yes, I thought that no new sisters would come in, but I didn't expect three more to come. Didn't Concubine Ji and Imperial Physician Zhu both advise the emperor to exercise restraint? When he said this, the emperor's face turned ugly."

Thinking of this, Concubine Zhang couldn't help but smile.

"You guys are having a great time chatting in the corner, but who's going to save Wen Da Ying? I think if we don't speak up for her, she's going to faint." Yuepin shook her head.

The Kunning Palace was packed, but no one spoke.

The air was so heavy that it was almost hard to breathe. Wen Da Ying's breathing became more and more rapid, and crystal tears accumulated in his eyes.

"Even though he doesn't have much appetite, he's not as thin as a bamboo pole. It's really pitiful."

In the end, it was the lady sitting in the front seat on the left who helped her out.

The lady who looked like a fallen angel continued, "On that day, your cheeks were still quite plump. In my opinion, you must have eaten something unclean, which caused you to become so thin."

Wen Da Ying raised his head blankly, and tears finally flowed down.

Concubine Lin asked Zijuan to go to Lady Wen's residence.

After a while, Zijuan brought Wen's personal maid back to report.

Zijuan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Wen Da Ying lost weight because her daily diet was mixed with 'multi-seed powder'. After investigation, I found that it was all caused by this palace maid."

The concubines understood immediately.

The powder is a common folk medicine, which is said to help women get pregnant quickly, but the side effect is that it can cause the user to lose appetite. If the dosage is not controlled properly, it can even cause the user to suffer from anorexia. I guess that's why Wen Da Ying became increasingly thin.

"My lady! My lady, I am also thinking about you!"

Wen's personal maid, with tears in her eyes, argued hastily: "I just hope that the young lady can receive the grace and give birth to a prince as soon as possible."

Wen Da Ying was shaky, afraid that the Queen would think that this was all her idea, so she scared herself and finally fainted.

The queen was helpless. According to palace rules, she should send Wen's personal maid to the Ministry of Punishment and torture her severely.

But upon careful consideration, this palace maid was merely loyal and had no intention of harming her master.

The queen's gaze passed through the crowd and fell on Wu Qing.

"In that case...send her to Nanshan Garden." The queen thought for a moment and made the final decision.

Wu Qing, who was drowsy in the corner, opened his eyes instantly.

She had been out of the vegetative state for a long time, but still hadn't received any response from the system or the female ghost.

Now, with the Queen's gentle words, Wu Qing heard their voices again.