After Yunrong walked out of the reading area, she seemed to have lost her soul!
Xiuyu seemed to have figured something out: "Sister Yunrong, don't worry! We're still in the palace! It wouldn't be good if someone saw us!"
Yunrong knew Xiuyu's good intentions, and forced a smile, saying, "I appreciate Xiuyu's kindness! I shouldn't have done that! It's a joyous occasion to have my nameplate kept!"
Seeing that Yunrong had come to her senses, Xiuyu said, "It's good that you've come to your senses, sister!"
Emperor Yinzhen was a decisive and efficient emperor. He felt that the selection process was too time-consuming, so he ordered people to speed it up. Yinzhen had already finalized the list of those to be selected, and the selection was completed in half a day!
In the end, a total of twenty women were selected to have their names on the list! Fucha Yunrong, being one of the twenty, didn't feel honored at all!
Yunrong could only console herself, thinking that with her family background, the palace probably wouldn't marry her off to an unattractive man! Her family was powerful, and her future husband's family would also give her some face!
Yunrong had finally managed to comfort herself when a head eunuch came over and read out the names of several young ladies who had been registered for the imperial examinations. She was among them!
Yunrong almost fainted. Being officially registered meant she had become a candidate for imperial concubine, which meant she had one foot in the harem!
Even with her excellent upbringing, Fucha Yunrong felt like swearing. Is God playing a cruel joke on her?
What you don't want is what comes to you!
Yunrong was furious that she had been recorded as a candidate! On the other hand, someone else was even angrier – Guo Luoluo Shi! She was the same Consort Yi from her previous life! She was also a candidate for the imperial concubine selection this year. Although she had been selected, she hadn't been officially registered. Her future fate was to marry into the imperial family!
Her family had everything arranged, just waiting for her to enter the harem, but she wasn't capable enough. Although her family doted on her, she no longer had much value!
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