Yunrong entered the palace and waited in the Imperial Garden with a group of girls of similar age. Because Yunrong didn't often go out to socialize, she didn't know anyone! So Yunrong was all alone!
It wasn't that no one noticed Yunrong; everyone had a tag hanging on them, indicating their identity!
Mi Sihan is the Minister of Revenue, a powerful figure, and his own daughter is naturally of high status. It's not that no one wants to curry favor with Yunrong, but Yunrong is exceptionally beautiful—the kind of beauty that's immediately noticeable!
Her features are delicate, not the kind of graceful beauty, but rather a kind of ethereal beauty. When she doesn't speak, she seems unapproachable, but her temperament is very calm and composed!
Yunrong was the most outstanding among the contestants in this year's imperial examination. Even if the others wanted to curry favor with her, they didn't want to be compared to the ugly girls, so naturally they didn't want to get close to Yunrong!
Even after the head maid and the head eunuch came to take attendance, Yunrong's surroundings remained perfectly quiet! Fortunately, Yunrong wasn't really a fifteen-year-old girl, so she didn't care about being unintentionally isolated!
Fucha Yunrong followed the main group to the residence of the imperial concubines!
The Imperial Garden, Tiyuan Hall, Jingyi Pavilion, and other places in the palace were the residences of the newly selected concubines. Yunrong was assigned to the Imperial Garden!
The selected women could not live alone; they had to live with other selected women of the same year. Yunrong lived with a rather unremarkable girl. The reason she was considered unremarkable was because...
His appearance can only be described as decent, and he's average in other aspects, but his family background is not bad!
This girl's name is Lin Jiaxiuyu. She belongs to the Han Army Banner. Her father is a regional governor. Although her father is not as capable as her father, she is doing quite well with him around!
Lin Jiaxiu was of average appearance. She inherited her father's looks; she wasn't ugly, but compared to other girls, she wasn't particularly pretty.
She didn't expect to keep the nameplate; her mother had already chosen a husband's family for her and was just waiting for her to drop the nameplate and go home to meet the prospective husband!
Although Xiuyu wasn't particularly beautiful, she had a good personality. She didn't deliberately distance herself from Yunrong because she was afraid of being overshadowed by her good looks. Xiuyu was willing to get closer to her, and Yunrong wasn't the type to be aloof and ignore people. The two of them gradually became familiar with each other!
Then they both realized that the other seemed to want to quit and go home, which made them even more compatible!
The young ladies initially thought Yunrong was a threat, but little did they know that besides studying etiquette, Yunrong stayed cooped up in her room all day and never came out, nor did she seem to be taking care of anything!
Later, they probably heard some rumors that Yunrong had secretly decided to quit, so everyone stopped thinking about Yunrong!
Logically, there shouldn't have been any word about Yunrong's affair, but it did spread and became a secret known to everyone. Yunrong felt it was too coincidental, because after this happened, she clearly felt that she was receiving far less attention!
It was far too advantageous for her situation. Yunrong sensed something was amiss, but she had no clues.
She figured it was a good thing anyway, so she stopped thinking about it!
During this period, several young ladies-in-waiting were sent home for breaking the rules. These ladies-in-waiting happened to have one thing in common: they were all very beautiful, but their family backgrounds were not very good!
This is not just a power struggle among the young ladies-in-waiting; it must also be the work of the palace mistresses. The emperor is still young, and the palace knows about the two princes. Those who are beautiful and have assets but lack family background will have to work hard to climb the social ladder if they want to be superior to others!
Family background is the threshold for entering the palace, but once inside, looks and talent are the capital for survival! In order to have fewer rivals in the future, the harem members, rarely united, secretly plotted against each other!
They didn't dare to touch those from good families, but those from ordinary families, who were outstanding in appearance and not very honest, were all sent out of the palace!
After sending several young women to the palace, they were probably frightened and became well-behaved. No further trouble was caused until the day of the selection!
Fucha Yunrong was very relaxed and didn't feel nervous at all! She was just going through the motions, and then she could go home!
Fucha Yunrong, unusually, also showed some childlike qualities. Before selecting the books, she talked to Xiuyu about what delicious food there was and which shop made the most authentic pastries!
During the selection process, six young women lined up and stepped forward for the Emperor to choose from. Because Xiuyu and Yunrong lived together, they were also fortunate enough to be selected in the same row!
Both of them knew they would definitely be eliminated, so they walked forward gracefully! Actually, whether or not you can perform a talent show depends entirely on your passion. When it came to their group, Yunrong walked on the far left and led the way!
The eunuch announced the name: "Yunrong, daughter of Minister of Revenue Mi Sihan..."
The six people stood in the middle. The emperor was inside the room, which was dimly lit. People outside could not see the faces of those inside, only vague shadows. However, those inside could see the people outside clearly!
After choosing for quite a while, Yinzhen was also getting tired. Thinking that Fucha Yunrong was among them, he glanced at the list and immediately called out two names! One of them was Fucha Yunrong!
After the Emperor finished speaking, the Empress Dowager and the Empress realized that it seemed that Fucha Yunrong's family had made arrangements to prevent her from being selected!
But the Emperor had already spoken, and it was unlikely he could take it back! So he simply kept quiet!
Seeing the Empress Dowager and the Empress's expressions, Yinzhen knew what they were thinking!
Yinzhen: Hmph, you little brat, trying to mess with me!
Regardless of who was in charge, Yunrong herself was almost stunned when she saw that she had been given a nameplate! Luckily, Xiuyu reminded her, otherwise she probably would have forgotten to express her gratitude!
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