Lin Zhiya was not polite to her at all: "What kind of evil do you want to do today?"
Nian Zhaoyi's smile froze on her face. "Do you think you can live happily after sending Lin Yiyuan away? Don't forget what day it is today."
Lin Zhiya really forgot, and asked sincerely: "Please tell me what day it is today."
Nian Zhaoyi didn't believe that she didn't remember it at all. She just thought she was choking herself on purpose, and she became even more annoyed. "Today is the day for the selection of concubines for the emperor. You pack up and come with me."
Lin Zhiya suddenly realized, changed her clothes and followed Nian Zhaoyi to the Yihe Palace. Several old people were present. At first glance, it seemed that Zhao Chen's harem was really declining.
The election is supposed to be held every three years, but this year it was not held on a big scale due to the floods, so it was a bit simple.
The beauties who come to the selection will not be chosen directly by Zhao Chen. They will have to be screened several times first. This screening should have been led by the empress dowager, but since the empress dowager is gone, the screening fell on Concubine Nian, who has the highest position in the harem.
As soon as Lin Zhiya sat down, she heard several old men mocking her for putting on airs just because she had received the favor.
Lin Zhiya couldn't stand these few people anymore. What could she do...what could she do to prevent Zhao Chen from bringing more people in?
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Lin Zhiya felt dizzy after listening to Nian Zhaoyi chatting and laughing with others for the whole morning. The two-hour signing in gave Nian Zhaoyi five wrinkles on her face. Finally, it was time to choose someone, and the group began to move outside.
After seeing this, Lin Zhiya cried out that she was doomed.
All of them were from Nian Zhaoyi's family! Her sister, her cousin, her distant relatives, and her adopted daughter were all there.
It's all over. If this person comes in, the Nian family will take over the harem directly and make trouble for her every day!
Even the others were dissatisfied, "Zhaoyi Nian, your family has too many people. Isn't it enough for a family to produce one concubine? Why don't you move your family to the harem?"
Nian Zhaoyi: "Oh, it's not that I want to send anyone to the palace, it's just that my sisters are so beautiful, it would be a waste if I don't send them to the palace."
Once these words were spoken, even the most difficult person was speechless.
These beauties of the Nian family were indeed outstanding in appearance. When Lin Zhiya looked around, she saw that each of them had a slender waist and wandering eyes. They also looked very sick, taking a breath after every two steps, which made people jealous.
Lady A: "I will at least be a concubine this time. Maybe I can even be a talented lady. I think those old concubines are not very pretty."
Lady B: "I want to be a noble lady. My family has bribed my father-in-law to let me be picked more often. I will definitely become a noble lady within a month."
Showgirl C: "My dear sisters, I don't know how I was chosen. I really want to go home. It's all because I'm too pretty."
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If no one interferes, one-tenth of these beautiful girls will be able to come in, and half of them will be girls from the Nian family.
But Lin Zhiya clicked on the mass weakening technique, sincerely hoping to reduce everyone's appearance. After three seconds, Lin Zhiya was stunned, and the attribute indicators jumped mercilessly from the appearance and slowly stopped at... height.
The next batch of beauties who came forward were at least a head shorter than him, and some were almost as tall as four-year-old Zhao Xiaoxiong.
Nian Zhaoyi's cousin was kneeling on the ground, her sleeves, which originally fit her well, dragged on the ground. Her slender body became a ball because of her height. She pulled her sleeves in confusion, not understanding why they had become longer.
She had a ruddy complexion, a pointed chin, and a pair of phoenix eyes that were like a pool of clear water, but her body was too short and looked very deformed.
The same thing happened to the concubine next to her. She stared at the shadow on the ground, wondering why her shadow appeared round.
These beauties used to be of moderate height, not too tall or too short, and their heights looked pleasing to the eye when standing together. But now, their heights are uneven, like stragglers recruited from the streets.
Lin Zhiya came back to her senses and thought that this effect was even stronger than reducing her appearance.
Looking at the concubine who had become shorter, Nian Zhaoyi and the other concubines fell into silence. After a long moment, Nian Zhaoyi trembled and knocked over the teacup.
"What's going on? Did we call the wrong person? These are for the Emperor's selection."
The beauties must at least have a correct posture before being selected. These, these are all deformed, right?
A talented person who had been in the palace for five years said: "Why would the palace let these people in? They are not even qualified to be palace maids."
The scene before her could only be explained by mistaken identity, but Nian Zhaoyi knew it was not that simple, because her biological sister was in there, and she could not possibly mistake her sister's face.
The face was still her younger sister's, so pretty and bright, but she was as short as a child. If Nian Zhaoyi hadn't seen her younger sister yesterday, she would have thought that her younger sister had chopped off a part of her leg!
Everyone couldn't understand it, but soon realized that this was the concubine, and they were so shocked that their hair stood on end.
Min Cairen leaned close to Lin Zhiya's ear in fear and said, "Could it be a ghost? I just saw that the selected concubines have become much shorter."
Lin Zhiya comforted her: "Maybe the height can only be faked. Maybe the emperor likes short people, so he asked people to collect them to pretend to be tall, but he didn't expect to be exposed."
Min Cairen covered his mouth, incredulous: "Is that really the case?"
Lin Zhiya tried to brush it off: "Maybe, God's will is hard to predict."
Min Cairen choked up and said, "I, I didn't expect the emperor to be such a person. He actually likes disabilities."
Even under such circumstances, Concubine Nian still gritted her teeth and left a name tag for her sister at home, insisting on choosing her to enter the palace.
Lin Zhiya didn't expect that she was so tough. Even so, she still dared to send people in front of Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen would definitely be furious when he knew about it.
In the end, due to the mass weakening technique, only two people were selected, one was Nian Zhaoyi's sister, and the other was Nian Zhaoyi's cousin.
Nian Zhaoyi said bitterly: "Let's do this. Let's have a banquet tonight for the emperor to see the selected beauties. The rest can be taken home by their families. They don't have to enter the Chuxiu Palace."
Lin Zhiya stood up and spent half a day in the Imperial Garden. She actually punched in and got a bottle of energy potion.
——Energy potion: It can restore energy and keep people excited for a period of time. Be careful about the dosage.
As night fell and the lights in the palace were turned on, Lin Zhiya put away the energy potion and returned to attend the banquet.
She wore a hollow butterfly ornament today. The palace maids who saw it were all envious and thought that Concubine Lin was so favored that the things she wore were so rare.
Lin Zhiya returned to the banquet. The sound of music made the party lively. Everyone was talking and laughing. Soon Zhao Chen arrived.
Lin Zhiya couldn't wait to see Zhao Chen's reaction when he saw the beauties selected by Concubine Nian. As soon as Zhao Chen arrived, she cheered in her heart and even stood up involuntarily to greet Zhao Chen.
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