Yuan Ming said this unhappily. Several adults walked by and advised him kindly, but they were all for the purpose of enriching the harem with their own daughters or their friends' daughters. Now that Yuan Ming had reached the age of coming of age, he began to do so.

"I don't want to see even a single glance at these withered flowers and fallen willows..."

Yuan Ming said this with a headache on his face, and at this time the beauties were waiting at the door. After listening to the advice of several adults, Yuan Ming gritted his teeth and came to the door. Looking at these women, there were all kinds of beauties, some fat and some thin.

At this moment, a woman who looked like a palace maid came to the back of the team, panting and with a flushed face. He recognized her at a glance.

How could it be her? Yuan Ming thought to himself, but his eyes never left her pretty face. When Nangong Ruowei appeared, she was indeed the most beautiful woman among all the other beauties. All those proud girls were eclipsed in front of her. She was indeed the most beautiful woman in Taocheng, and this title was not undeserved.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't you choose a few first, so that the Imperial Master and other adults won't have any objections." Xiao Shunzi advised earnestly. This time's concubine selection ceremony is not as easy to shirk as in the past. With so many eyes staring at them, the emperor can hardly move an inch, and he must give an explanation to everyone.

"I see. It's just her, her, and her." Yuan Ming pointed at a few people at random. Nangong Ruowei was among them. However, she was not dressed like the daughter of a wealthy family. Many adults touched their beards in confusion. They thought the emperor would choose the women they liked, but they didn't expect him to take an unconventional approach.

"Okay, okay, I'm tired, let's end today's feast here." The emperor waved his hand perfunctorily and left everyone's sight. Xiao Shunzi asked someone to write down the names of those women and let them stay in the side courtyard first, and asked a few maids to teach them the rules of the palace.

Shu'er on the other side had already seen this scene. When he saw that Nangong Ruowei was also selected, he felt very puzzled and came to Yuan Ming to question him.

"Shu'er, why are you here!" Yuan Ming, who was originally in a depressed mood, suddenly became much more cheerful when he saw Shu'er. He quickly asked her to sit down, asked the servants to pour a cup of tea, and asked them to leave one by one. Seeing her listless appearance, he could not help but reach out and touch her forehead, but there was no sign of high fever.

"What's the matter? Did someone bully you?" Yuan Ming had a half-smile on his face. Shu'er snorted coldly and said, "Yes, someone did bully me. Can you teach him a lesson for me?" There was deep melancholy between Shu'er's eyebrows, and she looked at him with a hint of reluctance.

"Whoever dares to bully my Shu'er, I will have him skinned alive!" Yuan Ming was not joking when he said this. Shu'er sighed sadly, "I heard that you chose Ruo Wei, and you kept her by your side. Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble in the future?"

Yuan Ming didn't expect Shu'er to receive the news so quickly, and he still hasn't accepted this reality.

"I didn't expect you to know so soon."

"So what exactly do you want to do?"

Shu'er asked puzzledly. Suddenly, she felt that she couldn't see through him and didn't know what he was thinking.

"I naturally have my own plans. You don't need to ask. I heard that you really selected two handsome men for Wei Shang and sent them over. He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Yuan Ming was worried that Shu'er would be targeted by those people in the palace, and he was afraid that it was not a long-term solution for them to stay in the palace.

"Don't worry, he's not paying attention to me for the time being. He's busy having fun with his male favorites." Shu'er muttered a few words.

On the other side, several ministers were looking through the list and unexpectedly saw Nangong Ruowei's name. Several officials gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"What do you think we should do? This Nangong Ruowei has been hiding in the palace all this time, how come we didn't know about it?"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, do you know the identity of this girl? We must not let her stay alive in the palace!"

"Yes, but who should be asked to do this kind of thing?"

"It has to be foolproof."

Several people looked at each other, and soon a wonderful idea flashed in their minds.

Nangong Ruowei followed the nanny to learn etiquette, and studied until dark, then returned to the courtyard and lived on her own.

Looking at the two beauties traveling with her, she didn't know what they were talking about, but they seemed very happy.

"Come on, let's go out."

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The two women chatted and laughed and then left her sight. Nangong Ruowei shook her head helplessly, and when she was about to pack her bedding and go to sleep, she suddenly smelled a burning smell.

"Anthracene? What's going on?" Nangong Ruowei muttered, and then she stood up to check the surroundings, but found that there seemed to be a raging fire near the yard. How could the yard suddenly catch fire? She didn't have time to think about it and was about to escape when she found that the door had been locked, and the other two women had already disappeared.

"Is there anyone here? Help!" Nangong Ruowei screamed at the top of her lungs, but got no response. The only sound in the room was the crackling of burning wood. It seemed as if flames were about to burst in from the window. Nangong Ruowei was extremely scared and trembled uncontrollably. She huddled at the head of the bed, hoping that the fire could be brought under control.

At this moment, a man in black jumped in from the window, grabbed Nangong Ruowei's hand, led her away from the sea of ​​fire, and ran all the way out of the palace. The sky was already turning pale, and the officials in the palace thought that the fire had successfully buried her in the sea of ​​fire, but they did not expect that when they sent people in to collect the body, they did not find any shadow.

Nangong Ruowei woke up in the hut and looked at the tall and strong man in black holding a few fruits. She raised her eyebrows curiously and said, "I think I know you. You have a very familiar smell."

She recognized who this person was at a glance. Rong Zhen no longer hid and took off the black veil. It was indeed him. Nangong Ruo smiled and looked at Rong Zhen and said, "Great, it's you. Are you taking me out of the palace?"